四川省三台中学实验学校高二英语上学期入学考试试题

1、四川省三台中学实验学校 2018-2019 学年高二英语上学期入学考试试题第I卷（选择题共100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 1 0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. Whats the probable relationship between the two speakers ？A. Teacher and student. B.Father and

2、daughter. C.Doctor and patient.2， Where is Mike now?A. In the classroom. B.On the playground. C.In the library.3. What does the woman mean?A. She wants to go with the man.B. The man shouldnt go downtown.C. The man should come back soon.4. How much did the mother give to the boy altogether?A. $400.B.

3、$500.C.$700.5. What do we know about the man?A. He is a teacher. B. He is a cook. C.He is a guest.第二节（共 15小题；每小题 1.5 分，满分 22.5 分）听第 6段材料，回答第 6至 7题。6. What is the man going to do?A. Go for a run. B. Have a cup of coffee. C.Attend a class.7. What does the woman promise to do?A. Telephone the mamB. Go

4、on a trip with the man.C. Get together with the mans family.听第 7段材料，回答第 8至 9题。8. How did the woman learn Japanese?A. She once went to JapanB. She learnt it in school.C. She learnt it from her father.9. How long has the woman been in China?A. For 30.years. B.For 20 years. C.For 25 years. 听第 8段材料，回答第

5、10至 12题。10. What is the man complaining about?much trafficA.There is too much dust. B.There is too much noise. C.There is too11. What do we know about the road near the mans house?.A.Its condition is not good.B. It has completed the construction.C. It is being constructed.12. What suggestion does th

6、e woman give to the man?A.Showing the truth to the media.B. Holding a neighborhood meeting.C Collecting money for the construction.听第 9段材料，回答第 13至 16题。13. What are the two speakers mainly talking about?A.How to answer customers phone calls properly.B. How to sell the products of their company.C. How

7、 to deal with difficult callers.14. Whats the probable relationship between the two speakers?A.Couple. B.Colleagues. C.Classmates.15. What kind of company Diana is?A.Food. B.Tour. C.Clothing.16. How is the woman required to end a call?A.By offering something that sounds interesting.B, By writing dow

8、n customers names.C. By promising to do something.听第 10 段材料，回答第 17 至 20 题。17. How long will the tourists stay at the Central Park Zoo?A. For half an hour.B.For an hour. C.For an hour and a half.18. When was St. Patricks Cathedral Built?A. In 1879.B.In 1913. C.In 1931.19. What can the tourists do whe

9、n visiting Rockefeller Center?A.See interesting animals.B. GO to its top by elevator.C. Enjoy entertainment activities.20, Which does the speaker like best in Manhattan?A. Grand Central Station. B. Chrysler Building. C.Rockefeller Center.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

10、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。AWhat s your favorite online magazine for kids? Here are four that are worth alook and a read.National Geographic KidsParents, students, and teachers can take the help of this quality resource tolearn about people, places, science, space, history, nature, and vario

11、us fun activities. The magazine aims for the age group of 8-14. Interactive content includes videos, games, photos, blogs, etc. This is one online magazine that parents and teachers will always choose without hesitation （犹豫 ）.TIME For KidsTIME magazine for adults might be too serious. The version fo

12、r kids isn t butit does go deep with a lot of educational content and teaching resources that arehelpfully arranged around grades. The weekly classroom news magazine covers world news and aims to develop the reading and analyzing （分析 ） habit in kids.Weekly Reader- 3 -An offline and online magazine f

13、or elementary school students features a lot ofeducational tools for teachers and students alike. All of its magazines are arranged around grades from pre-k in dergarte n to grade 12. Lots of the tools are in teractive and based around ni cely desig ned stories that make lear ning fun. Some sect ion

14、s are open to only subscribers （ 注册人）though.HighlightsHighlights, com brings out magazines for kids of ages 2-12. The publicationgroup s purpose is to help childrenbecome theirbest selves. The homepage also givesyou further websites to explore like Puzzlema niakids. com and H.Play f

15、ree online puzzles, solve riddles, go creative with fun activities, and even learn a little about n ature and scie nee at these two sites. For in sta nee, you can go into a story adve nture or create your own stories at The Timbertoes.21. In order to browse（ 浏览）all the sections on Weekly Reader, you

16、 need to.A. dow nl oad the contentsB. ask for permissi onC. use some toolsD. subscribe to it22. Which magazine may list kids creativity as one of its focuses?A. Natio nal Geographic Kids.B. TIME For Kids.C. Highlights.D. Weekly Reader.23. What can we infer about the magazines mentioned in the text?A

17、. They are arran ged around grades. B. They are accessible through theIntern et.C. They are in teractive with story-tell ing. D. They are en couraged by teachers.BWhen I was growing up in America,I was ashamed of my mother s Chinese En glish.Because of her En glish,she was ofte n treated un fairly.P

18、eople in departme nt stores,at ban ks,a nd at restaura nts did not take her seriously,did not give her good service,prete nded not to un dersta nd her,or even acted as if they did not hear her.My mother has long realized the limitati ons of her En glish as well.Whe n I wasfifteen,she used to have me

19、 call people on the phone to pretend I was her.I was forced to ask for information or even to yell at people who had been rude to her.One time-5 -I had to call her stockbroker股票经纪人）.1 said inan adolesce nt voice that was notvery convincing,“ This is Mrs Tan. ”And my mother was sta nding beside me,wh

20、isperi ng loudly,“ Why he don t send mecheck,already two week late. ”And then,in perfect English I said,“I m getting rather concerned.You agreedto send the check two weeks ago,but it hasn t arrived. ”The n she tal ked more loudly. “ What he wan t?I come to New York tell him front ofhis boss. ” And s

21、o I turned to the stockbroker again,“ I can t tolerate any moreexcuse .If I don t receive the check immediately,I am going to have to speak to your man ager whe n I am in New York n ext week. ”The n ext week we en ded up in New York.While I was sitti ng there red-faced,mymother,the real Mrs Tan,was

22、shouting to his boss in her broken English.When I was a teenager,my mother s broken English embarrassed me.But now,I seeit differently.To me,my mother s English is perfectly clear,perfectly natural.Itis my mother tongue.Her Ianguage,as I hear it,is vivid,direct,and full of observation and wisdo m.It

23、 was the Ian guage that helped shape the way I saw thin gs,expressed ideas,a nd made sense of the world.24. From Paragraph 2,we know that the author was.A. good at prete ndingB.rude to the stockbrokerC.ready to help her mother D.unwilling to phone for her mother25. After the author made the phone ca

24、ll,.A. they forgave the stockbrokerB. they failed to get the checkC. they went to New York immediatelyD. they spoke to the stockbroker s boss at once26. What does the author think of her mother s English now?A.It con fuses her.B.It embarrasses her.C.It helps her un dersta nd the world. D.It helps he

25、r tolerate rude people.27. We can infer from the passage that Chin ese En glish.A.is clear and natural to non-native speakers B.is vivid and direct to non-native-7 -speakersC.has a very bad reputation in America D.may bring inconvenience in AmericaCRenowned British physicist Stephen Hawking died pea

26、cefully at his home in the British university city of Cambridge in March 14 at age 76.Hawking, whose 1988 book “A Brief History of Time” became an unlikely worldwide bestseller and cemented （ 奠定） his superstar status, dedicated his life to unlocking the secrets of the Universe. He held the post of L

27、ucasian Professor of Mathematics at the University of Cambridge, which is a position that was once held by Sir Isaac Newton.Born in 1942 in Oxford, where his parents spent the final months of pregnancy to avoid the bombings of London, Hawking was said to have been a good student although it wasnt un

28、til he was in his 20s that his true potential began to really shine through. Having initially wanted to study Mathematics, Stephen Hawking chose, instead, to read natural sciences with emphasis on Physics.Having found University life boring, so much so that he joined the University rowing team to re

29、lieve the boredom, it was only following an oral examination that he was awarded a first class degree.While at Cambridge, Hawking was diagnosed with a motor neurone （ 神经元） disease. He was initially given two to three years to live. The illness gradually robbed him of mobility, leaving him confined t

30、o a wheelchair, almost completely paralysed and unable to speak except through his trademark voice synthesiser （合成器） .Stephen Hawking led an incredible and well documented life. He was referred to in many TV programs, films, and even songs, and appeared as himself in a number of programs including R

31、ed Dwarf and the Big Bang Theory. His genius and wit won over fans from far beyond the world of astrophysics （天体物理学） , earning comparisonswith Albert Einstein and Sir Isaac Newton.28Which of the following is true about“A Brief History of Time”?A. It is not popular with common readers. B. It is about

32、 the secrets of the universe.C. Itmainly dealswith Mathematical problems.D. It was impossible to be abestseller.29. Why did Hawking join the University rowing team?A. To improve his health.B. To make his uni versity life less bori ng.C. To improve his grade in uni versity.D. To reduce the effect of

33、his disease.30. What do we learn about Stephen Hawking from the last paragraph?A. He didn t like to appear in any programs.B. He is only recog ni zed in the world of astrophysics.C. He is not as famous as Albert Ein stei n and Sir Isaac Newt on.D. He was multi-tale nted.31. What is the text mainly a

34、bout?A. Life and achieveme nts of Stephe n Hawk ing. B. The death of Stephe n Hawk ing.C. Early life of Stephe n Hawk ing.D. Stephe n Hawk ing and his work.DNick Goldsmith remembers the moment he decided to become a hospice （收容所 ）volunteer. His mother was telling him a story about a friend who worke

35、d at a hospice , about how one day , she was walking past a patient s door when the patient cried outto her. But there was nothing wrong, he only wan ted some compa nion ship .He did n twant to be alone , so she sat with him. Goldsmith thought to himself，“There s noreason I can t do that. ”Not only

36、did he do it , but he started a student volunteer program at DowlingCatholic High School to en sure the work he started at Taylor House Hospice willcontinue after he graduates. Last month, Iowa Health Hospice honored Goldsmith,18 ,for his volunteer work with the organization by naming a a$ 500 annua

37、l scholarshipfor him , which will be open to any student who volunteers with Iowa Health Hospice.“That was by far the least we could do to recognize Nick，” Susie Flood said. “Hehasn t just given of his own time and energy, but he s encouraged others to do thesame.” Goldsmith hadn t had any experiene

38、e with hospice before entering the doorof Taylor House .He chose it because his mothers friendwhose story had forcedhim to volunteer, works there.“They re really excited about my being there and there s a real need for teenvolunteers ，” Goldsmith said. “The principal at Dowling approved my being abl

39、e to offer service hours to anyone who would like to volunteer.” Students must earn acerta in nu mber of service,or community service , hours to graduate from Dowling.When Goldsmith leaves Des Moines next fallto attend college , he ll give up leadingthe hospice service-learningprogram. “I want us, a

40、s Dowling students , to keep makinga differe neehe said. “ It s easy to talkabout things you can do to help people ,but what many teenagers don t realize is howgood it can make you feel in side.32. Nick Goldsmith s mother s friend s story.A. taught him how to be a volun teerB. in spired him to be a

41、hospice volun teerC. forced him to work at a hospiceD. made him lear n to accompa ny the old33. Why did Goldsmith start the student volunteer program?A. To meet his school s requests.B. To make more stude nts work for him.C. To help himself to graduate.D. To help more patie nts at a hospice.34. The

42、$ 500 annual scholarship was given to Goldsmith toA. make him more famous B. recog nize his workC. praise his academic record Dpay for his college educati on35. Who will be the new leader of Goldsmiths volunteer program?A. One worker at a hospice. BA teacher at Dowli ng school.C. His future college

43、stude nt.DSome Dowli ng stude nt.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。Participati ng in ClassClass participation is a valuable part of learning. Many students are unwillingto participate in class. 36.Other stude nts participate in class, but do so notcorrectly.Here is some a

44、dvice that can help you becomean effective class participant. 37. Do all tasks and readings and go over your notes from previous class periods. This will help to preve nt you from making unin formed （无知的）comme nts or ask ingunsuitable questions. As you get ready for class, think about important ques

45、tions and concerns that may appear in class. Be sure that you are prepared to deal with these. Try to sit close to the front of the class. 38 _. Besides, you can hear whatthe teachers say clearly. Liste n to what the other stude nts say. You can the n build on their comme nts to make your own. Be ac

46、tive whe n you resp ond to somethi ng ano ther stude nt says. You can disagree, but don t go into an “attack mode ”.39. You can learn from being wrong. Don ta good learning skill. Also, the chances are that Don t be afraid to be wrong.be afraid to ask questions. This is other students in the class h

47、ave the same questions as you do, and they will appreciate your ask ing. Be sure that your questi ons and comme nts are closely conn ected with the classtopic.Don t waste the time of the teacher and other students by going off way. Don ttake it in pers on if others disagree with what you say. 40.A.

48、Creating a personal connection helps you feel more comfortable about participat ing in class.B. Be con fide nt that your opinions will be valued by your teacher and otherstude nts.C. It s hard to stay unconcerned when you are near to the teacher.D. Be sure that you are well prepared before coming to

49、 class.E. This may be because they are shy or fearful of being judged and criticized （批评）.-11 -F. Your class should be a good place for giving opinions and taking advice.G. Learning is a change in behavior based on experience.第三部分 英语知识运用（共两节，满分 25 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

50、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。A Leap （跳跃） to HonorLeaping on a narrow balance beam（平衡木） is not easy. But Lola Walter, a13-year-old gymnast, is an expert at it.To perfect her skills, Lola_41_for four hours a day, five days a week. At thestate championships in March, she finished sevent

51、h out of 16 girls.That s especially impressive. _42_she is legally blind, born with a rare condition that causes her eyes to shift constantly. She often sees double and cant _43_howfar away thingsare.When she was little, her mom_44_that even though she couldn t see _45_, she wasfearless. So her mom

52、signed her up for gymnastics when she was three. She loved the_46_right away and gymnastics became her favorite.Though learning gymnastics has been more_47_for her than for some of her tournaments, she has never quit. She doesn t let her _48_stop her from doing anything that she wants to.She likes t

53、he determination it takes to do the sport. Her biggest_49_is the balance beam. Because she has double vision, she often sees to beams. She must use her sense of touch to help her during her routine. Sometimes she even closes her eyes.“ Youhave to_50_ your mind that it ll take you where you want to g

54、o. ” says Lola.To be a top-level gymnast, one must be brave. The beam is probably the most_51_for anyone because it s four inches wide. At the state competition, Lola didn t fall _52_the beam. In fact, she got an 8.1 out of 10 her highest scoreyet.Lola doesn t want to be _53_differently from the oth

55、er girls on her team. Atthe competitions, the judges don t know about her vision_54_. She doesn t tell them, because she doesn t think they need to know. Her mom is amazed by her_55_attitude.Lola never thinks about_56_. She is presently at level 7 while the highest is level 10 in gymnastics. Her_57_

56、is to reach level 9. She says she wants to be a gymnastics coach to pass down what she s learned to other kids _58_she grew up.Lola is_59_ of all her hard work and success. She says it s helped her overcome problems in her life outside gymnastics, too. Her_60_for others is“ just believeyourself ”.41.ArunsBteachesCtrainsD dances42.AsinceBunlessCafterD though43.AtellBguessCassum