福建省三明市第一中学2018_2019学年高二英语下学期开学考试试题

1、三明一中 2018-2019 学年下学期开学考高二英语试题（时间： 2019 年 2 月 ; 120分钟；满分：150 分）注意：1. 本试卷由四部分组成。第一、二部分和第三部分第一节为选择题，其余部分为非选择题。2. 本试卷各试题答案必须在答题纸上规定的答题区域内作答，否则无效。第一部分听力理解（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. who is co

2、ming for tea?a. mark.b. john.c. tracy.2. what will the man do next?a. stay for dinner.b. go to the railway station.c.prepareforthe dinner.3. what does the man come for?a. a dinner.b. a meeting.c. a party.4. what size does the man want?a. 9.b. 35.c. 39.5. what are the speakers talking about?a. life i

3、n southeast asia.b. weather conditions.c.aholidayplan.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. why doesnt the man want to book the seats downstairs?a. they are t

4、oo expensive.b. they are uncomfortable.1 / 15c. they are too close to the stage.7. when does the man plan to see the performance?a. on october 1st.b. on october 21st.c. on october 25th.听第 7 段材料，回答第8、 9 题.8.whats the complaint of the mans neighbor?a. loud noise.b. bad sleeping room.c. an importantmee

5、ting.9. what were the man and his friends about to do?a. change a room. b. apologize to their neighbor. c. end their activity.听第 8 段材料，回答第10 至 12 题。10. what is miss lan going to work as in ola city?a. a doctor.b. a nurse.c. a teacher.11. what worries miss lan so much?a. she has no friends in ola.b.

6、the work in ola is hard to do.c. the people in ola are not friendly.12. how will miss lan keep in touch with mr.huang after she arrives in ola?a. by e-mail.b. by phone.c. by letter.听第 9 段材料，回答第13 至 16 题。13. whydid the man miss the womans phone call yesterday?a. his phone was turned off.b. he was tak

7、ing a shower.c. he didn t take his phone with him.14. what did the woman do yesterday?a. she went shopping.b. she went to a concert.c. she played computer games.2 / 1515. why did the woman call the man?a. to invite him to her wedding.b. to ask something about megan.c. to invite him to her sisters we

8、dding.16. when will the woman pick up the man next saturday?a. at 13:00.b. at 13:20.c. at 14:00.听第 10 段材料，回答第17 至 20 题。17. what does alexandra grace work for?a. new zealand embassy beijing.b. qs world university ranking system.c. the multi-cultural environment organization.18. what stops some studen

9、ts choosing new zealand for study?a. its environment.b. its size.c.itspopulation.19. whats the total yearly cost for a chinese student to study in a new zealand university?a. 20,000 dollars.b. 25,000 dollars.c.45,000dollars.20. what message about new zealand does the speaker mainly convey?a. its mul

10、ti-cultural environment is good for tourists.b. its higher education is suitable for chinese students.c. its breath-taking scenery is absolutely worth seeing.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。awelcome to the electronic village to explore new w

11、ays of language teaching andlearning.electronic village program (thursday, june 18, 2015)3 / 15nearpod? 9:00 am to 10:00 am? room 501nearpod is a software program thatcreatesa richcontext( 语境 ) forstudentsto learn vocabulary. the presenter will show how to use it.kahoot? 10:30 am to 11:30 am? room 6

12、01kahoot softwarecan be used to creategrammar tests which can be graded on anetwork.itcanprovidestudentswithteo? 2:00 pm to 3:00 pm? room 502our students come from different backgrounds buthave the same desire to learn on-line. the presenter will use examples from his first on-line class to explain

13、how any teacher can begin teaching on-line with teo.prezi? 3:30 pm to 4:20 pm? room 602uses of prezi in listening and speaking coursesdraw students attention to speaking more fluently.the presenterwillshow how studentscan use prezitoinstantfeedback( 反 馈 ),includingconfidentlypresent on a variety of

14、topics, includingreportsabouttheirstrengthsandintroducing family, friends, and hobbies.weaknesses.21.nearpod can be used to _.a. help vocabulary learningb. teach listening on-linec. offer grammar testsd. gain fluency in speaking22.if you want to improve your speaking skills, you can go to_.a. room 5

15、01b. room 502c. room 601d. room 60223.which of the following can assess your grammar learning?a. nearpod.b. kahootc. teo.d. prezi.24.a teacher who wants to learn on-line teaching is expected to arrive by _.a. 9:00 amb. 10:30 amc. 2:00 pmd. 3:30 pmbarthur miller(1915-2005) is universally recognized a

16、s one of the greatestdramatists（剧作家）ofthe 20th century.millers fatherhad moved to the usa from4 / 15austria-hungary, drawn likeso many othersby the “great american dream”.however,he experiencedsevere financialhardshipwhen his familybusinesswas ruinedin thegreat depression (大萧条时期 ) of the early 1930s

17、.millers most famous play,death of a salesman , is a powerful attack on theamerican system, with its aggressive way of doing business and its insistence onmoney and social status as indicators (标志 ) of worth. in willy loman, the hero ofthe play, we see a man who has got into trouble with his system,

18、 willy is“burntout ” and in the cruel world of business there is no room for sentiment (情绪 ): ifhe can t do the work, then he is no good to his employer, the wagner company, andhe must go. willy is painfully aware of this, and at a loss as to what to do withhis lack of success. he refuses to face th

19、e fact that he has failed and kills himself in the end.whenitwas firststaged in 1949, the playwas greetedwithenthusiasticreviews,and itwon the tony award forbest play,thenew york drama critics circleaward,and the pulitzerprizefordrama. itwas the firstplayto win allthe threeof thesemajor awards.mille

20、rdiedof heartfailureat hishome in roxbury,connecticut,on the eveningof february 10, 2005, the 56thanniversary of the first performance ofdeath of asalesman on broadway.25. why did arthur millers father move to the usa?a. his family business failed.b. he hoped to make his son a dramatist.c. he was at

21、tracted by the“great american dream ”.d. he suffered from severe hunger in his home country.26.what do we learn about willy loman in the playdeath of a salesman ?a. he is regarded as a hero by his colleagues.b. he is a victim of the american system.c. he runs the wagner company.d. he treats his empl

22、oyer badly.27.after it was first staged,death of a salesman_.5 / 15a. achieved huge successb. won the first tony awardc. was warmly welcomed by salesmend. was severely attacked by dramatists28. what is the text mainly about?a. arthur miller and his family.b. the awards arthur miller won.c. arthur mi

23、ller and his best-known play.d. the hardship arthur miller experienced.cthe ocean bottom, a region nearly 2.5 times greater than the total land areaof the earth,iseven today largelyunexplored.untilabout a centuryago, the deepocean floor was completely inaccessible and hidden beneath waters averaging

24、 over3,600 meters deep. totally without light and in the case of intense pressureshundredsof times greater than at the earths surface, the deep-ocean bottom isa strange environment to humans, in some way, as fighting and remote as the outerspace.althoughresearchershave taken samples of deep-ocean ro

25、cks forover a century,the first detailed global study of the ocean bottom did not actually start until1969, with the beginning of the national science foundations deep sea drillingproject(dsdp).using techniquesfirstdevelopedfortheoffshoreoiland gasindustry, the dsdp s drill ship,the glomar challenge

26、r, was able to maintain asteadypositionon the oceans surfaceand drillverydeep waters,takingsamplesof rocks from the ocean floor.the glomar challenger completed 96 voyages in a 15-year research program thatended in november 1983. during this time, it sailed 600,000 kilometers and tookalmost20,000samp

27、lesofrocksaroundtheworld.thosesampleshaveallowedgeologiststoreconstructwhat theplanetlooked like hundredsof millionsof yearsago and tomake out whatitwill probablylooklikemillionsofyearsin thefuture.6 / 15today,largelyon thestrengthofevidencegatheredduringtheglomar challengersvoyages, nearly all eart

28、h scientists agree on the theories of plate tectonics (构造学 ) and continental drift that explain many of the geological processes.the sample of rocks drilledby the glomar challengerhas alsoprovideda climaticrecord stretching back hundreds of millions of years. the information of pastclimatic change c

29、an be used to predict the future climate.29. what does the underlined word“inaccessible” in paragraph1 mean?a. unrecognizable.b. unreachable.c. unusable.unreasonabled.30. the deep sea drilling project was significant because it was _.a. an attempt to find new sources of oil and gasb. supported entir

30、ely by the gas and oil industryc. conducted by geologists from all over the worldd. the first detailed exploration of the ocean bottom31. what can we know about the glomar challenger?a. it provided a record of past climatic change.b. it took almost 600,000 samples of rocksc. it made its first dsdp v

31、oyage in 1983.d. it has gone on over 100 voyages.dwhat do you do when you need to look something up? go to the library? open anencyclopedia(百科全书 )? click onto the internet?these days,most peoplego straightto wikipedia, the online encyclopedia. but how reliable is it?theresno denying thepopularityand

32、 usefulnessof wikipedia.itattractsasmany as78 millionvisitorsevery month, and the siteisavailableinmore than270differentlanguages.it s one ofthemost comprehensiveresourcesavailable,whichincludesalmostalldetails,factsand informationthatmay be concerned.itsgotmuch more informationthanan ordinaryencycl

33、opedia.the siteis updatedon a dailybasis by thousands of people around the world. anyone with an internet connection7 / 15can log on and edit the contents or add a new page. and you dont need any formaltraining.of course, there are some controls. wikipedia has a team of more than 1,500administrators

34、whocheckforfalseinformation.andmaintargetsforharmfulcomments(suchas politicians)areoff-limitstopublicediting.butwithmore than16 millionarticlestokeepan eye on,itisn teasy. so, whilewikipediabenefitsfrom beingconstantlyupdatedwithinformationfromallover theworld, its alsoopen to “vandals ”（恣意破坏公共财物者）.

35、someof the damage is easy to notice.one persondrew devilhornsand a moustacheon microsoft chairman bill gates photo, while another edited greek philosopherplato s biography to say he was a“hawaiian weather man who is widely believedto have been a student ofbarney the purple dinosaur.but other things

36、are harder to spot. the most common form of vandalism (恣意破坏公共财物罪)involves adding tiny items of false information into the biographyof a famous person. unbelievably, some of this misinformation has appeared innewspapers,withthe dailymail , the guardian and the independent allhavingfallenvictim to the

37、 dirty tricks. for example, in an article about british comedian sirnorman wisdom, one newspaper claimedthathe co- wrote damevera lynns wartimehittherell be bluebirds over the white cliffs of dover . he did no such thing. and in other article, it was reported that tv theme tune composer ronnie hazle

38、hursthadwritten the s club 7 s hit reach again, not true.so, if youre going to use anyinformation from wikipedia, make sure you double-check it first.32. we can we learn from the passage?a. updated by 78 million people around the world, wikipedia is sure to be attacked.b. thanks to its popularity an

39、d convenience, wikipedia is available in 1500 languages.c. anyone who has access to the internet can edit any contents of wikipedia as they like.d. the primary job of the administrators is to guarantee information conveyed 8 / 15is accurate.33. what s the writers attitude to wikipediaaccording to th

40、e text?a. critical.b. objective.c. satisfiedd. supportive34. the main purpose of the last two paragraphs is to tell us that_a. all items of false information are not easy to get spotted.b. information about famous people is likely to be inaccurate.c. no matter how famous the papers are, they will be

41、 cheated.d. you can never be careful enough while updating information online.35. what can be used as a suitable title for the text?a. why wikipedia is so popular?b. wikipedia is reliable to usec. how to look up information in wikipedia?d. wikipedia has advantages and disadvantages第二节(共 5 小题；每小题2 分，

42、满分10 分 )根据短文内容，从后面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。trainingfora marathonrequirescarefulpreparationandsteady,gradualincreasesinthelengthof theruns.36,buy thebest-fitting,best-builtrunningshoes you can find. no one can say which brand will work best for you or feel beston your feet, so you have to rely o

43、n your experience and on the feel of each pairas you shop.when you have found shoes that seem right, walkin themfor a few daystodouble-checkthe fit.37 .as always,youshouldstretchatleasttenminutesbefore each run to prevent injuries. during the first week, do not think aboutdistance,but runfiveminutes

44、longereach day.38,itiswisetotake a day offtorest.butduringthenextweek,seta goalofatleasta mileanda halfperrun.39. aftertwoweeks,starttimingyourself.40.dependingon thekindofraceyou plan to enter, you can set up a timetable for the remaining weeks before therace.a. after six daysb. for a good marathon

45、 runner9 / 15c. before you begin your trainingd. with each day, increase the distance by a half milee. if they still feel good, you can begin running in themf. time spent for preparation raises the quality of trainingg .now you are ready to figure out a goal of improving distance and time第三部分英 知 运用（

46、共两 , 分 45 分）第一 完形填空（共20 小 ；每小 1.5 分， 分30 分） 下面短文，掌握其大意，从短文后所 的四个 （a、 b、c 和 d）中， 出可以填入空白 的最佳 。oxford and cambridge have decidedto remove thewords can”t and impossiblefromtheir dictionaries. cox, 25, a girl born without arms, stands inside a(n) 41 .although she was bornwithout arms,thathas 42stoppedhe

47、rfromdoingone thing:using the 43“cant ”.cox gotthesportpilotcertificaterecentlyand became thefirstpilotlicensedto 44 using only her feet. she made whats seemingly45become a reality.her certificate 46 her to fly a light sport aircraft of 10,000 feet.“shes a good pilot and shes strong,” said parrish,

48、the flying 47atsan manuels ray blair airport.parrish48acompany ofpc aircraftmaintenanceand flight services and has trained many pilots, some of whom didnt come closeto coxs 49. “when she came up heredrivinga car, ” parrishrecalled,“iknewshed have no50flying a plane”doctorsneverlearnedwhy she was bor

49、n without arms, butshe 51earlyon thatshe didn t want to use prosthetic（假体的）52 .not only did cox 53 a license to fly airplanes on october 10, 2008, but shealso has a college degree in psychology, and a successful 54as a motivationalspeaker. what doesnt cox have? arms. from 55on, her feet became her hands.she can drivea carand flyan airplaneusi