高二英语上学期期中试题（创新班）.doc

淮南二中2018届创新班高二上学期期中考试英语试卷时间110分钟 满分100分第一部分 听力（共两节，满分20分）第一节 （共5小题，每小题1分，满分5分）1.What will the man do first?A.Have dinner with the woman. B.Have an evening class. C.Have a snack.2.Why does the man look terrible?A.He got the flu. B.He studied late last night. C.He had difficulty in sleeping.3.What do we know about the sisters?A.They are different in character.B.They have a lot in common.C.Their voices are beautiful.4.What does the woman suggest the man do?A.Have a talk with his boss. B.Stick to what he did. C.Give up the job.5.What does the woman mean?A.The corner is a better place for the plants.B.The man should water the plants less.C.The plants may need more light.第二节 （共15小题，每小题1分，满分15分）听下面一段对话，回答第6、7题。6.What does the man do?A.A pilot. B.A scientist. C.An office clerk.7.What are the speakers talking about?A.Their jobs. B.Their dreams. C.Their hobbies.听下面一段对话，回答第8、9题。8.What day is it today?A.Friday. B.Saturday. C.Sunday.9.What does the man want to buy?A.Some clothes. B.A necklace. C.Some chicken.听下面一段对话，回答第10至12题。10.Whats the purpose of the mans call?A.To visit Tony Parker. B.To book a room. C.To confirm his reservation.11.What kind of rooms does the woman handle?A.Standard rooms. B.Special suites. C.Double rooms.12.When will Tony call the man back?A.This evening. B.Tomorrow morning. C.Tomorrow afternoon.听下面一段对话，回答第13至16题。13.What makes the price different between the ninth and tenth floor?A.The facilities. B.The sizes. C.The views.14.How many parking spaces are for residents?A.120. B.140. C.160.15.Where is the swimming pool for children?A.On the fourth floor. B.On the third floor. C.On the second floor.16.What does the man say about the gym?A.It is only open to resident members. B.It is free for residents. C.It is Olympic-sized.听下面一段独白，回答第17至20题。17.When should the listeners get to school next Tuesday?A.At 5:50. B.At 6:00. C.At 7:30.18.What does the speaker ask the listeners to do?A.Attend a birthday celebration. B.Read the play ahead. C.Copy the play.19.How much should each listener pay for the visit in total?A.$15. B.$17. C.$18.20.What will the listeners do after visiting Staunton Theater?A.Meet at the front gate. B.Have a big meal. C.Go to a caf.第二部分 阅读理解（共两节，满分30分）第一节 （共10小题；每小题2分，满分20分）AThe National Air and Space Museum in Washington, DC has thousands of objects on display, including the 1903 Wright Flyer, Charles Lindberghs Spirit of St. Louis, the Apollo 11 Command Module Columbia, and a lunar rock you can touch. In addition to our exhibition galleries, you may want to visit the Albert Einstein Planetarium, Lockheed Martin IMAX Theater, and the Public Observatory on the east end. There are many things to do at the Museum in DC. We offer daily tours and educational activities for both children and adults. We also have scheduled lectures and events throughout the year.Hours and Admission：Open every day except December 25. Admission is free.Regular Hours：1000 am to 5:30pm Extended Hours: 10:00 am to 7:30pmDecember 2630,2014 March 30April 20, 2015Fridays and Saturdays, April 24May 16,2015May 17September 7, 2015 VISITING TIPS：Limit the number of bags: All visitors are screened through metal detectors upon entry. The fewer items you bring inside the Museum, the faster your entry. Before you visit, please review the list of prohibited items，which include pocket knives and tripods（三脚架）. Visitors carryingprohibited items will not be allowed inside the Museum, so please leave them at home or in car.No Food or Drink: Only bottled water is permitted in the Museum. You may only consume food and other drinks in the Food Court, not in the Museum. Groups who bring food are encouraged to picnic on the National Mall.Please Take Photos: You are welcome to take photos for personal use. However, tripods and monopods（单脚架）are not permitted without approval.First Aid: The Museum has a First Aid office and a nurse on duty. Please contact the nearest security officer or the Welcome Center for assistance.Visit the Welcome Center: At our Welcome Center in the South Lobby, staff and volunteers can answer any questions you have during your visit.Open:10:00 am to 5:30 pm Phone: 202-633-2214E-mail: NASM-21. According to the passage. the National Air and Space Museum is a museum .A. where only adults can take part in some educational activitiesB. where one can touch anything he likesC. everyone can visit without time limits all the year roundD. everyone can pay a visit to without buying tickets22. A visitor to the Museum can .A. take photos with tripods for personal useB. get some medical treatment if he suddenly falls ill C. bring fewer bags to go through metal detectorsD. eat and drink in the Museum or in the Food Court23. The purpose of this passage is to .A. attract people to explore the universeB. encourage adults to bring their children thereC. make an advertisement for the museumD. show what is on display in the museumBIn my spare time, i ould like to go to the cinema to watch a great film. Its two hours of relaxation and escapism from real life. But when I kick back in my seat to enjoy the film and tuck into my box of popcorn, Im often irritated by seeing someone next to me texting on their mobile phone or worse still, talking to someone. Its no surprise that a proposal by a US cinema chain to let people use their phones during some film screenings was met with such anger, that the company had to withdraw the idea. People said it was the worst idea ever! Surely, going to watch the latest film is just that watching not multi-screening. And if youre out with a friend it seems very antisocial or just rude. I certainly get distracted by the click-click on someones mobile keyboard as they text and the glow of the bright small phone screen why arent they concentrating on the big screen? But with the availability of streaming films at home and cheap DVDs, cinemas are struggling to keep their customers. Some places now offer comfortable seats with snacks and drinks so maybe trying to attract a younger audience by allowing the use of mobile phones is the way forward? A survey in 2012 found that a majority of 18-to-34-year-olds believed using social media while watching a movie would add to their experience. However, not every young person wants to multi-task at the movies. Many of us still get annoyed by the theatre staff who appear not to do anything about it. Of course, we could ask the offenders to turn their phones off but as Adam Aron, head of AMC Entertainment, said in Variety magazine, “when you tell a 22-year-old to turn off the phone, dont ruin the movie, they hear please cut off your left arm above the elbow.” Clearly this is not what I would like to see but if you want to use your mobile phone in the cinema that Im at, please dont sit next to me! What do you think is the right thing to do?24. The underline word “irritated” in Paragraph 1 means _. A. terrified B. depressed C. annoyed D. embarrassed 25. Which of the following is True of the US cinema chains original advice? A. The advice was carried out smoothly. B. The advice was very popular with people.C. They permitted people to use the phone. D. They prohibited people to use the phone. 26. What can we infer from Paragraph 3? A. Young people use their social media frequently. B. The cinema neednt worry about their customers. C. People prefer to watch films and DVD at home. D. Sending messages is the best experience for young people.27. What is the authors attitude towards multi-task at the movies?A. Sympathy. B. Encouragement. C. Enthusiasm. D. Disapproval.CPeople need to seek out new foods because the world has so many mouths to feed. As of 2015, there are more than seven billion people on Earth, according to the United Nations. And by 2100, that number may double. Feeding all of these people means not only improving the way food is grown, but also finding new sources of nutrition.And that quest is becoming ever more urgent. If nothing changes, within 35 years, the worlds appetite will be greater than the amount of food produced. Thats according to a report released last year. It was prepared by the Global Harvest Initiative, a private agriculture group based in Washington, D. C.Global warming, too, is changing food production. Scientists predict that rising temperatures will reduce the growth of important crops like wheat, corn and soybeans. Low-income developing countries will be hit the hardest. When harvests fall, crops become more expensive. And since those foods are also used to feed animals like cows and pigs, meat prices too, will rise.All over the world, researchers are racing against the clock to figure out how best to feed more people in a fast-changing world. And some surprising ideas have begun to come up. Two years ago, scientists introduced the first burger made from meat grown in a lab. The project cost more than $ 300, 000, but its a start. Other researchers are developing seeds that can survive high temperatures and drought. Still others are finding ways to improve the genes of meat animals so they produce more meat and can stand the heat.A gloomy (悲观的) forecast for the planet isnt the only reason to study foods for the future. Its a creative quest that will inspire people who can think in new ways about existing plants and animalseven insects. These researchers have used their talents in ways that even they never would have predicted.28. What do the underlined words “that quest” in paragraph 2 refer to?A. The research on food. B. The increase of population.C. The variety of nutrition. D. The change of appetite.29. How does global warming affect low-income developing countries?a. Increase meat prices. b. Raise the temperature.c. Reduce the growth of crops. d. Lead to the high cost of life.e. Cause a higher price for crops.A. d a c d e B. b c e a dC. d e c a b D. b a c d e30. What is mainly talked about in Paragraph 4?A. New ways of farming. B. Some great researchers.C. Achievements in lab experiments.D. Progress in food research.31. What will be discussed in the following paragraph?A. Examples of successful food researchers.B. Different opinions about the future food.C. Methods of dealing with global warming. D. Possibilities of feeding the present population. DMore and more people use smart phones to pay bills and store personal information, so strict password security has become more important than ever. A new study shows that free - form gestures sweeping fingers in shapes across the screen of a smart phonecan be used to unlock phones. These gestures are less likely to be observed and reproduced by others than traditional typed passwords.“All that it takes to steal a password is a quick eye,” said one of the researchers of the study. “With all the personal information we have on our phones today, improving their security is becoming increasingly necessary.” In developing a secure solution to this problem, the researchers studied the practicality of using free - form gestures. With the ability to create any shape in any size and location on the screen, the gestures were popular as passwords. Since users create them without following a template(模板), the researchers predicted these gestures would allow for greater complexity.The researchers carried out a create - test - retest experiment where 63 people were asked to create a gesture, recall it, and recall it again 10 days later. The gestures were captured on a recognizer system designed by the team. Using this data, they tested the complexity and accuracy of each gesture using information theory. The result of their analysis is that people are favorable to use free - form gestures as passwords.To put their analysis into practice, the researchers then had seven students in computer science and engineering, each with considerable experience with touchscreens（触摸屏）, attempt to steal a free - form gesture password by observing a phone user secretly. None of them were able to copy the gestures with enough accuracy. The gestures appear to be extremely powerful against attacks.Though the testing is in its early stage and widespread adaptation of this technology is not yet clear, the research team plans to continue to analyze the security and management of free form passwords in the future. They believe this is the first study to explore free - form gestures as passwords. They will soon publish their findings.32. What can we learn about free - form gestures?A. They are improving mobile security in a way. B. Users will have to make use of simple gestures.C. They will never be copied by others. D. Users must move their fingers in fixed shapes.33. The experiment in paragraph 4 is to test _ of free - form gestures.A. template B. security C. accuracy D. application 34. According to the text, the researchers think that _.A. it is easy to steal any password with a quick eye B. better ways of setting passwords should be developedC. people had better not use smart phones to pay bills D. personal information should not be stored in a phone35. The main purpose of the text is to _.A. advise people to use free - form gestures B. discuss whether smart phones are safeC. introduce the study of a new password D. talk about the practicality of passwords 第二节（共5小题，每小题1分，满分5分）People think children should play sports. Sports are fun, and it can help children keep healthy while playing with others. 36 It may produce feelings of poor self-respect or aggressive behavior in some children. According to the research on kids and sports, 40,000,000 kids play sports in the USA. Of these, 18,000,000 say they have beenshoutedat or called names while playing sports. This leaves many children with a badimpressionon sports. They think sports are just too aggressive.Many researchers believe adults, especially parents and coaches, are the main causeof too much aggression in childrens sports. 37 This behavior is then further strengthened through both positive and negative feedback. Parents and coaches are powerful teachers because children usually look up to them. Often these adults behave aggressively themselves, sending children the message thatwinningis everything. Many parents go to childrens sporting events and shoutinsultsat other players or cheer when their children behaveaggressively.As well, children are even taught that hurting other players isacceptableor are pushed to continue playing even when they are injured. In addition, the media makes violence seem exciting. 38 Nowadays, we really need toface up tothis problem and do something about it. 39 They also need to teach children bettervalues. They should not just cheer when children win or act aggressively. They should teach children toenjoythemselves whether they win or not. 40 If adults allow children to play when injured, this gives the message that healthis not as important as winning.A. Parents and coachesin particularshould act as better examples for children.B. However, playing sports can havenegativeeffects on children.C. We live in a society which wishes to get rid of risk.D. They believe childrencopyaggressive adult behavior.E. Besides, children should not be allowed to continue to play when they are injured.F. Many children are not allowed to play football on the playground for fear that they might be hurt.G. Children watch adult sports games and see violent behavior replayed over and over on television.第三部分 英语知识运用（共两节，满分30分）第一节 完形填空（共20小题；每小题1分，满分20分）When I look back at my decision to be a working mom, I realize that I didnt think I had any other choice. Hubby and I had been a two-income family 41 the time we were married. It didnt occur to me that we would be anything else though its hardly news that the choice has its 42 .Hubby traveled a lot when our kids were young, and I often was a weekday single mom. I had an understanding boss，who allowed me to work a(n) 43 schedule for about 12 years. My 32-hour work week provided the chance to 44 in my kids kindergarten classrooms.The woman who cared for the kids in our 45 was truly a gift from God. Nan and I 46 values and parenting styles. Never underestimate (低估) the value of 47 . When Dad was away, the kids knew the drill. Though sports activities and piano lessons 48 interrupted our schedules, generally we got up, fed and out without much commotion (混乱) and back in, fed and 49 with a little time left over for a game or a favorite TV show. Mom got a few minutes of 50 before sleep.Looking back on the past, I realize we could have made other 51 . We could have been vegetable gardeners. Lots of families 52 on one income. But I think we would have lost something just as important as my 53 .My work at the News Sentinel has been 54 and exciting. Ive worked with people I never would have met had I been at home. Ive spent my career 55 sentences and stories and learning and passing along information about our community. My coworkers are my Tennessee family.My work has been 56 to me in important ways, and I think it has