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1、宜昌市葛洲坝中学 2018-2019 学年第一学期高二年级期末考试试卷英语试题 考试时间：2019 年 1 月第卷 （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. Which sport does the man think is the most popular?A. Badminton. B. Swimmi

2、ng. C. Table tennis.2. When did the meeting begin?A. At about 9: 30. B. At about 11: 00. C. At about 11: 30.3. What will the man do next?A. Check out books. B. Study in the library. C. Fetch his library card.4. What does the woman plan to do?A. Have a trip on a bicycle. B. Take photos of the city. C

3、. Take a bus tour.5. What are the speakers talking about?A. An article. B. A country. C. A rainforest.第二节（共 15 小题；每小题 15 分，满分 225 分）请听下面 5 段对话或独白，选出最佳选项。请听第 6 段材料，回答第 6、7 题。6. What will the man do first after school?A. Prepare for a test. B. See a film. C. Buy a novel.7. Where will the man meet his

4、friends?A. At the bookstore. B. At the cinema. C. At the ice cream shop. 请听第 7 段材料，回答第 8、9 题。8. How did the man know his ankle was broken?A. From the test results. B. From the bleeding. C. From the nurses.9. How is the man now?A. He is fully recovered. B. He is still in hospital. C. He can walk norm

5、ally.请听第 8 段材料，回答第 10 至 12 题。10. What relation is the man to Mary? A. Her teacher. B. Her husband. C. Her father.11. How does Ryan usually go to school?A. By car. B. By bus. C. On foot.12. In which aspect did Ryan do well?A. Learning the alphabet. B. Tying the shoes. C. Telling time.请听第 9 段材料，回答第 13

6、 至 16 题。13. What was the mans second destination?A. London. B. Paris. C. Cairo.14. What was the weather like in Cairo during the mans visit?A. Rainy. B. Cloudy. C. Windy.15. Why didnt the man go to Bondi Beach?A. It was a little expensive.B. The weather was bad.C. He was feeling bad.16. How many cou

7、ntries has the man been to?A. Five. B. Six. C. Seven.请听第 10 段材料，回答第 17 至 20 题。17. How many students are starting at the college this year?A.430. B.520. C.970.18. What take place in the Robinson Building every month?A. Exhibitions. B. Films. C. Lectures.19. Why cant students use the Sports Centre for

8、 part of next term?A. National competitions will be held there.B. Some building work will start there.C. Students will take exams there.20. What should students do after their tour?A. Talk to other students. B. Return to the college hall.C. Speak to their subject teachers.第二部分：阅读理解（共两节，满分 40 分）第一节（共

9、 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项（A、B、C 和 D）中，选出最佳选项。AAmerican Watersports Tuesday-SaturdayLocated on the beach of the Sea Gardens Beach Resort, there are fun things to rent for the whole family. They offer rentals for kayaks, jet skis, and even parasail! Enjoy the water up-close or from a bi

10、rds eye view! No matter what activity youre enjoying, be sure to protect yourself and your family from the suns powerful rays and apply plenty of sun block!15th Street Boat Company Monday-Saturday15th Street Boat Company offers rental boats of all kinds. Theyre sure to have what you are looking for,

11、 whether its a small boat for a quick and simple outing or an extravagant boat with comfortable seats with a stereo and high tech navigation. You can rent a boat for half a day or a couple of days, or even weeks at a time. If you want it, theyve got it. Its fun for everyone!Coconuts Watersports 9am-

12、5pm Monday through SundayCoconuts Watersports is open 7 days a week for your convenience and offers tons of water fun for the whole family. Jet Ski activities last 30 minutes or 1 hour and can make stops along the way. You must be at least 14 years of age to ride alone and can be as young as 3 to ri

13、de along with an adult. Everybody is required to wear a life jacket and a license is required to operate the Jet Ski. Bathing suits and shorts are recommended.Jet Ski Tours of Miami Thursday-Sunday 10am-7pmJet Ski Tours of Miami includes onsite parking, indoor restrooms, lockers, and life jackets fo

14、r participants. You may choose a one or two tour and each Jet Ski can hold up to 3 people. You must be at least 18 years old in order to ride. As long as you are accompanied by an adult, there is no age limitation for any passenger. There is a restaurant nearby to eat at. The tour visits 6 different

15、 islands and passes by Bayside and Hard Rock. You may even catch a glimpse of dolphins or a manatee resting in these fabulous Florida waters.21. Which of the following can help you enjoy sailing a boat?A. Choose Jet Ski Tours of Miami. B. Go to the Sea Gardens Beach Resort.C. Visit 15th Street Boat

16、Company. D. Visit Coconuts Watersports.22. Whats a necessary requirement to ride alone in the Jet Ski activities?A. One must stay with parents. B. One must be at least 14 years old.C. One apply plenty of sun block. D. One must wear bathing suits and shorts.23. What will you do to satisfy your sons c

17、uriosity about marine animals?A. You prefer the tour to Bayside and Hard Rock.B. You prefer a luxury boat with comfortable seats with a stereo.C. Youd like to choose American Watersports.D. You would like to rent a boat to ride with him.B This holiday weekend will be about more than Thanksgiving tre

18、ats and extra days off from school for eighth-grader Shreya Nair. Shreya will also spent some of her time conducting an interview that will end up in the Library of Congress. Shreya, 13, is participating in a StoryCorps initiative called The Great Thanksgiving Listen. The project encourages students

19、 to interview family members and friends about their lives in an effort to preserve the stories and voices of an older generation. “ It would be interesting to see her view on life and how its different from mine based on the circumstances she grew up in,”Shreya said about her interview. StoryCorps

20、aim is to use audio to preserve the stories of people of all ages and backgrounds. Students will be able to record their interviews using a new app and upload them to the StoryCorps Archive at the Library of Congress.Shreyas English teacher decided to get involved in spreading the word about the pro

21、ject, by assigning the interview as homework. Alison Matthews teaches Shreya at McCall Middle School in Winchester, Massachusetts. She incorporated(纳入) the StoryCorps interview assignment into a unit on the book, The Giver. Matthews describes the novel as a“story about this community where theres on

22、e man the giver who holds all the memories of the community.”“The StoryCorps project fit in so perfectly. The Library of Congress is the keeper of our memories. So I asked kids to think about the importance of memory in our society,”Matthews said. Shreya said that her classmates like the assignment.

23、”Its an interview that will help us not only understand the book were reading right now, but help us later in life,” Shreya said. “One of the things I like about the project is that you get to hear so many other peoples voices,”she added. “Sometimes in this world it feels like our opinion is the onl

24、y one, but when you sit down and listen, its amazing what it can bring.”24.Whom might Shreya meet this holiday weekend?A. Her grandmother. B. one of her cousins.B. Her English teacher. D. one of her classmates.25.What is the purpose of the project?A. To start a new tradition.B. To narrow the distanc

25、e between people.C. To record history through oral communicationD. To teach students to communicate more effectively.26.Why does Matthews support the project?A. It fits in a lesson perfectly.B. It is a new teaching method.C. Her students want to learn about interviewing.D. Her students want to visit

26、 the Library of Congress.27.What might be the best title of the passage?A. A Holiday Weekend.B. A Girl Participating in a New Project.C. An Interview to the Older Generation.D. A Meaningful Thanksgiving Day.CLimiting kids recreational screen time to less than two hours a day, along with enough sleep

27、 and physical activity, is associated with improved cognition, according to a study published in The Lancet Child 30% met none at all. The researchers found that as each recommendation was met by a participant, there was a positive association with global cognition, which includes memory, attention,

28、 processing speed and language. Those who met all three had the most “superior“ global cognition, followed by those meeting the sleep and screen time recommendation and finally the screen time recommendation alone, according to the study. Other organizations, such as the American Academy of Pediatri

29、cs have guidelines in place to help with the management of childrens screen time. The organization suggests putting realistic rules or limits in place for how long your children are on their screens, knowing who they are talking to and what they are doing. The amount of recommended screen time depen

30、ds on the age of the child. Besides, parents should also make sure to encourage physical activity and have bedroom rules such as creating “tech-free zones“. 28. Who are the target readers of this passage?A. Researchers. B. Teachers. C. Parents. D. Children.29. What is the main idea of this passage?A

31、. A study on childrens screen time is published.B. US children fail to meet movement guidelines.C. Organizations are concerned about childrens cognition.D. Limitation on childrens screen time is linked to better cognition.30. According to the passage, which of the following might contributes least t

32、o cognition?A. Screen time limit. B. Sleep hours. C. Physical activity time. D. Sleep and screen time .31. Why does the American organization suggest creating “tech-free zones”?A. To make sure children have enough physical playtime.B. To make sure children have enough sleep time. C. To make sure chi

33、ldren have recreational time.D. To protect children against radiation.DAt one time it was the dream of many little girls to become a nurse. Today, however, America is facing its worst nurse shortage since World War I. Recently about 2,000,000 nurses are needed and 60 percent of all hospitals in the

34、US have shortages, large enough to threaten the quality of care provided. The demand for nurses spreads widely throughout the nursing field.What has become of these women in white? The answer lies in not one but several causes. One possibility is the fact that women have greater career options. In t

35、he past, women who chose to work outside the home had two basic choices: nursing or teaching. Today, more women than ever are in the workforce, but their options have greatly increased. There are women doctors, lawyers, firefighters and police officers. In fact, women today are found in nearly every

36、 field of work. Nursing has been left behind, as women move on to jobs with higher pay and greater status. A woman or man in the nursing field is often looked down upon as“merely a nurse”. Teachers many be also at fault. Many high school students are actually away from nursing, told by teachers that

37、 they are“too bright to be a nurse”.Americans are living longer than ever and requiring more medical attention. In fact, the number of elderly patients has almost doubled in the past twenty years. Obviously a larger population requires more nurses. AIDS and other diseases have caused more and more p

38、eople to need nursing care. Usually deadly diseases mean long hospital stay, that is to say, more nurses are needed to care for these patients. It is estimated that the demand for nurses will be doubled the supply in the coming ten years.32. What does the second paragraph mainly talk about?A. How te

39、achers have influenced their students.B. What has caused nurse shortage.C. How nurses have been looked down upon.D. Why women have chosen many different jobs.33. The passage tells that high school teachers are at fault for .A. not mentioning the worst nurse shortage in the USB. introducing jobs with

40、 higher pay and greater status to their studentsC. persuading the students not to be nursesD. not asking the government to raise the nurses payment34. The author writes the passage in order to .A. warn people to pay more attention to the nursing problemC. tell us womens free choices of jobs todayB.

41、call on women to choose different kinds of jobsD. describe the unequal treatment of women in the US35. It can be inferred from the passage that .A. of all the hospitals in the world 60 percent more nurses are badly neededB. women in the US have greater career choices than those in other countriesC.

42、high school students think themselves too bright to be nursesD. nursing used to be a popular job among women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。Exercise Exercise is a way of keeping the body healthy through being active. Another name for exercise is physical fitness.

43、Most people exercise in their spare time. Sports are some of the most popular ways to get exercise.The two main kinds of exercise are aerobic exercise(有氧运动)and anaerobic exercise(无氧运动). Sports such as football and basketball are great forms of exercises. 36 Aerobic exercise is energetic movement tha

44、t lasts for a certain period of time. 37 The lungs and the heart work harder to bring in extra oxygen. Swimming, cycling, running and rapid walking are good examples of aerobic exercise.Anaerobic exercise is a powerful burst of movement followed by a period of rest. During anaerobic exercise the mus

45、cles need more energy than the body can make with its supply of oxygen. After the exercise a person feels out of breath because the muscles have worked without oxygen. 38 Exercise affects every part of the body in positive ways. It improves balance and coordination(协调). 39 Exercise strengthens the h

46、eart and increases the lungs ability to take in oxygen. Through exercise the bones and muscles get stronger, and the whole body becomes healthy and strong. 40 People who exercise generally have a more positive, happy attitude. A. This is because they combine both of these types.B. Frequent and regul

47、ar exercise helps prevent diseases.C. Exercise also gives people a greater feeling of well-being.D. It also improves posture, or the resting position of the body.E. Weight lifting, jumping, and golfing are all types of anaerobic exercise.F. Physical exercise can contribute positively to keeping a he

48、althy weight.G. During aerobic exercise the body combines oxygen with sugar to get more energy. 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。I had worried myself sick over Simons mother coming to see me. I was a new _41_， and I gave an h

49、onest account of the students work. In Simons case，the grades were awfully low. He couldnt read his own handwriting._42_ he was a bright student. He discussed adult subjects with nearly adult comprehension. His work in no way reflected his _43_.So when Simons mother entered the room, my palms were sweating. I was completely _44_ for her kisses on both my cheeks. “I came to thank