湖北省钢城四中2018_2019学年高二英语下学期期中试题（下）.docx

湖北省钢城四中2018-2019学年高二英语下学期期中试题（下）第I卷（选择题 共90分）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 take place?A. In a hotel. B. In a library. C. In a clinic.2. When is the woman able to get her photos?A. Half an hour later. B. One hour later. C. Two hours later.3. Why doesnt the woman buy the necklace?A. Because she doesnt like it. B. Because she thinks it is expensive.C. Because she considers it of low quality.4. What is the man probably?A. A taxi driver. B. A policeman. C. A train station worker.5. What does the man suggest?A.Booking a table. B. Meeting around 8:00. C. Meeting inside the restaurant.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 is the mans major?AFinance. B. Business administration. C. English literature.7. What course did the man like best as a student? A. Project management. B. English literature. C. Computer engineering.听第7段材料，回答第8、9题。8. Why didnt the woman go to school yesterday? A. Her throat hurt. B. She caught a cold. C. Her leg was broken.9. What does the man advise the woman to do at first? A. Have enough rest. B. Take another day off. C. Drink plenty of water.听第8段材料，回答第10至12题。10. How much does the four-week course cost? A. 1,000. B. 1,100. C. 1,20011. Which course will the man choose? A. The one in July. B. The one in August. C. The one in September.12. What does the woman advise the man to do? A. Stay with a family. B. Send the college his picture. C. Write to the college with his information.听第9段材料，回答第13至16题。13. How does the woman find Hainan Island? A. It deserves visiting. B. It is sunny all year round. C. It is cool all year round.14. What is the Hainans average temperature in July? A. 6 to 16 B. 16 to 24 C. 25 to 29 15. Which month is among the rainy season in Hainan? A. June. B. March. C. December.16. Which is famous for history? A. Yalong Bay National Resort. B. The Five Officials Temple. C. Nanshan Culture Tourism Zone.听第10段材料，回答第17至20题。17. When do people celebrate All Saints Day every year? A. On October 30. B. On November 1. C. On October 31.18. Who may like Halloween best? A. Children. B. Women. C. Adults.19. Which vegetable is the mark of Halloween? A. Tomato. B. Potato. C. Pumpkin.20. What do the adults give to the children? A. Fruit or candy. B. Treat-money or candy. C. Treat-money or vegetables.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，从每题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项，并在题卡上将该项涂黑。AFire Prevention InformationThe University of Adelaide employs a full-time staff of fire prevention professionals. They inspect all campus buildings and test and maintain all sprinkler systems fire alarms and fire extinguishers. They also provide educational programs or fire safety in the residence halls. Whenever you move to a new area, you should locate the fire alarm pull stations and the two exits nearest your room.Fire AlarmsThe floors of all campus buildings are equipped with manual fire alarm systems which include fire alarm pull stations and pipes. Most are also equipped with automatic fire alarm systems consisting of heat detectors, smoke detectors and sprinklers. For your safety, never tamper with these systems. False fire alarms are illegal and may lead to imprisonment.Fire DrillsA fire drill will be conducted in your residence hall every semester. During a fire drill, please do the following:Take your room key and ID, close and lock the door to your room.Exit immediately from the nearest emergency exit; do not use a lift.Meet outside of your residence hall and wait for further instructions.Fire ExtinguishersFire extinguishers are located on each floor and in each apartment. Use a fire extinguisher only if you have been trained to do so. Irresponsible use of a fire extinguisher can create a dangerous situation for other residents and could result in damage to personal property. Misuse of a fire extinguisher will result in fines.Smoke DetectorsA smoke detector is on the ceiling in your room. Some buildings also have heat detectors on the ceilings. Do the following to ensure the safe operation of your smoke detector:If your smoke detector is working properly, the red light should be on. If the red light is not blinking，contact residence hall staff immediately.Do not cover or block your smoke detector in any way.If a smoke detector sets off an alarm and there is no fire or smoke, inform your hall staff.21In a fire drill, the students should _.Arush quickly to a lift Bgather at the nearest exit. Cshut the door and leave at once Dwait for instructions in the hall22What do we know about the use of fire extinguishers?AUsing them wrongly results in punishment. BIrresponsible use of them can damage them.CImproper use of them can destroy the apartment. DUsing them without a trainer present is forbidden.23To ensure the safe operation of the smoke detector, one should_.Acontact the hall staff regularly Bcover the things that burn easilyCstart the smoke detector in a fire Dmake certain the red light is workingBIn ancient Egypt, a shopkeeper discovered that he could attract customers to his shop simply by making changes to its environment. Modern businesses have been following his lead, with more tactics.One tactic involves where to display the goods. For example, stores place fruits and vegetables in the first section. They know that customers who buy the healthy food first will feel happy so that they will buy more junk food (垃圾食品) later in their trip. In department stores, the womens shoe section is generally next to the womens cosmetics section: while the shop assistant is going back to find the right size shoe, bored customers are likely to wander over and find some cosmetics they might want to try later.Besides, businesses seek to appeal to customers senses. Stores notice that the smell of baked goods encourages shopping, so they make their own bread each morning and then fan the bread smell into the store throughout the day. Music sells goods, too. Researchers in Britain found that when French music was played, sales of French wines went up.When it comes to the selling of houses, businesses also use highly rewarding tactics. They find that customers make decisions in the first few seconds upon walking in the door, and turn it into a business opportunity. A California builder designed the structure of its houses smartly. When entering the house, the customer would see the Pacific Ocean through the windows, and then the pool through an open stairway leading to the lower level. The instant view of water on both levels helped sell these $ 10 million houses.24Why do stores usually display fruits and vegetables in the first section?ATo save customers time. BTo show they are high quality foods.CTo help sell junk food. DTo sell them at discount prices.25According to Paragraph 3, which of the following encourages customers to buy?AOpening the store early in the morning. BFilling the store with the smell of fresh bread.CInviting customers to play music. DDisplaying British wines next to French ones.26What is the California builders story intended to prove?AThe house structure is a key factor customers consider.BThe more costly the house is, the better it sells.CAn ocean view is much to the customers taste.DA good first impression increases sales.27What is the main purpose of the passage?ATo explain how businesses turn people into their customers.BTo introduce how businesses have grown from the past.CTo report researches on customer behavior.DTo show dishonest business practices.CWealth starts with a goal saving a dollar at a time. Call it the piggy bank strategy. There are lessons in that time-honored coin-saving container.Any huge task seems easier when reduced to baby steps. I f you wished to climb a 12,000-foot mountain, and could do it a day at a time, you would only have to climb 33 feet daily to reach the top in a year. If you want to take a really nice trip in 10 years for a special occasion, to collect the $15,000 cost, you have to save $3.93 a day. If you drop that into a piggy bank and then once a year put $1,434 in a savings account at 1% interest rate after-tax, you will have your trip money.When I was a child, my parents gave me a piggy bank to teach me that, if I wanted something, I should save money to buy it. We associate piggy banks with children, but in many countries, the little containers are also popular with adults. Europeans see a piggy bank as a sign of good fortune and wealth. Around the world, many believe a gift of a piggy bank on New Years Day brings good luck and financial success. Ah, but you have to put something in it.Why is a pig used as a symbol of saving? Why not an elephant bank, which is bigger and holds more coins? In the Middle Ages, before modern banking and credit instruments, people saved money at home, a few coins at a time dropped into a jar or dish. Potters made these inexpensive containers from an orange-colored clay called “pygg,” and folks saved coins in pygg jars. The Middle English word for pig was “pigge”. While the Saxons pronounced pygg, referring to the clay, as “pug”, eventually the two words changed into the same pronunciation, sounding the “i” as in pig or piggy. As the word became less associated with the orange clay and more with the animal, a clever potter fashioned a pygg jar in the shape of a pig, delighting children and adults. The piggy bank was born.Originally you had to break the bank to get to the money, bringing in a sense of seriousness into savings. While piggy banks teach children the wisdom of saving, adults often need to relearn childhood lessons. Think about the things in life that require large amounts of money- college education, weddings, cars, medical care, starting a business, buying a home, and fun stuff like great trips. So when you have money, take off the top 10%, put it aside, save and invest wisely.28What is the piggy bank strategy?APaying 1% income tax at a time. BSetting a goal before making a travel plan.CAiming high even when doing small things.DPutting aside a little money regularly for future use.29What does then underlined word “something”(Paragraph 3) most probably refer to?AMoney BGifts CFinancial success DGood luck30The piggy ban originally was _.Aa potters instrument Ba cheap clay containerCan animal-shaped dish Da pig-like toy for children31The last paragraph talks about _.Athe seriousness of educating children Bthe enjoyment of taking a great tripCthe importance of managing money Dthe difficulty of starting a businessDIf humans were truly at home under the light of the moon and stars，we would go in darkness happily，the midnight world as visible to us as it is to the vast number of nocturnal(夜间活动的) species on this planet. Instead，we are diurnal creatures, with eyes adapted to living in the suns light. This is a basic evolutionary fact, even though most of us dont think of ourselves as diurnal beings. Yet its the only way to explain what weve done to the night: Weve engineered it to receive us by filling it with light.The benefits of this kind of engineering come with consequences 一 called light pollution 一 whose effects scientists are only now beginning to study. Light pollution is largely the result of bad lighting design, which allows artificial light to shine outward and upward into the sky. III-designed lighting washes out the darkness of night and completely changes the light levels 一 and light rhythms to which many forms of life, including ourselves, have adapted. Wherever human light spills into the natural world, some aspect or life is affected . In most cities the sky looks as though it has been emptied of stars, leaving behind a vacant haze(霾) that mirrors our fear of the dark. Weve grown so used to this orange haze that the original glory of an unlit nigh, - dark enough for the planet Venus to throw shadow on Earth- is wholly beyond our experience, beyond memory almost.Weve lit up the night as if it were an unoccupied country, when nothing could be further form the truth. Among mammals alone, the number of nocturnal species is astonishing, Light is a powerful biological force, and on many species it acts as a magnet(磁铁). The effect is so powerful that scientists speak of songbirds and seabirds being “captured” by searchlights on land or by the light from gas flares on marine oil platforms. Migrating at night, birds tend to collide with brightly lit tall buildings.Frogs living near brightly lit highways suffer nocturnal light levels that are as much as a million times righter than normal, throwing nearly every aspect of their behavior out of joint including most other creatures, we do need darkness. Darkness is as essential to our biological welfare, to our internal clockwork, as light itself.Living in a glare of our making,we have cut ourselves off from our evolutionary and cultural heritagethe light of the stars and the rhythms of day and night. In a very real sense light pollution causes us to lose sight of our true place in the universe, to forget the scale of our being, which is best measured against the dimensions of a deep night with the Milky Waythe edge of our galaxy arching overhead.32According to the passage, human being .Aprefer to live in the darkness Bare used to living in the day light Cwere curious about the midnight world Dhad to stay at home with the light of the moon33The writer mentions birds and frogs to .Aprovide examples of animal protection Bshow how light pollution affects animalsCcompare the living habits of both species Dexplain why the number of certain species has declined34It is implied in the last paragraph that .Alight pollution dose harm to the eyesight of animals Blight pollution has destroyed some of the world heritagesChuman beings cannot go to the outer spaceDhuman beings should reflect on their position in the universe35What might be the best title for the passage?AThe Disappearing Night BThe Orange HazeCThe Magic light DThe Rhythms of Nature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。Public Speaking TrainingGet a coach36 ，so get help. Since there are about a billion companies out there all ready to offer you public speaking training and courses, here are some things to look for when deciding the training thats right for you.Focus on positivesAny training you do to become more effective at public speaking should always focus on the positive aspects of what you already do well. Nothing can hurt confidence more than being told that you arent doing well. 37 , so good public speaking training should develop those instead of telling you what you shouldnt do. 38 If you find a public speaking course that looks as though its going to give you lots of dos and donts, walk away! Your brain is so full of what youre going to be talking about. 39 . As far as were concerned, there are basically no hard and fast rules about public speaking. Your audience can be your friends.You are a special person not a cloneMost importantly, good public speaking training should treat you as a special one, with your own personal habits. 40 . Your training course should help you bring out your personality, not try to turn you into someone youre not.AYou arent like anybody elseBSo trying to force a whole set of rules into it will just make things worseCTurn your back on too many rulesDCheck the rules about dos and dontsE. Whatever the presentation, public speaking is toughF .The one thing you dont want is for them to fall asleepG. You already do lots of things well 第三部分 语言知识运用（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四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出可以填人空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。One of the easiest things in the world is to become a fault-finder. However, life can be 41 when you are not busy finding fault with it.Several years ago I 42 a letter from seventeen-year-old Kerry, who described herself as a world-class fault-finder, almost always 43 by things. People were always doing things that annoyed her, and 44 was ever good enough. She was highly self-critical and also found fault with her friends. She became a really 45 person.Unfortunately, it took a horrible accident to change her 46 . Her best friend was seriously hurt in a car crash. What made it almost 47 to deal with was that the day before the 48 , Kerry had visited her friend and had spent the whole time criticizing her 49 of boyfriends, the way s