1、 1 -河北省衡水梁集中学 2018-2019 学年高二英语第六次调研考试试题 第卷 (共 100 分）第一部分 听力(共两节，满分 30 分)第一节听下面 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 does the woman think is a good way to learn English?A. Watching the news on TV. B. Listening to the radio. C. Readi
2、ng the newspapers.2. What is the woman going to do for the man?A. Wash the dishes. B. Make the coffee. C. Prepare dinner.3. What did the man forget to do?A. Gas up the car. B. Take money with him. C. Book tickets to the play.4. How is the man feeling recently?A. Excited. B. Tired. C. Anxious.5. How
3、long does it take the woman to go to school?A. About twenty minutes walk. B. About ten minutes walk. C. About twentys minutes bus ride.第二节听下面 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，每小题将给出 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. What does th
4、e womans mother probably do?A. A singer. B. A baby sister. C. A teacher.7. What does the man think of the womans mother?A. Energetic. B. Talkative. C. Open-minded.听第 7 段材料，回答第 8 至 9 题。- 2 -8. Where does the woman know about monkeys?A. From TV. B. From a newspaper. C. From the Internet.9. What does t
5、he man wish he could do?A. Travel around the world. B. Draw a picture of monkeys. C. Observe monkeys in the forest.听第 8 段材料，回答第 10 至 12 题。10. Where was the woman probably last night when the man called her?A. At her teachers home. B. In the supermarket. C. In the school.11. What does the woman think
6、 of her former English teacher?A. Strict. B. Humorous. C. Professional.12. How old is the womans new English teacher?A. 25. B. 30. C. 35.听第 9 段材料，回答第 13 至 16 题。13. How much did the woman spend on her guitar?A. 330 RMB. B. 300 RMB. C. 240 RMB.14. How does the woman learn to play the guitar?A. By taki
7、ng lessons. B. By teaching herself. C. By joining a band.15. On which days does the woman learn to play the guitar?A. Tuesdays. B. Saturdays. C. Fridays.16. What kind of music does the woman prefer?A. Classical music. B. Pop music. C. Jazz music.听第 10 段材料，回答第 17 至 20 题。17. How long was Martin Saltzm
8、an stuck in the elevator?A. One hour. B. Two hours. C. Three hours.18. Why did Angela Carraro say it was the best night she had ever had?A. She had a taste of adventure. B. Business was better than usual. C. She sold more candles than before.19. How much did the store in downtown Manhattan may lose?
9、 3 -A. $5,000. B. $15,000. C. $50,000.20. How long did the power failure last?A. Nearly 10 hours. B. Nearly 12 hours. C. Nearly 24 hours.第二部分阅读理解(共两节，满分 40 分)AL.S. Lowry ExhibitionSome 30 oil paintings and artworks on paper by British artist, L.S. Lowry (1887-1976), are on display at the Art Museum
10、 of Nanjing University of the Arts. Its the first-ever solo exhibition of the artists work outside the UK. Lowry is one of Britains most famous artists, and was a close observer of his countrys social life in the era of industrialization and modernization. His works mainly depict (描绘) ordinary peopl
11、e on streets, in factories, parks and football fields. It has been said that the depiction of modern life by Lowrys works was permeated (洋溢) with an atmosphere of sadness and loneliness, but also with respect and a sense of humor. Date: November 15 to December 16, 9 am to 7 pm (closed on Mondays)Ven
12、ue: Art Museum of Nanjing University of the ArtsAddress: 15 Huju Road North, Gulou District, NanjingAdmission: FreeCall 025-8349-8693 for detailsGolden Songs of Teresa Teng ConcertTeresa Teng (1953-1995) was an influential Chinese pop singer from Taiwan who was known for her folk songs and romantic
13、ballads. Her voice and songs are instantly recognizable throughout the whole of Asia and in areas with large Asian populations. Chen Yajuan, a Japanese-Chinese female singer, will perform Tengs classic songs, including Moon Represents My Heart and When Will You Come Back Again?Date: December 20, 7:3
14、0 pmVenue: Shanghai Oriental Art CenterAddress: 425 Dingxiang Road- 4 -Tickets: 80 yuan to 580 yuanCall 021-6132-6586 for detailsThe 20th Anniversary of RiverdanceThis year welcomes the 20th anniversary of Riverdance, which is being marked with a world tour. This 20th anniversary version will have a
15、 new stage setting, and when it tours in China it will add some local elements like taking traditional Chinese folk songs, Love Song of Kangding and My Motherland, as accompaniments.Date: January 13 to 18, 7:30 pm Venue: Shanghai Culture SquareAddress: 597 Fuxing Road MiddleTickets: 80 yuan to 800 y
16、uanCall 021-6472-9000 for details21. When can visitors enjoy some art free of charge?A. December 20. B. December 15. C. January 14. D. January 18. 22. What can we learn about L.S. Lowry?A. The style of his works is negative.B. His exhibition will be held until the end of December.C. His work was onl
17、y exhibited in his motherland before.D. He preferred to create works on the street.23. What can we learn from the passage?A. The L.S. Lowry Exhibition will be open six days a week before December 16.B. The number of songs at the concert has been announced by the organizers.C. People can enjoy three
18、activities in the same city in late December.D. The first Riverdance show was performed perfectly in Dublin in 1994.BWhether in the home or the workplace,social robots are going to become a lot more common in the next few years.Social robots are about to bring technology to the everyday world in a m
19、ore humanized way,said Cynthia Breazeal,chief scientist at the robot company Jibo.- 5 -While household robots today do the normal housework,social robots will be much more like companions than mere tools.For example,these robots will be able to distinguish when someone is happy or sad.This allows th
20、em to respond more appropriately to the user.The Jibo robot,arranged to ship later this year,is designed to be a personalized assistant.You can talk to the robot,ask it questions,and make requests for it to perform different tasks.The robot doesnt just deliver general answers to questions;it respond
21、s based on what it learns about each individual in the household.It can do things such as reminding an elderly family member to take medicine or taking family photos.Social robots are not just finding their way into the home.They have potential applications in everything from education to health car
22、e and are already finding their way into some of these spaces.Fellow Robots is one company bringing social robots to the market.The companys“Oshbot”robot is built to assist customers in a store,which can help the customers find items and help guide them to the products location in the store.It can a
23、lso speak different languages and make recommendations for different items based on what the customer is shopping for.The more interaction the robot has with humans,the more it learns.But Oshbot,like other social robots,is not intended to replace workers,but to work alongside other employees.“We hav
24、e technologies to train social robots to do things not for us,but with us,”said Breazeal.24.How are social robots different from household robots?A.They can control their emotions. B.They are more like humans.C.They do the normal housework. D.They respond to users more slowly.25.What can a Jibo robo
25、t do according to Paragraph 3?A.Communicate with you and perform operations. B.Answer your questions and make requests.C.Take your family pictures and deliver milk. D.Obey your orders and remind you to take pills.- 6 -26.What can Oshbot work as?A.A language teacher. B.A tour guide C.A shop assistant
26、 D.A private nurse.27.We can learn from the last paragraph that social robots will .A.train employees B.be our workmates C.improve technologies D.take the place of workers28.What does the passage mainly present?A.A new design idea of household robots. B.Marketing strategies for social robots.C.Info
27、rmation on household robots. D.An introduction to social robots.CIn the United States alone,over 100 million cell-phones are thrown away each year. Cell-phones are part of a growing mountain of electronic waste like computers and personal digital assistants. The electronic waste stream is increasing
28、 three times faster than traditional garbage as a whole.Electronic devices contain valuable metals such as gold and silver. A Swiss study reported that while the weight of electronic goods represented by precious metals was relatively small in comparison to total waste,the concentration(含量)of gold a
29、nd other precious metals was higher in so-called e-waste than in naturally occurring minerals.Electronic wastes also contain many poisonous metals. Even when the machines are recycled and the harmful metals removed,the recycling process often is carried out in poor countries,in practically uncontrol
30、led ways which allow many poisonous substances to escape into the environment.Creating products out of raw materials creates much more waste material,up to 100 times more,than the material contained in the finished products. Consider again the cell-phone,and imagine the mines that produced those met
31、als,the factories needed to make the box and packaging(包装)it came in. Many wastes produced in the producing process are harmful as well.The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency notes that most waste is dangerous - 7 -in that“the production,distribution,and use of productsas well as management of the
32、 resulting wasteall result in greenhouse gas release.”Individuals can reduce their contribution by creating less waste at the startfor instance,buying reusable products and recycling.In many countries the concept of extended producer responsibility is being considered or has been put in place as an
33、incentive(动机)for reducing waste. If producers are required to take back packaging they use to sell their products,would they reduce the packaging in the first place?Governments incentive to require producers to take responsibility for the packaging they produce is usually based on money. Why,they as
34、k,should cities or towns be responsible for paying to deal with the bubble wrap(气泡垫)that encased your television?From the governments point of view,a primary goal of laws requiring extended producer responsibility is to transfer both the costs and the physical responsibility of waste management from
35、 the government and tax-payers back to the producers.29. By mentioning the Swiss study,the author intends to tell us that .A.the weight of e-goods is rather smallB.e-waste deserves to be made good use ofC.natural minerals contain more precious metalsD.the percentage of precious metals is heavy in e-
36、waste30. The responsibility of e-waste treatment should be extended .A.from producers to governmentsB.from governments to producersC.from individuals to distributorsD.from distributors to governments31. What does the passage mainly talk about?A.The increase in e-waste. B.The creation of e-waste.C.Th
37、e seriousness of e-waste. D.The management of e-wasteD - 8 -I live on the West Coast of British Columbia with my husband and three children. Our day started like any other day. My husband left for work in the north of the town, which is an hour and a halfs drive. The younger children caught their bu
38、s to school ten minutes away. Our oldest attends high school and is a 40-minute drive away. I work at home in the office, working on the computer.It was November 2006 and the news had reported gusty winds. When the winds started to get strong I shut the computer down and tried to phone my husband. I
39、 left a message telling him the winds were blowing at 80 to 90 km/hr. As I hung up the phone, I heard a tree crack. I went outside and stood in the driveway. Another tree exploded and my heart was racing.When the school bus carrying the youngsters arrived, I ran to get them. No sooner had we made it
40、 to the house than another tree exploded. The children were clearly scared, so I loaded them up into the car and we parked in the middle of the yard, where no trees could land on us, it was starting to get dark.My oldest son didnt come home on the bus and my husband was stranded at work. I called th
41、e high school and reached my son. He said he was stranded and didnt know what to do. I called a friend in town for help. He managed to get my son home to me. Finally, my husband managed to get home.We had been prepared for such events, as we had a generator, candles, a wood stove, fresh water, batte
42、ries and two freezers full of food. We were without power for five days. But we didnt panicwe had all the emergency equipment we needed. Thankfully, none of our neighbours were injured, but the damage was extensive. We are witnessing climate change. We need to be prepared. 32. When did the mother he
43、ar a tree crack for the third time?A. When she was on the phone.B. After she hung up the phone.C. Right before she and her kids went into the house.D. Right after she and her kids got into the house.33. Why did the mother park the car in the middle of the yard?A. It was dark inside the house.- 9 -B.
44、 It was safer there than in the house.C. She wanted to wait for her family there.D. She wanted to receive help from others.34. What does the underlined phrase “stranded at work” probably mean?A. Busy completing his work. B. Under the pressure of work. C. Stuck at the workplace. D. Worried while work
45、ing.35. Why didnt the family feel anxious when there was a power failure?A. Everyone made it home. B. They encouraged each other.C. The power would very soon be restored. D. They had got all the necessities for emergency.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。How to Ren
46、t Your HouseBefore handing the keys to your house over to a complete stranger for care, there are decisions you need to make. In fact, the decisions you make now, before searching for a tenant (房客), will make the biggest impact on the success of your rental. 36 What Condition Do You Want Your House
47、in?There is no end to the amount of improving you can do to your house before renting it out. 37 When is good enough, good enough?A house should be clean, empty (unless you are offering it “furnished”, which is uncommon) and free from any major repairs at the time the tenant moves in.Remember, the h
48、ome does not need to be as fancy as you would want it to be. 38 Tenants will generally never take as good care of your house as you doso dont spend too much time or money making unnecessary upgrades that will only be ignored or broken.Should You Use a Property Manager?- 10 -39 If you have the time,
49、abilities, and energy to manage yourselfyou can save a good deal of money by doing so. However, if you try to manage without the abilityit could end up costing you much more than what a property manager might charge.How Much Can You Rent Your House for?Luckily, discovering what the monthly rent will bear for your house is not difficult. 40 In business, market re
