安徽省马鞍山市含山中学2018_2019学年高二英语上学期期末考试试题（PDF）.pdf

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1、高二英语试卷第 页（共8页） 12018-2019学年度第一学期含山中学高二年级期末考试 英语试卷 命题人：吴金平 审题人：张美珍 本试卷分第I卷（选择题）和第II卷（非选择题）两部分，满分150分，考试时间120分钟。 第I卷（选择题，共100分） 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 is the girl using? A

2、. A washing machine B. An ATM C. A computer 2. What are they going to do? A. Watch TV B. Go swimming. C. Play volleyball 3. What is the man probably? A. A taxi driver B. A hotel manager C. An airport worker 4. What is the weather like now? A. Windy. B. Dry. C. Rainy. 5. What is wrong with the man？ A

3、. He has a headache. B. He has a stomach. C. He has a toothache. 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，各小题给出5秒钟的作答时间。每段对话或独白读两遍。 听下面一段对话，回答第6至7题。 6. How often does the woman do such a report? A. Once a day. B. Once

4、 a week. C. Once a month. 7. Where are they going? A. To a gym. B. To a museum. C. To a park. 听下面一段对话，回答第8和第9两个小题。 8. Where does the man advise the woman to go? A. To the Louvre Museum. B. To the Eiffel Tower. C. To the Seine River. 9. What is the best reason to visit Paris? A. Spring. B. Autumn. C.

5、 Summer. 听下面一段对话，回答第10至第12三 个小题。 10. What wont Lisa do this weekend？ A. Do her homework. B. Go back home. C. Go swimming. 11. How often does Lisa go home now？ A. Once a month. B. Twice a month. C. Once a week. 12. Who live in New York？ A. Lisas brothers. B. Lisas parents. C. Lisas cousins. 高二英语试卷第 页

6、（共8页） 2听下面一段对话，回答第13至第16四个小题。 13. What did they buy last year? A. A car. B. A computer. C. A house. 14. Who is Allan? A. Their son. B. Their cousin C. Their brother. 15. What kind of gift does the man want to give Allan? A. Something interesting. B. Something meaningful. C. Something expensive. 16.

7、How will they keep in touch with Allan? A. By telephone. B. By letters. C. By computer. 听下面一段独白，回答第17至第20四个小题。 17. Where did the speaker go before going home two years ago? A. To Japan. B. To France. C. To Canada. 18. How many kinds of things did the speaker buy? A. Three. B. Four. C. Five. 19. What

8、 was the hardest part about each hike? A. Carrying lots of water. B. Looking for foods. C. Meeting with bad weather. 20. Who shared the hiking experience with the speaker? A. Some local people. B. Some elderly hikers. C. Some young hikers. 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

9、项（A、B、C、D）中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。 A Monthly Talks at London Canal Museum Our monthly talks start at 19:30 on the first Thursday of each month except August. Admission is at normal charges and you dont need to book. They end around 21:00. November 7th The Canal Pioneers, by Chris Lewis. James Brindley

10、is recognized as one of the leading early canal engineers. He was also a major player in training others in the art of canal planning and building. Chris Lewis will explain how Brindley made a positive contribution to the education of that group of early “civil engineers”. December 5th Ice for the M

11、etropolis, by Malcolm Tucker. Well before the arrival of freezers, there was a demand for ice for food preservation and catering, Malcolm will explain the history of importing natural ice and the technology of building ice wells, and how Londons ice trade grew. February 6th An Update on the Cotsword

12、 Canals, by Liz Payne. The Stroudwater Canal is moving towards reopening. The Thames and Severn Canal will take a little longer. We will have a report on the present state of play. March 6th Eyots and AitsThames Islands, by Miranda Vickers. The Thames had many islands. Miranda has undertaken a revie

13、w of all of them. She will tell us about those of greatest interest. Online bookings:www.canalmuseum.org.uk/book More infor:www.canalmuseum.org.uk/whatson London Cannal Museum 12-13 New Wharf Road, London NI 9RT 高二英语试卷第 页（共8页） 3www.canalmuseum.org.uk www.canalmuseum.mobi Tel: 02077130836 21. When is

14、 the talk on James Brindley? A. February 6th. B. March 6th. C. November 7th. D. December 5th. 22. What is the topic of the talk in February? A. The Canal Pioneers. B. Ice for the Metropolis C. Eyots and AitsThames Islands D. An Update on the Cotsword Canals 23. Who will give the talk on the islands

15、in the Thames? A. Miranda Vickers. B. Malcolm Tucker. C. Chris Lewis. D. Liz Payne. B Are people less happy or more happy the older they get? A study found that people generally become happier and experience less worry after age 50. In fact, it found that by the age of 85, people are happier with th

16、eir life than they were at 18. The finding came from a Gallup survey of more than 340,000 adults between the age of 18 and 85 in the United States. Arthur Stone in the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Science at Stony Brook University in New York led the study. His team found that levels of s

17、tress were highest among adults between the ages of 22 and 25. Stress levels dropped sharply after people reached their fifties. Happiness was highest among the youngest adults and those in their early seventies. But the people least likely to report feeling negative emotions were those in their sev

18、enties and eighties. The survey also found that men and women had similar emotional patterns as they grow older. However, women at all ages reported more sadness, stress and worry than men did. The researchers also considered possible influences like having young children, being unemployed or being

19、single. But they found that influences like these did not affect the levels of happiness and well-being related to age. So why would happiness increase with age? One theory is that, as people get older, they become more thankful for what they have and have better control of their emotions. They also

20、 spend less time thinking about bad experiences. The original goal of the study was to confirm the popular belief that aging is connected with increased sleep problems. The survey did find an increase during middle age, especially in women. But except for that, people reported that they felt their s

21、leep quality improved as they got older. 24. Old people may be happier probably because _ A. their children have grown up. B. they dont have to work every day. C. they can do whatever they like best. D. they are most likely satisfied with life. 25. According to the survey, when will adults feel most

22、 stressful? A. In their twenties. B. In their fifties. C. In their seventies. D. In their eighties. 26. What may make Arthur Stone a bit surprised? A. Women usually live longer than men. B. Middle-age men mostly are very rich. C. Old people usually have a better sleep. D. Most of old people cant sle

23、ep well at night. 27. Which of the following may be the topic of this passage? A. The difference between men and women. B. Old peoples feeling of happiness. C. The young people and the old people. D. The connection of sleep and happiness. 高二英语试卷第 页（共8页） 4C I （慈善）love charity shops and so do lots of

24、other people in Britain because you find quite a few of them on every high street. The charity shop is a British institution, selling everything from clothes to electric goods, all at very good prices. You can get things you wont find in the shops anymore. The thing I like best about them is that yo

25、ur money is going to a good cause and not into the pockets of profit-driven companies, and you are not damaging the planet, but finding a new home for unwanted goods. The first charity shop was opened in 1947 by Oxfam. The famous charitys appeal to aid postwar Greece had （捐赠物）been so successful that

26、 it had been flooded with donations . They decided to set up a shop to sell some of these donations to raise money for that appeal. Now there are over 7,000 charity shops in the UK. My favourite charity shop in my hometown is the Red Cross shop, where I always find childrens books, all 10 or 20 penc

27、e each. Most of the people working in the charity shops are volunteers, although there is often a manager who gets paid. Over 90% of the goods in the charity shops are donated by the public. Every morning you see bags of unwanted items outside the front of shops, although they dont encourage this, r

28、ather ask people to bring things in when the shop is open. The shops have very low running costs: all profits go to charity work. Charity shops raise more than 110 million a year, （资助）funding medical research, overseas aid, supporting sick and poor children, homeless and disabled people, and much mo

29、re. What better place to spend your money? You get something special for a very good price and a good moral sense. 踩，踏，践踏You provide funds to a good cause and tread ( ) lightly on the environment. 28. The author loves the charity shop mainly because of . A. its convenient location B. its great varie

30、ty of goods C. its spirit of goodwill D. its nice shopping environment 29. The first charity shop in the UK was set up to . A. sell cheap products B. deal with unwanted things C. raise money for patients D. help a foreign country 30. Which of the following is TRUE about charity shops? A. The operati

31、ng costs are very low. B. The staff are usually well paid. C. 90% of the donations are second-hand. D. They are open twenty-four hours a day. 31. Which of the following may be the best title for the passage? A. What to Buy at Charity Shops. B. Charity Shop: Its Origin C. Charity Shop: Where You Buy

32、to Donate. D. The Publics Concern about Charity Shops. D How I Turned to Be Optimistic I began to grow up that winter night when my parents and I were returning from my aunts house, and my mother said that we might soon be leaving for America. We were on the bus then. I was crying, and some people o

33、n the bus were turning around to look at me. I remember that I could not bear the thought of never hearing again the radio program for school children to which I listened every morning. I do not remember myself crying for this reason again. In fact, I think I cried very little when I was saying good

34、bye to my friends and relatives. When we were leaving I thought about all the places I was going to see-the strange and magical places I had known only from books and pictures. The country I was leaving never to come back was hardly in my head then. The four years that followed taught me the importa

35、nce of optimism, but the idea did not come to me at once. 高二英语试卷第 页（共8页） 5For the first two years in New York I was really losthaving to study in three schools as a result of family moves. I did not quite know what I was or what I should be. Mother remarried, and things became even more complex for

36、me. Some time passed before my stepfather and I got used to each other. I was often sad, and saw no end to “the hard times.“ My responsibilities in the family increased a lot since I knew English better than everyone else at home. I wrote letters, filled out forms, translated at interviews with Immi

37、gration officers, took my grandparents to the doctor and translated there, and even discussed telephone bills with company representatives. From my experiences I have learned one important rule: almost all common troubles eventually go away! Something good is certain to happen in the end when you do

38、 not give up, and just wait a little! I believe that my life will turn out all right, even though it will not be that easy. 32. How did the author get to know America? A. From her relatives. B. From her mother. C. From books and pictures. D. From radio programs. 33. Upon leaving for America the auth

39、or felt_. A. excited B. confused C. worried D amazed 34. For the first two years in New York, the author _. A. often lost her way B. did not think about her future C. studied in three different schools D got on well with her stepfather 35. What can we learn about the author from Paragraph 4? A. She

40、worked as a translator. B. She attended a lot of job interviews. C. She paid telephone bills for her family. D. She helped her family with her English. 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。 “Nature does not hurry, yet everything is accomplished.” -Lao Tzu If you are in a ci

41、ty where everyone rushes, realize that you dont have to be like everyone else. You can be different. You can walk instead of driving in rush hour traffic. You can be on your iPhone or Blackberry less, and disconnected sometimes. Your environment doesnt control your life-you do. Im not going to tell

42、you how to give you a step-by-step guide to moving slower. 36 Do less. Cut back on your projects, on your task list, on how much you try to do each day. Focus not on quantity but on quality. 37 Save smaller, routine tasks for later in the day, but give yourself time to focus. Have fewer meetings. 38

43、 And they eat into your day, forcing you to squeeze the things you really need to do into small windows, and making you rush. 39 When you do the important things with focus, without rush, there will be things that get pushed back, and that dont get done. And you need to ask yourself: how necessary a

44、re these things? What would happen if I stopped doing them? Practice mindfulness. 高二英语试卷第 页（共8页） 6Simply learn to live in the present, rather than things so much about future or the past. When you eat, fully appreciate your food. When you are with someone, be with them fully. When you are walking, a

45、ppreciate your surroundings, no matter where you are. Try these things out. Life is better when unrushed. 40 A. Start to put off or cancel the unnecessary. B. Meetings are usually a “big waste of time”. C. The world likely wont end if you dont pass one of the examinations. D. But here are some thing

46、s to consider and perhaps adopt, if they work for your life. E. Remember the quote: if nature can get everything done without rushing, so can you. F. Pick 2-3 important things-or even just one important thing-and work on those first. G. Give yourself more time to get ready and get there. 第三部分 英语知识运用

47、 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，从短文后所给各题四个选项（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。 My husband, Tom, has always been good with animals, but I was still amazed when he befriended（交友） a female grouse (松鸡). Its 41 for a grouse to have any contact (接触) with people. In fact, theyre hard to spot, 42

48、 they usually fly off when they hear humans approaching. This grouse came into our lives in 43 . Tom was working out in the field when he 44 her walking around at the edge of the field. She was 45 unafraid and seemed to be 46 about what he was doing. Tom saw the 47 bird several times, and she got mo

49、re comfortable around him. We quickly grew 48 of the bird and decided to call her Mildred. One day, as Tom was working, Mildred came within a few feet of him to watch. Tom 49 he didnt see her and kept working to see what she would do next. Apparently, she didnt like to be 50 . Shed run up and peck (啄) at Toms hands, then 51 off to see what he would do. This w