河南省郑州市2018-2019学年高二下学期期末考试英语试题

1、2018 - 2019学年下期期末考试高二英语试题卷注意事项:本试卷分四部分，考试时间120分钟，满分150分。考生应首先阅读答题卡 上的文字信息，然后在答题卡上作答，在试题卷上作答无效。第一部分听力(共两节，满分30分)做题时，先将答案标在试卷上。录音内容结束后，你将有两分钟的时间将 试卷上的答案转涂到答题卡上。第一节(共5小题;每小題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.【此处有音频，请去附件查看】Which

2、 kind of music does the man like best?A. Pop music.B. Classical music.C. Folk music.2.【此处有音频，请去附件查看】What can we know about the man?A. He has got the job.B. He wears long hair.C. He has just had his hair cut.3.【此处有音频，请去附件查看】When will the man check the computer?A. In five minutes.B. In two days.C. In

3、two weeks.4.【此处有音频，请去附件查看】What does the man ask the woman to help with?A. His English.B. His math.C. His science.5.【此处有音频，请去附件查看】Where is Mike now?A. At home.B. In the school office.C. In the park.第二节(共15小题;每小题1.5分,满分22.5)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

4、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。听下面一段较长对话，回答以下小题。【此处有音频，请去附件查看】6. What did the man do during the vacation?A. He traveled abroad.B. He took a part-time job.C. He attended a summer school.7. What does the woman probably do?A. A teacher.B. A student.C. A climber.听下面一段较长对话，回答以下小题。【此处有音频，请去附件查看】

5、8. Where are the two speakers probably talking?A. In the office.B. In the classroom.C. In the maifs house.9. Why does the man come here?A. To work.B. To talk to Kate.C. To get the letter typed10. What is the probable relationship between the two speakers?A. Manager and clerk.B. Teacher and student.C

6、. Customer and assistant.听下面一段较长对话，回答以下小题。【此处有音频，请去附件查看】11. Why did Mr. Walker go to London?A. On business.B. For sightseeing.C. For a holiday.12. How did the man find the trip?A. Tiring.B. Confusing.C. Interesting.听下面一段较长对话，回答以下小题。【此处有音频，请去附件查看】13. Why did Helen call the man?A. To discuss her sons

7、guitar lessons.B. To ask something about guitar lessons.C. To learn about the price of piano lessons.14. What did Helen learn six years ago?A. The piano.B. The violin.C. The guitar.15. Which will Helen choose?A. Private lessons on Tuesdays.B. Private lessons on Thursdays.C. A group class on Wednesda

8、ys.16. How much will Helen pay a week if she takes the lessons?A. $12.B. $20.C. $24.听下面一段独白，回答以下小题。【此处有音频，请去附件查看】17. What kind of family was Saint Nicholas bom into?A. A rich one.B. A poor one.C. An ordinary one.18. What was Saint Nicholas like?A. Humorous.B. Shy.C. Brave.19. What can we learn about

9、 Saint Nicholas?A. He was very kind and helpful.B. He liked to wear blue clothes.C. He dropped presents onto the roofs.20. What does the speaker mainly talk about?A. Something about Turkey.B Something about presents.C. Something about Santa Claus .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

10、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。AKindle E-reader 8 th generationFree Touchscreen DisplayPrice: $79.99 Thin and light for one-handed readingNew Kindle is 11% thinner and 16% lighter than the previous generation Kindle, making it easy and comfortable to hold in one hand. Read like real PaperKindle

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16、 of the Kindle is the touch screen. It is annoying when you are reading and start turning the wrong way. Sometimes, its hard to get the page to turn the way youd like it to.21. Which is a feature of the 8th-generation Kindle?A. It is 16% thinner than the previous one.B. It is user-friendly with a bu

17、ilt-in dictionary.C It can run for several months on a single charge.D. It is designed to receive e-mails and make calls.22. In which way does Jasons new Kindle bother him most?A. Its screen is much too sensitive.B. It is not as large as he expected.C. Its battery life isnt as long as his original o

18、ne.D. Documents cant be transferred between different Kindles.23. What problem do Jason and Susan have with their new Kindle ?A. There are always messages popping up.B. Ifs difficult to turn on the touch screen.C. Page turning doesnt work well sometimes.D The battery lasts shorter than the original

19、one.BA week ago at Compton Elementary School, Georgia, something wonderful happened. Band students from Hillgrove High School arrived to hang out with and talk to the little guys. They wanted to make sure the schools youngest had food in their homes that week.The thing that thrilled people was that

20、this generous idea came from 17-year-old Nathan Jones, not an adult. Jones is a good trumpet (小号)player with the Hillgrove Hawks band. The idea, he said, came to him two years ago during a discussion about community service in a freshman leadership class. Serving the community was nothing new to Jon

21、es. For years, he and his family, who recently moved from Orlando, Florida, had been active community volunteers.Last year, Jones thought it was a good idea to get the school band involved in community service, only for the young kids in the schooL Band director PatrickErwin agreed but decided they

22、had neither the time nor the resources to do it. It got put on the back burner, Jones said. “This year, I decided to try again. ” This time, Erwin encouraged Jones to take charge and he did.Back in August, Jones challenged the band to raise $ 5,000 to help with the cost of packing the meals. Within

23、two weeks, theyd collected $6,000 in donations, enough to provide 2,500 family meals, including bags of rice, soy protein, vitamins and vegetables. By the end of the month, when poor families are struggling, a bag of food can mean the difference between a full stomach and an empty one for many of th

24、ose students.But HiHgroves effort isnt just about feeding the body. Its about feeding souls, too.Early on, the bands goal was to direct students focus from getting likes on social media to building relationships with the people around them. So the band decided on the message, What the world needs no

25、w is love, not likes” for its half-time show.That means actually going into the community and actually showing love,” Jones said. “ Were going out and doing what weVe telling people to do. ”24. Why did the band students go to Compton Elementary School?A. To share their music with the kids.B. To prov

26、ide food for poor young kids.C. To give students advice on healthy eating.D. To help children who had trouble making friends.25. Where did Jones get his idea?A. A news report about Compton.B. A discussion in a leadership class.C. His volunteer experience in Orlando.D. His parents who loved community

27、 service.26. The underlined part “put on the back burner” in Paragraph 3 probably meansA. put asideB. startedC. changed overD. occupied27. What can we learn about the Hillgrove band?A. They couldnt raise enough money.B. They were going to help more schools.C. Their work meant a lot to the young kids

28、.D. They had been helping Compton for two years.COn the night of August 24, 2001, everything changed when my friends car hit a wall with me inside. I lost most of my right leg, and I was left bleeding with several broken bones. At the hospital, although my body was weak, my mind was still very clear

29、. I just kept telling myself to hold on. A week latet，I made a deal with the doctors that once I could roll onto my side, I could leave.Two weeks later, I was allowed to go home. Although I left the hospital, the fight was far from over. My left knee was badly injured, which resulted in different su

30、rgeries (手术)over the next few years. And soon, more of my right leg had to be removed This made it harder to wear my false leg, so I donated it to a nurse who couldnt afford one for henself. The joy of being able to provide this gift to someone else was greater than the happiness I felt on any day I

31、 was able to wear it myself.People often tell me theyre proud of me for staying strong. But in my mind, staying strong has always been my only choice. So, on the day I left the hospital, I made a promise to myself to always live life to the fullest.Now, I may not be able to do things the way everybo

32、dy else does them, but still,I always find a way to do them. I soon settled into everyday life again, until one day I realized I wasnt living my life as fully as I wanted to.After 13 years of thinking that I was confident, I had an unfamiliar feeling sweep over me. For the first time in my life, I w

33、as not only confident but I wanted to help those around me. In 2014, I even started modeling. My dream is that one day a little girl will see me in a magazine and say, Wow, shes beautiful, and she only has one leg. I could do that too someday, even though I have a disability.28. How did the author f

34、eel after the car accident?A. She felt lucky that she was still alive.B. She took a positive attitude toward life.C. She couldnt accept the loss of her leg.D. She complained that life was unfair to her.29 What made the author feel happy according to the text?A. She could wear her false leg again.B.

35、She had lived her life to the fullest.C. She was able to offer help to others.D. She could do things like everybody else.30. Why did the author start modeling in 2014?A. To appear on the cover of a magazine.B. To prove disabled people could also succeed.C. To challenge herself by trying something ne

36、w.D. To encourage others to be confident of themselves.31. What was the authors main purpose in writing the text?A. To stress the importance of having a dreamB. To show how difficult life is for disabled people.C. To give advice to disabled people on how to make a living.D. To share her past experie

37、nces and how she discovered her dream.DMany of us have had this experience: we lie down in a bed other than our own, perhaps at a friends house or in a hotel room, and find it difficult or impossible to fall asleep. Is it because the bed is uncomfortable? Maybe, but perhaps there can be other reason

38、s.According to a new study published in Current Biology, a significant reason is what the scientists call first night effect” .They believe that one side of the brain acts as a night watch” to warn us about potential dangers. It forces us to stay awake on the first night in a new environmentsFor the

39、 study, 35 young volunteers were asked to sleep in a sleep lab for several days. Meanwhile, researchers watched their brain activities.According to the researchers, on their first night, the left brain was more active than the right brain and people had a hard time sleeping. However, left-brain acti

40、vities decreased as days went by, falling even to the point of complete calm. In this process , the participants got an increasingly better sleep experience.The findings suggest that the different rhythms of the sides of the brain afiect our sleep. When the two sides work differently, the balance be

41、tween them is broken. Thus, the brain cant relax and is sensitive to anything strange in the surroundings, just as it is in the daytime.“ At some level, the brain is continuing to analyze things, even though you are not aware of the analysis, ” US professor Jerome Siegel told SmithsonianIf something

42、 unusual happens - if a door opens or you hear a key in a lock -you can be alert, even though the intensity of the stimulus (刺激强度) is quite low. ” More surprisingly , this phenomenon is similar to the way some animals sleep.The researchers think that it is the result of evolution (进化)，and works to p

43、mtect us in potentially dangerous environments.If you have ever had what you think is first night effect , researchers suggest that you bring your own pillow or sleep in a room similar to your bedroom next time you sleep away from home.32. What is found in the new study published in Current Biology?

44、A. Brain activities affect peoples sleep in a new environment.B. A comfortable bed helps people sleep well in a new environmentsC. Most people can sleep well in a new environment after the first night.D. The right brain determines how well people sleep in a new environment.33. What do the researcher

45、s think makes the brain sensitive to new things ?A. The tiredness people suffer from in the daytime.B. The bad sleep experiences people have ever had.C. The imbalance between the two sides of the brain.D. The strangeness of the things people come across.34. What do the researchers think of first nig

46、ht effect”？A. It has developed as a way to protect us.B. It increases our better sleep experiences.C. Its a characteristic that animals dont have.D. It helps people to get used to new environments quickly.35. What might be the best title for the parage?A. Why can% we get to sleepB. How can we get a

47、better sleepC. What affects our brain activitiesD. How can we prevent our first night effect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,并在答 题卡上将该项涂黑。选项中有两项为多余选项。I have been lucky enough to be right next to dolphins playing in perfect surf, using the power of the waves to travel even faster tha

48、n they normally swim, There is np doubt that they are enjoying themselves and, though I cant swim like a dolphin, _36_.Bodysurfing involves riding on a wave with no help from any device(装置)such as a surfboard, which makes it the “purest” form of surfing. In fact, it is one of very few extreme sports

49、 -free climbing and cliff diving are others -_37_However, it is more enjoyable and safer if you use flippers (脚蹼).This is because they enable you to swim faster, and so catch waves and surf along them more easily. _38_Another aid is a handboard, a mini-surf board about the size of an iron, held in o

50、ne hand to generate more speed along the wave.To catch a wave, swim to where the waves break and, as one approaches, start swimming towards the beach. You must try to travel at the same speed as the wave and, if you do it correctly, you will feel the wave lifting you and pushing you forwards._39_Bod

51、ysurfing is not a professional sport, _40_- the Pipeline BodysurfingClassic-held each year at the legendary Banzai Pipeline in Hawaii. Local bodysurfers compete against athletes from places such as Australia, Brazil, Japan or France, in terrifying walls of water above the sharp coral reef.For me no

52、other sport is as much fun as bodysurfing. Theres a good reason why dolphins choose not to use surfboards!A. Then try and surf along the surface of the waveB. I can experience this same fun when bodysurfingC. but it does have its own unofficial world championshipD. that can be practised by using not

53、hing but the human bodyE. which is looked down on by professional athletes, howeverF. Famous bodyboarders in the great surfing history have also competedG. A wetsuit is also advisable to use unless you are bodysurfing in tropical (热 带的)seas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)阅读下面短文,从短文后

54、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。Kids who live a happy childhood dream about what they will be when they grow up. But less_41_kids, who live in poverty, sometimes wonder why they were bom in the first place.Children like these _42_ Lebanese director Nadine Labakis new film Capernau(何以为家

55、),which arrived in Chinese mainland_43_ on April 29 , 2019.In the slums (贫民窟)of Beirut, Lebanons capital, Labaki saw kids selling gum or flowers or _44_carrying heavy gas tanks. Some of them were alone on the street , unfed and _45_One of these kids told her, I dont know _46_I was bom if no one is g

56、oing to love me, if no one is going to _47_ me before I go to sleep, or if Fm going to be beaten up every day. ”This is how Capernaum begins: A 12-year-old boy named Zain9 who lives in one of Beiruts slums, charges his parents for giving _48_ to him, even though, he says, they knew they couldnt _49_

57、 him.Capernaum is fictional but ifs as _50_ as it gets. There are no _51_actors in this film. Zain, for example, is _52_ by a boy with the same name, a Syrian refugee (难民)called Zain Al Rafeea. He had never slept in a _53_ before the film, or gone to schooL He didnt even have papers to _54_ he was a human being -just like his character in the film.By making the film, Labaki wanted to become the voice of these kids, according to The Guardian. The voice is being heard. It ran first at Cannes Fi