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1、1重庆市朝阳中学 2018-2019 学年高二英语上学期半期考试试题 听力部分：第一节（共 5 小题；每小题 1.5 分，满分 7.5 分）1. What do we learn about Mary and Jane?A. They are good friends.B. They are both Jacks friends.C. They are both interested in Indian art.2. Where does this conversation most probably take place?A. In a drugstore. B. At a bookstor

2、eC. At a post office.3. Whats the man?A. A taxi driver. B. A traffic policeman.C. A signal operator.4. Who is the tallest girl of the four?A. Susan. B. Linda. C. Angela.5. What are the two speakers talking about?A. A healthy way of living.B. A nice book on wildlife.C. Wildlife in Africa.第二节（共 12 小题；

3、每小题 1.5 分，满分 18 分）请听第 6 段材料，回答 6 至 8 题。6. Why is Sophie upset?A. Her boyfriend left her.B. She is seriously ill.C. Her boyfriend hurt her.7. Whats wrong with Charlie?A. He has lost his job.B. He has had some trouble at work.C. He quarreled with his parents.8. What does the man advise the woman to do

4、?A. Leave her boyfriend.B. Comfort her boyfriend.C. Change her attitude towards her boyfriend.请听第 7 段材料，回答 9 至 11 题。9. Where does the conversation most probably take place?A. On a bus. B. On a plane. C. On a train.10. Why is the man going to London?A. To pursue his masters degree.B. To do business.C

5、. To attend a meeting.11. What does the woman want to study?A. International relations.B. Business studies.2C. Philosophy.请听第 8 段材料，回答 12 至 14 题。12. What are the two speakers planning on doing?A. Fishing. B. Mountain biking.C. Hiking.13. What did the man forget to bring?A. Raincoats. B. Umbrellas. C

6、. Rain boots.14. What do the two speakers finally decide to do?A. Stay at a hotel. B. Return home.C. Stay in the car.请听第 9 段材料，回答 15 至 17 题。15. What was the weather like the other night?A. Rainy. B. Fine. C. Windy.16. What was the woman doing that night?A. Playing with her dog.B. Reading to her kids

7、.C. Watching TV.17. What does the man suggest the woman do?A. Buy a new TV. B. Repair her TV. C. Check her TV.第三节（共 3 小题；每小题 1.5 分，满分 4.5 分）The talk on the first meeting of the 18. _ cycling seasonThe purpose of the speechTo encourage people to take part in the clubactivities.Advantage Offering 19.

8、_ to cyclists of all abilitiesActivities Organizing tours to a variety of places nearlyevery weekend. Next Saturdays tour will beat least about 20. _ hours and a “buddy system” will be used.笔试部分：第一节：单项填空（共 15 小题；每小题 1 分，满分 15 分）从 A、B、C、D 四个选项中，选出一个可以填入空白处的最答案。21Do you mind if I keep pets in this bui

9、lding？ .AId rather you didnt, actually. BOf course not, its not allowed there.CGreat! I love pets. DNo, you cant.22Who is _ the fire?Ato blame for starting Bto blame to startCto be blamed for starting Dto be blamed to start323It was some of the staff, not all that the manager decided to get _ of the

10、 matter. Ainform Binformed Cto inform Dto be informed24Our bodies are strengthened by taking exercise. _ , our minds are developed by learning.AProbably BLikely CSimilarly DGenerally25-Maggie had a wonderful time at the party.-_ and so did I.ASo she had BSo had she CSo she did DSo did she26 be sent

11、to work there?AWho do you suggestBWho do you suggest that shouldCDo you suggest who shouldDDo you suggest whom should27There can be no doubt _ the woman is fit for the work.Aif Bthat Cwhat Dbecause28_ it rains when we cant find a place to escape from the rain?AWhat if BHow comeCWhat about DHow about

12、29_ by his teacher, he went on with his painting.ATo be encouraged BTo encourageCEncouraged DBeing encouraged30The plan _ just because people were unwilling to cooperate (合作).Abroke down Bpulled down Cturned down Dput down31_ came that professor Wang would drop in on his way here to have _ with me.A

13、The word; a word BWords; wordsCA word; the word DWord; a word32-Have you moved into the new house?-Not yet. The rooms _.Aare being painted Bare painting Care paintedDare being painting33-I told him the secret.-_4AYou must not have done that. BYou ought not to have done that.CWhy didnt you? DI am sor

14、ry to hear that.34_ the days went on, the weather got worse.AWith BSince CWhile DAs35I leave it on the shelf so that you can use it you want to .Awhatever Bwhichever Cwhenever Dwherever第二节：完形填空（共 20 小题；每小题 1.5 分，满分 30 分）阅读下面短文，掌握其大意；然后从 36-55 各题所给的四个选项中选出一个最佳答案。John had a beautiful garden .One day i

15、n his garden he suddenly found one of the 36 of the apple tree was too long and too big ,so he decided to cut it 37 .He immediately fetched a ladder and leaned it 38 the big branch .Then he found a saw and climbed up the 39 with it .After that he began sawing 40 his left hand and rested the other on

16、 the branch .While sawing ,he 41 what he would do with the branch .It would be a big 42 of wood and with it he could make part of some furniture .Jack ,his neighbor ,heard the 43 .He came up to him and stood under the tree .When he saw John standing on the ladder ,he felt 44 .He knew John was going

17、to 45 .He warned John of the 46 and told him what would happen if he went on sawing .But John didnt 47 him .He laughed and said he was quite safe 48 the ladder was leaning against the biggest branch .Jack ,could do 49 and so he left as he couldnt 50 John ,Jack hadnt gone far 51 he heard a crash .He

18、rushed back into the garden and found John 52 on the ground ,badly wounded .At the same time Johns wife also heard the 53 noise and immediately ran out .Jack 54 her carry John into the house .She quickly bandaged（用绷带包扎）his head and then called the 55 .Soon an taxi came and John was sent to the hospi

19、tal .36Atrees Bbranches Croots Dleaves37Adown Bshort Caway Doff38Aagainst Bon Cover Dabove39Atree Bbranch Cfork Dladder40Aon Bwith Cin Dupon41Aknew Bimagined Cappreciated Dthought42Acake Bpart Cpiece Dbit543Asawing Bcrying Csinging Dplan44Ahappy Bexcited Cafraid Dnervous45Adie Bfall Csink Dsucceed46

20、Atree Bdanger Csafety Dcondition47Abelieve Bbelieve in Chear Dlisten to48Asince Bfor Cbecause Dthat49Asomething Banything Cnothing Dnone50Aorder Badvise Cpardon Dpersuade51Auntil Bwhen Cwhile Das52Alying Blie Claying Dlaid53Alow Bloud Caloud Dloudly54Asuggested Brequested Chelped Dprevented55Ahusban

21、d Bdoctor Cengineer Dneighbor第三部分：阅读理解（共 20 小题；每小题 2 分满分 40 分）阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项（A、B、C、D）中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。AGood evening, ladies and gentlemen. The lead story in tonights news concerns the fire which destroyed the major part of Columbia College at 4 a.m. this morning. In only five minutes, more th

22、an six hundred girls came out of their dorms to watch their college burn to the ground in the freezing December weather. Fortunately, there were no injures resulting from the fire. According to the college president, plans were already made to raise more than three million dollars to rebuild the col

23、lege.Here is the news from Washington. President Clinton says he is troubled by a scientists desire to clone a human and is urging the Congress to pass a ban(禁令) to such experiments for at least five years. In his weekly radio address, Clinton noted Chicago-area physicist Richard. Seeds announcement

24、 that he is ready to set up a clinic to clone human babies. President Clinton said that the need for passing laws that would ban human cloning for at least five years is more urgent than ever.A brief look at the weather for the weekend tells us to expect light showers on Saturday and Sunday. The hig

25、h Saturday will be in the lower 40s. On Sunday, we can expect the high to be about 65. Thats this evenings news. Good night from Channel 9 news. Your better news station, and from Alan King, your reporter.56. The fire at Columbia College took place?A. In December. B. In March. C. In November. D. In

26、October.57. President Clinton wants the Congress to _.A. pass a ban on doing experiment in labs B. ban cloning humans forever6C. pass laws to support cloning babies D. pass human cloning ban quickly58. What will the weather be like on weekend?A. There will be a strong wind. B. The weather will be fi

27、ne.C. It will be freezing cold. D. It will be rainy.59. When the writer talked about the expected high temperature for Saturday, which of the following statements is true?A. It will be in the lower 65s. B. It will be in the higher 50s.C. It will be in the lower 40s. D. It will be in the high 35s.BTh

28、e Metropolitan Museum of Art unwillingly handed over 363 pieces of gold, silver, precious stones, paintings, and sculptures back to Turkey after a court case. Following increasing demands for the return of artistic objects that were removed decades or centuries ago, some of the worlds leading museum

29、s have signed a declaration that they will not hand back the ancient artifacts (器物) to their countries of origin. They say people all over the world have only been able to fully appreciate ancient civilizations because these museums have provided access to these artistic objects. The ancient civiliz

30、ations would not be so deeply admired today if these ancient artifacts were not so widely available to an international public in major museums throughout Europe and America. For example, Egyptian culture would not have become so well-known if the museums had not put Egyptian mummies on show.The Bri

31、tain Museum has not signed the declaration, but say it fully supports it. Over the recent years, it has faced growing pressure to hand back the Elgin Marbles, sculptures taken from the Parthenon in Athens, Greece, in the 19th century. But the British Museum has said that the Museum is the best possi

32、ble place for them. “ They must remain here if the museum is to continue to achieve its aim, which is to show the world to the world, ” said the director of the museum.60. What reason do some museums provide for NOT handing back the ancient objects?A. Only in these museums can the objects be fully a

33、ppreciated by the world.B. It is better for those objects to remain at a certain place to be moved around.C. They need those well-known ancient objects to attract people from all over the world.D. Ancient civilizations can only be admired when they are removed from their home countries.61. Which of

34、the following is Not mentioned as one of the “ countries of origin” in the article?A. Turkey. B. Britain. C. Egypt. D. Greece.62. What does the underlined phrase “the world” mean in “show the world to the world”?A. The global village. B. The leading museums.7C. The ancient civilizations. D. The inte

35、rnational public.CEven though shes just 5 years old, Cindy Smart speaks five languages. Shes a good reader. She can tell time and do simple math, including multiplication and division. Cindy looks like an average doll, with long, blond hair, baby-blue eyes, and a button nose. But loaded with some de

36、vices, Cindy is the first doll that can see, think, and do as shes told. The eagle-eyed Cindy follows in the path of other breakthrough toys like Sonys barking Robot Aibo, which was the first to popularize voice command in the late 1990s. Cindy takes Aibos innovations(创新) one step beyond: she not on

37、ly follows instructions but also recognizes shapes, colors and words, and remembers. The effect is a doll that appears to be learning.The toy company which produced Cindy Smart spent a decade trying to see how much human nature it could breath into an inanimate(无生命的) object. Its engineers began crea

38、ting minibots that sense light, sounds, and pressure. However, without the sense of sight, their toys seemed to be lacking in one of the abilities that life-forms use to react to their environment.So how do the engineers make a doll actually see? In Cindys case, its a multistep process. When present

39、ed a text like “I love you” and asked “Can you read this?” Cindy identifies it as one of 70 preprogrammed commands. Then the inbuilt digital camera scans a 15-degree radius in search of number- or letter-shaped objects. Buried in her stomach, Cindys 16-bit microprocessor compares the text with her d

40、atabase of 700 words. If its a match, “ I love you,” she says.63. This passage most likely appears in a _.A. medical report B. classified ad C. science journal D. music magazine64. The underlined “ it ” in the third paragraph most likely refers to _.A. the process B. the object C. the doll D. the co

41、mpany65. According to the passage, how can Cindy “ see ”?A. She recognizes any text as “I love you”B. She is equipped with a camera to search for textC. She is instructed by an engineer standing next to herD. She makes contact with the shapes of the text with her stomachDThe problem started when the

42、 family moved and Chris went to study in another school. He made friends with a new set of kids, some of whom took drugs. The first time Chris used cocaine(可卡因) was with friends at Larrys home. Everyone pooled their money to buy few grams of cocaine. Larry said to them, “Its safe as long as you dont

43、 use it too often. It wont turn you into an addict like other drugs.”During the following years, the group tried crack (价格不贵的强效可卡因) 8along with cocaine. Chris bragged(吹嘘), “ I can handle this material!”Larry agreed. “As long as you only take a little bit, you will be okay.” He said. He sold it to th

44、em “at cost” and described it as “pure cocaine”.When one friend ended up in the hospital from an overdose, Chris thought, “That will never happen to me. Since Im mostly sniffing the drug, I wont have any problem.”At the age of 16, Chris dropped out of school. When his parents tried to change his min

45、d, he left home without telling them where he was going. He lasted two weeks working at pizza parlor before getting fired for stealing money. Thats when he started selling cocaine. “Ill only do this until I get back on my feet.” He told himself.Chris family found him living alone in a run-down part

46、of town. A school friend had called the family to tell them where he was. “It probably saved my life, “Chris says, “I was half-dead.”To pay for Chris to enter a drug treatment center, his dad took a second job. Chris is grateful to getting treatment. Now he is able to see colors again. In the depths

47、 of his addiction(上瘾) he saw everything in black and gray.66. How did Chris begin to use cocaine?A. His friend, Larry, persuaded him to do so.B. he wanted to use cocaine only by himself.C. All of his friends taught him how to use cocaine.D. He liked cocaine very much.67. Which of the following is tr

48、ue?A. Chris got crack and cocaine from Larry free of charge.B. Larry sold crack and cocaine to Chris and some of his friends.C. It is safe to use a little cocaine.D. Chris used cocaine for half a year.68. Which of the following is not true?A. Chris left school at the age of 16.B. Chris stole money while working at a pizza parlor.C. Chris began selling cocaine two weeks after he left school.D. Nobody called Chris parents to tell them where he was.69. When Chris parents found hi