2018-2019学年江西省宜春九中（外国语学校）高二下学期期中考试英语试题（Word版)

2018-2019学年江西省宜春九中（外国语学校）高二下学期期中考试英语试题（Word版)

宜春九中（外国语学校）2018-2019学年下学期期中考试 高二年级英语试卷 考试时间：120’ 考试总分：150分 第I卷 第一部分 听力(共两节, 满分30分)‎ 第一节(共5小题；每小题l.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小题。每段对话仅读一遍。‎ ‎1. What will the speakers do on Saturday? ‎ A. Go to work. B. Eat brunch. C. Go to the gym.‎ ‎2. When did the man hurt himself? ‎ A. A few weeks ago. B. A few months ago. C. A few years ago.‎ ‎3. Where does this conversation take place? ‎ A. In a bookstore. B. In a library. C. In a classroom.‎ ‎4. How does the woman sound? ‎ A. Nervous. B. Sad. C. Angry.‎ ‎5. What are the speakers mainly discussing? ‎ A. Their exam schedules. B. Their recent sleep habits. C. Their physics exam results.‎ 第二节 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。‎ 听第6段材料，回答第6、7题。‎ ‎6. What does the man like most about reusable bags? ‎ A. They are free. B. They have a variety of uses. C. They are lighter and easier to carry. ‎ ‎7. What discount do shoppers receive if they use reusable bags?‎ A. 10% off. B. 3% off. C. 10 cents off.‎ 听第7段材料，回答第8至10题。‎ ‎8. Why doesn’t Brad like online shopping? ‎ A. He doesn’t like to plan. ‎ B. He doesn’t like to stay at home waiting.‎ C. He doesn’t want his packages stolen.‎ ‎9. What does Brad advise Sally to do?‎ A. Go to the store. B. Clean the house. C. Keep track of her package.‎ ‎10. How is Sally related to Brad? ‎ A. She’s his mom. B. She’s his employee. C. She’s his sister.‎ 听第8段材料，回答第11至13题。‎ ‎11. In the beginning, what does the woman think George is doing?‎ A. Reading. B. Coloring. C. Writing.‎ ‎12. Why are some of the texts marked in green? ‎ A. They are the main ideas. B. They are important details. C. They are a bit more difficult.‎ ‎13. According to George, why is active reading useful? ‎ A. It helps students learn new words. ‎ B. It shows students what they already know.‎ C. It’s a good learning method for both slow and fast students.‎ 听第9段材料，回答第14至17题。‎ ‎14. Who will know about the move tonight?‎ A. Lily. B. Katie. C. Jason.‎ ‎15. According to the woman, what is much better in France? ‎ A. The food. B. The weather. C. The schools.‎ ‎16. What does the man hope to do about his family? ‎ A. Bring them to France. B. Leave them in America. C. Visit them in a few months.‎ ‎17. What is the relationship between the speakers? ‎ A. Boss and secretary. B. Family members. C. Co-workers.‎ 听第10段材料，回答第18至20题。‎ ‎18. What is the most important requirement for this job? ‎ A. Experience. B. Creativity. C. Energy.‎ ‎19. What do children do in the morning? ‎ A. Go hiking. B. Write short essays. C. Report to the leaders.‎ ‎20. When is the application due?‎ A. In late April. B. In mid-May. C. In early July.‎ 第二部分 阅读理解（共两节，满分40分） ‎ 阅读下列短文，从A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。‎ A The Coolest Inventions An Oceans Vacuum There’s a collection of plastic trash in the middle of the Pacific Ocean. It’s bigger than Texas and growing. The way to clean it up now is to catch it with nets. That is both costly and slow. Instead, the Ocean Cleanup Project proposes a 62-mile-long floating barrier that would use natural currents to trap trash. If next year’s trials succeed, a full cleanup operation would aim to start in 2020. It could reduce the trash by 42 % over 10 years.‎ Easy-On Shoes In 2012, Matthew Walzer, a high school student with a disability, sent a note to Nike. “My dream is to go to college,” he wrote, “without having to worry about someone coming to tie my shoes every day.” Nike assigned(分配) a design team to the challenge. This year, they came out with their solution: the FlyEase. The basketball shoe can be fastened with one hand. A pair of Nike FlyEase shoes sells for $ 130.‎ An Airport for Drones (无人机）‎ As Amazon, Google, and others get ready for drone delivery service, there is one big question: What kinds of home bases will their drones have? Rwanda, in Africa, may have the answer. There, workers will soon start work on three “drone ports”. The goal is to make it easier to transport food, medical supplies, electronics, and other goods through the hilly countryside. Construction is set to be completed in 2020.‎ ‎21. What’s the advantage of the Oceans Vacuum?‎ A. It can tear plastic into pieces. B. It can grow year by year.‎ C. It can be a money-saver. D. It can be put into wide use soon.‎ 22. What do we know about Nike?‎ A. It offers free shoes to the disabled.‎ A. It provides customer friendly services.‎ B. It is designing new shoes frequently.‎ C. It responded to Matthew’s request passively.‎ 23. Why is Rwanda setting up “drone ports”?‎ A. Because they are receptive to new technology.‎ B. Because they’re easier to construct than roads.‎ C. Because there are too many drones.‎ D.Because road travel there is rough.‎ B ‎ People love Shakespeare’s vocabulary and creativity. He used more than 15,000 words in this writing! But Bible’s Old Testament (旧约圣经) only contains 5,642 words, Shakespeare also invented many new terms and phrase.‎ If someone’s behavior suggested they were not honest and should not be trusted. Shakespeare called them suspicious. If someone was silly and perhaps looked like a fool, Shakespeare found their actions laughable. And for those who offered their opinions on something’s quality, Shakespeare called them critics (评论家). Today, for instance, food critics and film critics give their opinions on food and film.‎ The familiar phrase “break the ice” comes from Shakespeare’s play The Taming of the Shrew. The “ice is broken” when people in a group, who have never met before, begin to talk to each other by doing some activities. More common words were first used by Shakespeare including “road”, “gossip”, “lonely”, “bump” and “hurry”.‎ Four hundred years after his death. Shakespeare surely lives on, in everyday speech, as the most famous writer of all time.‎ ‎24. Shakespeare’s writings contain __________.‎ A. over 15,000 words B. less than 15,000 words C. only 5,642 words D. less than 5,642 words ‎25. Which of following can replace the underlined word “suspicious” on Paragraph 2?‎ A. meaningful B. doubtful C. thoughtful D. powerful ‎26. Whose actions are considered laughable from Paragraph 2?‎ A. Dishonest people’s B. Silly’s people C. Food critics D. Film critics ‎27. What may be the best title for the text?‎ A. Famous Words in Shakespeare’s Plays B. Shakespeare’s Influence on English C. The Famous Writer --- Shakespeare D. Shakespeare’s Great Life C When dogs get lonely, they like keeping themselves busy by making a big mess around the house, and that is really unacceptable to their owners. That's why one German radio host, who also happens to be a dog owner came up with the idea for a program designed to relax dogs and make them feel like they aren’t alone. When 30-year-old Stephan Stock, a radio host at Radio Ton, in Germany's Baden- Wurttemberg region, announced the creation of a program aimed at dogs, everyone thought it was just a clever April Fools trick. However, it wasn’t. For the past three and a half months, Hallo Hasso has been pumping out music for lonely dogs both on the radio and online. Stock says he was inspired to create the special program by his pet dog, Layla, who would sometimes get so bored when left alone that she would keep herself busy by making a big mess around the house. He and his colleagues at Radio Ton started researching what kind of music usually appeals to dogs, and learned that it should have as little drum and electric guitar as possible, and should be very slow． "It's not about keeping dogs quiet," Stock said about Hallo Hasso. "It's more about the dog feeling he's not alone. "He adds that Layla isn’t as restless since listening to Hallo Hasso, and has become relatively quiet, even letting him take a nap （打盹儿）to the music from the radio. Hallo Hasso is only available in Baden-Wurttemberg, via radio, but if you'd like to see if it can calm your four-legged pet, the program can also be accessed online here．Just press the "play" arrow at the top of the page and let the music work its magic. If this doesn’t work, there's always Dog TV.‎ 28. When dogs get lonely, they usually ______ ．‎ A. sit quietly B. lie lonely C. bite the things around D. make the house untidy ‎29. How did people think of Stock's announcement of a program for dogs？ ______ ‎ A. They were interested in it． B. They thought highly of it． C. They took it seriously． D. They took it as a joke．‎ ‎30. What can we know about Hallo Hasso from the text？ ______ ‎ A. It's based on Stock's own life experience． B. Its purpose is to keep dogs quiet． C. It has no limit on music types． D. It's accessible only by radio．‎ ‎31. Where is the passage most probably taken from？ ______ ‎ A. In a textbook． B. On a website． C. In a newspaper． D. In a pet magazine．‎ D About 3 years earlier, a funny thing happened about China’s first female Nobel Prize winner, Tu Youyou, giving her acceptance speech in Sweden. When that speech reached her home country, two entirely different versions appeared, and the false one became a viral (病毒的) hit.‎ Guess which version is genuine? The one that matter-of-factly tells about the discovery of Artemisinin (青蒿素), or the one with extreme literary style, completed with her father explaining the origin of her given name and poetic lines such as,“I like tranquility(宁静), tranquil as the leaves of sweet wormwood(青蒿); I avoid the spotlight, just as the petals of sweet ‎ wormwood do ; I aspire to be upright, as are the stems of sweet wormwood”.‎ Most readers were so touched by the literary version that they were left in tears. However, they just forgot that Tu is not a woman of letters, but one of science. It was totally made up by someone who obviously has great literary talent, but could not understand the inner life of a scientist.‎ I don’t know who made up the Tu speech, or for what purpose. It does not strike me as funny. Fortunately, no mainstream media seemed to have been fooled. Yet the false one has probably been shared more than the real one because it played up to the Chinese stereotype (固定形式)of what such a speech should be.‎ China’s cyberspace is full of educational and uplifting quotes, and quite a lot of them are made up. There is a joke that says the United States’ spying network collected and examined all the Internet data in China and found that the Chinese are addicted to such chicken soup, including that from untrustworthy sources.‎ 32. Most readers were touched by the false speech probably because of______.‎ A. Tu’s real life B. its writing style C. their understanding of science D. their passions for literature ‎33. About the literary version, which of the following is true?‎ A. It reflected Tu’s inner life. B.Its purpose was to get click rate.‎ C.It failed to attract the leading media. D.It’s about the discovery of artemisinin.‎ ‎34. What attitude does the writer seem to hold to the false speech?‎ A. Negative. B. Positive. C. Objective. D. Uncertain.‎ ‎35. What’s the purpose of this article?‎ A. To prove that false news attracts more readers. ‎ B.To tell readers that the false speech is more literary.‎ C. To inform us that there is much false news on the Internet.‎ D.To warn readers that all Internet news are very untrustworthy.‎ 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。‎ US City Bans Texting while Walking Parents usually teach their children how to cross the street safely, by looking both ways for cars. But do they also teach them to put away their cell phones?‎ The city of Honolulu, Hawaii wants everyone to learn that lesson. 36 Beginning on October 24, you could be fined from $15 to $99 if you step into a Honolulu street while looking at your phone. Honolulu is the first major U. S. city to ban what is called "distracted (分散注意) walking. " It recently passed a law in a seven to two vote. The law says; “No pedestrian (步行者） shall cross a street or highway while viewing a mobile electronic device. " 37 ‎ The law's creators hope it will lower the number of people hit and killed by cars in the city.‎ ‎ Mayor Kirk Caldwell told Reuters news agency, "We hold the unfortunate distinction (区别) of being a major city with more pedestrians being hit in crosswalks, particularly our elders, than almost any other city in the country. "‎ The law includes all electronic devices with screens: cell phones, tables, gaming devices, digital cameras and laptop computers. 38 Pedestrians may use such devices in the street to call emergency services and rescue workers, such as firefighters and police officers.‎ ‎ 39 The Governors Highway Safety Association, or GHSA, says pedestrian deaths in the United States increase 25% between 2010 and 2015. That trend continued in 2016 with the number of pedestrian deaths rising to almost 6000, 11% higher than in 2015.‎ If you still want to text while walking, you could avoid being fined in Honolulu (and be safer, in general) by using a voice-controlled digital(数字的) assistant such as Siri or Google Assistant. 40 ‎ A. The law does permit an exception.‎ B. Or you could just wait until you are again, safely, off the street.‎ C. You will be sentenced to prison while using cell phones in the street.‎ D. Pedestrian deaths have been increasing as the use of cell phones rises.‎ E. Texting while crossing the street will soon be banned in the city.‎ F. The law permits people to watch TV while crossing the street.‎ G. In other words, do not look at a screen when you cross the street or you could be fined.‎ 第II卷 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)‎ 阅读下面的短文，从短文后各题所给的A、B、C和D四个选项中，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。‎ A complaint (投诉) was received by the Pontiac Department of General Motors. It said: “This is the second time I have written to you, and I don't 41 you for not answering me, because I sounded crazy. After dinner, our family would 42 on which kind of ice cream we should have and then I'll 43 them to get the ‘winner’. I have recently 44 a new Pontiac car and since then my return trips have become 45 . Every time I buy the vanilla(香草的) ice cream, my car will 46 . However, if I get any other flavors(味道). the car starts just fine.”‎ The Pontiac president was 47 about the letter, but sent an engineer to 48 this thing anyway. One day, accompanied by the 49 , the customer drove to the store after dinnertime. It was the vanilla ice cream that night and, 50 , after they came back, the car 51 to start. The engineer conducted the 52 for three more nights. On the first two nights, they got the chocolate flavor and the car started. The car didn't start after the customer ordered the vanilla flavor on the third night. The engineer, a 53 man, opposed that this man's car was 54 to the vanilla ice cream. So he 55 his visits.‎ Eventually, his work 56 . In fact, different kinds of ice cream were 57 distributed (分布) in the store. The vanilla flavor was quite a 58 and was put in the front of the store. The 59 time taken to get other flavors in the back allowed the engine to cool down. When the man got the vanilla ice cream, the engine was still too hot to start.‎ Even 60 problems are sometimes real. And it can be simple only when we find the solution with cool thinking ‎41.‎ A. prepare B. blame C. praise D. thank ‎42.‎ A .vote (投票)‎ B. bargain ‎ C. remark (评论)‎ D. focus ‎43.‎ A. order B. send C. force D. drive ‎44.‎ A. produced B. destroyed C .purchased D. repaired ‎45.‎ A. mysterious B. exciting C. boring D. convenient ‎46.‎ A. warm up B. slow down C. pull up D. break down ‎47.‎ A. anxious B. curious C. doubtful D. hopeful ‎48.‎ A. check out B .point out C. leave out D. try out ‎49.‎ A. driver B. president C. doctor D. engineer ‎50.‎ A. unbelievably B. awkwardly C. unsurprisingly D. fortunately ‎51.‎ A. attempted B. failed C. stopped D. began ‎52.‎ A .operation B. campaign C. experiment D. survey ‎53.‎ A. serious B .stupid C. kind D. logical ‎54.‎ A. addicted B. sensitive (敏感的)‎ C. objected D. accustomed ‎55.‎ A. continued B. ended ‎ C. abandoned（放弃）‎ D. paused ‎56.‎ A. started B. changed C. progressed D. finished ‎57.‎ A. randomly B. widely C. fairly D. differently ‎58.‎ A. success B. challenge C. treasure D. disaster ‎59.‎ A. local B. extra C. easy D. hard ‎60.‎ A.common B. absurd (荒谬的)‎ C. urgent（紧急的）‎ D. practical 第二节(共10小题；每小题1.5分, 满分15分) ‎ 阅读下面短文, 在空白处填入1个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。‎ A Shanghai policeman took on the role of son to help comfort an elderly couple, ___61___ had lost their own son in a deadly accident.‎ In 2003, Liang Qiaoying and her son ___62___(expose) to poison gas during an accident. The woman survived, but her young son was ___63___(lucky). And Liang was left mentally-disabled. Her husband, Xia Zhanhai, couldn't bear to tell her the ___64___(true) about their son. Instead, whenever his wife asked to see the son, he kept ___65___(say) that their son had gone to work in another city.‎ In 2010, while watching a television show, Xia Zhanhai was amazed to see an officer that looked ___66___(exact) like his son. He immediately knew that the young man was the answer to making his wife smile again.With ___67___ help of the television station and the police station, the couple were able to meet the very policeman on a TV show. The young policeman was touched by ___68___ (they) loss and sadness, and said that he was more than willing ___69___(act) as the son. Their "reunion" lasted just a few minutes on the show, but it had a lasting influence ____70____the ‎ sick "mother".‎ 第四部分 写作( 共两节，满分35分)‎ 第一节 短文改错(共10小题；每小题1分，满分10分)‎ 文中共有10处错误，每句中最多有两处。错误涉及一个单词的增加、删除或修改。‎ 增加：在缺词处加一个漏词符号(/)，并在其下面写出该加的词。‎ 删除：把多余的词用斜线() 划掉。修改： 在错的词下画一横线，并在该词下面写出修改后的词。注意：1. 每处错误及其修改均仅限一词;‎ 2. 只允许修改10处，多者(从第11处起) 不计分。‎ Britain will stop people smoking in cars with children. It wants to keep children from breathe second-hand smoke, that can be as harmful as smoking a cigarette. Children who sit in smoke-filled cars may have healthy problems because there is very little space. The air in the car that is filled with smoke become unhealthy quickly. Not everyone agrees to a new law. Some people think they will take away from the freedom of smokers. They think it is OK smoke in a car. Britain’s health minister said healthy children are more important than the people who wanted to smoke in their cars. He said, “Protecting a child’s health does seem to be incredible important.‎ 第二节 书面表达(满分25分)‎ ‎ 假定你是李华，最近发现你所往的小区内增设了旧物捐赠箱(a donation box)，居民(resident)可以把自己的旧衣物、废弃的书报等投放其中，请你给你校英文报投稿。‎ 内容包括：‎ ‎ 1．介绍这一事物；‎ ‎ 2．发表你的看法。‎ 注意：‎ ‎ 1．词数100左右； ‎ ‎ 2．可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。‎ ‎_______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________‎ 听力（共30’,每个1.5’）‎ ‎1—5 CABAB 6—10 BCBCC 11—15 BCCBA 16—20 ACAAB ‎ 阅读理解（共40’,每个2’）‎ ‎21—23 CBD 24-27 ABBB 28-31 DDAB 32—35 BCAC 36-40 EGADB 完形填空（共30’,每个1.5’）‎ ‎41-45 BADCA 46-50 DCADC 51-55 BCDBA 56-60 CDABB 语法填空（共15’,每个1.5’）‎ ‎61. who 62. were exposed 63. unlucky 64. truth 65. saying ‎ ‎66. exactly 67. the 68. their 69. to act 70. on/upon 改错（共10’,每个1’）‎ ‎71.第二句breathe→breathing 72.第二句that→which ‎73.第三句healthy→health 74.第四句become→becomes 75. 第五句a→the 76.第六句 they→it ‎ 76. 第六句去掉from  78.第七句OK后加to ‎ ‎79.第八句are→were 80.第九句incredible→incredibly 书面表达（共25’）‎ I'm Li Hua. Recently I found a donation box in my neighborhood. People come to it when they have old clothes, bags, newspapers and books to donate.‎ This box, I think, is of great significance. Take me as an example, I outgrow my clothes ‎ so rapidly. I've got no idea about how to deal with the clothes which are really new and still in ‎ good condition. However, with this donation box, I can help those people in need.‎ In a word, I do think it is a good idea that can light up our life and make the world a better place to live in.‎