湖南省湘西自治州四校2018_2019学年高二英语12月联考试题.docx

湖南省湘西自治州四校2018-2019学年高二英语12月联考试题 分 值：150分 时 量：120分钟 本试卷由试题卷和答题卡两部分组成。试卷分四个部分。所有试题均须在答题卡上作答。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。每段对话后都有一个小题。从题中所给的A、B、C三个选项中选出最佳选项。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小题。每段对话仅读一遍。1. Whats the probable relationship between the two speakers?A. Driver and passenger. B. Teacher and student. C. Classmates.2. Why cant the man help the woman?A. He must leave at once. B. Hes too busy to help her. C. He doesnt know how to help her. 3. What will the woman probably do this evening?A. She will attend the wedding. B. She will go over the lessons. C. She will eat out.4. What does the man imply?A. Karen is very forgetful. B. He knows Karen better now. C. Karen is sure to pass the interview.5. What are the speakers doing?A. Riding a horse. B. Shooting a movie. C. Taking a photo.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。听下面一段对话，回答第6、7题。6. Where are the two speakers probably? A. In a supermarket. B. In a park. C. In a school.7. What do we know about the woman? A. She is a panda expert. B. She became interested in pandas at the first sight. C. Perhaps shes shortsighted.听下面一段对话，回答第8至第9题。8. What attracts Mary most when she first met John? A. His nice figure and appearance. B. His work and good family. C. His cleverness and humor. 9. What do we know about Mary from the conversation? A. She falls in love with John at the first sight. B. She doesnt want to give out the secret to Steve. C. She is sure that John will call her tomorrow.听下面一段对话，回答第10至第12题10. Whats the womans phone number?A. 614-3739. B. 640-3439. C. 640-3734.11. Whats the most probable relationship between the two speakers? A. Husband and wife.B. Workmates.C.Boss and secretary.12. When does the woman tell the man to be back home? A. At 11:30.B. At one oclock in the morning.C. Before midnight.听下面一段对话，回答第13至第16题13. What is the woman looking for? A. A friends house. B. A cheap hotel. C. An expensive hotel.14. When do the banks close?A. At 7:00 p.m. B. At 7:30 p.m. C.At 6:30 p.m.15. When was this town built? A. In the 13th century. B. In the 14th century. C.In the 15th century .16. Where is the town center? A. Just outside. B. In the square. C. Around the corner.听下面一段对话，回答第17至第20题17. When did drag racing start? A. In the early 1950s. B. In the late 1950s. C. In the early 1960s.18. Why do drag race tracks have to be straight? A.The fast cars cant make a sharp turn.B. Each race lasts only about seven seconds.C. The cars might run into people in the street.19. Why is sometimes impossible to see the racers? A. The tracks are too straight. B.There is too much smoke . C. The racing cars go too fast.20. What do we know about drag racing? A. It costs more money than other car races. B. It has nothing in common with other car races. C. It has changed from a teenage recreation to business.第2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，共30分） 阅读下列短文，从每题所给的A、B、C和D四个选项中，选出最佳选项。ADo you know an outstanding junior high or high school teacher, coach, guidance counselor, librarian, or headmaster? Nominate (提名) that special teacher youll always remember and give him/her the chance to be recognized in a famous national magazine through “Educators of the Year Contest”!PrizesCash awards will be given to those from across the country who are given the honor of Educators of the Year. Besides, your winning essays will also be published in our magazine.GuidelinesWe will only consider essays written by teens, and nominations must be for junior high or high school educators only. Elementary school educators are not suitable.Convince us your educator is special. Tell us about his or her style of teaching, his or her role in school activities, and community service. What has your educator done for the entire school, your class, for you or another student? Give examples with specific details. Keep your essay between 200 and 1,000 words. Remember to include the first and last name, position, and school of your educator in your essay.Dont forget to submit (提交) your essays through our website. You can also read our submission guidelines for more information on this website.The DeadlineThe deadline for submitting your essays is December 30. Your essays are accepted and will appear in our magazine all over the year. Winners will be made public after the January issue is published.21. The contest is intended to .A. choose educators of the year B. make teachers popularC. encourage people to be teacher D. ask people to care for a magazine22. If you want to take part in the contest, you should .A. write as long an essay as possible B. show your love for your teachers lifestyleC. write about your teachers personal information D. list some detailed examples of your special teacher23. When can we know the winners of the contest?A. In December. B. Throughout the year.C. In January. D. In February.B“Ive always loved food,” says Cassie Dawson in the kitchen of her flat in London. “But Ive become bored with eating out. Ive had too many disappointing meals and paid too much money for them! At one point, fed up with my complaint, a friend suggested I open my own restaurant. Impossible, I thought. But then I heard about supper clubs.”Supper clubs are a mixture of a restaurant and a dinner party you go to a strangers house and he/she cooks dinner for you. Like a restaurant, you pay for your food, but like a dinner party, you eat at the same table as other people. They are advertised through social-networking sites with a menu and little information about where the supper club is until just before the meal.“Its like running a secret restaurant for one night,” says Cassie. “The next morning, I set the tables and chairs aside. I put the TV back and its my living room again.”Cassie opens her “restaurant” for people about once a month, and she really enjoys the evenings shes had so far. She uses fresh, local ingredients and a typical meal costs about the same as a takeaway much less than a restaurant meal. So how does she make money out of it?“I dont,” says Cassie. “In fact, at first I was worried about losing money on my club. Im good at cooking but my maths is terrible! But I was surprised by how cheaply I could make a good meal. This isnt about money. Its about a different eating experience.”And what about inviting complete strangers into her house? Was Cassie ever nervous about that?“Not at all,” she says. “Almost everyone at the supper club is just interested in having a good meal with other interesting people.”24. Why did Cassie decide to open her own restaurant finally?A. To earn a living. B. To satisfy her friends needs.C. To make friends with strangers. D. To cook cheap and good meals for others.25. What does the underlined word “They” in Paragraph 2 refer to?A. Dinner parties. B. Supper clubs.C. Fresh ingredients. D. Invitations to dinner.26. We can know that Cassies restaurant .A. serves meals for free B. only serves takeawaysC. is only open to her friends D. is only open in the evening27. How does Cassie feel about her restaurant now?A. Worried. B. Content. C. Annoyed.D. Sensitive.CThe full moon climbs over the eastern horizon (地平线) and hangs like a huge orange globe in the sky. A few hours later, the moon is overhead but seems to have changed. The huge orange globe has become a small silver disk. What has happened? Why has the orange color disappeared? Why does the moon seem so much smaller and farther away now that it is overhead?The moon appears orange on the horizon because we view it through the dust of the atmosphere. The overhead moon does not really shrink as it moves away from the horizon. Our eyes inform us that the overhead moon is farther away. But in this position the moon is actually closer to our eyes than when it is near the horizon.The change in size is a trick our eyes and minds play on us. When the moon is low in the sky, we can compare its size with familiar objects. It is easy to see that the moon is much larger than trees or buildings, for example. When the moon is high in the sky, however, it is hard to compare it with objects on earth. Compared to the vastness of the sky, the moon seems small.There is another reason why the moon seems to shrink. We are used to staring at objects straight ahead of us. When an object is difficult to see, our eyes have to try to focus on it. When we move our heads back to look up, we will try hard again. Looking at something from an unaccustomed position can fool you into believing an object is smaller or farther away than it is. However, scientists do not yet understand completely why the moon seems to shrink as it rises in the sky.28. What makes us puzzled when the moon is high in the sky?A. It looks different. B. It becomes large.C. Its color disappears. D. Its shape changes.29. What really happens when the moon floats farther away from the horizon?A. It turns orange. B. It comes nearer.C. It goes farther. D. It gets through dust.30. What does the author intend to suggest by mentioning trees and buildings in Para. 3?A. They are low on earth. B. They are large objects.C. They can affect our judgment. D. They can attract our attention.31. What can we infer from the text?A. The size of the moon often changes. B. We do not see the moon as it really is.C. The moon is beginning to shrink much. D. The moon is in fact a huge orange globe.DAmericans recognize that there is a past on which the present rests. But they have not developed their sense of the depth of time as much as this has been done in the Middle East and South Asia. The Arab looks back two to six thousand years for his own origins. History is used as the basis for almost any modem action. The chances are that an Arab won start a talk or a speech or analyze a problem without first developing the historical aspects of his subject. The American assumes that time has depths but he seldom stresses its importance of it.The American never questions the fact that time should be planned and future events should be fitted into a schedule. He thinks that people should look forward to the future and not talk too much on the past. His future is not very far ahead of him. Results must be obtained in the foreseeable future one or two years or, at the most, five or ten. Promises to meet deadlines and appointments are taken very seriously. There is real punishment for being late and for not keeping commitments in time. The American thinks it is natural to calculate the value of time. To fail to do so is unthinkable. The American calculates how much time is required to do everything. “Ill be there in ten minutes.” “It will take six months to finish that job.” “I was in the Army for four and a half years.”The Americans, like so many other people, also use time as a link that chains events together. If one event occurs on the heels of another, we will certainly try to find a causal relationship between them. If A is seen around the area of Bs murder shortly after the crime has been committed we automatically form a connection between A and B. However, events which are separated by too much time are difficult for us to connect in our minds. This makes it almost impossible for us as a nation to engage (从事) in long-range planning.32. How do Americans see past time according to the first paragraph?A. Its valueless. B. Its limited. C. It reflects today. D. It helps start a talk.33. What does the underlined phrase “to do so” in paragraph 2 refer to?A. To calculate the value of the past. B. To plan a schedule for future events.C. To figure out the importance of time. D. To meet deadlines and appointments.34. When will Americans chain two events together?A. When common evidence is found. B. When the two events happen one by one.C. When A is found near the scene of Bs crime. D. When one event happens long after another.35. What does the author mainly want to tell Americans to do?A. See time further. B. Make a long-range plan.C. Remember the past time. D. Keep their commitments.第二节（共5小题；每小题2分，共10分） 根据短文内容，从短文后的七个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。Whether you are at Disneyland or another Disney park, you will usually find a nighttime show that will be showing. 36 Read this article to find out how you can get a good seat for an evening event at any Disney park. Plan on seeing this show in advance.Usually, if you decide an hour beforehand that youre going to see a show, you will likely end up not getting a good seat, unless the park is not very busy. 37 Do your research.Research online: The best places to view” 38 Some of them may even be less known, so you may not deal with such a big crowd. Arrive to the event early.39 Possibly even earlier if the park is more crowded on that day. If you arrive ten minutes before the event starts, youre a lot less likely to get a good spot. 40 If you must leave to do something, make sure that its extremely quick, and try to have another member of your party stay in your spot while you are away.A. Stay in the same area.B. Enjoy the show with a friend.C. Its usually much more enjoyable if you can get a good spot.D. This is especially important if you arrive closer to the event time.E. In order to get a get spot, plan on arriving an hour before the event.F. Therefore, look at the schedule before your trip, or at least the day before.G. Youll see a list of places in the park that are the best tor viewing that event.第三部分 语言知识运用（共两节， 满分45分）第一节（共20小题；每小题l5分，共30分） 阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项.I was having breakfast at a restaurant when a man walked in and sat next to me. In the restaurant there was a small 41 for both the customers and the owners when things got 42 . The news was about the local people. There was a little girl 43 some coats in a shop on the screen now. The reporter ask her if she found something that 44 . She smiled, I like this store, Mommy said I could have any coat I wanted, 45 Im getting this one for my friend, Mandy, who 46 a coat.”Just then I saw the man next to me lower his head and begin to 47 his eyes. Hey, dont feel sad, I told him. He 48 me. I could still see the 49 . He said, “Im Mandys father.” Oh, my God! My hands 50 and I also wept. “It must be raining, he 51. We spoke for a few more minutes and I knew he had been 52 for more than a year and did odd(零散的) jobs to pay bills. Later we said 53 and I went to the cash register. I said in a low voice that I 54 his check. He only gets coffee,” the 55 said. “Well, here. This is for my meal, his coffee and tell him this is for Mandy.”Many years ago I spoke at a church in Atlanta. A woman came and gave me everything she had in her 56 . I was shocked and began to 57 it. It isnt much, but please take it,” she said. It was $57. I 58 carried it with me until that very day. I gave it away and replaced it. I turned to walk away and another man sitting at the counter said, I heard your 59 with that man. Ill help him, 60 .”His eyes watered and he said. Hes right. It must be raining.”41.A. radioB. televisionC. recorderD. telephone42.A. busyB. easyC. fastD. slow43.A. taking away B. looking through C. picking up D. taking off44.A. fit B. happened C. matteredD. started45.A. since B. and C. but D. because46.A. needs B. buy C. sendsD. designs47.A. protectB. closeC. cover D. wipe48.A.turned towardB. glared atC. left behind D. pointed to49.A. angerB. eyes C. tears D. joy50.A. cleanedB. shook C. helped D. touched51.A. sighed B. guessedC. screamed D. joked52.A. sickB. sadC. jobless D. hopeless53.A. okay B. helloC. sorry D. goodbye54.A. examined B. wanted C. watchedD. accepted55.A. clerkB. teacherC. president D. nurse56.A. glassB. purseC. house D. basket57.A. forgetB. praiseC. refuse D. advise58.A. AlwaysB. sometimesC. never D .seldom59.A. discussionB. problemC. conversationD. decision60.A. thoughB. yet C. stillD. too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。How to Speak Clearly in Public SpeechesWhen it 61. _ (come) to public speaking, the most important thing is to speak clearly. You want the audience 62. _ (hear) everything you have to say when giving public speeches, not questioning your words later 63. _ they couldnt hear you. A good public speaker is the person who knows how to speak clearly.Practice makes perfect. Try 64. _ (practice) in front of a mirror, in front of your friends, 65_ even in front of your dog if you need help. Use the proper tone when speaking. Most people find it easy to slip into a monotone voice,