1、12018-2019学年云南省玉溪一中高二（上）期末英语试卷第一部分： 听力理解（共两节）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1How will the woman get to the airport？ABy carB By taxiC By subway2What will the woman do next？AMeet the manB Visit a friend in hospit
2、alC See a doctor3What is the relationship between the speakers？AClassmatesBColleaguesCTeacher and student4When will the conference call start？A At 2：30 pmB At 4：30 pmC At 5：00 pm5What is the weather like today？AHotBRainyCCool第二节（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
3、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2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和第 7两个小题6 （1）What time is it now？A 7：00 pmB 7：10 pmC 7：30 pm（2）Why is Sara coming？A To deliver a shirtB To attend a partyC To do babysitting work7 （1）Whats wrong with Sam？A He got seriously illB He was hit by a carC He l
4、ost his motorbike（2）Where will the man go this afternoon？A The schoolB The hospitalC Sams home8 （1）Why couldnt the woman contact the man？A His phone was turned offB The man didnt take his phoneC There was something wrong with his phone（2）What does the man like doing？A Learning GreekB Listening to mu
5、sicC Visiting famous people（3）How did the woman probably find Tyler Swifts concert？A CostlyB WonderfulC Disappointing9 （1）Where will the woman watch the movie？3AAt her homeBAt the mans homeC At the cinema（2）What day is it today？A WednesdayB ThursdayC Friday（3）What does the movie have？A Very simple p
6、lot（剧情） B Hundreds of charactersC Amazing sets（4）What is Rian Johnson？A An actorB A directorC A producer10 （1）What was Kara Rowellss college life like？A BusyB ColorfulC Relaxing（2）Why do college students work？A To learn about societyB To meet the schools requirementsC To make money and gain work exp
7、erience（3）What does research show about college students？A They should focus on their studyB They should do more parttime jobsC They should balance work and study（4）What does the passage mainly show？A The job market is severeB College students work too much4C The cost of college has greatly increase
8、d第二部分： 阅读理解（共两节）第一节（满分 30分）阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项中选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑Mobile technology has created new ways for all types of learning styles to help discover new informationIf you want to teach yourself things，here are some apps that will help youCourseraPerhaps one of the biggest advancements in the hist
9、ory of elearning，Coursera has teamed up with top school like Duke，Stanford，and John Hopkins to bring you direct access to real college courses in psychology，computer science，business，and technologyEach course features prerecorded videos，projects，and quizzes，just like youd receive inside the classroo
10、mLumosityThis app features threeday sessions that target many different areas of brain activity：memory，speed，problem solving，and thinking flexibilityEach day you can participate in a timed session to sharpen mental intelligence and keep track of your progress over timeDuolingoIf youve ever wanted to
11、 learn a new language but didnt know where to start or couldnt afford expensive apps，you need to check out DuolingoThis app teaches more than a dozen languages by breaking up exercises into mini gamesThe developer of Duolingo claims that 34 hours of learning in this app equals a full terms worth of
12、schoolEarthViewerEver wonder what Earth looked like a million years ago？Theres no better way to know than to look for yourselfEarth Viewer takes you on a digital journey to see how the landscape（地貌） and face of the planet has developed over the past 4.5 billion years，and view climate changes，sea lev
13、el adjustments，or the evolution of famous cities51. Which app makes higher education courses available to its users？A. CourseraB. LumosityC. DuolingoD. EarthViewer2. What can be inferred about Lumosity？A. It is the most effective app for language learningB. It guarantees you an admission to a key co
14、llegeC. It will save all your money upon brain trainingD. It can be helpful to our learning performance3. What is special about EarthViewer？A. It offers wonderful journeys to usB. It shows us lots of beautiful city viewsC. It explains how the earth developed to usD. It warns us of the effects of cli
15、mate changes【答案】1. A 2. D 3. C【解析】移动技术为所有类型的学习方式创造了新的途径。如果你想自学，本文介绍了一些可以帮助你的应用程序。【1 题详解】A细节理解题。根据 Coursera中 Perhaps one of the biggest advancements in the history of e-learning, Coursera has teamed up with top school like Duke, Stanford, and John Hopkins to bring you direct access to real college co
16、urses in psychology, computer science, business, and technology.可知 Coursera可以让用户使用高等教育课程。故选 A。【2 题详解】D细节理解题。根据 Lumosity中 Each day you can participate in a timed session to sharpen mental intelligence and keep track of your progress over time.可知6Lumosity有助于我们的学习成绩。故选 D。【3 题详解】C细节理解题。根据 EarthViewer中 E
17、arth Viewer takes you on a digital journey to see how the landscape(地貌) and face of the planet has developed over the past 4.5 billion years, and view climate changes, sea level adjustments, or the evolution of famous cities.可知它解释地球对我们是如何发展的。故选 C。My husband David was waiting at the door when our dau
18、ghter Laura and I came back It wasnt like him to be home so early The disbelief on his face told me that something was up“Do you still have a job？“No Redundant，“ he answered， looking away from me“OK Well figure it out，“ I replied calmly I actually had no idea how we were going to figure it out I imm
19、ediately started to think of how wed cut costs and who we should start to get in touch with That night， after David had fallen asleep， I cried myself to sleep， and frequently sobbed（抽泣） in the shower in the days that followedI knew the loss of Davids income would have great effect on us He had worke
20、d for the same company for twentyone years and was our main income I work at home caring for Laura， and my income is uncertain We have debts， and job hunting takes timeStill， I was more concerned about my husbands emotional state than our financial situation Davids sense of identity was tied to his
21、job He called his parents to tell them about losing his job， but didnt say a word to anyone else for weeks He told me that he felt like “a failure“It was tough for me to watch David struggle with unemployment One night several weeks after he lost his job， David woke me just before midnight， sweating
22、， pacing the bedroom floor and saying he didnt feel well We spent the night in the emergency room waiting to see if he had a heart attack Thankfully， it was just a serious anxiety attack It was then that I knew I 7needed to do more to understand what my husband was going through Here is what I learn
23、ed from my own experience and from talking to experts on how to support your loved ones through a job loss4. The underlined word in Paragraph 3 probably means A. A piece of cakeB. Out of questionC. Its a secretD. Out of employment5. What did the writer do about her husbands situation at first？A. She
24、 always remained calm and gave him adviceB. She appeared calm when in fact she was worriedC. She began to write about his situation to the newspapersD. She talked to some experts to ask for advice6. What can we know about David？A. He talked much to others to reduce his anxietyB. He never thought him
25、self “a failure“ even when joblessC. He was fired by the company for which he had worked for twentyone yearsD. Once leaving the job， he suffered a heart attack and had to consult the doctor7. What will be talked about in the following part of the passage？A. Why the company fired DavidB. How David su
26、ffered from the heart attack and the treatmentC. How the writer supported David to get through the jobless periodD. What the writer did to help get some income【答案】4. D 5. B 6. C 7. C【解析】【分析】这是一篇故事类阅读。丈夫在一家公司工作 21年之后失业了,这给作者带来很大的痛苦,同时她还要关注丈夫的心理状态。后来作者终于帮助丈夫度过了这一困难期。【4 题详解】8词义猜测题。根据第一段中的“The disbelief
27、 on his face“和丈夫的回答 No可知，David失业了，故选 D。【5 题详解】推理判断题。根据四、五两段内容可知，作者当时冷静地回答丈夫的话，但那天晚上哭着睡着了，在接下来的几天里，作者又经常在淋浴室里哭，由此推断出作者其实很担心但又不敢表现出来，要装作很平静，故选 B。【6 题详解】细节理解题。从 Do you still have a job？No以及 He had worked for the same insurance company for 21years and is our main income可知他在一家保险公司工作了21年，是家庭的主要收入来源，他被这家他为
28、之工作了 21年的公司解雇了，故选 C。【7 题详解】推理判断题。根据文章最后一句 Here is what I learned from my own experienceand from talking to expertson how to support your spouse through a job loss下面是我从我自己的经历，以及与专家的交谈中学习到的关于如何帮助自己的伴侣度过失业期的东西，所以推测出作者将向大家分享她是如何帮助伴侣度过失业期的，故选 C。【点睛】推理判断题要求考生在理解原文表面文字信息的基础上，做出一定的判断和推理，从而得出文章的隐含意义和深层意义。推理判
29、断题属于主观性较强的高层次阅读理解题，做这类题目时，同学们应严格依据作者所陈述的细节、事实以及作者的措词、态度和语气等，找出能够表露作者思想倾向和感情色彩的词语，然后利用自己已获得的相关知识进行推理判断，从而得出符合逻辑的结论。小题 4，根据文章最后一句 Here is what I learned from my own experienceand from talking to expertson how to support your spouse through a job loss下面是我从我自己的经历，以及与专家的交谈中学习到的关于如何帮助自己的伴侣度过失业期的东西，所以推测出作者
30、将向大家分享她是如何帮助伴侣度过失业期的，故选 C。Most people cant live to 100 Those who do live so long can hardly walk， let alone take part in any activities A few people， however， take part in dangerous activities even though they are more than 100 years old They keep going and going! There is a great grandmother who li
31、kes challenging herself although she is 101 years old this yearMary Hardison believes that people should always be cheerful and more 9importantly， take on all kinds of adventures while they physically still can So， instead of celebrating her 101st birthday with a boring party， she decided to go para
32、gliding（滑翔跳伞） an idea she got from her 75yearold son who recently took it up as a hobbySo on her birthday， cheered on by her big family， she tied herself up together with expert instructor Kevin Hintze， and jumped down fearlessly from the sky near her home in Ogden， Utah And， it was not just a simpl
33、e jump either According to Kevin Hintze， the grandmother encouraged him to turn around， as they made their way downThis is not the first time that Mary has done something “wild“ and “crazy“ For her 90th birthday she rode all the adult rides at Disneyland And， she is not done yet For her 102nd birthd
34、ay she hopes to go down the 3，000 feet Alpine Slide at Utahs Park City Mountain Resort!Not surprisingly， this great action has made Mary Hardison very famous and also earned her a place in the Guinness World Records where she broke a 2007 record set by a 100yearold British woman What an amazing lady
35、!8. What do we know about Mary Hardison？A. She took up paragliding as her hobby at the age of 75B. She is a 101yearold lady who likes challenging herselfC. She was recorded in the Guinness World Records in 2007D. She is the oldest woman in the Guinness World Records9. From whom did Mary get the idea
36、 of going paragliding？A. A 100yearold British womanB. Kevin HintzeC. Her grandsonD. Her 75yearold son10. How does the author feel about Marys action？A. AmazedB. SupportiveC. Doubtful10D. Worried11. The text is likely to appear in A. a news reportB. an advertisementC. a novelD. a science report【答案】8.
37、 B 9. D 10. A 11. A【解析】这是一篇新闻报道。文章报道了 101岁的 Mary Hardison在她生日的时候挑战自我，做了一些极限运动，作者对此感觉非常惊讶。【8 题详解】细节理解题。根据文章第一 段 Theres a great great grandmother who likes challenging herself although she is 101 years old this year（有一位伟大的曾祖母，虽然今年 101岁，但她喜欢挑战自己）由此可知 Mary Hardison101岁，喜欢挑战自己，故选 B。【9 题详解】细节理解题。根据文章第二 段
38、she decided to go paragliding（滑翔跳伞） an idea she got from her 75yearold son who recently took it up as a hobby （她从她75岁的儿子那里得到了一个主意，她的儿子最近把它当作一种爱好）可知她从 75岁的儿子那里有了高崖跳伞运动的想法，故选 D。【10 题详解】细节理解题。根据文章最后一段 Pretty amazing!可知作者对于 Mary Hardison的挑战，自我感觉非常震惊，故选 A。【11 题详解】推理判断题。通读全文，可知这是一篇新闻报道，报道了 101岁的 Mary Hard
39、ison在她生日的时候挑战自我，做了一些极限运动，作者对此感觉非常惊讶，故选 A。Over millions of years， African penguins have developed a keen sense of where to find food Once theyre old enough， they set off from the shores on which they were hatched（孵化） for the first time and swim long distances in search of tasty fish like anchovies an
40、d sardines But they dont search 11directly for the fish themselves When African penguins head out to sea， they look for areas with low surface temperatures and high chlorophyll（叶绿素） Because those conditions signal the presence of algae（藻类） And lots of algae means lots of plankton（浮游动物） ， which in tu
41、rn means lots of their favorite fish Well， thats what it used to meanClimate change plus overfishing have made the penguin feeding grounds a mirage（海市蜃楼） The habitat is indeed planktonrich， but now its fishpoor Researchers call this an “ecological trap“ “Its a situation where you have a signal that
42、previously pointed an animal towards goodquality habitat That habitat has been changed， usually by human pressures The signal stays， but the quality in the environment gets worse“Richard Sherley， a zoologist at the University of Exeter and his team used satellite imaging to track the African penguin
43、s from eight sites along southern Africa Historically， the birds benefited from tons of fish off the coasts of Angola， Namibia and western South Africa， but now theyre going hungry“I was really hoping wed see them going east， and finding areas which the fish had moved to but it ends up being quite a
44、 sad story for the penguins“ said RichardThe researchers calculate that by falling into this ecological trap， African penguin populations on South Africas Western Cape have declined by around 80 percentSome research groups are exploring the idea of moving them to a place where they cant get trapped，
45、 like the Eastern Cape But Sherley thinks that a solution in the long run means making and carrying out rules to create more sustainable（可持续的） fishing industry， which needs public support12. How do penguins find their food？A. They discover fish with their keen senseB. They swim long distances direct
46、ly for fishC. They make signals to each other when finding fishD. They look for warmer and greener areas1213. What is an ecological trap for the African penguins？A. A trap set to catch penguinsB. A good fish habitat with few fishC. A habitat rich in planktonD. A mirage on the sea14. What can be done
47、 to help the penguins in the long run？A. Move the penguins to other placesB. Create nature reserves for penguinsC. Keep a balanced fishing industryD. Increase the population of penguins15. What is the main idea of the passage？A. African penguins are losing their habitatsB. African penguins are falli
48、ng into ecological trapsC. A sustainable development is neededD. African penguin populations have declined【答案】12. A 13. B 14. C 15. B【解析】这是一篇说明文。文章主要介绍了企鹅是如何找到食物的和企鹅现在所面临的问题。在非洲一个鱼的好栖息地却只有很少的鱼，企鹅会面临生态陷阱。我们可以通过保持渔业的平衡来帮助企鹅。【12 题详解】细节理解题。根据第一段“penguins（企鹅）have developed a keen sense of where to find food （企鹅们对到哪里去找食物有了敏锐的认识）可知企鹅是通过敏感的感觉来发现鱼的，故选 A。【13 题详解】细节理解题。根据第二段的“The habitat is indeed planktonrichbut now its fishpoor“（它的栖息地确实是浮游生物丰富，但现在却是鱼类贫乏）可知非洲企鹅所面临的问题是在一个鱼的好栖息地，却只有很少的鱼，故选 B。【14 题详解】推理判断题。根据最后一段的“But Sherley thinks that a longerte
