1、1腾冲八中 20182019 学年高二下学期开学考试英语试卷第一部分 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。每段对话仅读一遍。1. What will the speakers do?A. Plan a picnic. B. Go on a picnic. C. Stay at home.2. How did the man come to work?A. By bus. B. By bike. C. On foot.3. Whats the color of the dress?
2、A. White. B. Red. C. Yellow.4. What is the woman?A. A traffic policewoman. B. A bus conductor. C. A math teacher.5. What does the man think of the English class?A. Dull. B. Interesting. C. Difficult.第二节 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。每段对话或独白读两遍。听下面一段对话，回答第 6 至 7 题。6. W
3、hich grade is John in?A. Senior One. B. Senior Two. C. Junior Three.7. What is Johns problem?A. The teachers are too strict.B. The subjects are difficult.C. His classmates are not easy-going.听下面一段对话，回答第 8 至 9 题。8. What is Tom busy doing?A. Watching TV. B. Playing computer games. C. Chatting on the p
4、hone.9. How long does Tom plan to spend on his vacation homework?2A. Three days. B. Ten days. C. One week.听下面一段对话，回答第 10 至 12 题。10. Who is the caller?A. David. B. Mr Smith. C. Helen.11. How many tickets have been bought?A. Two. B. Three. C. Four.12. When should Mr Smith arrive at the cinema?A. At 8:
5、 00. B. At 7: 30. C. At 7: 00.听下面一段对话，回答第 13 至 16 题。13. What did Li Mei do recently?A. She climbed a mountain.B. She visited a village/C. She returned to her school.14. What did Li Mei NOT do for the children?A. Teach them English.B. Give them money.C. Give them school supplies.15. What do we know a
6、bout the children?A. They are naughty. B. They are very shy. C. They are hard-working.16. What do we know about the man?A. He is seen as an angel.B. He will not visit those children.C. He passed his driving test.听下面一段对话，回答第 17 至 20 题。17. What is Luke?A. A driver. B. A visitor. C. A guide.18. How lon
7、g will it take for the bus to get to the hotel?A. 15 minutes. B. 50 minutes. C. 5 minutes.19. What is San Jose?A. A town. B. A city. C. A beach.320. What can you do in San Jose, Los Cabos?A. Drink in public. B. Swim in the ocean. C. Go horse riding.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）
8、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。ASharon, Aged 22The most important thing to keep in mind when going into high school is to be yourself. Besides, I dont know what your middle school was like, but high school teachers will not care about things such as how much homework you already hav
9、e in one night. Its best to just learn to deal with things and manage your time wisely so you can achieve everything you need to.Frank, Aged 21I think almost every kid feels both nervous and excited before their first day. You will probably love it. I know I did. You should join some sports or activ
10、ities that will make your high school experience more enjoyable. Good luck!Eddie, Aged 20When I started high school I was really nervous too, especially since I had been homeschooled all through middle school and didnt really know anyone. I suppose the best advice would be to just relax. The first c
11、ouple of days can be a little bit hard, but things will become easier before you know it.David, Aged 19Im not going to lie. The first day is kind of frightening（令人恐惧的）. But youll get used to it. Dont be afraid of anyone; upperclassmen will pick on you more if you let them know youre afraid. Just tak
12、e it easy. Making some friends and staying with them will greatly help you get used to high school quickly. After the first week its really not bad at all. Dont worry.21. What can we infer from Sharon about high school?A. Teachers are quite strict.4B. Students often stay up at night.C. Teachers prov
13、ide little care for students.D. Students should make good use of their time.22. How did Eddie feel on his first day of high school?A. Excited B. Bored C. Worried D. Relaxed23. Who mentions the importance of friends?A. Frank B. David C. Sharon D. EddieBGood evening parents, grandparents, aunts, uncle
14、s and friends. I would like to thank you all for coming on this very special day for every student on this stage. I know how proud you must be. As we have grown over the years, there are many steps and stages we all have gone through. From learning our shapes and colors, to getting our first kiss in
15、 middle school, or how about explaining to our parents why we skipped school because the headmaster called home. As we remember these days, things that weve done will be with us forever. But this is only the start of our journey. To graduate is one more step weve taken in our lives.Now I would like
16、to take the time to thank everyone who has helped me get this far. First of all, thank you to all the teachers. None of us would be here without you always pushing our studying abilities to the fullest. My brother Jeramie who always said, “If anyone is meant to you, Ill take care of it.” My mom, tha
17、nk you for always believing in me and putting up with me. And last but not least, my dad, for proving to me that I always need to take responsibility for my actions and deal with the result. Thank you all! I love you. Now, advice to the students! Many of you think, “This is as good as it gets!” but
18、the future holds a bigger plan for all of us. So good luck and congratulations to the class of 2015. We did it!24. This passage is most probably _.5A. a suggestion letter B. a greeting cardC. a graduation speech D. a letter of congratulations25. What the writer learns from her dad is that _.A. knowl
19、edge is power B. one should answer for what he doesC. where there is a will, there is a way D. a good beginning is half done26. According to the writer, many students _.A. hardly study at schoolB. hate to follow others adviceC. should pay more attention to the futureD. are afraid of dealing with dif
20、ficulties27. We can infer from the passage that the writer of the passage is _.A. a parent B. a headmaster C. a teacher D. a studentCReading can be a social activity. Think of the people who belong to book groups. They choose books to read and then meet to discuss them. Now, the website BookC turns
21、the page on the traditional idea of a book group.Members go on the site and register the books they own and would like to share. BookCrossing provides an identification number to stick inside the book. Then the person leaves it in a public place, hoping that the book will have an adventure, travelin
22、g far and wide with each new reader who finds it.Bruce Pederson, the managing director of BookCrossing, says, “The two things that change your life are the people you meet and books you read. BookCrossing combines both.”Members leave books on park benches and buses, in train stations and coffee shop
23、s. Whoever finds their book will go to the site and record where they found 6it.People who find a book can also leave a journal entry describing what they thought of it. E-mails are then sent to the BookCrossing to keep them updated about where their books have been found. Bruce Pederson says the id
24、ea is for people not to be selfish by keeping a book to gather dust on a shelf at home.BookCrossing is part of a trend among people who want to get back to the “real” and not the virtual（虚拟）. The site now has more than one million members in more than one hundred thirty-five countries.28. Why does t
25、he author mention book groups in the first paragraph?A. To explain what they are.B. To introduce BookCrossing.C. To stress the importance of reading.D. To encourage readers to share their ideas.29. What does the underlined word “it” in Paragraph 2 refer to?A. The book. B. An adventure.C. A public pl
26、ace. D. The identification number.30. What will a BookCrosser do with a book after reading it?A. Meet other readers to discuss it. B. Keep it safe in his bookcase.C. Pass it on to another reader. D. Mail it back to its owner.31. What is the best title for the text?A. Online Reading: A Virtual Tour B
27、. Electronic Books: A new TrendC. A Book Group Brings Tradition Back D. A Website Links People through BooksDSome people surveyed tasted the sweet, salty, and crunchy together with other tastes of food as they listen to different noises. It shows that louder noises reduced the reported sweetness or
28、saltiness of food while increasing the measure of crunchiness（松脆）.7It may go some way to explain why airline food is widely complained about by both the workers and passengers. Andy Woods, a researcher, said, “Its a general opinion that plane foods arent fantastic, but Im sure airlines do their best
29、, so we wondered if there were other reasons. One thought was that perhaps the background noise may have an effect. NASA gives their space explorers very strong-tasting foods, because for some reason, they cant taste food that strongly again, it may have something to do with the background noise.”In
30、 a study, 48 people were fed sweet foods or salty ones, while listening to nothing or noise through earphones. Meanwhile they rated（划分等级）the foods. In noisier settings, foods were rated less salty or sweet than they were when it was silent, but were rated crunchier. “The evidence shows that if the b
31、ackground noise is loud, your attention might be drawn to that, away from the food.” Dr. Woods said.“We are still at an early stage of progressing and this is a rather small study to really draw definitive（最完整可靠的） conclusions from,” Dr Woods said, “but they suggest that restaurants could well adapt
32、their choice of food for a given environment.”Also in the groups findings there is the suggestion that the overall satisfaction with the food is also related to the degree to which people like what they are hearing.32. How does the food taste when it is eaten in a noise environment?A. Less salty but
33、 crunchier. B. Sweeter and saltier.C. Sweeter but less crunchy. D. Less sweet and crunchy.33. What does NASA give their space explorers very strong-tasting foods?A. Foods become less tasty in space.B. The explorers lose their sense of taste in space.C. Loud noises in space may weaken the explorers s
34、ense of taste.D. The explorers need tastier foods to keep energetic in space.34. We can infer from what Dr. Woods said in the 4th paragraph that _.8A. the environment influences the food a restaurant sellsB. the researchers have made an effective conclusionC. music will weaken peoples sense of taste
35、 while eatingD. listening to nothing while eating is the best choice35. What would be the best title for the text?A. The best dinner environmentB. How to change plane foodsC. Listening to music while eatingD. Background noise affects the taste of foods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
36、空白处的最佳选项。选项中有两项为多余选项。Advice for High School StudentsAs a person who is graduating from high school very soon, I have some suggestions for students in high school or students who are soon going to be high school students. 36 . I am sure others can benefit from reading them and will not make similar m
37、istakes like me.37 . Do not value first impression highly. Dont dismiss a person or an idea too early just because you immediately get a bad impression. You will miss many opportunities because of that.Although something seems bad at the first impression, it does not mean it is bad all the time. Try
38、 to give everything a fair chance.Dont try to please everybody. There is no way you can please everybody or get everybody to agree with you. 38 . It is a huge waste of time.Have respect for authority. No matter how much you may dislike them, just remember that teachers and parents care about you and
39、 they are only doing their jobs. 39 . Dont argue with them and just obey them.Realize a high school is not the real world. The real world isnt a closed environment. 40 . What is rewarded in high school such as popularity and agreement is different from what is rewarded in the real world. If high sch
40、ool 9isnt working out for you, you may find yourself better at handling the real world.A. Do not be too quick to judge.B. So just learn to say the word “No” a lot.C. Listen to their advice and consider it carefully.D. Many of these are based on regrets that I have.E. Bad habits are hard to break and
41、 remain with you for a long time.F. Dont spend any effort trying to please others who will never like you.G. It is a free society where people accept responsibility for their actions.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 个小题：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四个选项（A、B、C 和 D）中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。When I wa
42、s young, my father had a small business. Each of the seven children in our family worked in our fathers 41 . As we worked and watched, we 42 that work was about more than survival and making a sale.One lesson stands out in my 43 . It was shortly before 44 . I was in eighth grade and was working even
43、ings, straightening the toy station. A little boy, five or six years old, came in. He was 45 a brown worn coat with dirty sleeves. The little boy looked poor to me too poor to 46 anything. He looked 47 the toy section, picked up this item and 48 , and carefully put them 49 in their place.Dad came do
44、wn the stairs and walked over to the boy. His blue eyes 50 and the dimple（酒窝）in his cheek stood out as he asked the boy 51 he could do for him. The boy said he was looking for a Christmas 52 for his brother. I was impressed that Dad treated him with the same respect as any adult. Dad told him to tak
45、e his 53 and look around. He did.After about 20 minutes, the little boy carefully picked up a toy 54 , walked up to my dad and said, “How much for this, Mister?”10“How much you got?” Dad asked.The little boy held out his hand and 55 it. In his hand lay 27 cents. The 56 on the toy plane hed picked ou
46、t was $3.98“That plane 57 exactly 27 cents!” Dad said as he 58 the sale. Dads reply still 59 in my ears. I thought about what Id seen as I packed the present. When the little boy walked out of the store, I didnt notice the dirty, worn coat. What I saw was a happy child with a 60 .My best gift that C
47、hristmas was seeing my Dads love in action. I will never forget what happened that day.41. A. workshop B. farm C. office D. store42. A. learned B. taught C. loved D. signed43. A. way B. mind C. life D. trouble44. A. Christmas B. sunset C. New Years Day D. Mothers Day45. A. putting on B. dressing C.
48、taking D. wearing46. A. try B. attempt C. afford D. manage47. A. for B. around C. up D. over48. A. that B. one C. it D. this49. A. up B. away C. back D. off50. A. closed B. smiled C. shone D. looked51. A. who B. what C. when D. if52. A. tree B. card C. cake D. present53. A. effort B. word C. time D.
49、 courage54. A. plane B. bear C. car D. section55. A. showed B. opened C. gave D. turned56. A. prize B. money C. package D. rice57. A. costs B. spends C. pays D. gives58. A. took B. returned C. made D. offered59. A. rings B. stays C. remains D. gets1160. A. bag B. treasure C. pack D. thing第二节 语法填空（共 10 小题：每小题 1.5 分，满分 15 分）阅读下面材料，在空白处填入适当的内容（1 个单词）或括号内单词的正确形式。The giant panda_61_(love) by people throughout the world. Chinese scientists _62_(
