安徽省郎溪中学直升部2018-2019学年高二英语上学期期中试题.doc

安徽省郎溪中学直升部2018-2019学年第一学期高二学段期中考英语学科试题第卷第一部分：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. What color is the mans toothbrush?A. Blue. B. Green. C. Red.2. What is the man mostly worried about?A. The noisy plane. B. The safety of the airplane.C. The service of the flight attendant.3. How does the man feel? A. Impatient. B. Helpless. C. Sad.4. When does the girl have to go to bed?A. At 8:00 p.m. B. At 9:00 p.m. C. At 11:00 p.m.5. Where does the conversation take place?A. At a fruit shop. B. At a candy shop. C. At the womans house.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7题。6. Whats the relationship between the speakers?A. Boss and employee. B. Co-workers. C. Classmates.7. Why is Jane unhappy?A. She forgot to answer some emails.B. She talked to angry customers all morning.C. She is usually the first one to take plaints.听第7段材料，回答第8至10题。8. How much will the man pay in total?A. $20. B. $25. C. $45.9. How did the man get his shirt dirty?A. By cooking vegetable soup. B. By eating noodles. C. By washing up.10. When will the man get his shirt back?A. On Sunday. B. On Monday. C. On Tuesday.听第8段材料，回答第11至13题。11. What is the probable relationship between the speakers?A. Schoolmates. B. Brother and sister. C. Teacher and student.12. What just happened to Chads shirt?A. He got a tea stain on it. B. He got blue paint on it. C. He rolled in the grass with it.13. What will Chad do after school?A. Tell his mother what happened. B. Ask Betty to explain for him. C. Buy a new shirt.听第9段材料，回答第14至16题。14. Where is the tree house?A. In Justins yard. B. In Stanleys yard. C. In Miss Johnsons yard.15. How will Justin get back to the tree house?A. By car. B. By bike. C. On foot.16. Why is Justin in a hurry?A. He is afraid of thunder. B. He thinks its going to rain. C. He wants his mother to see the tree house.听第10段材料，回答第17至20题。17. What is the speaker mainly talking about? A. How to predict an earthquake. B. How to survive an earthquake.C. How to rescue people in an earthquake.18. What do people need to get ready for an earthquake? A. Shelters. B. Cars. C. Blankets.19. What does the speaker suggest people do when an earthquake hits? A. Drop to the ground. B. Stay by the window. C. Run to the door.20. What does the speaker warn people about at the end of the talk?A. Trapped lifts. B. Falling pieces. C. Damaged bridges.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。 AWhats On?Electric Underground7:30pm1:00am Free at the Cyclops TheatreDo you know whos playing in your area? Were bringing you an exciting evening of live rock and pop music from the best local bands. Are you interested in being a musician and getting a recording contract (合同)? If so, e early to the talk at 7:30pm by Jules Skye, a successful record producer.Hes going to talk about how you can find the right person to produce your music.Gee Whizz8:30pm-10:30pm edy atKaleidoscopee and see Gee Whizz perform. Hes the funniest stand-up edian on the edy scene.This joyful show will please everyone, from the youngest to the oldest.Gee Whizz really knows how to make you laugh! Our bar is open from 7:00pm for drinks and snacks .Simons Workshop5:00pm-7:30pm Wednesdays at Victoria StageThis is a good chance for anyone who wants to learn how to do edy. The workshop looks at every kind of edy, and practices many different ways of making people laugh. Simon is a edian and actor who has 10 years experience of teaching edy. His workshops are exciting and fun. An evening with Simon will give you the confidence to be funny.Charlotte Stone8:00pm-11:00pm Pizza WorldFine food with beautiful jazz music; this is a great evening out. Charlotte Stone will perform songs from her new best-selling CD, with James Pickering on the piano. The menu is Italian, with excellent meat, fresh fish and pizzas. Book early to get a table. Our bar is open all day, and serves cocktails, coffee, beer, and white wine.21. Who can help you if you want to have your music produced? A. Jules Skye. B. Gee Whizz.C. Charlotte Stone. D. James Pickering.22. At which place can people of different ages enjoy a good laugh?A. The Cyclops Theatre. B. Kaleidoscope. C. Victoria Stage. D. Pizza World.23. What do we know about Simons Workshop? A. It requires membership status.B. It lasts three hours each time.C. It is run by a edy club.D. It is held every Wednesday.B When other nine-year-old kids were playing games, she was working at a petrol station. When other teens were studying or going out, she fought to find a place to sleep on the street. But she beat these terrible things to win a highly petitive scholarship and gain entry into Harvard University. And her amazing story has inspired a movie, “Homeless to Harvard: The Liz Murray Story”. Liz Murray, a 22-year-old American girl, has been writing a real-life story of willpower and determination. Liz grew up with two drug-addicted parents. There was never enough food or warm clothes in the house. Liz was the only member of the family who had a job. Her mother had AIDS and died when Liz was just l5 years old. The effect of that loss became a turning point in her life. Connecting the environment in which she had grown up with how her mother had died, she decided to do something about it. Liz went back to school. She threw herself into her studies, never telling her teachers that she was homeless. At night, she lived on the streets. “What drove me to live on had something to do with understanding, and by understanding that there was a whole other way of being. I had only experienced a small part of the society,” she wrote in her book Breaking Night. She admitted that she used envy to drive herself on. She used the benefits that e easily to others, such as a safe living environment, to encourage herself that “next to nothing could hold me down”. She finished high school in just two years and won a full scholarship to study at Harvard University. But Liz decided to leave her top university a couple of months earlier this year in order to take care of her father, who has also developed AIDS. “I love my parents so much. They are drug addicts. But I never forget that they love me all the time. ” Liz wants moviegoers to e away with the idea that changing your life is “as simple as making a decision”.24.In which order did the following things happen to Liz?a. Her mother died of AIDS. b. She got admitted into Harvard.c. She worked at a petrol station. d. The movie about her life was put on.e. She had trouble finding a place to sleep.A.c, a, e, b, d B.a, b, c, e, d C.c, d, b, a, e D.b, e, a, d, c25.What actually made her go towards her goal?A.Envy and encouragement. B.Willpower and determination.C.Decisions and honesty D.Love and respect for her parents.26.What does Liz mean by saying “What drove me to live on.I had only experienced a small part of the society”?A.She had little experience of social life. B.She could hardly understand the society.C.She would do something for her own life. D.She needed to travel more around the world.27.What does the passage mainly tell us?A.Why Liz loved her parents so much. B.How Liz made efforts to change her life.C.What a hard time Liz had in her childhood. D.How Liz managed to enter Harvard University. CMany people tend to plain about not having good friends in their lives. Sadly, they seem to think that their own pany is not enough to make them happy. However, nothing could be further from the truth . In order to get along with others, the first thing you need to do is learn to get along with yourself. Only in this way will you succeed in developing healthy relationships with others. Listen to your inner voice. Remember that inner voice that keeps whispering to you what you really want and need as well as what you do not really want and need. It is about time you started listening to it. In order to get to know yourself in depth, it is important to learn and accept what you want and what you do not want. Learn to enjoy your own pany. You will be surprised to find out how many things you can do by yourself and actually have fun in the process. Reading romantic novels, poetry or science fiction is only a few of the things that you can do by yourself, which not only can offer you hours of enjoyment, but also the chance to get to know yourself better. Satisfy yourself. Pay special attention to your personal hygiene(卫生). Do your hair and nails often and experiment with new styles. Follow a healthy diet and exercise regularly to stay in good shape. No matter how busy your daily schedule is, always find at least an hour per day for yourself, when you can either relax doing absolutely nothing, or doing something that you enjoy most. Learn to respect your ownboundaries. Find out what your boundaries are and learn to respect them. You are the only one who knows what you can accept and what you cannot.28. If you want to have a good relationship with others, you should first _. A. get into the habit of living alone B. learn to be your own best friend C. always tell the truth D. make many friends in society29. What is the purpose of listening to your inner voice? _ A. To keep a good state of mind. B. To know more about yourself. C. To enjoy the time by yourself. D. To form a relationship with others.30. In order to please yourself, the writer gives some suggestions EXCEPT _. A. eating healthily B. exercise regularly C. experimenting with new hair style D. keeping on cleaning the house31. What is the structure of the passage? DMany leading AI researchers think that in a matter of decades, artificial intelligence will be able to do not only some of our jobs, but all of our jobs, forever transforming life on Earth.The reason why many people consider this as science fiction isthat weve traditionally thought of intelligence as something mysterious . But such an idea is unscientific.From my point of view, as a physicist and AI researcher, intelligence is simply a certain kind of information-processing performed by elementary particles(基本粒子) moving around. Weve only seen the tip of the intelligence iceberg . There is an amazing potential to unlock the full intelligence that is potential in nature and use it to help humanity.If we get it right, theupsideis huge. Since everything we love about civilization is the product of intelligence, enlarging our own intelligence with AI has the potential to solvetomorrows toughest problems. For example, why risk our loved ones dying in traffic accidents that self-driving cars could prevent or dying of cancers that AI might help us find cures for? Im optimistic that we can develop rapidly with advanced AI as long as we win the race between the growing power of our technology and the knowledge with which we manage it. But this requires giving up our outdated concept of learning form mistakes. That helped us win the race with less powerful technology: We messed up with fire and then invented fire extinguishers (灭火器), and we messed up with cars and then invented seat belts. However, its an awful idea for more powerful technologies, such as nuclear weapons or superintelligent AI where even a single mistake is unacceptable and we need to get things right the first time.32.How do many people feel about leading AI researchers predictions?A.Worried B.Curious C.Doubtful D.Disappointed33.What does the author think of intelligence?A.We know little about it. B.It belongs to human beings.C.It is too difficult to understand. D.We have a good mand of it.34.What does the underlined word “upside” in Paragraph 4 probably mean?A.Cost. B.Potential. C.Quantity. D.Advantage.35.Whats important for us in the race between people and technology?A.Learning from failure. B.Increasing our intelligence.C.Avoiding making mistakes. D.Making accurate predictions.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。Small talk is the short conversations we have at parties, while we wait in line at the store, at family events or work. Sometimes we make small talk with people we already know but not well. Often we have to make small talk with plete strangers._36_. Here are some tips to improve your small-talking ability.1._37_If you have seen a really good movie or have read a really good book, you can talk about that.When you are sharing the same experience with someone, its easy to start a conversation. You simply notice and ment on whats going on around you. For example, if you are at a party and a song es on that you like or that reminds you of something, you can talk about that.2. Ask open-ended questionsThese types of questions require more thought and more than a simple one-word answer._38_, the conversation will go on longer.3. Bee a studentNobody knows everything. So, as someone is answering one of your open-ended questions, they bring up something about which you know nothing. So, tell them! This lets the other person bee the teacher._39_. Its a win-win situation.Like anything, getting good at making small talk takes practice._40_, you might bee happier. If you are making small talk using English, you will most definitely improve your speaking and listening skills.A. Have some conversation starters readyB. If you make small talk in your native languageC. However, some people are not good at small talkD. If you ask questions that need more details to answerE. You can talk about something that you recently learnedF. Many people find these small conversations about random topics easyG. They feel good about sharing their knowledge and you get to learn something第三部分：语言知识运用（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） 阅读下面的短文，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。When I first met my new parrot, Chico, his wings had beencut short. He couldnt fly and he was stuck on the_41_just like us humans. When the weather turned nice, I would take Chico outside. I_42_him on a branch of a tree, hoping to make him happier. At first he seemed confused. He walked back and forth on the branch looking_43_. He didnt even flap(拍打) his wings in a(n)_44_to fly. Somehow he knew he was unable. One day Chico got especially excited.He paced back and forth and made an incredible amount of noise. Then all of a sudden he stopped and_45_an even louder scream. He started_46_flapping his wings for the first time everthen he_47_off the branch like a space shuttle! I was amazed andshocked. Little did I know his feathers had been growing back, and Chico had been waiting until the moment was ripe for_48_！Two days later Chicoreturned. First I tried to_49_him back with food, but he would not e near me. Then I took his cage and_50_it awaystill he would not e. Finally, I made him a firm_51_that I would let him out every day if the weather was nice as long as he did e back._52_，he flew onto my shoulder. From that day on, whenever the weather was good, I would let him out_53_and he would fly around and be back before dark. The_54_lasted for two months until suddenly Chico became weak. The vet said that he had been infectedwith a_55_from the pigeons in the neighbourhood.Within a few days he died.I was very sad. The_56_crossed my mind that if I had not set him free to fly, he would be still alive. But what_57_is there in being a bird if you cant fly?Chico_58_his first breakthrough for freedom on a late Monday afternoon in April. When will you make yours? You too can_59_a chance when the conditions are right, knowing you too, in your own way, were built to fly. If you dont set yourself free, what will be the_60_of your life?41.A. cageB. sceneC. earthD. stage42.A. brought B. put C. caught D. chased43.A. delightful B. painful C. anxious D. guilty44.A. attempt B. order C. journey D. reason45.A. gave away B. took on C. made out D. let out46.A. proudly B. madly C. slowly D. gracefully47.A. cut B. fell C. knocked D. lifted48.A. struggle B. exchange C. escape D. rescue49.A. trick B. fasten C. catch D. expect50.A. burnt B. drove C. put D. took51.A. thought B. promise C. hand D. feather52.A. Once in a while B. As usual C. In the meantime D. At last53.A. early B. lately C. sometimes D. lonely54.A. practice B. deed C. routine D. behavior55.A. spirit B. disease C. relationship D. diet56.A. thought B