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. 【此处有音频，请去附件

2、查看】Which 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?C. In two weeks.A. In five min

3、utes.B. In two days.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

4、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

5、段较长对话，回答以下小题。【此处有音频，请去附件查看】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 cle

6、rk.B. Teacher and student.C. 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

7、man?A. To discuss her son's 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 Thursd

8、ays.C. A group class on Wednesdays.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. B

9、rave.19. What can we learn about 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

10、 ）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A、R 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 h

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16、ast a few days, however. The other problem I have with this version of the Kindle is the touch screen. It is annoying when you are reading and start turning the wrong way. Sometimes, it's hard to get the page to turn the way you'd like it to.21. Which is a feature of the 8th-generation Kindl

17、e?A. It is 16% thinner than the previous one.B. It is user-friendly with a built-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 Jason's new Kindle bother him most?A. Its screen is much too sensitive.B. It

18、 is not as large as he expected.C. Its battery life isn't as long as his original one.D. Documents can't 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 scre

19、en.C. Page turning doesn't work well sometimes.D The battery lasts shorter than the original 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 sur

20、e the school's youngest had food in their homes that week.The thing that thrilled people was that this generous idea came from 17-year-old Nathan Jones, not an adult.Jones is a good trumpet （/、号）player with the Hillgrove Hawks band. The idea, he said, came to him two years ago during a discussio

21、n about community service in a freshman leadership class. Serving the community was nothing new to Jones. 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 commun

22、ity service, only for the young kids in the schooL Band director PatrickErwin agreed but decided they 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 charg

23、e and he di（Back in August, Jones challenged the band to raise $ 5,000 to help with the cost of packing the meals. Within two weeks, they'd 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,

24、when poor families are struggling, a bag of food can mean the difference between a full stomach and an empty one for many of those students.But HiHgrove's effort isn't just about feeding the body. It's about feeding souls, too.Early on, the band's goal was to direct students' foc

25、us 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 now is love, not likes " for its-tiaife show.That means actually going into the community and actually showing love," Jone

26、s said. " We'rdoing 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 provide food for poor young kids.C. To give students advice on healthy eating.D. To help children who had trouble making friends.25.

27、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 service.26. The underlined partput on the back burnerin Paragraph 3 probably meansA. put asideB. startedC. changed overD. occupi

28、ed27. What can we learn about the Hillgrove band?A. They couldn t raise enough money.B. They were going to help more schools.C. Their work meant a lot to the young kids.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

29、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. 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

30、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 surgeries （ 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,

31、so I donated it to a nurse who couldn't 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 was able to wear it myself.People often tell me they're proud of me for staying strong. But in my mind, staying strong

32、 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 everybody else does them, but still,I always find a way to do them.I soon settled into everyday life again, until one day I r

33、ealized I wasn't 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 was not only confident but I wanted to help those around me. In 2014, I even started modeling. My dream is that one

34、 day a little girl will see me in a magazine and say, "Wow, she's beautiful, and she only has one leg. I could do that too someday, even though I have a disability." 28. How did the author feel after the car accident?A. She felt lucky that she was still alive.B. She took a positive att

35、itude toward life.C. She couldn't 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. She had lived her life to the fullest.C. She was able to offer help to others.D. She could

36、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 new.D. To encourage others to be confident of themselves.31. What was the author's main p

37、urpose 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 experiences and how she discovered her dream.DMany of us have had this experience: we lie dow

38、n in a bed other than our own, perhaps at a friend's 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 reasons.According to a new study published in Current Biology, a significant reason is

39、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 dato stay awake on the first night in a new environmentsFor the study, 35 young volunteers were asked to sleep in a sleep lab for several days. Meanwhi

40、le, 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 activities decreased as days went by, falling even to the point of complete calm. In this pr

41、ocess , 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 sideswork differently, the balance between them is broken. Thus, the brain can't relax and is sensitive to anything strang

42、e 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, professor Jerome Siegel told Smithsonian"If something unusual happens - if a door opens or you hear a key in a lock -you can be alert, e

43、ven though the intensity of the stimulus （ 刺激强度） is quite low. ” More surp,ritshiinsgplyhenomenon is similar to the way someanimals sleep.The researchers think that it is the result of evolution （ 进化 ）， and works to pmtect us in potentially dangerous environments.If you have ever had what you think

44、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?A. Brain activities affect people's sleep in a new environment.B. A

45、 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 researchers think makes the brain sensitive to new things ?A. The tiredness

46、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 r esearchers think of "first night effect ？”A. It has developed as a way to protect us.B. I

47、t increases our better sleep experiences.C. It's a characteristic that animals don't 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 better sleepC. What affects our brain activities

48、D. 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 than they normally swim, There is np

49、doubt that they are enjoying themselves and, though I can't 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 spofree climbing and cliff di

50、ving are others -37However, it is more enjoyable and safer if you use flippers （脚蹊）.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 one hand to generate more speed

51、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. 39Bodysurfing is not a professional s

52、port, 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 other sport is as much fun as bod

53、ysurfing. There's 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 nothing but the human bodyE. wh

54、ich 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，从短文后各题所给的A、B、C和D四个选项中，选出可以填入空白处

55、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 LabakiAs new film Capernau（何以为家 ）,whicharrived in Chinese ma

56、inland 43 on April 29,2019.In the slums （贫民窟）of Beirut, Lebanon's capital, Labaki saw kids selling gum or flowers or 44 carryingheavy gas tanks. Some of them were alone on the street , unfed and 45One of these kids told her, "I don't know 46 I was bom if no one is going to love me, if n

57、o one is going to47 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 Beirut's slums, charges his parents for giving 48 to him, even though, he says, they knew they couldn't 49 him.Capernaum is f

58、ictional but ifs as 50 as it gets. There are no 51 actors in this film. Zain, forexample, is 52 by a boy with the same name, a Syrian refugee （隹民）called Zain Al Rafeea. He had never sleptin a 53 before the film, or gone to schooL He didn't 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 voiceis being heard. It ran f