安徽省安庆市五校联盟2018_2019学年高二英语下学期期中试题.doc

五校联盟 2018-2019 学年度第二学期期中考试高二英语试题本试卷分为第 I 卷(选择题)和第 II 卷(非选择题)两部分，共 8 页。满分 150 分，考试时间 120 分钟。请将答案涂或写在答题卡上，考试结束后，请上交答题卡。第 I 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 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. How is the man going home?A. By bus.B. By car.C. On foot.2. What does the woman suggest the man do?A. Go to the opening.B. Have a good rest. Invite Rick to the ice festival.3. When will the man meet Dave?A. On Thursday.B. On Friday.C. On Saturday.4. What are the speakers mainly talking about?A. Their friend Tom.B. A notice.C. A manager.5. What does the woman imply?A. They should move to another city.B. The air quality is not so serious as the man says.C. The air pollution is caused by the development of industry.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。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 to do after work?A. He plays golf.B. He plays table tennis.C. He plays volleyball.7. How often does the woman play volleyball?A. Once a week.B. Once two weeks.C. Once a month.听第 7 段材料，回答第 8 至 9 题。8. What color does the man prefer?A. Blue.B. Brown.C. Dark green.9. What can we learn from the conversation?A. The woman is buying a jacket for the man.B. The woman finds it more expensive to shop online than in the shop.C. The man wants a larger size.听第 8 段材料，回答第 10 至 12 题。10. Why does the woman call the man?A. To book a hotel.B. To discuss the detail of a meeting.C. To ask for some information about hotels.11. How will the man send the copies to the woman?A. By e-mail.B. By fax.C. By express.12. What will the man do this afternoon?A. Hold a meeting.B. Meet the woman.C. Call the woman back.听第 9 段材料，回答第 13 至 16 题。13. Why is the woman moving?A. To find a nicer place to live in.B. To live together with her parents.C. To get a better job in a new place.14. Where do the womans parents live now?A. In a big city.B. In a small village.C. In a town.15. How does the woman feel?A. Sad.B. Worried.C. Confident.16. When will the woman move?A. In August.B. In October.C. In November.听第 10 段材料，回答第 17 至 20 题。17. When did the storm begin?A. Early in the morning.B. Late in the afternoon.C. Late in the evening.18. How many people were killed or badly injured in the storm?A. 14.B. 7.C. 5.19. What happened to the farmers house?A. The roof came down.B. The house fell down.C. Only the windows were broken. 20.What do we know about Lindas family?A. She and her children ran out safely.B. One of the children was missing.C. Her husband was badly injured.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。AName: Fisher Price Kid-Tough Digital CameraList Price: $39.99Price: $ 34.99 (on Childrens Day only)Product Features: Kid-Tough and built to survive drop, after drop, after drop. Features easy and child friendly controls. Features: 1.44 TFT colored screen, inbuilt memory that stores over 2,000 pictures, 0.3 mega pixel imager, 4x digital zoom. Enhanced imager for good low light performance. Four batteries needed. Add fun special effects with downloadable software.Product Description:Built tough enough for kidsand now even better! The Fisher Price Kid-Tough Camera is a real digital camera thats tough enough to stand up to the ways kids play and the places they go. Now it has even more features for better pictures in more situations! Double handles are easy for small hands to hold, while big buttons are preschooler friendly. The two-eye viewing is easy for kids to look through and allows them to see exactly what they are taking a picture of. This camera has a large 1.4-inch color screen that lets kids see the pictures theyve taken at once!Customer Review:My name is John Black, I got this for our 7-year-old son. Hes been using a computer since he was three and we needed something that was digital and would hold his attention off the computer. This toy ended up fitting in perfectly. Although he couldnt use the camera freely at first, it keeps him interested for quite some time. So its likely to become a good starter for him, as well as an excellent tool for him.21. The article is probably .A. an advertisementB. camera instructionsC. a customer reviewD. an online course22. What kind of people is this camera designed for?A. Middle school students.B. Little kids.C. Teenage photographers.D. Naughty youths23. What does John Black think of the product?A. Breakable. B. Troublesome. C. Useless.D. Satisfying.BDale Carnegie(戴尔卡耐基) was an American writer and lecturer, and the developer of famous courses in self-improvement, salesmanship, corporate training, public speaking and interpersonal skills.Born in 1888 in Maryville, Missouri, Carnegie was a poor farmers boy. His family moved to Belton, Missouri when he was a small child. In his teens, though still having to get up at 4 am every day to milk his parents cows, he managed to obtain an education at the State Teachers College in Warrensburg. His first job after college was selling correspondence courses.He moved on to selling bacon, soap, and lard for Armour & Company.After saving $500, Dale Carnegie quit sales in 1911 in order to achieve a lifelong dream of becoming a lecturer. He ended up instead attending the American Academy of Dramatic Arts in New York, but found little success as an actor. Later he got the idea to teach public speaking. In his first session, he suggested that students speak about something that made them angry, and discovered the technique that made speakers unafraid to address a public audience. From its beginning, the Dale Carnegie Course developed. Carnegie had made use of the average Americans desire to have more self-confidence.Perhaps one of Carnegies most successful marketing moves was to change the spelling of his last name from “Carnagey” to Carnegie, at a time when Andrew Carnegie was a widely recognized name.Carnegies works include Lincoln the Unknown (1932), Public Speaking and InfluencingMen in Business (1937), and How to Stop Worrying and Start Living (1948). His greatest achievement, however, was when Simon &. Schuster published How to Win Friends and Influence People. The book was a bestseller from 1936. By the time of Carnegies death, the book had sold five million copies in 31 languages, and there had been 450,000 graduates of his Dale Carnegie Institute.Carnegie died at his home in New York in 1955. 24.What do you think of Dale Carnegies childhood?A. Difficult.B. Joyful.C. Lonely.D. Boring. 25.Which of the following is important for Dale Carnegie?A. Encouraging one to trust himself.B. Helping people to get wealthy.C. Teaching people speaking skills.D. Advising people to live happily.26. Why did Dale Carnegie change his last name?A. To get more help and support.B. To replace Andrew Carnegie.C. To become more famous.D. To avoid misunderstanding. 27.Which of the following is Dale Carnegies most successful work?A. Lincoln the Unknown.B. How to Stop Worrying and Start Living.C. How to Win Friends and Influence People.D. Public Speaking and Influencing Men in Business.CIf you want to disturb the car industry, youd better have a few billion dollars: Mom-and-pop carmakers are unlikely to beat the biggest car companies. But in agriculture, small farmers can get the best of the major players. By connecting directly with customers, and by responding quickly to changes in the markets as well as in the ecosystems(生态系统）, small farmers can keep one step ahead of the big guys. As the co-founder of the National Young Farmers Coalition (NYFC, 美国青年农会）and a family farmer myself. I have a front-row seat to the innovations among small farmers that are transforming the industry.For example, take the Quick Cut Greens Harvester, a tool developed just a couple of years ago by a young farmer, Jonathan Dysinger, in Tennessee, with a small loan from a local Slow Money group. It enables small-scale farmers to harvest 175 pounds of green vegetables per houra huge improvement over harvesting just a few dozen pounds by handsuddenly making it possible for the little guys to compete with large farms of California. Before the tool came out, small farmers couldnt touch the price per pound offered by California farms. But now, with the combination of a better price point and a generally fresher product, they can stay in business.The sustainable success of small farmers, though, wont happen without fundamental changes to the industry. One crucial factor is secure access to land. Competition from investors. developers, and established large farmers makes owning ones own land unattainable for many new farmers.From 2004 to 2013, agricultural land values doubled, and they continue to rise in many regions.Another challenge for more than a million of the most qualified farm workers and managers is a non-existent path to citizenship the greatest barrier to building a farm of their own. With farmers over the age of 65 outnumbering(多于）farmers younger than 35 by six to one, and with two-thirds of the nations farmland in need of a new farmer, we must clear the path for talented people willing to grow the nations food.There are solutions that could light a path toward a more sustainable and fair farm economy,but farmers cant clumsily put them together before us. We at the NYFC need broad support as we urge Congress to increase farmland conservation, as we push for immigration reform, and as we seek policies that will ensure the success of a diverse and ambitious next generation of farms from all backgrounds. With a new farm bill to be debated in Congress, consumers must take a stand with young farmers.28. The author mentions car industry at the beginning of the passage to introduce .A. the progress made in car industryB. a special feature of agricultureC. a trend of development in agricultureD. the importance of investing in car industry29. What does the author want to illustrate with the example in paragraph 2?A. Loans to small local farmers are necessary.B. Technology is vital for agricultural development.C. Competition between small and big farms is fierceD. Small farmers may gain some advantages over big ones.30. What is the difficulty for those new farmers?A. To gain more financial aid.B. To hire good farm managers.C. To have fans of their own.D. To win old farmers support.31. What should farmers do for a more sustainable and fair farm economy?A. Seek support beyond NYFC.B. Expand farmland conservation.C. Become members of NYFC.D. Invest more to improve technology.DWith the explosion of consumer choices in recent history, the latest must-haves would surely need to be upgraded more often than every 10 years. In 2002 a computer and basic mobile phone would have been enough for most people, but now? The public need a trendy notebook computer and a smart phone with WiFi connection to feel they are up-to-date. So when will we have enough things? When will we finally be happy? Well, it looks like the things we buy today will barely keep us satisfied for a few months.In the eyes of some psychologists, far from making us happy, greater consumer choice creates many serious psychological problems. A fundamental principle of the society is that more freedom is better and more choice in the marketplace means more freedom. Therefore more choice leads to more happiness. This is not the case, however.Imagine you go to a caf offering chocolate and vanilla ice cream. You choose the chocolate and eat it happily. But what if the caf serves 50 kinds of ice cream? You choose chocolate and then start to worry, “maybe blueberry would have been better, perhaps the half-fat ice cream would have been healthier. Stupid me, all these choices and I didnt make the best one! ”In Chinas major cities we have now passed the point where more consumer choice is making us happier. We are annoyed by all the options we have, disappointed because our expectations are so high and angered at ourselves when we don t make a perfect choice every time.A newspaper reporter tells a story about traveling on a plane with high-speed Internet access. He thought this was amazingthe newest piece of technology he had heard of. Then the service went down. The man next to him was angry and swore. The reporter thought, “How quickly the world owes him something he knew existed only 10 seconds ago!”32. What is the text mainly talking about?A. Hi-tech and consumer needs.B. Computers and smart phones.C. Wireless products and WiFi connection. D. Diverse choices and consumer satisfaction.33. What may some psychologists think of the consumer demand in the caf?A. The consumer has mental problems.B. More choice means more freedom.C. Variety leads to unhappiness.D. The shop provides too many choices.34. Why was the man next to the reporter quite annoyed?A. The net connection was interrupted.B. Someone owed him money.C. The air hostess offered poor service.D. The pleasure lasted only 10 seconds.35. What does the underlined word “swore” in the last paragraph probably mean?A. Fell asleep.B. Said rude words.C. Made promises.D. Became amazed.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。How to Become a Top StudentSuccessful students use different techniques to study, which brings them more success. 36 Here are the four techniques almost all topperforming students use.They are regular. Almost all successful students study regularly，because they know “what you give is what you get”. If you put in regular hours of studying，then you will learn more and get better grades. 37 This will help you to study regularly.They have clear goals. All topperforming students have definite ， specific goals. 38 They motivate you and drive you to study more. But make sure that you do not get carried away. Set realistic goals which can challenge you， but do not seem impossible or too difficult to achieve.They study without pressureSuccessful students study a lot. But they study without putting strain on themselves. Most students make the mistake of studying too hard or studying continuously for a long time. 39 Studying should be done in a balanced manner. Take a break for a few minutes，after studying for 30 or 45 minutes. Relax, walk around your room or house，or drink some water and return to studying. Such short breaks will refresh your brain and you will learn more. 40 Studying is not something you do just because your parents ask you to do it. Its actually very important for you. Studying gives you knowledge and skills that will remain with you for the rest of your life. It gives you the ability to get a job and earn money. And successful students recognize the value of studying well.A. This creates tension and actually slows down learning and memory.B. But to score grade A in English, you should make wellplanned efforts.C. Set aside some hours, each day or each week, for studying.D. Having such goals gives you a purpose to study better.E. Learn their techniques, and you will also join their rank.F. They finish their homework on time.G. They give importance to study.第三部分英语知识运用(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)阅读下面短文，从各题所给的四个选项(A、B、C 和 D)中，选出可以填人空白处的最佳选项。Since finishing my studies at Harvard and Oxford. Ive watched one friend after another land high-ranking, high-paying Wall Street jobs. As executives( 高级管理人员) with banks, consulting firms, established law firms, and major corporations, many are now 41 on their way to impressive careers. By societys 42 , they seem to have it made.On the surface, these people seem to be very lucky in life. As they left student life behind, many had a 43 drink at their cheap but friendly local bar, shook hands with Longtime roommates, and 44 out of small apartments into high buildings. They made reservations at restaurants where the cost of a bottle of wine 45 a college years monthly rent. They replaced their beloved old car with expensive new sports cars.The thing is, a number of them have 46 that despite their success, they arent happy. Some 47 of unfriendly coworkers and feel sad for eight-hour workweeks devoted to tasks they 48 . Some do not respect the companies they work for and talk of feeling tired and49 . However, instead of devoting themselves to their work, they find themselves working to support the 50 to which they have so quickly become 51 .People often speak of trying a more satisfying path, and 52 the end the idea of leaving, their jobs to work for something they 53 or finding a position that would give them more time with their families almost always leads them to the same conclusion; it s 54 . They have loans, bills, a mortgage（抵押贷款）to 55 , retirement to save for. They recognize theres something 56 in their lives, but its 57 to step off the track.In a society that tends to 58 everything in terms of dollars and cents, we learn form a young age to consider the costs of our 59 in financial terms. But what about the personal and social costs 60 in pursuing money over meaning? These are exactly the kinds of us tend to ignore and the very ones we need to consider most.41.A. muchB. neverC. seldomD. well42.A. policiesB. standardsC. experimentsD. regulations43.A. lastB. leastC. secondD. best44.A. cycledB. movedC. s