安徽省定远重点中学2018_2019学年高二英语上学期期末考试试题.docx

2018-2019学年度上学期期末考试高二英语试题本试卷满分150分，考试时间120分钟。请在答题卷上作答。第I卷第一部分 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. When will the meeting begin? A. At 10:30. B. At 10:50. C. At 10:45.2. What does the woman mean? A. The homework cant be due in two days. B. She hasnt finished her homework yet. C. She doesnt expect it to come so soon.3. Where does the conversation probably take place? A. On the street. B. At a hotel. C. At a shop.4. What does the woman suggest? A. Cooking at home. B. Eating out at McDonalds. C. Taking McDonalds home.5. What is the womans attitude? A. She agrees with the man. B. She doesnt agree with the man. C. She doesnt know what to do.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至8题。6. What does the man want? A. A cup of coffee. B. A salad. C. A cheeseburger.7. Where does Louise suggest the man eat? A. At a coffee shop. B. At his house. C. In her office.8. Where does Louise usually have lunch? A. At home. B. At the coffee shop. C. In her office.听第7段材料，回答第9至11题。9. Why is the man late? A. He forgot to look at his watch. B. The math teacher kept him in her office. C. The math class lasted longer than it should.10. What do we know about the students? A. They dont mind the teachers keeping talking. B. They dont want to hurt the teacher. C. They prefer to learn more math.11. What is the man most likely to do? A. Talk to the math teacher. B. Remain silent about the problem. C. Refuse to go to the math teachers classes.听第8段材料，回答第12至14题。12. Who are the two speakers? A. Students. B. Teachers. C. Clerks.13. What are they mainly talking about? A. Noise in the office. B. A new office. C. The story of a workmate.14. What does Stan suggest they should do? A. Talk to Jack openly. B. Move to another office. C. Ask for a meeting room.听第9段材料，回答第15至17题。15. What would the woman like to do? A. Office work. B. Technical service. C. Sales.16. What can we learn about the woman? A. She just left college. B. She has been a branch manager. C. She just left middle school.17. What does the man think of the woman from the technical point of view? A. Careless. B. Qualified. C. Unqualified.听第10段材料，回答第18至20题。18. Who is David Smith? A. Headmaster of the university. B. Headteacher of the class. C. An organizer of the course.19. How should we improve the listening skills? A. Reading English language newspapers. B. Listening to the radio. C. Talking to natives of English.20. Which is wrong? A. Reading English language newspapers and magazines can improve your reading skills. B. Writing to friends in English and keeping a diary will do good to your writing. C. Having a good time is the only aim of the course.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）AKeeping a journal can not only be beneficial to you, but it can also be a benefit to your family. Do you remember the family vacation to Disneyland when you were 12 ? What about your parents 20-year anniversary? Or your birthday party when you turned 15?A family journal is a book, or a series of books, where family members can write about any event that has taken place. It could have photos, and may also include letters, announcements and other updates from family members.You can also create a family travel journal. It is packed and taken along on every family vacation. Each family member can write down their daily or weekly experiences. This is a great place to add photos of your vacation as well as other items such as addresses and phone numbers of where you stayed, names of restaurants where you ate, or other attractions you visited. You can even include other souvenirs （纪念品）that were collected during each trip. Your family journal can include the houses in which you live. You can document your family homes throughout the years. If you never move, you can take photos of when you change the paint color. Each family member can write an annual memory of living in that home.Another function of your family journal can be to record health histories of your family members. This becomes a medical journal for easy reference to past medical histories. At the same time, you can record your family tree.A family journal is a wonderful project that the whole family can work on together. This is something that becomes a priceless book filled with memories that can be enjoyed for decades to come.21.According to the first paragraph, a journal can _.A. predict what will happen in your future lifeB. do a lot of good to you and your familyC. remind you of your friends names and addressesD. help you to remember your date of birth22.According to the passage, a family journal may include the following things EXCEPT _.A. special projects in your company B. health histories of your family membersC. souvenirs D. photos23.From this passage we can know that _.A. every family member has his or her own family journalB. a family journal can keep you happy and busyC. you can record the changes of your house in a family journalD. a medical journal can prevent many kinds of diseases24.A family journal is a valuable book that all family members _.A. should try to update once a year B. must keep secretC. should read daily D. can share in the futureBMy father was the gentlest, most loving and caring dad in the world-until we had an argument. During those moments, my words surely never reached his “open mind” because his ears were closed. There was no point trying to argue with my dad. He always had the last word. I could never win.When my father refused to understand that I needed the privacy of a phone in my room, my frustration turned to tears. He ended our “discussion”, leaving me silently defeated and miserable. So when he refused to change his idea about letting me go on my class trip to Montreal, I could do nothing but race from his room in despair.With the hope that his eyes would be more open than his ears, I began to write a note that began with “Dear Daddy” and ended with how much I respected his opinion, how much I hated to fight with him and how much I valued our relationship and, above all, how much I loved him. I folded my note into an envelope, slid it under the door of his bedroom and raced back to my own room. It was only minutes before I heard a knock at my door. When I saw the look on my fathers face, I knew that my note had melted his temper and touched his heart.The victory of winning my dads permission to go to Montreal was sweet. But even sweeter was the discovery of a strategy that enabled me to have an argument with my dad that didnt end in tears, but instead with a hug. My “Dear Daddy” notes became a follow-up to many of our arguments.Years later, one of my favorite stories was the “Dear Daddy” notes. It always made me smile to remember some of our most passionate arguments and how my dad would become so pig-headed, until he read my notes.25.What did the author think about her father during an argument?A. Gentle B. StubbornC. Aggressive D. Open-minded26.The “Dear Daddy” note is a good way to _.A. avoid meeting her father suddenly B. stop the argument in a funny wayC. deliver her message more quickly D. persuade her father into supporting her27.The authors father impressed her most with his _.A. last word B. generous loveC. bad temper D. pig-headed decisionCWhen I was in fourth grade, I worked part-time as a paperboy. Mrs. Stanley was one of my customers. Shed watch me coming down her street, and by the time Id biked up to her doorstep, thered be a cold drink waiting. Id sit and drink while she talked.Mrs. Stanley talked mostly about her dead husband, “Mr. Stanley and I went shopping this morning.” shed say. The first time she said that, soda(汽水) went up my nose.I told my father how Mrs. Stanley talked as if Mr. Stanley were still alive. Dad said she was probably lonely, and that I ought to sit and listen and nod my head and smile, and maybe shed work it out of her system. So thats what I did, and it turned out Dad was right. After a while she seemed content to leave her husband over at the cemetery(墓地).I finally quit delivering newspapers and didnt see Mrs. Stanley for several years. Then we crossed paths at a church fund-raiser(募捐活动). She was spooning mashed potatoes and looking happy. Four years before, shed had to offer her paperboy a drink to have someone to talk with. Now she had friends. Her husband was gone, but life went on.I live in the city now, and my paperboy is a lady named Edna with three kids. She asks me how Im doing. When I dont say “find,” she sticks around to hear my problems. Shes lived in the city most of her life, but she knows about community. Community isnt so much a place as it is a state of mind. You find it whenever people ask how youre doing because they care, and not because theyre getting paid to do so. Sometimes its good to just smile, nod your head and listen.28.Why did soda go up the authors nose one time?A. He was talking fast B. He was shockedC. He was in a hurry D. He was absent-minded29.Why did the author sit and listen to Mrs. Stanley according to paragraph 3?A. He enjoyed the drink B. He wanted to be helpfulC. He took the chance to rest D. He tried to please his dad30.Which of the following can replace the underlined phrase “work it out of her system”?A. recover from her sadness B. move out of the neighborhoodC. turn to her old friends D. speak out about her past31.What does the author think people in a community should do?A. Open up to others B. Depend on each otherC. Pay for others help D. Care about one anotherDCultures are based on social and linguistic(语言的) communities.In South Africa, we exist amongst diverse groups which are culturally different. This makes us multicultural. Toit, one sociologist in the U.S., explains that multiculturalism is more than the expression of cultural variety, and it also concerns communication. He adds that for multiculturalism to “succeed”, meaningful communication is a requisite.In multicultural countries, it is necessary that the education system encourages learners to become interculturally competent (胜任的). The process of becoming intercultural is a “personal transformation” from being cultural to being intercultural. This does not mean that a highly intercultural persons identity is culture-free. Rather, it is not rigidly bound by membership to anyone particular culture. Furthermore for learners to become interculturally competent, it is necessary that all involvers in the education system become aware of their own cultural background.Toit conducted a survey, the objective of which was to determine the problems experienced by learners in a multicultural learning environment. Two hundred questionnaires were administered. 55% believed that different values and beliefs were a major cause of the communication problems. Closer examination of the interactions showed that learners were in fact mostly associating with members of their own cultural groups. Toit points out that in an intercultural communication, people would be challenged by the sudden difference in culture, and this may force an evaluation or re-evaluation of their beliefs and values. 45% of the learners believed that there was lack of trust among their peers. The general lack of trust between two complete strangers leads to an uncomfortable situation. They said that when learners are asked to work in groups, they are unwilling to do so. They added that one of the many issues that contribute to such negative opinions was the language barrier.32.What does the underlined word requisite in the second paragraph mean?A. Necessity. B. Process. C. Decision. D. Encouragement.33.What does being interculturally competent require according to the third paragraph?A. That intercultural persons identity is culture-free.B. People choosing one particular culture.C. People to be aware of their own cultural background.D. That people influence others with their own beliefs and values.34.What can we learn about the survey?A. There were more than two hundred respondents in the survey.B. 55% believed language barrier was the main cause of the communication problems.C. Learners tend to associate with members of their own cultural groups.D. Learners have learned to re-evaluate their beliefs and values.35.Learners are unwilling to work in groups mainly because of _.A. language barrier and lack of trustB. prejudice and different beliefsC. unequal power and different world viewsD. defensiveness and prejudice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。 If you are an online shopping addict, it means that your closet will become an awful wasteland. Here are some tips to organize your clothes and save space.The first step to get organized is to get rid of the things you dont want or need anymore.36. It will make the following process much faster and easier. Why do you mess up your closet with clothes you won t even need for another six months?37. Pack away all unneeded items in them and slide them away. Use a combination of storage units to fit different needs. 38. It will make things look neater, and everything will be easier to find. Also, dont let all of that space below the hangers（衣架） go to waste. 39.40. Color coding is the answer. Not only does it look pleasing, but also it makes finding things a lot easier.A. Too much jewellery without much space?B. I know its hard to let go, but you have to.C. Sick of digging around to find what you need?D. Use the space both above and below the stick.E. These little items are far handier than you might think.F. Take advantage of your empty suitcases when not on vacation.G. For example, drawers for folded items, hangers for dresses and suits.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。I always walk to my husbands office after work, wait for him and then we drive home together every day.One day, while I was waiting for him, a beautiful Cadillac（凯迪拉克轿车）_41_ near me. I was busy _42_ the car when I noticed the driver. _43_, she was probably the most _44_ woman I had ever seen outside of a movie screen. Her eyes were as blue as the sea, and she had teeth like pearls. Minutes later, a man walked over and they drove off. Sitting there, dressed in jeans and a T-shirt, I wanted to _45_. “Why is it so _46_ that some people have it all?” I thought.The next week I saw her again, and after that it almost became my _47_ to see her. I would _48_ if she and her husband ate out a lot and where they went. I wanted her to get out of the car so that I could see her in _49_ length.A few weeks later, this question was _50_ for me. I was waiting at my usual spot and the ladys husband came over to their car. He opened the door. The pretty woman _51_ walked around to the passenger sideleaning on a walking cane. She _52_ one leg with her hands and then the other. She had an artificial limb（假肢）on her left leg and a brace on her right one.As they drove away, I began to cry. When my husband arrived, I told him about what had _53_. He said that he knew her husband and that, when the lady was twelve years old, she had been _54_ in a car that got stuck on the railroad tracks. Unfortunately, both her parents were killed. The rail company made a large _55_ with her because the crossing had no _56_. Thats _57_ she owns such a nice car now.For weeks I have _58_ this woman and her way of life, but now I realize how _59_ I am. When you meet a person who seems to be much better off than you, dont be fooled by _60_.41.A. drove in B. sped by C. pulled up D. turned away42.A. cleaning B. admiring C. expecting D. taking43.A. Sincerely B. Honestly C. Surprisingly D. Obviously44.A. beautiful B. typical C. peaceful D. patient45.A. discuss B. argue C. cry D. ask46.A. unfair B. unusual C. uneasy D. unbelievable47.A. chance B. routine C. regret D. wonder48.A. wonder B. guess C. imagine D. doubt49.A. great B. equal C. full D. standard50.A. raised B. answered C. presented D. checked51.A. quickly B. firmly C. slowly D. hurriedly52.A. bent B. lifted C. crossed D. spread53.A. happened B. changed C. passed D. hidden54.A. discovered B. protected C. left D. trapped55.A. promise B. exchange C. settlement D. arrangement56.A. signs B. notices C. signals D. lights57.A. when B. why C. because D. where58.A. respected B. observed C. accepted D. envied59.A. selfish B. lucky C. mature D. funny60.A. glance B. beauty C. backgrounds D. appearances第二节（共10个小题；每小题1.5分，满分15分）阅读下面材料，在空白处填入适当的内容（不多于3个单词）或括号内单词的正确形式。While people in Western countries are busy 61.(prepare) Christmas gifts for their loved ones,Chinese people are looking forward to the Spring Festival,Chinas most imp