2018-2019学年山西省临汾市高二下学期期中考试英语试题（Word版）

2018-2019学年山西省临汾市高二下学期期中考试英语试题（Word版）

临汾市2018-2019学年度高二年级第二学期期中考试 英语试题 ‎ ‎ 本试卷分第 I 卷（选择题）和第II 卷（非选择题）两部分。满分150分，考试时间100分钟。‎ 第 I 卷 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)‎ A Reusable straw with cleaner & case This stainless steel straw is a good product to replace single-use straws. The straw folds into four, meaning you can carry it in your pocket. It’s also easy to clean, thanks to the supplied brush. You can get it now for just $24.99,that’s 50% off. ‎ Aduro Homedome Smart Outlet（插座）‎ This new product fits in any outlet and allows you to control the power supply through your phone. This means you can cut your energy use, from lights to heaters. The Aduro is now 60% off at just $19.99.‎ Omega AXL Inkless Pen Millions of ballpoints are made and thrown away each year. The Omega AXL is a green replacement---this amazing pen puts down perfect lines using a special kind of aluminium. It never runs out and your drawings will always stay clear and tidy. 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They are easy to carry and clean.‎ B ‎ Simpson is 53, “not sporty” and has suffered from asthma all her life. Two years ago her son Jay, now 10, took up BMX(自行车越野赛). “I enjoyed watching him and thought I’d like to try it,” Simpson recalls. “But I didn’t want to embarrass myself. I hadn’t ridden for over 40 years.”‎ ‎ Then she noticed a session for women and girls at Burgess Park BMX Track in Peckham, south-east London, where Jay trained. This season Simpson raced at the London BMX series and finished third in her category.‎ ‎ “It was the most worrying experience of my life. But it was also exhilarating,” she says cheerfully. “My son is proud of me. We now share a real love for the sport. It has brought us closer together.”‎ ‎ Since becoming part of the Olympic Games in 2008, the popularity of BMX has risen. A program introduced in London in 2011 by the sports development charity Access Sport has seen tracks built in several London regions, backed up with investment in coaching, and the program is being rolled out to Bristol.‎ Wright’s children Skye, 11 and Xander, 10 are sponsored riders who have represented Great Britain in every world championship since 2014. Wright says she was motivated to start BMX herself out of an interest aroused by watching so much of it. “It’s an eye-opener to share your children’s interests,” she explains. “You comprehend what they go through in a much more direct way. It adds another dimension to your relationship.”‎ It is also a high-impact sport and the risks are fairly obvious. “I totally get the fear,” says Emma, 51, a BMX exercise coach and cycling instructor. “It’s the fear of doing something new, of getting hurt. But I say ‘Come and give it a try.’ The chance of having an accident is slim, and you can spend time on the flat to improve your confidence.”‎ 4. What can we learn about Simpson from the first two paragraphs?‎ A. She tended to be inactive.‎ B. She performed poorly in the race.‎ C. She used to feel awkward in public.‎ D. She trained at Burgess Park BMX Track.‎ 5. What does the underlined word “exhilarating” in Paragraph 3 mean?‎ A. Annoying. B. Convincing. C. Thrilling. D. Challenging. ‎ 6. What benefit did Simpson and Wright get from BMX?‎ A. More life skills. ‎ B. Stronger will. ‎ C. More confidence in themselves. ‎ D. Better parent-child relationship.‎ 6. What does Emma think of BMX?‎ A. Risky but actually secure. B. Demanding but open to all.‎ C. Competitive but instructive. D. Pleasant but time-consuming.‎ C Fashions have a lot of rules. Most of them, however, are just wrong. But there’s one rule that goes beyond tradition and into the field of scientific study of the brain: Black clothes are slimming. It all comes down to how your visual system processes the light. The below holes in each square are the same in size, yet the white hole looks bigger than the black hole. ‎ In the 1500s, Galileo Galilei noticed that some of the planets looked larger when viewed with the naked eye than they did when viewed through a telescope, making the white light of Venus appear eight to ten times larger than Jupiter in the night sky. He knew something strange must be going on with his vision to cause this illusion, but he wasn’t sure what it was. Luckily, scientists never stopped wondering, and in 2014, they figured it out.‎ Our visual system operates via two main channels: “on” neurons (神经元) that are sensitive to light things and “off ” neurons that are sensitive to dark things. When it came to the dark “off ” neurons, the researchers found that they responded predictably to dark shapes on a light background the greater the contrast between the two, the more active these neurons were. But the light on”neurons behaved unpredictably. Even with the same amount of contrast, light objects on a dark background caused a greater response in these neurons.‎ This phenomenon makes some sense, evolutionarily speaking. In the dark of night, you’d want to be able to take in every bit of light you can get, so a visual system that enlarges light objects on a dark background could be very useful. However, it’s not that hard to see dark objects in the light of day. It has some effects in the colors of your clothes and in the appearance of the planets --- the brighter appearance of Venus in the night sky makes it look bigger than the darker Jupiter.‎ ‎8. Which of the following might Galileo Galilei agree with? ‎ A. The neurons led to the difference.‎ B. There was something wrong with his telescope.‎ C. The difference was caused by his visual illusion.‎ D. Things were bigger when seen through telescopes.‎ ‎9. What do we know about the “off ” neurons?‎ A. They are sensitive to light objects.‎ B. Their behavior can’t be predicted.‎ C. They behave differently from person to person.‎ D. Their activeness improves with the contrast of colors.‎ ‎10. What can be concluded from the last paragraph?‎ ‎ A. The phenomenon makes people feel puzzled. ‎ B. People manage to take in every bit of light in the dark.‎ C. The phenomenon is beneficial to people’s evolution.‎ D. Dark objects become smaller in the light of day. ‎ ‎11. What can be a suitable title for the text?‎ A. What visual illusions bring to people B. Why we look thinner when in black C. How we are affected by the fashion rules D. Whether people’s visual system is different D If you’ve been in public in the past year or so, chances are you’ve noticed someone breaking dining etiquette(礼仪) that would seem second-nature to any adult. Why does our dining etiquette seem to be at an all-time low right now.‎ ‎“Overall, there is much less feeling about the common good, which means caring about your neighbor---whether at home or in a restaurant,” said Steven, who writes articles for USA Today.‎ Take the use of cellphone at the table for example. While a 2015 survey by the Pew Research Center found that 38 percent of those surveyed thought it was acceptable to use their phones while dining out, the increasing number of cellphone bans in restaurant shows that restaurants aren’t putting up with it.‎ However, some look on the growing use of cellphones as a sign that manners change alongside our society.‎ ‎“Manners change,” said the writer behind a food site The Takeout. “What we consider improper isn’t set in stone.” She points out the other “rules” that have since become outdated nowadays, like saying “Sir” and “Ma’am,” as proof of this change.‎ Yes, traditional manners are yet another thing being redefined by youth. “Younger people are growing up in a world with more flexible rules, and this spreads to the dining table,” said Daniel Levine, director of global trends consultancy The Avant-Guide Institute.‎ Whether you prefer high-end restaurants or a fast-casual meal, the biggest reason behind the decline of manners may just be a numbers game.‎ ‎“I believe it is more likely for people to break dining ‘rules’ because they go out and eat more often,” said Diane Gottsman, owner of The Protocol School of Texas. “Years ago, people stayed home and sat around the family table. Today, there are more people in the workforce, which makes it more affordable for socializing and eating out. With new chance comes the possibility for more ‎ dining problems.”‎ 12. What did the 2015 survey find?‎ A. Many people accepted using phones at the table.‎ B. Cellphones were banned in more and more restaurants.‎ C. Most of the surveyed people used phones while eating out.‎ D. Few restaurants took positions on using phones while eating.‎ 13. Why was the example of “Sir” and “Ma’am” mentioned?‎ A. To show modern people are becoming impolite.‎ B. To explain dining rules in high-end restaurants.‎ C. To prove dining etiquette changes through time.‎ D. To argue young people are making dining rules today.‎ 14. According to Diane Gottsman, people forget their dining manners more often because_________.‎ A. they think they are unimportant.‎ B. they grew up with flexible rules.‎ C. they have more chances to eat out.‎ D. they must hurry meals to get back to work.‎ 15. What’s the author’s purpose in writing this text?‎ A. To introduce changes in dining manners.‎ B. To encourage people to have dining manners.‎ C. To report survey findings on dining manners.‎ D. To discuss the reasons for poor dining manners. ‎ 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。‎ In the late afternoon, 15-year-old Saanya Hasan Ali can often be found in her comfortable family room. 16 She is cutting, drawing, gluing and folding, surrounded by a colorful chaos of paper, rubber stamps, buttons, and ribbons(带). “I just love arts and crafts(手工艺),” says Saanya. During the past six years, Saanya has raised $26,000 through the sale of her cards to help children and families in need.‎ ‎ 17 “My mother received an e-mail from Pennies for Education and Health (PEH) organization. They were raising money for children in India to be able to go to school,” explains Saanya, who was nine years old at the time. Her mother, Salma, offered to donate $‎75 in Saanya’s name. 18 ‎ Saanya made cards to sell at a family wedding that summer. To her own surprise, she earned $600, enough to send eight children to school for the year. “I kept on making cards, and the following summer I was able to help support the kids for another year,”” explains Saanya. 19 ‎ Saanya acknowledges that her project has helped her to see the world through different eyes. “Now that I am in high school, I would also like to inspire other kids to do their own projects. 20 Making cards is my small effort,” she says. “If everyone does their small part, it can grow into ‎ something beyond your expectations.””‎ A. I was in third grade then. ‎ B. Saanya’s unexpected success began in 2005.‎ C. But Saanya decided to raise the money herself.‎ D. But she isn’t doing homework or in front of a computer screen E. No matter who you are, there is always an opportunity to make a difference. ‎ F. Saanya had established her own non-profit organization called “Children Helping Children”.‎ G. One of her goals is to support the schooling of these eight children until they graduate from college. ‎ 第二部分 英语知识运用 （共两节，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,掌握其大意,从每题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中,选出最佳选项,并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。‎ I recently asked for a raise from a friend and she agreed.‎ I met her at a playground, and told her I 21 another child in addition to my two during the week, and that I wanted to 22 it. She was actually looking for low-key care like that for her 2-year-old and the following week she 23 . I threw out a 24 price. I don’ t know why really, I just tend to do that sort of thing.‎ After weeks passed, I 25 it wasn’t making much sense for me 26 to continue and I had to address it. In a text I told her I needed to up the price a bit. I 27 that the number we 28 agreed on wasn’t covering my time and expenses. I threw out the amount I thought was 29 and fair, and do you know what I said next?‎ Thank you.‎ ‎“Thank you for letting me feel 30 enough to be honest.”‎ What I really wanted to say was sorry. My 31 was the exact thing I wanted to 32 for, but I didn’t.‎ Normally I would have but I consciously 33 “sorry” with “thank you”. This 34 made me feel so much more 35 . At first I was surprised that word choice could have so much 36 over my feelings, but then it occurred to me that it’s not just my 37 that changed, but the actions I take before speaking them. 38 trying to obtain bits of ‎39 in apologies, I give them to myself. I no longer wait to be 40 when I’ve done nothing wrong and I feel a greater sense of confidence and worth. I’ve found the more I honor myself, the more others honor me, too. ‎ ‎21.‎ A. adopted B. watched C. punished D. examined ‎22.‎ A. expand B. expose C. complete D. challenge ‎23.‎ A. gave up B. set off C. came over D. passed by ‎ ‎24.‎ A. low B. full C. fixed ‎ D. reasonable ‎ ‎25.‎ A. admitted B. realized C. believed D. understood ‎26.‎ A. faithfully B. secretly C. officially D. financially ‎27.‎ A. reflected B. imagined ‎ C. explained ‎ D. described ‎ ‎28.‎ A. partly B. nearly C. privately D. originally ‎29.‎ A. cheap B. worthwhile C. accurate D. important ‎30.‎ A. open B. happy C. grateful D. powerful ‎31.‎ A. pride B. freedom C. honesty D. justice ‎32.‎ A. seek B. fight C. stand D. apologize ‎33.‎ A. mixed B. replaced C. combined D. compared ‎34.‎ A. switch B. thought C. method D. state ‎35.‎ A. ashamed B. confident ‎ C. determined D. disappointed ‎36.‎ A. pressure B. attention C. influence D. intelligence ‎37.‎ A. words B. plans C. dreams D. ideas ‎ ‎38.‎ A. As to B. Other than C. Apart from ‎ D. Rather than ‎ ‎39.‎ A. complaint B. security C. approval D. solution ‎40.‎ A. refused B. repeated C. followed D. pardoned 第 II 卷 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。‎ The Silk Road was a route that connected people from the East to West for hundreds of years and allowed 41. (they) to trade valuable goods with each other. But there’ s more to the story. The Silk Road should 42. (real) be called the Silk Roads. The Silk Road, 43. started in China, went west and branched out into many routes.‎ The Silk Road has been around for nearly 3,000 years. Most people know that valuable goods traveled along the route: silk and spices from China; jewels and wood from India; gold and animals from East Africa. These goods 44._______(trade) in cities along the route or ended up as far west 45._______ Europe.‎ But the people 46._______(travel) along the Silk Road were carrying something far 47.________(valuable) than their goods. They were carrying ideas and technology. European travelers returned home with stories of huge Chinese ships they had seen. The compass is an example of a(n)48.________(invent) that came west from China. Europeans learned from Korean maps, which were advanced for the 1400s.‎ ‎49.________ was the ‎11,000 km Silk Road that shaped the world we know today. The many routes were a way for different people 50.________ (meet) each other and talk about the developing world.‎ 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) 　　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。‎ ‎ In order to leave some fun memories for all of us before graduation, our class made the special video to express our appreciation to our school. We carried out a heat discussion about what to design the video. We were gathered a lot of interesting ideas, but then began to make the video. We shoot some fun clips in our campus and interviewed some of your teachers. After that, we asked some computer experts help us edit the video. The video received a warm welcome to our classmates. Many great memories of our times at school flooded into our minds when we watched it.‎ 第二节 ‎ 书面表达（满分25分）‎ 假如你是李华，五一期间你和家人去平遥古城旅游，发电子邮件告知你的英国笔友Frank你们的出游情况，要点如下：‎ 1. 参观世界文化遗产---平遥古城；‎ 2. 欣赏由王潮歌导演的实景演出；‎ 3. 品尝当地小吃。‎ 参考词汇：世界文化遗产 World Cultural Heritage Site ‎ 实景演出 live-action performance 注意：1. 词数100左右；‎ 2. 可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。‎ 临汾市2018-2019学年度高二年级第二学期期中考试 英语试题答案 第一部分 阅读理解 ‎1-5 DACAC 6-10 DACDC11-15 BACCD 16-20 DBCGE 第二部分 英语知识运用 第一节 完形填空 ‎21-25 BACAB 26-30 DCDBA 31-35 CDBAB 36-40 CADCD 第二节 语法填空 ‎41.them 42. really 43. which 44. were traded 45. as ‎ ‎46. travelling/traveling 47. more valuable 48. invention 49. It 50. to meet 第三部分 写作 第一节 短文改错 In order to leave some fun memories for all of us before graduation, our class made the ‎ ‎ a special video to express our appreciation to our school. We carried out a heat discussion about ‎ ‎ heated what to design the video. We were gathered a lot of interesting ideas, but then began to make the ‎ how 去掉 and video. We shoot some fun clips in our campus and interviewed some of your teachers. After that, ‎ ‎ shot our we asked some computer experts ^help us edit the video. The video received a warm welcome to ‎ to from ‎ our classmates. Many great memories of our times at school flooded into our minds when we ‎ ‎ time watched it.‎ 第二节 书面表达 Dear Frank,‎ ‎ How is everything going? I’m glad to receive your letter and share my trip with you. ‎ With much excitement my family paid a visit toone of the most famous scenic spots in Shanxi, the Ancient City of Pingyao during May Day. As a WorldCultural Heritage Site, it dates back over 2, 700 years,in which many traditions are still kept by the peopleliving in it. There we also appreciated awell-known live-action performance directed byWang Chaoge, which left us with a deep impressionof a touching story. We were amazedtodiscover how attractive the small city was while wandering along the main street, exploring a variety of goods in shops and tastingdelicious local foods. Exhausted as we were, our trip to Pingyao wasreally unforgettable!‎ Looking forward to your coming to China.‎ ‎ Yours,‎ ‎ Li Hua