黑龙江省绥滨县第一中学2018-2019学年高二英语下学期期中试题.doc

黑龙江省绥滨县第一中学2018-2019学年高二英语下学期期中试题（时间：2小时 分值：150分 命题人： 高二备课组）班级：_姓名：_第I卷基础知识考察（20题，每题1.5分，共30分）1. If the task is too difficult, learners may lose_(动力).A. motivation B. motivated C. motivity2. They had the ambition to _(控制) this small pany. A. generation B. observe C. dominate.3. Their _(婚姻) is happy. A. married B. marriage C. marry.4. Good _(交流) is important in peoples relationship. A. mand B.munication C. munity5. A_(好强的) person loves to win and hates to lose. A. petition B. pete C. petitive6. A_(提供食宿的) school is a school where students live as well as study. A. board B. boarding C. aboard7. _ matters most in learning English is enough practice. A. What B. That C. Which8. When I told my Western friends where I had been, they looked at me in _(惊讶) A. astonishing B. astonishment C. surprised9. _ the lady arrived at the airport did she realize she had left her passport at home. A. When B. Not until C. Not when10. Students should be given more chances to take part-time jobs so as to _more experiences A. acplish B. attain C. accumulate11. The post requires _(复杂的) municational skills and a wide scope of knowledge. A.sophisticated B. declined C. desperate12. There was a large crowd in the square, _ against the war. A. struggling B. devoting C. protesting13. She sent the good news to her family _ she got the admission notice. A. the moment B. the time C. the minutes14. There are 55_ in our country. A. nations B. minorities C. majorities15. I intend to transfer the _ to my son. A. property B. appetite C. proposal16. _ the letter before putting it in the envelope. A. Unlock B. Unfold C. Fold17. The class is so noisy that the teacher cant make himself_. A. hear B. heard C. hearing18. _ of their skin to strong sunlight can be harmful. A. Expose B. Explore C.Exposure19. Children should be taught the _ of protecting environment from childhood. A. awareness B. feeling C. emotion20. His proposal is that we _ TV half an hour every day. A. turn back B. turn off C. should turn away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）ALeisure time classes for kids can help bored children learn how to make something new. These classes include building classes and craft classes that are full of fun. Home Depot Home Depots Kids Workshops happen on the first Saturday of every month. Past projects have included model race cars,mail organizers, picture frames, and planters. Class are free. You ll have to sign up for the workshops to make sure your child has a spot and that there are enough building materials to go around. These sometimes fill up quickly, so early action is necessary. Pottery Barn Kids Pottery Barn Kids hosts free classes for kids almost every weekend at stores along with free weekly story time for kids of all ages. These classes often include a special craft, texts from popular childrens books, and sometimes giveaways. Michaels Michaels craft stores host free classes for kids several times a month a sometimes even have weeklong events before big holidays. The classes at Michaels include all kinds of craft projects that usually center around a holiday or season. Most classes are great for dropping off the kids while shopping. Lego StoresEach month, Lego stores have free events for kids, aged 6-14, to e in and build a mini model. After theyve built the mini model, they get to take it home for free. There is a limit of four children per household who can attend, and children must stay for the entire event to take home the Lego kit used for the model. Kits may not be picked up at a later time.21. To make their kids get a better experience at Home Depot, parents should_.A. Avoid classes taught before holidays. B. Choose suitable projects each weekend.C. Sign up for the class as soon as they can.D. Pay for the building materials of the workshops.22. Where may be the best choice for kids to learn to make Halloween decorations?A.Home DepotB. Pottery Barn Kids C.Michaels D. Lego Stores.23. Lego Stores allow kids to _. A. Keep the kits used for the model.B. plete after-class tasks at home.C.decide how long each class will last. D.return the model within the required time.B When my family moved to the United States from Colombia, I was 9 years old and knew little about English. As time passed, teachers finally knew all of their students and slowly everyone began to head inside, except for me. No one called out my name, and no one seemed to know I existed. I spent the next month in my new classroom quietly. I felt a wave of fear, loneliness and sadness came over me. It turned out the school administration never cared that I didnt speak English, but something else was teaching me English. Every morning when my aunt drove me to school and picked me up, she always had 106.7 Light FM on. It was this station that introduced my young ears to the English sounds of R&B, soul, jazz and much more. Because of Sabrina the Teenage Witch, I learned the difference between “witch”and “which”. While watching the TV show South Park, I was attracted by the funny characters. I related “You bastards!” to anger and saved it in my mental word bank. In fact, thanks to pop culture, the world of English became readily available to me while it was being turned down at school. I also learned how to express my emotions thanks to pop culture. One day at school, we were taking a math quiz and the whole class was quiet. Suddenly, the tip of my pencil broke and I yelled, “You bastards!” Everyone held their breath in surprise and I laughed to myself because something at that moment told me I had just learned my first bad word in English. Four months passed before the school placed me into an ESL program. By this time, I was speaking broken English and making myself understood. Finally, I learned how to speak and write English at a more advanced level, and I owe it all to pop culture.24.Why did the author feel sad when she moved to the US ?A. She was blamed for poor grades. B. She hated learning a new language.C. She missed her hometown. D. She was ignored at school. 25.What does the underlined word “it” in Paragraph 3 refer to?A.Her favorite song. B.English learningC.Her bad feeling. D. Pop culture. 26. How did the author feel after realizing she yelled “You bastards!”A. Happy. B.Surprised. C. Nervous. D. Annoyed.27.What can be the best title for this passage?. A. Pop culture taught me English. B. How I overcame learning difficulties.C. My life experiences in the US. D. How I fell in love with music. C Tens of thousands of years ago, not a single human being lived in the Americas. This only changed during the last Ice Age. It was a time when most of North America was covered with a thick sheet of ice, which made the America difficult to inhabit. But at some point during this time, adventurous humans started their journey into a new world. There is still debate about when these first Americans actually arrived and where they came from. But we are now getting closer to uncovering the original story, and finding out who these first Americans really were. During the peak of the last Ice Age about 20,000 years ago, a journey from Asia into the Americas was not likely to be particularly desirable. North America was covered with icy permafrost(永冻层) and tall glaciers. But, paradaxically（很矛盾的是）, the presence of so much ice meant that the journey was, in a way, easier than it would be today. The abundance of ice meant that sea levels were much lower than they are now, and a stretch of land appeared between Siberia and Alaska. Humans and animals could simply walk from Asia to North America. The land bridge was called Beringia. At some point around this time-known as the Last Glacial Maximum-groups of hunter-gatherers moved east from what is now Siberia to set up camp there. These people did well to seek refuge（避难所） there. Central Beringia was a much more desirableenvironment than the icy lands they had left behind. The climate was a bit damper. Plants, in the form of woody bushes, would have given them access to wood that they could burn to keep warm. Beringia was also an ideal environment for large mammals eating grass, giving early hunter-gatherers something to hunt.28. What happened during the last Ice Age?A. Not a single human lived in the Americas.B. North America began to be covered with ice and snow. C. All kinds of animals moved into a new world.D. Human beings began to enter North America. 29. According to the author, what was contradictory（对立的）?A. Lack of ice made the Americas easier to reach.B. Humans and animal walked to the Americas.C. A journey from Asia into the Americas. D. Abundant ice made the journey easier than it would be today.30. What was the advantage of living in Central Beringia?A. A much more suitable environment. B. The climate being less damp.C. Wood suitable to build houses.D. A wide variety of plants.31. What may be the best title for the text?A. Why early hunter-gatherers liked hunting.B. The first people who lived in the Americas.C. Something about the Americas.D. What the weather was like in the Americas.D Charles Dickens was born on February 7, 1812 in Portsmouth. Finances were a constant concern for his family. The expenses of having a large family were too much for his fathers salary. In fact, when Charles was just four months old, the family moved to a smaller home to cut expenses. At a very young age, despite his familys financial situation, Charles dreamed of being a gentleman. However, when he was 12, it seemed his dream would never e true. He suffered a lot. Charles education was unplanned, but he supplemented it with constant reading, particularly of the eighteenth-century novels in his fathers small library. He was poorly clothed, ill fed, forced to live in the cheapest place. Also, 12-year-old Charles was removed from school and sent to work at a factory to help support the family. Charles was deeply marked by these experiences. This childhood poverty, although unknown to his readers until after his death, would be a heavy influence on Dickens later views on social reform and the world he would create through his fiction. He knew those kinds of feelings. He was lost at that time when he worked hopelessly in the factory. That period was so bitter to the sensitive boy. When he was a successful, happy man, he could not look back upon it without tears in his eyes. Luckily the situation improved within a year. Charles was released from his duties at the factory.32. As a boy, Charles Dickens dream was _.A. to be a writer B. to support his family.C. to be a gentle manD. to work in a factory33. Charles Dickens was removed from school because _.A. he had to make money to support the family. B. he liked reading in his fathers small library.C. he didnt like to go to school at all.l D. he caused much trouble at school. 34. What greatly affected Charles Dickens when he was young?A. His leaving school to work.B. His fathers salary.C. His constant reading.D. His familys frequent move.35. What can we know about Charles Dickens? A. He started to work in the factory in 1826. B. He worked in the factory for many years. C. He received a good education when young. D. He felt confused when working in the factory.第2节 七选五（共5小题；每小题2分，满分10分） Improving your vocabulary can be done at any age and any level of education. Even college students can benefit from having a large vocabulary. _36_ It also helps get a good grasp of any language. _37_ Reading is directly linked with a larger vocabulary, especially if you seek out books in unfamiliar fields or about unfamiliar topics. Nonfiction books in a wide variety of fields can teach you new words and general knowledge. But reading fiction is also highly beneficial. Playing word games like Scrabble and Boggle is a fun way to learn new words. _38_ If you play with an open dictionary, you can encourage people to try out words they might otherwise be afraid of using. A simple way to improve your vocabulary is to use the dictionary. Create flash cards of unfamiliar words and practice them in a variety of environments and make sure you can use the words in daily sentences. _39_ If you hear someone using a word you dont recognize, ask him or her about it or look it up in the dictionary. Many websites are dedicated to improving your vocabulary, and you can subscribe to “word of the day” features, word games, and other fun activities. In addition, you may find a munity of individuals with interests like yours. _40_A. You can improve your vocabulary by meeting up with some language learners.B. Such games will encourage your brain to play with words and letters. C. There is no shortcut to vocabulary learning or language learning.D. One good way to improve your vocabulary is to read more.E. This will improve spoken and written munication. F. This way you can get used to using them correctly.G. Dont be afraid to speak in public.第II卷第三部分 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) 20 years ago, a dog near our apartment area hunted down a sparrow and was about to eat it. My friends and I 41 the dog and saved the sparrow. The sparrow was 42 hurt. It was bleeding from the abdomen(腹部) and was 43 to breathe. My parents always told me to treat people and animals with 44 , so I brought the sparrow home. I bandaged the sparrow and gave it some water and food. I did a lot to make it feel 45 . Then I waited eagerly for its 46 . The next day, as I couldnt find the sparrow, I 47 about it. My mother said it flew away when my father left for work. 48 I was kind of upset, I was 49 that I saved a life. One day when I was in high school, I 50 the topic and mentioned it to my mother. This time the story pletely 51 . She told me the sparrow 52 to its injuries that night and the dead body was found by my father in the morning. He 53 buried the bird near the playground while I was asleep. That moment I was shocked and 54 . I never expected she had lied to me. My mother said in a calm voice, “Son, you were very 55 back them and would not have wanted to see that bird dead. You wouldve cried all day. You were not in a position to bear the 56 it wouldve caused. At that time, I wanted you to 57 the sparrow as a bird which was 58 and flew with joy again.” I admired my mothers 59 as I slowly accepted the fact. I came to realize that lying is not always a bad thing. It can be a right thing to do when someone is not in a position to accept the truth with 60 . 41. A. drove awayB. broke with C. turned downD. left out42. A. hardly B. badly C. slightlyD. equally43. A.pretending B. refusing C. learning D. struggling44. A.patienceB. kindness C. talentD. weakness 45. A.fortableB. lonely C. specialD. disappointed46. A. appearanceB. support C. restD. recovery47. A. lectured B. askedC. heard D. explained48. A. Because B. If C. AlthoughD. Until49. A. gladB. afraidC. worriedD. curious 50. A. regrettedB. forgot C. noticed D. recalled 51. A. changed B. ended C. developedD. existed52. A. settled down B. gave in C. got used D. showed off 53. A. secretlyB. hopefully C. naturally D. anxiously54. A. touchedB. angry C. excited D. grateful55. A. pleasantB. strangeC. safe D. simple56. A. guilty B. expectationC. painD. respect 57. A. forgive B. remember C. leave D. understand 58. A. recognizedB. caughtC. cured D. abandoned59. A. wisdomB. honesty C. excuseD. mistake60. A. confidence B. luck C. prideD. relief第二节 语法填空（共10小题；每小题1.5分，满分15分）Mother Teresa was born in Yugoslavia, on August 27,1910. She attended the government school near her home until she was eighteen. At that time, some doctors and nurses from Yugoslavia were 61 (work) in India, and they often wrote to the school about their work. She decided to join 62 (they) one day. When she left school, she 63 went to Britain; then a year later she went to India, where she began to 64 (train) to be a teacher. After training, she was sent to Calcutta, 65 she taught geography at a school and soon after became headmistress(女校长). However, 66 she loved teaching, in 1946 Mother Teresa left the school and went to work in the poor parts of Calcutta. Later she was trained to bee a nurse in Patna, and then began her work helping the 67 and forting the dying in the streets of the city. Slowly, 68 came to help her, and her work spread to other parts of India. Mother Teresa was a well-known person forever. Many photos were taken of her, as she travelled around 69 world to open new schools and hospitals in poor countries. In 1979, she 70 (give) the Nobel P