湖北省十堰市第二中学2019-2020学年高二英语上学期期中试题

湖北省十堰市第二中学2019-2020学年高二英语上学期期中试题第一部分:听力第一节 (共5小题；每小题1.5分，满分7.5分)听下面5段对话, 选出最佳选项。1.whatdoesthewomanaskthemantodofirst?a.parkthecar. b.orderthefood. c.seetheconcert.2.whichfilmdoesthewomanprefertosee? a.theeightzone. b.anamazingday. c.thedarkwindow.3.whoisthewomanprobably? a.asecurityguard. b.amuseumclerk. c.atourguide.4.whichpartofthewomansbodyhurts? a.herhead. b.herknee. c.herhand.5.wherewillthefamilygetonthebus? a.atthevillage. b.atthecampsite. c.nearthelake.第二节（共15小题；每小题1.5分，满分22.5分）听下面5段对话或独白，选出最佳选项。请听第6段材料，回答第 6、7 题。6.whatdayisittodayprobably?a.tuesday. b.wednesday. c.thursday.7.whatwillthemanprobablydofirst?a.finishthetextbook. b.writetheessay. c. do the task online请听第7段材料，回答第 8、9题。8.whatkindoffooddoesthemansuggesttryingatfirst?a.chinesefood. b. indianfood. c.italianfood.9.whydoesthewomannotliketogotothesevenbells?a.itisexpensive. b.itisnoisy. c. itisfar.请听第8段材料，回答第10至12题。10.whydoesthewomanmeettheman?a.tolookattheapartment. b.todeliversomefurniture.c. tohaveamealtogether.11.whatcanweknowfromtheconversation? a.thecupboardissmall. b.thekitchenisempty. c. thenighttableisgreat.12.whenwillthespeakersmeetnexttimeprobably?a.intwodays. b.inthreedays. c.infivedays.请听第9段材料，回答第13至16题13.whatdidthewomanfailtobring? a.thephone. b.thebarbecue. c. thetent.14.whoforgottobringthefood?a.will. b.eric. c. alice.15.whatdidkatiepromisetodo?a.bringthematches. b.preparethedrinks. c.takethemap.16.whatdoesthemanthinkofthetrip?a.disappointing. b.enjoyable. c. tiring.请听第10段材料，回答第17至20题17.whattimewillthetalkfinish?a.atl1:30. b.at12:30. c. at2:30.18.wherewillthetalkbeheld?a.inroomb. b.inroomc. c. inroomd.19.whatinformationhasnotbeenchanged?a.theaccommodationforthelecturer. b.thetimeofthereception.c. thelengthofthetalk.20.whatdoesthespeakeradvise thelecturertodoatlast?a.checkthevideoequipment. b.gettheroomkey. c. collectarefund.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 university of adelaide employs a full-time staff of fire prevention professionals. they inspect all campus buildings and test and maintain all sprinkler(喷水灭火装置) systems, fire alarms, and fire extinguishers(灭火器). they also provide educational programs on fire safety in the residence halls. whenever you move to a new area, you should locate the fire alarm pull stations and the two exits nearest to your room.fire alarmsthe floors of all campus buildings are equipped with manual(手动的) fire alarm systems which include fire alarm pull stations and pipes. most are equipped with automatic fire alarm systems consisting of heat detectors, smoke detectors and sprinklers. for your safety, never tamper with(胡乱摆弄) these systems. false fire alarms are illegal and may lead to imprisonment.fire drillsa fire drill will be conducted in your residence hall every semester. during a fire drill, please do the following:wtake your room key and id, close and lock the door to your room.wexit immediately from the nearest emergency exit; do not use a lift. wmeet outside of your residence hall and wait for further instructions.fire extinguishersfire extinguishers are located on each floor and in each apartment. use a fire extinguisher only if you have been trained to do so. irresponsible use of a fire extinguisher can create a dangerous situation for other residents and could result in fines.smoke detectorsa smoke detector is on the ceiling in your room. some buildings also have heat detectors on the ceilings. do the following to ensure the safe operation of your smoke detector:wif your smoke detector is working properly, the red light should be on. if the red light is not blinking(闪动), contact residence hall staff immediately.wdo not cover or block your smoke detector in any way.wif a smoke detector sets off an alarm and there is no fire or smoke, inform your hall staff.21. what is the main duty of the fire prevention professionals? a. to provide part-time jobs for students.b. to lead the students to the nearest exits.c. to check and maintain fire prevention equipment.d. to train teachers to be fire prevention professionals.22. what do the automatic fire alarm systems include?a. pipes and smoke detectors.b. smoke detectors and sprinklers.c. fire alarm pull stations and pipes.d. sprinklers and fire alarm pull stations.23. in a fire drill, the students should _.a. rush quickly to a liftb. gather at the nearest exitc. shut the door and leave at onced. wait for instructions in the hall24. what do we know about the use of fire extinguishers?a. using them wrongly results in punishment.b. irresponsible use of them can damage them.c. improper use of them can destroy the apartment.d. using them without a trainer present is forbidden.b it was a cold march day in high point, north carolina. the girls on the wesleyan academy softball team were waiting for their next turns at bat during practice stamping their feet to stay warm. eighth-grader taylor bisbee shivered(发抖) a little as she watched her teammate paris white play. the two didnt know each other well taylor had just moved to town a month or so before. suddenly, paris fell to the ground. “pariss eyes rolled back,” taylor says. “she started shaking. i knew it was an emergency.”it certainly was. paris had suffered a sudden heart failure. without immediate medical care, paris would die. at first, no one moved. the girls were in shock. then the softball coach shouted out, “does anyone know cpr?”cpr is a life-saving technique. to do cpr, you press on the sick persons chest so that blood moves through the body and takes oxygen to organs. without oxygen, the brain is damaged quickly. amazingly, taylor had just taken a cpr course the day before. still, she hesitated. she didnt think she knew it well enough. but when no one else came forward, taylor ran to paris and began doing cpr. “it was scary. i knew it was the difference between life and death.” says taylor.taylors swift action helped her teammates calm down. one girl called 911. two more ran to get the school nurse, who brought a defibrillator, an electronic device(器械) that can shock the heart back into work. luck stayed with them: pariss heartbeat returned.“i know i was really lucky,” paris says now. “most people dont survive this. my team saved my life.”experts say paris is right: for a sudden heart failure, the single best chance for survival is having someone nearby step in and do cpr at once. today, paris is back on the softball team. taylor will apply to college soon. she wants to be a nurse. “i feel more confident in my actions now,” taylor says, “i know i can act under pressure in a scary situation.”25. what happened to paris on a march day?a. she caught a bad cold.b. she had a sudden heart problem.c. she was knocked down by a ball.d. she shivered terribly during practice.26. why does paris say she was lucky?a. she made a worthy friend.b. she recovered from shock.c. she received immediate cpr.d. she came back on the softball team.27. which of the following words can best describe taylor?a. enthusiastic and kind. b. courageous and calm.c. cooperative and generous. d. ambitious and professional.cour neighbor said the storm lasted four minutes. the town houses are destroyed or damaged. amazingly, none of us were severely injured.on the day the tornado hit, there was no indication that severe weather was on its way. the first alert my husband, jimmy, 67, and i, 65, got came around 9 p.m., from some rolling text on the tv jimmy was watching. he ran upstairs to find me in our third-floor bedroom, and we changed the channel to our local pensacola, florida, station.no sooner had we found coverage of the tornado than it was on top of us. the bones of the house shook, and the power went out. we had three flights of steps to get to the relatively safe closet down on the first floor.as we reached the last flight of steps, our front door blew out. suddenly, a three-foot-long tree branch whipped through the doorframe. it flew over our heads, missing us by inches. had we been one step up, it would have stuck through us.finally, jimmy pushed me down to the closet floor, but he couldnt get inside himself because of the wind. i grasped jimmys arm as the tornado sucked the door open and tried to bring jimmy with it. my knees and scalp(头皮) were full of glass, but in that moment, i felt no pain. if i had let go, jimmy would have flown right out the back of the house and into the bay.all of a sudden, jimmy lifted off his feet like people in tornadoes do in the movies. i thought he was gone. and then everything stopped. he landed on his feet. in those first quiet moments, i couldnt believe it was over.28how was the old couple aware of the tornado?athey learned it from their neighbors who passed their house.bthey learned it from some common indications before a tornado.cthey found the news report forecasting the tornado on tv.dthey found the tornado on top of them when they were upstairs.29we can infer from paragraph4 that _athe old couple was very grateful to the branch.bthe old couple missed the branch very much.cthe old couple was hit by the branch on the head.dthe old couple was fortunate to have a narrow escape.30why did the old woman feel no pain in paragraph5?abecause she was worried about her husband.bbecause she was brave enough to bear the pain.cbecause she didnt actually feel any pain.dbecause she had a good husband to comfort her.31the passage is most probably taken from _.aa brochure ba novel cnewspaper da magazinedhave you ever heard someone say, “you totally look like youre a jessica” or something similar? people seem to think that they know what kind of person a “jessica” or a “michael” looks like. why is this?according to a study published in the journal of personality and social psychology, humans tend to associate peoples names with their appearance, and can even guess someones name based on how they look.researchers at the hebrew university of jerusalem, israel, collected thousands of photos of peoples faces. they labeled each photo with four names. then, they asked volunteers to guess which of the four names was correct.the volunteers were able to guess the right name 38 percent of the time. it seems that certain characteristics of faces give them clues about someones name, readers digest reported.however, this only worked when the volunteers looked at names from their own culture. in addition, the volunteers were not as good at guessing the real names of people who used nicknames more often than their real names. this may show that a persons appearance is affected by their name only if they use it often.this kind of face-name matching happens “because of a process of self-fulfilling prophecy (自我实现预言), as we become what other people expect us to become.” ruth mayo from the university told science news website eurekalert.earlier studies have shown that gender and race stereotypes (刻板印象) can affect a persons appearance. the researchers believe there are also similar stereotypes about names. for example, people tend to think that men named bob should have rounder faces because the word itself looks round. people may think that women named rose are beautiful. they expect them to be “delicate” and “feminine(女性的)”, just like the flower they are named for.32what was the purpose of the study?a. to find out todays most popular english names.b. to learn how names influence personality.c. to find out whether names relate to their looks.d. to show how mens names are different from womens.33what can we infer from the study?a. volunteers found it easier to guess nicknames correctly.b. names may have different associations in different cultures.c. volunteers could guess the characteristics of those people.d. the people in the photos and volunteers were from the same country.34according to ruth mayo, why do some people look like their names?a. they tend to become what others expect them to become.b. they want to please everyone around them.c. they dont want to be different from others.d. they like to copy famous people who share the same name.35what point does the last paragraph want to explain?a. earlier studies about stereotypes are limited.b. stereotypes about names can bring good results.c. stereotypes about names can affect peoples looks.d. its not always bad to be influenced by the expectations of others.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。four habits to help you succeednobody would like to experience failure. we all want to succeed. for those who have tried and failed, success seems difficult to understand. 36 know your values.finding your values is in line with creating motivation. 37 pick a handful of things and write them down. remind yourself of your values every day and reflect on whether you are honoring those values through your work. 38choose one goal to start something large enough that will give you a sense of achievement, while adjusting well to your values. if you want to achieve your goal, focus is the key here. 39 if you perform many tasks at a time, you might never finish your projects because they will take far too long. set a time for success.set a date for success. know when you hope to realize your goal. 40by setting a time limit, you are making the process realistic. dont give up because of failure.failure cant be avoided when you take risks. by its very definition, the desire to succeed means you are risking failure. many people tend to give up far too early. dont fall into this trap! use failure. treat it as a good thing, and go on.amake the right decision.bpick a goal and focus on it .cthe more focused you are on one goal, the higher chance you have of success.dkeep it realistic, while not giving yourself too much time.e. i have made a list of four habits to help you set goals and realize them.f. sit and reflect on what you value most.g. push yourself to be courageous, and take that next step.第三部分 英语知识运用 （共两节，满分45）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。when i was 25, i found myself in one of those worst situations in life. one day a friend 41 me to participate in a service club. it didnt 42 me much at first. then i realized that perhaps helping someone else could do me some good.the service club offered various volunteer opportunities to 43 from. i listed activities helping children as my top 44 . however, i was arranged to serve charles, who was paralyzed(瘫痪的)from the neck down and only 45 to talk and move his facial features.when i entered charles room for the first time, i 46 myself to him. his room had a window , but it was 47 with artwork: various papers painted with watercolor. i stood there 48 what to do next.“are you 49 to paint?” charles asked me. “there is a brush and paints in the cupboard,” he said. still not understanding his 50 , i opened the cupboard and saw a large can of watercolor paints and a paintbrush. when i saw the paintbrush, it all became 51 - charles painted those pictures with his 52 .charles explained how to 53 colors on a tray(托盘). each time he wanted to change colors, he held the 54 in his teeth and said, “new color, please”we spent every wednesday evening that fall and winter together. 55 , i began to appreciate my life with fresh eyes. charles had given me a wonderful 56 : hed shown me the joy of gratitude, even for seemingly 57 things.many years and miles make me 58 charles now. but whenever life 59 me, i think of him and tell myself, “new color, please”. i have a family. i have my freedom. there is so much to be 60 for.41areminded binvited callowed dpromised42aattract. bguide cinclude dapprove43alearn brecover cchoose dbenefit44aneeds bpreferences cinstructions dtasks45awilling bprepared cpleased dable46ainformed bintroduced cdevoted dconnected47aprovided bcompared cended dcovered48aknowing bexplaining cwondering dignoring49aready bcomfortable canxious dsure50aorders bopinions cdecisions dintentions51aunreasonable bunforgettable cclear daccurate52anose bmouth cfoot dface53aaccomplish bapply csqueeze darrange54abrush bcan ctray dpaper55aobviously bhopefully cgradually dconstantly56aimpression bthrill caward dgift57aregular bordinary cstrange dformal58ainformed of bdifferent from capart from dskeptical of59adisappoints bmotivates cforgets dpunishes60athankful bhungry cconcerned dfamous第二节:阅读下面材料，在空白处进入适当的内容（1个单词）或括号内单词的正确形式。ive always been attracted by the 61 (beautiful) of chinese culture and its vast history. when we first arrived in china, my friend