1、12018 学年第一学期高二期中联考英 语考 生 须 知 ：1本卷满分 150 分，考试时间 120 分钟2答题前，在答题卷指定区域填写学校、班级、姓名、试场号、座位号及准考证号3所有答案必须写在答题卷上，写在试卷上无效4考试结束后，只需上交答题卷试 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 秒种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 much did Richar
2、d pay for his ties?A. $40. B. $45. C.$50.2. How will the speakers go to the concert?A. By bus. B. By car. C. By taxi.3. What does the woman suggest the man do?A. Fly to Florida. B. Have his car checked. C. Look into the accident.4. What does the woman think the man should do?A. Do more sit-ups. B. M
3、ake a detailed plan. C. Put his words into action.5. What do we know about Johns new job?A. It is well-paid. B. It is near his home. C. It has long working hours.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
4、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 6-7 题。26. When does the museum close?A. At 4: 00. B. At 3:50. C. At 3:30.7. What is the man probably going to do?A. Tour the museum quickly. B. Pay full price for the ticket. C. Visit the museum tomorrow.听第 7 段材料，回答第 8-9 题。8. Who is the boss?A. Mr. Cassell. B. Ms Bake
5、r. C. Mr. Langley.9. Why does the man apologize in the end?A. He misunderstood what he saw.B. He wont be able to attend the birthday party.C. He put his kids markers on the womans desk.听第 8 段材料，回答第 10-12 题。10. What are the speakers mainly talking about?A . A picture. B. A person. C. A country.11. Wh
6、ere does the conversation probably take place?A. At an exhibition. B. At a photo studio. C. At a family get-together.12. What do we know about the man?A. He is probably a photographer.B. He is surprised to see his cousin.C. He thinks John is a professional photographer.听第 9 段材料，回答第 13-16 题。13. What
7、does Elena say about the character she played in her film?A. She worries too much about people.B. She is easily hurt by other peoples actions.C. She has a very similar personality to Elenas.14. What message does Elena want her film to communicate?A. Value your background.3B. Believe in your own abil
8、ities.C. Be realistic about the choices you make.15. What was the atmosphere like while filming?A. Sad. B. Difficult. C. Close.16. How does Elena feel about being known as a “teen” filmmaker?A. She is proud to be one of the few young filmmakers working today.B. She is annoyed that people concentrate
9、 on her age more than her work.C. She is worried that she will always be thought of as a “teen” filmmaker.听第 10 段材料，回答第 1720 题。17. How did the woman feel the day before her fight?A. Nervous. B. Excited. C. Frightened.18. What did the woman do the night before she left?A. She went to have a drink.B.
10、She stayed at her hotel watching TV. C. She took an airport bus to the airport. 19. Why did the woman get to the airport late? A. She overslept. B. She was drunk. C. She couldnt find a taxi.20. How long was the womans flight delayed? A. Four hours B. Six hours. C. Nine hours.第二部分：阅读理解（共两节，满分 35 分）第
11、一 节 （ 共 10 个 小 题 ， 每 小 题 2.5 分 ， 满 分 25 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 ， 并 在 答 题 卡 上 将 该 项 涂 黑 。AWhen I was 17, I read a magazine article about a museum called the McNay, once the home of a watercolorist named Marian MaNay. She had requested the community to turn it
12、 into a museum upon her death. On a sunny Saturday, Sally and I drove over to the museum. She asked, “Do you have the address?”“No, but Ill recognize it, there was a picture in the magazine.”4“Oh, stop. There it is!”The museum was free. We entered, excited. A group of people sitting in the hall stop
13、ped talking and stared at us.“May I help you?” a man asked. “No,” I said. “We are fine.” Tour guides got on my nerves. What if they talked a long time about a painting you werent that interested in? Sally had gone upstairs. The people in the hall seemed very nosy(爱窥探的), keeping their eyes on me with
14、 curiosity. What was their problem? I saw some nice sculptures in one room. Suddenly I sensed a man standing behind me. “Where do you think you are?” he asked. I turned sharply. “The McNay Art Museum!” He smiled, shaking his head. “Sorry, the McNay is on New Braunfels Street.”“Whats this place?” I a
15、sked, still confused. “Well, its our home.” My heart jolted(震颤). I raced to the staircase and called out, “Sally! Come down immediately!”“Theres some really good stuff(艺术作品) up there.”She stepped down, looking confused. I pushed her toward the front door, waving at the family, saying, “Sorry, please
16、 forgive us, you have a really nice place.” Outside, when I told Sally what happened, she covered her mouth, laughing. She couldnt believe how long they let us look around without saying anything.The real McNay was splendid, but we felt nervous the whole time we were there. Van Gogh, Picasso. This t
17、ime, we stayed together, in case anything unusual happened.Thirty years later, a woman approached me in a public place. “Excuse me, did you ever enter a residence, long ago, thinking it was the McNay Museum?”“Yes. But how do you know? We never told anyone.”“That was my home. I was a teenager sitting
18、 in the hall. Before you came over, I never realized what a beautiful place I lived in. I never felt lucky before. You thought it was a museum. My feelings about my home changed after that. Ive always wanted to thank you.”21.Why did the author refuse the help from the man in the house?A. She dislike
19、d people who were nosy.B. She felt nervous when talking to strangers.C. She knew more about art than the man.5D. She mistook him for a tour guide.22.Why did the author describe the real McNay museum in just a few words?A. The event happening in the house was more significant.B. The real museum lacke
20、d enough artworks to interest her.C. She was too upset to spend much time at the real museum.D. The McNay was disappointing compared with the house.23.What could we learn from the last paragraph?A. People should have good taste to enjoy life.B. People should spend more time with their family.C. Peop
21、le tend to be blind to the beauty around them.D. People tend to educate teenagers at a museum.BResearchers at Brigham found about one in five teenagers now have some degree of hearing damage. The researchers did not say why hearing loss has risen, but other experts have strong suspicions. One is lik
22、ely to blame, they say, is MP3 players.An MP3 player can be dangerous to hearing when its decibel(分贝) level is turned up too high. High-decibel sounds can damage nerve endings, called hair cells. If a sound is loud enough, the damage can be long lasting. A loud sound can shake the membrane (薄膜) on w
23、hich the hair cells sit- “like an earthquake”. That shake can break or even uproot hair cells. When that happens, the hair cells are finished. Human ears cannot regrow hair cells. Therefore, when listening to an MP3 player, set a volume limit and avoid exposure to loud sounds.On the other hand, the
24、loudness of todays music may not be totally under your control. Music companies have been purposely turning up the volume(音量). Its a trend called the fight for loudness.Play a CD from the 1990s. Then play a newly released tune. Dont touch the volume control. Youll probably notice that the new CD sou
25、nds louder than the old one. Why? Sound engineers who create CDs are using dynamic range compression (压缩), a technology that makes the quiet parts of a song louder and the loud parts quieter. The overall effect of compression is a louder recording.6Many musicians and sound engineers arent pleased. T
26、hey say that compression is driving down the quality of todays music, making it sound flat and blaring. Gray Hobish, a sound engineer, explains that music should be a combination of loudness and softness. But music companies want to make music louder so it will stand out. Thats important in the comp
27、etition among recording companies.What about listeners? Many teenagers listen to music on the go in noisy places and through headphones, all of which reduce sound quality. So young listeners may not notice the poorer quality of modem recordings. “To their ears,” says Hobish, “the music sounds fine.
28、And they are not aware of the hidden threat of the music they are enjoying.”24. The phrase “like an earthquake” in Para. 2 aims to explain _.A. that volume can strongly affect parts of the earB. how our body is unable to regrow hair cellsC. how much damage the ear can avoidD. that hair cells are eas
29、ily damaged25. What can we learn about todays music business?A. New technology improves the quality of music.B. Young listeners today prefer louder sound.C. Music companies give up quality for loudness.D. Sound engineers face fierce competition.26. What is probably the best title for the passage?A.
30、The Loudness War B. Your Hearing Is Going!C. The Damaged Ears D. Are You a Good Listener?CMore and more comments sections are being shut down online.Autumn Phillips had had enough. On Aug. 19, the executive（行政的）editor of the Quad- City Times in Iowa, and Illinois, US visited her website, , and saw a
31、 story about a man who had been shot to death. When she got to the readers comments sections at the end, she was shocked by what she saw. Below the story was a growing number of commentsa racist remark(言辞) about democratic votes, a negative comment 7about police So Phillips decided to do something s
32、he had been thinking about for a long time: she shut down the comments sections.Phillips was not alone in making such a move. Last week, NPR announced it too was closing its online comments sections. The decisions dont mean that the news outlets are no longer interested in what their audiences are t
33、hinking. Both stressed their eagerness to hear from readers and listeners on social networks. But both agreed that comments had deviated from their original intention. And so they had.In early days of digital journalism（新闻业）, comments were seen as a key part of this news media, a wonderful opportuni
34、ty for strengthening the dialogue between news producers and their audiences. It was a welcome change, given that for long many news organizations were far too separated from their readers. Much more back and forth conversation seemed like healthy and welcome evolution. Sadly, thats not the way thin
35、gs turned out. Rather than a place for exchanging ideas, comments sections became the home of ugly name-calling, racism and anti-women language. Besides their poisonous quality, comments seem out of place today.“Since we made the announcement, Ive received an outpouring of responses from our readers
36、,” she says. “Ive heard from parents whose children were hurt by our online comments. Ive heard from people who said they wouldnt send in letters to the editor because they were attacked so fiercely by comments, and wasnt worth it.”27. Why did Autumn Phillips shut down the comments sections?A. They
37、were put to wrong use.B. Her website was attacked heavily.C. They uncovered many illegal issues.D. She was angry about readers comments.28. What does the underlined sentence in Paragraph 3 indicate about comments?A. They were out of date.B. They had gone against their original intentions.C. They wer
38、e full of sensitive information.D. They couldnt interest the audience.29. What was the welcome change in the early digital journalism?8A. Readers, having more access to news at home and abroad.B. Readers making less negative comments on social affairs.C. Readers freedom to express their thoughts abo
39、ut digital media.D. Readers, getting actively involved through interaction with media.30. How do many readers feel about Autumn Phillips move according to the last paragraph?A. Concerned. B. Hopeful. C. Supportive. D. Surprised.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
40、项 中有 两项 为多 余选 项 。Speed-reading is a necessary skill in the Internet age. We skim over articles, e-mails and WeChat to try to grasp key words and the essential meaning of a certain text. Surrounded with information from our electronic devices, it would be impossible to cope if we read word by word, l
41、ine by line. _31_A recent story from The Wall Street Journal reported on a book club in Wellington, New Zealand, where members meet in a cafe and turn off their smartphones. _32_ The point of the slow reading club is to get away from electronic devices and read in a quiet, relaxed environment.Slow r
42、eaders, such as the Atlantics Maura Kelly, say a regular reading habit sharpens the mind, improves concentration, reduces stress levels and deepens the ability to sympathize. _33_ And this is a fundamental skill in building relationships._34_ Screens have changed our reading patterns from the top-to
43、-bottom, left-to-right reading order we traditionally used, to a wild skimming and skipping pattern as we hunt for important words and information. Because of the Internet, we may have become very good at collecting a wide range of interesting news, but we are also gradually forgetting how to sit ba
44、ck, reflect, and relate all these facts to each other.Slow reading means a return to an uninterrupted, straight pattern, in a quiet environment free of distractions. _35_ “You can squeeze in that half hour pretty 9easily if only during your free moments, you pick up a meaningful work of literature,”
45、 Kelly said. “Reach for your e-reader, if you like. Kindles make books like War and Peace less heavy, not less substantive, and also ensure youll never lose your place.”A. The point is to sit down and exchange ideas about a certain book.B. Yet technology has made us less attentive readers.C. Aim for
46、 30 minutes a day, advises Kelly from The Atlantic.D. But a new trend calls on people to enjoy reading slowly.E. They sink into comfortable chairs and read in silence for an hour.F. The Internet provides us with many chances, says Patrick Kingsley from The Guardian.G. It also helps people understand
47、 others mental states and beliefs.第三部分 英语知识运用 （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，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。You Can Do It!It was my pre-medical student days when I was highly encouraged to be a cardiologist(心脏病学家） _36_ knowing the fact that sometimes desti
48、ny（命运） holds you back， I was down_37_some disease. This led me to be_38_for almost 3 months, unwell and writing sad poems. I was_39_when I heard the doctor reveal to my parents that medicines werent_40_on improving my health. Slowly and sadly, I stopped dreaming to be a(n)_41_during this course of t
49、ime._42_,I became a sad poet in the state where I would hardly move or talk but _43_. A miracle happened after 3 months when I showed_44_of regaining health and I could walk out of the bed. I started feeling hungry and thirsty and in no time, I _45_.This was that period where my classmates went ahead but I _46_. With no aim, I joined a Bachelors degree and later an Masters degree. Poetry books in MA inspired me, and I surprisingly_47
