西藏林芝二高2018_2019学年高二英语上学期第二学段考试试题.doc

1、- 1 -西藏林芝二高 2018-2019 学年高二英语上学期第二学段考试试题试卷总分：150 分；考试时间：120 分钟 注意事项：1答题前填写好自己的姓名、班级、考号等信息2请将答案正确填写在答题卡上第 I 卷（选择题）第一部分 听力（共两节，满分 30 分）做题时，先将答案标在试卷上，录音结束后，你将有两分钟的时间将试卷上的答案转涂到答题卡上。第 1 节 听下面 5 段对话。每段对话后有一个小题，从题中所给的 A、B、C 三个选项中选出最佳选项，并标在试卷的相应位置。听完每段对话后，你都有 10 秒钟的时间来回答有关小题和阅读下一小题。每段对话仅读一遍。题，从题中所给的 A 、B、C 三

2、个选项中选出最佳选项，并标在试卷的相应位置。听完每段对话后，你都有 10 秒钟的时间来回答有关小题和阅读下一小题。每段对话仅读一遍。1. How much should the mans rent be?A. $500. B. $150. C. $125.2. What will the woman probably think of the man?A. He used to be an excellent athlete.B. He is a real sportsman.C. He is a sports fan.3. What has the man been doing?A. Hav

3、ing an interview. B. Filling out a form. C. Asking for information.4. What do we know about the woman?A. She is too busy to go.B. Shes willing to go swimming.C. She doesnt want to wait long.5. What does the woman mean?- 2 -A. Its terrible to go abroad alone.B. It doesnt matter if the man is not good

4、 at English.C. The man should improve his English.第二节（共 15 小题；每小题 1.5 分，满分 22.5 分）听下面 5 段对话或独白。每段对话或独白后有几个小题，从题中所给的 A、B、C 三个选项中选出最佳选项，并标在试卷的相应位置。听每段对话或独白前，你将有时间阅读各个小题，每小题 5 秒钟；听完后，各小题将给出 5 秒钟的作答时间，每段对话或独白读两遍。听第 6 段材料，回答第 6、7 题。6. What is the woman going to be?A. A cook. B. A teacher. C. A doctor.7.

5、How long will the woman work every day?A. 8 hours. B. 4 hours. C. 5 hours.听第 7 段材料，回答第 8 至 10 题。8. What are the speakers talking about?A. An interview. B. An exam. C. A writing contest.9. How are they feeling at the moment?A. Pretty happy. B. Very sad. C. A little confused.10. Which part did they bo

6、th find difficult?A. The oral self-introduction. B. The essay. C. The imitation writing.听第 8 段材料，回答第 11 至 13 题。11. What will Diana do this afternoon?A. Attend a lecture. B. Go to class. C. Write an essay.12. What do we know about Dr. Rich?A. He teaches English culture. B.Hes been absent three times.

7、 C.Hes very strict.13. What does Mike say about the business communication course?A. There is not much course work to do.B. He has already handed in three essays.C. He has a 3000-word term paper to write.- 3 -听第 9 段材料，回答第 14 至 16 题。14. What are the speakers talking about?A. How much money they spend

8、 on meals.B. The changes of the food service in the school.C. The changes of food in the dining hall.15. What does the man think of the changes?A. He doesnt like them.B. Students will benefit from the changes.C. He cant understand them as they are too complicated.16. What plan did Tom choose to buy?

9、A. A seven-meal plan.B. A ten-meal plan.C. A fourteen-meal plan.听第 10 段材料，回答第 17 至 20 题。17. Where do people believe the left hand is unclean?A. In Malaysia. B. In Pakistan. C. In Indonesia.18. When might elderly Westerners be offended?A. When others try to help them without their agreement.B. When o

10、thers teach them new things.C. When others ask them too many questions.19. Why dont Italians give handkerchiefs as gifts?A. Handkerchiefs mean saying goodbye.B. Handkerchiefs are used in funerals.C. Handkerchiefs are connected with unhappy feelings.20. To whom might the talk be given?A. Those who ar

11、e studying in college.B. Guests from all over the world.C. Those who will work for an international meeting.- 4 -第二部分 阅读理解(共两节，满分 40 分)第一节（共 15 小题；每小题 2 分，满分 30 分）AThe Laba Rice Porridge Festival“Laba Festival” falls on the 8th day of the twelfth month in lunar calendar. On that day, the majority Ch

12、inese have long followed the tradition of eating Laba rice porridge. Usually, the rice porridge tastes sweet, with nuts and dried fruit, but different families have different ingredients in the porridge. Laba Festival also marks the beginning of preparing for spring festival. Some families begin to

13、do spring festival shopping and clean their houses after that day. Kitchen Gods DayKitchen Gods Day falls on the 23rd or 24th of the twelfth month of the lunar year. According to tradition, Kitchen God who in charge of the fate of the whole family goes back to heaven during the spring festival to de

14、liver what the family had done the last year to the Great God. According to Kitchen Gods words, the Great God makes decision to reward or punish the family in the next year. In other words, it is the day people honor the Kitchen God. People usually made sugared melons with malt sugar on that day. We

15、 hope Kitchen God will eat sugared melons and put a good word for our family to the Great God, so well be lucky next year.The Spring FestivalThe spring festival is the most important festival for Chinese. At Chinese New Years Eve, family members have reunion dinner together. This dinner would be the

16、 best dinner, not only because we have various dishes, but its the day we could meet all our family members. After family reunion dinner, we make Chinese dumplings together, and usually watch the Spring Festival Gala on CCTV. Each family would light firecrackers and paste up Spring Festival couplets

17、. One more thing is important, - 5 -that is people should stay up late or all night on New Years Eve to welcome the new year.On New Years Day of the Chinese lunar calendar, relatives and friends would send New Years greetings to each other to wish everything smooth in the New Year. Adult usually giv

18、e lucky money to children during Spring Festival. Then people welcome the Kitchen God come back to mortal world. People clean house and light firecracker so that keep away all bad luck.The Lantern FestivalThe Lantern Festival marks the end of the celebrations of the Chinese New Year, and its on the

19、15th day of the 1st lunar month, People usually eat rice glue balls on Lantern festival. Traditional activities are enjoying the display of various lanterns and riddle(谜语) solving. Enjoying beautiful lanterns is also an opportunity for singles to make friends. Dragon and lion dances can also been se

20、en on that day.21. When do we celebrate The Laba Rice Porridge Festival? A. On the first day of the twelfth month.B. On the 23rd or 24th of the twelfth month.C. On the 8th day of the twelfth month.D. On the 15th day of the twelfth month.22. What kind of food we offer to Kitchen God? A. sugared melon

21、s B. laba rice porridgeC. dumplings D. rice glue balls23. According to the text, which of the following is NOT TRUE? A. People will stay up all night with families the night on New Years Eve.B. On Lantern Festival, people enjoy lanterns, dragon dances and guess riddles.C. After The Laba Rice Porridg

22、e Festival, people begin to prepare for the spring festival.D. People light firecrackers and clean house in order to keep away all the garbage.- 6 -BDo you often lose things? Dont worry. Now a new tool that can be connected to any object you might lose may be the way to solve your problem. The Tile,

23、 a small square linked up to your iphone or ipad by means of Bluetooth, lets you see how close you are to your missing item, within a 50-to-150-foot range. If the item goes out of your phones 150-foot range, it can still be found on other smart phones with the same app.When you drive the app on your

24、 phone, it shows you, with green bars that increase or decrease, how close or far away you are from the Tile. You can also program it to make a sound when you get close to the Tile. And you can link up your phone with up to ten Tiles. And if your lost objecta dog, for example, or a stolen bike-go ou

25、t of your own phones 150-foot Bluetooth range, you can set it as a “lost item”. If any of the phones with the Tile app comes within range of your lost item, a message will be sent to your phone, telling you its position. The Tile app also has the function to remember where it last saw your Tile, so

26、that you can easily find where you left it.Since the Tiles use Bluetooth rather than GPS, they are never out of battery or neednt to be charged, and they work for one year before needing to be replaced. And the app works with all generations of iPhones and iPads.For further information，please visit

27、www. .24What can the Tile app help you?ATo use your phone more wisely BTo find your missing itemsCTo save your phones power DTo find other phone users25Which, of the following is TRUE according to the passage?AThe Tile needs to be charged after a year of use.BOne smart phone can only be linked up wi

28、th one Tile.CA missing item cant be found if it goes out of your phones Bluetooth range.DThe Tile cannot be linked up with a phone without Bluetooth.26What does the second paragraph mainly tell us?- 7 -AWhat the Tile app is. B The advantages of the Tile app.CHow the Tile app works. D Why the Tile ap

29、p was created.27Where does the passage probably come from?AA health report. B An advertisement.CA personal diary D Science fiction.CTraditional Tibetan bathing for health and healing was added to UNESCOs(联合国教科文组织) intangible cultural heritage list on November 28th, 2018. Lum medicinal bathing is Chi

30、nas 40th item to be inscribed in UNESCO lists of intangible cultural heritage.In the Tibetan language, the word lum refers to the traditional knowledge and practices of bathing in natural hot springs, herbal water or steam to adjust the balance of body and mind, ensure health and treat illness. Sowa

31、 Rigpa refers to traditional Tibetan medicine.According to the bid document submitted by the Ministry of Culture and Tourism, the theory behind medicinal bathing is based on five elements: sa (earth), chu (water), me (fire), lung (wind) and namkha (space).Its practitioners include farmers, herdsmen

32、and urban residents, with the manpa (physician), lum jorkhan (pharmacist) and manyok (assistant) having different responsibilities in the practice. It also embodies traditional Tibetan astrology, rituals, religions and many other aspects of daily life.As the main component of traditional Tibetan med

33、icine, the bathing practice is widely transmitted in the Tibet autonomous region, as well as among the Tibetan populations in Qinghai, Sichuan, Yunnan and Gansu provinces.Nevertheless, the major hubs of lum medicinal bathing are in agricultural areas along the Yarlung Valley and the Tsongkha mountai

34、n range.In Tibetan, more and more institutions have been established to promote academic research and community-level health practices. The medicinal bathing practice has been introduced into the curricula of local colleges. Primary and secondary school students can also learn through textbooks.- 8

35、-“These inscriptions and selections reflect Chinas increasing capacity for safeguarding intangible cultural heritage, which is significant for improvements in the sense of identity and pride in the communities, groups and individuals concerned,“ said Zhang Xu, vice-minister of culture and tourism, a

36、nd head of the Chinese delegation in Mauritius. He added that enthusiasm for protection of heritage will contribute to the promotion of traditional Chinese culture as a whole.28. Why Traditional Tibetan bathing is good for health and healing?A. Because it refers to the practices of bathing in natura

37、l cold springs and herbal water.B. Because it has been used for 2018 years in Tibetan.C. Because it is based on twenty elementsD. Because it can adjust the balance of body and mind, ensure health and treat illness.29. Which of the following is NOT included in practitioners of Traditional Tibetan bat

38、hing?A. manyok B. fishermen C. manpa D.herdsmen30. From Zhang Xus word, we can know_.A. China has paid more and more attention to protecting intangible cultural heritage.B. Enthusiasm for protection of heritage will not contribute to the promotion of traditional Chinese culture as a whole.C. Some pe

39、ople do not think highly of the sense of identity and pride in the communities. D. We should attach the safeguarding about intangible cultural heritage to students text books.31. What is the most suitable title of the text?A. The importance of protecting UNESCO intangible cultural heritage B. Chinas

40、 41st item in the UNESCO lists of intangible cultural heritageC. Traditional Tibetan bathing listed as UNESCO heritage- 9 -D. A magical Tibetan medicinal bathing.DThe writings of Shakespeare are today little read by young people in Britain. His young readership is limited to those who choose to stud

41、y literature at university.Shakespeares work, together with most other classics, is seen as remote, and written in a 400yearold version of English that is about as inviting as toothache.Still, in Britain schools, it is compulsory to study the bard(诗人), and when something is made compulsory, usually

42、the result is boredom, resentment(憎恨) or both.This was my experience of the classics at school. But when I reached my late teenage years, I had a change of heart. Like every other young person since the dawn of time, the world confused me. I wanted answers, so I turned to books to find them.I went o

43、n to take a PhD in literature and have taught it in Britain and China. I have never regretted it. There is something in literature that people want, even if they dont read books. You see this in the popularity of TV and movie adaptations of great works, the recent film version of Jane Austens Pride

44、and Prejudice being a case in point. These popular adaptations may help increase peoples interest in the classics.Reading a simplified Romeo and Juliet may perhaps lead to a reading of Shakespeares actual play. If that is the case, then I welcome the trend. But do not make the mistake of thinking th

45、at it is the same thing. Shakespeare is a poet. His greatness is in his language. Reading someone elses rewriting of his work is like peeling a banana, throwing away the fruit, and eating the skin. Take on the original. It really is worth the effort.32. Which work of Shakespeare is mentioned in the

46、text?A. Romeo and Juliet B. Pride and PrejudiceC. Hamlet D. King Lear - 10 -33Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage?AThe language used in classics is no longer in use today.BBritish students usually find compulsory reading dull.COnly those studying literature read Shakespeares work

47、s.DFor British people, Shakespeares works are no longer classics.34According to the passage, the writer .Ahas liked literary classics since an early ageBwas forced to read the classics for a PhDCturned to literature to seek answers in his teensDthinks only people who read books like literature35. Th

48、e underlined phrase “a case in point” in Paragraph 5 is closest in meaning to .Aa great hit Ba good exampleCa movie adaptation Da popular phenomenon第二节（共 5 小题；每小题 2 分，满分 10 分）根据短文内容，从短文后的选项中选出能坡入空白处的最佳选项。选项中有两项为多于选项。How to Survive High SchoolHigh school can be a terrible phase if you get it all wron

49、g. Find out how to survive high school with a few easy tips.1Be Yourself.High school is a fun time to make new friends, meet new people, date and socialize. Make friends with all kinds of people and not just a group which you are comfortable with. Most peer pressure cases are because of the weak image created by freshmen. _36._ Dont give in to anyones wants.2_37._Choose your friends carefully and make sure you wont get influenced by anyone. Sociali