高二英语期中卷

1 壶镇中学高二英语期中考试壶镇中学高二英语期中考试 出卷人 卢智英 考生须知 考生须知 1 本卷满分 150 分 考试时间 120 分钟 2 答题前 在答题卷指定区域填写学校 班级 姓名 试场号 座位号 及 准考证号 3 所有答案必须写在答题卷上 写在试卷上无效 4 考试结束后 只需上交答题卷 第第 I 卷卷 第一部分 听力 共两节 满分第一部分 听力 共两节 满分 30 分 分 第一节 共第一节 共 5 小题 每小题小题 每小题 1 5 分 满分分 满分 7 5 分 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 What does the woman say about Susan A Susan is a fast worker B Susan did Jack s homework C Susan didn t do all her own homework 2 What does the man suggest that the woman should do 2 A Put her report on his desk B Improve some parts of her paper C Mail her report to the publisher 3 If they leave now how long will they be late for the show A 5 minutes B 10 minutes C Half an hour 4 What does the man think of the car A The car looks fine B It runs well but it looks old C The engine is good but the brakes need work 5 What are the two speakers talking about A A weekend plan B A football game C A weekend movie 第二节 共第二节 共 15 小题 每小题小题 每小题 1 5 分 满分分 满分 22 5 分 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 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 How many foreigners are studying in the United States A About 30 000 B More than 300 000 C Less than 30 000 7 Where do the non US residents come from A Europe B Asia C Almost all over the world 3 听第 7 段材料 回答第 8 至 10 题 8 Why does the woman call the man A To see what s wrong with the man B To say hello to the man C To ask the man to play tennis with her 9 What has happened to the man A He hurt his feet B He got a cold C He got a high fever 10 When will the woman call him again A Next weekend B Later this week C Later next week 听第 8 段材料 回答第 11 至 14 题 11 What are the two speakers going to do A Take some pictures B Go to a game C Keep the shop open 12 What is the man A A photographer B A shop keeper C A player 13 Who is Eva A The man s sister B The woman s friend C The woman s daughter 14 How will Eva go back home tonight A By car B On foot C By bus 听第 9 段材料 回答第 15 至 17 题 15 What s the main topic of this conversation A Varieties of eyeglasses 4 B Shopping for eyeglasses C The colors of eyeglasses 16 According to the conversation how much does a pair of glasses and an eye exam cost A About the same price as a color TV B Half the regular price C Less than 100 17 What will the optometrist s office in the new mall give away during the promotion A One free pair of designer glasses B A free lens coating with new lenses C One free eye exam 听第 10 段材料 回答第 18 至 20 题 18 What are they going to do tomorrow morning according to the passage A Have a meeting B Have a performance C Visit the sick speaker 19 Why does the chairman have to change today s plan A Because the first speaker is sick B Because Diana wants to speak first C Because they want to have coffee earlier 20 When are they going to have coffee break A At 9 00 B At 9 30 C At 10 00 5 第二部分 阅读理解 共两节 满分第二部分 阅读理解 共两节 满分 35 分 分 第一节 共第一节 共 10 个小题 每小题个小题 每小题 2 5 分 满分分 满分 25 分 分 阅读下列短文 从每题所给的 A B C 和 D 四个选项中 选出最佳选项 并在答题卡上将该项涂黑 A The Uber executive 主管 is leaving the company and it struggles with regulatory difficulties in Europe and fundraising in China Niall Wass senior vice president for Europe Middle East and Africa and Asia Pacific was seen as cofounder Travis Kalanick s most senior executive outside the US He will leave the company at the end of the year Mr Wass s leave comes after the company experienced a large rebuilding over the summer Various international business units were brought under a single global umbrella run from San Francisco by Ryan Graves senior vice president of Uber s global operations according to people familiar with the matter Mr Wass who previously reported directly to Mr Kalanick Uber s chief executive was offered a new role reporting to Mr Gravers but declined refuse the opportunity He joined Uber in June 2014 following a six month employment as the chief executive of Wonga the controversial 引起争议的 payday lender that was under severe regulatory examination at the time Uber said Our international business has had high growth with Niall behind the wheel Niall s contribution goes beyond the business to the team and culture he has built across the world His journey will take him elsewhere next year and we wish him well in his future Mr Wass declined to comment on the circumstances of his leave saying only Like any executive I may explore any opportunities but right now I m still at Uber People familiar with the matter said Mr Wass had been under a lot of pressure from Travis due to concerns over the app s international rollout 首次展示 Mr Wass also 6 oversaw fundraising efforts for the Uber s Chinese unit since June at a pre money valuation of 7bn In September Uber said it had closed 1 2 bn as part of that round and was still raising funds A person familiar with these efforts said Uber s US executives considered the effort to be expensive with the Chinese unit raising less money than had been expected 21 What problem is the Uber company faced with in China A Fundraising B Regulatory difficulties C Material purchasing D Market planning 22 Who will be the senior vice president of Uber s global operations in San Francisco A Mark Zuckberg B Ryan Graves C Niall Wass D Travis Kalanick 23 What can be inferred from the passage A Uber s international business has decreased during Niall s employment B Niall has made a contribution to the Uber C Niall has raised enough funds for Uber in China D The international rollout of Uber s app went smoothly B This summer the median rent for a one bedroom in San Francisco rose higher than Manhattan s because of a housing shortage fueled in part by the arrival of crowds of newcomers here to mine 开采 tech gold 7 And so as the story of such cities goes the priced out move outward in New York City to Brooklyn and increasingly to Queens For San Franciscans the rent refuge is here in Oakland where the rates are increasing as well so much so that young professionals are living in repurposed 赋予新的用途的 shipping containers while the homeless are carrying coffin like sleeping boxes on wheels These two improvised 临时的 housing arrangements have appeared in an industrial pocket of Oakland where the median rent has gone up by 20 percent over the past year One in a warehouse is called Containertopia 集装箱乌托邦 a community of young people who have set up a village of 160 square foot shipping containers like ones used in the Port of Oakland Each resident pays 600 a month to live in a container which can be improved with things like insulation 保温设施 glass doors electrical outlets solar panels and a self contained shower and toilet Containertopia was started last year by Luke Iseman 32 and Heather Stewart 30 who were then a couple For Mr Iseman who graduated from the University of Pennsylvania s Wharton School and works in technology most recently developing automated systems for watering plants container living has been a social experiment in stripping down to the basics one that he hopes to teach others to replicate If we can do it in one of the highest cost places in the world he said people can do this anywhere Just outside the warehouse doors is another community too in containers of a sort Here the homeless live in places made by a local artist named Gregory Kloehn set on wheels and made for the streets Each is about eight feet long and tall enough for a person to sit up in 24 According to the text why did the median rent in San Francisco rise A Because there is a housing shortage in San Francisco B Because lots of newcomers are there to mine gold C Because the house there is bigger 8 D Because the city is underdeveloped 25 According to the author what is the Containertopia A It refers to the people who have lots of containers B It refers to a place where there are lots of containers C It refers to the life of living in a container D It is a warehouse 26 Which word has the closest meaning to the underlined word replicate A Reduce B Produce C Relate D Copy C Halfway through your walk to school a wild Pikachu appears Just a few throws of a Pok ball and it could be yours Will you stop to catch it Nintendo is betting you will Not just that they re betting that you ve waited most of your life to see a Pok mon in the real world Pok mon Go the iOS and Android app from Nintendo The Pok mon Co and developer Niantic Labs promises to let anyone with a smart phone find and train the different creatures of Pok mon all around them For these companies Pok mon Go offers the biggest opportunity to bring augmented 增强的 reality AR into the mainstream as well as a chance to prove not only that AR technology is ready for people but that people are ready for AR Unlike VR virtual reality 虚拟现实 which copies an environment real or imagined to allow for users interaction 互动 the purpose of AR is to add people s interactions with their world usually by offering information that can be seen It s a new kind of experience about mixing the gameplay with other things you re doing says John Hanke CEO and founder of Niantic Labs 9 Niantic has some expertise special skills and knowledge in this field The company which began as a startup inside Google and has since gone independent is behind the popular AR mobile app Ingress In that game the screen shows points of energy springing up around a map of the user s surroundings The energy appears at important real world locations like museums or monuments and users have to explore the world to visit and then battle over those spots Like Ingress Pok mon Go will create interactions based on users locations If it sounds like a fantasy version of Google Maps that s because it is Hanke joined in developing Google Maps Google Earth and Street View and he wanted to apply those technologies in new ways Mobile games he says seemed a perfect fit to encourage people to go outside and discover what he calls the secret history of their neighborhoods You think you know them but you don t Hanke says or maybe you walked by this place and never looked twice at it whether it s a piece of artwork or a landmark you don t know the story behind 27 Pok mon Go was created by the following companies except A Nintendo B GoogleC The Pok mon Co D Niantic Labs 28 According to Para 2 which of the following is TRUE A People are ready for the AR technology B AR technology is one of the mainstream technologies C AR technology is more enjoyable than VR technology D AR technology can improve people s interaction with the real world 29 What does the underlined word them refer to in Para 4 A Companies B Technologies C Mobile games D Neighborhoods 30 In the last paragraph Hanke holds a attitude towards mobile games A cautious B negative C positive D critical 10 第二节 共第二节 共 5 个小题 每小题个小题 每小题 2 分 满分分 满分 10 分 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 For some people the warmest memories from childhood come from being read a great story 31 It develops children s language skills and increases their ability to succeed in school and later work A new report by the American Academy of Pediatrics says reading aloud is so important that parents should start as soon as their children are born and continue to read aloud even after their children can read by themselves They say parents should also point to and talk about pictures in books for infants 婴幼儿 32 The company Scholastic is a major US publisher of children s books Every two years Scholastic publishes a report on American reading attitudes and habits The 2015 report says only 31 percent of children in the US read a book for fun almost every day 33 One is simply to have books in the home Elizabeth Lyttleton the mother of three is lucky Her mother once wrote and illustrated children s books so the family always have plenty to read She says all her children learn from books but in different ways 34 Researchers from the Scholastic company found that 80 of children surveyed of all ages say they love being read to And children ages 6 to 11 whose parents do not read to them anymore say they miss it 35 Of all the 6 to 17 year olds in the Scholastic study more than 90 said their favorite books are the ones they chose for themselves A The Scholastic report also suggests permitting children to choose their own books B Scholastic also identifies some ways to develop a love of reading in a child C A book does not have to be serious to be good for kids D For young children parents should ask questions about the book 11 E Do children still read for fun F Another way to develop a reading habit in children is to read to them G But reading to children does more than create warm memories 第三部分 语言运用 共两节 满分第三部分 语言运用 共两节 满分 45 分 分 第一节 完形填空 共第一节 完形填空 共 20 个小题 每小题个小题 每小题 1 5 分 满分分 满分 30 分 分 阅读下面短文 从短文后各题所给的 A B C 和 D 四个选项中 选出可 以填入空白处的最佳选项 并在答题卡上将该项涂黑 The sport of cycling has steadily built a following in East Africa in recent years It doesn t hurt that twotime Tour de France winner Chris Froome was born in Kenya and 36 by one of Africa s best cyclists David Kinjah And now the town of Machakos abo ut 56 kilometers southeast of Nairobi is struggling to become Kenya s and perhaps East Africa s 37 center At 38 of 1 000 to 1 600 meters 3 280 to 5 250 feet 39 sea level however cycling these hills is anything but effortless That challenge makes Machakos County Kenya a showcase venue for the abilit ies of East African cyclists during the second annual Tour de Machakos Twenty three year old Cyrus Wambua is one of those 40 Born and raised in Machakos Wambua has been riding 41 he was a child He says his mother 42 him to start Uganda s national cycling coach Jesper Fiedler says this is one 43 why Kenya s and East Africa s cycling community has continued to grow over the y ears Partly it s the 44 on TV More people can watch these races on TV and then the more people who are riding around in different towns around East Africa the exposure s just bigger said Fiedler So people they see and they say Maybe we 12 should pick 45 this sport Race organizer Alex Tibwitta said Machakos has it all Nice hills well maintained roads good descents and a government that 46 the cycling community I m pretty 47 that with the right nurturing this is definitely the best place to base a sort of cycling in Kenya and probably in East Africa yeah said Tibwitta Some of the best marathoners in the world either live 48 train in the Kenyan towns of Eldoret and Iten 49 that are known for their high elevations Some cyclists think Machakos could eventually have that same 50 And for cyclists like Wambua that would be very 51 news indeed I like cycling so much because as a sport it 52 keeps you busy in that You avoid bad company don t take drugs even on the other 53 it s a source of living said Wambua You can earn something from the cycling event and you push your family you do your things and that s all The Tour de Machakos is the 54 road race in Kenya covering 400 kilometers around Machakos County This year there were 130 registered cyclists double last year s 55 of entrants 36 A turned B trained C changed D transformed 37 A cycling B swimming C hiking D driving 38 A elevations altitude B evaluations C elevators D elections 39 A over B under C above D below 40 A drivers B governors C citizens D riders 41 A since B when C before D after 42 A encouraged B stopped C forbade D urged 43 A explore B exposure C result D reason 13 44 A explore B exposure C express D explain 45 A on B up C out D off 46 A objects B opposes C supports D approves 47 A doubtful B confident C worried D comfortable 48 A nor B and C or D but 49 A countries B locations C cities D villages 50 A name B wealth C grades D reputation 声誉 声望 51 A good B bad C sad D important 52 A always B sometimes C never D hardly 53 A way B side C day D method 54 A fastest B funniest C hardest D biggest 55 A quality B number C length D volume 第第 II 卷卷 第二节 第二节 10 个小题 每小题个小题 每小题 1 5 分 满分分 满分 15 分 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 Two little children were sitting by the fire one cold winter s night Suddenly they heard a knock at the door Who can it be they wondered One ran 56 curious to open it There outside in the cold and the darkness stood a child 57 14 no shoes on his feet and dressed in old thin garments He was trembling with cold 58 he asked to come in and warm himself Yes come cried both the children They drew the little stranger to their warm seat 59 share their supper with him and gave him their bed and they slept on a hard bench On the night they 60 awake by sweet music 61 was played by a band of children in shining garments Suddenly the stranger child stood in front of 62 no longer cold and ragged but dressed in silvery light He said I am the Christ Child 63 wander through the world to bring peace and 64 happy to good children as you As you have helped me so much this tree will give rich fruit to you every year When he was saying that he broke 65 branch from the tree that grew near the door planted it in the ground and disappeared But the branch grew into a great tree and every year it bore wonderful golden fruit for the kind children 第四部分 写作 共三节 满分第四部分 写作 共三节 满分 40 分 分 第一节 应用文写作 满分第一节 应用文写作 满分 15 分 分 假定你是李华 你的英国朋友 Jack 在观看 中国汉语桥 Chinese Bridge Contest 节目时 决定学习中国语言文化 希望你能给他一些建议 请你根据 以下提示写一封信 1 通过中国古典作品了解中国文化 2 借助电视节目以及报刊更好地了解中国国情 3 和中国朋友多沟通 注意 1 词数 80 左右 开头和结尾已给出 不计入总词数 2 可以适当增加细节 以使行文连贯 15 Dear Jack Yours Li Hua 第二节 概要写作 满分第二节 概要写作 满分 25 分 分 阅读下面短文 根据其内容写一篇 60 词左右的内容概要 Sugars are popular in the processed food industry because they add taste colour and thickness to food products The studies have shown that sugars can provide a source of energy The body breaks down the sugar into simple forms that can be readily used in the body But too much sugar can contribute to health problems like obesity 肥 胖 and tooth disease Having too much sugar is not the only reason for obesity or being overweight but it does add to the amount of kilojoules in food Eating too much of any food without doing enough exercise will cause you to become overweight Governments in the United S