云南省曲靖会泽县第一中学校2018_2019学年高二英语第一次半月考试试题.doc

1、- 1 -会泽一中 2019 年春季学期半月考试卷 1高二 英语第一部分 听力 （共两节， 满分 30 分）第一节 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。1. What can we learn from the conversation?A. The woman didnt buy the ticket. B. The ticket was quite expensive. C. The man bought the tick

2、et.2. Where are the speakers probably?A. In a store. B. At a hotel C. At a post office.3. What does the man mean?A. His suit is too old. B. He wants to buy some new clothes. C. He doesnt want to go shopping4. When will the woman arrive at the restaurant?A. At 6:20.pm B. At 6:30.pm C.At 7:30pm 5. Wha

3、t does the woman want the man to do?A.Return the CD by tonight. B. Leave the CD in his dorm. C. Lend the CD to her第二节 听下面 5 段对话或独白，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 man doing on the computer?A. Playing games. B. Chatting with friends C. Searching for travel tips.7. Where is the man going

4、to go travelling?A. France. B. Italy C. Russia.听第 7 段材料，回答第 8、9 题。8. What is the probable relationship between Mrs White and the man?A. Hostess and guest. B. Husband and wife C. Mother and son.- 2 -9. Where did the woman have the picnic?A. In a park . B. In a forest. C. On an island听第 8 段材料，回答第 10 至

5、 12 题。10. When did the man take the part-time job?A. Two days ago B. Three days ago. C. Four days ago11. Why did the man take a part-time job?A. To practice what he has learned B. To improve his oral English. C. To make some foreign friends12. What does the woman order?A. A fruit pie. B. A chocolate

6、 ice cream. C. Some cookies.听第 9 段材料，回答第 13 至 16 题。13. What is the man probably?A. A poet. B. A writer. C. Reporter14. Who made the woman become interested in poetry?A. Miss Armstrong. B. Her Aunt Mae. C. Her mother.15. What is the woman s first poem about?A. A sailing boat. B. A little cat. C. Old

7、family photos. 16. How many books has the woman published?A. About 30 B. About 26. C. About 24.听第 10 段材料，回答第 17 至 20 题。17. Which one of the following countries celebrates Labor Day on May 1st?A. America. B. Canada. C. France.18. What did some workers do on the first American Labor Day?A. They gave s

8、peeches to students. B. They marched through the street.C. They held a concert in a park.19. When did the Labor Day become a national holiday in America?A. In 1882 B. In 1889 C. In 1894.20. What does Labor Day weekend mean for Americans nowadays?A. The last days of summer. B. The time to ask for bet

9、ter working conditions.C. The time to get together with their family - 3 -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）阅读下面短文，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。ADo you want to get home from work knowing you have made a real difference in someones life? If yes, dont care about sex or ag

10、e! Come and join us, then youll make it.Position: Volunteer Social Care Assistant(No Pay with Free Meals) Place: ManchesterHours: Part TimeWe are now looking for volunteers to support people with learning disabilities to live active lives! Only 4 days left. Dont miss the chance of lending your warm

11、hands to help others.Role:You will provide people with learning disabilities with all aspects of their daily lives. You will help them to develop new skills. You will help them to protect their rights and their safety. But your primary concern is to let them know they are valued.Skills and Experienc

12、e Required:You will have the right values and great listening skills. You will be honest and patient. You will have the ability to drive a car and to communicate in fluent written and spoken English since youll have to help those people with different learning disabilities. Previous care-related exp

13、erience will be a great advantage for you.21. The text is meant to _. A. leave a note B. send an invitationC. present a document D. carry an advertisement22. What does the underlined part mean?A. Youll make others lives more meaningful with this job.B. Youll arrive home just in time from this job.C.

14、 Youll earn a good salary from this job.- 4 -D. Youll succeed in getting this job.23. The volunteers primary responsibility is to help people with learning disabilities_.A. to get some financial support B. to properly protect themselvesC. to learn some new living skills D. to realize their own impor

15、tance24. Which of the following can first be chosen as a volunteer?A. The one who can drive a car.B. The one who has done similar work before.C. The one who has patience to listen to others.D. The one who can use English to communicate. BThose accustomed to browsing (浏览) through thousands of books i

16、n large bookstores may find Japans Morioka Shoten a little strange. Thats because this tiny bookstore that is located in Ginza, Tokyo sells only a single book at a time.Opened in May 2015, Morioka Shoten is the brainchild (脑力劳动成果；发明；主意) of Yoshiyuki Morioka. He began his career as a bookstore clerk

17、in Tokyos Kanda district before branching out into opening his own store. It was here while organizing book reading and signing that he realized that customers usually came into the store with one title in mind. Morioka began to wonder if a store could exist by selling multiple copies of just one si

18、ngle book. In November 2014, he partnered Masamichi Toyama to establish a unique bookstore with the philosophy of “a single room with a single book“.The selections that are picked by Morioka change weekly and vary widely to attract customers with different interests. Recent choices include The True

19、Deceiver, an award-winning Swedish novel by Tove Jansson, Hans Andersens fairy tales, and a collection of Karl Blossfeldts photography of plants. Morioka has also selected books written by a famous Japanese author Mimei Ogawa.To highlight his only offering, Morioka often uses clever tricks. For exam

20、ple, when selling a book about flowers, the storekeeper decorates his shop with the ones that have been mentioned in the book. He also encourages authors to hold talks and discussions so they can connect with customers. Morioka says - 5 -his goal is to let customers experience being inside a book, n

21、ot just a bookstore.Risky as the idea might seem, things appear to be going well. The storekeeper says he has sold over 2,100 books. Things can get better given that his bookstore is becoming increasingly popular not just among the locals but also visitors from other countries.25. What inspired Mori

22、oka to open such a bookstore?A. A Swedish novel B. His present partnerC. A bookstore clerk D. His working experience26. Why is Morioka Shoten unique?A. It is popular with foreigners B. It sells books of different topicsC. It is decorated with colorful flowers D. It sells various copies of a book in

23、a week27. Why does Morioka encourage authors to hold talks?A. To introduce his bookstore B. To advocate his philosophyC. To make books better understood D. To help readers connect with each other28. Whats the authors opinion about the bookstores future?A. Risky B. Promising C. Unpredictable D. Hopel

24、ess.CThroughout history scientists have risked their health and their lives in their search for the truth.Sir Isaac Newton, the seventeenth century scientist, was very smart, but that didnt stop him from doing some pretty stupid things. In his laboratory in Cambridge he often did the strangest exper

25、iments. Once, while testing how light passes through lenses (晶状体), he put a long needle into his eye, pushed it to the back, and then moved it around just to see what would happen. Luckily, nothing long-lasting did. On another occasion he stared at the sun for as long as he could bear, to discover w

26、hat effect this would have on his sight. Again he escaped suffering permanent damage, though he had to spend some days in a darkened room before his eyes recovered.- 6 -In the 1750s the Swedish chemist Karl Scheele was the first person to find a way to produce phosphorus (磷). He in fact discovered e

27、ight more chemical elements including chlorine (氯), though he didnt get any praise for them. He was a very clever scientist, but his one failing was a curious habit of tasting a little of every substance he worked with. This risky practice finally caught up with him, and in 1786 he was found dead in

28、 his laboratory surrounded by a large number of dangerous chemicals, any of which might have been responsible for his death.Eugene Shoemaker was a respected geologist. He spent a large part of his life studying craters (火山口) on the moon, and how they were formed, and later did research into the come

29、ts of the planet Jupiter. In 1997 he and his wife were in the Australian desert where they went every year to search for places where comets might have hit the earth. While driving in the Tanami desert, normally one of the emptiest places in the world, another vehicle crashed into them and Shoemaker

30、 was killed on the spot. Some of his ashes (骨灰) were sent to the moon aboard the Lunar Prospector spacecraft and left there he is the only person who has had this honor.29. What does the underlined word “permanent” in Paragraph 2 mean?A. Brief. B. Slight. C. Lasting. D. Ordinary.30. What did Karl Sc

31、heele like doing when performing experiments?A. Tasting chemicals. B. Staying in the empty lab.C. Experimenting in darkness. D. Working together with others.31. What special honor was Shoemaker given after his death?A. He was buried in the Tanami desert.B. Some of his ashes were placed on the moon.C

32、. One comet of Jupiter was named after him.D. A spacecraft carrying him traveled around Jupiter.32. The text is mainly about three great scientists _.A. special honors B. great achievements C. famous experiments D. suffering in the jobDHow much weight a baby gains during its first month could determ

33、ine its IQ, - 7 -new research found. The study found that children who gain more weight, and whose heads grow quickly during the first month of life, tend to have a higher IQ when they start school.Researchers at the University of Adelaide, in Australia studied 13, 800 children who were born at full

34、-term. They found that those who put on 40% of their birth weight in the first four weeks had an IQ 1.5 points higher than those who only put on 15% of their birth weight. Those who experienced the biggest growth in head circumference(头围) also had the highest IQs by the age of six.“Head circumferenc

35、e is an indicator of brain volume, so a greater increase in head circumference in a newly-born baby suggests more rapid brain growth, “says the author of the study, Dr. Lisa Smithers. She added, “Overall, newly-born children who grew faster in the first four weeks had higher IQ scores later in life.

36、 Those children who gained the most weight scored especially high on the verbal IQ at age 6. This may be because neural (神经的) structures for the verbal IQ develop earlier in life, which means the rapid weight gain during the first month could be having a direct cognitive benefit for the children.“Pr

37、evious studies have shown the association between early postnatal (产后的) diet and the IQ, but this is the first study of its kind to focus on the IQ benefits of rapid weight gain in the first month of life. Dr. Lisa Smithers says the study further highlights the need for successful feeding of newly-b

38、orn babies.“ We know that many mothers have difficulty establishing breastfeeding in the first week of their babies life,”Dr. Lisa Smithers said.“The findings of our study suggest that if babies are having feeding problems, there needs to be early intervention(干预 ) in the management of that feeding.

39、“33. How did the researchers get their conclusion from the study?A. By asking questions B. By making comparisonC. By having a discussion D. By referring to documents34. According to Dr. Lisa Smithers, we can learn that_.A. a kids verbal IQ scores reach its highest at age sixB. this study helps paren

40、ts find feeding problemsC. quick weight gain benefits newly-born babies on the verbal IQD. this study reminds parents of the need for breastfeeding- 8 -35. The study differs from previous ones that _.A. it associates early postnatal diet with the IQB. it pays attention to the IQ of newly-born babies

41、C. it emphasizes the significance of successful feedingD. it first focuses on the relation between the IQ and weight gain in the first month of life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。Time is on your sideHow frequently do you say “I dont have time”? Quite often, I gue

42、ss. Every time we say those words, they make us feel weak and out of control. You are in control of your hours and your life. _36_I know its not as easy as simply turning off the TV. But here are two steps that will help you take back control and get time on your side._37_Be honest: do you spend an

43、hour or two visiting Weixin and QQ every day? Are you spending time with people that you dont really like just to please them? Are there meetings you attend that you can politely refuse?Its time to get real about the hours that add up to a lot of dissatisfying nothing. Think how you can cancel daily

44、 activities that are not useful. _38_Change your language.Words matter. They have power. Saying “I dont have time” is an excuse for not wanting to do something. Here are some good, empowering alternatives (选择):“I choose not to start that project until next year.”“_39_”“Id love to go out this weekend

45、 but have important work I need to do first.”Get better at saying no. _40_ Use little pockets of time (friend running late, car stuck in traffic, meeting ending 10 minutes early) to do some productive thinking. All these things can add up over time more than you believe!- 9 -A. Identify your blocks.

46、B. But you are likely wasting a lot of it!C. I really dont have enough time to do it.D. Replace them with things that satisfy you.E. Take no notice of all those unimportant messages on your phone.F. Id love to read that book Ill get to it after my homework is complete!G. When you dont have a plan fo

47、r your life, someone else will plan it for you.第三部分 英语知识运用（共两节，满分 45 分）第 1 节 完型填空 （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 中，选出可以填在空白处的最佳选项，并在在答题卡上将该项涂黑。Strength and growth come whenever unpredictable and even when one is in despair. For me personally, I can write for days about many d

48、ifferent situations where adversity(逆境) 41 my life. Now let me tell you one experience where I almost let difficulty 42 .We had a glass studio, which was located 50 feet from our home. A couple of years ago we experienced an/a 43 winter: we had a lot of snow and ice and owing to the 44 of the ice an

49、d snow, the roof on our studio 45 , taking with it one of our sources of income. 46 it did fall down, we got on the roof and tried to 47 the snow and ice, but when you have 5 feet of ice and temperatures of minus 20 Celsius, it was pretty 48 to do.We had a partner come in to help us try to 49 the roof by supporting it. In the end, there was 50 that could be done. The roof came down. We had moved a lot of our goods and too