陕西省恒口高级中学2018_2019学年高二英语上学期期中试题.doc

1、- 1 -恒口高级中学 2018-2019 学年度高二英语第一学期期中考试试卷注意事项：1. 本试卷分第卷（选择题）和第卷（非选择题）两部分。2. 全部答案在答题卡上完成，答在本试卷上无效。3. 满分 150 分，考试时间 120 分钟。 第卷第一部分：听力（共两节，满分 30 分）第 1 节 （共 5 小题，每小题 1.5 分，满分 7.5 分）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. When did the man begi

2、n to wait at the subway station? A. At 7 oclock. B. At 8 oclock. C. At 9 oclock. 2. What will the weather be like in April according to the man? A. Cool. B. Hot. C. Windy. 3. Where are the speakers? A. In an office. B. In a restaurant. C. At the subway station. 4. What is the mans problem? A. Hes no

3、t accustomed to the large building. B. He cant find a bigger apartment.C. He cant find his new building. 5. What do the speakers say about heights? A. Both of them have overcome their fear. B. They are both afraid of high places now. C. Both of them prefer high places these days.第二节 （共 15 小题，每小题 1.5

4、 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 段对话，回答第 6 至 7 题。6. What does the man usually do at night? A. He studies his lessons. B. He listens to music. C. He watches a film on TV. 7. What does the ma

5、n usually do on weekends? A. He goes to parks. B, He goes to ball game. C. He goes shopping. 听第 7 段对话，回答第 8 至 9 题。8. At what age is a person allowed to drink in America? A. 18 B. 20. C. 21. 9. What does one need to do in his birthday celebration?A. Just enjoy the special day. B. Take care of everyth

6、ing. C. Pay the bills.- 2 -听第 8 段对话，回答第 10 至 12 题。10. Why does the company fire Jim? A. There is a crisis and a new machine. B. He is always late for work. C. He s not up to the job. 11. Whats the probable relationship between the speakers?A. Headmaster and teacher. B. Manager and secretary. C. Dire

7、ctor and actress12. What can we learn about the the man speaker? A. He has ever been dismissed. B. He neednt talk to Jim himself.C. He asked Sara to work here.听第 9 段对话，回答第 13 至 16 题。13. What is the survey about? A. Family life. B. Unusual hobbies. C. Holiday activities.14. What is the man interested

8、 in? A. Special exhibitions. B. Bird shooting. C. Mountain climbing.15. What do we know about the mans parents? A. They live with the man. B. They like to stay at home. C. They are into art galleries. 16. Where doe the mans wife prefer to go? A. The seaside. B. Castles. C. Ski resorts. 听第 10 段独白，回答第

9、 17 至 20 题。17. Whats the highest temperature in southern areas today? A. 16. B. 23. C. 27. 18. What will the weather be like in the northwest tomorrow morning? A. Sunny. B. Cloudy. C. Windy. 19. When will it be rainy in most of the southern half of the country? A. This evening. B. Tomorrow afternoon

10、. C. Tomorrow evening. 20. What will keep temperatures in the north down to about 19? A. The fog. B. The storms. C. The east wind. 第二部分 阅读理解(共两节，满分 40 分) 阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项(A、B、C 和 D)中选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。第一节 （共 15 小题；每小题 2 分，满分 30 分）ANeed quick help with your homework? Let Real Kids direct you to the

11、best sites on the Web. An Introduction to ShakespeareTales From ShakespeareGo to this site if youre studying Shakespeare and looking for an - 3 -introduction to his work. The site includes different plays by Shakespeare, which you can click on and read as stories.Recommended by Alyssa Zuna Powerful

12、PeopleThe White HouseIf you have homework or a research project on the President and the White House, this is an excellent site to visit. It is filled with video and pictures, including tours of the White House.Recommended by Tiana Jackson Reading ResourcesReading RainbowThis is a great place to fin

13、d books for younger children. And theres also information on buying books and national reading programs.Recommended by Rosemary Compton The ABCs of Writing Edmonton Public SchoolsThis is a good place to go if you are having trouble with your writing. All you do is click on one of the writing steps,

14、and it explains the step and gives you tips. The site has links to other pages with writing steps for different grade levels. Recommended by Zack Dale21. Where can you most probably read these passages?A. In a news report. B. On a book list. C. On a radio program list. D. On a website.22. Tom, a fou

15、rth-grade student who is asked to write a report about American presidents, will be interested in _. A. Powerful People B. Reading Resources C. Tales From Shakespeare D. The ABCs of Writing23. Which of the following people may be helpful to parents who want their child to be a good reader?A. Alyssa

16、Zuna. B. Tiana Jackson. C. Zack Dale. D. Rosemary Compton.24. From the passage, we can learn that _.A. these websites can help you communicate internationallyB. these websites are meant for students in high gradesC. all these websites are educational and helpful to childrenD. all of these websites i

17、nclude some interesting picturesBWhen I was nine years old, I loved to go fishing with my dad. But the only thing that wasnt very fun about it was that he could catch many fish while I - 4 -couldnt catch anything. I usually got pretty upset and kept asking him why. He always answered, “Son, if you w

18、ant to catch a fish, you have to think like a fish.” I remember being even more upset then because, “Im not a fish!” I didnt know how to think like a fish. Besides, I reasoned, how could what I think influence what a fish does?As I got a little older I began to understand what my dad really meant. S

19、o, I read some books on fish. And I even joined the local fishing club and started attending the monthly meetings. I learned that a fish is a cold-blooded animal and therefore is very sensitive to water temperature. That is why fish prefer shallow water to deep water because the former is warmer. Be

20、sides, water is usually warmer in direct sunlight than in the shade. Yet, fish dont have any eyelids(眼皮) and the sun hurts their eyes The more I understood fish, the more I became effective at finding and catching them.When I grew up and entered the business world, I remember hearing my first boss s

21、ay, “We all need to think like salespeople.” But it didnt completely make sense. My dad never once said, “If you want to catch a fish you need to think like a fisherman.” What he said was, “You need to think like a fish.” Years later, with great efforts to promote long-term services to people much o

22、lder and richer than me, I gradually learned what we all need is to think more like customers. It is not an easy job. I will show you how in the following chapters.25. Why was the author upset in fishing trips when he was nine?A. He could not influence a fish as his father did.B. His father was not

23、patient with him.C. His father did not teach him fishing.D. He could not catch a fish. 26. According to the author, fish are most likely to be found _.A. in shallow water under waterside trees B. in deep water on cloudy daysC. in shallow water under sunlight D. in deep water on sunny days27. After e

24、ntering the business world, the author found _.A. it easy to think like a customer B. his first bosss sales ideas reasonableC. his fathers fishing advice inspiring D. it difficult to sell services to poor people28. This passage most likely comes from _.A. a fishing guide B. a millionaires biographyC

25、. a novel on childhood D. a popular sales book CIMAGINE this: you come home from school and find that your dog has messed up your bed and eaten the pizza on the table while you were away. You get so angry and start blaming it for what it did.While you are doing this, the little “criminal” just sits

26、there quietly, head down, ears back, eyes droopy (下垂的), looking guilty. This makes you think that it understands you and you are teaching it a lesson.- 5 -But dont be fooled by this look animal behaviorists say that dogs actually lack the ability to feel shame, reported the Associated Press. Instead

27、, they just put on that look so their owners will calm down.“My guess is that their thinking is: Oh man, my owner is crazy about something, but I dont know what, but he seems to calm down when I give him the sad face, so lets try that again,” said Pascale Lemire, Canadian author of the book Dog Sham

28、ing.One of the first scientific studies on the “guilty look” of dogs was conducted in 2009 by Alexandra Horowitz, a professor at Barnard College in the US. In the study, she videotaped how 14 dogs reacted when their owners left the room. When the owners returned, they were asked to scold the dog no

29、matter if they had misbehaved or not.Horowitz found that the guilty look would appear as long as the owner was angry, not when the dog had actually done something wrong, which means the look has nothing to do with guilt.So the best way to deal with a dog that has misbehaved is probably to “just get

30、it over and remind yourself not to put some attractions on the table next time”, suggested Beaver. In other words, dont leave your bedroom door open or the pizza on the table in the first place.29. The example given at the beginning of the article is meant to _.A. show the disadvantages of keeping p

31、etsB. introduce the subject of this textC. prove that pets have strong senses of guiltD. show how owners should teach lessons to their dogs30. The most important finding in Alexandra Horowitzs research is that _.A. dogs learn quickly from previous punishmentsB. dogs with the guilty look dont actuall

32、y feel shame at allC. dogs try hard to calm down when their owners get madD. dogs are more likely to misbehave when their owners are absent31. According to the last paragraph, the best way to keep dogs from misbehaving is to _.A. make strict house rules for themB. offer better rewards and more serio

33、us punishmentsC. avoid leaving them possibilities to misbehaveD. turn a blind eye to their misbehavior32. When the owner gets angry and blame the dog for its misbehavior, _. A. it will learn its lessonB. it will feel very sadC. it understands what the owner is doingD. it didnt actually get the owner

34、s messageDLONDONManchester is Britains fattest city, a survey for “Mens Health” has found, beating Glasgow for the first time since the magazine started - 6 -examining the issue three years ago.Editor Pete Muir said the survey had looked at a variety of factors from gym membership to heart disease r

35、ates to find the fattest city. “Manchester has more fast food restaurants than anywhere else in the UK,” he told Reuters. “People are taking the easy choice eating and then just sitting in front of the TV.”Manchesters problem is part of a wider trend(趋势 ). On Thursday, the Office of National Statist

36、ics (ONS) blamed a lack of exercise and poor diet for a fifth of adult Britons being obese(过度肥胖的). “Obesity is a major risky factor related to heart disease, diabetes(糖尿病) and premature death(早亡),” said an ONS survey. “None of the 108 young men in the survey reported eating five portions of fruit or

37、 vegetables on average each day.”In Manchester, the head of the citys public health programs said he did not believe that they were necessarily the fattest city, but that they did have problems and were aiming to address them. Social deprivation(贫困) was a major factor. “One of the myths is that the

38、stressed-out rich businessman is the one who is overweight,” David Regan told Reuters. “In fact, it is the poor areas that have the most problems. We aim not to be the fattest but the fittest city but we have a long way to go.”Second in the survey is Stoke-on-Trent, followed by Liverpool, Swansea an

39、d Leicester. Glasgow is sixth.33. Manchester took the place of _ and became Britains fattest city.A. Glasgow B. London C. Stoke-on-Trent D. Swansea34. Obesity may lead to the following EXCEPT _.A. a lack of exercise B. diabetes C. premature death D. heart disease35. David Regan is most probably _.A.

40、 the reporter from Reuters B. an official of ONS C. a rich businessman who is overweight D.the head of Manchesters public health programs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填入空白处的最佳选项，选项中有两项为多余选项。ForgivenessTo forgive is a virtue, but no one has ever said it is easy. When someone has deepl

41、y hurt you, it can be extremely difficult to let go of your hate. However, forgiveness is possible, and it can be surprisingly beneficial to your physical and mental health. People who forgive show less sadness, anger and stress and - 7 -more hopefulness, according to a recent research. 36 Try the f

42、ollowing steps:Calm yourself. 37 You can take a couple of breaths and think of something that gives you pleasure: a beautiful scene in nature, or someone you love.Dont wait for an apology. Many times the person who hurt you does not intend to apologize. They may have wanted to hurt you or they just

43、dont see things the same way. 38 Keep in mind that forgiveness does not necessarily mean becoming friends again with the person who upset you.Take the control away from your offender(冒犯者). Rethinking about your hurt gives power to the person who causes you pain. Instead of focusing on your wounded f

44、eelings, learn to look for the love, beauty and kindness around you.39 If you understand your offender, you may realize that he or she was acting out of unawareness, fear, and even love. You may want to write a letter to yourself from your offenders point of view.Dont forget to forgive yourself. 40

45、But it can rob you of your self-confidence if you dont do it.A. Try to see things from your offenders angle. B. Recognize the benefits of forgiveness.C. How should you start to forgive? D. To make your anger die away, try a simple stress-management technique. E. If you wait for people to apologize,

46、you could be waiting an awfully long time. F. Why should you forgive? G. For some people, forgiving themselves is the biggest challenge. 第三部分 英语知识运用（共两节：满分 45 分）第一节 完形填空（共 20 小题，每小题 1.5 分，满分 30 分） 阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的 A、B、C、D 四个选项中选出可以填入空白的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。 It was a special morning and the children, mai

47、nly boys with various learning difficulties, refused to settle for the start of the lesson. 41 an inexperienced teacher, I tried every possible means to get them to be 42 , but in vain. My 43 was rising and I could feel my heart 44 wildly. I began to wonder whether this was the 45 of my job as a mus

48、ic teacher. I thought -teaching was not for me. Then an idea occurred to me. Hoping that no one would notice that I was 46 at that time, I threw my voice as 47 as it would reach: “Put your heads on the desks and close your 48 ! We are going on a journey.“49 , the children fell silent. “Now what shou

49、ld I do?“ I thought to myself. Reaching over to my collection of CDs, I blindly 50 , put it in the 51 and played it.- 8 -Obediently (顺从地), my class lay their heads on their desk, closed their eyes and 52 . When the music started, the room was 53 with the most beautiful tones and musical colors I could have ever imagined. All the children were 54