2017-2018学年重庆市第十八中学高二上学期期中考试英语试题

2017-2018学年重庆市第十八中学高二上学期期中考试英语试题

‎2017-2018学年重庆市第十八中学高二上学期期中考试英语试题 第I卷 第一部分听力(共两节，满分3〇分）‎ 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，从试题所给的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1〇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 think of the coffee?‎ C. It’s pretty bad for local business.‎ A. It’s a bit expensive. B. It’s delicious and cheap 2. What happened to the woman?‎ A. Someone knocked her down.‎ B. Her friend went to the hospital for an operation.‎ C. Her wallet was stolen.‎ 3. What are the speakers doing?‎ C. Enjoying a holiday.‎ A. Having a dinner. B. Selling some fruit.‎ 4. What will the woman probably do next?‎ C. Give Mr. Peterson a message. C. In a car.‎ A. Write something down. B. Call her sister.‎ 5. Where does the conversation probably take place?‎ A. Next to a gas station. B. On the side of the:‎ 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5秒钟的时间阅读各个 小题；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 matters most to the woman about teaching?‎ A. Working with many different people.‎ A. Having long vacations.‎ B. Staying with young people.‎ 1. How does the woman feel about teaching?‎ A. It’s boring. B. It’s rewarding. C. It’s always tiring.‎ 听第7段材料，回答第8、9题。‎ 2. What is wrong with the girl?‎ A. She has a headache and a sore throat.‎ B. She has a cough and a fever.‎ C. Her stomach hurts.‎ 3. What will the man do next?‎ A. Take her to see the doctor. B. Give her some medicine. C. Bring her something to drink.‎ 听第8段材料，回答第10至12题。‎ 4. Why was the man upset last week?‎ A. He was fired from his job.‎ B. The woman lied to him about something.‎ C. Tammy changed his shift.‎ 5. What does the man say about Mr. Ainsworth?‎ A. He is a liar. B. He is Tammy’s boyfriend. C. He is on Tammy’s side.‎ 6. What does the woman suggest that the man do at first?‎ A. Look for another job. B. Talk to their boss. C. Talk to Mr. Ainsworth again.‎ 听第9段材料，回答第13至16题。‎ 7. Why does the man go to that particular store?‎ A. He heard they had a discount for jewelry.‎ B. His wife likes that store a lot.‎ C. He always buys his wife presents from that store.‎ 8. Why does the man want to buy his wife a present?‎ A. For Valentine’s Day. B. For their anniversary. C. For her birthday.‎ 9. What does the man think of the first necklace?‎ A. It is beautiful but expensive.‎ B. His wife already has something like it.‎ A. The diamond was too large.‎ 1. How much does the man pay in the end?‎ A. ‎$2000. B. $800. C. $720.‎ 听第10段材料，回答第17至20题。‎ 2. According to the talk, what makes a language easy to learn?‎ A. It is spoken by a lot of people.‎ B. It is similar in grammar and structure to your native language.‎ C. It doesn’t contain too much vocabulary.‎ 3. Why is Chinese considered one of tlie most difficult languages to leam?‎ A. There are many characters with changeable meanings.‎ B. There are many different writing systems.‎ C. 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The main purpose of the passage is to .‎ A. persuade people to order the products B. explain the process of making logo pens C. show people how to choose different pens D. introduce the different services of 1234 PENS Why must we pay taxes? The answer is that the government needs money for many things, for example to pay its soldiers，sailors and airmen，to build roads，bridges，offices，schools, etc and to buy goods from abroad; and only the people of the country can supply the money. One of the most important taxes is income-tax which a person pays according to the amount of his income. Whether he is a businessman, a doctor, a lawyer, a shopkeeper, a miner, or anything else. This is called a 44direct,? tax, because it is paid in money direct to the government.‎ Another tax is paid on goods such as watches，jewellery, new clothes，tobacco, wine，etc, when they are brought into a country，such a tax is paid as part of the price of these goods if they are later sold in shops. We call it “indirect” ta^ because it is paid indirectly through the shopkeeper.‎ People usually complain about having to pay taxes，but they forget that the money is spent on the things that they and their families need. We need policemen to catch thieves, to see that men obey the laws, to direct traffic, etc, and they must be paid what they earn; children need education and there must be schools and teachers; we want our streets to be kept clean, and the wages of men who do this kind of work have to be paid. Above all，the country must always be ready to defend itself against attacking enemies, and we cannot have an army without paying for it.‎ Taxes, therefore, cannot be avoided. We buy our own food and clothes and pay for our own amusements, but there are several things that the State finds the money for, and that are necessary for us if our society is to continue. So we have no real cause to complain when we are asked to supply money to be spent for the good of ourselves and for our fellow-citizens.‎ 1. Indirect tax means .‎ A. tax that one pays direct to the government B. tax that is paid directly to the government officials C. tax that is paid as an extra amount added to the price of certain goods D. tax that you get it back for education 2. Which of the following is right?‎ A. Taxes are paid to the sellers.‎ B. Income-tax is an indirect tax.‎ C. The tax on new clothes is paid in money direct to the government.‎ D. The government uses the tax to pay for public services.‎ 3. People have no real reason to complain about having to pay taxes because .‎ A. the money is spent on the things that they and their families need B. they need money to buy goods from abroad C. some shopkeepers are very rich D. their children need education 4. ‎“Taxes cannot be avoided” means .‎ A. soldiers do not have to pay taxes A. you do not have to pay tax on some goods B. people have to pay taxes to the government C. all goods have to be taxed C Anvitha Vijay has built two educational apps and is working on a third. She aims to use her skills to help others.‎ Need an app for that? Anvitha Vijay, 9 ; can build it. With the help of You Tube videos, the young techie from Melbourne, Australia, learned to code at age 7. Soon, she was trying her hand at making apps.‎ ‎“When I first got my iPad, I was fascinated by all the apps on it，” she said. “It wasn’t long before I wanted to create my own.”‎ She built her first two apps with her younger sister in mind. Smartkins Animals helps children identify more than 100 animals and their sounds. Smartkins Rainbow Colors teaches kids colors. Each app has been downloaded thousands of times.‎ Anvitha's skills helped her to win a scholarship to attend a big tech conference hosted by Apple in San Francisco, California. There, she got tips from the everts. She went to workshops where she learned about the latest software for app building. All that training led to an idea for a third app. This one, called GoalsHi, inspires kids to practise good habits. Users are rewarded for achieving goals, such as eating their vegetables or practising the piano. Anvitha says the rewards are like getting a sticker for a job well down. "Kids can set goals with this app and get stars when they achieve them,55 she says. “The idea is to empower and motivate kids to achieve one small step a day. ”‎ Anvitha's goal is to continue creating technology that helps kids leam while having fun. But even more important to her is that the world sees the power of technology in kids' hands. 44The more training ‎ we get in tech at an early age/5 she says , "the better chance we have of becoming innovation champions who will one day change the world."‎ 1. What can we know about Anvitha?‎ A. She began to make an app at 7.‎ B. She first learned about apps through her iPad.‎ C. She got the latest way of making apps in California.‎ D. She used her scholarship to try making her third app.‎ A. Helping kids identify colors.‎ C. Inspiring kids to achieve all goals.‎ 31. Why does Anvitha try to make apps? A. To win her a scholarship.‎ C. To help kids and affect the world.‎ B. Helping kids recognize animals.‎ D. Motivating kids to form good habits B. To help children have fiin.‎ D. To show ofif her skills of technology. D 2. What's the function of GoalsHi?‎ Cursive handwriting (草书）may soon go the way of the card catalog and the film projector. Schools are moving to new curriculum standards that put more emphasis on typing skills. But not everyone is ready for the cursive alphabet to become a relic. The Idaho legislature(立法机关)is considering a statewide cursive order.‎ As far as state representative Linden Bateman is concerned, losing cursive would mean the dumbing down of society. That's why the Republican from Idaho Falls has introduced a bill to require cursive in elementary schools.‎ ‎"If we do not teach cursive handwriting, the day will come when people won't be able to read cursive handwriting,55 Bateman says. 'That means: Old diaries, old journals, old letters... the Declaration of Independence in its original."‎ Idaho is one of 45 states，including Oregon and Washington, that have adopted a new set of national math and language standards called the Common Core. They establish expectations for each grade level. Keyboarding starts in third grade. Cursive handwriting is not included.‎ That slight has heated up a debate about the value of cursive, says Rich Christen,an educational historian at the University of Portland. Christen says, old documents aside, there aren't a lot of practical reasons any more for teaching cursive.‎ ‎44But I think the argument can still be made,55 he says. "I think that it5s an important way for students to be involved in an aesthetic (美学的）activity every day. And that would be a way for cursive handwriting to survive.‎ One scientist in Indiana found college students remember information better when they write it in cursive. The lawmaker pushing the requirement in Idaho says he's already received support from around the country.‎ 32. It can be inferred from the first paragraph that cursive handwriting .‎ A. is being stressed B. is becoming popular C. may soon go out of date D. may soon come into use 33. What's Linden Bateman's attitude towards cursive handwriting?‎ A. Negative. B. Indifferent. C. Disapproving. D. Supportive.‎ 34. In Common Core's opinion, students .‎ A. don't need to learn keyboarding B. don't need to learn cursive handwriting C. should begin learning keyboarding in fifth grade D. should begin learning cursive handwriting in third grade 35. What would be the best title for the text?‎ A. Lost Civilizations B. Education Reform in the US C. Do We still Need to Learn Cursive D. Say Goodbye to Cursive Handwriting 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。‎ Why Exercise is Cool?‎ 1. Exercise Strengthens Muscles Did you ever do a push-up or swing across the monkey bars at the playground? 36 By using your muscles to do powerful things, you can make them stronger. For older teens and adults, this kind of workout can make muscles bigger，too.‎ 2. ‎37‎ Can you touch your toes easily without yelling ouch? Most kids are pretty flexible, which means that they can bend and stretch their bodies without much trouble. Being flexible is having “full range of motion/5 which means you can move your arms and legs freely without feeling tightness or pain.‎ 1. Exercise Keeps the Balance ‎38 Your body needs a certain amount of calories every day just to function, breathe, walk around, and do all the basic stuff. 39 If you’re not very active，your body won’t need as many calories.‎ Whatever your calorie need is, if you eat enough to meet that need, your body weight will stay about the same. If you eat more calories than your body needs, it may be stored as extra fat.‎ 2. Exercise Makes You Feel Good It feels good to have a strong, flexible body that can do all the activities you enjoy — like running, jumping, and playing with your friends. It5s also fun to be good at something, like scoring a basket, hitting a home run, or perfecting a dive.‎ But you may not know that exercising can actually put you in a better mood. 40 It’s just another reason why exercise is cool!‎ A. Those are exercises that can build strength.‎ B. Food gives your body fuel in the form of calories, which are a kind of energy.‎ C. When you exercise, your brain releases a chemical, which may make you feel happier D. So you want to do some aerobic (有氧的）exercise right now?‎ E. Exercise Makes You Flexible F. Exercise Makes Your Heart Happy G. But if you5re active, your body needs an extra measure of calories or energy.‎ 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，从短文后各题所给四个选项（A、B、C和D)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 teacher decided to honor all her students by telling them the difference they each made. First she told them how they had made a 41 to her and the class. Then she gave each of them a blue ribbon with words “Who I Am Makes a Difference.” She decided to do a class project to see what 42‎ their recognition would have on a community.‎ One of the boys in the 43 went to an executive in a nearby company and 44 him for helping him with his career planning. He tied a blue ribbon on his shirt. Then he gave him two _45 ribbons and said, tcWe're doing a class project on recognition. We'd like you to 46 out，find ‎ somebody to honor, give them a blue ribbon, then give them the extra blue ribbon 47 they can find a third person to keep this acknowledgment (感Ht) ceremony going.”‎ Then the executive went to see his boss who often 48 . He told his boss that he deeply admired him for being a 49 genius. The boss seemed very 50 . The executive gave him the last ribbon.‎ That night the boss 51 home and told his 14-year-old son what happened during the 52 ,‎ Then he said, "I'll honor you. I haven't paid much attention to you. 53 you're a great kid and I love you!” The boy couldn’t stop 54 . "Dad5l didn't think you loved me. Now I know you 55 .‎ This is the happiest day I’ve known.”‎ The boss 56 forever. He no longer complained but tried to let all his employees 57 that they made a difference.‎ The executive 58 several other young people with career planning and told them that they made a difference in 59 life. The boy and his classmates learned a(n) 60 lesson.‎ So who you are does make a difference.‎ ‎41. A. difference B. trouble C. choice D. noise ‎42. A. aim B. advice C. effect D.sense ‎43. A. family B. class C.research D. city ‎44. A. praised B.honored C.admired D. awarded ‎45. A. extra B. large C. new D. beautiful ‎46. A. look B. work C. go D. turn ‎47. A. because B.though C. if D. so ‎48. A. quarrels B. delays C. complains D. smiles ‎49. A. young B. creative C. strange D. special ‎50. A.interested B. shocked C.upset D.surprised ‎51. A.came B.left C. stayed D.missed ‎52. A.night B.trip C.talk D.day ‎53. A.Sometimes B.Naturally C.Luckily D.Actually ‎54. A.laughing B. crying C.joking D.jumping ‎55. A.agree B. improve C.care D.promise ‎56. A.changed B.proved C.forgot D.gave ‎57. A.promise B.show C.know D.test ‎58. A.provided B.helped C.charged D.remembered ‎59. A.his B.their C.her D.our ‎60. A.interesting B.funny C.long D.valuable 第II卷 注意：将答案写在答题卡上，写在本试卷上无效。‎ 第三部分英语知识运用(共两节，满分45分）‎ 第二节(共10小题：每小题1,5分，满分15分）‎ 阅读下面短文，按照句子结构的语法性和上下文连贯的要求，在空格处填入一个适当的词或 者括号中词语的正确形式填空。‎ Some students who had graduated visited their university professor The conversation soon turned into complaints about stress in work and life. To offer his guests coffee，the professor 61 (go) to the kitchen and returned with a pot of coffee and 62 variety of cups~plastic, glass, some ordinary-looking, some e^ensive — telling them to help 63 (they) to the coffee.‎ ‎64 was when all the students had a cup of coffee in hand that he said: All the nice-looking expensive cups have been taken up, 65 (leave) behind the ordinary and cheap ones. Actually, the cup itself adds no quality to the coffee. What all of you really want is coffee, not the cup.You consciously went for the best cups, 66 then you began eyeing others cups.”‎ ‎'"Now consider this: Life is the coffee; the jobs, money and position in society are the cups, —67 are just tools to hold and contain life. No matter what type of cup we have, the quality of our life will not 68 (change). If we concentrate only 69 the cups, we fail to enjoy the coffee. I —70 (true) hope that you will never let the cups drive you ... enjoy the cofifee instead/5‎ 第四部分改错写作(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。胃 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：在缺词处加一个漏子符号（八）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：在错的词下划一横线，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。‎ Dear Abby,‎ How are you? Today I've got a wonderful news to tell you. I have offered a scholarship at a university in Australia for my further education. One hundred and ‎ twenty students took exam for it, but only a few was chosen and I was one of them. However, my parents are not happy about it. They are strong against me going there. They say it is too far away that they will not see me in a whole year and they are afraid I will feel lonely. They can't imagine a girl so young live alone. They advise me to study in the capital instead. But I'll be able to continue living with them. How can I persuade him to accept the fact that I have grown up?‎ Best wishes.‎ Jane 第二节书面表达(满分25分）‎ 假设你是李华，作为英语冬令营的一员，寒假去了澳大利亚悉尼Sydney学习生活了一个月。在 此期间，你住在Srmth夫妇家中，他们为你提供了各方面的帮助。请你给他们写一封感谢信，主 要内容如下：‎ ‎♦表示对他们的感谢 ♦表达在悉尼学习生活的感受 ♦邀请他们暑假来访 ♦保持联系 注意：‎ 1. 词数100左右。‎ 2. 信的开头和结尾己为你写好。‎ 3. 可适当増加细节，以使行文连贯。‎ Dear Mr. and Mrs. Smith,‎ I'm writing to you from my home in China. ‎ Your faithfully, Li Hua 重庆市第十八中学高2019级（高二）半期试题英语 参考答案 听力 1—5 ACCAB 6—10 ABACA 11—15 CBBAA 16—20 BBACB 阅读 21-24 ABCA 25-28 CDAC 29-31 BDC 32-35 CDBC ‎ 36-40 AEBGC 完型：41-45 ACBBA 46-50 CDCBD 51-55 ADDBC 56-60 ACBAD 短文填空： 61.went 62.a 63.themselves 64.It 65.leaving ‎ ‎66.and 67.which 68. be changed 69.on 70.truly ‎ 短文改错：‎ ‎1． a去掉 2．offered前加been 3．exam→exams ‎4．第一个was→were 5．strong-m-strongly 6．too→so ‎ ‎7. in 改为for 8．1ive→living 9．But 改为 Then ‎10．him 改为 them 书面表达：‎ Dear Mr．and Mrs．Brown,‎ ‎ I'm writing to you from my home in China.I returned home safe and sound. When thinking of the wonderful days I spent in Sydney, I just can't help thinking of both of you. It was so kind of you to have provided everything to make my stay there such a happy experience. I’ve learned so much, not only English but also culture. Besides, I become more independent, which makes my parents amazed. And I really enjoyed a great deal, the fun and laughter we shared with each other. Thank you very much. I'll always remember this trip as well as your kindness.‎ ‎ Welcome to China when it’s convenient for you. I’ll be very glad to show you around. And you’ll surely have a pleasant visit here.‎ ‎ I’ll keep in touch and write to you later. Please take care!‎ Your faithfully,‎ Li Hua