2018-2019学年高二英语下学期期中试题(竞培中心).doc

2018-2019学年高二英语下学期期中试题(竞培中心)第一部分 听力(共两节, 满分30分)第一节(共5小题；每小题l.5分, 满分7.5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。1. What will the speakers do on Saturday? A. Go to work. B. Eat brunch.C. Go to the gym.2. When did the man hurt himself? A. A few weeks ago. B. A few months ago.C. A few years ago.3. Where does this conversation take place? A. In a bookstore. B. In a library.C. In a classroom.4. How does the woman sound? A. Nervous. B. Sad.C. Angry.5. What are the speakers mainly discussing? A. Their exam schedules.B. Their recent sleep habits.C. Their physics exam results.第二节听下面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 does the man like most about reusable bags? A. They are free.B. They have a variety of uses. C. They are lighter and easier to carry. 7. What discount do shoppers receive if they use reusable bags?A. 10% off. B. 3% off.C. 10 cents off.听第7段材料，回答第8至10题。8. Why doesnt Brad like online shopping? A. He doesnt like to plan. B. He doesnt like to stay at home waiting.C. He doesnt want his packages stolen.9. What does Brad advise Sally to do?A. Go to the store. B. Clean the house. C. Keep track of her package.10. How is Sally related to Brad? A. Shes his mom. B. Shes his employee.C. Shes his sister.听第8段材料，回答第11至13题。11. In the beginning, what does the woman think George is doing?A. Reading. B. Coloring.C. Writing.12. Why are some of the texts marked in green? A. They are the main ideas. B. They are important details.C. They are a bit more difficult.13. According to George, why is active reading useful? A. It helps students learn new words.B. It shows students what they already know.C. Its a good learning method for both slow and fast students.听第9段材料，回答第14至17题。14. Who will know about the move tonight?A. Lily.B. Katie. C. Jason.15. According to the woman, what is much better in France? A. The food.B. The weather. C. The schools.16. What does the man hope to do about his family? A. Bring them to France.B. Leave them in America. C. Visit them in a few months.17. What is the relationship between the speakers? A. Boss and secretary.B. Family members. C. Co-workers.听第10段材料，回答第18至20题。18. What is the most important requirement for this job? A. Experience.B. Creativity. C. Energy.19. What do children do in the morning? A. Go hiking.B. Write short essays. C. Report to the leaders.20. When is the application due?A. In late April. B. In mid-May. C. In early July.第二部分 阅读理解（共两节，满分40分） 阅读下列短文，从A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。Wele to Princeton Princeton University is a vibrant university. It is the fourtholdest college in the United States and is an independent institution that provides undergraduate and graduate instruction in the arts and humanities, social sciences, natural sciences, and engineering. As a wellknown research university, Princeton seeks to achieve the highest levels in the discovery and spread of knowledge and understanding. At the same time, Princeton is distinctive among research universities in its mitment to undergraduate teaching.AcademicsFaculty, including full time, part time and visiting: 1,238 (spring xx)Undergraduate studenttofaculty rate: 5：1Departments: 36Schools within the University: School of Architecture, School of Engineering and Applied Science, Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs.LibraryPrinceton University Library consists of the Firestone Library and nine buildings across campus. The librarys collections include more than 8 million books and impressive rare books, prints and other materials that require special handling. The librarys extensive electronic resources include databases and journals, images and digital maps. Exhibitions from the librarys rich collections are free and open to the general public.Campus LifeA vast range of cultural, educational, athletic and social activities are available to Princeton students. Getting involved in campus life is the quickest way to bee a part of the University munity, and to create ones own Princeton experience. Campus life activities are built around the concepts of encouraging each munity member to display his or her talents and to learn to respect all members of our munity.Aid Program Our aid program is designed to encourage all qualified studentsregardless of financial circumstancesto consider applying for admission to Princeton. Any family, who feels they may need help to pay for a Princeton education is wele to apply for aid. For more information, please visit: ：/..21. What makes Princeton University outstanding among research universities?A. Its long history. B. Its wide range of courses.C. Its ambition to be the best. D. Its undergraduate teaching.22. What can you enjoy as a Princeton University student?A. Free undergraduate education. B. Access to rare books and databases.C. Free membership of sports clubs. D. Material benefits of the University munity.23. The aid program of Princeton University is intended for_A. poor families B. qualified applicants unable to afford to pay for PrincetonC. students admitted into university D. top students with money problemBTwo of the saddest words in the English language are if onlyI live my life with the goal of never having to say those words，because they convey regret，lost opportunities，mistakes，and disappointment My father is famous in our family for saying，Take the extra minute to do it right. I always try to live by the extra minute ruleWhen my children were young and likely to cause accidents，I always thought about what I could do to avoid an if only moment，whether it was something minor like moving a cup full of hot coffee away from the edge of a counter，or something that required a little more work such as taping padding （衬垫) onto the sharp corners of a glass coffee table I dont only avoid those if only moments when it es to safetyIts equally important to avoid if only in our personal relationshipsWe all know people who lost a loved one and regretted that they had foregone an opportunity to say I love you or I forgive you. When my father announced he was going to the eye doctor across from my office on Good Friday，I told him that it was a holiday for my pany and I wouldnt be here. But then I thought about the fact that hes 84years old and I realized that I shouldnt give up an opportunity to see himI called him and told him I had decided to go to work on my day off after all I know there will still be occasions when I have to say if only about something，but my life is definitely better because of my policy of doing everything possible to avoid that eventualityAnd even though it takes an extra minute to do something right，or it occasionally takes an hour or two in my busy schedule to make a personal connection，I know that Im doing the right thingIm buying myself peace of mind and thats the best kind of insurance for my emotional well-being24.Which of the following is an example of the extra minute rule？ _ A. Start the car the moment everyone is seatedB. Leave the room for a minute with the iron workingC. Wait for an extra minute so that the steak tastes betterD. Move an object out of the way before it trips（绊倒） someone25.The author decided to go to her office on Good Friday to _ A. keep her appointment with the eye doctor B. meet her father who was already an old manC. join in the holiday celebration of the panyD. finish her work before the deadline approached26.The underlined word foregone in Paragraph 3is closest in meaning to _ A. abandonedB. lackedC. avoidedD. wasted27.What is the best title for the passage？ _ A. The Emotional Well-beingB. The Two Saddest WordsC. The Most Useful RuleD. The Peace of MindCAbout 3 years earlier, a funny thing happened about Chinas first female Nobel Prize winner, Tu Youyou, giving her acceptance speech in Sweden. When that speech reached her home country, two entirely different versions appeared, and the false one became a viral hit.Guess which version is genuine? The one that matter-of-factly tells about the discovery ofartemisinin(青蒿素), or the one with extreme literary style, plete with her father explaining the origin of her given name and poetic lines such as,“I like tranquility(宁静), tranquil as the leaves of sweet wormwood(青蒿); I avoid the spotlight, just as the petals of sweet wormwood do ; I aspire to be upright, as are the stems of sweet wormwood”.Most readers were so touched by the literary version that they were left in tears. However, they just forgot that Tu is not a woman of letters, but one of science. It was totally made up by someone who obviously has great literary talent, but could not understand the inner life of a scientist.I dont know who made up the Tu speech, or for what purpose. It does not strike me as funny. Fortunately, no mainstream media seemed to have been fooled. Yet the false one has probably been shared more than the real one because it played up to the Chinese stereotype(固定形式)of what such a speech should be.Chinas cyberspace is full of educational and uplifting quotes, and quite a lot of them are made up. There is a joke that says the United States spying network collected and examined all the Internet data in China and found that the Chinese are addicted to such chicken soup, including that from untrustworthy sources.28.Most readers were touched by the false speech probably because of_.A. Tus real life B. its writing styleC. their understanding of science D. their passions for literature29. About the literary version, which of the following is true?A. It reflected Tus inner life. B.Its purpose was to get click rate.C.It failed to attract the leading media. D.Its about the discovery of artemisinin.30.What attitude does the writer seem to hold to the false speech?A. Negative. B. Positive. C. Objective. D. Uncertain.31. Whats the purpose of this article?A. To prove that false news attracts more readers. B.To tell readers that the false speech is more literary.C. To inform us that there is much false news on the Internet.D.To warn readers that all Internet news are very untrustworthy.DThat people often experience trouble sleeping in a different bed in unfamiliar surroundings is a phenomenon known as the“firstnight”effect. If a person stays in the same room the following night they tend to sleep more soundly. Yuka Sasaki and her colleagues at Brown University set out to investigate the origins of this effect.Dr. Sasaki knew the“firstnight”effect probably has something to do with how humans evolved. The puzzle was what benefit would be gained from it when performance might be affected the following day. She also knew from previous work conducted on birds and dolphins that these animals put half of their brains to sleep at a time so that they can rest while remaining watchful enough to avoid predators(捕食者). This led her to wonder if people might be doing the same thing. To take a closer look, the team studied 35 healthy people as they slept in the unfamiliar environment of the universitys Department of Psychological Sciences. The participants each slept in the department for two nights and were carefully monitored with techniques that looked at the activity of their brains. Dr. Sasaki found, as expected, the participants slept less well on their first night than they did on their second, taking more than twice as long to fall asleep and sleeping less overall. During deep sleep, the participants brains behaved in a similar manner seen in birds and dolphins. On the first night only, the left hemispheres(半球) of their brains did not sleep nearly as deeply as their right hemispheres did.Curious if the left hemispheres were indeed remaining awake to process information detected in the surrounding environment, Dr. Sasaki reran the experiment while presenting the sleeping participants with a mix of regularly timed beeps(蜂鸣声) of the same tone and irregular beeps of a different tone during the night. She worked out that, if the left hemisphere was staying watchful to keep guard in a strange environment, then it would react to the irregular beeps by stirring people from sleep and would ignore the regularly timed ones. This is precisely what she found.32. What did researchers find puzzling about the“firstnight”effect?A. To what extent it can trouble people. B. What role it has played in evolutionC. In what way it can be beneficial. D. What circumstances may set it off.33. What do we learn about Dr. Sasaki doing her research?A. She found birds and dolphins remain watchful while asleep.B. She found birds and dolphins sleep in much the same way.C. She conducted studies on birds and dolphins sleeping patterns.D. She got some idea from previous studies on birds and dolphins.34. What did Dr. Sasaki do when she first did her experiment?A. She employed 35 participants from her Department of Psychological Sciences.B. She monitored the brain activity of participants sleeping in a new environment.C. She kept the participants awake.D. She tested her findings about birds and dolphins on human subjects.35. What did Dr. Sasaki find about the participants in her experiment?A. They tended to enjoy certain tones more than others.B. They felt sleepy when exposed to regular beeps.C. They tended to see irregular beeps as a threat.D. They differed in their tolerance of irregular tones.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。You can read a book for pleasure one time through and be just fine. However, it is harmfulto deal with academic reading the same way. In order to read and prehend a book or article for school, you need to be much more strategic. 36_Understand genres and themes.In most reading tests, the student is asked to read a passage and predict what might happen next. 37 _This is to make sure youre able to infer information from the clues. The type of text of a book helps you make predictions about the actionwhich helps you better understand the action.Read with tools.Any time you read to learn, use active reading skills and there are tools that are not so goodto use. A pencil and a pack of sticky notes will be good tools. You can mark in the margins without any damage. Use your notes to write down thoughts, impressions, predictions, and questions as you read. 38 _You create some serious damage when highlighting.39 _Its a no-brainer that you should take the time to identify and look up new and unfamiliar words as you read. But its important to make a log book of those new words, and revisit them some time after youve finished reading that book. The more you study a subject, the more it sinks in.Analyze the title (and subtitles).If you are wondering why I would mention the title last, I can assure you that there is a good reason. The title is often the last thing to be adjusted once a writer has finished writing. He/she may reflect on the true message or purpose and e up with a new title. 40_A.Find out the new words.B.Work the vocabulary skills.C.That is, if you want to earn a good grade!D.A highlighter, on the other hand, can be a really bad tool.E.What might happen next will help you a lot in reading?F.Prediction is a mon reading prehension strategy.G.It will be a clue to help you understand the message better.第II卷第三部分 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)Every time I look at my parents or even think of them，I feel proud of themI especially admire their 41 of our ing to SingaporeOur native country was YemenForced to 42 the war，we had to leave our home and all our43 and go on a long boat journey to Singapore. At that time，1was six years old and the youngest of seven childrenI thought I could have been such a 44 on my parents but they had always 45 I had everything l wantedThis46 was not easy for my parents，but throughout it they thought of their children first.1was even told that they once ate only apple peels，47 the fruit part for meOur journey to Singapore was not the last of our 48 We were also faced with starting a life in Singapore with 49 Of course，our beginning years were hard，living on just 50 food bought with food stamps and wearing secondhand clothes51 ，my parents had to work very hard to build a better life1would always52 how my dad used to walk in the 53 hours to an English language school while my mom went to workAfter a few years my dad went on to get a54 in business and a better job. My mom got another job and our living status slowly began to 55 Then，we moved out of the56 apartment，leaving all the hard times behind，and moved into our house，starting our new life Today we own three cars and two houses，and we live very 57 . My parents great 58 make me know that nothing is impossible. To this day they are 59 by people they have inspired. I greatly admire my parents and therefore l would like to give them a sincere60 for acplishing their goals to give us a happy life41. AexpectationsB regulationsC administrationD determination42. AserveB reportC escapeD