湖北省当阳市第一高级中学2018_2019学年高二英语上学期期中试题.doc

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1、1当阳一中 20182019 学年度上学期高二期中考试英语试卷考试时间：120 分钟 满分：150 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罝。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. Where does the woman speaker come from?A. Colombia. B. France. C. German2. Who picked up the so

2、da?A. Yon Mi. B. The man speaker. C. The woman speaker.3. What are the speakers talking about?A. A story. B. A toy plane. C. A travel.4. What language is used in the movies at Regency?A. Spanish. B. English. C. French.5. Where is the man from?A. Dallas. B. Madrid. C. Paris.第二节(共 15 小题；每小题 1.5 分，满分 2

3、2.5 分)听下面 5 段对话。每段对话后有几个小题，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 秒钟的做答时间。每段对话读两遍。听第 6 段材料，回答 6 至 7 题。6. What is the man interested in?A. Visiting cities. B. Traveling nearby. C. Hiking to mountains.7. How many days ahead does the man need to book?A. Two days. B.

4、 Three days. C. Four days.听第 7 段材料，回答 8 至 9 题。8. When will the two speakers meet?A. At 7:00 a.m. the day after tomorrow.B. At 7:00 p.m. tomorrow.C. At 7:00 p.m. today.9. Where are the two speakers going to have dinner?A. In a restaurant. B. At the womans home. C. At the mans home.听第 8 段材料，回答第 10 至 1

5、2 题。10. Which city will the woman go to spend her holiday?A. Beijing. B. Qingdao. C. Shanghai.11. How much is the discounted price for the ticket?A. 520 yuan. B. 600 yuan. C. 650 yuan.12. When can Lucy Ketch get her ticket?A. On September 27th. B. On October1st. C. On September. 16th.2听第 9 段材料，回答第 1

6、3 至 16 题。13. Where was the man last summer?A. In the city. B. In the town. C. In the countryside.14. When does the man get up while living on the farm?A. At about five oclock. B. At about six oclock. C. At about seven oclock.15. What does the man advise the woman to do?A. To go to a place of interes

7、t. B. To go to the countryside. C. To work hard on a farm.16. What does the man think of living on the farm?A. Peaceful and easy. B. Boring but hard-working. C. Peaceful but boring.听第 10 段材料，回答第 17 至 20 题。17. Who is going to travel with the speakers family?A. His cousin. B. His brother. C. His fathe

8、r.18. How many people are making the trip?A. Three. B. Four. C. Five.19. How are they coming back home?A. By air. B. By boat. C. By car.20. What is the weight limit of each persons baggage on the plane?A. Fourteen pounds. B. Forty pounds. C. Forty-four pounds.第二部分 阅读理解（共两节，满分 40 分）第一节 (共 15 题：每小题 2

9、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。The summer holidays are upon us againHere is our guide to summer holiday fun in Peterborough!Peterborough MuseumThe Age of the Dinosaurs is the museums main attraction this summerGet up close to prehistoric creatures via some great hands-on

10、exhibits! Watch out for monsters lurking （潜伏） around every corner! The museum is open from 10:00 am to 5:00 pm Monday to Saturday, and from 12:00 pm to 4:00 pm on Sundays in AugustCall 01733 864663 for detailsSaxon Youth ClubSchool holiday fun: Young people aged 1319 will be able to produce their ow

11、n music, compete in sports activities, or try their hand at cooking at Saxon Youth Club, Saxon Community Centre, Norman Road Peterborough every Monday and Wednesday from 3:00 pm PLUS an aero ball match will take place on Thursday 12th August between 3:30 pm and 6:30 pmCall 01 353 720274 for detailsA

12、3Houghton MillAlice through the Looking Classa new production of the family favorite on Monday 30thAugustBring rugs or chairs to sit on and a picnic if you wish to eat during the playGates open 5:30 pm, performance 6:30 pm8:30 pmTea room will be open until end of the interval（间隔） Adult 10Child7Famil

13、y 20Booking advisable on 0845 4505157Farmland Museum and Denny AbbeyFarmland Gaines: From WellieWanging to Pretend Ploughing matches, come and join the Farmland TeamCollect your sporting stickers and create a colorful rosette（饰品） that is fit for a winner！No need to book, just turn up between 12:00 p

14、m and 4:00 pm on Thursday 19th August Suitable for children aged four and above, each child should be accompanied by an adult and all activities are included in the normal admission price Tickets Cost7 per childFor further information, call 01223 81008021.If you are interested in cooking, you can go

15、 to _.A. Peterborough Museum B. Houghton Mill C. Farmland Museum D. Saxon Youth Club22. You want to watch the new play with your parents, so it will cost you _. A.20 B.17 C.27 D.7 23. Which of the following activities needs parents company?A. Competing in sports activities. B. Watching a new play. C

16、.Playing farmland games. D. Visiting the dinosaur exhibition. 24. If Tom comes to Peterborough for amusement on August 19, he will have _ to choose from for himself.A. one activity B. two activities C. three activities D. four activitiesBA Ray of SunshineMy daughter, Fiona, and her family had a beau

17、tiful nine-year-old golden retriever, Sunny. Fionas in-laws lived in New Zealand and every time the family went over to visit them, we got to mind the dog. Fiona would also leave her bronze Landcruiser at our place, parked right where Sunny could see it, for as long as the dog could check that the c

18、ar was still there, which he did regularly, he was happy. Sunny knew from past experience that if the car was there, the family would come back. Each time they did, I jokingly told them not to bother picking up Sunny because he was a joy to have around.He was beautiful with the family, and when an u

19、nexpected baby came along - 17 years after her older sister - Sunny was lovely and gentle with her.In April 2017 we learnt that the family was relocating to New Zealand. Realizing the bond that existed between them and Sunny, I knew they would want to take him. But with limited finances they found i

20、t too expensive to take their much-loved dog.So we adopted him.Their car, yet to be sold, was parked at our side gate and Sunny kept 4watching over it, checking on it each day before going for a walk. I think it was his security blanket. Then, a few months later, when the car was finally sold, poor

21、Sunny had to adjust to losing yet another part of his family.With the car gone, Sunny discovered that cats visit the area and this has held his interest (though not as much as the car!). Weve had a few problems, but Sunny has now settled in very well and is far better trained than any of our previou

22、s dogs.Sunny is lovely company and has been a beautiful addition to our family.25. Why did Fiona park her car at her parents house every time she went to visit her relatives in NewZealand?A. Because it was another part of Sunnys family.B. Because Sunny took great interest in watching it.C. Because i

23、t was Sunnys routine before going for a walk.D. Because to Sunny it meant the family would come back.26. What can we learn from the text?A. Fiona once joked about attending to Sunny.B. The family had two kids with a huge age difference.C. Cats could hold Sunnys attention as well as the car did.D. Th

24、e family moved to New Zealand with their beloved dog.27. What does the underlined phrase mean?A. a toy to comfort crying kids B. something to reduce angerC. a measure to provide protection D. a blanket to make you feel safe28. Which of the following can best describe Sunnys character?A.loyal and ada

25、ptable B. expensive and loyalC. naughty andexpensive D. naughty and adaptableCAbout five years ago, an American electrical engineer named Scott Brusaw and his wife Julie came up with the idea of putting solar panels on the ground rather than the roof. Then they began to develop the Solar Roadway. Th

26、e Solar Roadway is an intelligent road that provides clean renewable energy using power from the sun while providing safer driving conditions, along with power and data delivery. They predict that the Solar Roadway will pay for itself through the generation of electricity along with other forms of i

27、ncome and that the same money that is being used to build and resurface current roads can be used to build the Solar Roadways.Each Solar Road Panel measures roughly 4 meters by 4 meters and contains a microprocessor (微处理器) that monitors and controls the panel, while communicating with neighboring pa

28、nels and the vehicles traveling overhead. The inventors suggest that this provides a communications device every 4 meters on every road which could be used for example to warn drivers of cars which are moving across a centre line and various other speed control problems. The top of the Solar Road pa

29、nels is made of super-strong glass that would offer vehicles the tractions (抓地力) they need.5According to the inventors, the Solar Roadway creates and carries clean renewable electricity and therefore electric vehicles can be recharged at any conveniently located rest stop, or at any business that ha

30、s paved Solar Road Panels in their parking lots.The inventors say their Solar Roadway has many functions and advantages from main roads to driveways, parking lots, bike paths, sidewalks and runways. The Federal Highway Administration has given Brusaw $100,000 to develop the invention and Brusaw hope

31、s to build a smart-road parking lot in the coming spring. 29. In the inventors opinion, the Solar Roadway _.A. is too expensive to build at presentB. costs no more money than current roadsC. can provide as many data as present computersD. will bring them a large sum of money30. The underlined word “

32、they” in Paragraph 2 refers to_.A. the panels B. the vehicles C. the researchers D. the inventors31. It can be inferred from the text that _.A. the Solar Roadway has already been put into useB. $100,000 is only enough to build a smart-road parking lotC. the Solar Roadway is not available for gas-pow

33、ered carsD. future electric vehicles can be charged anytime and anywhere32. What can be the best title for the text?A. The Solar Roada much faster roadB. The great changes on the roadwayC. Solar-powered smart road of the futureD. The influence the Solar Roadway has on peopleDTencent announced yester

34、day that it will limit the daily time for youngsters to play its popular King of Glory game after parents and schools in Shanghai and other areas complained their children had become addicted to playing it.From tomorrow, children younger than 12 will only be allowed to play the game for a maximum of

35、 one hour a day, and after 9 pm, they will be banned from logging into it, said Tencent. Those older than 12 will be able to play a maximum two hours a day.The game system will remind players the time they have been playing and young players will be forced to log out when the time is up.Tencent clai

36、med these were the strictest measures in Chinas game industry to prevent addiction and the company expected they would ease parents anxiety.The company also said it had updated its system for parents to keep tabs on their children using its games.6Since February, parents can receive messages when ch

37、ildren log in and spend money on the game after they connect childrens game accounts with their mobile phone numbers.Now, parents can connect phones, tablets or computers that their children use to play games, so that they can keep an eye on the children even if they have several game accounts, Tenc

38、ent said.Song Zhe, a father of a Shanghai high school student, welcomed the measures but was not sure if they would be sufficiently effective. “I like the system that could lock up the devices as children can register many accounts,” he said, “but children are so clever that they can always think ou

39、t counter measures.”33. What can we infer from Paragraph 2?A.Girls under 8 are able to log in the game at 10 pm.B. Kids under 11 could play the game for at most 7 hours in a week.C. Those older than 16 are able to play the game all the time.D. Children over 13 can log in the game after playing 3 hou

40、rs in a day.34. What can we learn about the game system according to the passage?A. Parents should pay attention to their phones all the time in case they miss any message.B. Parents need to connect their tablets or computers to the game accounts of their children.C. Parents can be reminded of the t

41、ime their children have been playing the games.D. Parents can monitor their children even if their children try to register different game accounts.35. What did Song Zhes father think of the game system?A. He was uncertain about the effectiveness of the system.B. Children were too dull to break out

42、of the system.C. The game system was absolutely welcomed by him.D. Children could register lots of accounts to unlock the devices.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。Danger in sugar?We live in a sweet world. The average American kid consumes more than 20 teaspoons of

43、sugar per day. _36_.We all know that too much sugar isnt good for you. But did we know it could be toxic (poisonous)? A team of researchers at the University of Utah used mice to conduct a study on the negative effects of sugar._37_.During the 58-week-long study, mice were fed a diet containing 25%

44、more sugar. _38_.7The team found that these mice were twice as likely to die as mice fed a similar diet without the sugar. Scientists often use mice for research because they have a similar genetic structure to humans. Findings from this study show negative effects that are not obvious as weight gai

45、n or heart problems ._39_.Different types of sugar have different effects on the human body. Some of the sugar we consume comes from foods we might expectcandy, soda, and cookies. _40_.Food companies add large amounts of sugar to items we may not classify as sweets. Some pasta sauces, crackers, and

46、even brands of ketchup have large amounts of sugar. Cutting sugar out of the American diet altogether may be difficult. But making the effort to control our nations sugar cravings will provide for a truly sweeter future.A. But much of the sugar that we eat is hidden.B. They found it could have serio

47、us side effects on peoples health.C. And adults eat 50% more sugar today than they did in the 1970s.D. A new study reveals the toxic effects of sugar.E. Some kids foods are high in sugar and packaged with too many vitamins and mineralsF. This percentage is equal to a healthy human diet along with th

48、ree cans of soda daily.G. But large amounts of sugar can cause long-term health problems and even shorten lives.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。Once upon a time, a group of businessmen were sailing on the Atlantic

49、 Ocean, 41 much American goods back to Paris, however, they 42 _a terrible thunderstorm, both the men and ship _43_into the Atlantic Ocean 44 _their goods.The only survivor of the shipwreck was washed up on a small, _ 45 _island. He prayed desperately for God to rescue him, and every day he 46_the horizon for help, but none seemed forthcoming. _47_, he e