2018-2019学年四川省雅安中学高二上学期期中考试英语试题（Word版）

2018-2019学年四川省雅安中学高二上学期期中考试英语试题（Word版）

雅安中学高二2018-2019学年（上）半期考试 英语试题 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 does the woman want to do?‎ A. Find a place. B. Buy a map. C. Get an address.‎ ‎2. What will the man do for the woman?‎ A. Repair her car. B. Give her a ride. C. Pick up her aunt.‎ ‎3. Who might Mr. Peterson be?‎ A. A new professor. B. A department head. C. A company director.‎ ‎4. What does the man think of the book?‎ A. Quite difficult. B. Very interesting. C. Too simple.‎ ‎5. What are the speakers talking about?‎ A. Weather. B. Clothes. C. News.‎ 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. Why is Harry unwilling to join the woman?‎ A. He has a pain in his knee.‎ B. He wants to watch TV.‎ C. He is too lazy.‎ ‎7. What will the woman probably do next?‎ A. Stay at home. B. Take Harry to hospital. C. Do some exercise.‎ 听第7段材料，回答第8、9题。‎ ‎8. When will the man be home from work?‎ A. At 5:45. B. At 6:15. C. At 6:50.‎ ‎9. Where will the speakers go?‎ A. The Green House Cinema.‎ B. The New State Cinema.‎ C. The UME Cinema.‎ 听第8段材料，回答第10至12题。‎ ‎10. How will the speakers go to New York?‎ A. By air. B. By taxi. C. By bus.‎ ‎11. Why are the speakers making the trip?‎ A. For business. B. For shopping. C. For holiday.‎ ‎12. What is the probable relationship between the speakers?‎ A. Driver and passenger. B. Husband and wife. C. Fellow workers.‎ 听第9段材料，回答第13至16题。‎ ‎13. Where does this conversation probably take place?‎ A. In a restaurant. B. In an office. C. In a classroom.‎ ‎14. What does John do now?‎ A. He's a trainer. B. He's a tour guide. C. He's a college student.‎ ‎15. How much can a new person earn for the first year?‎ A. $10,500. B. $12,000. C. $15,000.‎ ‎16. How many people will the woman hire?‎ A. Four. B. Three. C. Two.‎ 听第10段材料，回答第17至20题。‎ ‎17. How long has the speaker lived in a big city?‎ A. One year. B. Ten years. C. Eighteen years.‎ ‎18. What is the speaker's opinion on public transport?‎ A. It's comfortable. B. It's time-saving. C. It's cheap.‎ ‎19. What is good about living in a small town?‎ A. It's safer. B. It's healthier. C. It's more convenient.‎ ‎20. What kind of life does the speaker seem to like most?‎ A. Busy. B. Colourful. C. Quiet.‎ 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，从每题所给的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中，选出最佳选项。‎ A With smartphones rapidly becoming the most common mobile device (设备) throughout countries, an increasing number of teenagers have access to the Internet using their phones. And if they have access to the Internet they have access to Apps (an App is a small program designed to run on mobile devices). Most Apps popular with teenagers are either for play, connecting with friends, or both at the same time. Here are some of the most popular Apps teens are downloading at the moment.‎ Draw Something It's a very popular App at the moment. It's an online version (版本) of Pictionary, where you invite friends on Facebook to compete. Each round you are given 3 words to choose from of which you must ‎ draw. Your competitor must guess correctly so that both of you can receive coins to buy additional colour tools. Fun for any age.‎ Instagram This App is about sharing photos. Similar to Twitter, you follow people and they follow you. New photos show up in a “news feed” where you can comment on photos. You can also view popular photos and have the choice of making your photos public (everyone can see them) and anyone can “follow” you. It's a good idea to consider privacy settings as once photos are uploaded (上传) anyone can have access to them.‎ Viddy Similar to Instagram, except it's all about videos. Film a video and immediately upload it. Again people can follow you and you can follow people. You can see “what's hot” — the most popular and newest videos. In addition you can share videos you have.‎ Oldify This is fun and easy to use. Upload a photo of yourself or a friend by either taking a photo or using one from your photo library, line up the eyes and lips, press a button and the photo of you or the person you uploaded will appear as a person 50 years older! By touching the screen the face will react.‎ ‎21．Draw Something is an App that ________.‎ A children like most B is for users of any age C users can use to share pictures D is used to buy paintings online ‎22．When using Instagram, users should ________.‎ A make their photos public B comment on their friends' photos C pay special attention to their privacy D follow people to view popular photos ‎23．What do we know about Oldify?‎ A It helps users to beautify their photos. ‎ B It allows users to share their opinions.‎ C It is a frightening but fun online game. ‎ D It enables users to see their aged appearances.‎ B Londoners are great readers. They buy large numbers of newspapers, magazines and books — especially paperbacks (平装书), which are still cheap in spite of everincreasing rises in the costs of printing. They still continue to buy “proper” books, too, printed on good paper.‎ There are many streets in London containing shops which specialize in bookselling. Perhaps the best known of these is Charing Cross Road in the very heart of London. Here bookshops of all sorts and sizes are to be found, from the celebrated one which is said to be “the biggest bookshop in the world” to the tiny, dusty little places which seem to have been left over from Dickens' time. Some of these shops stock, or will make efforts to get, any kind of book, but many of them specialize in secondhand books, in art books, in ‎ foreign books, in books on economics, politics or any other subjects about which books may be written. One shop in this area specializes only in books about ballet.‎ Although it may be the most convenient place for Londoners to buy books, Charing Cross Road is not the cheapest. For really cheap secondhand books, collectors must venture_off_the_beaten_track to Farringdon Road, in the East Central district of London. Here there is nothing so impressive as bookshops. The booksellers come along each morning and put lots of books onto small handcarts (手推车) which line the streets. The collectors, some professionals and some amateurs (业余爱好者), who have been waiting for them, run quickly towards the books. In places like this one can still, occasionally, pick up for a few pence an old book that may be worth many pounds.‎ ‎24．“Londoners are great readers” means that ________.‎ A．Londoners are great because they read a lot B．there are a great number of readers in London C．Londoners are readers who read only great books D．Londoners read a lot ‎25．According to this passage, Charing Cross Road ________.‎ A．is in the suburbs of London B．is famous for its bookshops[]‎ C．contains various kinds of shops D．is the busiest street in London ‎26．In this passage, what does the underlined part “venture off the beaten track” mean?‎ A．Buy books in a most busy street. B．Move away from a busy street.‎ C．Waste time looking for books. D．Take a risk of losing one's life.‎ ‎27．The best topic for this passage is “________”．‎ A．bookshops in London B．the biggest bookshop in the world C．Charing Cross Road D．buying books in London C In any family with more than one child, children seem to naturally compete for their parents’ love and attention.Parents say they love every child equally. But is that true?‎ Susan, founder of a consulting firm in Chicago, interviewed 216 women and found that even though none of her questions asked directly about a parent favoring one child over another, about two-thirds of the women said there was a favored child. And they also remembered their experience when they were young. One of the women said, “My mother always liked my brother better, and he got to go to summer camp in 1968 and I didn’t.”‎ ‎ Plumez, who interviewed parents with both biological children and adoptive children for an adoption ‎ book in 2008, found that what matters most is whether your temperaments(性情) are pleasing. “In some cases, parents would say they felt closer to their adopted children,” she says, “Some parents like the children with characters similar to theirs. Two people who are shy and withdrawn might get along well, unless the shy parent doesn’t like that aspect of themselves and they try to push the naturally withdrawn child to be more extroverted.”‎ ‎ It could be a result of gender, birth order or how easy or difficult a child’s temperament may be, but a parent’s different treatment has far-reaching effects. Students have found that less-favored children may suffer emotionally, with decreased self-esteem and behavioral problems in childhood. Favoritism is a reason for the next generation not to like each other.‎ ‎ Experts say it is not realistic to say everyone should be treated equally, because no two people are the same and they relate differently to others.‎ ‎ “It does not mean that parent loves or likes one child more. It has to do with which one of them is independent,” says psychologist Laurie Kramer of the University of Illinois.‎ ‎28. The study carried out by Susan shows that ______.‎ ‎ A. showing favoritism is common in many families ‎ B. most mothers like their sons better than their daughters ‎ C. only two-thirds of the women interviewed have more than a child ‎ D. it is a favoritism that leads to absence of harmony in most families ‎29. The underlined word “extroverted” in the third paragraph means _______.‎ ‎ A. independent B. outgoing C. clever D. brave ‎30. What can we infer from the passage?‎ ‎ A. Favoritism is not beneficial to the development of children ‎ B. Parents’ favoritism to a certain child can be avoided in families ‎ C. Parents may be favoring one of their children and don’t realize it ‎ D. People are very much shaped by how they were treated by their parents ‎31. What is the best title for the passage?‎ ‎ A. Parents’ favoritism can affect children deeply ‎ B. Why do parents show favoritism to children?‎ ‎ C. Parents should give attention to all their children ‎ D. Building a harmonious family is important to children D All areas of the world face a nurses shortage. But the shortage is most severe in developing countries. Many of their nurses move to the more developed nations for better pay, better working conditions and better chances for career development. For example, nearly 2,000 nurses left the Caribbean between 2002 and 2006.[]‎ ‎ The Caribbean nations currently have about 1 nurse for every 1,000 people. The ratio(比例) of nurses to population is about 10 times higher in the United States and countries in the European Union(EU). Now, more than 21,000 nurses who trained in the Caribbean are working in the United States, Canada and Britain.‎ ‎ Gaetan Lafortune is an official of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development(O.E.C.D) in Paris. He says the nurses shortage also affects industrialized countries. He says, “There is concern in most O.E.C.D.countries that the number of nurses is too small to meet the demand. And what is more worrying is that their concern is sort of growing.” Mr Lafortune says a large number of nurses are expected to retire within the next 10 years. At the same time, the health care needs of aging populations are expected to grow, intensifying the shortage of nurses.‎ ‎ Gaetan Lafortune said, “In the U.S., for instance, some researchers have found that there may be a shortage of close to a million nurses by 2020.” The United States is 1 of the 21 countries in the O.C.E.D. Gaetan Lafortune says in the recent years many of the countries increased their efforts to hire foreign nurses. As a result of that, O.E.C.D. countries were mainly exporting their shortage problem to countries that may have an even greater need for these nurses.‎ ‎32. What will be the main causes of the global nurses shortage in the next 10 years?‎ ‎ a. The demand for nurses will decrease. ‎ b. Many nurses will be too old to work.‎ ‎ c. Many rich countries will hire more foreign nurses. ‎ d. Nurses are often looked down upon.‎ ‎ e. Aging populations will increase rapidly ‎ A. a and b B. b and c C. b and e D. c and d ‎33. The underlined word “intensify” in para. 3 means “________”.‎ ‎ A. strengthen B. neglect C. reduce D. cause ‎34. We know from this text that America and the EU countries ______.‎ ‎ A. refuse to offer equal pay to foreign nurses ‎ B. have at least one nurse out of 100 people ‎ C. don’t like to train nurses of their own countries ‎ D. have more serious nursing problems than the Caribbean nations ‎35. What does the text mainly tell us?‎ ‎ A. Nursing is no longer a worthwhile profession in most countries.‎ ‎ B. The different attitudes towards nursing in different countries.‎ ‎ C. Nurses shortage will result in serious consequences.‎ D. The health care industry needs more nurses.‎ 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。‎ Life is just like a box. Inside it are happiness and sorrow, failure and success, hope and despair. Life is a learning process. Experiences in it teach us new lessons and make us a better person.‎ Love Love plays a key role in our life. Love makes you feel wanted. Without love a person could become cruel and violent. In the early stage of our life, our parents are the ones who show us with unconditional love and care. They tell us what is right or wrong, good or bad. __36__. It is only after marriage and having kids that a person understands and becomes sensitive to the feelings of others. Kids make a person responsible and mature and help us to understand life better.‎ Happiness and sorrow Materialistic happiness is shortlived, but happiness achieved by bringing a smile on others gives a certain level of fulfillment. __37__. No mind is happy without peace. We realize the true worth of happiness when we are in sorrow. Sorrow is basically due to death of a loved one, failure and despair. But these things are temporary and will pass away.　‎ Failure and success ‎__38__. It helps us to touch the sky, teaches us to survive and shows us a specific way.‎ Hope and despair Hope is what keeps life going. Parents always hope their children will do well. Hope makes us dream. Hope builds in patience. __39__， because after every night there is a day. Nothing remains the same. We have only one choice — keep moving on in life and be hopeful.‎ Life teaches us not to regret over yesterday, for it has passed and be right or dull. __40__， so that we will enjoy a better tomorrow.‎ A．Life teaches us not to despair even in the darkest hour B．So the only alternative is to work hard today C．But we always tend to take this for granted D．Success lies in trusting yourself E．So let's enjoy every day F．Failure is the path to success G．Peace of mind is the main link to happiness 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。‎ A beggar, carrying a shabby(破旧的) old wallet, was begging alone from house to house. As he complained about his 41 , he kept wondering that people who lived in 42 houses should always be unsatisfied, 43 rich they might be, and they should go so far as to 44 all they have.‎ ‎ “Here, for example,” he said, the former master of this house succeeded in trading, and made himself very rich. By then, instead of stopping, and handing over his 45 to another, and spending the rest of his years 46 peace, he took to(从事) equipping ships. He expected to get mountains of gold; but the ships were 47 , and his treasures were lost. Now they all lie at the bottom of the sea, and he has found his 48 disappeared like those in dreams. In short, examples of this are 49.‎ ‎ At this moment Fortune suddenly appeared to the beggar and said, “Listen! I have long wished to 50 you. Here are a lot of gold coins I have found. Hold out your wallet, and I will fill it with them; but only on this condition: All shall be gold that falls into the wallet, but if 51 of them falls out of the wallet to the ground, it 52 become dust. Consider this well. I have warned you I shall 53 keep my word. Your wallet is old, don’t fill it 54 its power.” The beggar was almost too overjoyed to breathe. He 55 felt the ground below his feet. A stream of coins were poured 56 it. The wallet soon became rather heavy.‎ ‎ “Is that 57 ?” “Not yet,” “Isn’t it 58 ?” “Never fear.” “Consider, you are a millionaire.” “Just a little more, just 59 a handful,” But at that moment the wallet broke, the gold coins 60 dust and Fortune disappeared. The beggar had nothing but his empty wallet and remained as poor as before.‎ ‎41. A. plan B. fate C. idea D. dream ‎42. A. dark B. poor C. clean D. rich ‎43. A. how B. so C. however D. whatever ‎44. A. win B. lose C. throw D. forget ‎45. A. business B. debt C. money D. chance ‎46. A. to B. on C. with D. in ‎47. A. bought B. sold C. missed D. robbed ‎48. A. luck B. riches C. trade D. future ‎49. A. countless B. wonderful C. helpless D. funny ‎50. A. admire B. help C. encourage D. excite ‎51. A. little B. much C. any D. lots ‎52. A. must B. may C. shall D. can ‎53. A. mostly B. simply C. possibly D. strictly ‎54. A. beyond B. within C. during D. by ‎55. A. really B. actually C. hardly D. nearly ‎56. A. for B. into C. on D. from ‎57. A. so B. enough C. true D. right ‎58. A. trembling B. shaking C. breaking D. rolling ‎59. A. try B. put C. leave D. add ‎60. A. cleared up B. brought up C. fell into D. turned into 第二节(共10小题；每小题1.5分，满分15分)‎ 阅读下面材料，在空白处填入适当的内容(1个单词)或括号内单词的正确形式。‎ Many people believe that they just have bad memories, and that there's little they can do to improve their memories, _61_ is actually not true. There are many ways to improve memory when your __62__ (able) to remember seems poor.‎ As far as exercising is concerned, aerobic exercises (有氧运动) like walking, biking, swimming, and dancing are probably the most helpful. These improve your memory by __63__ (give) you more oxygen, and oxygen is __64__ brain cells grow healthily upon.‎ There is another thing that you need to pay attention to: enough sleep. A recent study __65__ (do) among students suggested that those who often stay up generally have __66__ (low) grade point averages than those who get enough sleep before tests, where “enough” is defined as __67__ least eight hours a night.‎ Though your brain is not a muscle, it __68__ (usual) works like one. You must keep using it and testing it __69__ (keep) your memory sharp. Give yourself tests and challenges, like memorizing short poems and bits of information. Reading is also __70__ good way to stay mentally active, which is ‎ important for improving memory.‎ 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)‎ 假定英语课上老师要求同桌之间交换修改作文，请你修改你同桌写的以下作文。文中共有10处语言错误，每句中最多有两处。每处错误仅涉及一个单词的增加、删除或修改。‎ 增加：在缺词处加一个漏字符号(∧)，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。‎ Today some classmate and I served at the Capital Library as volunteers. At 9 o'clock, we gathered at the gate of the library. After getting into the library, we first trained by a librarian on when to operate the computers to borrow or return books. Then, wear the volunteer uniform, we got down on our work. Some helped put books on the shelves but some offered assistance to the people who had difficulty using the computers. All of us took our tasks serious.‎ In the late afternoon, we said goodbye to the workers. On the way back, we share our feelings happily. By doing voluntary work, we were able to help the others. We all believe volunteering is rewarding and looking forward to doing more voluntary work.‎ 第二节：书面表达(满分25分)‎ 假设你是李华。你的美国笔友Susan最近收到了某所大学的录取通知书，但由于经济原因准备放弃入学资格。请根据以下要点给她写一封信，劝说她不要放弃：‎ ‎1．上大学的重要性；2.如何解决所面临的困难。‎ 注意：1.词数100左右；‎ ‎2．信的开头已给出，但不计入总词数；‎ ‎3．可适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。‎ Dear Susan，‎ I am sorry to hear that you have decided not to go to college.__________________________‎ ‎____________________________________________________________________________‎ ‎___________________________________________________________________________‎ Yours，‎ Li Hua 雅安中学高2017级2018-2019学年（上）半期考试 英语试题答案 听力1～5 ABCBA 6～10 BCACA 11～15 ACBCA 16～20 CBCAB ‎21-23BCD　 24-27DBBA　 28-31 ABDA 32-35 CABD 36-40 CGFAB ‎41-45BDCBA 46-50 DDBAB 51-55 CCDAC 56-60 BBCDD ‎61.which　 62.ability　 63.giving　 64.what　 65.done　 66．lower ‎67. at 　68．usually 69．to keep　 70．a　 ‎ 短文改错 第一句：classmate→classmates 第三句：first前加were; when→how 第四句：wear→wearing; on→to 第五句：but→and 第六句：serious→seriously 第八句：share→shared第九句：去掉the第十句：looking→look或looking前加are 四、书面表达参考范文：‎ Dear Susan，‎ I am sorry to hear that you have decided not to go to college. I am writing to trying to persuade you not to do that. The reasons are as follows.‎ First, education has a longlasting influence on our future. No one can ignore the fact that welleducated people usually perform better in their career and enjoy a better life. Second, we all meet certain difficulties in our lives and what we should do is take up the challenges and trying to overcome them. Third, you can apply for a student loan or take parttime jobs to earn some money. Of course I will trying my best to help you too.‎ In short, I hope you can accept the offer from that college.‎ Yours，‎ Li Hua