2018-2019学年高二英语上学期第三次双周考试题.doc

2018-2019学年高二英语上学期第三次双周考试题第一部分：听力（共两节，满分20分）做题时，先将答案划在试卷上。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分，满分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。听下面5段对话。每段对话后后有一个小题，从题中所给的A、B、C三个选项中选出最佳选项。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.What will the man do first?A. Meet the group members. B. plete the paper. C. Plan tomorrows work.2. Where does the conversation most likely take place?A. In a dentists office. B. In a dining hall. C. In a clothes shop.3.What are the speakers talking about?A. A shopping list. B. Preparations for a picnic. C. Childrens clothes.4.What does the man mean?A. He ddnt get a satisfying grade.B. He is disappointed in his maths teacher.C. He is well prepared for the exam.5. Where did the woman spend her childhood?A. In Switzerland. B. In England. C. In Scotland.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。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. Where does the man look for the trousers for the woman?A. At another store. B. On the shelf. C. In the stockroom.7.What do we know about the store?A. All the goods are 4O% off. B. The jeans are on sale. C. There arent many jeans left.听第7段材料，回答第8、9题。8.What does the woman think of “Winner Takes”?A. Boring. B. Exciting. C. Encouraging.9. What will the speakers watch?A. A movie. B. A concert. C. A basketball game.听第8段材料，回答第10至12题。10. What is the Eurostar?A. A train. B. A ship. C. A plane.11. Why does the woman like Budapest?A. The weather is fine there.B. It is famous and exciting.C. She wants to visit the museum there.12. Whichcityislasttovisit?A.Bern B.Rome. C.Amsterdam.听第9段材料，回答第13至16题。13 What is the most important in learning English according to the man?A. Grammar. B. Pronunciation. C. Vocabulary.14. What does the man always carry with him?A. A vocabulary list. B. A dictionary. C. A grammar book.15.Whatisthemansattitudetohisspeakingmistakes?A.Heisafraidofthem. B.Heisashamedofthem. C. He isnt worried about them.16.Howdoesthemanpractisehispronunciation?A.Hewatchesvideostolearnhowpeoplespeak.B.Hetalkstocustomersintherestaurant.C.Hespeakswith people on the street.听第10段材料，回答第17至20题。17. What helped the speaker climb onto the elephant?A. A ladder. B. Trees. C. A car.18. What was the tiger doing when the speaker saw it?A. Walking towards her. B. Staying under the trees. C. Looking at her directly.19. What did Ajay tell the tourists?A. Elephants can go round tigers safely.B. Few old or injured tigers attack humans.C. Many people are eaten by tigers in India.20.What did Ajay stop Amy doing?A. Getting out of the car. B. Taking pictures of tigers. C. Throwing food to monkeys.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，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。Flying can be fun and exciting, no matter what you choose to do. But have you ever thought about what happens on the plane?Here are some of the most interesting things that happen.Do planes drop human waste while in flight?When you flush（冲）a toilet on a plane at an altitude of 30,000 feet, there must be a question in your mind: “Is this about to land on a farmers house?”Take it easy. A planes toilets cannot be emptied in the sky. The waste is stored in tanks on board and can only be operated by the ground crew.However, why is news like “blue ice falling out of a plane” reported? Is blue ice human waste? Stories about blue ice are true but rarely happen. The FAA said some toilet holding tanks have a blue chemical in them. If a tank leaks high in the air, the water freezes once it hits the outside air, and melts before it lands on the ground.Is turbulence (颠簸) dangerous?Its scary, unfortable and spills your drink. But is turbulence something you really need to worry about?Absolutely not. Its part of flying, and it isnt dangerous. Turbulence is caused when two masses of air hit one another at different speeds. Wind, thunderstorms and closeness to mountains are all possible reasons. Despite how dangerous it feels, turbulence wont crash your plane. Even in extremely rough air, the wing is not going to break off.Why are plane windows round?If you have traveled by plane before, you may have noticed that every plane window has a round design. This isnt to make the plane look good. Its for the safety of everyone on board. As the airplane flies higher and higher, the outside atmospheric pressure gets lower and lower. In the end, the pressure inside the plane bees greater than the pressure outside. At this time, windows that can resist pressure are needed.Square windows can crack. The different pressure inside and outside put stress on the right angles. However, rounded corners help to reduce these stresses by spreading them around the window.21. It can be learned from the passage that _.A. passengers waste falls onto the land directly B. blue ice frequently falls out of planes C. blue ice from a plane is a great safety threat D. passengers waste is dealt with on the ground22. According to the passage, turbulence _.A. is very dangerous B. seldom happens during flying C. may crash a plane D. can be caused for many reasons23. The plane window has a round design for the purpose of _.A. economy B. security C. beauty D. convenience 24. The passage is meant to _.A. tell us some interesting facts about flying B. inform us of flying safety tipsC. warn us of the danger of flyingD. introduce us the design of a planeBTimes are a little tough at our house right now. Neither of us makes a lot of money, but years of experience have taught us how to walk between the raindrops and make it from one month to the next with a fair amount of grace. I cook a lot at home, more when were facing difficult times. When I know that I have to keep us fed on not much money, I fall back on my grandmothers recipes. She taught me to cook. When I was a kid, my twin brother and I spent long summer weeks and Christmas vacations with my mothers parents in the mountains of North Carolina. Rather than go hunting with my grandfather on mornings, I found myself more and more in the kitchen with my grandmother, watching her making a lemon cheese pie with her soft hands. My great-grandmother died when my grandmother was 11 years old. As the eldest daughter, she was expected to take on all of the housework while attending school. Throughout the Great Depression, she learned how to make a little food go a long way. Vegetables were cheap, so she cooked a lot of them, mostly only using small amounts of meat for seasoning. Roast beef was a twice-a-month luxury, but there was nothing she couldnt do with a chicken, every part of it. Nothing went to waste. Now I understand that her food was sacred (神圣的). I feel connected to my grandmother and to hundreds of years of family when Im in my kitchen making country food. In the delicious smells is a long tale of victory over hard times, of fighting starvation of not just surviving, but finding joy and pleasure in every meal of every day. From grandmother I learned to take real satisfaction in feeding people. My grandmother would beam with pleasure over a heavily laden table and say: “Do you know what this would cost at the restaurant?” I never knew what restaurant in particular she had in mind, but I knew that the question was totally not fair, because no restaurant anywhere can cook like a grandmother. But now, thanks to her guidance and years of practice, I can. 25. According to the passage, the author cooks a lot at home because _.A. she wants to try out her grandmothers recipes B. she is quite particular about foodC. the food in restaurants is unhealthyD. she and her husband are on a tight budget 26. According to the passage, the authors grandmother _.A. learnt to cook because of the Great DepressionB. was good at cooking as well as careful in budgetingC. preferred chicken to beefD. had to walk a long way to learn cooking in a restaurant 27. It can be inferred from the passage that the author _.A. liked to pare her grandmothers food with that in restaurantsB. learnt something more valuable than cooking from her grandmotherC. hasnt found the joy in cooking though she can cook like her grandmotherD. feels connected to her grandmother when making country food in the kitchen 28. Which of the following can be the best title of the passage? A. Cook like my grandmotherB. My grandmothers sacred foodC. My grandmothers recipeD. Joy and pleasure in cookingCAdults understand what it feels like to be flooded with objects. Why do we often assume that more is more when it es to kids and their belongings? The good news is that I can help my own kids learn earlier than I did how to live more with less.I found the pre-holidays a good time to encourage young children to donate less-used things, and it worked. Because of our efforts, our daughter Georgia did decide to donate a large bag of toys to a little girl whose mother was unable to pay for her holiday due to illness. She chose to sell a few larger objects that were less often used when we promised to put the money into her school fund(基金）(our kindergarten daughter is serious about being a doctor）.For weeks, Ive been thinking of bigger, deeper questions: How do we make it a habit for them? And how do we train ourselves to help them live with, need, and use less? Yesterday, I sat with my son, Shepherd, determined to test my own theory on this. I decided to play with him with only one toy for as long as it would keep his interest. I expected that one toy would keep his attention for about five minutes, ten minutes, max. I chose a red rubber ball-simple, universally available. We passed it, he tried to put it in his mouth, he tried bouncing it, rolling it, sitting on it, throwing it. It was totally, pletely enough for him. Before I knew it an hour had passed and it was time to move on to lunch.We both became absorbed in the simplicity of playing together. He had my full attention and I had his. My little experiment to find joy in a single object worked for both of us.29. What do the words “more is more” in paragraph 1 probably mean?A. The more, the better.B. Enough is enough.C. More money, more worries. D. Earn more and spend more.30.What made Georgia agree to sell some of her objects?A. Saving up for her holidayB. Raising money for a poor girlC. Adding the money to her fundD. Giving the money to a sick mother31. Why did the author play the ball with Shepherd?A. To try out an idea B. To show a parents loveC. To train his attentionD. To help him start a hobby32.What can be a suitable title for the text?A. Take It or Leave ItB. A Lesson from KidsC. Live More with LessD. The Pleasure of GivingDWhat Cocktail Parties Teach UsYoure at a party. Music is playing. Glasses are clinking. Dozens of conversations are driving up the decibel (分贝) level. Yet among all those distractions(分心), you can turn your attention to just one voice from many. This ability is what researchers call the “cocktail-party effect”.Scientists at the University of California in San Francisco have found where that sound-editing process happens in the brain in the auditory cortex (听觉皮层) just behind the ear, not in areas of higher thought. The auditory cortex boosts(增强) some sounds and turns down others so that when the signal reaches the higher brain, “its as if only one person was speaking alone,” says investigator Edward Chang.These findings, published in the journal Nature last week, explain why people arent very good at multitasking our brains are for “selective attention” and can focus on only one thing at a time. That inborn ability has helped humans survive in a world with visual and auditory stimulation (刺激). But we keep trying to push the limits with multitasking, sometimes with terrible results. Drivers talking on cellphones, for example, are four times as likely to get into traffic accidents as those who arent.Many of those accidents are because of “inattentional blindness”, in which people can, in effect, turn a blind eye to things they arent focusing on. The more attention a task demands, the less attention we can pay to other things in our field of vision. Images land on our retinas (视网膜) and are either boosted or played down in the visual cortex before being passed to the brain, just as the auditory cortex filters sounds, as shown in the Nature study last week.“Its a push-pull relationship the more we focus on one thing, the less we can focus on others,” says Diane M. Beck, a professor of psychology at the University of Illinois.Studies over the past decade at the University of Utah show that drivers talking on hands-free cell phones are just as influenced as those on hands-held phones because it is the conversation, not the phone that is distracting their attention. Those talking on any kind of cell phone react more slowly and miss more traffic signals than other motorists.Some people can train themselves to pay extra attention to things that are important like police officers learn to scan crowds for faces and conductors can listen for individual instruments within the orchestra as a whole. Many more think they can effectively multitask, but are actually switching their attention rapidly between two things and not getting the full effect of either, experts say.33. What have scientists in University of California found about “the cocktail-party effect”?A. Usually there is only one person who is speaking alone.B. All kinds of annoying sounds drive up the decibel level.C. The higher brain processes sounds and images selectively.D. Sounds are sorted out before reaching the higher brain.34. What do we learn from the passage?A. We are biologically not good at multitasking.B. We survive distractions in life by multitasking.C. We can multitask effectively with extra attention.D. We benefit from pushing the limit with multitasking.35. Which of the following is an example of “inattentional blindness”?A. A careless driver lost his eyesight after a car accident.B. Police scanned the crowds and located the criminal.C. A manager talked on a hands-free phone with his customer.D. A walking man had a car accident because of lowering his head.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。A gratitude journal is a great way to keep yourself in a positive state of mind. This article will offer some tips for starting and keeping one.Make it a rule to write down things you are thankful for per day. 36 This will make writing the journal more challenging as time goes on, but thats how your awareness and thankfulness will grow. Youll find new things to be thankful for that you hardly noticed before.Write about extended material things in your life. 37 For example, if you love to paint, you may be grateful for the paint that you have. Or, if you like music, you may be grateful for your CD collections. 38 You can start by feeling grateful to be alive. Avoid thetrap of being grateful for something that is better than what others have. Instead, pare whatever you are grateful for with how you would feel if you didnt have it.Think about your abilities. You may start with basic abilities like your ability tosee and hear. 39 Think about skillful things like dancing and singing, and your character like your skills in cheering up people or your skills in being a good friend.Consider the people in your life. Think about all the people you are grateful for and write down the reasons. Its also good to write about the people that you dont really like and find a reason to appreciate them. 40 After all, there is good in everyone.A. Avoid repeating the same things.B. Describe how you are grateful for what you have.C. This can be difficult but very uplifting.D. Then progress to those that are unique to you.E. Feel grateful for any advantage you may have.F. These things differ greatly depending on your interests.G. In this way, everything will beemore heartwarming.第三部分英语知识运用（共三节，满分55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，从短文后所给各题的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。Zigfried, a little mouse, blew his breath on the frosty window of the farmhouse and rubbed it to see the outside. Still nobody came. Maybe today, he thought 41 . It was only a few days before Christmas and he was watching for a miracle (奇迹).This farmhouse had been 42 too long. It needed a family. Zigfrieds 43 made a noise. He realized that he hadnt eaten anything since yesterday. He jumped from the windowsill (窗沿), grabbed a 44 from his home, and went next door to Farmer Mikes.Farmer Mikes house had been a great place for the little mouse 45 the farmer married a wife who had a cat. Zigfried 46 when he thought of it. He looked around cautiously as he 47 into the room where grain was stored and was quite 48 as he filled his bag with wheat. H