1、- 1 -湖南省怀化市新晃侗族自治县一中 2018-2019 学年高二英语上学期期中试题（无答案）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。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. Who woke the baby up?A. The man. B. The woman. C. The dog.2. What time of day is it?A. Morning. B. Noon. C.
2、Early evening.3. How does the woman describe her trip?A. Boring. B. Tiring. C. Relaxing.4. When will the meeting start?A. At 4:10. B. At 4:00. C. At 3:30.5. When will the speakers meet?A. On Monday morning. B. On Monday afternoon. C. On Wednesday morning.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。
3、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。听完每段对话或独白后，你将有 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。听第 6 段材料，回答第 6、7 题。6. What are the speakers mainly talking about?- 2 -A. An accident. B. The womans worries. C. The womans illness.7.What does the man suggest the woman do?A. Quit smoking. B. Stay out al
4、l day. C. Talk seriously with her daughter.听第 7 段材料，回答第 8、9 题。8. What sport is popular in the mans country?A. Swimming. B. Football. C. Table tennis.9. Why dont the speakers go skating?A. There is no ice now. B. They feel bored of it. C. The woman doesnt know how to skate.听第 8 段材料，回答第 10 至 12 题。10.
5、When does the man usually finish his writing class?A. At 6:50 pm. B. At 7:00 p.m. C. At 7:30 p.m.11.What subject is Sam studying?A. Chemistry. B. History. C. Math.12. Where will the woman wait for the man?A. In the library. B. In a restaurant. C. Outside the mans classroom.听第 9 段材料，回答第 13 至 16 题。13.
6、 What does Bob probably enjoy eating most?A. Chicken. B. Spicy tofu. C. Fried pork slices.14.Where are the speakers now?- 3 -A. In Harbin. B. In Chengdu. C. In Tianjin.15. Why does Bob offer to pay for the meal?A. He just moved into town. B. He just found a new job.C. He invited Brenda to the restau
7、rant.16. Whats the probable relationship between the speakers?A. Friends. B. Co-workers. C. Teacher and student.听第 10 段材料，回答第 17 至 20 题。17. What is considered bad luck in Washington D.C.?A. Bringing umbrellas inside cars. B. Opening umbrellas inside buildings.C. Closing umbrellas to dry them out.18.
8、 What are most tourists probably hoping to see?A. Flowers. B. Tall buildings. C. Famous pictures.19. According to the speaker, why should people drive slowly on wet streets?A. To stay safe. B. To protect the trees. C. To make sure the local stay dry.20. On which day is snow expected?A. Sunday. B. Mo
9、nday. C. Wednesday.第二部分 阅读理解（共两节，满分 40 分）- 4 -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 A、B、C 和 D四个选项中选出最佳选项。 AHave you ever been to Taiwan, Chinas biggest island? Do you want to pay a visit there? Well show you the best of Taiwan island.A four-day tourPlacesSun Moon LakeA beautiful lake. A small is
10、land. On one side of the island, the lake looks like the sun, and on the other side it looks like the moon. That is why people call it the Sun Moon Lake.Ali MountainThe nearest mountain around the Sun Moon Lake. A nice experience to have a party with Gaoshan people. A wonderful place to see a very b
11、eautiful sunrise.People LakeA great place for swimming, fishing, boating and eating delicious fruit and fresh fish.Gao XiongA great place to spend a full day shopping.Price Book (预定) nowOnly 5,000Including: Round-trip plane tickets between Beijing and Taiwan. Bus service around Taiwan and great tour
12、 guide service.Office hoursMonday-Friday: 9:00 a.m. 7:00 p.m.Saturday: 9:00 a. m. 4:00 p. m.Tel: 6459-9561Book by phone now for next month.21. How much should tourists pay for the four-day tour in Taiwan?A. 5,000. B. 6,000. C. 7,000. D. 8,000.- 5 -22. On Saturday, you can book the four-day tour in T
13、aiwan by phone at _.A. 7:00 a.m. B. 8:00 a.m. C. 3:00 p.m. D. 5:00 p.m.23. I n which part of a newspaper can we most probably read the passage?A. News. B. Sports. C. Education. D. Travel.BAccording to a new US study，couples who expect their children to look after them in old age should hope they hav
14、e daughters because daughters are twice as attentive as sons overall. The research by Angelina Grigoryeva，from Princeton University，found that， while women provide as much care for their elderly parents as they can manage，men do as little as they can get away with and often leave it to female family
15、 members.Her analysis of the family networks of 26,000 old Americans concluded that gender(性别) is one of the most important things that decide whether or not people will actively care for their elderly parents.In a paper presented at the annual conference of the American Sociological Association in
16、San Francisco，she concludes that simply having a sister makes men likely provide less care. Using data from the University of Michigan Health and Retirement Study，a study which has been tracking a cross-section of over50s for the last decade，she calculated that women provide an average of 12.3 hours
17、 a month of care for elderly parents while men offer only 5.6 hours. “Sons reduce their relative caregiving efforts when they have a sister，while daughters increase theirs when they have a brother.”“This suggests that sons pass on parent caregiving responsibilities to their sisters.”In the UK，the 20
18、11 Census showed that there are now around 6.5 million people with caring responsibilities，a figure which has risen by a tenth in a decade.But many are doing so at the risk of their health. The census showed that those who provide 50 hours or more of care a week while trying to hold down a fulltime
19、job are three times more likely to be struggling with ill health than - 6 -their working counterparts who are not carers.24. According to the passage,whats the most important factor to predict if people will actively care for the elderly?AEducation. BGender. CCareer. DIncome.25The US study finds tha
20、t _.Ahaving a sister makes men less likely to look after their parentsBsons are twice as likely as daughters to care for parents in old ageCsons and daughters seem to give equal care to their parentsDsons are unwilling to leave caregiving responsibilities to their sisters26What does the author stres
21、s in the last paragraph?APeople should give up their job to care for the elderly. BMany care providers work longer hours than others.CMany care providers have potential health problems.DPeople shouldnt pass on caring responsibilities to others.27The author develops the text by _.Aexplaining social n
22、etworks of careers B. describing peoples experiencesCcomparing different gender behavior Danalyzing various researches and dataC- 8 -Reading 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
23、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
24、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
25、s. Whoever finds their book will go to the site and record where they found it.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 peterson says the ide
26、a 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 th
27、e 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 2refer to?A. The book. B. An adventure. C.A public pl
28、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
29、B. Electronic Books: A new Trend C. A Book Group Brings Tradition Back D. A Website Links People through Books - 9 -DYounger students experience school bullying (欺凌) more frequently than older ones, and male students are bullied more than their female peers, a survey found. It also found that nearly
30、 half of students had been intentionally hit or knocked down by classmates. About 6 percent said they are targeted by bullies on campus every day. The survey also found that students from ordinary schools experienced more bullying than peers from key institutions, and children from poor families are
31、 more likely to be bullied at school.Being bullied can have a negative impact on a childs personal development and academic performance, according to Zhou Jinyan, a researcher who led the study at Beijing Normal University. “Children being bullied will find it hard to trust others,” Zhou said. “They
32、 may often feel anxiety, anger, resentment（愤恨） or depression(沮丧). These emotions will further undermine their ability to control their own life.” In recent years, bullying on Chinese campuses has been frequently reported and has attracted widespread attention and concern. The most recent incident to
33、 arouse heated discussions took place in December at Beijings Zhongguancun No.2 Primary School. A fourth-grade student was bullied and laughed at by classmates, causing him acute stress disorder（ASD,急性应激障碍）. The Supreme Peoples Procuratorate (最高人民检察院) received about 1,900 cases related to school bul
34、lying in 2016. Meanwhile, there was a notable（显著的） increase in bullying reports involving middle school students from 14 to 18 years old. Zhou came up with some ways to solve the problem, including boosting（促进）communication between teachers, parents and students and trying to establish more harmonio
35、us relationships among children. She said it was strongly suggested that parents try to be involved in their childrens educational experience, as their presence and companionship have proved effective in reducing bullying and its negative effects. 32. Who is the most likely to become the target of b
36、ullying?A. A 10-year-old girl from a key B. A 10-year-old boy from a poor family- 10 -schoolC. A 17-year-old boy from a rich familyD. A 17-year-old girl from an ordinary school33. Being bullied will cause students to go through the following EXCEPT _.A. a lack of trust in other people B. a drop in a
37、cademic performance C. a lack of confidence in themselves D. a drop in the sense of depression34. We can learn from the text that _.A. bullying at school usually leads to acute stress disorderB. bullying on campus has been brought into sharp focus by the mediaC. students who enjoy parents companions
38、hip will be bullying-freeD. the government should consider taking further action against bullying at school35. What can be the best title for the text?A. Is anything we can do about bullying? B. Negative effects on children caused by bullyingC.Bullying affects half of students D. The reasons for bul
39、lying on campus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。 The Winners Guide to SuccessDo you know what makes people successful? To find out the answers, an American reporter recently visited some of the most successful people around the world. 36 . Be responsible for yours
40、elf Sometimes you may want to blame others for your failure to get ahead. In fact, when you say someone or something outside of yourself is stopping you from making success, youre giving away your own power. 37 . Write a plan.Its very difficult to try to get what you want without a good plan. Its ju
41、st like trying to drive through strange roads to a city far away. 38 . Without this “map”, you may waste your time, money and also your energy; - 11 -while with the “map”, you will enjoy the “trip” and get what you want in the shortest .39 .Nothing great is easy to get. So you must be ready to work
42、hard-even harder than you have ever done. If you are not willing to pay the price, you wont get anything valuable.Never give up.40 When you are doing something, you must tell yourself again and again: Giving up is worse than failure because failure can be the mother of success, but giving up means t
43、he death of hope.A. good plan is like a map to you. B. It seems to us that everyone knows this, but it is easier said than done. C. Some people achieve success much later in life because they dont work hard earlier. D. Youre saying, “You have more control over my life than I do.“E. Someone elses opi
44、nions of you dont have to become your reality. F. Be willing to pay the price. G. Here are some keys to success that they give.第三部分 语言知识运用（共两节，满分 45 分）第一节（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 和 D 四个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。I ran into a stranger as he passed by. “Oh, excuse me please” was my 41
45、. He said: “Please excuse me too; I wasnt watching for you.” We were very 42 , this stranger and I. We went on our way and we said goodbye. But at home a 43 story is told.Later that day, when I was cooking the evening meal, my daughter stood beside me very 44 . When I 45 , I nearly knocked her down.
46、 “Move out of the 46 ,” I said with a frown. She walked away, her little heart broken. I didnt 47 how harshly (严厉地) Id spoken.While I lay awake in bed that evening, my husband said to me, “While 48 - 12 -a stranger, you are polite, but with the girl you love, you are 49 . Go look on the kitchen floor; youll find some flowers by the door. Those are the flowers she brought for 50 . She picked them herself: pink, yellow and blue. She stood quietly not to 51 the surprise, and you 52 saw the tears in her eyes.”53 , my tears began to fall. I quietly
