云南省民族大学附属中学2018_2019学年高二英语上学期期中试题.doc

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1、1云南省民族大学附属中学 2018-2019学年高二英语上学期期中试题注意事项：1.答题前，考生务必用黑色碳素笔将自己的考号、姓名、考场、座位号、班级在答题卡上填写清楚。2.每小题选出答案后，用 2B铅笔把答题卡上对应的题目的答案标号涂黑。如需改动，用橡皮擦干净后，再选涂其他答案标号。在试卷上作答无效。第卷（选择题，共 100分）第一部分 听力（共两节，满分 30）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

2、小题。每段对话仅读一遍。1. What fruit does the woman use? A. Pears. B. Oranges. C. Bananas.2. What did the woman do today? A. She cleaned the car.B. She bought an umbrella.C. She listened to the weather forecast.3. When does the man usually do exercise? A. In the afternoon. B. In the morning. C. At night.4. Wha

3、t is the probable relationship between the speakers?A. Father and daughter. B. Classmates. C. Teacher and student.5. What are the speakers mainly talking about? A. Preparing for a test.B. Eating during an exam.C. Getting a medical exam.第二节 （共 15小题；每小题 1.5分，满分 22.5分）2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

4、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秒钟的作答时间。每段对话或独白读两遍。6. Who started to make birthdays important holidays? A. The womans grandparents.B. The mans grandparents.C. The womans parents.7. What does the womans mother do for the womans birthday? A. She gives her a gift

5、of jewelry.B. She cooks some special food.C. She makes some beautiful clothes. 听第 7段材料，回答第 8至 10题。8. Why didnt the man need to study the local language? A. He already spoke it. B. He didnt want to talk to local people.C. He could communicate in English.9. How did the baker feel about the man at firs

6、t? A. Happy. B. A little afraid. C. Very angry.10. What was the result of the language problem? A. It became a funny story.B. It got the travelers into trouble.C. It made the man want to study more.听第 8段材料，回答第 11至 13题。11. What kind of food does the woman cook? A. Thai. B. Chinese. C. Vietnamese.12.

7、What does the man think of the new Chinese market? A. Its too big.B. It has good deals.C. It has few foreign products.313. According to the man, when is the best time to visit the market? A. Saturday. B. Sunday. C. Monday.听第 9段材料，回答第 14至 17题。14. Where does the conversation take place?A. At a store.

8、B. At school. C. At home.15. How did the man get the mud? A. He went to the Dead Sea.B. He dug it up from the backyard.C. He bought it from an online company.16. What is the main color of the mud in the backyard? A. Brown. B. Grey. C. Black.17. Why does the girl agree to use the mud? A. She wants he

9、r skin to feel younger.B. She has some skin problems.C. She is starting to get wrinkles.听第 10段材料，回答第 18至 20题。18. What classes can visitors take in Bali according to the speaker? A. Diving. B. Swimming. C. Fishing.19. Why do some scientists come to Bali? A. To study volcanoes.B. To study the sea crea

10、tures.C. To study traditional artworks.20. What does the speaker think is good to do during Chinese New Year? A. Drink traditional coffee.B. Do some shopping.C. Visit Buddhist temples.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项（A、B、C 和 D）中选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。4ATime for an adventu

11、re?Are you a bit bored with your nine-to-five routine? Have a look at our exciting range of holidays and decide what type of adventure youd like.Activity holidaysOur activity holidays are for everyone, people who love danger or who just like sports. We have a huge variety of water, snow or desert ho

12、lidays. Well take you SCBA diving in the Red Sea or kayaking and white water rafting in Canada. If you prefer snow, you can try skiing or snowboarding in the Alps or even igloo building. For those who like warmer weather, we also have sandboarding (the desert version of skateboarding) or camel safar

13、is.Polar expeditionsTake an expedition to Antarctica or the northern Arctic; explore a land of white natural beauty and wonderful wildlife. Our experts will explain everything about the two poles as you watch the penguins in Antarctica or whales and polar bears in the Arctic. Theres no greater adven

14、ture than travelling to the ends of the earth. A once-in-a-lifetime experience.Cultural journeysOur cultural journeys will help you discover ancient civilizations: India, Thailand, Egypt and many more. Visit temples, palaces and ancient ruinsjust remember to bring your camera! Get to know local ways

15、 of life by exploring markets, trying exotic foods and meeting local people.Wildlife holidaysWe organize small - group tours to get closer to nature in Africa, Asia or South America. Go on safari in Africa and watch lions and giraffes. Meet the famous turtles off the Galapagos Islands, look for tige

16、rs in India, or take an elephant safari in Sri Lanka. We use local guides and stay in a range of accommodation, from tents to tree houses.21. Which would you prefer if you are a sports - lover?A. Wildlife holidays. B. Cultural journeys.5C. Polar expeditions. D. Activity holidays.22. What can a touri

17、st do during a cultural journey？A. Appreciate ancient buildings. B. Watch lovely animals.C. Get closer to nature. D. Have extreme sports.23. What is the purpose of this text?A. To introduce ways of relaxation. B. To recommend different holidays.C. To share traveling experience. D. To give advice on

18、traveling.BLately a popular eight-floor bookstore in Hefei, Anhui province has risen to fame because it becomes the worlds first shared bookstore, in a move meant to encourage more reading among Chinese citizens.It comes to peoples attention as more than 200,000 visitors flooded the store on its fir

19、st day as a shared bookstore on July 16 this year, a record high since it was reopened to the public in 2013. Some 4,000 books were brought home on the first day, T reported.Customers are allowed to borrow up to two books valued under 150 yuan per visit after registering with an app and paying the 9

20、9 yuan deposit fee (押金).All books on sale in the bookstore are available for sharing. Returned books that are damaged are sold at a discount. The bookstore also provides a bonus for bookworms. People who finish reading 12 books in three months receive eight percent of their deposit back, and members

21、 can be rewarded one yuan for every book read.“We want to bring down the cost of reading so people could read more books,“ Xu Xinwei, who helps run the bookstore, told T.Some parents buy a lot of books for their children, but they usually end up collecting dust as their children grow up. Similarly,

22、some popular novels for young people also fall out of fashion, according to Xu. “Books are more effectively circulated when theyre shared.“624. The bookstore becomes a shared one _.A. to make more moneyB. to inspire more people to readC.to make more room for new booksD.to recommend new books25. What

23、 does the underlined phrase “risen to fame“ in Paragraph 1 probably mean?A. Become well-known.B. Settled down.C. Broken up.D. Taken over.26. What can we infer from the passage?A. The bookstore was once the best in Anhui province.B. The books that are sold here cant be borrowed.C. The cost of reading

24、 can be reduced by sharing the books.D. More than 4,000 books were taken home on July 16 in 2013.27. What does the bookstore do to attract more readers?A. The bookstore encourages parents to buy more books for their children.B. The readers are allowed to borrow the books unconditionally.C. The reade

25、rs who are members can receive one yuan for every book read.D. The bookstore is considering offering a bonus for anyone who likes reading.CVinegar is great. It makes salad, fries and dumplings taste better, and you can even clean your windows with it. And now, according to scientists, it may even he

26、lp the planets population survive climate change. Researchers from the RIKEN Center for Sustainable Resource Science (CSRS) in Japan proved that. They found growing plants in vinegar makes them more resistant to droughts. This could mean that in the future, worries about climate change affecting the

27、 worlds supply of food will be much lower.7The discovery was made after the researchers studied the Arabidopsis, a plant known for its ability to survive in dry weather. It was found that when the plant was placed in drought-like conditions, it produced a chemical called acetate (醋酸盐)the main compon

28、ent of vinegar.After discovering this, the scientists experimented further by adding acetate to the soil of other plants before they stopped giving them water completely. After leaving the plants for 14 days, they found that the ones treated with acetate had survived, while the untreated plants had

29、dried up and died.Its hoped that this simple method of survival could soon be used to help farmers in dry countries keep their crops alive. “In the experiment, we targeted the staple foods of the worldrice, wheat and maize and proved successful” Jong Myong Kim, co-author of the study, told Popular S

30、cience magazine.Kim has already been in touch with people around the world who are interested in trying this simple and cost-effective method out for themselves from farmers to companies and amateur gardeners. “Now we are trying to cooperate with them to make a method to apply this system, and make

31、the process as simple as possible,” he said. Hopefully this means the end of hunger caused by bad weather in the future.28. What does the underlined word “that” in paragraph 1 refer to?A. Vinegar may help creatures survive bad weather.B. Vinegar is found in plants by Japanese scientists.C. Vinegar i

32、s very useful for cooking a good meal.D. Vinegar is mainly used by people to clean houses.29. Scientists in Japan find from their studies that .A. the Arabidopsis could survive in dry weather because of the shapeB. soil condition could be changed by pouring vinegar continuallyC. the acetate can be u

33、sed by farmers to replace the soilD. the plants treated with acetate could survive dry conditions830. What can we infer from the last paragraph?A. Its too difficult for farmers to accept the method. B. How to decrease the cost is the main issue.C. The method is promising especially in agriculture.D.

34、 Keeping plants alive means a lot for scientists.31. Which of the following can be the best title for the text?A. Japanese Scientists Find a PlantB. Vinegar Could End HungerC. Vinegar and FoodD. Plants Need WaterDThe next generation of artificial intelligence (AI) may be sitting right beneath you, a

35、t least if furniture maker Ikea has any say in the matter. The Swedish furniture companys “future-living” research lab in Copenhagen is conducting a survey to understand what people want when it comes to smart furniture.AI is now walking into more aspects of peoples daily lives. Self-driving cars ar

36、e just around the corner, and AI robots can play and beat the best players of strategy games. As smart home technologies have become more ubiquitous, products ranging from smart electrical outlets（插座）to smart smoke alarms are flooding the market. Therefore, its not surprising that Ikea would be movi

37、ng in the same direction.Exactly why people would want their sofa or bed frame to speak to then, track their daily movements or offer help is not yet clear. Though Ikeas the new survey doesnt directly answer that question, it does provide a hint of what people would feel comfortable with. Most parti

38、cipants wanted a more humanlike form of virtual（虚拟的）assistants, as opposed to one that is more robotic. In terms of the ideal gender（性别）of the assistants, the most popular choice was neither male nor female. Few wanted a religious form of AI.Just as with human friends, most wanted AI friends that we

39、re like them, 9affirming their own worldview. They wanted an AI assistant that was reasonably intelligentthat could collect data to predict what a person wanted before he or she asked, and that could prevent someone from making mistakes.This is not the first time that Ikea has set foot in the field

40、or futuristic technologies. In addition to wireless charging tables and chainless bikes that never rust（生锈） , the furniture giant has also pictured smart kitchens that can cook the best meal. To decide on how intelligent you want your next sofa or bookshelf to be, you can take Ikeas survey online.32

41、. What does the underlined word “ubiquitous” in Paragraph 2 mean?A. Beautiful. B. Common. C. Normal. D. Environment.33. What does Paragraph 3 mainly talk about?A. The differences between robot-like and human-like assistants.B. What form of AI assistants people want.C. What kind of friends people wan

42、t.D. The popular robots on the market.34. Most people who received the survey wanted an AI assistant that could _.A. help them became smarterB. communicate with them without troublesC. have its own worldviewD. deal with their problems in advance35. Which of the following products are from Ikea?A. Sm

43、art sofas that can speak to you.B. Smart beds than can track your daily movements.C. Wireless charging cars.D. Rustless bikes without chains.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。10China has been the birthplace of many of the worlds greatest inventions. It was, for exampl

44、e, the first country to produce paper money. Before the invention of paper money and coins, people used many different kinds of things for buying and selling. 36 This exchange of goods and services for other goods and services is called bartering（物物交换）.37 In 1200 BC, people in China began to use she

45、lls as money. Usually the shells used as money were very small. This made it easier for people to carry money over long distances, and allowed for trade to develop between different parts of the country.In the years which followed this invention, many other countries around the world began to do the

46、 same. 38 The next development was in 1000 BC, when China started making bronze and copper shells. It wasnt long before the Chinese made round coins out of metal. 39 By 500 BC, metal coins had begun to appear in countries like Persia and Greece, and later in the Roman Empire.About 1000 years later,

47、leather was used as money in China, and in 806 AD, the first paper banknotes were produced by the Chinese people. 40 A. As time went by, trade between countries increased.B. People also began collecting foreign coins as souvenirs.C. They also used tiny shells as money for buying and selling.D. It wa

48、s still many years before paper money appeared in Europe.E. However, as economies developed, such exchanges became impractical.F. During that time, for example, buying a chicken might cost several potatoes.G. The very first coins often had holes in them so that people could tie them together.第三部分 英语

49、知识运用（共两节，满分 45分）第一节 完型填空（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。11As a banker, Chip Paillex had never planted so much until he moved to rural Pittstown, New Jersey, seven years ago. 41 by farms, he quickly became interested in growing and rented a 30-by-30-foot land. One weekend, he 42 tomatoes, potatoes and eggplantenough to feed his family for the summer. He ended up with so much 43 that he couldnt give it away. Thus he found a local