湖北省恩施清江外国语学校2018-2019学年高二上学期期中考试英语试题 Word版含答案

2018年秋季学期高二年级期中考试英语试题时间：120分钟满分：150分第I卷第一部分听力（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.Whose book does Suzie have?A. Hannahs. B. Her mothers. C. Deborahs.2.How will the woman go to the town center?A. By train. B. By bus. C. By taxi.3.How many shirts will the man buy?A. Three. B. Five. C. Six.4.Who is Jack probably talking with?A. His mother. B. His teacher. C. His dentist.5.What will the boy probably do this weekend?A.Have a picnic.B.Learn about science.C.Study math by himself.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，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.How many people will there be in the party?A. Twelve. B. Fourteen. C. Twenty.7.Where will the party be held?A.In a park.B.At the office.C.At a co-workers house.听第7 段材料，回答第8、9 题。8.What did the man give the woman?A.A bill. B. A key card. C. Some money.9.What did the man enjoy about his trip?A.The room service.B.The helpful people.C.The pleasant weather.听第8 段材料，回答第10 至12 题。10.Why does Michael feel sorry?A.He is having a lot of problems.B.He forgot his grandmothers birthday.C.He hasnt called his grandmother for a long time.11.What are the speakers mainly talking about?A.Michaels birthday.B.Michaels grandfather.C.Michaels busy schedule.12.How does Michael probably feel about going to college?A. Worried. B. Confident. C. Disappointed.听第9 段材料，回答第13 至16 题。13.Where does the conversation take place?A. At a bank. B. At a drugstore. C. At a post office.14.Where is the mans mother?A. In Atlanta. B. In St. Louis. C. In Memphis.15.Why is there extra cost for the man to pay?A.He is paying for overnight service.B.He is paying with a credit card.C.He has a fragile item.16.What is the man giving to his mother?A. A box of cookies. B. Some cash. C. A cup.听第10 段材料，回答第17 至20 题。17.What is the important weather news?A.There will be rain all night.B.There will be a storm this morning.C.There will be sunny skies tomorrow.18.When will the storm pass?A. On Tuesday. B. On Saturday. C. On Sunday.19.Where is the tornado starting?A.In Tulsa.B.In Springfield.C.In Oklahoma City.20.What supplies does the speaker suggest people prepare in the end?A. Umbrellas. B. Rain boots. C. Water and food.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，从每小题所给的四个选项中，选出最佳选项。AWelcome to the North Pole AdventureThe North Pole Adventure is a one-of-a-kind interactive Christmas attraction for the entire family. Unlike other Christmas attractions, it is open from November 25 until Christmas Eve. It is not a guided tour. While elves (小精灵) are throughout the adventure to interact with your children, your kids can spend as much time in each area as they wish. The adventure features a replica (复制品) of the North Pole including everything you imagine at Santas North Pole.Santas HouseKids will experience what its like at the North Pole and see first-hand what it takes for Santa and his elves to get ready for Christmas each year. The memories your children will take away from Santas House will be ones they will remember for a life time.Post OfficeAll kids will be assisted by Santas elves in writing a letter to Santa and then depositing it in Santas magical mailbox. A few days before Christmas, they will receive letters at their own homes from Santa.Elf UniversityElf University is the place where elves go to school. Its also the place where kids enjoy making Christmas presents, coloring Christmas pictures, and even filling out applications to become elves one day.AdmissionBuy your tickets online to avoid waiting in line. If the tickets sell out when you buy them online, there will still be tickets available at the ticket office.21. The North Pole Adventure_.A. arranges elves to entertain kids in some areasB. is open to visitors for nearly one monthC. is modeled on other Christmas attractionsD. provides visitors with tour guide service 22. What can we learn from the passage?A. Elf University offers kids opportunities for becoming elvesB. Kids who visited Post Office would receive letters on Christmas EveC. Kids can have fun in Santas House by dressing up like SantaD. Tickets to the adventure can be bought online if they sell out at the ticket office23. Where can you probably see the article?A. a science fiction B. a newspaper C. a tourist booklet D. a story bookBWhen I was young, I wished for a good car and a big house. That was my idea of success. I took all the advanced classes and tried to do well in the exams with my mind set on going to a key school. I just knew that I would somehow become famous and be able to afford the car and the dream house. All the way through junior years, my mind was planning this beautiful future.Then in the eleventh grade, many losses changed my mind. First, one of my friends died at 16. Soon after, my great-grandmother passed away, followed by my beloved fourth-grade teacher. These events left me not knowing what to do or where to go. Death had never touched me so closely.After a long period of emptiness, it finally struck me: Life is not promised and neither is future success. Though I was attempting to achieve material success, I was not enjoying my daily life. I realized that finding inner peace, purpose and happiness will stick with me forever and that is real success.Enjoying lifes precious quirks (偶发事件) makes an ordinary person more successful than a wealthy person who isnt content and takes everything for granted. The summer before senior years, my attitude changed greatly. Instead of memorizing facts, I began learning skills. Instead of focusing on the future, I focused on today and the many blessings and successes that came with it.I still get excellent grades, but now I devote weeks to studying instead of struggling for exams, and I think about the future with a deeper sense of meaning. For me, being successful means truly living life each day.24. The reason why the author changed his idea of success is that _. A. he cant afford his house B. he lost a few beloved persons in a short timeC. he didnt know what to do or where to go D. his beloved teacher died25. According to the author, which of the following is the real success for a person?A. Being famous.B. Material achievements.C. Good car and big house.D. Truly living life each day.26. What does the author want to tell the readers?A. His opinion about success.B. The true meaning of studying.C. How to achieve success.D. The true meaning of life.27. According to the passage, which of the following is TRUE?A. He didnt want to take all the exams.B. His teacher died before the death of his great-grandma.C. The author didnt do well in all the exams. D. The author thinks that success is not promised.CTencent announced yesterday that it will limit the daily time for youngsters to play its popular King of Glory game after parents and schools in Shanghai and other areas complained their children had become addicted to playing it.From tomorrow, children younger than 12 will only be allowed to play the game for a maximum(最大值) of one hour a day, and after 9 pm, they will be banned from logging into it, said Tencent. Those older than 12 will be able to play a maximum two hours a day. The game system will remind players the time they have been playing and young players will be forced to log out when the time is up.Tencent claimed these were the strictest measures in Chinas game industry to prevent addiction and the company expected they would ease parents anxiety.The company also said it had updated its system for parents to keep tabs on their children using its games.Since February, parents can receive messages when children log in and spend money on the game after they connect childrens game accounts with their mobile phone numbers.Now, parents can connect phones, tablets or computers that their children use to play games, so that they can keep an eye on the children even if they have several game accounts, Tencent said.Song Zhe, a father of a Shanghai high school student, welcomed the measures but was not sure if they would be sufficiently effective. “I like the system that could lock up the devices as children can register many accounts,” he said, “but children are so clever that they can always think out counter measures.”28What can we infer from Paragraph 2?AKids under 11 could play the game for at most 7 hours in a week.BGirls under 8 are able to log in the game at 10 pm.CThose older than 16 are able to play the game all the time.DChildren over 13 can log in the game after playing 3 hours in a day.29Tencent claimed to take the strictest measures to _.Ahelp the parents to keep an eye on their childrens lifeBpromote the sales of this new productCprevent the youngsters being addicted to the game Dhelp the youngsters to log in the game30What can we learn about the game system according to the passage?AParents can monitor their children even if they try to register different game accounts.BParents need to connect their tablets or computers to the game accounts of their children.CParents can be reminded of the time their children have been playing the games.DParents should pay attention to their phones all the time in case they miss any message.31What did Song Zhe think of the game system?AThe game system was absolutely welcomed by him.BChildren were too dull to break out of the system.CHe was uncertain about the effectiveness of the system.DChildren could register lots of accounts to unlock the devices.DManagers and office busybodies might be keen on a clean desk, but it seems that in terms of productivity, they could have it all wrong. “A messy desk can actually lead people towards clearer thinking,” say researchers from Germany.The researchers found in a series of linked studies-using a messy desk and a messy shop front-that people actually thought more clearly when all around was chaos, as they sought to simplify the tasks at hand. That is, visual and mental clutter (杂乱) forces human beings to focus and think more clearly. For instance, famous thinkers and writers such as Albert Einstein and Roald Dahl have been notorious (臭名昭著的) for their untidy desks.“Messy desks may not be asdetrimentalas they appear to be, as the problem-solving approaches they seem to promote work efficiency or enhance employees creativity in problem solving,” say the authors.“Business and government managers often promote clean desk policies to avoid disorganized offices and messy desks, for the purpose of boosting work efficiency and productivity,” writes a researcher, Jia Liu of the University of Groningen. “This practice is based on the conventional wisdom that a disorganized and messy environment can clutter ones mind and complicate ones judgments.”“However, not all evidence supports this conventional link between a messy environment and a messy mind”. The scientists tested peoples response in various messy environments, including a messy shop front, a disorganized desk, and even a work environment where a language task reminded people of messiness.The authors found in the series of six studies that people tended towards simplicity in their thinking.“They classified products in a simpler manner, were willing to pay more for a T-shirt that has a simple-looking picture, and sought less variety in their choices”, said the researchers.32. Why did the author take Albert Einstein and Ronald Dahl for example?A. To tell readers untidy desks can make you as famous as them.B. To convince readers that untidiness is not all that bad.C. To attract readers and show the authors wide range of knowledge.D. To inform readers of one way to successuntidy desks.33. Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage? A. All people are not in favor of “clean desk” in the office.B. A messy environment will certainly lead to a messy mind.C. A clean environment will do great harm to work efficiency.D. People tend to clear up the mess before thinking clearly.34. The underlined word “detrimental” probably mean_.A. common B. accessibleC. beneficial D. disadvantageous35. What is the main idea of this passage?A. The messier the desks are, the more efficient the employees are.B. We should make our office messy to improve our work efficiency.C. Messy desks in the office can have a positive effect on employees.D. Clean desks can promote the employees productivity and creativity.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。The benefits of keeping a journal (日志)If you want to grow, one important thing you should do is keeping a journal. It may seem simple, but it can make a big difference in your life. I have been keeping journals for years. Writing all the lessons I learn and all the ideas I get has become a habit for me. 36 Here are some benefits you will get by keeping a journal. It prevents you from losing an idea. Have you ever gotten an idea only to lose it later because you didnt write it down? 37 But then I developed the habit of writing down every idea that came into my mind as soon as possible. If Im away from my computer, I usually write it down on a piece of paper that I bring wherever I go. I will then transfer the idea to the journal in my computer. It helps you review all the lessons youve learned. By reviewing your journal, you can quickly see the lessons youve learned and the ideas youve gotten. 38 You can use the ideas to propel (鞭策) yourself forward. 39 After keeping a journal for years, you can look back at it and see how far youve gone. Things that were big problems in the past might seem small today. The raw ideas you had in the past might have been realized today. It helps you expand（扩展） your ideas. When you try to come up with a sentence to express an idea, you are thinking actively about it. 40 In the end, you will expand your ideas.A. I often experienced that myself.B. It trains you to express your thoughts.C. And to be honest, I cant imagine what my life would be like without it.D. Just use whatever tool you feel comfortable with.E. Thinking actively helps you connect your idea to another idea.F. It allows you to see your progress over time.G. Then you can do whatever necessary to avoid repeating the same mistakes.第三部分英语知识应用（共三节，共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，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。I was the fool at school, regarded as a special needs student. I was termed as such. Obviously, because I was not interested in school and did not care for my41.Over time, I started to believe in my stupidity. I42the fact that I was in special needs classes and poured it out as anger and depression. But one activity43this view of myself: chess.I started to play chess with my father after school simply because I wanted to44him at something. My father was a 45man, fond of physics, writing, religion, , almost every46. He was called a walking dictionary. So, winning in chess against my father would be a 47that I had intellectual power. On the small chessboard, I had a chance to48my so-called inability.Game after game, I wanted to beat my father even more. I started to study chess books and play against a chess computer to49my skills. One weekend, I finally checkmated (将杀) my father on a ferry ride, which made me feel50.Two years later, I became the second board on my school chess team, with our top board being the best high school player in the state. But before the tournament season, our top player51to come. There came my chance to play as top board against the best players in other states.I was determined to show who I had become: a(n)52person able to win with calculation, logic and will. My most53game came in the final round. Our team was facing a high school which only excellent students attended. It was54a match between a special needs student and a smart soul. My opponent (对手) was playing well and kept55while I kept defending to keep my king safe. He spent long trying to break down my defenses, but could not find the final push. I56with more defensive moves, trying to make it as difficult for him as possible. With little 57left, he started to make rapid moves.58he could make the final decision, he ran out of time. Honestly, as his clock flag fell, I jumped up out of my seat and kissed the floor out of excitement. Of course it was not the most sportsmen-like59, but I could not control my emotions.While holding my winners cup, I knew I was not60. The inferiority complex (自卑感) had melted away, and I realized that underneath our thoughts, each person is a genius.41. A. gradesB. habitsC. plansD. benefits42. A. noticedB. explainedC. acceptedD. ignored43. A. supportedB. changedC. questionedD. showed44. A. pleaseB. comfortC. beatD. disturb45. A. smartB. strictC. quietD. strong46. A. methodB. topicC. chanceD. field47. A. dreamB. lessonC. theoryD. sign 48. A. overcomeB. exposeC. proveD. promote49. A. teachB. sharpenC. chooseD. invent50. A. puzzledB. disappointedC. overjoyedD. interested51. A. promisedB. managedC. happenedD. failed 52. A. braveB. lucky