湖南省怀化三中2018_2019学年高二英语上学期期中试题.doc

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1、- 1 -湖南省怀化三中 2018-2019 学年高二英语上学期期中试题时量 120 分钟 分值 150 分注意事项： 1.本试卷由四个部分组成。其中，第一、二部分和第三部分的第一节为选择题。第三部分的第二节和第四部分为非选择题。2.答卷前，考生务必将自己的姓名、准考证号填写在答题卡上。3.回答选择题时，选出每小题答案后，用 2B 铅笔把答题卡上对应题目的答案标号涂黑；回答非选择题时，将答案写在答题卡上，写在本试卷上无效。4.考试结束后，将本试卷和答题卡一并交回。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

2、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. Why is the man going to London? A. To live there. B. To visit a friend. C. To work there. 2. What is the woman looking for? A. Her camera. B. Her coat. C. Her plane ticket. 3. When will the man go to the stor

3、e? A. This Monday. B. Tomorrow. C. This weekend. 4. Where does the conversation most probably take place? A. In the lab. B. In the library. C. In the classroom. 5. How much can one student save in the gallery? A. $2. B. $8. C. $10. 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。每段对话后有几个小题, 从题中所给的 A、B

4、、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 秒钟的作答时间。每段对话读两遍。听第 6 段材料, 回答第 6、7 题。6. Where is the nearest post office? A. About four blocks away. B. Next to a police station. C. At any store. 7. What does the woman advise the man to buy? A. A police report. B. A guidebook. C

5、. A stamp and an envelope. 听第 7 段材料, 回答第 8、9 题。8. Who invites the man to his birthday party tonight? A. Bob Green. B. Bob Brown. C. Bob Black. 9. Which class is the man in? A. Class 3. B. Class 4. C. Class 5. - 2 -听第 8 段材料, 回答第 1012 题。10. What is the woman doing? A. Checking some information about a

6、 job. B. Reading a piece of job advertisement. C. Having an interview. 11. What does an office assistant have to do? A. Do the typing. B. Answer telephones. C. Arrange meetings. 12. What do we know about the woman? A. She doesnt know English well. B. She doesnt have a school certificate. C. She does

7、nt want to apply for the job.听第 9 段材料, 回答第 1316 题。13. What does the man decide to buy for his son? A. A pair of sports shoes. B. A pair of gloves. C. Some toys. 14. Where is the man from? A. America. B. Britain. C. France. 15. How will the man pay for what he chooses? A. By cash. B. By credit card.

8、C. We dont know. 16. What does the mans wife like best? A. The gold necklace. B. Gold earrings. C. The gold ring. 听第 10 段材料, 回答第 1720 题。17. What kind of family can possibly be chosen as home-stay families? A. Good at cooking. B. Close to the school. C. Rich in experience. 18. What can an internation

9、al student expect in a home-stay family? A. A shared bathroom. B. No choice of meals. C. A bathroom of his own. 19. What is the main advantage of staying with a home-stay family? A. Going to school early. B. Having more freedom. C. Learning the language better. 20. What should students do to get alo

10、ng with the family? A. Cook for the family. B. Follow house rules. C. Keep their own habits. 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 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。ASchoolgirlLorna OBrien was in her kitchen when she looked out of the - 3 -window and was terrified at what

11、she saw. “Help!” she shouted. “Theres smoke and fire coming out of thekitchen window opposite.” Her father, John, ran across to the house while her 15-year-old brother Paul called the fire service. Lorna, 16, rushed across and caught up with her dad, who had just kicked open the front door. They loo

12、ked upstairs where they saw smoke coming out of the top flat. Lorna followed her father into the flat, where they found a pan on fire in the kitchen and the young mother, Mane Linn, who had been asleep, lost consciousness in the smoke-blackened sitting room. Lornas dad threw a wet cloth over the pan

13、 and then turned offthe stove before starting to help Mane through the smoke down the stairs to safety.Suddenly Mane started crying, “My baby, my baby!” “Wheres the baby?” asked Lorna. “In the bedroom,” Mane shouted back While John pulled the crying mother from the house, Lorna, without a thought fo

14、r her own safety, turned back to search for the baby. She found the little girl, 14-month-oldAnn,lyingwithhereyesclosed.Lorna quickly took the baby, rushed downstairs through the fire and smoke. “It didnt cross my mind at the time that I was near to dying when I rushed through the smoke,” said Lorna

15、. “Iwas just thinking of the baby. Even after I came out of the house, I wasnt frightened.”When help arrived, baby Ann and her mumwere taken to hospital for treatment. It was onlywhen Lorna got back into the safety of her own house that she realized the danger she had faced.“I started shaking all ov

16、er and thought of what couldhave happened to me,” she said.21. What did Lornas dad choose to do first whenhe entered the flat?A. Put out the fire. B. Turn offthe stove. C. Open the windows.D. Help Mane downstairs.22. What was the cause of the fire?A. Mane fell asleep while cooking. B. Ann was carele

17、ss when playing with fire.C. Mane suddenly passed out while cooking. D. There was something wrong with the stove.23.Which of the following can best describe Lorna when she saved the baby?A. Careful. B. Patient. C. Clever. D. Brave.24.How did Lorna feel after returning to herhouse?A. Worried. B. Frig

18、htened. C. Proud D. Relaxed.BThe following rules apply to the Cambridge University Library.Opening and closingThe Library shall normally be open as follows:Monday to Friday, 9:00 to 19:15.Saturday, 9:00 to 17:00.The Library is closed on Sundays and for Christmas and Easter.AdmissionIn addition to me

19、mbers of the University, thefollowing persons may - 4 -beadmitted to theLibrary, but cant borrow books: (a)Persons over 18 who are involved with private study or research; if supported by evidence ofacademic standing and fitness foradmission.A10 charge will be made for acard valid(有效的) for up to six

20、 months.No charge is made for theissue of a card to aregistered (注册的) research student from anyother university in the United Kingdom.(b) Students of other universities in the BritishIsles normally living in the Cambridge area, ifsupported by recommendations.Cards issued under this section shall be

21、free ofcharge and shall normally be valid only duringthe vacations ofthis University.BorrowingNo book shall be borrowed from the Libraryon any day less than fifteen minutes before thetime of closing.Any borrower who fails to return a book shallhave a fine of25 pence for each working day thatpasses b

22、efore the book is returned.Use of Library materialsThe marking of any Library material isforbidden; readers are not allowed to use ink inany ofthe readingrooms.Behavior in the LibraryMobile telephones must be set to “silent”mode inthe Library; the use of mobiletelephones is only permitted in the Tea

23、 Room,the Locker Room and the courtyardsof theLibrary.Bottles of ink and other things that maydamage books shall not be taken into the Library.Food is not allowed anywhere in the Library,with the exception of the Tea Room and thecourtyards.Smoking is not permitted anywhere.25. At which time can you

24、borrow a book fromthe Library?A. Monday, 19:05. B. Wednesday, 18:58. C. Saturday, 17:00. D. Sunday,15:00.26. A researcher from Tsinghua University can apply to use the Library ifhe_. has evidence ofacademic standing proves he is fit for admission is supported by recommendations pays a10 charge for s

25、ix months A. B. C. D. 27. For readers of the Library, theyshall _.A. borrow a book at least 10 minutes before the closing timeB. face a fine of25 pence ifthey lose a librarybookC. not make marks on any material using inkD. not use a mobile telephone in the LockerRoomCThe Mayan Indians lived inMexico

26、 forthousands of years before the Spanish - 5 -reached the continent inthe 1500s. They had farms, beautiful palaces, andcities with many buildings. The Mayan peopleknew a lot about nature and the world aroundthem. This knowledge helped them to live abetter life than most people ofthat time.In ancien

27、t Mexico there were many small clearings (空旷地) in the forest. In each clearing was a village with fields of corn, beans, and other crops around it. Toclear the land for farms, the Maya cut down trees with stone axes(斧). They planted seeds by digging holes in the ground withpointed sticks. A farmer w

28、as able to grow cropsthat produced food for several people, but notevery Maya had to be a farmer. Some were clothmakers, builders, or priests.The Maya believed in many gods. The peoplebuilt large temples to honor the Mayan gods.Skillful workers built cities around these temples.It was difficult for

29、them to construct these cities,because they had no horses to carry the heavystones. Workers had to carry all of the buildingmaterials themselves. Today, many of theseancient Mayan cities and temples are stillstanding.Although the cities that the Maya built werebeautiful, very few of the people lived

30、 in them.Usually, only the priests lived in the cities. Theother people lived in small villages in the forests. Theirhouses weremuch simpler than theelaborate structures in the cities. They lived in small huts(棚屋) with no windows. The walls were made ofpoles covered with dried mud, andthe roof was m

31、ade of grass or leaves.The Mayan priests studied the Sun, Moon,stars, and planets. They made a calendar basedon what they had learned. The Mayan calendarwas far more accurate than the Europeancalendars ofthe time.Around the year800, the Maya left theirvillages and cities, never to return. No one kno

32、wswhy this happened.28. The Maya lived in Mexico_.A. after they arrived there in the 1500s B. to learn about nature and people thereC. only for a few hundred years D. before the Spanish arrived29. Which ofthe following is TRUE according to Paragraph 2 and 3?A. All ofthe Mayan Indians were farmers.B.

33、 The Mayan workers used horses to carry building materials.C. The Mayan Indians were good at using tools for farming.D. The Mayan Indians didnt believe in gods.30. What does the underlinedword “elaborate” in Paragraph 4 probably mean?A. Small. B. Clear. C. Fancy. D. Old.31. What is mainly described

34、in the text?A. The Maya disappeared secretly.B. The Maya were excellent farmers.C. The Mayan cities were difficult to build.D. The Maya were an intelligent, culturally rich people.D- 6 -A Chinese man who was separated from hisparents as a child has found his family thanks toan online facial recognit

35、ion system.Fu Gui, 33, was connected with his birthparents again after using “Baby Come Home”, aChinese website thathelps people find theirmissing children. The website employs a facialrecognition system which matches the portraitsoffered by parents who are looking for theirmissing children and peop

36、le who are trying tofind their parents. The advanced artificialintelligence (AI) (人工智能) technology wasdeveloped by Baidu.As his father recalled, Fu Gui was born inChongqing in 1984 and went missing in 1990. To find his son, the man uploaded (上传 ) Fu Guis information to Baby Come Home and put apictur

37、e of Fu Gui when he was little on thewebsite. In 2009,Fu Gui, who was also lookingfor his family, put his information on the samewebsite and uploaded a childhood picture ofhimself. On his profile (简况), Fu Gui stated thathe was born in 1986 and he was separated fromhis parents in 1991. The man had be

38、en renamedHu Kui by his parents now. Baby Come Homefailed to match the two parties due to thedifferent information that had been put in at first.With the help ofBaidus AI technology, BabyCome Home was able to quickly analyse the60,000 pictures in its database (数据库). Thesystem first compared the face

39、s in the target andsource images, then chose 30 profiles that bestfitted the descriptions. In Fu Guis case, hischildhood picture was chosen by the system to beone of the 30 that looked most like Hu Kui. ADNA test was carried out to compare Fu Guisbiological information with that of his realparents.T

40、he test confirmed that the two partieswere a match.The reconnection of Fu Gui and his realparents marked the first case in China for a missing child and his family to be matched withthe help of facial recognition technology.32. The facial recognition system was developed by_.A.a young Chinese man B.

41、 the website Baby Come HomeC. the Baidu company D. a small technology company33. Why did the website fail tomatch the twoparties at first? A. Because the young man did not upload hispicture to the website.B. Because the information Fu Gui provided did not match that his real father put in.C. Because

42、 the picture Fu Gui uploaded wasquite different from the picture that hisreal father provided.D. Because the DNA information of the twoparties was wrong.34. What is the fourth paragraph mainly about?A. How the system works. B. How the young man got lost. C. How the technology was developed. D. How t

43、heDNA test was carried out.35. What may be the best title for the text?- 7 -A. Baidu Has Developed a New Technology.B. A Father Keeps Looking for His Missing Son for Years.C. New Website Is Established to Help Find Missing Children.D. New Technology Helps Young Man Find His Real Parents.第二节 (共 5 小题；

44、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。How to Find Your Talents and AbilitiesOnes talents and abilities need not only be related to the intellect. And not every talent needs to be profitable; it just needs to beuseful in a positive way. Finding the talents thatset us apart from th

45、e crowd can be a longprocess.36 The tips below will certainly helpyou.1. Find your interests37What sorts ofthings do you like to readabout, watch or do? What are your favoriteshows on television? Which columns of thenewspapers and magazines do you like to read?2. Try out different thingsCarry out ex

46、periments and explore things. 38You should feel free to explore and try different things without any inhibition (抑制) that might tell you that you are “wrong”. This couldbe as simple as practicing something alone, orwith only a trusted friend looking on.3. Improve yourselfAfter you find out about you

47、r areas ofinterestit is time to improve yourself. Read lots of booksand learn from other people. One of the bestways to learn something is to teachother peopleabout it. 39 This will help to increase yourdepth of knowledge. In this process, you will beable to discover your hidden talents and abilitie

48、s.4.40Notice what youre not good at, too. Whatalways seems to be a struggle for you? Whatmakes you feel difficult to deal with or out ofplace? For instance, some people are great talkers but hate writing; for others, its the other way around. In this way you will come to know about your talents and

49、abilities, as well as the areas thatyou need to work on.A. Know your limits.B. Realize yourself completely.C. It needs observation and analysis of your own self. D. Find a safe environment for your exploration.E. The first step in finding your talents and abilitiesistoknow your interest.F. Therefore, teach what you have learnt.G. Try to explore your hidden talents and abilities when you are inspired by things.- 8 -第三部分语言知识运用（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