福建省永安市第一中学2018-2019学年高二英语上学期期中习题.docx

永安一中2018-2019学年第一学期半期考高二英语试题（考试时间：120分钟 总分：150分钟）第卷(选择题，共100分)第一部分 听力(共两节，满分30分）第一节（共5个小题：每小题1.5分，满分7.5分） 听下面5段对话。每段对话后有一道小题，从每题所给的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 color is the book that the man wants? A. Red. B. Black. C. Blue.2. What will the woman do next? A. Go home.B. Copy her ID.C. Deposit her check.3. When should Tony return the money to Emma? A. In July.B. In August.C. In September.4. What time of day is it? A. Morning.B. Afternoon.C. Evening.5. What is the womans job? A. A shopkeeper.B. A waitress.C. A saleswoman.第二节（共15小题：每小题1.5分，满分22.5分） 听下面5段对话或对白，每段对话或对白后有几个小题，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 much is the cheapest shirt? A. $10. B. $7. C. $3.7. What do we know about the mans daughter? A. Shes three feet tall. B. Shes five years old. C. Shell get some gifts soon.听第7段材料，回答第8、9题。8. Why does the woman look depressed? A. Her parents have no time for her.B. She cant communicate with her parents.C. She doesnt meet her parents expectation.9. What is the womans mother always doing? A. Talking about her work. B. Showing off her daughter. C. Complaining about everything.听第8段材料，回答第10至12题。10. What is on the mans web page? A. All the lecture notes. B. The students grades. C. A list of all assignments.11. When does the man suggest the woman read each chapter? A. Before class.B. During class.C. After class.12. What does the man think is the most important? A. Having confidence. B. Being prepared. C. Answering questions.听第9段材料，回答第13至16题。13. What does the woman ask the man to do? A. Throw away her sofa. B. Clean her living room. C. Help her move something.14. Why is Jack giving the woman his sofa? A. Its old and dirty. B. Hes moving abroad. C. His new place is too small.15. How does the man know Jack? A. Theyre neighbors. B. Theyre co-workers. C. Theyre classmates.16. What is the man hoping will happen? A. Hell get a new truck. B. Jack will give him some furniture.C. Hell find a place with a great view.听第10段材料，回答第17至20题。17. How many beaches are in the San Diego area? A. Seven. B. Fifteen. C. More than one hundred.18. What can you find at Scripps Pier? A. Many surfers. B. A statue of dolphin. C. A marine science university19. Where are the rides?A. At Mission Beach. B. At Coronado Beach. C. At Blacks Beach. 20. What is true about Imperial Beach? A. Its next to Mexico.B. Its the best beach for diving.C. Its one of the top ten beaches in San Diego.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。AThe history of the Louvre Museum, which today contains one of the most important art collections in the world, dates back to the Middle Ages. Built in 1190 as a fortress（堡垒）protect Paris from the Vikings, it was transformed into a palace by Francesco I. Since then, for four centuries, French kings and emperors have expanded it. The glass pyramid of I. M. Pei was added to the courtyard of honor in 1989. All galleries can be reached from here.The glass pyramidThe projects for the monetization and expansion of the Louvre date back to 1981. They included the construction of a main entrance to the museum. The American architect of Chinese originI. M. Peiwas in charge of the project. Pei designed a pyramid that had to become an entrance to the museum. Its glass walls allow visitors to admire the surrounding historic buildings and to light up the entrance hall.The Louvre collectionThe Louvre treasures can date back to the collection of Francesco I (15151547), who bought many Italian paintings. During the rule of Louis XIV ( 16431715) this amounted to only 200 artworks, but it also increased as a result of donations and purchases. It was opened for the first time to the public in 1793. Since then the Louvre collection has been continuously enriched.The fallen guideThe main entrance is under the glass pyramid. The artworks are exposed on four floors: the display rooms of the artworks are organized according to the countries they are from. There are eight sections in all. The European painters collection is very large, with 40 percent of French works, while the collection of sculptures is less complete.21. What does the first paragraph say about the Louvre Museum?A. It was first intended as a royal palace. B. It has a history of less than ten centuries. C. It has the largest art collection worldwide. D. It experienced nonstop expansion in the past.22. Which of the following in a function of the glass wills of the pyramid?A. Acting as a good viewpoint. B. Making visitors move faster.C. Making the entrance hall less bright. D. Preventing heat by reflecting sunlight.23. The arrangement of the display rooms is based on the artworks .A. historic values B. cultural meaningsC. countries of origin D. levels of perfectionBAn 11-year-old girl from Belthangady, India, recently made news headlines for having around 60 dead ants pulled from her eyes. As for how the insects got there, some doctors thought they entered her body through the ears.Last week, the girl, known only as Ashwini, started complaining of severe pain in her eyes. She told her parents that she felt there was something stuck in her eyes, and when they checked, they did find a small ant in one of her eyes. They didnt pay much importance to it, as they assumed the insect had gotten there by accident, but it wasnt long before the girl again started reporting pain in her eyes. They discovered more dead ants, and this time, they took her to hospital.A local doctor told Ashwinis parents that the insects must have first entered her body through the ears and then somehow made their way to her eyes. He gave her some eye-drops to help with the irritation（刺激）, but the girl still has 5 to 6 ants pulled from her eyes daily. A week ago, the Daily Mail reported that Ashwinis eyes produced around 60 dead ants in a period of 10 days.As doctors in Belthangady were left scratching their heads about how the ants reached Ashwinis eyes or what they could do to stop the unusual phenomenon, she was taken to an eye hospital in Moodabidri, where her family hope to get some answers.IB Times reports that Ashwinis parents feared she had been affected by some evil spirit, so they also took her to an astrologer（占星家） who told them that the ants in the eyes were caused by something called Naga Dosha. But who knows?24. Why did Ashwini recently make news headlines?A. Because of her love for insects. B. Because of her extraordinary skills.C. Because of her strange experience. D. Because of her abilities to control ants.25. How did Ashwinis parents react when finding an ant in her eye?A. They didnt take it seriously. B. They tried their best to comfort her.C. They sent her to hospital immediately. D. They didnt think it was just an accident.26. The underlined part in paragraph 4 most probably means “ ”.A. feeling angry about B. showing disagreement aboutC. being optimistic about D. feeling puzzled about27. What can be inferred about Ashwini from the text?A. Her eyes no longer produce dead ants. B. Eye-drops are of little help to her eyes.C. The dead ants cause no harm to her eyes. D. Only the astrologer has found out the truth. CI like writing; I like meeting people; I like discovering new things, then telling everyone about them; and I couldnt keep a secret if you paid me. So I became a journalist.I wrote for my school magazine, did unpaid work on my local paper, took a masters degree, got a part-time job, and then became a full-time journalist.Or at least that is what my resume would say; but the life of a journalist is more exciting than that-even if that excitement can come with a side of pain and frustration.I have lost count of the numbers of e-mails I have had ignored. I have spent hours at meetings listening as hard as I could for a story-only to go home empty-handed.Once I ran around knocking on doors in a dark, dangerous-looking street in the snow to find a woman who (my editor had told me) “woke at night to find water pouring on her head”. Somehow I found her. I took photos. I interviewed her, the building owner and the fireman. I wrote the story then I opened the paper to find it at the back, which on name on it, only 100 words long.Strangely, though, that challenge made me want to keep going. If you do succeed, the rewards of journalism are truly great.I once wrote about an old peoples home where residents, including a 90-year-old blind man, were living in rooms that were full of fleas, and being told to do their own repairs. A week after the story was published, the residents phoned me, overjoyed. The managers had apologized and promised to change their ways.Journalism can be dangerous and dull, and the pay (at least in the UK) is usually terrible. But its also one of the most thrilling, rewarding jobs around. For me, there is no better career than making a difference and telling the world about it. 28. What is the article mainly about?A. Getting started in a career in journalism B. The authors colorful experiences as a journalist.C. How you can be a good journalist. D. Why life is easier for male journalist.29. According to the author, her frustration in her job often comes from_.A. unfair treatment B. fruitless efforts C. misunderstanding D. danger and risks30. What deeply attracts the author as a journalist is that _.A. she gets to see her name printed B. she earns a lot through writing fun storiesC. she can meet different people and hear their storiesD. she can help others and bring about changes in peoples lives31. From the article we can conclude that the author_.A. is not good at keeping secrets. B. does not mind the challenges in her career.C. is not appreciated by her editor. D. is interested in exciting and dangerous work. DMost people will recognize Bill Clinton, ex-president of theUnited States. Bill Clinton is a very popular speech giver and regularly gives talks all over the world, to many different audiences. He is so effective at giving talks because he has a special quality which we call “charisma (魅力)”.Nowadays,psychologists (心理学家)are becoming very interested in charisma and want to describe its meaning in a better way. People often misunderstand what charisma is and think of it as a kind of fame, but it is not the same as fame. Charisma is a kind of magic and is relatively rare. A well-known American psychologist thinks that charismatic people are basically excellent communicators. However, they have other qualities such as self-confidence, eloquence (口才) and vision.Charismatic personalities are able to draw people to them, and people feel happy in their company. There is a sense of “togetherness” when a charismatic person is with other people. A good example of this ability, some say, is the famous American, Oprah Winfrey. She is a highly-successful businesswoman and is probably best known as the presenter of a very popular talk show. Oprah is able to relate to audiences at her shows and they respond well to her. Her charismatic personality has made her one of the richest women in the world. She owns several houses and publishes her own magazines. Presently, she is presenting a new series of theOprah Winfrey Show. She also runs a book club, which influences the nations reading habits and may be one of the reasons why people are reading more these days in theUSA.A woman who had extraordinary charisma was the film star, Marilyn Monroe. A beautiful woman and a talented (有天赋的) actress, she was always the centre of attention wherever she went.Unlike fame, charisma doesnt disappear over time. Even now, more than fifty years after her death, when young people seeMonroein her films, her charisma seems as fresh and powerful as ever.32. Bill Clinton is good at giving talks because _.A. he has a quality called charisma B. he was once president of theUSAC. he has many fans that support him D. he is well-known all over the world33. According to the text, charismatic people _.A. are all effective speech makers B. are all confident and successfulC. can easily attract and interest people D. often try to create a calm atmosphere34. What do we know about Oprah Winfrey?A. She is most famous as a magazine publisher. B. She often gives talks to American young people.C. She has a happy relationship with her audiences.D. She writes books to influence Americans reading habits.35. The author mentions the popularity of Marilyn Monroe to show that _.A. fame is as important as charismaB. famous people always have charismaC. charisma doesnt become weaker over timeD.Monroeis an extraordinarily talented actress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。Choosing the right college for you is not so easy. You should have a general idea of what you want and dont want. The idea can guide you to find what fits your needs best. 36 Think about what major you want to study in college. If you know that,just look at colleges that have your major. 37 So think carefully about your major and interests before choosing one.Where the college is located matters. Anyone who tells you the location isnt important is lying. 38 If you look forward to working in the publishing industry, New York may be your best bet. If your parents want you to stay close to home, please dont consider anywhere that requires a plane ticket to get to.Think about how much you can afford. Are your parents paying for your education? If so, how much are they willing to spend? Do you have to contribute anything? Financial aid and scholarship exist,but dont count on anything. 39 These are all things to consider before you fall in love with a college. Make sure youre going to spend time with the right people.The cool thing about college is that each different one attracts different kinds of people. For the first thing in your life,you get to choose where you get to spend your time and who you get to spend it with. 40 Make sure that the people youre with for four years are your kind of people.A.College is about learning what you love.B.Youd better choose a major that is popular.C.Go to the college with some people you like.D.Are you willing to go into major debt over a school?E.Remember, above all, its the people that make the place.F.If you dont like cold weather, stay away from northern schools.G.These guidelines will help figure out what college you want to go to.第三部分 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。Throughout history man has had to accept the fact that all living things must die. But people now live longer than they 41 . Yet, all living things still show the 42 of aging, which will eventually 43 death.Aging is not a disease, but as a person passes maturity (成熟期), the cells of the body and the 44 they form do not function as well as they 45 in childhood and teenage years. The body provides less 46 against disease and is more 47 to have accident.A number of related causes may 48 aging. Some cells of the body have a fairly long life, but they are not 49 when they die. As a person ages, 50 of brain cells and muscle cells decreases. 51 body cells die and are replaced by new cells. In an aging person the 52 cells may not be as workable or as capable 53 growth as those of a young person.Another 54 in aging may be changes within the cells 55 . Some of the protein chemicals in cells are known 56 with age and become less elastic (有弹性的). This is why the skin of old people wrinkles (皱纹) and 57 . This is also the reason why old people 58 in height. There may be other more important chemical changes in the cells. Some complex cell chemicals, such as DNA and RNA, store and 59 information that the cells need. Aging may affect this 60 and change the information-carrying molecules so that they do not transmit the information as well.41. A. would B. be used to C. used to D. used42. A. function B. effect C. affect D. sign43. A. lead in B. give in C. run into D. result in44. A. hands B. feet C. heart D. organs45. A. do B. has done C. did D. had done46. A. energy B. protection C. prevention D. power47. A. likely B. probable C. possible D. alike48. A. attend to B. contribute to C. add to D. devote to49. A. replaced B. rebuilt C. recovered D. rearranged50. A. a number B. the amount C. the number D. a great deal51. A.The others B. The other C. Another D. Other52. A. old B. left C. new D. other53. A. to B. for C. of D. in54. A. factor B. effect C. reason D. element55. A. for themselves B.of themselves C. them