1、1安徽省郎溪中学直升部 2018-2019 学年第一学期高二学段期中考英语学科试题第卷第一部分：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. What color is the mans toothbrush?A. Blue. B. Green. C. Red.2. What is the man mostly worried about?A.
2、 The noisy plane. B. The safety of the airplane.C. The service of the flight attendant.3. How does the man feel? A. Impatient. B. Helpless. C. Sad.4. When does the girl have to go to bed?A. At 8:00 p.m. B. At 9:00 p.m. C. At 11:00 p.m.5. Where does the conversation take place?A. At a fruit shop. B.
3、At a candy shop. C. At the womans house.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 relationship between the speakers?A. Boss and employee. B. Co-worker
4、s. C. Classmates.7. Why is Jane unhappy?2A. She forgot to answer some emails.B. She talked to angry customers all morning.C. She is usually the first one to take complaints.听第 7 段材料，回答第 8 至 10 题。8. How much will the man pay in total?A. $20. B. $25. C. $45.9. How did the man get his shirt dirty?A. By
5、 cooking vegetable soup. B. By eating noodles. C. By washing up.10. When will the man get his shirt back?A. On Sunday. B. On Monday. C. On Tuesday.听第 8 段材料，回答第 11 至 13 题。11. What is the probable relationship between the speakers?A. Schoolmates. B. Brother and sister. C. Teacher and student.12. What
6、just happened to Chads shirt?A. He got a tea stain on it. B. He got blue paint on it. C. He rolled in the grass with it.13. What will Chad do after school?A. Tell his mother what happened. B. Ask Betty to explain for him. C. Buy a new shirt.听第 9 段材料，回答第 14 至 16 题。14. Where is the tree house?A. In Ju
7、stins yard. B. In Stanleys yard. C. In Miss Johnsons yard.15. How will Justin get back to the tree house?A. By car. B. By bike. C. On foot.16. Why is Justin in a hurry?A. He is afraid of thunder. B. He thinks its going to rain. C. He wants his mother to see the tree house.听第 10 段材料，回答第 17 至 20 题。317
8、. What is the speaker mainly talking about? A. How to predict an earthquake. B. How to survive an earthquake.C. How to rescue people in an earthquake.18. What do people need to get ready for an earthquake? A. Shelters. B. Cars. C. Blankets.19. What does the speaker suggest people do when an earthqua
9、ke hits? A. Drop to the ground. B. Stay by the window. C. Run to the door.20. What does the speaker warn people about at the end of the talk?A. Trapped lifts. B. Falling pieces. C. Damaged bridges.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。AWhats On?Elect
10、ric Underground7:30pm1:00am Free at the Cyclops TheatreDo you know whos playing in your area? Were bringing you an exciting evening of live rock and pop music from the best local bands. Are you interested in becoming a musician and getting a recording contract (合同)? If so, come early to the talk at
11、7:30pm by Jules Skye, a successful record producer. Hes going to talk about how you can find the right person to produce your music.Gee Whizz8:30pm-10:30pm Comedy at KaleidoscopeCome and see Gee Whizz perform. Hes the funniest stand-up comedian on the comedy scene. This joyful show will please every
12、one, from the youngest to the oldest. Gee Whizz really knows how to make you laugh! Our bar is open from 7:00pm for drinks and snacks .4Simons Workshop5:00pm-7:30pm Wednesdays at Victoria StageThis is a good chance for anyone who wants to learn how to do comedy. The workshop looks at every kind of c
13、omedy, and practices many different ways of making people laugh. Simon is a comedian and actor who has 10 years experience of teaching comedy. His workshops are exciting and fun. An evening with Simon will give you the confidence to be funny.Charlotte Stone8:00pm-11:00pm Pizza WorldFine food with be
14、autiful jazz music; this is a great evening out. Charlotte Stone will perform songs from her new best-selling CD, with James Pickering on the piano. The menu is Italian, with excellent meat, fresh fish and pizzas. Book early to get a table. Our bar is open all day, and serves cocktails, coffee, beer
15、, and white wine.21. Who can help you if you want to have your music produced?A. Jules Skye. B. Gee Whizz. C. Charlotte Stone. D. James Pickering.22. At which place can people of different ages enjoy a good laugh?A. The Cyclops Theatre. B. Kaleidoscope. C. Victoria Stage. D. Pizza World.23. What do
16、we know about Simons Workshop?A. It requires membership status. B. It lasts three hours each time.C. It is run by a comedy club. D. It is held every Wednesday.BWhen other nine-year-old kids were playing games, she was working at a petrol station. When other teens were studying or going out, she foug
17、ht to find a place to sleep on the street. But she beat these terrible things to win a highly competitive scholarship and gain entry into Harvard University. And her 5amazing story has inspired a movie, “Homeless to Harvard: The Liz Murray Story”.Liz Murray, a 22-year-old American girl, has been wri
18、ting a real-life story of willpower and determination. Liz grew up with two drug-addicted parents. There was never enough food or warm clothes in the house. Liz was the only member of the family who had a job. Her mother had AIDS and died when Liz was just l5 years old. The effect of that loss becam
19、e a turning point in her life. Connecting the environment in which she had grown up with how her mother had died, she decided to do something about it.Liz went back to school. She threw herself into her studies, never telling her teachers that she was homeless. At night, she lived on the streets. “W
20、hat drove me to live on had something to do with understanding, and by understanding that there was a whole other way of being. I had only experienced a small part of the society,” she wrote in her book Breaking Night.She admitted that she used envy to drive herself on. She used the benefits that co
21、me easily to others, such as a safe living environment, to encourage herself that “next to nothing could hold me down”. She finished high school in just two years and won a full scholarship to study at Harvard University. But Liz decided to leave her top university a couple of months earlier this ye
22、ar in order to take care of her father, who has also developed AIDS. “I love my parents so much. They are drug addicts. But I never forget that they love me all the time. ”Liz wants moviegoers to come away with the idea that changing your life is “as simple as making a decision”.24.In which order di
23、d the following things happen to Liz?a. Her mother died of AIDS. b. She got admitted into Harvard.c. She worked at a petrol station. d. The movie about her life was put on.e. She had trouble finding a place to sleep.A.c, a, e, b, d B.a, b, c, e, d C.c, d, b, a, e D.b, e, a, d, 6c25.What actually mad
24、e her go towards her goal?A.Envy and encouragement. B.Willpower and determination.C.Decisions and honesty D.Love and respect for her parents.26.What does Liz mean by saying “What drove me to live on.I had only experienced a small part of the society”?A.She had little experience of social life. B.She
25、 could hardly understand the society.C.She would do something for her own life. D.She needed to travel more around the world.27.What does the passage mainly tell us?A.Why Liz loved her parents so much. B.How Liz made efforts to change her life.C.What a hard time Liz had in her childhood. D.How Liz m
26、anaged to enter Harvard University.CMany people tend to complain about not having good friends in their lives. Sadly, they seem to think that their own company is not enough to make them happy. However, nothing could be further from the truth . In order to get along with others, the first thing you
27、need to do is learn to get along with yourself. Only in this way will you succeed in developing healthy relationships with others.Listen to your inner voice. Remember that inner voice that keeps whispering to you what you really want and need as well as what you do not really want and need. It is ab
28、out time you started listening to it. In order to get to know yourself in depth, it is important to learn and accept what you want and what you do not want.Learn to enjoy your own company. You will be surprised to find out how many things you can do by yourself and actually have fun in the process.
29、Reading romantic novels, poetry or science fiction is only a few of the things that you 7can do by yourself, which not only can offer you hours of enjoyment, but also the chance to get to know yourself better.Satisfy yourself. Pay special attention to your personal hygiene(卫生). Do your hair and nail
30、s often and experiment with new styles. Follow a healthy diet and exercise regularly to stay in good shape. No matter how busy your daily schedule is, always find at least an hour per day for yourself, when you can either relax doing absolutely nothing, or doing something that you enjoy most.Learn t
31、o respect your own boundaries. Find out what your boundaries are and learn to respect them. You are the only one who knows what you can accept and what you cannot.28. If you want to have a good relationship with others, you should first _.A. get into the habit of living alone B. learn to be your own
32、 best friendC. always tell the truth D. make many friends in society29. What is the purpose of listening to your inner voice? _A. To keep a good state of mind. B. To know more about yourself.C. To enjoy the time by yourself. D. To form a relationship with others.30. In order to please yourself, the
33、writer gives some suggestions EXCEPT _.A. eating healthily B. exercise regularlyC. experimenting with new hair style D. keeping on cleaning the house31. What is the structure of the passage? D8Many leading AI researchers think that in a matter of decades, artificial intelligence will be able to do n
34、ot only some of our jobs, but all of our jobs, forever transforming life on Earth.The reason why many people consider this as science fiction is that weve traditionally thought of intelligence as something mysterious . But such an idea is unscientific.From my point of view, as a physicist and AI res
35、earcher, intelligence is simply a certain kind of information-processing performed by elementary particles(基本粒子) moving around. Weve only seen the tip of the intelligence iceberg . There is an amazing potential to unlock the full intelligence that is potential in nature and use it to help humanity.I
36、f we get it right, the upside is huge. Since everything we love about civilization is the product of intelligence, enlarging our own intelligence with AI has the potential to solve tomorrows toughest problems. For example, why risk our loved ones dying in traffic accidents that self-driving cars cou
37、ld prevent or dying of cancers that AI might help us find cures for? Im optimistic that we can develop rapidly with advanced AI as long as we win the race between the growing power of our technology and the knowledge with which we manage it. But this requires giving up our outdated concept of learni
38、ng form mistakes. That helped us win the race with less powerful technology: We messed up with fire and then invented fire extinguishers (灭火器),and we messed up with cars and then invented seat belts. However, its an awful idea for more powerful technologies, such as nuclear weapons or superintellige
39、nt AI where even a single mistake is unacceptable and we need to get things right the first time.32. How do many people feel about leading AI researchers predictions?A. Worried B. Curious C. Doubtful D. Disappointed33. What does the author think of intelligence?A. We know little about it. B. It belo
40、ngs to human beings.C. It is too difficult to understand. D. We have a good command of it.934. What does the underlined word “upside” in Paragraph 4 probably mean?A. Cost. B. Potential. C. Quantity. D. Advantage.35. Whats important for us in the race between people and technology?A. Learning from fa
41、ilure. B. Increasing our intelligence.C. Avoiding making mistakes. D. Making accurate predictions.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。Small talk is the short conversations we have at parties, while we wait in line at the store, at family events or work. Sometimes we
42、make small talk with people we already know but not well. Often we have to make small talk with complete strangers. _36_. Here are some tips to improve your small-talking ability.1. _37_If you have seen a really good movie or have read a really good book, you can talk about that.When you are sharing
43、 the same experience with someone, its easy to start a conversation. You simply notice and comment on whats going on around you. For example, if you are at a party and a song comes on that you like or that reminds you of something, you can talk about that.2. Ask open-ended questionsThese types of qu
44、estions require more thought and more than a simple one-word answer. _38_, the conversation will go on longer.3. Become a studentNobody knows everything. So, as someone is answering one of your open-ended questions, they bring up something about which you know nothing. So, tell them! This lets the o
45、ther person become the teacher. _39_. Its a win-win situation.Like anything, getting good at making small talk takes practice. _40_, you might become happier. If you are making small talk using English, you will 10most definitely improve your speaking and listening skills.A. Have some conversation s
46、tarters readyB. If you make small talk in your native languageC. However, some people are not good at small talkD. If you ask questions that need more details to answerE. You can talk about something that you recently learnedF. Many people find these small conversations about random topics easyG. Th
47、ey feel good about sharing their knowledge and you get to learn something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 first met my new parrot, Chico, his wings had been cut short. He couldnt fly and he was stuck on the_41_just lik
48、e us humans. When the weather turned nice, I would take Chico outside. I_42_him on a branch of a tree, hoping to make him happier. At first he seemed confused. He walked back and forth on the branch looking_43_. He didnt even flap(拍打) his wings in a(n)_44_to fly. Somehow he knew he was unable.One day Chico got especially excited.He paced back and forth and made an incredible amount of noise. Then all of a sudden he stopped and_45_an even louder scream. He started_46_flapping his wings for the first time everthe
