1、- 1 -黑龙江省大庆第一中学 2018-2019 学年高二英语上学期期末考试试题 注意事项：1 本试卷分第卷（选择题）和第卷（非选择题）两部分，共 150 分。考试时间 120 分钟。2 请将第卷的答案填涂在答题卡上；第卷非选择题部分的答案必须使用 0.5 毫米黑色签字笔书写在答题卷上，字体工整、笔迹清楚。第 I 卷 （三部分 共 115 分）第一部分：听力（共两节，满分 30 分）第一节（共 5 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 秒钟的时间
2、来回答有关小题和阅读下一小题.每段对话仅读一遍.1. What is the weather like now?A. Cold. B. Cloudy. C. Rainy.2. What are the speakers mainly talking about?A. A lecture. B. A course. C. A hall.3. Where are the speakers?A. On a bus. B. In a car. C. On a plane.4. When is the man meeting the woman tomorrow?A. At 1am. B. At 11a
3、m. C. At 2pm.5. Which shop are the speakers going to first?A. The chemists. B. The sports shop. C. The bookshop.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至7题。6. Whats the probable relatio
4、nship between the speakers?A. Salesman and shopper.- 2 -B. Waiter and customer.C. Neighbors.7. What does the woman need?A. Two eggs. B. Some coffee. C. A cake.听第7段材料，回答第8至9题。8. How long should the man talk in the speech?A. 20 minutes. B. 15 minutes. C. 5 minutes.9. What does the woman advise the man
5、 to do?A. Give more examples.B. Talk about the images.C. Simplify his speech.听第8段材料，回答第10至12题。10. What is probably the man?A. A librarian. B. A student. C. A tourist.11. Where is the open PC zone?A. In the north of the hall.B. In the middle of the library.C. On the left of the stairs.12. Which place
6、 does the man prefer to study in?A. The library cafe. B. The training hall. C. The silent zone.听第9段材料，回答第13至16题。13. Where does the conversation probably take place?A. At the airport. B. In a park. C. On the street.14. Why does the woman like San Francisco?A. It has no traffic jam.B. People there are
7、 friendlier. C. It has much good food and music.15. Where does the woman come from?A. Pennsylvania. B. Washington. C. China.16. What does the woman think of the mans English?- 3 -A. Unacceptable. B. Excellent. C. Strange.听第10段材料，回答第17至20题。17. What did the speakers parents advise him to do?A. Camp ne
8、ar home. B. Stay at home. C. Take a raincoat.18. How does the speaker plan to go to the campsite from the village?A. By bus. B. By car. C. On foot.19. What should Polly bring?A. Food. B. A tent. C. Drinks. 20. How long will it take to get to the village by bus?A. One hour. B. Four hours. C. Five hou
9、rs.第二部分：阅读理解（共两节 20 小题，每小题 2 分，满分 40 分）第一节 （共 15 小题；每小题 2 分，满分 30 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。并在答题卡上将该选项涂黑A“Indeed,” George Washington wrote in his diary in 1785, “some kind of fly, or bug, had begun to eat the leaves before I left home.” But the father of America was not the father of bu
10、g. When Washington wrote that, Englishmen had been referring to insects as bugs for more than a century, and Americans had already created lightning-bug(萤火虫). But the English were soon to stop using the bugs in their language, leaving it to the Americans to call a bug a bug in the nineteenth and twe
11、ntieth centuries.The American bug could also be a person, referring to someone who was crazy about a particular activity. Although fan became the usual term, sports fans used to be called racing bugs, baseball bugs, and the like.Or the bug could be a small machine or object, for example, a bug-shape
12、d car. The bug could also be a burglar alarm, from which comes the expression to bug, that is, “to install (安装 ) an alarm”. Now it means a small piece of equipment that people use for listening secretly to others conversation. Since the 1840s, to bug has long meant “to cheat”, and since the 1940s it
13、 has been annoying.- 4 -We also know the bug as a flaw in a computer program or other design. That meaning dates back to the time of Thomas Edison. In 1878 he explained bugs as “little problems and difficulties” that required months of study and labor to overcome in developing a successful product.
14、In 1889 it was recorded that Edison “had been up the two previous nights discovering a bug in his invented record player.”21. We learn from Paragraph 1 that _.AAmericans had difficulty in learning to use the word bugBGeorge Washington was the first person to call an insect a bugCthe word bug was sti
15、ll popularly used in English in the nineteenth centuryDboth Englishman and Americans used the word bug in the eighteenth century22. What does the word “flaw” in the last paragraph probably mean?AEvolution. BFinding. COrigin. DFault.23. “BUG” can referred to the following except_.A. A man who is craz
16、y about sports B. A man who installs an alarmC. An insect in natural worldD. A device for listening secretly24. The passage is mainly concerned with_.Athe misunderstanding of the word bugBthe development of the word bugCthe public views of the word bugDthe special characteristics of the word bugBAss
17、istant professor in Musical Theatre DanceWichita State University seeks a full-time, 9-month assistant professor, beginning in August. Applicants are required to have a degree in dance area, teaching experience at a professional or college level, ability to direct and teach stage movement. The salar
18、y depends on qualifications and experience.- 5 -For complete information visit http: / finearts.wichita.edu.Full Professor in Theatre and DanceThe Department of Theatre and Dance at the University of California at San Diego (http: /www. theatre, ucsd.edu) is seeking an experienced theatre artist in
19、lighting design. Applicants must work for us for at least one year. Significant professional experience is required. This position is expected to teach at both graduate and undergraduate levels.A review of applications will start on June 1st. Application deadline: September 1st.Technical Director in
20、 Performing and Fine ArtsDeSales Universitys Performing and Fine Arts Department seeks a highly skilled, professional technical director. The position is a 10-month staff position with the possibility of summer employment with the Pennsylvania Shakespeare Festival. Professional experience is require
21、d; MFA is preferred.Please email materials to john. bell desales.edu. Screening of applications begins immediately and will continue until the position is filled.Assistant Director-Media Resources CenterMaryland Institute College of Art is seeking an assistant director of Media Resources Center in t
22、he Academic Affairs Division.Qualifications for the position include a degree in Art History or related fields with knowledge of art and design history, library experience, excellent interpersonal communication skills and familiarity with photoshop and scanning.A review of applications will begin im
23、mediately; job announcements will remain open until the position is filled. Applicants are required to work for us at least 11 months and can send emails to jobs mica.edu. The salary differs depending on your experience. Please include your desired salary in your application letter.25. If an applica
24、nt has 9. 5-month free time, he or she can pay close attention to the ad of _.A. Assistant Professor in Musical Theatre Dance- 6 -B. Full Professor in Theatre and DanceC. Technical Director in Performing and Fine ArtsD. Assistant Director Media Resources Center26. If you have excellent interpersonal
25、 communication skills, you can apply to _.A. Wichita State UniversityB. the University of CaliforniaC. Maryland Institute College of ArtD. DeSales University27. According to the advertisements, we can learn that _.A. all the job announcements will remain open until the positions are filledB. all the
26、 jobs mentioned above promise a good salaryC. all the reviews of applications will begin immediatelyD. all the jobs mentioned in the text require experienceCA Scientist turns out to be able to see the future by offering each of some four-year-olds a piece of candy and watching how he or she deals wi
27、th it. Some children reach eagerly for the treat they see. Some last a few minutes before they give in. But others are determined to wait until the last moment. By the time the children reach high school, something remarkable has happened. A survey found that those who as four-year-olds had enough s
28、elf-control to hold out generally grew up to be more popular, adventurous, confident and dependable. The children who gave in to temptation early were more likely to be lonely, easily frustrated and inflexible. Actually, the ability to delay reward is a sign of emotional intelligence which doesnt sh
29、ow up on an IQ test. The hardware of the brain and the software of the mind have long been scientists concerns. But brain theory cant explain what we wonder about most, like the question why some people remain upbeat in the face of troubles that would sink a less resistant person. - 7 -Here comes th
30、e theory of Daniel Goleman, writer of Emotional Intelligence: when it comes to predicting peoples success, brain ability measured by IQ may actually matter less than the qualities of mind once thought of as “character”. EQ is not the opposite of IQ. What researchers have been trying to understand is
31、 how they work together; how ones ability to handle stress, for instance, affects the ability to concentrate and put intelligence to use. Among the ingredients for success, researchers now generally agree that IQ accounts for about 20%; the rest depends on everything from social class to luck. While
32、 many researchers in this relatively new field are glad to see emotional issues finally taken seriously, some few fear EQ invites misuse. 28. The experiment with the four-year-olds makes it clear that _. A. the age of 4 is a proper time for scientific experimentB. emotional intelligence wont show up
33、 until adolescenceC. the ability of self-control plays a role in personal successD. candy can be used to measure a persons emotional intelligence29. Which of the following is true according to the text?A. The higher a persons EQ is, the higher his or her IQ is. B. The higher a persons IQ is, the low
34、er his or her EQ is. C. A persons success totally depends on his or her EQ. D. Scientists have been trying to discover how EQ and IQ work together. 30. The underlined word “upbeat” in Paragraph 4 probably means _. A. kind B. floating C. excited D. optimistic31. What is most likely to be written in t
35、he paragraph that follows?A. Information about famous people with high EQ. B. Examples showing the opposite voice about EQ. C. Some reasons why EQ is a relatively new field. D. Strong demands for basic emotional education. DEver since they were first put on the market in the early 1990s, genetically
36、 - 8 -modified (GM, 转基因) foods have been increasingly developed and marketed in many countries in the world, mainly on the basis of their promise to end the worldwide food crisis. But can GM technology solve world hunger problems? Even if it would ,is it the best solution?Despite what it promises,GM
37、 technology actually has not increased the production potential of any corp. In fact, studies show that the most widely grown GM crop, GM soybeans, has suffered reduced productivity. For instance, a report that analysed nearly two decades of research on major GM food crops shows that GM engineering
38、has failed to significantly increase US crop production.Something else, however, has been on the rise. While GM seeds are expensive, GM companies tell farmers that they will make good profits by saving money on pesticides（杀虫剂）. On the contrary, US government data show that GM crops in the US have pr
39、oduced an overall increase in pesticide use compared to traditional crops. “The promise was that you could use less chemicals and boost production. But neither is true,” said Bill Christison, President of the US National Farm Coalition.At the same time, the authors of the book World Hunger: Twelve M
40、yths argue that there actually is more than enough food in the world and that the hunger crisis is not caused by production, but by problems in food distribution and politics. These indeed deserve our efforts and money. Meanwhile, the rise in food prices results from the increased use of crops for f
41、uel rather than food, according to a 2008 World Bank report.As a matter of fact ,scientists see better ways to feed the world. Another World Bank report concluded that GM crops have little to offer to the challenges of worldwide poverty and hunger, because better ways out are available, among which
42、“green” farming is supposed to be the first choice.32. The author develops the second paragraph mainly _. Aby classification Bby comparisonCby example Dby process33. What does the underlined word “boost “in the third paragraph probably - 9 -mean?AControl. BEvaluate CObtain. DIncrease.34. GM companie
43、s promise farmers that they will benefit from _. Apracticing “green” farming Buse of less chemicalsCfair distribution of their crops Dusing more crops for fuel35. Which of the following best describes the attitude of the author towards GM technology?AOptimistic BFavorable CDisapproving DCasual第二节 （共
44、 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。Where the jobs are?Thinking about a career in public safety or law enforcement? Statistics show that these careers are growing, have great benefits,and can be very rewarding._36_But there are hundreds of public safety jobs to think about
45、-everything from police officer who protect people to drivers license examiners who test driving skills.For example,Angela Bloom is an animal control worker for the city.She and her co-workers pick up animals that are lost,sick,or dangerous._37_For this job,being in good physical condition is import
46、ant and a high school diploma is required.It may be necessary for candidates to have received on-the-job training and hold certification._38_He looks for health problems in places where people prepare and serve food.There are many kinds of jobs for inspectors.For example,public safety inspectors loo
47、k for safety violations or dangerous workplaces and fire inspectors look for problems in buildings that could cause fires._39_A college degree is often necessary. Actually, applicants with a bachelors or masters degree,related experience or training in a foreign language may have - 10 -the best job
48、prospects._40_For those interested in working in this dynamic and rewarding field,a wide variety of options are available.So remember,if you like working with the public,and are looking for a good job,a career in public safety might be perfect for you.A.Martin Lee is a health inspector.B.You can com
49、e and apply for the degree.C.They also investigate reports of animal abuse(虐待).D.These are only a few of the job options available.E.Problems solving skills are important for these jobs.F.Their job is to find a person to adopt the homeless animals.G.Police officer and firefighter are two of the most popular safety jobs in this field.第三部分：英语知识运用（共两节，满分 45 分）第一节 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四个选项（A、B、C、D）中，选出可
