湖南省桃江县第一中学2018_2019学年高二英语下学期期中试题.doc

1、- 1 -桃江一中 2019 年上学期期中考试高二英语试题考试时间：120 分钟 考试分值：150 分注意事项：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一部分：听力（共两节，满分 30 分）第一节（共 5 小题；每小题 1.5 分，满分 7.5 分）请听下面 5 段对话，选出最佳选项。1. What will the man do tomorrow?A. Go to Sallys birthday party. B. See his mother off. C. Take a flight.2. What is Kates nationality?A. Brit

2、ish. B. American. C. Chinese.3. What are the speakers talking about?A. A couple. B. A millionaire. C. An anniversary.4. When will the speakers give their presentation?A. On Wednesday. B. On Thursday. C. On Friday.5. How do es the man plan to pay for his expenses while on vacation?A. On cash. B. By c

3、heck. C. By credit card.第二节（共 15 小题；每小题 1.5 分，满分 22.5 分）请听下面 5 段对话或独白，选出最佳选项。请听第 6 段材料，回答第 6、7 题。6. What does the woman say about San Francisco?A. It is the best place to live in. B. It has a large population.C. It is a small city.7. Whats the most probable relationship between the speakers?A. Frien

4、ds. B. Colleagues. C. Strangers.- 2 -请听第 7 段材料，回答第 8、9 题。8. What does the man want to do?A. Open a department store. B. Return some groceries. C. Get into his account.9. How does the man get his problem solved?A. By using another website. B. By clicking on a link. C. By sending an email.请听第 8 段材料，回答

5、第 10 至 12 题。10. What has the man been doing?A. Studying. B. Traveling. C. Working.11. Why does the woman laugh?A. The man believes what he sees on American movies.B. She has the same hobby as the man.C. People often have wron g ideas.12. Where would the woman like to go to spend her vacation?A. A be

6、ach. B. A valley. C. Mountains.请听第 9 段材料，回答第 13 至 16 题。13. What is the weather like now?A. Sunny. B. Rainy. C. Windy.14. What does the woman want to do right now?A. Dance. B. Eat something. C. Change her clothes.15. Who told the man what food would be served tonight?A. The woman. B. Helen. C. Mike.1

7、6. What does the man speak highly of ?A. The flowers. B. Helens hair. C. Mikes tie.请听第 10 段材料，回答第 17 至 20 题。17. How long will the streets be closed on Nov. 19?A. Five hours. B. Five and a half hours. C. Six hours.18. How many runners will attend the event this time?- 3 -A. About 9,000. B. About 11,0

8、00. C. About 13,000.19. Why should people get a map?A. To find the closest parking lots.B. To find out which shops and banks are open.C. To figure out where there might be traffic problems.20. What is the number for the school?A. 918-555-1212. B. 918-555-1221. C. 918-555-6361.第二部分：阅读理解（共两节，满分 40 分)第

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16、 spent an afternoon in the backyard, maybe grilling or enjoying a basketball game, when suddenly you notice that everything goes quiet? There is an old phrase “calm before the storm”， often used in a situationa quiet period just before a great activity or excitement. According to our own experience,

17、 we know there is actually calm before the storm. But what causes this calm? And is it always calm before the storm? Lets hear what scientists have to say.A period of calm happens in a particular kind of storm, the simplest kind of - 5 -storma singlecell thunderstorm. In this type of thunderstorm, t

18、here is u sually only one main updraft, which is warm, damp air and drawn from places near the ground. Storms need warm and damp air as fuel, so they typically draw that air in from surround ing environment. Storms can draw in the air that fit their need from all directionseven from the direction in

19、 which the storm is traveling.As the warm, damp air is pulled into a storm system, it leaves a lowpressure vacuum(真空) coming after. The rising air meets the cold dry air that has already existed in the storm clouds, thus the temperature of the warm, damp air drops, and the water vapour(水蒸汽) in it ch

20、anges into tiny drops that are a precondition of rain. These drops accumulate and build on larger particles like dust, until they grow large enough to form raindrops.This warm, damp air keeps moving upwards, but it becomes cooler and drier during its trip through cloud. When it reaches the top of th

21、e cloud, the air gets spit out(被挤出) at the top. This air is sent rolling out over the big thunderclouds. From there, the air goes down. Warm and dry air is relatively stable, and once it covers a region, that air, in turn, causes the calm before a storm.Most thunderstorms, though, dont start with ca

22、lm. Thats because most are actually groups of storms with complex wind patterns. Theres so much air moving up and down storm groups that the calm before the storm never happens. Instead, before the storm, it might be really windy!24Which best fits the description of a particular kind of storm?AA thu

23、nderstorm with a single shape.BA thunderstorm without strong winds.CA storm with air drawn from every direction.DA storm fueled by moving air from the ground.25What does the underlined word “it” in Paragraph 3 refer to?ACold and dry air. BWarm and dry air.CCold and damp air. DWarm and damp air.- 6 -

24、26Which does the writer most likely agree to?APresence of the calm relies on stable air.BNot all thunderstorms start with the calm.CThe drier the air is, the bigger the storm will be.DStorm happens without air moving up and down.27What is the passage mainly about?ACauses and effects of a heavy storm

25、. BA brief description of a peaceful storm.CA personal experience of a heavy storm. DAn explanation of the calm before a storm.CEverybody loves a fat pay rise. Yet pleasure at your own can vanish if you learn that a colleague has been given a bigger one. Indeed, if he has a reputation for slacking,

26、you might even be outraged. Such behaviour is regarded as “all too human,” with the underlying assumption that other animals would not be capable of this finely developed sense of grievance(不满,不平). But a study by Sarah Brosnan and Frans de Waal of Emory University in Atlanta, Georgia, which has just

27、 been published in Nature, suggests that it is all too monkey, as well.The researchers studied the behaviour of female brown capuchin monkeys. They look cute. They are good-natured, co-operative creatures, and they share their food readily. Above all, like their female human counterparts, they tend

28、to pay much closer attention to the value of “goods and services” than males.Such characteristics make them perfect candidates for Dr. Brosnans and Dr. de Waals study. The researchers spent two years teaching their monkeys to exchange tokens for food. Normally, the monkeys were happy enough to excha

29、nge pieces of rock for slices of cucumber. However, when two monkeys were placed in separate but adjoining chamber s, so that each could observe what the other was getting in return for its rock, their behaviour became markedly different.In the world of capuchins, grapes are luxury goods (and much p

30、referable to - 7 -cucumbers). So when one monkey was handed a grape in exchange for her token, the second was reluctant to hand hers over for a mere piece of cucumber. And if one received a grape without having to provide her token in exchange at all, the other either tossed her own token at the res

31、earcher or out of the chamber, or refused to accept the slice of cucumber. Indeed, the mere presence of a grape in the other chamber(without an actual monkey to eat it) was enough to induce resentment(愤恨)in a female capuchin.The researchers suggest that capuchin monkeys, like humans, are guided by s

32、ocial emotions. In the wild, they are a co-operative, group-living species. Such cooperation is likely to be stable only when each animal feels it is not being cheated. Feelings of righteous indignation(愤慨), it seems, are not the preserve of people alone. Refusing a lesser reward completely makes th

33、ese feelings abundantly clear to other members of the group. However, whether such a sense of fairness evolved independently in capuchins and humans, or whether it stems from the common ancestor that the species had 35 million years ago, is, as yet, an unanswered question.28In the opening paragraph,

34、 the author introduces his top ic by _.Amaking a comparison Bjustifying an assumptionCmaking a conclusion Dexplaining a phenomenon29The statement “it is all too monkey” (Last line, Paragraph I) implies that _.Aresenting unfairness is also monkeys natureBmonkeys are also outraged by slack rivalsCmonk

35、eys, like humans, tend to be jealous of each otherDno animals other than monkeys can develop such emotions30Dr. Brosnan and Dr. de Waal have eventually found in their study that the monkeys _.Aprefer grapes to cucumbers Bwill not be co-operative if feeling cheatedCcan be taught to exchange things Da

36、re unhappy when separated from - 8 -others31What can we infer from the last paragraph?AMonkeys can be trained to develop social emotions.BCooperation am ong monkeys remains stable only in the wild.CAnimals usually show their feelings openly as humans do.DHuman indignation evolved from an uncertain s

37、ource.DDevon Gallagher, a college graduate from Philadelphia, wants the wor ld to know exactly where shes been during her worldwide vacation in a special way.The traveler, who was born with a bone disease, had her right leg amputated (截肢) at the age of four. Although the amputation caused setbacks f

38、or Gallagher early on, she now sees it as nothing short of inspiration for living her best life.To spread that message. Gallagher has taken to social media, where she shares photos of her travels across the globe, but instead of simply using a geo-tag, she writes her location across her artificial l

39、eg before taking a picture.Now she has been taking pictures across the Continent, which show her cycling over the canal in Amsterdam relaxing on a wall overlooking the city of Barcelona, posing with a waffle in Brussels, taking in the spectacular Parthenon temple in Athens and enjoying a river cruis

40、e in Budapest, all with the well-known locations written on her artificial leg.“I get a new leg every two years and I can choose the design on it. One day I had a sudden thought to get a chalk-board,” Gallagher sai d. “My mum and grand-mother werent too keen on the idea, but my friends thought it wa

41、s great and told me to go for it, so I did.”Gallagher said people often stare when shes writing on her leg, but once she shares the photos, she receives only positive feedback, “My leg hasnt stopped me from doing anything Ive wanted to do,” she said. “I dont know if its my determination to prove to

42、myself that I can do it, but regardle ss, - 9 -Ive been able to keep up with my peers and lead a pr etty great life.”Gallagher shows us that you should never let anything stand in the way of your dreams. And if life gives you an artificial leg, make art.32What message did Gallapher want to spread in

43、 her special way?AShe enjoys her travelling across the globe.BShe suffers little from her legs amputation.Cshe looks on her misfortune as another form of blessing.DShe has exactly fallen in love with posting photos online.33What does the word “which” underlined in paragraph 4 refer to?Athe continent

44、 Bthe pictures Cthe leg Dthe location34Gallapher can best be described as _.Ahelpful and ambitious Bfriendly and generousCdetermined and creative Dindependent and sensible35Which of the following might be the best title for the text?ANever Too Late to share BA Special Artificial LegCAn Outstanding P

45、hotographer DGallaghers Summer Holidays第二节（共 5 小题；每小题 2 分，满分 10 分)How to Remember What You ReadReading is important. But the next step is making sure that you remember what youve read! 36 You may have just read the text, but the ideas, concepts and images may fly right out of your head. Here are a f

46、ew tricks for remembering what you read.37If the plot, characters, or word usage is confusing for you, you likely wont be able to remember what you read. Its a bit like reading a foreign language. If you dont understand what youre reading, how would you remember it? But there are a few things you ca

47、n do.Use a dictionary; look up the difficult words. Are you connected?- 10 -Does a character remind you of a friend? Does the setting make you want to visit the place? Does the book inspire you, and make you want to read more? With some books, you may feel a connection right away. 38 How willing are

48、 you to make the connections happen? Read it; hear it; be it!Read the lines. Then, speak them out loud. And, put some character into the words. When he was writing his novels, Charles Dickens would act out the parts of the characters. Hed make faces in the mirror, and change his voice for each chara

49、cter. 39 How often do you read?If you read frequently, youll likely have an easier time with rememb ering what youre reading and what youve read. 40 As you make reading a regular part of your life, youll make more connections, stay more focused and understand the text better. Youll learn to enjoy literatureas you remember what you read!A. Are you confused? B. Practice