1、1舒城中学 20182019 学年度第一学期第四次统考高二英语(满分 150 分 时间 120 分钟)第卷（选择题，共 100 分）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）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. How will the woman go to the museum tomorrow?A. By bus. B. By bike. C. By car.2Wh
2、at is Alice now?A.A nurse. B. A dentist. C.A nurse in charge.3. Why does the woman look pale?A. She is ill now. B. She ran a lot just now. C. She stayed up last night.4. What does the woman think they should donate?A. Money. B. Food. C. Clothes.5. What does the man invite Paula to do?A. Watch a film
3、. B. Play tennis. C. Go skating.第二节（共 15 小题；每小题 1.5 分，满分 22.5 分）请听下面 5 段对话或独自。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。听下面一段对话，回答第 6、7 题。6Where is the man from?A. Korea. B. Japan. C. China.7. What subject is the woman planning to
4、 take up?A. Medicine. B. Chemistry. C. Physics.2听下面一段对话，回答第 8 至 10 题。8. What does the woman like very much?A. Tomato soup. B. Vegetables. C. Chicken.9. What should the speakers do if they eat in the school dining room?A. Take their own bowls. B. Wash the bowls they used. C. Sit together with the stu
5、dents.10. How much does lunch cost?A. 4 yuan. B.6 yuan. C.8 yuan.听下面一段对话，回答第 11 至 l3 题。11. Why did the woman come back from France?A. She had to look after her only child.B. She wanted to stay with her parents.C. She failed to get her masters degree.12. What does the mans company sell?A. Toys. B. Fu
6、rniture. C. Medical instruments13. When can the woman start to work?A. On June lst. B.On June 6th. C. On June 15th.听下面一段对话，回答第 14 至 16 题。14. What was the weather like yesterday?.A. Windy. B. Sunny. C. Rainy.15. What does the womans mother advise her to take while traveling?A. Some medicine B. An umb
7、rella C. An extra sweater16. What happened to the man last weekend?A. He caught a cold. B. He broke his camp. C. He lost his bicycle.听下面一段独白，回答第 17 至 20 题。17. What would James do in New York?A. Visit a professor. B. Give a lecture. C. Buy a new house.18. When would the flight take off?A. At 8:30 am.
8、 B. At 7:30 am. C. At 6:30 am.19. What do we know about the taxi driver?3A. He forgot to set his alarm clock. B. He stopped working early the night.C. He overslept the following morning.20. What was the news report about?A. Bad weather. B.A delayed flight. C.A plane crash.第二部分阅读理解（共两节，满分 40 分）第一节（共
9、15 小题；每小题 2 分，满分 30 分）阅读下列短文，从每题所给四个选项(A、B、C、D)中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。AWhere Is Spring BreakWhere is Spring Break going to be? The options are endless. Do you want to get your blood pumping from thrilling travels? Look no further! These tours and destinations will keep you on your toes all week long.P
10、anama: This underrated destination is a little-known secret of the most travelers! Through this tour youll get to hike, snorkel (浮潜) and explore all the best sights this beautiful country has to offer! Eight days tours for $ 250 / day.Canada: This diverse country is full of options. Explore the East
11、 of Canada and visit cities such as Montreal, Quebec or Toronto. If youre feeling adventurous, explore the Western part of the country with a Canadian Rockies Tour. During this twelve days tour you will hike a glacier to beautiful scenery and wander through postcard-worthy villages. Tours to Canada
12、for $200 / day.Iceland: Check off one of the seven wonders of the world with a tour of the Northern Lights and Golden Circle. Spend seven days full of adventure like hiking glaciers, snowshoeing through Thingvellir National Park, relaxing in the Geysir Hot Springs and of course experiencing the glor
13、y of the Northern Lights! Seven days tours for $ 300 / day.South Africa: Discover the diverse culture and wildlife that makes up South Africa. Your tour plan includes a journey along the coast known as “Rainbow Nation.” Here you will enjoy beautiful scenery, a hunting travel through Addo Elephant Na
14、tional Park and the wildlife in Tsitsikarnma National Park. Nine days tours for $230 / day.舒中高二统考英语 第 1 页 (共 10 页)421. What is the similar characteristic of the travels mentioned in the text?A. Exciting. B. Risky. C. Educational. D. Environmental.22. Which destination costs tourists the most money?A
15、. Panama. B. Canada. C. Iceland. D. South Africa.23. According to the text, Panama is a destination which .A. is not as famous as the other three B. you can go to for enjoying surfingC. offers an option to hike in the park D. takes the most time of the four toursBMy husband and I wanted desperately
16、the instant transformation from typical consumers to eco-conscious people. We switched our light bulbs to CFL(compact fluorescent light)bulbs to conserve energy. We went about the house turning off lights and unplugging appliances that werent in use. But the rate of global warming exceeded our snail
17、s pace transition to greenhood. So I pressed onwardI decided to put veganism(素食主义)at the top of our agenda. Vegans refuse any animal flesh or commercial goods made from any animal byproducts such as milk or fats. All the family applauded this option except for my husband. Some kind of animal needed
18、to sacrifice its dear life for his meal or it wasnt dinner. I cooked up a storm，struggling to prepare nutritious meals dominated by not-so-obvious vegan dishes like bean burritos and high-fiber vegetable stir-fryIt took a few days before he realized that he hadnt been eating any meat“I feel like eat
19、ing beef.”he announced. So that night, I took full advantage of a zucchini (一种南瓜)， cut it into chunky(粗大的 )pieces and cooked them. Then I covered them with spices. My beef-starved husband had some and a curious look crossed his face“Wheres the beef?”“Living peacefully somewhere on an open plain wher
20、e it belongs ”“I knew it”he whispered. “Youve surely made great contributions to the boom in cattle.”His taste buds were developed completely around the flavor of every kind ofanimal: cattle, pigs, deer, lamb, chickens and ducks. Transforming him was like 5feeding grass to a lionIm all for preservin
21、g our planet, but what good would it do to save the earth for tomorrows generation if todays died of starvation? The next day, we went out for burgers. I was very careful to place the paper bag into our recycling bin24Which of the following best explains“exceeded”underlined in Paragraph 1?A. Defeate
22、d B. Absorbed C. Bound D. Distributed25What do we know about the authors husband from Paragraph 2?A. He supported the meat-free diet B. He was a preserver of animalsC. He was regarded as a meat Lover D. He played a dominant role in cooking26What do we know about the author?A. She had a good sense of
23、 humor B. She successfully transformed her husbandC. She advocated raising more cattle D. She had a perfect recipe for cooking meals27What can be a suitable title for the text?A. Hunger or Anger? B. Discrimination or Appreciation?C. Vegetables or Marbles? D. Greens or Lions?CThe thing that sets chil
24、dren apart from adults is not their ignorance, nor their lack of skills. Rather, its their enormous capability for joy. A friend told me a story. One day, when she went to get his 6-year-old son from soccer practice, her kid greeted her with a sad face. The teacher had criticized him for not focusin
25、g on his soccer drills. The little boy walked out of the school with his head and shoulders hanging down. He seemed wrapped in sadness. But before reaching the car door, he suddenly stopped, crouching(蹲伏)down to look at something on the sidewalk. “Mom, come here! This is the strangest bug Ive ever s
26、een. It has ,like, a million legs. Its amazing!”The little face was overflowing with indescribable excitementNowadays, however, when we walk into a classroom, especially in a high school, well be choked by towering books and papers, and hiding behind them are a group of 舒中高二统考英语 第 3 页 (共 10 页)6motio
27、nless creatures, pens in hand, minds dry, just as the hollow men portrayed by T. S. Eliot. Their pursuit of joy has given way to their hunger for grades. Laughter and happiness are a distant memory for themAlthough joy is an unaffordable luxury in todays increasingly fierce competition, administrato
28、rs and teachers need a mindset shift from crushing students with assignments to getting them to take pleasure in productive activities which develop their important qualities, like perseverance and obligation. The assumption that pleasure is the enemy of competence and responsibility makes no sense
29、educationallyAdults tend to talk about learning as if it were medicine: unpleasant, but necessary and good for you. Why not think of learning as if it were foodsomething so valuable to humans that they want to experience it as a pleasure?28How is Paragraph 1 mainly developed?A. By describing a proce
30、dure B. By analyzing the processC. By giving an example D. By collecting data29What does the author intend to do in Paragraph 2? A. Summarize the previous paragraph B. Provide some advice for the readersC. Introduce the main topic for discussion D. Clarify some puzzling questions30What does the text
31、 suggest administrators and teachers do?A. Stop giving students homeworkB. Involve students in meaningful activitiesC. Supply students with luxuriesD. Arouse studentsfond memories31What is the text mainly about?A. Joy is the spokesperson for learning B. Pleasure is the enemy of progressC. Education
32、is the paradise for parents D. Exams are a never-ending warDLondon (CNN) There is no God - thats the conclusion of the celebrated physicist 7Stephen Hawking, whose final book is published Tuesday. The book Brief Answers to the Big Questions, which was completed by his family after his death, present
33、s answers to the questions that Hawking said he received most during his time on Earth.Other bombshells the British scientist left his readers with include the belief that alien life is out there, artificial intelligence could outsmart humans and time travel cant be ruled out.“There is no God. No on
34、e directs the universe,“ he writes in the book.“For centuries, it was believed that disabled people like me were living under a curse by God,“ he adds. “I prefer to think that everything can be explained another way, by the laws of nature.“While Hawking spoke of his lack of belief in God during his
35、life, several of his other answers are more surprising.“There are forms of intelligent life out there,“ he writes. “We need to be cautious about answering back until we have developed a bit further.“Travel back in time cant be ruled out according to our present understanding,“ he says. He also predi
36、cts that “within the next hundred years we will be able to travel to anywhere in the Solar System.“In remarks prepared by Hawking and played at the launch of the book in London on Monday, the scientist also turned his attention to the world he was leaving behind. His greatest concern, his daughter s
37、aid, “is how divided weve become,“ adding ,“He makes this comment about how we seem to have lost the ability to look outward, and we are increasingly looking inward to ourselves.“Hawkings final message to readers, though, is a hopeful one. Attempting to answer the question “How do we shape the futur
38、e?“, the scientist writes, “Remember to look up at the stars and not down at your feet.“32. Which question is NOT probably included in the book Brief Answers to the Big Questions,?A. Is there Alien life? B. Does the solar system exist?C. Is time travel possible? D. Does anyone direct the universe?33
39、. Hawking mentioned his disability in his book to_.8A. show his confidence. B. complain of God.C. tell readers about his hardship. D. support his disbelief in God.34. What was Hawking most concerned about?A. Artificial intelligence will outsmart humans. B. Allen life will come to the earth some day.
40、C. Technology will destroy the world. D. Human beings are not united.35. What did Hawking suggest human beings do?A. Contact alien life. B. Explore the universe.C. Develop the earth. D. Respect artificial intelligence.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。Many of us liv
41、e with a roommate at some stage. Sometimes, there can be problems. Who hasnt had an argument about whose turn it is to take out the rubbish or who should be the one to clear up after dinner? _36_You know that theres always someone else around, which can help you feel safer. There is always someone t
42、o talk to, so you never feel lonely. Besides these obvious benefits, there are some you may not notice. _37_To examine the effect of living alone, Australian university researchers did much research and found that people living alone tended to eat less fresh food, which can have a significant negati
43、ve effect on long-term health. However, those living with others generally benefited from a more varied diet compared to those living alone._38_ The researchers believe the social and cultural roles played by cooking, food preparation and eating may be important considerations. For example, those li
44、ving with friends have someone else to go shopping with, and thus are likely to buy high-quality fresh food regularly._39_ If people living alone find they do not have the knowledge required to prepare a particular dish or cook a certain food, they may fall back on ready-made, less healthy food. How
45、ever, if they live with at least one other person, they may be able to ask for help.In addition, people living alone can eat whatever they want at any time of the day 舒中高二统考英语 第 5 页 (共 10 页)9or night. However, its helpful to have someone around who questions your decision to eat frozen pizza at 3 am
46、. _40_So, if you now live alone and find yourself fighting a losing battle against poor eating habits, why not consider sharing a home with someone else? You could encourage one another on to greater health and well-being.A. Cooking skills may be another factor.B. In other words, roommates can draw
47、your attention to unhealthy routines.C. Living with a roommate could be a good thing because a roommate can share your expenses and contribute to your homes maintenance.D. For example, were actually more likely to eat healthier food when living with others.E. What could explain these findings?F. Its
48、 hard to find someone who doesnt grate on your nerves, has a similar cleanliness level as you and goes to bed at the same time.G. However, living with another person also comes with many benefits.第三部分 语言知识运用（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）阅读下面的短文，从短文后各题所给的 A、B、C 和 D 四个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最
49、佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。The room in the workhouse where the boys were fed was a large stone hall, and at one end the master and two women served the food. This 41 a bowl of thin soup three times a day, with a piece of bread on Sundays. The boys ate 42 and were always hungry. The bowls never needed 43 . The boys polished them with their spoons until they 44 . After three months of this slow starvation, one of the bo
