陕西2018-2019学年高二英语上学期期中习题.docx

长安一中20182019学年度第一学期期中考试高二英语试题注意事项： 1. 本试卷分第卷（选择题）和第卷（非选择题）两部分。 2. 全部答案在答题卡上完成，答在本试卷上无效。3. 满分150分；考试时间120分钟。第卷（选择题，共100分）第一部分 听力（共两节，满分30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。每段对话后面有一个小题，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。例：How much is the shirt?A. 19.15.B. 9.15.C. 9.18.答案是B。1. Where does the conversation probably take place?A. In a library.B. In a bookstore.C. In a supermarket.2. What does the woman mean by saying “soon”? A. She will get married soon. B. She will see her sister soon.C. She thinks her sister got married too soon.3. Whats the probable relationship between the man and the woman? A. Friends.B. Classmates.C. Colleagues.4. When did the alarm clock ring? A. At 6:00. B. At 7:00. C. At 8:00. 5. Whats the woman doing? A. Talking with her boss. B. Having an interview. C. Writing her educational background.第二节（共15小题；每小题1.5分，满分22.5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。听第6段材料，回答第6、7题。6. What has the woman ordered for herself? A. Milk. B. Coffee C. Juice.7. Why does the man recommend strawberry juice? A. Its sweeter. B. Its colder. C. Its fresher. 听第7段材料，回答第8、9题。8. What do we know about the womans neighbor? A. He is mad. B. He just moved in recently. C. He goes to sleep very early.9. Why did the womans neighbor press her doorbell at midnight last night? A. Because he had an urgent problem. B. Because hes mad and wanted to make troubles. C. Because he wanted to stop the woman playing the piano.听第8段材料，回答第10至第12题。10. How much weight has the woman lost? A. 15 pounds. B. 20 pounds. C. 25 pounds.11.What did the woman do to lose weight? A. She joined a health club. B. She went on a diet. C. She did physical activity.12.What do we know about the woman? A. She has a healthy diet now. B. She suggests the man eat healthy food.C. She also goes on a diet to lose weight.听第9段材料，回答第13至第16题。13.What makes the man worried? A. He cant find a housemate. B. He has no time to take a part-time job. C. He cant afford the rent of the apartment.14.What does the woman say about the carpet? A. It is broken. B. It needs to be replaced. C. It is new except for a few stains on it.15.How has the man dealt with the broken windows?A. He has had them fixed. B. He has pushed boxes against them. C. He has covered them with a board.16.How does the woman feel about the apartment? A. Dissatisfied. B. Surprised. C. Interested.听第10段材料，回答第17至第20题。17.How did people travel without roads and cars in the past? A. They traveled with the help of animals. B. They used logs on rivers and lakes. C. They had to travel on foot.18.What was the most important invention in transportation? A. The car. B. The stage coach (马车). C. The wheel. 19.What is the advantage of the stage coach? A. It can transport more people. B. It can travel faster and easier. C. It can pull heavy loads.20. What is the speaker mainly talking about? A. Difficulties in traveling. B. Ways of traveling in history. C. How to travel with ease.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，满分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。A Chinese Language and Culture Summer Camp in ChinaShanghai is the city which will present you how modernization meets tradition, and how western culture dances with eastern civilization. So it offers a best place for you to participate in Chinese language and culture summer camp.Interactive Chinese LessonsOur Chinese courses focus on developing speaking, listening, reading and writing skills in a well-balanced way, while each has its own focus. The teaching materials we use, offering 12 levels of classes, are written specially for our program. For beginners, speaking and listening abilities will be stressed while for advanced level students, the course will develop in depth their skills on Chinese characters recognition, long paragraph reading and writing, as well as fluent conversation.Small Size Classes Our students come from all over the world, mostly between 11 and 17 years old, having different Chinese levels. They will accept level assessment（评估） on the first day of camp, and be placed into different groups according to their language fluency. In a small-class setting each student can receive individual attention from teachers and achieve best studying result.Traditional Culture CoursesWe provide various culture courses to help students to develop interest in traditional Chinese culture, which will benefit their language learning. The culture courses include: Calligraphy, Traditional brush painting, Chinese Kong-fu, Tai-chi, Paper-cutting.Day CampDay camp is designed for participants who have a host family in Shanghai. Day camp runs from Monday to Sunday, between 8:30 and 17:00.Day camp package includes:lChinese classes in the morningslLunchlCulture courses, field trip and sports activities in the afternoonslOthers: Textbooks, studying materials, camp life souvenirDay camp package NOT includes:AccommodationlDaily pick up and drop offlBreakfast, dinnerField trip is optional.21. What is one of the summer camps features?A. Its teaching materials are regular and common textbooks.B. Students are placed in groups that meet their language fluency.C. Beginners attend the class stressing characters recognition.D. Every participant in the camp has to finish 12 levels of classes.22. The summer camps traditional culture courses dont include _.A. Traditional Chinese cookingB. Chinese Kong-fuC. Traditional brush paintingD. Paper-cutting23. Which of the following descriptions about the day camp is TRUE?A. Field trip is an activity that everyone is supposed to participate in.B. Participants in day camp can have breakfast, lunch and supper there.C. Everyone who attends day camp will receive a camp life souvenir.D. Day camp is designed for participants who live in the summer camp.BThe wedding took place in a Birmingham hotel. The bride and her father arrived in a new black American sport car. Her father looked nervous and uncomfortable in front of the cameras. The bride wore a silk wedding dress. She smiled nervously at the waiting photographers and went to a room on the first floor where she met her future husband for the very first time.Carla Germaine and Greg Cordell were the winners of a radio stations competition. The aim of the competition was to find two strangers prepared to marry without having met each other. Miss Germaine, 23, is a model. Mr. Cordell, 27, is a TV salesman. They were among the two hundred people who entered a special “experiment” organized by BMRB radio in Birmingham, England, Greg, and Carla were among eight finalists who were interviewed live on a radio. They took a lie detector（测谎仪） test and the station also spoke to their friends and family about their personalities. The competition judges include an astrologer（占星家） who declared that they were suited.The couple celebrated their wedding with a wedding breakfast and a party for 100 guests in the evening, but not everyone shared their joy. Miss Germaines mother looked anxious throughout the wedding and Mr. Cordells parents are reported to be less than delighted.Organizations, including the marriage guidance Service Relate, have criticized the marriage. As one person put it, “We have enough problems getting young people to take marriage seriously without this. Marriage should always be about love.”The couple are now on a Caribbean honeymoon followed by journalists. Their other prizes include a years free use of a wonderful apartment in the center of Birmingham, and a car. But will it last? 24What can we know about the couple from the passage?A. The couple know each other before the wedding.B. The bridegroom is a model and the bride is a TV salesman.C. The couple can use an apartment free for some time as one of the prizes. D. The bride is 4 years older than the bridegroom.25Some experts believe that _ .A. marriage without the couples meeting each other first ends up in divorce.B. most young people take marriage seriously except this coupleC. taking a lie detector test can not solve all the marriage problemsD. young people nowadays are too careless about marriage 26The goal of the competition was_.A. to make the radio station famousB. to win a free honeymoonC. to win a years free use of a wonderful apartmentD. to find two strangers prepared to marry without having met each other 27Which of the following is the best title of the passage?A. A Wedding Based on LoveB. Two Strangers and a Wedding C.A Short-lived MarriageD.A Well-Matched CoupleCMany people know that rubbish is a big problem on planet Earth. What many people dont know is that junk has become a problem in outer space too.According to BBC News, there are more than 22, 000 pieces of space junk floating around the earth. And these are just the things that we can see from the surface of the earth by telescopes. There are also millions of smaller pieces of junk that we cant see.Objects, like bits of old space rockets or satellites, move around the planet at very high speeds so fast that even a very small piece can break important satellites or become dangerous to astronauts. If the tiniest piece of junk crashed into a spaceship, it could damage the vehicle.To make things worse, when two objects in space crash, they break into many smaller pieces. For example, when a U.S. satellite hit an old Russian rocket in 2009, it broke into more than 2,000 pieces, increasing the amount of space junk.To reduce additional space junk, countries have agreed that all new space tools can only stay in space for 25 years at most. Each tool must be built to fall safely into the earths atmosphere after that time. In the upper parts of the atmosphere, it will burn up.Many scientists also suggest different ways to clean up space junk. In England scientists are testing a metal net that can be fired into space junk. The net catches the junk and then pulls it into the earths atmosphere to burn up. The Germans are building robots that can collect pieces of space junk and bring them back to Earth to be safely destroyed.The problem is becoming more challenging because were sending more objects into space to help people use their mobile phones and computers,”says Marco Castronuovo, an Italian space Researcher.“The time to act is now. The longer we leave the problem, the bigger it will become,”he says.28. What does the underlined word“these”in Paragraph 2 refer to?A. Telescopes. B. Pieces of space junk. C. Satellites. D. BBC news reports.29. Why is space junk considered a problem?A. It buns up after it re-enters the atmosphereB. It often stops the view of telescopes on EarthC. It may crash into other space tools causing damage or deat D. It could force new space tools to travel at slower speeds30. How do the Germans plan to deal with space junk?A. Catch it with nets. B. Send it further away from the earth.C. Burn it in the earths atmosphere. D. Use robots to collect it.31. In which section of the newspaper would you probably read this article?A. Local News. B. Environment. C. Education. D. Fashion.DProbably no other musical instrument is as popular as the guitar around the world. Musicians use the guitar for almost all kinds of music. Country and western music would not be the same without a guitar. The traditional Spanish folk music called Flamenco could not exist without a guitar. The sound of American blues music would not be the same without the sad cry of the guitar. And rock and roll music would almost be impossible without this instrument.Music experts do not agree about where the guitar was first played. Most agree it is ancient. Some experts say an instrument very much like a guitar was played in Egypt more than 1,000 years ago. Most experts say that the ancestor of the modern guitar was brought to Spain from Persia sometime in the 12th century. The guitar continued to develop in Spain. In the 1700s it became similar to the instrument we know today.Many famous musicians played the instrument. The famous Italian violinist Niccole Paganism played and wrote music for the guitar in the early 1800s. Franz Schubert used the guitar to write some of his famous works. In modern times Spanish guitarist Andres Segovia helped make the instrument extremely popular.In the 1930s, Les Paul began experimenting to make an electric guitar. He invented the solid-bodied electric guitar in 1946. The Gibson Guitar Company began producing its famous Les Paul Guitar in 1952. It became a powerful influence on popular music. The instrument has the same shape and the same six strings (弦)as the traditional guitar, but it sounds very different.Les Paul produced a series of extremely popular recordings that introduced the public to this music. Listen to this Les Paul recording. It was the fifth most popular song in the United States in 1952. It is called “Meet Mister Callaghan.”32. The purpose of the first paragraph is to_. A. introduce different kinds of musicB. introduce many instruments C. show the popularity of the guitarD. show the history of the guitar33Most music experts believe that the guitar _.A. has a long historyB. was first played in EgyptC. is easy to playD. sounds sad34Who helped make the guitar an extremely popular instrument?A. Niccolo Paganinni.B. Andres Segovia.C. Franz Schubert.D. Les Paul.35When was the electric guitar widely used in popular music?A. From the early 1930s.B. From the early 1940s.C. From the early 1950s.D. From the early 1960s.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。Should We Create More National Parks to Save Endangered Animals? Dont you find it worrying that more and more species of animals are in real danger of becoming extinct? _ 36_ And I think the best way to do this is for governments to create more national parks. _ 37 _ If this environment is destroyedfor example, when farmers clear a forest for new fields, or trees are cut down for making moneymany animals are unable to survive, and more species are likely to become extinct. In addition, national parks protect animals from the danger of being hunted. A major reason why many species are endangered is that the animals are killed by hunters. They hunt animals to make money. _ 38_ On the other hand, some people fight against the creation of national parks because they consider it wrong to interfere(干涉) with nature. They believe that wild animals are happier living in their natural environment. _39_ They also point out that a few species are more likely to produce young animals in the wild than in national parks. All in all, though, these disadvantages are far less important than the benefits of national parks. _40_ As a matter of fact, they protect animals from their greatest enemies, that is, human beings.A. They say though the animals may face danger, they enjoy a free life.B. Firstly, national parks protect the animals natural environment.C. I personally believe that we must save these animals. D. To begin with, animals are important to humans.E. There is a heated discussion about whether to create more national parks.F. These parks allow animals to live in a safe environment.G. Some hunters even hunt animals simply for sport.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，从短文后各题所给的A、B、C和D四个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。From a young age, I was taught to be kind to people around. My parents 41 explained to me the importance of giving generously to the less 42 . So out of habit, whenever there is something I can 43 , I give it to someone on the streets. Last week, as I left the house for work, I carried with me some 44 clothes, a handbag and some food to hand over to someone 45 .As the car stopped at a traffic red light, I saw a girl of five or six asking for 46 . I 47 her to come to me and quickly 48 all the stuff I had into the handbag. As I started handing it over, she seemed 49 . She looked up at me with a sweet smile on her face and asked what was in the 50 . I told her there were some clothes and food for her.Once again she 51 me, “Can you give me some water?” It was then that I 52 her dry lips. It seemed that she had not had a 53 of water all day. I took out the water bottle that I always carry with me and 54 her to drink from it. She finished it quickly and gave me a heartwarming smile of 55 .I was thankful that I could 56 what she really wished and realized once again that day that you dont necessarily have to make big 57 to help someone. And this incident, as well as a lot that followed, 58 my belief in the simple acts of kindness and how they can make someones day.The next time you want to do something 59 for someone, dont hold back, seizing the right 60 , or it would be late. Go ahead and do it!41. A. cheerfullyB. repeatedlyC. confidentlyD. particularly 42. A. richB. fortunateC. comfortableD. difficult43. A. sp