四川省南充市白塔中学2019_2020学年高二英语上学期期中试题.docx

四川省南充市白塔中学2019-2020学年高二英语上学期期中试题(说明：考试时间120分钟，满分150分。)卷(选择题 共100分) 第1部分 听力理解 （共两节，满分30分）第一节听下做题时，先将答案标在试卷上。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。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. When will the man pick up the woman? A. At 7:20. B. At 7:40. C. At 8:15.2. What does the man suggest doing?A. Taking the subway. B. Driving to the airport. C. Finding a cheap parking place.3. Where is Mimi probably?A. At home. B. At school. C. In a hospital.4. What is the conversation mainly about?A. The weather. B. A plan for tomorrow. C. The traffic.5. What will the woman probably do next?A. Help the old man. B. Ask the old man the time. C. Mend her watch.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。听下面一段对话，回答第6和第7，两个小题。6. Where are the speakers? A. At home. B. In a bar. C. In a bakery.7. What does the man want to make? A. Bread. B. Pizza. C. Sandwich.听下面一段对话，回答第8和第9，两个小题。8. What are the speakers mainly talking about?A. Their happy childhood. B. The change of the town. C. The life in the countryside.9. How do the speakers feel? A. Confused. B. Excited. C. Disappointed.听下面一段对话，回答第10至第12，三个小题。10. What animals did the mans friends have? A. Horses. B. Pigs. C. Sheep.11. When did the man become a vegetarian? A. At the age of 10. B. At the age of 12. C. At the age of 20.12. How did the mans parents react to his decision? A. They disagreed with him about it. B. They gradually accepted the fact. C. They totally supported him.听下面一段对话，回答第13至第16，四个小题。13. What is the woman worried about? A. How to get to the Students Union. B. How to spend her university life. C. How to find a map of the university.14. How long are the computer rooms open on weekdays? A. 8 hours. B. 9 hours. C. 11 hours.15. Where is the Students Union? A. On the right of the Science Block. B. Opposite the Chemistry labs. C. Beside Lab B.16. What does the man suggest the woman do? A. Get familiar with the university. B. Come to see him on Thursday. C. Remember his telephone number.听下面一段独白，回答第17至第20，四个小题。17. Who organizes the Winter Festival? A. The government. B. A team of volunteers. C. The businessmen around the town.18. How long are the opening hours every day? A. 4 hours. B. 6 hours. C. 10 hours.19. What is special about the art exhibition? A. It will be held in a school. B. There are three opening nights. C. The painters are local students.20. What will be held in the Main Exhibition Hall? A. A music talent show. B. An art exhibition. C. A fancy dress party.第二部分 阅读技能（共20题，每题2分，总分40分）第一节 阅读下面的材料，从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项。AIf youve been to Europe a few times already, chances are that youve hit all the big destinations: London, Paris, Rome, or Berlin. On your next trip you can either visit those same cities a second time, or instead you can take a chance and walk the streets of some cities that are a little bit smaller, a little bit less famous, but still full of European grace and charm. Here are four European cities to visit that you probably havent been to yet.Besancon, FranceThis hidden French city has had a long reputation for being a well-kept secret. It can be at once sleepy with few tourists but abundant galleries, restaurants, and a wonderful Beaux Arts museum whose collection is second only to the Louvre. The city is wound by the River Doubs and also is very proud of its own UNESCO World Heritage Site in the Citadel, home to several small museums and a zoo.Seville, SpainFor the tourist who is already tired of Barcelona and Madrid, Seville offers a different taste on Spain. Located on the Southern coast, it keeps beautiful signs of the long period of Moorish rule, nowhere more than in the Alczar palace building, just one of the citys UNESCO World Heritage Sites. Seville has over a dozen museums, tropical parkland, and probably the best tapas (餐前小吃) culture in all of Spain.Ghent, BelgiumGhent is a city that looks like it should be the setting for a fairy tale. All of the classic Belgium features can be found here waffles and beer. Every year from Saturday before July 21, Ghent hosts a ten-day festival. This music and theater festival draws almost 2 million visitors, as the city streets transform into performance spaces for performers, and musicians.Palermo, ItalyPalermo is the capital city of Sicily, the southern island off the coast of mainland Italy. The city has an ancient history, and the various cultures that have controlled the island through the years have all left their marks on it. You can see winding street markets, antique fairs, and open air nightclubs here.21. Where can visitors enjoy art collections quietly?A. Besancon.B. Barcelona.C. Ghent. D. Palermo.22. Which country should a music and theater lover choose to visit?A. France. B. Spain. C. Belgium. D. Italy.23. What do the four European cities have in common?A. They were once ruled by various rulers.B. They are less famous but worth a visit.C. Visitors can enjoy seeing performances.D. Theyre all UNESCO World Heritage Sites.BYou are given many opportunities in life to choose to be a victim or creator. When you choose to be a victim, the world is a cold and difficult place. “They” did things to you which caused all of your pain and suffering. “They” are wrong and bad, and life is terrible as long as “they” are around. Or you may blame yourself for all your problems, thus internalizing(内化)your victimization. The truth is, your life is likely to stay that way as long as you feel a need to blame yourself or others.Those who choose to be creators look at life quite differently. They know there are individuals who might like to control their lives, but they dont let this get in the way. They know they have their weaknesses, yet they dont blame themselves when they fail. Whatever happens, they have choice in the matter. They believe their dance with each sacred(神圣的)moment of life is a gift and that storms are a natural part of life which can bring the rain needed for emotional and spiritual growth.Victims and creators live in the same physical world and deal with many of the same physical realities, yet their experience of life is worlds apart. Victims relish (沉溺)in anger, guilt, and other emotions that cause others-and even themselves-to feel like victims, too. Creators consciously choose love, inspiration, and other qualities which inspire not only themselves, but all around them. Both victims and creators always have choice to determine the direction of their lives.In reality, all of us play the victim or the creator at various points in our lives. One person, on losing a job or a special relationship, may feel as if it is the end of the world and sink into terrible suffering for months, years, or even a lifetime. Another with the same experience may choose to first experience the grief, then accept the loss and soon move on to be a powerful creative force in his life.In every moment and every circumstance, you can choose to have fuller, richer life by setting a clear intention to transform the victim within, and by inviting into your life the powerful creator that you are.24. According to Paragraph 2,creators _.A. seem willing to experience failures in life B. possess the ability to predict future lifeC. handle ups and downs of life wisely D. have potential to create something new25. What can we learn from Paragraph 3?A. Creators and victims face quite different things in life.B. Creators and victims are masters of their lives.C. Victims can influence more people than creators.D. Compared with victims, creators are more emotional.26. The examples mentioned in Paragraph 4 show that _.A. strong attachment to sufferings in life pulls people into victims.B. people need family support to deal with challengers in life.C. it takes creators quite a long time to get rid of their pains.D. ones experiences determine his attitude toward life.27. What is the authors purpose in writing this passage?A. To introduce what victims are suffering.B. To protect victims against creators.C. To explain the relationship between victims and creators.D. To suggest the transformation from victims to creators.CWhy does time speed up as you age but slow down when youre scared? And why does it warp(弯曲) when you are on holiday? As Albert Einstein once said, time only exists so that everything doesnt happen at once. But the problem of it passing too slowly or quickly has now been examined by psychologist, Claudia Hammond, who looked at how our emotions, health, and age can affect the speed of the time in our minds. Ms. Hammond found that time speeds up as you get older and passes faster if you are relaxed rather than scared. Her book, Them Warped, also explains how time passes twice as fast if you are in amusing company, rather than with someone who is boring. She also studied French explorer, Michael Suffer, who in 1962 spent two months living in an underground cave to discover how isolation from the out, clocks and routines would affect him. He completely lost track of time while in the cave and his waking days lasted from 6 to 40 hours, but the average length was the same time as the length of a day on earth24 hour. Ms. Hammond also studied how fear or hearing somebody crying can slow down time, and said that half of people believe time is moving towards us, while everyone else sees themselves moving through it. People always believe they will have more free time in the future, she said, adding that there are plenty of practical methods for ensuring that we can try our best to accurately estimate our schedules. But while we may spend much of our lives worrying about time, there is, surprisingly, no single part of the brain for specifically measuring the passing of minutes and hours, Ms. Hammond concluded. Human beings tending to process events in three-second intervals(间隔)一such as how long it takes to complete a handshake or scan the headlines of a newspaper pagecompare it to the clock time, she said.28. Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage?A. Time goes much faster when people are growing up.B. Peoples feeling about time passing is affected by their emotions, health and age.C. Einstein has explained why time passes at different speeds.D. The speed of time is affected by only three factors.29. What can we learn from the example of Michael Suffer?A. People can keep awake for no less than 6 hours.B. Daylight affects peoples waking time more than anything else.C. Time speeds up when people are in darkness.D. Peoples sense of time can be affected by daylight.30. In paragraph 5 Ms. Hammond found that .A. negative emotions could slow down timeB. no simple part of the human brain measures timeC. people cannot estimate their schedules accuratelyD. most people worry there will be not enough free time in the future31. What can be inferred from the last paragraph?A. Three second intervals are common in handshakes.B. Peoples rhythms of speech are all the same.C. People tend to measure time in terms of short small actions.D. Clock times lead to the rhythm of peoples handshakes. DA food additive (添加剂) is any substance that is added to food. Many people are put off by the idea of “chemicals in food.” The truth is that all food is made up of chemicals. Natural substances like milk, as well as man-made ones like drinks on sale in the market, can be described by chemical formulas. Some chemical substances are indeed harmful, but a person who refused to consume any chemicals would find nothing to eat.The things we eat can be divided into natural and man-made substances. Some people feel that only natural foods are healthy and that all man-made ingredients are to be avoided. But many natural chemicals, found in plants and animals, are harmful when eaten, and some laboratory-made substances increase the nutritional value of food. Other chemicals have natural and man-made forms that are exactly alike: vitamin C is vitamin C, whether it comes from a test tube or from an orange. Like “chemical”, “man-made” doesnt necessarily mean “not fit to eat”.Food additives are used for many reasons. We add sugar and salt and other things to foods we prepare at home to make them taste better. Food producers have developed a range of additives that stabilize, thicken, harden, keep wet, keep firm, or improve the appearance of their products. Additives can make food more convenient or nutritious, give it a longer shelf life, and make it more attractive to the consumer, thus increasing the sales and profits of the producers.Food additives are presently the centre of a storm of serious argument. Food producers have been known to use additives that have not been proved safe; some substances in common use have been proved unsafe and have been taken off the market. Many people feel theres a risk of eating food to which anything has been added. But food additives are now regulated by the FDA of the federal government, and new additives will go through strict testing before they can be placed on the market. For most people, the chances of developing serious side effects (副作用) from the long-term use of presently approved (批准) food additives are very small.32From the passage we can learn that .Anatural foods are much safer than man-made onesBit is right to refuse chemicals in foodCfood additives are harmful to our healthDall foods have chemical substances33Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage?AFood additives can improve the quality of foods in many ways.BTo ensure food safety, the FDA will stop food additives.CFoods free of additives can keep a much longer shelf life.DFoods with more additives have higher nutritional value.34We can infer from the regulation to the food additives by the FDA that .Anew additives will be approved(批准，赞成） more easily than beforeBfood with common-used additives will be taken off the marketCfood additives will be used in a safer and more scientific wayDfood producers wont be allowed to use new food additives35According to the writer, the food additive is .AworryingBacceptableCpoisonousDavoidable第二节 任务型阅读根据短文内容,从短文后的七个选项中选出能填人空白处的最佳选项。选项中有两项为多余选项。We all wish we had just a bit more time. Just think what you could do with an extra hour or two each day: you could finally stick to an exercise routine, or springclean the house, or write your novel, or learn the guitar and so on. 36 But I can help you find more hours in your day for the things that really matter. Get Out of Bed EarlierIf you normally get up at 7：30 am., try getting up at 7：00 am. That halfhour might not sound like much, but it could be time that you use to exercise, to read that book youve been meaning to finish. 37 Do the Important Tasks FirstOnce you get to work, get the important ones done first (not the easy ones, or even the urgent ones). You can afford to spend at least an hour working on big, important tasks rather than on all those little urgent ones. 38 The urgent tasks will still get done, and you wont miss the important ones. Reduce InterruptionsIf colleagues have a habit of hanging around your desk to chat, or if the phone is constantly ringing, you might find that it takes you half the day to finish a simple task like writing a letter. Constant interruptions dont just eat up time, they also break your concentration. When youve got a big task to focus on, let your calls go to voicemail. 39 Wearing headphones makes it less likely that people will try to strike up a conversation. 40A few minutes chatting, browsing the web, and so on, can easily turn into hours of wasted time over the course of a day. When youre working, work. If your concentration is slipping, take a proper break: go and get a glass of water, or stretch your legs a bit. And if youre facing a difficult task, try breaking it into small steps or stages so that its easier to deal with.AStay Focused on Your Work.BTake Breaks When Necessary.CIf you have an office door, close it.DIf you work like this, youll usually save time.EWould you want me to make your day longer?FI cant magically make all your days 25 hours long.GOr simply to get your day off to a calm and organized start.第三部分 英语知识运用完形填空（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，选出可以填空白处的最佳选项。As a teacher, I often make it a rule that when we are on a field trip，there will be no talking as we enter a buildingThis rule 41 to entering any place，whether it is a cinema，a church，a theatre, or any other place Once，in New York City，I took my class to see a(n) 42 near Times SquareWhen we arrived at the theatre，there were about twenty other classes 43 outside waiting to get inThe students from the other schools were not 44 and there was pandemonium(乌烟瘴气)I told my students to stay in a line and keep 45 I told them that we would not carry ourselves like those other 46 Soon we started to file into the theatre，and it was very disorganizedThere was a lady tryin