山西省太原市第二十一中学2018-2019高二下学期期中考试英语（文）试卷

山西省太原市第二十一中学2018-2019高二下学期期中考试英语（文）试卷

太 原 市 二 十 一 中 ‎2018 - 2019学年第二学期高二年级英语期中考试题 ‎ （90分钟 满分150分）‎ 第一部分：阅读理解（共两节，满分60分）‎ 第一节（共15小题；每小题3分，满分45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 Personal Robot Make your parents and teachers happy!‎ Are you having problems finishing your homework on time? Do you avoid tidying your room until your mom shouts at you? You don't need to worry if you buy a Mr. Helping Hand personal robot. Mr. H can be programmed to organize your homework. Your own personal robot will follow you around, putting away books and objects that you have left on the floor or bed.‎ Mr. H also has these features：‎ weighs only 500 grams includes longlasting batteries comes with a 5year guarantee remembers simple instructions Originally sold for $ 499　NOW ONLY $ 299!‎ WATCH CONTROL This is a watch that James Bond would be proud to wear!‎ This is NOT a watch for ordinary people! Your electronic PENGO WATCH CONTROL acts as a remote control for TVs and videos.‎ gives you a daily weather forecast reminds you when to hand in your homework sets off a silent warning alarm when parents or teachers are near Besides, your PENGO WATCH CONTROL will always tell you the time accurately!‎ Originally sold for $199 NOW ONLY $99!‎ For further information, click here.‎ ‎1．With help from a Mr. H, you can ________.‎ A．stop using batteries ‎ B．finish your homework on time C．remember your teacher's instructions ‎ D．get your room tidied on your way home ‎2．A PENGO WATCH CONTROL can help you to ________.‎ A．repair your TV B．organize your homework C．be a James Bond D．know what the weather is like ‎3．You can get your Mr. H for ________.‎ A．$499 　B．$299 C．$199 D．$99‎ ‎ ‎ B In 2014 my best friend's mother died of cancer.It was a tragedy，but as usual, Alice, my mother, used her power of healing and got his family back on their feet. If you asked my friends about my mother，they would say, “That woman has a heart of gold.” I agree one hundred percent.‎ I think the reason why she is such a wonderful person is that the Holy Spirit lives within her. She is very holy and has persuaded me to go to church with her every Sunday.‎ About six years ago my mom decided to pursue her lifelong goal of becoming a teacher. She knew it would be hard work raising three kids, doing housework and studying at the same time. However, she believed it would pay off. What my mother didn't realize was that not all things pay off in this unfair world. After four hard years of school, she graduated on a warm spring day. It was unbelievable. My aunt drove up from Virginia to celebrate this fantastic day. It was the first time I had ever cried about being happy.‎ It's strange how fast a life can change. Two months later, the unpredictable happened. My mother was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis (多发性硬化症). I could not believe this could happen after all the good she had done for people. I was very confused and cried every day. My faith in God just disappeared and so did my mom's dream of becoming a teacher.‎ Then, I decided I must move on with my life and accept the fact that she might never get better. Since my decision, I have become more mature, responsible and active in school and work.‎ ‎ Through the years I have always been able to change negative situations into positive ones. I'm happy with my life now.‎ ‎4．Which of the following can best describe Alice?‎ A．Honest. B．Helpful. C．Greedy. D．Unconcerned.‎ ‎5．What else did Alice have to do when studying?‎ A．Drive a car and go to church.‎ B．Teach students and raise kids.‎ C．Do housework and teach at school.‎ D．Look after children and keep house.‎ ‎6．According to the text, the author's mother ________.‎ A．recovered from illness B．no longer had faith in God C．didn't realize her dream as a teacher D．changed negative situations into positive ones unwillingly ‎7．Which of the following is the best title for the text?‎ A．Fighting against Kinds of Diseases B．Mother Gave Me Life Experience C．Belief in God Brought Me Good Luck D．How to Become a Responsible and Active Man ‎ ‎ C You might make a disgusted face when you notice that the person waiting in their car at the red light next to you is picking their nose, but admit it, you do it too. And while it might be the natural option when there isn't a box of tissues around, it can be bad for you. The main reasons why people feel the need to pick their nose are to clear it of dried liquid, stop an itch (痒), or just because it feels good. Boogers(鼻屎) form when dried liquid and cilium, the tiny hairs that line the nostrils(鼻孔), trap the dust, dirt, and other things. When boogers build up in your nose, it can be uncomfortable, and sometimes just blowing them into a tissue doesn't do_the_trick.‎ Otolaryngologist Erich P. Voigt, MD, told Business Insider that picking your nose can cause injuries and bleeding within your nostrils. That's not terribly damaging, but when the bacteria ‎ from your hands get into your body, it can cause a cold. So doctors strongly suggest not picking the nose.‎ If dry winter air is causing the dirty liquid to harden in your nostrils, making you want to pick, consider damping the air at home, or taking a steam shower to soften things up in there.‎ Children, who are most famous for having a finger in their nose, sometimes don't realize how much injury they're causing, and sometimes it can lead to nose bleeding.‎ So, next time you go to pick your nose, think about how many bacteria are on your hands and in your boogers, and maybe reach for a tissue instead. Even if you're alone, and not waiting for the light to turn green, please, use a tissue.‎ ‎8．Why do people pick their nose?‎ ‎ A．Because they want to disgust others.‎ ‎ B．Because they have the need to do it.‎ ‎ C．Because they have nothing else to do.‎ D．Because they don't have tissues around.‎ ‎9．Which of the following can replace the underlined part “do the trick” in Paragraph 1?‎ ‎ A．Act. B．Cheat. C．Play. D．Help.‎ ‎10．Which can help people avoid a cold and flu according to the text?‎ ‎ A．Stopping picking the nose. B．Using tissues regularly.‎ ‎ C．Taking a shower every day. D．Keeping the air wet at home.‎ ‎11．What should you do when you have to pick your nose?‎ A．Be careful not to cause bleeding.‎ ‎ B．Use a tissue instead of bare fingers.‎ ‎ C．Wait for the light to turn red if you are driving.‎ ‎ D．Wash your hands and clear your fingernails.‎ ‎ ‎ D According to the Global Times, it is reported that two online videos showing children telling their parents “I love you” have gone viral in China. The first, filmed by an Anhui TV station, shows a number of college students telling their parents they love them. The responses are mixed.‎ ‎ “Are you drunk？” asked one parent. In another similar video, shot by a Shanxi TV station, a father responded even less patiently — “I am going to a meeting, so cut the crap.”‎ Why don't Chinese families use those words? Theories revolve around the nature of Confucian teaching. “The parents' responses show that many Chinese are not good at expressing positive emotions，” Xia Xueluan, a sociologist from Peking University, told the Global Times. “They are used to educating children with negative language.”‎ This isn't the first time that China has done some soulsearching about familial love — last year China Daily asked a crosssection of people if they said “I love you” to their parents, spouses, and children. “I have never said ‘I love you’ to my family, and I don't think I will in the future，” one 56yearold man told the paper.“Saying it aloud is embarrassing for me.”‎ Still, that doesn't mean that love can't be expressed. In a separate article, China Daily spoke to Zhao Mengmeng, a 31yearold woman who said she had never told her father she loved him facetoface (“I find it a bit odd”). Sometimes actions speak louder than words. Zhao gave her father a photo album featuring photographs of them together on almost every one of her birthdays in June 2012. The pictures went viral online, being forwarded hundreds of thousands of times on Weibo.‎ ‎“I didn't sleep the night I heard about it，” her father told China Daily after the story attracted mainstream attention. “I have now memorized some of the comments on the collection of pictures.”‎ ‎12．What can we infer from the text?‎ A．It is not direct for Chinese families to say “I love you”．‎ B．Chinese parents are too proud to express “I love you”．‎ C．Chinese parents are good at expressing positive emotions.‎ D．Young parents in China are willing to express “I love you”．‎ ‎13．Why don't Chinese parents express “I love you” to their children?‎ A．Because they can't express it.‎ B．Because they are not in the habit of expressing so.‎ C．Because they think it unnecessary.‎ D．Because they think it should be done only among young couples.‎ ‎14．Zhao Mengmeng expressed “I love you” to her father by ________.‎ A．giving him an album containing their photos B．kissing her father's face and telling him by words C．speaking it out bravely in a TV program D．writing out the three words in a letter ‎15．What's the author's attitude toward the statements about “I love you”？‎ A．Opposed.　 B．Objective. C．Critical. D．Indifferent.‎ 第二节（共5小题；每小题3分，满分15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。‎ ‎ A good training partner can be a great asset (有用的人) to your training but if you get stuck with a bad one, it could lead you down the road to frustration. __16__ Here are a few things to look out for：‎ Dependable. Choose someone who you are sure will show up for every scheduled workout or who will call you if they can't make it. It is a drain (消耗) on your valuable energy especially before training to have to constantly remind your partner.‎ Attitude. Get a partner with a positive attitude. This is very important. If they constantly say that something is impossible or that they can't or you can't do something, you may end up believing them. __17__‎ Open mind. Get a partner with an open mind. Someone who has to do things his or her way all the time, will not listen to you and will not change his or her mind isn't a good partner. __18__ The leader should take into account the needs and feelings of the other partner not totally ignoring them.‎ Spotting. Get someone you feel comfortable with spotting you. One of the main roles of a training partner is spotting and if you don't trust them, there's not much point in having them around to help.‎ ‎__19__ If you are a beginner, try to find someone who knows what they are doing. You will get more out of your training than if you train with another beginner.‎ While there are a number of advantages of having a training partner, there are also advantages of working alone. __20__‎ A．Training level.‎ B．Similar strength levels.‎ C．Be selective when choosing a training partner.‎ D．Find someone with a similar training goal as you.‎ E．In every partnership, one person will tend to be the leader.‎ F．Do not train with someone who is satisfied with no improvement.‎ G．In the end, it is really up to you whether or not you need a training partner.‎ 第二部分：语言知识运用（ 满分55分）‎ 第一节：完形填空（共20小题；每小题2分，满分40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。‎ Have you ever watched an artist paint a picture? He or she works close to the canvas(画布) ------___21___ small sections at a time in the process of completing the whole painting.‎ But every once in a while, the__22__ must step back from their work and look at the whole picture. Only by stepping away from what they’re working on can they__23__ the proper perspective(角度). The proper point of view is__24___ to the end result.‎ There is no difference for any other creation.__25__ it’s a business, a project or your life, you need to step back__26__ in order to get it right. From a__27__ , you can see things you can’t see when you’re close. The difference is in working on your project_28_ working in it. It’s all too easy to focus on something but__29__ the important parts needed to create a satisfying result.‎ Stephen Covey calls it “__30__ the saw(锯)”. It would be__31__ to keep sawing without stopping from time to time to make your__32__ sharper. But unfortunately, that’s what too many of us__33__ .‎ Just as in music --- we need spaces__34__ the notes(音符) in order to create the lovely melody. A continuous collection of notes with no spaces is not good --- it’s ___35___ .‎ You may need to take a vacation to___36___ work or study. At other times, it’s better to take a course or attend a meeting to__37__ some new ideas.Sometimes,it may be better to take a complete break,to go away and just do something totally__38__-- take on a volunteer project, build a house for Habitat for Humanity or some other worthy causes.‎ The important thing is to take the breaks. Without them, we are not__39__ and we don’t enjoy our work or our life as much. Our pressure____40___ and both our work and our health suffer.‎ ‎21‎ A.‎ picking B.‎ losing C.‎ painting D.‎ enjoying ‎22‎ A.‎ scientists B.‎ artists C.‎ physicists D.‎ teachers ‎23‎ A.‎ change B.‎ turn C.‎ gain D.‎ give ‎24‎ A.‎ popular B.‎ special C.‎ ordinary D.‎ important ‎25‎ A.‎ Although B.‎ Where C.‎ Because D.‎ Whether ‎26‎ A.‎ finally B.‎ slowly C.‎ instantly D.‎ sometimes ‎27‎ A.‎ distance B.‎ depth C.‎ height D.‎ length ‎28‎ A.‎ such as B.‎ together with C.‎ instead of D.‎ less than ‎29‎ A.‎ meet B.‎ destroy C.‎ miss D.‎ collect ‎30‎ A.‎ repairing B.‎ sharpening C.‎ touching D.‎ hiding ‎31‎ A.‎ clever B.‎ interesting C.‎ foolish D.‎ practical ‎32‎ A.‎ way B.‎ mind C.‎ sense D.‎ tool ‎33‎ A.‎ do B.‎ notice C.‎ find D.‎ lose ‎34‎ A.‎ through B.‎ before C.‎ behind D.‎ between ‎35‎ A.‎ noise B.‎ music C.‎ sound D.‎ Pollution ‎36‎ A.‎ look for B.‎ get up with C.‎ stick to D.‎ get away from ‎37‎ A.‎ prove B.‎ get C.‎ desert D.‎ explain ‎38‎ A.‎ different B.‎ necessary C.‎ common D.‎ difficult ‎39‎ A.‎ native B.‎ creative C.‎ attractive D.‎ sensitive ‎40‎ A.‎ reduces B.‎ disappears C.‎ improves D.‎ increases ‎     ‎ 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（1-3个单词）或括号内单词的正确形式。‎ Lions, tigers and other animals are staying awake at night 41. ______ (avoid) human beings, a new study finds. ‎ Scientists have known that human activities can lead to changes in nature. Many animals may move around less or travel to far places to keep away 42. ______ people. By awaking at night, animals can also be on guard against possible enemies and spend less time 43. ______ (look) for food.‎ The latest research found that even activities like farming and camping can 44. ______ (fright) animals and cause them to become more active at night. 45. _______ had been studied were lions in Tanzania, tigers in Nepal and monkeys in Brazil. Researchers compared 46. ______ (careful)‎ ‎ how much time those animals were active at night in areas of human activities, such as hunting and farming. 47. _______ was human activities that caused an increase of about 20 percent in night-time activities, even in creatures that usually sleep at night. Results 48. _______ (publish) in the journal SCIENCE two months ago.‎ The new findings are 49. _______ (usual) because no one else has looked at in such detail before. Ecologist Marlee Tucker was 50. _______ (surprise) that any kind of human activities is enough fir animals to see people as a threat. ‎ 第三部分：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。‎ Today I was going home by bike where a little dog ran to me. I stopped in time and avoided hit the dog. Luckily it was not injuring, but lay on the ground. I came nearer and touched its body gently. It jumped to its foot quickly and stared at me in a friendly way. Seeing nothing seriously, I was about leave. But the dog stopped me by biting my trousers. So I wanted to adopt to the dog, but it was unfair for its master. Just then, the woman came, saying that the dag was his and that I could take it away. Thus I get a lovely pet and I was very grateful to this kind woman. ‎ 第二节：书面表达（满分25分）‎ 假如你是学生李华，你与一名叫王林的灾区孤儿结对子给与帮助。为了和他成为朋友，并在学习上给他帮助，请给他写一封信，内容包括：‎ 你个人的基本情况。（喜欢读科幻故事和打篮球；毕业后想当一名记者）‎ 向他介绍学习经验。（上课仔细听讲；有问题及时问老师；课外多读书也很重要）‎ 欢迎他到学校参观。（学校位于太原市南部，校园很美，有新教学楼和实验室）‎ 注意：1. 词数100左右（开头和结尾已给出，但不计入总词数）；‎ ‎2. 可适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。‎ Dear Wang Lin It is really my pleasure to make friends with you. ______________________________‎ ‎________________________________________________________________________‎ ‎________________________________________________________________________‎ ‎________________________________________________________________________‎ ‎________________________________________________________________________‎ ‎________________________________________________________________________‎ ‎________________________________________________________________________‎ ‎________________________________________________________________________‎ ‎________________________________________________________________________‎ ‎________________________________________________________________________‎ ‎________________________________________________________________________‎ ‎________________________________________________________________________‎ ‎________________________________________________________________________‎ ‎ Looking forward to your letter.‎ ‎ Yours ‎ Li Hua ‎18-19高二年级第二学期期中英语试题答案 客观题答案：‎ ‎1-5) BDBBD ‎ ‎6-10) CBBDA ‎ ‎11-15) BABAB ‎ ‎16-20) CFEAG ‎21-25CBCDD ‎ ‎26--30DACCB ‎ ‎31--35CDADA ‎ ‎36--40 DBABD