湖北省宜城市高二下学期开学考试英语试卷（含答案）

1、高二年级英语试题 第I卷（共90 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. What does the woman want to do?A. Walk indoors.B. Go shopping.C. Walk by the water. 2. Where is the man going?A. City Hall.B. T

2、he train station.C. The Children s Museum. 3. What did the woman learn?A. She worked badly.B. She shouldnt lie to her parents.C. Lying doesnt usually work. 4. How does the woman feel about the man and his cat?A. A little unhappy.B. Extremely angry.C. Understanding. 5. Why did the man invite the woma

3、n to the restaurant?A. She loves to eat meat.B. She loves to try new things.C. The restaurant has great vegetarian food. 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。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5秒钟的时间阅读各个小题；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. According to the ma

4、n, how often should shoes be replaced?A. Every 200 miles.B. Every 300 miles.C. Every 500 miles. 7. What is the woman most concerned about?A. Saving money.B. Protecting her feet.C. Buying fashionable shoes. 听第7段材料，回答第8、9题。 8. How does the woman feel about the news?A. Puzzled.B. Excited.C. Worried. 9.

5、 What is the probable relationship between the speakers?A. Mother and son.B. Husband and wife.C. Brother and sister. 听第8段材料，回答第10至12题。10. How does the woman feel after hiking up these stairs?A. She feels so tired.B. She doesnt feel very tired actually.C. She feels refreshed.11. What do we know about

6、 the man?A. He was too tired.B. He thought he was at the top of the Great Wall.C. He frank all the water.12. What was the weather like this morning in the city?A. It rained.B. The air quality was bad.C. It was a beautiful day. 听第9段材料，回答第13至16题。13. What is the necessary condition when the man hires a

7、 personal shopper?A. Filling in the application.B. Being helpful.C. Having working experience.14. How did the woman learn about the job?A. From a sign in the window.B. From a website.C. From a newspaper ad.15. Why does the woman want the job?A. She likes to shop for herself.B. She can help people sh

8、op.C. She wants a challenge.16. How does the woman feel about the job?A. Confident.B. Nervous.C. Disappointed. 听第10段材料，回答第17至20题。17. What action have the hospitals taken to prevent thieves from stealing childrens toys?A. To catch thieves. B. To lock the doors.C. To chain childrens toys.18. How does

9、Mr. Fidick feel about childrens toys being stolen?A. Indifferent.B. Annoyed.C. Embarrassed.19. Where did the toys originally come from?A. The hospital.B. The childrens parents.C. The city of Glasgow.20. What did the hospital spokesman advise visitors and the staff to do?A. Be careful.B. Limit visito

10、rs.C. Add extra security.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。AEvery evening, 15-year-old Rashida returns home from school, changes out of her uniform, and rushes to a neighboring farm to help her mother harvest vegetables. Her father is disabled, so the mode

11、st profit the two of them earn must cover food, clothing and other necessities for all seven children and their parents. Despite having precious little time to study, Rashida is one of the top students at her junior secondary school. But with so much responsibility on her small shoulders, she admits

12、 that it is sometimes hard for her to imagine a more promising future.Last year, Rashida was invited to join 155 other girls at Camfed Ghanas first Girls Career Camp, a program designed to inspire girls growing up in the countrys Northern Region to dream big, and to support them to pursue those drea

13、ms. “We organized this camp because we wanted to let girls know that even if they are struggling with poverty, their lives will not be defined by limitations,” says Dolores Dickson, Camfed Ghanas Executive Director.Over the course of five days, the camp led the junior and secondary school students t

14、hrough a range of experiences and career opportunities that were entirely new to them. Dr. Agnes Apusiga, a lecturer from the University of Development Studies, ran the workshop on goal-setting and career choices, describing the universities and training colleges in Ghana that could help them achiev

15、e their dreams. Participants then visited the University for Development Studies, where they toured the medical school and science labs. Another highlight was a workshop at the computer lab at Tamale Secondary School. Many of the girls had studied information technology from a book but had never bef

16、ore seen a computer.“When the girls arrived at camp, they were not ambitious, because they didnt have any idea what the world held for them,” says Eugenia Ayagiba, Project Officer with Camfed Ghana. “Many had scarcely traveled beyond their own villages.”“I think the most important thing that happene

17、d at the camp is that we opened a window of hope for a group of girls coming from backgrounds of poverty,” says Eugenia. For Rashida, who has been laughed at in the past by her schoolmates because of her fathers disability, the experience was important. “She told one of the camp mentors(辅导员) that wh

18、en she is at school, she often feels like a misfit, and she prefers to keep to herself,” says Eugenia. “But at the camp, it was different. She made friends with girls who have similar struggles. She took part in every single activity, every single game. On the last day, she said to her mentor, The c

19、amp has challenged me to study hard. Now I see that there is light at the end of the tunnel.21How many are there in Rashidas family?ASeven BEight CNine DTen22Why did the camp lead the students to visit universities and training colleges?ATo show they are better than their schoolsBTo encourage them t

20、o get good educationCTo show them what they are likeDTo get them to touch the advanced equipment there23What can we infer from the passage?ARashida has become friends with her mentorsBRashidas mentors has encouraged her a lotCRashida was sad because of her fathers disabilityDRashida has had her new

21、dream since the camp24The best title of the passage is _APoor Girls in Ghana BGirls Career CampCCamfed Ghana DStudents in Ghana Dream BigI sat with my friend in a well-known coffee shop in a neighboring town of Venice. As we enjoyed our coffee, a man called the waiter and placed his order, “Two cups

22、 of coffee, one on the wall.” We got interested and observed that he was served with one cup of coffee but he paid for two. As soon as he left, the waiter attached a piece of paper to the wall saying “A Cup of Coffee.” Similar occasions took place twice while we were there. It seemed that this gestu

23、re was quite normal at this place. However, it was something unique and confusing for us.After a few days, when we again enjoyed coffee there, a man entered. The way this man was dressed did not match the standard or the atmosphere of this coffee shop. Poverty was evident from his looks. As he seate

24、d himself, he looked at the wall and said, “One cup of coffee from the wall.” The waiter served coffee to this man with respect and dignity. The man had his coffee and left without paying. We were amazed to watch all this when the waiter took off a piece of paper from the wall and threw it in the du

25、stbin.Now it was no surprise for us; the matter was very clear. The great respect for the needy shown by people in this town moved us to tears.Coffee is not a necessity. However, the point is that when we take pleasure in any blessing, maybe we also need to think about those people who also apprecia

26、te that specific blessing but cannot afford.Note the waiter, who gets the communication going between the affording and the needy with a smile on his face. Think about the man in need: he enters the coffee shop without having to lower his self-dignity; he has a free cup of coffee without asking or k

27、nowing about who has given this cup of coffee to him; he only looked at the wall, placed an order for himself, enjoyed his coffee and left. Besides, we need to remember the role played by the wall that reflects the generosity and care of people in this town.25What made the author interested as well

28、as confused?A. The waiters making normal gestures.B. Customers buying coffee for the needy.C. The waiters attaching coffee orders on the wall.D. Customers paying for coffee and having it put on the wall.26The author thought the man in need was _.A. obviously poorB. not properly dressedC. not right t

29、o leave without payingD. strange to order coffee from the wall27 In the authors opinion, coffee is _.A. necessary in our lifeB. a blessing some cant affordC. respect shown for the needyD. a blessing everyone should have28The passage is mainly concerned about _.A. learning from the waiterB. buying co

30、ffee for othersC. caring more about the people in needD. analyzing the characters in the coffee shopNew research shows that kids from low-income families may be falling behind their peers because an important part of their brains is underdeveloped.Researchers from MIT s McGovern Institute for Brain

31、Research compared the brains of 12-and 13-year-olds from rich families with the brains of their peers from lower-income families. They found that one particular area of the brainthe neocortex(新皮质),which plays a key role in memory and learning abilityis thinner in children from lower-income household

32、s.This is a crucial part of the brain for young students, who are often tested based on their ability to recall large chunks of information. Children who had a thinner neocortex performed poorly on standardized tests,researchers found.More than 90% of high-income students scored above average on a s

33、tatewide math and English/Language Arts standardized test,compared with less than 60% of low-income students.Differences in cortical(脑皮层) thickness could account for almost half of the income-achievement gap in this sample,researchers wrote.“Just as you would expect, there s a real cost not living i

34、n a supportive environment. We can see it not only in test scores,in educational attainment,but within the brains of these children,”says psychological scientist John Gabrieli,a professor of brain and cognitive sciences at MIT and one of the studys authors.Since a 2011 study published by Stanford Un

35、iversity professor Sean Reardon found that the gap between standardized test scores of high-income and low-income students has grown by about 40% since the 1960s,there s been a lot of research aimed at finding links between income and achievement, rather than race alone. The MIT study found low-inco

36、me children were equally likely to have a thinner neocortex,no matter their races.Gabrieli and his co-authors can t say exactly why poor children s brains develop differently because there are too many possibilities to count.Their findings do,however,underline the importance of early intervention(干预

37、) to ensure that low-income kids get the tools they need to succeed.29What s the function of the first paragraph?A. To list some findings.B. To give some advice.C. To do some comparisons.D. To show the main idea of the text.30What does the underlined word “crucial” in Paragraph 3 mean?A. Special. B.

38、 Important.C. Separate. D. Unknown.31What John Gabrieli says in Paragraph 4 mainly shows the importance of .A. cognitive abilityB. educational attainmentC. having developed brainsD. living in supportive surroundings32What is the main idea of the passage?A.Wealthy parents do better in raising childre

39、n.B.Differences exist between poor children and rich ones.C.Poor children study harder due to their financial conditions.D.Poor children have thinner neocortex than their wealthy peers.Digital technology - email and smart phones especially-have vastly improved workers ability to be productive outsid

40、e of a traditional office. Even so, most white-collar work still happens in an office. One reason is that, according to findings of a new survey (调查) of office workers conducted by Wakefield Research for the IT company Citrix, most bosses are doubtful about remote working. Half of the workers say th

41、eir boss doesnt accept it, and only 35 percent say its tolerated.Skeptical bosses will likely have their doubts reinforced (加深)by the same survey, which shows that 43 percent of workers say theyve watched TV or a movie while “working” remotely, while 35 percent have done housework，and 28 percent hav

42、e cooked dinner.It is true, however, that working at home makes people much more efficient (高效的), because it allows workers to take care of annoying housework while still getting their jobs done. Its much faster, for example, to shop for groceries at a quarter to three than to stand in line during t

43、he after-work rush.The fact that such practices remain officially unaccepted reflects how far we havent come as a society from the days when we expected every full-time worker to be supported by a full-time homemaker.More broadly the Wakefield survey suggests that employers may be missing a low-cost

44、 way to give workers something of value. Sixty-four percent of those survey participants who havent worked remotely would rather give up some bonus in order to get even one day a week working from home. Under such circumstances, smart firms need to find ways to let their employees have enough abilit

45、y to change or be changed easily to suit a different situation to manage their time efficiently.33Why do some employers hesitate to allow remote working?A. They are used to face-to-face communication. B. They want to stick to their routine practice.C. They have little trust in modem technology.D. Th

46、ey fear losing control of their workers 34What seems to be most workers attitude toward remote working?A. Favorable. B. DoubtfulC. Reserved. D. Disapproving.35What does the author suggest smart firms do?A. Shorten their office hours. B. Give employees a pay raise.C. Adopt flexible work patterns. D.

47、Reduce their staffs workload.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。The Dos and Donts of Learning a New Language People decide to learn another language for many different reasonsSome learn another language because they would like to live in another country 36 Some people hav

48、e to study a language at school and others might decide to learn a language just for fun! Ive been learning French for just over two yearsI decided to learn it because I wanted to learn something new and I love French cultureLearning French has been a fun and exciting journey but its also been chall

49、enging. Ive learnt a lot about the challenges while learning a new language and have put together somedosanddontsto help other language learners 37Learning a new language can be a hard process that requires a lot of motivationTry different activities to make your language learning more enjoyableWhy

50、not try watching your favourite TV series in that language or listening to music in that language?Do write down your mistakes 38 I like to write the mistakes that I make in a small pocket bookDont set unrealistic expectations。If you have recently started learning another language，it may be unrealist

51、ic to expect to be fluent within a couple of monthsBe aware that it could take a while 39 Its very difficult to have a native accentThe most important thing is that youre clear and people can understand youDont be scared 40 I worried about my accent，pronunciation，grammar and didnt make the most of s

52、peaking opportunitiesLooking back，it seems silly and now Im more than happy to speak FrenchDont be afraid or overthink it，just be confident and speakABe confidentBDo enjoy itCThe same thing goes for accentsDOthers decide to learn a language because of their jobEI wasnt confident when I first started

53、 speaking FrenchFTake your time and celebrate the progress that youve made so farGA person correcting you is a good thing and it will help you improve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，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。A lovely little girl was holding two apple

54、s with both handsHer mum came in and41 asked her little daughter with a smile：“my sweetie，could you give your mum one of your two apples?”The girl looked 42 at her mum for some seconds，then she suddenly took a quick 43 on one apple，and then quickly on the other The mum feIt the smile on her face 44S

55、he tried hard not to show her 45Then the little girl handed one of her 46 apples to her mum，and said：mummy，here you areThis is the 47 One No matter who you are，how experienced you are，and how knowledgeable you think you are，always 48 judgmentGive others the privilege to 49 themselvesWhat you see may

56、 not be the 50Never conclude for othersWhich is why we should never only 51 the surface and judge others without understanding them 52Those who like to pay the bill，do so not because they are loaded，but because they value 53 above moneyThose who 54 first after a fight，do so not because they are wrong but because they value the people around themThose who often text you，do so not because they have 55 better to d