重庆市大学城第一中学校2017_2018学年高二英语下学期半期考试试题2018053001121.doc

重庆市大学城第一中学校2017-2018学年高二英语下学期半期考试试题英语试题卷共8页。满分150分。考试时间120分钟。注意事项：1.答题前，务必将自己的姓名、准考证号填写在答题卡规定的位置上。2.答选择题时，必须使用2B铅笔将答题卡上对应题目的答案标号涂黑，如需改动，用橡皮擦擦干净后，再选涂其他答案标号。3.答非选择题时，必须使用0.5毫米黑色签字笔，将答案书写在答题卡规定的位置上。4.所有题目必须在答题卡上作答，在试题卷上答题无效。第一部分：听力（共两节，满分30分）第一节听下面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. Where does the conversation most probably take place? A. In a factory. B. In a hospital. C. In the mans home. 2. Who is the girl reading under the tree? A. Betty. B. Lily. C. Catherine. 3. What does the woman mean? A. She hasnt yet drunk any coffee.B. She wants another cup of coffee. C. She likes coffee very much. 4. What does the woman think the man should do? A. Stop playing tennis. B. Stick to what he is doing. C. Find the cause of his failure. 5. Whats the most probable relationship between the two speakers? A. Husband and wife. B. Customer and waitress. C. Friends. 第二节 （共15 小题；每小题1 分，满分15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 sounds like a good idea to the woman? A. Having men pick up the bill or pay for cinema tickets. B. Having men open doors or help women put on coats. C. Having men do the dishes and housework. 7. How many examples does the man give as men are taking care of women? A. 2. B. 3. C. 4. 听第7段材料，回答第8、9题。8. What are the two speakers mainly talking about? A. How to reduce anxiety. B. How to make use of time. C. Where to get health services. 9. Why does the man turn to the woman for advice? A. She works at the health services. B. She had a similar experience before. C. She knows a lot about the mans trouble.听第8段材料，回答第1012题。10. Where does this conversation take place? A. Over the telephone. B. In the womans home. C. At an insurance company. 11. Why does the man talk to the woman? A. To make a damage report. B. To help her rebuild her house. C. To show honesty in his business. 12. How many goods were destroyed by the storm? A. Three. B. Four. C. Five. 听第9段材料，回答第1316题。13. What are the two speakers mainly talking about? A. Their jobs. B. Their apartments. C. Their driving experiences. 14. How does the man feel about his present situation? A. Dissatisfied. B. Shocked. C. Nervous. 15. Which of the following isnt the problem with the mans apartment? A. Being too far from work. B. The equipment is breaking down. C. The landlady is in trouble. 16. What will the man do then? A. Drive the car to work. B. Visit the womans place. C. Talk with his landlady. 听第10段材料，回答第1720题。17. Since when has Transport Scotland provided free bus travel for older and disabled people? A. Since April 2005. B. Since April 2006. C. Since January 2007. 18. Who are allowed concessionary(特许的)travel according to the text? A. All 1618-year-olds. B. All young full-time volunteers up to the age of 25. C. Both A and B. 19. If somebody wants to get the card sooner, how can he get it? A. Waiting at school. B. Waiting at home. C. Applying himself. 20. How many free return ferry(渡船) journeys to the mainland can you get each year? A. One. B. Two. C. Three. 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，共30分）阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项（A, B, C, D）中选出最佳选项。 ALondons transport services offer you a special experience of the city. Heres a round up of the transport choices available to you. London UndergroundThere are 11 colour-coded Underground lines. Services run regularly from around 05:00 to 00:30 (Sunday 07: 30 to 23:30) on most-routes.Visit tfl. gov. uk/tube for more information.Tip：Always stand on the right when using the escalators (电动扶梯) at Tube stations. It can get hot and busy on the Tube during peak (高峰) travel times, so you may prefer to travel outside these hours. BusesA cheap and easy way to travel around London. They generally run from 05 : 00 to 00 :30. Night buses operate on many major routes from around midnight to 05:00, and some operate a 24-hour service.It is not possible to pay for your London bus fare in cash. Instead, you can pay with a Visitor Oyster card, Oyster card, Travel card or UK-issued contactless(不接触的) payment card. A single bus journey is l. 50 with an Oyster card or UK-issued contactless payment card.To help you get home, if you dont have enough credit on your Oyster card, you will be able to make one more bus journey.After this you will need to top up the credit on your card before you use it again. If your contactless payment card has been issued outside the UK, please check tfL gov. uk/contactless before you use your card to travel on our bus services. For any international transaction fees (手续费) that may apply, please check with your card issuer.For more information visit tfl. gov. uklbuses.Tip:Some bus routes are especially good for sightseeingtry routes 9, 14, 15 and 22. The New Routemaster bus featured in the James Bond film Skyfall and runs on routes 9, 11, 24, 38 and 390. If you run out of credit on your Visitor Oyster card, its easy to add more at: Touchscreen ticket machines in Tube, DLR, London Overground and some National Rail stations. Around 4, 000 Oyster Ticket Stops cross London (Find your nearest one at ticketstoplocator. tfl. gov. uk). Travel & Visitor Information Centers. London Overground station ticket offices.21During the rush hour, visitors at Tube stations are advised to _.A. stand side by side B. avoid using the escalatorsC. take the tube at fixed times D. take advantage of off-peak hours22The underlined part “top up” can best be replaced by _.A. use up B. add C. think about D. balance23If a visitor wants to find the nearest Oyster Ticket Stop, he should visit _.A. tfl. gov. uk/tube B. tfl. gov. uk/busesC. tfl. gov. uk/contactless D. ticketstoplocator. tfl. gov. ukBStephen Hawking is one of the most famous scientists in this century. He was born in 1942. Hes world well-known on space and time. Stephen was searching some very big questions, such as How did the universe begin? How will it end?Stephen was a student at Oxford University. He studied math and science. Then, at the age of twenty, he became sick. He was so young, but the doctors said to his family, “He has only two more years to live.” As a matter of fact, the doctors were wrong he didnt die. He cant walk but he uses a wheelchair(轮椅). He cant feed himself and get in or out of bed himself. But he refused to give in to the condition. He talks with the help of a computer. After Oxford, Stephen went to Cambridge University. Three years later, in 1965, he became a doctor of philosophy(哲学).Because of his serious health problems, it was difficult for him to draw diagrams(图表) or to write. So he started to think in pictures. With this new way of thinking, he became one of the most famous scientists in the world. In 1981, he met the Pope(教皇) in Rome. They talked about his ideas. Then in 1988, he wrote his first important book, A Brief History of Time. It sold more than 5.5 million copies in 33 different languages. He was once invited to China, he impressed us with his self-confidence, humorous and witty(风趣的) conversation.24. Which of the following is NOT true? A. Stephen is good at thinking. B. Stephen cannot walk. C. Stephen has had the answers to some very big questions. D. Stephen had once studied 25. A Brief History of Time is _. A. a book which is well-known all over the word B. a book about Romes history C. Stephens talk collection with the Pope in Rome D. Stephens talk collection with me in China 26. Stephens studies DO NOT relate (涉及) to _ according to the passage. A. science B. math C. philosophy D. art 27. The right order of Stephens main experiences in _. a. He went to Cambridge University.b. He became very ill.c. He wrote his first important book. d. He met the Pope in Rome. A. c-a-b-d B. a-b-c-d C. b-a-d-c D. a-c-b-d CA ten-year-old from Howell, Michigan is being praised as a hero thanks to his persistence (坚持) that led to saving the life of an elderly neighbor. The event happened late in an evening when Danny DiPietro was being driven home from hockey practice by his mom.Thats when the young boy noticed an open garage (车库) and a figure that he believed was a dog outside an apartment building near his house. Given the freezing cold weather, the young boy got a feeling that something was not right. But instead of dismissing it like most kids his age would have, he insisted that his mother, Dawn, find out what was going on. Dawn tried to make Danny believe that no one would leave a dog out in such cold weather, but he refused to take no for an answer.Dawn finally gave in and decided to drive to the area with the family dog and see if there was any truth to Dannys hunch (直觉).Sure enough, as she got closer to the apartment building she noticed a garage that was wide open and someone waving madly for help. Upon getting there, she realized that it was not a dog the young boy had seen, but Kathleen St. Onge. The 80-year-old had fallen down on some ice in her garage and had been lying there for two hours, unable to get up.Dawn rushed home to get her husband to help and called 911. The two then returned with some blankets to cover Ms. St. Onge, while they waited for the ambulance to arrive. Though still in hospital, the elderly woman is recovering well and forever grateful to Danny, for following up on his hunch!28When seeing a figure in an open garage, Danny _.A. recognized it was an old man B. thought it was a homeless dogC. realized something was wrong D. believed it was nothing important29When Dawn got closer to the garage, she _.A. noticed the dog had gone away B. knew Dannys hunch was wrongC. found an old lady waving for help D. felt something must have been stolen30Which of the following can best describe Danny?A. Brave and patient. B. Friendly and honest.C. Considerate and optimistic. D. Persistent and warm-hearted.31What could be the best title for the text?A. Always follow your hunch.B. Be ready to help save the elderly.C. Unknown hero brings love and hope.D. 10-year-old saves elderly neighbors life.DVinegar is great. It makes salad, fries and dumplings taste better, and you can even clean your windows with it. And now, according to scientists, it may even help the planets population to ease hunger.Researchers from the RIKEN Center for Sustainable Resource Science (CSRS) in Japan found that growing plants in vinegar makes them more resistant to droughts.This could mean that in the future, worries about climate change affecting the worlds supply of food will be much lower.The discovery was made after the researchers studied the Arabidopsis, a plant known for its ability to survive in dry weather. It was found that when the plant was placed in drought-like conditions, it produced a chemical called acetate(醋酸盐) the main component of vinegar.After discovering this, the scientists experimented further by adding acetate to the soil of other plants, before they stopped giving them water completely. After leaving the plants for 14 days, they found that the ones treated with acetate had survived, while the untreated plants had dried up and died. Its hoped that this simple method of survival could soon be used to help farmers in dry countries keep their crops alive.Jong Myong Kim, co-author of the study, told Popular Science magazine that hes already been in touch with people all over the world who are interested in trying this simple and cost-effective method out for themselves from flower growing companies to amateur (业余的)gardeners.Although at this point keeping thirsty plants alive isnt as easy as just pouring vinegar over them, Kim said he and his team are working on making the process as simple as possible. “Now we are trying to cooperate with some farmers, and also some companies, to make a method to apply this system.” he said.And for those of us who always forget to ask our neighbors to water our plants when we go away, hopefully this means the end of returning home from a trip to find our favorite flowers have died.32What is mentioned as a feature of the Arabidopsis?A. It produces acetate in wet conditions. B. It is mainly composed of acetate.C. It can survive in nowhere but desert. D. It can be tolerant of drought.33The scientists experimented further in order to _.A. find a simple way of keeping the crops of farmers aliveB. add acetate to the soils of other plants to stop wateringC. check the effectiveness of the acetate to resist droughtD. treat the dried-up plants by adding acetate to them34What is the authors attitude to the discovery?A. objective B. Unsupportive C. Indifferent D. optimistic35What may be the best title for the text?A. Vinegar could end hunger B. Vinegar keeps plants living foreverC. How to survive climate change D. Advantages and functions of vinegar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。(特别提示：请将答案填在答题纸上)Are These the Best Years of Your Life?The ups and downs of life may seem to have no predictable plan. But scientists now know there are very clear life patterns that almost all people share. Even if you have passed some of your best years, you still have other good years to come. 36 When are you smartest? From 18 to 25, according to I. Q. scores; but you are wiser and more experienced with increasing age. Youre sharpest in your 20s; around 30, mental abilities begin to decline, particularly your ability to do maths. 37 Your vocabulary at age 45, for example, is three times as great as when you graduated from college. At 60, your brain possesses almost four times as much information as it did at age 21. 38 You have the best physical sense of yourself from 15 to 24, when you feel energetic all the time. The best professional sense seems from 40 to 49. Before age 24, we believe that our happiest years are yet to come. Over 30, we believe that theyre behind us. A National Health Survey agrees: After age 30, we “become more realistic and do not view happiness as a goal in itself. If we keep our health, achieve professional and emotional goals, then happiness, we feel, will follow.” 39 Generally between 30 to 39, but the peak varies with different professions. Mozart wrote a symphony by age eight, and Mendelssohn composed his best-known work, A Midsummer Nights dream, at 17, but most of the great music was written by men between 33 and 39. Though the peak in most fields comes earlymost Nobel Prize winners did their top research in their late 20s and 30s, creative people continue to produce quality work throughout their lives 40 A. When are you happiest?B. When are you most creative?C. But your ability to complete other tasks climbs.D. The above gives you an accurate figure.E. Certain good years seem to come later in life.F. For people who are creative, there is no upper age limit.G. The human life journey cannot be charted by a clear life pattern.第三部分 英语知识运用（共两小节，满分40分）第一节 完形填空（每小题1.5分，共20小题）Just like everyone, I have experienced ups and downs in my life. I am an aerospace(航空航天) engineer from India. I was told by my relatives, close friends and others that it was _41_ for a non-IT student to pursue(追求) a masters degree in IT and graduate from a US university.I had never taken courses _42_ to computers or programming. I was never interested in being a _43_, but things changed. Computers became my companion and I _44_how dependent on them I was. I _45_ imagining the back-end processes happening inside the CPU and they amazed me. Thats why I _46_ to pursue a masters degree in IT.At first, it was way too _47_. Coming from a middle-class family, the huge cost per credit was a big _48_. My English accent was terrible. Most _49_ , the course seemed impossible at first. But I never _50_.I got a few offers, but I decided to choose my university _51_ it promises students to help them learn practically. During my first month, it was difficult to understand the Americans _52_ and finish my assignments. But I never gave up. I walked two miles to the _53_ every day so that I could use my travel money to buy a meal. I started looking for _54_ and I got an offer to work as a student assistant, which meant lifting benches and chairs every day.I took it as a(n) _55_ , and I believed that hard work was my strength. Right now I am graduating with a GPA of 3.96/4 and a job offer from a multinational company that has asked me to start right after _56_.If you think you can never achieve something, you need to _57_ yourself and start working on your _58_. Hard work always pays off. To be _59_, you need to start from somewhere and always question y