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1、1四川省衡水中学分校遂中实验校 2018-2019 学年高二英语上学期第一学段考试试题（考试时间：120 分钟 试卷满分：150 分）注意事项： 1.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，用铅笔把答题卡上对应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。回答非选择题时，将答案写在答题卡上，写在本试卷上无效。3.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）做 题 时 ， 先 将 答 案 标 在 试 卷 上 ， 录 音 内 容 结 束 后 ， 你 将 有 两 分 钟 的 时 间 将 试 卷 上

2、 的答 案 转 涂 到 答 题 卡 上 。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。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。例：How much is the shirt?A. 19.15. B. 9.18. C. 9.15.答案是 C。1. What time is it now?A. 9:10. B. 9:50. C. 10:00.2. What does the woman think of the weather?A. Its

3、nice. B. Its warm. C. Its cold.3. What will the man do?A. Attend a meeting. B. Give a lecture. C. Leave his office.4. What is the womans opinion about the course?A. Too hard. B. Worth taking. C. Very easy.5. What does the woman want the man to do?A. Speak louder. B. Apologize to her. C. Turn off the

4、 radio.第二节 听下面 5 段对话或独白。每段对话或独白读两遍。听第 6 段材料，回答第 6、7 题。6. How long did Michael stay in China?A. Five days. B. One week. C. Two weeks.7. Where did Michael go last year?A. Russia. B. Norway. C. India.听第 7 段材料，回答第 8、9 题。8. What food does Sally like?A. Chicken. B. Fish. C. Eggs.9. What are the speakers g

5、oing to do?A. Cook dinner. B. Go shopping. C. 2Order dishes.听第 8 段材料，回答第 10 至 12 题。10. Where are the speakers?A. In a hospital. B. In the office. C. At home.11. When is the report due?A. Thursday. B. Friday. C. Next Monday.12. What does George suggest Stephanie do with the report?A. Improve it. B. H

6、and it in later. C. Leave it with him.听第 9 段材料，回答第 13 至 16 题。13. What is the probable relationship between the speakers?A. Salesperson and customer. B. Homeowner and cleaner.C. Husband and wife.14. What kind of apartment do the speakers prefer?A. One with two bedrooms. B. One without furniture. C. O

7、ne near a market.15. How much rent should one pay for the one-bedroom apartment?A. $350. B. $400. C. $415.16. Where is the apartment the speakers would like to see?A. On Lake Street. B. On Market Street. C. On South Street.听第 10 段材料，回答第 17 至 20 题。17. What percentage of the worlds tea exports go to B

8、ritain?A. Almost 15%. B. About 30%. C. Over 40%.18. Why do tea tasters taste tea with milk?A. Most British people drink tea that way. B. Tea tastes much better with milk.C. Tea with milk is healthy.19. Who suggests a price for each tea?A. Tea tasters. B. Tea exporters. C. Tea companies.20. What is t

9、he speaker talking about?A. The life of tea tasters. B. Afternoon tea in Britain. C. The London Tea Trade Centre.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，从每小题所给的四个选项(A、B、C 和 D)中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。ABABYSITTERSex: femaleAged more than 50, at least from senior high school.Rich exp

10、erience of looking after childrenApply to: Job center, Sogo Street, NO.18, Colton.PART-TIME DRIVERS WANTED3Clean driving license.Must be of smart appearance.Aged over 23. Apply to: Capes Taxi, 17 Palace road, Colton.AIR HOSTESSESSouthern Airlines require air hostesses for international flights. Appl

11、icants must be between 20 and 33 years old, height 1.60 m to 1.75 m, education to GCSE standard, two languages, must be able to swim.Apply to: Recruitment Officer, Southern Airlines, Heathrow Airport West, HR 37 KK.MEN NURSES NEEDEDFor private hospitalsEducation: (At least) graduate from Nursing Sch

12、oolWorking experience: unnecessary.Apply to: The Personnel of Bear Hospital, 279 Canal Street, Colton.21. Jack is excellent in appearance and an experienced taxi driver. Why is his application refused as a result?A. Aged 32. B. Punished and fined because of speeding.C. Unable to speak a foreign lang

13、uage. D. Not having college education.22. Ben, aged 21, fond of swimming and driving, just graduated from a medicine college, Nursing Department , which job might be given to him?A. Driving for Capes Taxis. B. Working for southern Airlines.C. Nursing in Bear Hospital D. None of the three.23. What pr

14、events Mary, aged 52, becoming a babysitter?A. She once broke a traffic law and was fined. B. She cant speak Japanese very well.C. She has before worked as a babysitter. D. She never receives education.BA taxi driver taught me a million dollar lesson in customer satisfaction and expectation. Excelle

15、nt speakers charge thousands of dollars to give training to company leaders and staff. It cost me a $12 taxi ride.I had flown into Dallas for the purpose of calling on a customer. Time was limited and my plan included a quick turn-around trip from and back to the airport. A spotless taxi pulled up.

16、The driver rushed to open the passenger door for me and made sure I was comfortably seated before he closed the door. As he got in the drivers seat, he mentioned that the neatly-folded Wall Street Journal next to me was for my use. He then showed me several tapes and asked me what type of music I wo

17、uld enjoy. I could not believe the service I was receiving! I took the opportunity to say, “Obviously you take great pride in your work. You must have a story to tell.”“You bet,” he replied, “I used to be in Microsoft. But I got tired of it, thinking my best would never be good enough. I decided to

18、find my position in life where I could feel proud of being the best I could be. I knew I would never be a rocket scientist, but I love driving cars, helping people and feeling like I have done a full days work and done it well. I thought about my personal strengths and . wham! I became a taxi driver

19、. One thing I know for sure, to be good in my business I could simply meet the expectations of my passengers. But, to be GREAT in my business, I have to go above the customers expectations! I like both the sound and the return of being great better 4than just getting by being average.”24. What does

20、the writer really want to say in Paragraph 1?A. The writer thought the driver motivational.B. The writer benefited a lot from the ride.C. The writer was over charged for the ride.D. The writer paid less for the ride.25. What caused the writers curiosity about the taxi driver?A. His wonderful CD. B.

21、His touching speech.C. His high-quality service. D. His neatly-folded journal.26From the last paragraph we know that the taxi driver_ .A. is enthusiastic about his work B. expects much from his workC. thinks too highly of himself D. goes above his own expectations27Which of the following is the taxi

22、 driver likely to agree?A. Being great is a must in life. B. Life is not easy for all of us.C. Dont expect too much in life. D. Every one of us has strengths.CDAI does better than humans in sight and balance. Who is smarter? A human being or artificial intelligence（人工智能）?The question swept the world

23、 last year when a Google-developed program called AlphaGo defeated the world top player, South Korean Lee Se-del, 4-1.So, what comes next?Some people have been arguing that artificial intelligence, or AI in short, will be a bad thing for humans. In an interview with the BBC in 2014, UK scientist Ste

24、phen Hawking warned that “the development of full artificial intelligence could mean the end of the human race.”So are we really about to live in the world shown in the Terminator movies?“Not quite,” answered The Economist. After all, its not hard to get a computer program to remember and produce fa

25、cts. What is hard is getting computers to use their knowledge in everyday situations.“We think that, for the human being, things like sight and balance（视觉平衡）, are natural and ordinary in our life.” Thomas Edison, founder of Motion Figures, a company that is bringing AI to boys, told the newspaper. “

26、But for a robot, to walk up and down just like human beings requires various decisions to be made every second, and its really difficult to do.”As The Economist put it, “We have a long way to go before AI can truly begin to be similar to the human brain, even though the technology can be great.”Mean

27、while, John Markoff of The New York Times said that researchers should build artificial intelligence to make people more effective.“Our fate is in our own hands,” he wrote. “Since technology depends on the values of its creators, we can make human choices that use technology to improve the world.”28

28、. What was the result of the match?A. Lee Se-del won AlphaGo 4-1. B. Lee Se-del was defeated.C. Google program beat AlphaGo. D. Neither side won the match.29. What does Thomas Edison possibly mean in his remarks?5A. Its very hard for AI to beat the human brain.B. AI would take the place of human bei

29、ngs.C. AI can make various decisions quickly.D. AI does better than humans in sight and balance.30. Who believes much has to be done to improve AI?A. Stephen Hawking. B. John Markoff.C. The New York Times. D. The Economist.31. What does the underlined part in the last paragraph imply(暗示)?A. AI will

30、improve the world completely.B. AI is in the control of human beings.C. AI may bring disasters to human beings.DAI will make our future out of control.DChinas admiration of outstanding scholars has turned the well-preserved childhood home of Tu Youyou, the Chinese pharmacologist(药理学家) who won this y

31、ears Nobel Prize in physiology(生理学) or Medicine, into a popular tourist destination.Since it was announced on Monday that 84-year-old Tu had become the first Chinese citizen to win this international prize, her former home in the old town of Ningbo, Zhejiang province, has attracted visitors, especia

32、lly parents and their children-even though it is not open to the public.The house, where Tu lived until she went to university in Beijing, covers an area of 2,200 square meters and is priced at 150 million yuan( $ 23. 6 million) . It is part of a complex of 37 traditional buildings, including severa

33、l city-and-district-level cultural relic preservation sites, that have been trans -formed into a high-end art, and commercial zone, .“There are continually parents taking their children, from infants in strollers to college students, to take photos in front of Tus former home. Security guards have b

34、een ordered to go on patrol around the clock,“ said Mr. Zhao, a salesperson from Ningbo Real Estate Inc Co.Shanghai resident Xu Lingfei, who was on a trip to Ningbo, took her 9-year-old son to walk around the complex on Wednesday. “Chinese people believe in exams and awards and have a strong prefere

35、nce for high performers. Taking children to visit the former dwelling（公寓） places of celebrities is a way to inspire them to study harder,“ Xu said.Something similar happened. After Mo Yan won the Nobel Prize for literature in 2012，tourists started visiting Mos former home in rural Gaomi, Shandong Pr

36、ovince, in an endless stream starting the day after he won the prize. Some even pulled the radishes(白萝卜) planted in front of the house and carried away some bricks.32. Tu Youyous former house is now popular mainly because . .A. Tu won the Nobel Prize B. it has some cultural relicsC. it covers a larg

37、e area D. it is a great art and commercial zone33. Why did Xu Lingfei take her son to visit Tus former home?A. She admired Tu very much. B. She planned to buy the house. .C. She intended to take photos there. D. She wanted her son to be inspired.34. Where is Mo Yans former home located?6A. Shanghai.

38、 B. Gaomi. C. Ningbo. D. Beijing. 35. What is the main idea of the text?A. Tu Youyous former home is for sale.B. More Chinese have won the Nobel Prize.C. Nobel winners home becomes instant attraction.D. Children benefit from visiting Nobel winners home.第二节：任务型阅读（共 5 小题；每小题 2 分，满分 10 分）阅读下列材料, 从所给的六个

39、选项(A,B,C,D,E 和 F)中, 选出符合各小题要求的最佳选项, 并在答题卡上将该项涂黑. 选项中有一项是多余选项.The traditional American school year begins in late August or early September. It ends in May or June, followed by summer vacation. 36 Because long ago, young people had to help their families harvest summer crops, At least this is what pe

40、ople today may think.37 A recent report from an education policy center at Indiana University explored the historical roots of the traditional school calendar.In the early days of the United States, children were not required to attend school calendars depended on local needs. 38 They worked on fami

41、ly farms during the other months, City schools were often open much longer, some for eleven months of the year.After the Civil War, more and more people saw the need for a system of required education.39 Many city schools wanted a shorter year and a longer summer break, The schools were often crowde

42、d. There was no modern air conditioning. Hot days would make it difficult to learn. Many rural educators, however, pushed for a longer school year. They thought it would keep children safe from industrial dangers when there were few child-labor laws.So the traditional school calendar was a compromis

43、e(折中) .The average school year used to be one hundred and seventy days. Times have not changed much. 40 But some experts think the traditional school calendar needs to change because the needs of the nation have changed. This thinking has led some schools to keep students in class longer.A. Why such

44、 a long break?B. Today the common average is one hundred and eighty days.C. Americans think highly of their traditional school calendar.D. Most schools had similar school calendars.E. But the reason has more to it.F. Students in rural areas went to school for no more than six months of the year.G. B

45、ut they had different ideas for the calendar.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) Ive read lots of stories about family memories. In those 41 , Ive found voice of sadness and longing. Its true that so much in our daily lives makes us 42 all the time. We find ourselves with le

46、ss and less time to spend with our 43 and friends. Ive had the same 44 myself.I used to have 45 times with my grandfather when we lived together. When I was very young, I often enjoyed spending time in his 46 , watching the flowers and watering the fruit trees. But as I grew up, I 47 became “selfish

47、”.7Once, when I was 6, we went shopping together. As we took the wrong bus and ended up getting 48 , unable to find our way back, I couldnt stay 49 and shouted rudely in his face. I was so stubborn that I wouldnt say sorry 50 returning home, thinking I had done nothing wrong.Now I 51 how ridiculous

48、I was at the time! And I also realize how 52 it was when I finally admitted I was 53 ! When I truly wanted to express my 54 , my grandfather had left us 55 , leaving me with no more chance to 56 my mistake. I couldnt 57 say to him the three words “I am sorry”. We are spending more and more time outside, with less and less time to 58 with our families at home. So 59 the most of every second you have with your loved ones, because time 60 going, waiting for no one. 41. A. books B. stories C. reports