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湖南省益阳市第六中学2018-2019学年高二英语下学期期中试题时量：120分钟 分值：150分 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）( ) 1. What is the man doing?A. Seeing his friends off. B. Getting his hair cut. C. Picking someone up.( ) 2. What does the woman want to do?A. Find a roommate. B. Buy a house C. Rent an apartment( ) 3. What does the woman ask the man to do?A. Repair the window. B. Clean the living room. C. Call the apartment manager( ) 4. What are the speakers talking about?A. Their weekend plans. B. Their foreign friends C. Their favorite cities( ) 5. How will the man get to the airport probably?A. By bus B. By taxi C. By car第二节 (共15小题；每小题1.5分，满分22.5分)听下面一段对话，回答第6、7题。( ) 6.Where does the woman want to go?A. The wetlands. B. The mountains. C. The beach.( ) 7. What will the weather be like probably on the weekend? A. Cloudy. B. Rainy. C. Sunny.听下面一段对话，第8、9题。( ) 8. What impressed the woman most when she was in San Francisco?A. The streets. B. The cable cars. C. The Golden Gate Bridge.( ) 9. What do we know about the womans nephew?A. He lives with his parents. B. He hardly eats fast food. C. He is a lawyer.听下面一段对话，回答第10至12题。( ) 10. How does the man feel about his English teacher?A. Grateful.B. Ashamed.C. Disappointed.( ) 11. Where is the mans English teacher from?A. America. B. England. C. Australia.( ) 12. When did the woman start making great efforts to learn English?A. When she was at middle school.B. When she was at high school.C. When she was at college.听下面一段对话，回答第13至16题。( ) 13. How many public holidays does the woman mention?A. Three. B. Four. C. Five.( ) 14. With whom did the man first visit Singapore?A. A tour guide B. His uncle.C. His dad.( ) 15. When will the man leave Singapore?A. In two days.B. In five days.C. In two weeks.( ) 16. What does the woman remind the man to take? A. A map. B. A cap. C. A camera. 听下面一段独白，回答第17至20题。( ) 17. Which hotel did the speaker book first?A. Incenta Village Hotel.B. Chelsea Hotel.C. Hilton Hotel.( ) 18. Where will the tourists go last tomorrow morning?A. New York University.B. The Flatiron Building.C. Washington Square Park.( ) 19. What does the speaker advise the tourists to do tomorrow afternoon?A. Buy good and cheap things.B. Take a ride to Manhattan.C. Visit Wall Street.( ) 20. What will the speaker probably do next?A. Book more rooms. B. Call tourists names.C. Go back home.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，并在机读答题卷上将该项涂黑。ATeachers Day is, interestingly, not celebrated on the same day all over the world. In some countries it is marked by a holiday, in others it is a working day.International Teachers Day is celebrated on October 5. Being held ever since 1994, it is in honor of teachers organizations worldwide. Its aim is to encourage supports for teachers and to meet the needs of students.China In 1939, Teachers Day was set for August 27, Confucius birthday. In1951, the celebration was stopped. However, it was founded again in 1985, and the day was changed to September 10.India Teachers Day is celebrated on September 5 in honor of Dr. Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan, the second president of India, whose birthday falls on that day.Russia In Russia, Teachers Day was celebrated on the first Sunday of October between 1965 and 1994. Since 1994, the day is observed（庆祝）on the October 5, just the same day as World Teachers Day.The US In the US, Teachers Day is non-official holiday. It is celebrated on the Tuesday of the first full week of May. A number of activities are organized in schools to honor teachers. The celebrations can continue for the whole week of May.Thailand In Thailand, National Teachers Day is celebrated every year on January 16. The first Teachers Day was held in 1957. The day is a holiday in schools.21. What country celebrates Teachers Day in October?A. India. B. Russia. C. Thailand D. The US.22. Which of the following is possibly true?A. China has celebrated Teachers Day since the year 1931.B. Teachers Day is an official holiday in the United States.C. Teachers Day is a working day in schools of Thailand.D. Dr Sarvepalli Radhakrishnans birthday is in September.23. From the passage we can learn that _.A. The first Teachers Day was held in 1965 in ThailandB. Teachers Day falls on Confucius birthday in ChinaC. International Teachers Day aims to benefit the studentsD. A lot of activities are held on Teachers Day across the worldBHave you ever lost your car on a parking lot（停车场）? It happens. You park and go shopping. When you get back，you have no idea where your car is. Then you start wandering around clicking on the panic button on your car keys so the alarm goes off. It can be frustrating, especially on a hot, sunny day.No, you dont need to fix an expensive GPS system to keep track of your car. Thats too expensive. But is there a way to track your car without spending too much? Yes，now there is!A California-based startup company was able to make this a reality. They created a tiny device that works with your smartphone，and it could be exactly what youre looking for.What is it? Its called TrackR Bravo. It is a tracking device the size of a coin. Its changing the way we keep track of the important things in our lives.How does it work?Its easy! Install the free TrackR app on your smartphone, connect the app to your device and youre ready to go! Simply connect TrackR to whatever you want to track. The entire process of setting it up only takes 5 minutes or less.You can connect it to your keys, briefcase, wallet, your latest tech gadgets（小配件，小玩意） and anything else you dont want to lose. Then use the TrackR app to locate your missing item in seconds.“This device has saved me tons of time and money!” said Johnny Blaze.24. What does the underlined word “frustrating”, in Paragraph 1 most probably mean?A. troublesome. B. confusing. C. disappointed. D. joyful25. Compared with GPS system, what makes TrackR Bravo a better choice?A. It works faster. B. Its cheaper.C. Its more reliable. D. Its smaller in size.26. What do we know about TrackR Bravo?A. It can be controlled by human voice. B. It takes a long time to make it work.C. Its users need to pay for its software. D. It can be connected to different objects.27. In which part of a newspaper is this text most probably taken from?A. Technology. B. Education. C. Economy. D. Culture.CIn the latter part of the 20th century, child labor remains a serious problem in many parts of the world. Studies carried out in 1979, the International Year of the Children, showed that more than 50 million children below the age of 15 were working in various jobs often under dangerous conditions. Many of these children live in underdeveloped countries in Latin America, Africa, and Asia. Their living conditions are hard and their chances for education are small. The poor income they bring in, however, is necessary for the survival of their families. Frequently, these families lack the basic necessities(必需品) of lifeplenty food, proper clothing and shelter, and even water for bathing.In some countries industrialization has created working conditions for children that are comparable to the worst features of the 19th-century factories and mines. In India, for example, some 20,000 children work 16-hour days in match factories.Child-labor problems are not, of course, limited to developing nations. They occur wherever poverty exists in Europe and the United States. The most important efforts to get rid of child-labor abuses（滥用，虐待） throughout the world come from the International Labor Organization (ILO), founded in 1919 and now a special agency of the United Nations. The organization has introduced several child-labor rules among its members, including a minimum age of 16 years for admission to all work, a higher minimum age of specific types of employment, compulsory（强制的）medical examinations, and It depends on voluntary obedience（服从）of member nations.28. The use of children workers is the most serious _.A. in the latter part of the 20th centuryB. in the International Year of the Child in 1979C. in the poorest and backward parts of the worldD. in some areas of Latin America29. Often children have to work because _.A. they can not afford to go to school B. they are forced to work by their parentsC. there is no organization to protect them D. they have to provide for their families30. According to the UN rules, _.A. employers should provide medical examinations for children workersB. children can not be employedC. children should never be arranged to work at nightD. all countries should give children workers regular physical examinations31. As far as child labor is concerned, in India, _.A. children workers work the longest hoursB. the working conditions for children are really very badC. all children workers are employed in match factoriesD. there has been great improvement in the working condition since the last centuryDPerhaps no one knows the power of imagination better than Chinese writer Liu Cixin. Until four years ago, Liu worked full-time as a computer engineer at a power plant in Shanxi province. He only wrote science fiction in his spare time. But it was during this time that Lius imagination took flight. He did what he might never have the chance to do in real life wander in space, fight with aliens, and visit planets light-year away.But even with such a powerful imagination, Liu, 55, probably hadnt expected that he would become the first Asian to win the Hugo Award, science fictions highest prize, in 2015. Perhaps neither did he think that former US president Barack Obama would read his novel The Three-Body Problem, nor that on Nov 9 in Washington DC, he would win the 2018 Arthur C. Clarke Award for Imagination in Service to Society. Its the first time a Chinese writer has ever won the award.In his acceptance speech（获奖感言）, Liu said that he owed（把.归功于）his imagination to Arthur C. Clarke (1917-2008), a famous UK sci-fi author. He said that reading Clarkes 1968 classic novel 2001: A Space Odyssey in the early 1980s had a great effect on him.“My mind opened up like never before. I felt like a narrow river finally seeing the sea,” Liu said. “That night, in my eyes, the starry sky was completely different from the past. For the first time in my life, I was awed (使敬畏) by the mystery of the universe.”But no matter how far away Lius imagination takes him, somehow his novels always stay reasonable.In The Three-Body Problem, for example, Liu tells a tale of aliens invading（侵略）Earth. But unlike other alien stories, Liu talks more about relationships between civilizations, rules of survival, and the meanings of life. And in The Wandering Earth, Liu looks ahead to the day when our solar system comes to an end and humans have to look for a new place to live. However, all his visions（愿景，幻觉） and solutions are based on “hard science（自然科学）”. Lius works arent simply daydreams.32. What do we know about Liu Cixin?A. He became a full-time writer when he was young.B. He dreamed about wandering in space from childhood.C. He is the first Asian to win the Arthur C. Clarke Award.D. He is the first Chinese winner of the Hugo Award.33. Liu Cixins words are used mainly to show _.A. his interest in mysteries of the universe B. his love of reading science fictionC. his confusion when he started writing D. his feeling after reading Clarkes work34. Why did the author mention The Three-Body Problem and The Wandering Earth?A. To compare the different writing styles in the two books.B. To explain how Liu Cixin came up with his ideas.C. To show that Liu Cixin has a powerful imagination.D. To prove that Liu Cixins works relate science to reality.35. Whats the text mainly about?A. Liu Cixins achievements and writing style.B. Liu Cixins contributions to science fiction.C. How Liu Cixin became a sci-fi writer.D. How Liu Cixin started a new sci-fi style.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，并在机读答题卷上将该项涂黑。选项中有两项为多余选项。We shouldnt judge a person by their appearance but we do. In fact, the experts say that when we meet someone for the first time we make a decision about what that person is like in three seconds. _36_ One of the most important things we look at is clothes, but it isnt the brand of clothes that people wear that is important. The important thing is to wear the right clothes for the right places.Schools have always understood this and a lot of them ask their students to wear a uniform. Why? A lot of teachers think a uniform makes students feel that they are part of their school and that their form helps them to be serious about their studies. _37_ If all the students wear uniforms, they cant judge each other because of their clothes. It also stops gossips（流言）about who or what is fashionable._38_ We all have fixed ideas about what the people in a certain job should wear. If we visit a doctor, we hope to see respectable clothes under the doctors white coat. _39_ Police officers wear uniforms to make themselves easily identifiable（可辨认的）to non-police officers. In fact, a lot of companies have dress codes（着装规范）for their staff because they know that the customers hope to see them dressed in certain types of clothes.But can our clothes really tell people what we are like? _40_ When people see us in the right clothes, they think we are serious about what we are doing. Furthermore, if we are clean, smart and polite, people will believe us a lot.A. Maybe not, but they can show our attitude to what we are doing at the moment.B. Some of the teachers hold different opinions.C. But what do we look at?D. Teachers say that uniforms can help in other ways too.E. Our clothes stand for our attitude.F. However, it is not only schools that want people to dress in a certain way.G. When we go into a bank we expect the staff to wear suits or dresses.第三部分 知识运用（共两节，满分35分）第一节 完形填空（共20小题；每小题1.5分，满分30分）I believe I had the perfect life. Because I was about to _41_ my high school, and on my way to college, I had great friends and a loving family. There was nothing _42_. But I spoke too soon.It was around 9:25 a. m. that I heard the news that would _43_ my life forever. My brother Zach had been in a car accident. He fought for five days before he _44_. That day, I became an only child. I felt extremely _45_.After Zachs death, I found _46_ in food. I ate, then I slept, then I ate again. I couldnt cry. I could hardly feel anything, and I was _47_. I stopped building relationships for fear that they would end just as _48_ as Zachs life. Also, I became nervous about any potentially _49_ situations driving late at nightbut I couldnt express this fear of life _50_ I wanted to be strong for my parents. I saw my parents _51_ worse than mine because of the losing of their son. I didnt want them to _52_ me. I also experienced a lot of _53_, because I was angry about why the sadness had happened to me, and I never _54_ from this emotion.Now, it has been nearly five years since Zachs death. I dont _55_ life anymore: I face it bravely. I _56_ my friendships and began socializing（交际）more. I even _57_ Zachs story with people around me. Although my new friends never met him, they know about Zach.One lesson I learned from losing my brother was never to be _58_ to say, “I love you.” I loved my brother, but it was too late to _59_ it loudly. The last time I remember telling my brother I loved him was when he was dying. Dont make this _60_ like me.41. A. admit B. finish C. skip D. determine42. A. earning B. reaching C. competing D. missing43. A. regret B. change C. beautify D. solve44. A. took away B. gave away C. passed away D. flew away45. A. lonely B. tired C. bored D. nervous46. A. interest B. benefit C. guidance D. relief47. A. funny B. hopeful C. patient D. senseless48. A. finally B. suddenly C. nearly D. seriously49. A. difficult B. particular C. dangerous D. tense50. A. so B. if C. unless D. because51. A. pain B. discouragement C. willingness D. memory52. A. think about B. dream about C. talk about D. care about53. A. surprise B. anger C. disappointment D. doubt54. A. escaped B. prevented C. stopped D. suffered55. A. damage B. choose C. fear D. leave56. A. produced B. rebuilt C. communicated D. raised57. A. copy B. advertise C. share D. perform58. A. stubborn B. satisfied C. brave D. afraid59. A. explore B. express C. spread D. pray60. A. mistake B. decision C. explanation D. difference第二节 语法填空(共10小题；每小题1.5分，满分15分)阅读下面材料，在空白处填入适当的内容(1个单词)或括号内单词的正确形式。During my tour to Kunming in Yunnan Province, I met _61_young Australian at Liuzhou railway station. I _62_(learn) that he was 21 years old, studying Asian literature and history at Sydney University, in 63 he learned much about the Asian culture and history. He could speak four languages and he had travell