福建省莆田第八中学2018_2019学年高二英语下学期期中试题.docx

福建省莆田第八中学2018-2019学年高二英语下学期期中试题第卷 (选择题）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组对话。每组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。听完每组对话后，你都有10秒钟的时间来回答有关小题和阅读下一小题。每组对话仅读一遍。1. How much did the flowers cost?A. $5 B. $10 C. $152. Whats the weather like?A. Cloudy. B. Rainy. C. Sunny.3. Why was the man late?A. The traffic was heavy. B. He was in an accident.C. It was hard to find a parking place.4. What is the relationship between the speakers?A. Parent and child. B. Doctor and patient. C. Teacher and student.5. Where does the conversation pr0bably take place?A. At a volleyball court. B. In a swimming pool. C. At the seaside.第二节（共15题。每题1.5分，共22.5分）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，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。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，各个题将给出5秒钟的作答时间。每段对话读两遍。听第6段材料，回答第6至7题。6. Why did the man go to the restaurant?A. To apply for a job. B. To arrange an event. C. To meet a friend for dinner.7. What did the woman suggest in the end?A. Calling the following day. B. Going to a different restaurant.C. Putting off the party for a few days.听第7材料，回答第8至10题。8. Why is the man going out?A. To mail a letter. B. To repair his car. C. To keep the woman company(陪伴).9. What is the second thing to do?A. Changing the cars oil. B. Buy some coffee. C. Getting some money.10. What does the woman think of the man?A. Careful. B. Helpful. C. Lazy.听第8段材料，回答第11至 13题。11. What did the woman win an award for?A. Her grades. B. Her writing. C. Her participation.12. What will the woman do tonight?A. Eat in a restaurant. B. Enter a competition. C. Write an article.13. When will the speakers invite their friends to the ceremony?A. This Saturday. B. Next Monday. C. Next Sunday. 听第9段材料，回答第14至 16题。14. What will the speakers grow?A. Tomatoes. B. Corn. C. Potatoes.15. Why does the man mainly want a garden?A. To have fresh food. B. To be outside more. C. To save money.16. What does the man think of what they will do with the garden?A. Its tiring. B. Its worthless. C. Its challenging.听第10段材料，回答第17至 20题。17. What is Nashville most famous for?A. Education. B. Music. C. Food.18. When does Nashville begin to have a lot of tourists?A. In spring. B. In summer. C. In winter.19. Where are visitors most likely to see a music country star?A. At a hotel. B. In a music hall. C. At a grocery store.20. What do the locals complain about in downtown Nashville?A. The busy nightlife. B. The terrible traffic. C. The crowded museum.第一部分：阅读理解（共两节，满分40分 ）第1节 （共15小题；每小题2分，满分30分）AWelcome to the Study Zone(区域)!Choose your English language level:Upper Beginner( Level 200)Lower Intermediate(中级)( Level330)Intermediate( Level 490)Advanced(Level 570)What do I do?First, choose your level. Then, choose a topic. Finally, choose a lesson. Study Zone is made up of levels, Each level has language topics. Each topic has Lessons. Lessons include exercises to help you improve your English. Where am I now?The menu at the top of each page tells you where you are. You can click on each part of it to go back to different levels. Click on Home on the left to go to the beginning of Study Zone. The name of the page you are on is on the right side of the menu. Levels in between Home and the page you are on are links (链接) that you can click on.About the Study ZoneThe Study Zone is for students of the English Language Centre( ELC) at the University of Victoria. ELC teachers create the English language lessons and practiceexercises. The site is designed for our adult English language learners, hut all are welcome lo read the lessons and use the exercises.News and FeedbackThe comments on the Study Zone blog have been great! If you have questions or problems with this material, or if you find mistakes or something difficult, let us know on the blogs Feedback Page. Thanks!21. Which English language level would you choose if you are a beginner?A. Level 200. B. level 330. C. Level 490. D. Level 570.22. How can you know where you are? A. By deciding your level. B. By choosing a topic. C. By clicking on links. D. By asking the way.23. Whom is the Study Zane mainly designed for?A. Bloggers. B. Students. C. Teachers. D. Tourists.24. Which part is most suitable for your comment?A. What do I do? B. Who visits Study Zone?C. About the Study Zone D. News and Feedback BMost of my friends are moving outside the city to avoid the noise, smog, traffic, and crime of the city. One friend says, The air is heavily polluted in the city, so I prefer to live outside, where the air is clean.” Another friend is unpleased with the traffic. Downtown is crowded with cars! You cant find a parking place, and the traffic jams are terrible.” Everyone is worried about crime. “The city is full of criminals - its too dangerous.”For them, the rural(乡村的) life is a cure for all problems, green grass, flowers,swimming pools, barbecues, and so on. Yet after they have lived there for a year or so, they realize that rural life is not so pleasant as they were expecting. Why? Their gardens! They soon learn that the main part of rural life is yard work. After they work all weekend in their gardens, they are too tired to swim in their pools or cook some meat on their barbecues. And they cant live in the countryside without a car. Most of them moved to the countryside to avoid traffic, but now they are blocked on a busy freeway two hours every day to drive to work downtown.My opinions about urban life are different-I love to live downtown! Why? First, in the city, I can enjoy nature. I can walk through the park. Smell the flowers, sit on the grass and visit the animals in the zoo. Yet I don t have to do yard work or feed the animals. Also, I can get everywhere by bus; if there is a traffic jam, I can walk home. I think the criminal life will reflect changes in society too; if people are buying homes outside the city, the criminals will soon follow. Criminals want to avoid noise, smog, and pollution, too. Then, overcrowding and crime will be problems of the suburbs instead of the city!25. The first paragraph is used to _.A. list some figures B. make comparisonsC. introduce the topic D. give suggestions26. What did those moving outside think of their life in the city?A. Cosy. B. Convenient. C. Colorful. D. Crowded.27. What is the major problem for those who live in the country?A. Being far from downtown. B. Having gardens to take care of.C. Failing to find parking lots. D. Suffering heavy traffic on the road. C Are some people born clever, and others born stupid? Or is intelligence developed by our environment and our experience? Strangely enough, the answer to these questions is yes. To some extent our intelligence is given to us at birth, and no amount of education can make a genius (天才)out of a child born with low intelligence. On the other hand, a child who lives in a boring environment will develop his intelligence less than one who lives in rich and varied surrounding (环境). Thus the limits of person s intelligence are fixed at birth, whether or not he reaches those limits will depend on his environment. This view, now held by most experts, can be supposed in a number of ways. It is easy to show that intelligence is to some extent something we are born with. The closer the blood relationship between two people, the closer they are likely to be intelligent. Thus if we take two unrelated people at random from population, it is likely that their degree of intelligence will be completely different. If, on the other hand, we take two identical twins, they will very likely to be as intelligent as each other. Relations like brothers and sisters, parents and children, usually have similar intelligence, and this clearly suggests that intelligence depends on birth. Imagine now that we take two identical (完全相同的)twins and put them in different environments. We might send one, for example, to a university and the other to a factory where the working is boring. We would soon find differences in intelligence developing, and this shows that environment as well as birth plays a part. This conclusion is also suggested by the fact that people who live in close contact with each other, but who are not related at all are likely to have similar degree of intelligence.28.Which of these sentences best describes the writers point in Paragraph 1? A.To some extent, intelligence is given at birth. B.Intelligence is developed by the environment. C.Some people are born clever and others born stupid. D.Intelligence is fixed at birth, but is developed by the environment.29.It is suggested in this passage that_. A.unrelated people are not likely to have different intelligence B.close relations usually have similar intelligence C.the closer the blood relationship between people, the more different they are likely to be in intelligence D.people who live in close contact with each other are not likely to have similar degrees of intelligence30.Brothers and sisters are likely to_. A.have similar intelligence B.have different intelligence C.go to the same university D.go to the same factory31.The best title for this article would be_. A.On Intelligence B.What Intelligence Means C.We Are Born with Intelligence D.Environment Plays a Part in Developing IntelligenceDHybrid cars （混合动力车） are cars that run on petrol and electricity. They have a small standard petrol engine and a battery electric motor to provide electric power.There are some differences between different models of hybrid cars, but the general principle is that the car runs on petrol, and the electric motor kicks in when additional power is required, for example, when going uphill or accelerating. In some hybrid cars the petrol engine turns itself off when not needed, for example when the car has stopped at traffic light, keeping only the electric engine running.Conventional（普通的） cars have large engines to deal with driving uphill and accelerating. Hybrid cars have much smaller petrol engines, improved by electric motors when needed, so they use less petrol. Another way that fuel consumption is cut by a system of “regenerative (再生的) braking”. The electric motor is used to slow down the car, rather than conventional brakes. The energy produced by slowing the car is changed into electrical power, which is automatically stored in the battery. In effect, the battery recharges when you brake. In conventional cars the energy produced when braking is wasted.In 1928 Ferdinand Porsche built an experimental hybrid car. The first mass-produced hybrid car, the Toyota Prius, came out in Japan at the end of 1997. However, hybrid cars became available in the USA only in 1999. As they use less fuel, hybrid cars are cheaper to run. There are also many voices in place to encourage people to buy them. In some countries, hybrid car owners pay a lower rate of tax, and dont have to pay on certain roads. In some cities, hybrid cars are allowed to park for free.32. Hybrid cars consume less energy than conventional cars because hybrid cars .A. have large engines to deal with acceleratingB. have conventional brakes to slow down the carC. have electric power to assist when neededD. have no energy consumption when stopping33. Inregenerativebraking，_AenergywastedinconventionalcarsisstoredinthebatteryBtheconventionalbrakesareusedtoslowdownthecarCthebatterychargesitselfwhenthecarisacceleratingDthepetrolengineisusuallyturnedoffautomatically34. From the last paragraph we can learn that Hybrid cars .A. were first available in the USA B. will gain more popularityC. free their owners from tax D. are free to park anywhere in the city35. The main purpose of this text is to .A. show how hybrid cars slow down B. encourage people to buy hybrid carsC. inform people of a kind of energy-saving cars D. explain why hybrid cars use less energy第二节 七选五（共5小题；每小题2分，满分10分）On a hot summer day, there are few things that are more wonderful than a nice cool pool. 36 And it is completely relaxing. Of course, if you have children, there are certain measures you should take to keep them safe, whether you have a pool in your backyard or you are going to a public pool. Go swimming together. No person should ever swim alone. Though many people do, the simple truth is that it only takes a second for people to become injured or drown. 37 Having someone there with you can make the difference between life and death. This is especially true for young children. If your children is under the age of 5, you should never allow them to swim out of arms length. 38 Kids love to chase one another through the water and to splash and jump around. But it is important to teach children not to jump on top of one another and to watch their surroundings in the water, so that they do not accidentally knock into others, injuring them. Playing around in the pool is very interesting but dangerous. Keep it locked. If you have a pool, you must have a locking gate around your pool. 39 Keep the gate locked at all times, even when you are in the pool. It is terrible for children to steal into the pool. Know the way out. 40 Make surethat they know where all ladders are and how to enter and get out of the pool properly. Although your children may be able to lift themselves out of the pool using the side, that is not the safest way to go.A. Dont play around in the pool.B. Be sure to show all children the proper way to exit the pool.C. Swimming under water is forbidden in the pool.D. This is to prevent children from entering the pool without your permission.E. Slipping into the water seems like the perfect way to deal with the heat.F. Something sad happens every year.G. Make sure kids know food should be eaten either before or after swimming.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) People often lose their driving license because of driving after drinking. I have always 41 myself that I will never drive if I have drunk alcohol(酒精) 42 , no matter the 43 .Still, half a year ago I made this 44 of driving after having drunk two beers at my friends. Then I drove home, since it wasnt very 45 . I thought that there would be no 46 , because it was very late at night. However, to my surprise, I was 47 and left without my driving license for three months. I told my parents nothing 48 , but then I had to invent a lie, because I did not have the 49 to tell them that I had drunk alcohol and that was the real reason for which I was left without my driving license.Those three months seemed to pass very 50 for me, because I had got into the51 of driving almost daily and I really needed my car quite often. I had to take a 52 and I didnt like it as I spent lots of money. It was, indeed, a(n) 53 for me not to have my driving license and I told myself never to repeat this mistake.54 this, being drunk while driving 55 a real danger not only for the driver, but also for 56 , Car accidents caused by alcoholism are very 57 nowadays, Teenagers especially use alcohol 58 going out with friends and then return home driving their cars. They are very irresponsible as they put their lives and health in 59 and, therefore, I advise people to 60 drinking alcohol before driving.41. A. promisedB. taughtC. settledD. prepared42. A. possiblyB. recentlyC. graduallyD. previously43. A. colorB. tasteC. quantityD. brand44. A. decisionB. mistakeC. conclusionD. prediction45. A. farB. longC. highD. farther46. A. postmanB. spacemanC. caveman D. policeman47. A. movedB. stopped C. followedD. forgotten48. A. in the endB. from then onC. at the beginningD. after a while49. A. timeB. patience C. strength D. courage50. A. slowlyB. quicklyC. closely D. peacefully51. A. wayB. habitC. race D. trouble52. A. busB. bikeC. taxiD. boat53. A questionB. opportunityC. competitionD. punishment54. A. BesidesB. Instead of C. Along withD. Due to55. A. escapes B. reducesC. representsD. changes56. A. lookers-on B. passers-by C. grown-upsD. baby-sitters57. A. strangeB. completeC. necessaryD. frequent58. A. beforeB. thoughC. whileD whether59. A. dangerB. doubtC. advanceD. difficulty60. A. enjoyB. avoidC. keep D. consider 第II卷 (非选择题)第三部分：英语知识运用(共两节，满分45分)第二节：（共10小题；每题1.5分，共15分）语法填空：It is well 61. (know) that global warming results from human burning fossil fuels like coal, natural gas and oil to produce energy. Some by-products of this process are called “greenhouse” gases, 62. which the most important one is carbon dioxide. These “greenhouse” gases can keep 63. earth warm enough for us to live on. However, when 64. (quantity) of extra carbon dioxide are put into the atmosphere, the global temperature tends 65. (go) up.Although scientists have different opinions about