山东省济宁市鱼台县第一中学2018_2019学年高二英语上学期期中试题

1、山东省济宁市鱼台县第一中学2018-2019 学年高二英语上学期期中试题（考试时间：120 分钟，试卷满分：150 分）第一部分听力 ( 共两节，满分30 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. Whats the man?A. A shop assistant.B. A tailorC. A butcher2 .What did the man do?A. He spent a holiday.B. He had worke

2、d for ten days.C. He was busy preparing for his holiday travel3.How often do Johnson s parents write to him?A. Once a monthB.Once a yearC. More than once a month4.What did the man buy?A. A briefcaseB. Some leather.C. Leather shoes5.When did the man last meet Susan?A Last month.B. Last yearC. Two yea

3、rs ago.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.What might the two speakers be?A. Journalists.B WorkersC. Tourists7.What will the two speakers do?A Help clean th

4、e shipsB. Take pictures of the ships.1 / 15C. Finish their homework.听第 7 段对话，回答第8 和第 9 两个小题。8. What did the man do last Christmas? A. He worked as a postmanB. He went fruit-pickingC. He did some babysitting9.Why does the man choose the flat?A. He likes living with others. B. He lacks moneyC. It is t

5、idy and large听第 8 段材料，回答第10 至 12 题。10. What is the probable relationship between the two speakers? A. Interviewer and interviewee. B. Co-workers. C. FriendsI1. What is the mans major?A MarketingB Commerce.C. Management.12. What are the two speakers mainly talking about?A. Jobs.B Majors.C.Habits.听第 9

6、 段材料，回答第13 至 16 题。13. Where does the conversation take place? A. At the registration officeB. In a drugstoreC. In the consulting room.14. What do we know about the man?A. He moved to the city last night.B. He is visiting a friend in hospitalC. He might have a cold15. Who is the woman probably?A. A n

7、urse.B. A doctor.C. The mans friend.16. Which department should the man go? A. The internal department2 / 15B. The surgical departmentC The medical department听第 10 段材料，回答第17 至 20 题。17. How should people use the target language according to the speaker? A. Read more booksB. Talk with native speakers

8、C. Listen to the radio18. What is the speakers second suggestion?A. Watching movies as often as possibleB. Keeping a situational notebook.C. Listening to the target language regularly.19. What does the speaker say about learning abroad? A. It helps learners become interested in the language B. It he

9、lps learners form good habitsC. It helps learners learn easier, faster and more enjoyable20. What can we learn from the passage?A. Keeping a situational notebook is helpful to remember particular phrases.B If you want to learn something, youd better go abroad.C Watching TV is of no use to learn a la

10、nguage.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。AWhat makes one person have more accidents than another? Most people would saythat it s to do with taking risks. Take fewer risks and youll have fewer accidents. But is taking risks really a matte

11、r of choice?Some experts believe that whether or not you take risks in life has a lot todo with your upbringing( 养育，培养 ) and, some believe,with your birthorder.Parents3 / 15are often stricter and more careful with their first child, and so first-born children tend to grow up taking fewer risks. Pare

12、nts are often more relaxed with a second or third child, so these children tend to take more risks.But why do children tend to have more accidents than adults? During childhoodthe body grows veryquickly.There seem to be periodsin theseyearswhen our brainand body are at differentstagesofdevelopment.O

13、ur arms are longerthan the brainthinksthey are,so we knock thingsover;our legsare longerthan the brainbelieves,so we trip over easily.Besides, the research suggests the more time a child spends watching TV, theless they are developing their physical co-ordination ( 协调 ) skills. It gives the child a

14、false sense of how the world works and of how much danger it contains. Ifa child doesnt run around a lot, they dont begin to understand that the worldis full of physical risks.So, what about adults?Somestudieshave shown thatlifein thisworld is a littledifficult for left-handed people. As we know, we

15、 live in a right-handed world.Everything-from cars to door handles,from childrens toysto engineeringtoolsand equipment - is made by right-handed people. Therefore, left-handed childrenand adultsare more likelyto have accidentsbecause the modern worldis not designedfor them.21. Different from the fir

16、st child, a second one tends to _.A.become ill more easilyB.have more accidentsC.learn more quicklyD.make more friends22. By saying“Our arms are longer than the brain thinks they aremeans that _.A. it is very easy for children to take risks”, the authorB. our brain develops faster than the arms doC.

17、 children often do more exercises than adultsD. it is important to give children a balanced diet4 / 1523. Which of the following may have more accidents?A.Right-handed people.B.Children who often run around.C.Left-handed people.D.Children who seldom watch TV.BDear Sir / Madam,It worried me a lot whe

18、n I heard of theplan to cut down St Johns Wood to makea car parkforshoppers.AlthoughI agree thatthe town is shortof car parks,thisidea would be improper.In the first place, the wood is an area of natural beauty. There are many ancienttreesof an unusual kind. Ioften go there fora picnicor justto rela

19、xatweekends.The wood is, without doubt， a natural home for birds, animals and insects. If thetrees were cut down, many species would be lost. Furthermore, the wood is right inthe centreof a heavilypollutedpartof town. The treeshelptomake theaircleaner.The council（地方议会） says they are worried about gl

20、obal warming, yet they wishto cutdown treeswhich helpreduce the build-upofgases thatlead toglobal warmingbecause they feedon carbondioxide.Besides,thatareaalsosuffersfromhigh noiselevels frompassing trucks and the railway line. The trees help reduce the noiselevels and do a lot of good to the whole

21、environment.In my opinion, cutting down the wood would be stupid and pointless. A car park maywell attract shoppers to the town and increase the shopkeepers trade. However,a beautifulpartof our town would be destroyed.I would be very interestedin hearingwhat your other readers think.Yours faithfully

22、,Roland Chang24. What has made Roland Chang feel worried?A. That the town is short of car parks.B. That shoppers park their cars badly.5 / 15C. That there are few parks in the town.D. That a wood in the town might disappear.25. Paragraph 2, Roland Chang mainly talks about.A. the importance of the wo

23、od B. the history of the townC. the species in the woodD. global warming26 Roland Chang wrote the letter mainly toA. introduce a parkB. make a suggestionC. express thankfulnessD. send his congratulations27.To whom is Roland Chang probably writing?A.A magazine.B. A close friend.C. The shopkeepers.D.

24、The town council.CAs computers become all the more popular in China, Chinese people are increasingly relying on computer keyboards to input Chinese characters. But if they use thecomputer too much, they may end up forgettingthe exact strokes （笔画） of each Chinesecharacterwhen writingon paper.Expertss

25、uggestpeople,especiallystudents,writeby hand more.Do you writeby hand more or type more? In Beijing,studentsstartusing a computeras early as primary school. And computer dependence is more wide-spread amonguniversity students. Almost all their writings are typed on a computer.All the students interv

26、iewed say they usually use a computer.It s faster and easier to correct if using a computer. And that s why computers are being used more and more often to modern education. But when people are taking stock in computers increasingly, problems appear.“When Im writing with a pen, I find I often cant r

27、emember how to write acharacter, though I feel Im familiar with it.”“I m not in the mood to write when faced with a pen and paper.”Many studentsdontfeelthisis somethingto worry about.Now thatits moreconvenient and efficient to write on a computer, why bother to handwrite?Many educatorsthinkdifferent

28、ly.Shi Liwei,the headmasterofa famous primary6 / 15schoolinthecapitalsaid“Chinese charactersenjoybothpracticalandaesthetic( 审美的 ) value. But those characters typed with computer keyboards onlymaintaintheirpracticalvalue.Alltheartisticbeautyof thecharacters islost.And handwritingcontainsthe writersem

29、otion.Through ones handwriting,peoplecan gettoknow ones thinkingand personality.Beautifulwritingwill givepeoplea better first impression of them.”To encourage students to handwrite more, many primary schools in Beijing havemade writing classes compulsory( 必修的 )and in universities, some professors ar

30、e asking students to turn in their homework and essays written by hand.28. Which of the following can BEST serve as the title of the passage?A. The Importance of Handwriting and TypingB. To Type or To Hand WriteC. Writing By Computer Will Replace Writing By HandD. Practical and Aesthetic Value of Ch

31、inese Characters29. The studentsinterviewedprefertowriteusinga computer mainlybecause.A. they are usually asked to e-mail their homework and essaysB. computers have become a trend and fashion in ChinaC. they find it not easy to remember how to write a characterD. they can correct the mistakes they m

32、ake quickly and conveniently30. The underlinedexpression“takingstockin ” inmeans.A. becoming crazy aboutB. getting bored withC. getting dependent onD. looking forward to31. We can draw the conclusion from the passage that.A. more and more students will give up writing on a computerB. writing by hand

33、 will give way to typing by computer one dayC. more and more students will pay attention to handwritingthe fourthparagraphprobablyD. the typed article better expresses ones emotion and qualityDThe Bridegroom s Oak, a 500-year-old tree just outside of Eutin, in Germany, has7 / 15its own postal addres

34、s and receives around 40 letters every day. Theylove seekers from around the world, in the hope that someone will read them andwrite back.With so many dating apps and services available nowadays, sending letters to are sent bytree hardly sounds like the best way to find love. However, theres somethi

35、ngcharmingaboutsendinga letterand allowingfate（命运）towork itsmagic,so theBridegroom s Oak remain popular even now.In1890, a localgirlnamed Minna fellinlovewitha young chocolatemaker namedWilhelm, but her father didnt allow her to see the boy. Instead of giving up oneach other, the two started exchanging love letters secretly, by leaving them ina knothole （节