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创新学校2018年下学期高二期中测试英语试题（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)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。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。1where does the conversation take place?aat the customs. bin a restaurant.cin a hotel.2whats the relationship between the two speakers?afriends.bstrangers.cclassmates.3what can we learn from the talk?amr. wood lost his wallet. bcarl works in a post office.cmr. wood is going to pick up his wallet.4when does this conversation take place?ain the morning.bin the afternoon.cin the evening.5what does jacks girlfriend do?ashe plays the piano.bshe organizes concerts.cshe sells pianos.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。听下面一段材料，回答第6至7题。6what magazine does the man take besides morning post?anewsweek.bnew yorkers.cnew scientists.7whats the price for morning post?aone dollar.bone and a half dollars.cthree dollars and fifty.听下面一段材料，回答第8至10题。8when will the man go mountain climbing? athe summer holiday.bin a fortnight.cnext weekend.9how does one benefit from mountain climbing?ait can build muscles.bit can build strength and balance.cit can improve confidence and balance.10what can we learn from the conversation? ajessie will go mountain climbing with david. bjessie suggests david take some instructional courses. ca partner is needed to manage the climbing rope for the climber.听下面一段材料，回答第11至13题。11where do the two speakers work? ain a plant in chicago. bin a large company. cin an office in atlanta.12 who has risen to a higher position? ajim has. bmarta has. cboth jim and marta have.13why does the woman want to go on with her work in the office? ashe is fond of writing notices. bshe is still new in her position. cshe hopes to keep in close touch with her superiors.听下面一段材料，回答第14至17题。14what does jane think of her trip to the west coast? ait was wonderful.bit was terrible. cwe dont know.15whats the disadvantage of los angeles? ait is noisy.bthe weather is hot. cthere is no subway and the bus service is terrible.16whats the weather in san francisco? awarm and nice. bcool but comfortable. ca little cold.17why is it easy to go around in san francisco? abecause it is small and the transportation is good. bbecause it has subways. cbecause it has a smaller population.听下面一段材料，回答第18至20题。18what can we learn about north dakota? aa block party is an early sign of summer there. bindoor sports are popular in winter. cwinter snows are usually deep there.19what do the people in north dakota think of the season of winter? aquiet and satisfying.blong and boring. cshort but exciting.20what can we learn about the people in north dakota? athey like answering questions. bthey have various interests. cthey dislike answering questions.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，从每题所给出的四个选项（a、b、c和d）中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。 aep portable heaterwe all know that the cost of heating our homes will continue to be a significant burden on the family budget. now millions of people are saving on their heating bills with the ep portable heater. with over one million satisfied customers around the world, the new ep heats better and faster, saves more on heating bills, and runs almost silent.the ep has no exposed heating parts that can cause a fire. the outside of ep only gets warm to the touch so that it will not burn children or pets.the ep will not reduce oxygen in the room. with other heaters, youll notice that you get sleepy when the heat comes on because they are burning up oxygen.the advanced ep also heats the room evenly, wall to wall and floor to ceiling. it comfortably covers an area up to 350 square feet. other heaters heat rooms unevenly with most of the heat concentrated to the center of the room. and they only heat an area a few feet around the heater. with the ep, the temperature will not vary in any part of the room.the ep comes with a 3-year warranty (保修) and a 60-day, no questions asked, satisfaction guarantee. if you are not totally satisfied, return it at our expense and your money will be given back to you.now, we have a special offer for 10 days, during which you can enjoy a half price discount and a free delivery. if you order after that, we reserve the right to either accept or reject order requests at the discounted price.take action right now!21. what is mainly discussed in paragraph 2?a. the heat of the ep. b. the material of the ep.c. the appearance of the ep. d. the safety of the ep.22. from the passage, we can learn that the ep _. a. makes people get sleepy b. runs without any noisec. doesnt burn up oxygen d. is unsuitable for children and pets23. the underlined word evenly in paragraph 4 probably means _.a. equally b. separately c. quickly d. continuously24. the main purpose of the passage is to _. a.advise people to save on heating bills b.persuade people to buy the product c. report the new development of portable heatersd. compare the difference of different heater brands bmy teenager son karl became withdrawn after his father died. as a single parent, i tried to do my best to talk to him. but the more i tried, the more he pulled away. when his report card arrived during his junior year, it said that he had been absent 95 times from classes. in this way he would never graduate. i sent him to the school adviser, and i even begged him. nothing worked.one night i was at work when i got a phone call. a man introduced himself as a head teacher, “i want to talk to you about karls absences (缺席).” before he could say another word i choked up (哽咽). and said sadly, “i love my son. ive tried everything to get karl to go back to school and nothing has worked. its out of my hands.” for a moment there was silence on the other end of the line. the head teacher seriously said, “thank you for your time.”karls next report card showed a marked improvement in his grades. he was even on the list of the best students at school. in his fourth year, i took part in a parent-teacher meeting. i noticed that his teachers were surprised at the way he had turned himself around. on our way home, he said, “mum, remember that call from the head teacher last year?” i nodded. “that was me. i thought id play a joke but i heard you said, it really hit me how much i was hurting you. thats when i knew i had to make you proud.”25. which of the following has the similar meaning to the underlined word “withdrawn”?a. quiet and lonely. b. relaxed and excited.c. active and lively. d. happy and easy going.26. when the mother said“its out of my hands” to the head teacher, she meant that she _.a. would have to hang up. b. would drive her son away from the house.c. didnt know what to do about her son. d. had no money to support the family. 27. who telephoned karls mother that day?a. the head teacher. b. the school adviser.c. the passage doesnt tell us. d. karl himself.28. from the passage we can learn that _.a. parents should give their children everything that they need. b. children in single-parent families always have mental problems.c. mothers love is very important to teenagers life.d. school education still works well without the support from parents. ca heated debate is currently going on in our town.should we allow the cinema to be constructed in the havenswood shopping center? there is just one large lot left to build on,and the theater would use up all of that space.some people are excited at the idea of finally having our own movie theater.others would rather travel ten miles to the nearest theater to keep our quiet town the way it is.they say it is enough to have marvins movie video rentals.after all, marvins store keeps thousands of the latest videos.there are certainly benefits to renting videos.for one thing,you can plan your own schedule when it is convenient for you.you can relax on your sofa,and take a break whenever you need one.you can also talk to others without bothering any strangers seated nearby.in additional,it is a less expensive way to view a movie compared to going to a theater.on the other hand,seeing a movie in a theater is an experience all its own.first,you can see the movie on wide screen as the filmmaker intended.to be viewed on a television screen,a film must be changed in some way to make it smaller.one is the “pan-and-scan” method,which involves removing some of the details in the picture.the other way,called “letterboxing”,keeps the image the way it is on the big screen,with one annoying exception; because the big-screen version is wide,the same picture on a television screen must be long and narrow.another problem is sound.the sound from a television cannot compare to the sound system in a theater.your experience of a movie improves when you can clearly hear all of the sounds.furthermore,at home,viewing companions often talk during a movie,which makes you miss out on whats happening in the film.besides,having a movie theater will not mean that you cant still go to marvins! you will just have a choice that you didnt have before.isnt it time for havenswood residents to enjoy a little progress?29. how does the author mainly state his point?a. by using examples. b. by making a comparison.c. by carrying out a survey d. by presenting different peoples view.30. why do some people think it is enough to have marvins movie video rentals?a .the owner of the store is friendly and helpful.b. its very convenient to go to marvins store.c. marvins store stocks lots of recent videos.d. it is more comfortable to see films at home than in the theater.31.l what is the authors attitude towards building a new cinema?a. cautious. b. approving. c. doubtful. d. worried. dthe common cold is the worlds most widespread illness, which is a plague that man receives.the most widespread mistake of all is that colds are caused by cold. they are not. they are caused by viruses passing on from person to person. you catch a cold by coming into contact directly or indirectly, with someone who already has one. if cold causes colds, it would be reasonable to expect the eskimos to suffer from them forever. but they do not. and in isolated arctic regions, explorers have reported being free from colds until coming into contact again with infected people from the outside world by way of packages and mail dropped from airplanes.during the first world war, soldiers who spent long periods in the trenches, cold and wet, seldom caught colds.in the second world war, prisoners at auschwitz concentration camp, naked and starved, were astonished to find that they seldom had colds.at the common cold research unit in england, volunteers took part in experiments in which they gave themselves to the discomforts of being cold and wet for long stretches of time. after taking hot baths, they put on bathing suits, allowed themselves to be with cold water, and then stood about dripping wet in a room. some wore wet socks all day while others exercised in the rain until close to exhaustion. not one of the volunteers came down with a cold unless a cold virus was actually dropped in his nose.if then, cold and wet have nothing to do with catching colds, why are they more frequent in winter? despite the most hard research, no one has yet found out the answer. one explanation offered by scientists is that people tend to stay together indoors more in cold weather than at other times, and that makes it easier for cold viruses to be passed on.no one has yet found a cure for the cold. there are drugs and pain-killers such as aspirin, but all that they do is to relieve the symptoms.32. the writer offered _ examples to support his argument.a. 4 b. 5 c 6 d 333. arctic explorers may catch colds when_.a they are working in the isolated arctic regionsb they are writing reports in terribly cold weatherc they are free from work in the isolated arctic regionsd they are coming into touch again with the outside world34. volunteers taking part in the experiments in the common cold research unit_.a suffered a lot b never caught colds c often caught colds d became very strong35the passage mainly discusses_.a the experiments on the common cold b the fallacy about the common coldc the reason and the way people catch colds d the continued spread of common colds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。for hundreds of years, people have been wondering about the strange places that they seem to visit in their sleep. 36 however, they have been valued as necessary to a persons health and happiness. historically people thought dreams contained messages from god. it was only in the twentieth century that people started to study dreams scientifically believing that they tell about a persons character. 37 he believed that dreams allow a person to express fantasies or fears, which would be socially unacceptable in real life.the second theory to become popular was carl jungs compensation theory jung, a former student of freud, said that the purpose of a dream is not to hide something, but rather to communicate it to the dreamer. 38 thus, people who think too highly of themselves may dream about falling; those who think too little of themselves dream of being heroes.using more recent research, william domhoff from the university of california found that dreaming is a mental skill that needs time to develop in humans. 39 until they reach age five, they cannot express very well what their dreams are about. once people become adults, there is little or no change in their dreams. the dreams of men and women differ. for instance, the characters that appear in the dreams of men are often other men, and often involve physical aggression.the meaning of dreams continues to be difficult to understand. 40 if you dream that a loved one is going to die, do not panic the dream may have meaning, but it does not mean that your loved one is going to die.a dreams make up for what is lacking in waking life.b however, people should not take their dreams as reality.c they have been considered as meaningless nighttime journeys.d it gives scientists chances to better understand human mind.e. children do not dream as much as adults.f. they think their mind is trying to tell them something.g. first, there was sigmund freuds theory.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a、b、c和d四个选项中，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。once my mother told me a story that in africa, when an antelope (羚羊) wakes up every morning, the first thing it thinks about is, “i must be 41 to run faster than the fastest lion, or i will be killed.” 42 , a lion wakes from his dream. the first thing the lion thinks about is, “i must be able to catch the 43 antelope, or i will starve to 44 .” so almost simultaneously(同时地), the antelope and the lion get up and start running toward the 45 sun.this is 46 : full of chances and challenges. whether you are an antelope or a lion, you must go 47 when the sun rises. for students, it is just the same. if we dont study hard, sooner or later, we will 48 the other students. at first i didnt know what the word “exam” 49 . later, i knew an exam was a kind of 50 . in competitions, there are always winners and 51 . as i grew up, i got to know competition well. in ones life, there must be competitions, so people can 52 .each time i saw children playing games and heard their 53 , i wished i were that age again. 54 , i remembered my parents words: you must work very hard for a good future. so i 55 my pen and began to study hard again.i was still not sure what competition 56 meant. one day, i was 57 in an english-speaking competition. when i went to the stage, i saw other students looking at me kindly. suddenly i 58 what competition was. it is not as cruel as my teacher and parents told me. in fact, competition is the 59 : it is kind and necessary.i learned a lot from realizing this 60 . now i understand better about the world. competition is important for us all.41a. able b. willing c. ready d. eager42a. on the contrary b. at the same time c. in other words d. in the first place43a. fastest b. weakest c. slowest d. strongest44a. death b. survival c. disease d. suffering45a. sinking b. setting c. shining d. rising46a. rule b. life c. study d. exam47a. over b. through c. ahead d. beyond48a. fall behind b. pass by c. catch up d. hold back49a. felt b. meant c. referred d. doubted50a. victory b. defeat c. process d. competition51a. competitor b. players c. losers d. failures52a. improve b. conclude c. acquire d. handle53a. cr