江西省高安二中2018-2019学年高二英语上学期期中试题

1、精选优质文档-倾情为你奉上高安二中2018-2019(上)高二期中考试英语试题第一部分 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 does the woman want to eat? A. Pork pies. B. Beef pies. C. Egg cake.2. Who could help the woman? A. Her neighbor. B

2、. Her teacher. C. The man.3. What will the speakers do first? A. Eat breakfast. B. Watch performances. C. Buy a present.4. How does the girl feel?A. Sad. B. Thoughtful. C. Happy.5. Where does the conversation take place? A. In an office. B. In a theatre. C. In a restaurant.第二节（共15小题；每小题1.5分，满分22.5分）

3、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。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、7题。6. What are the speakers mainly talking about? A. A slide. B. A paper box. C. A pile of stones.7. What will the man probably do next? A. He will slide first.B. Hell change his pa

4、nts. C. He will help Sandy.听第7段材料，回答第8至9题。8. What is the man? A. A hotel manager. B. A tour guide. C. A taxi driver.9. What is the man doing for the woman?A. Looking for some delicious foods.B. Showing her around the seaside.C. Offering information about a hotel.听第8段材料，回答第10至12题。10. What did the App

5、le watch do when its wearers heart beat faster?A. It called the doctor. B. It sent a warning to her.C. It advised her to work out more.11. Who will be more interested in Apple watch, according to the man? A. Senior citizens. B. Young people. C. Kids.12. Which brand does the woman like? A. Samsung. B

6、. Huawei. C. Fitbit.听第9段材料，回答第13至16题。13. What is the relationship between the speakers? A. Father and daughter. B. Brother and sister. C. Classmates.14. Where is the most famous monster?A. In Canada. B. In Scotland. C. In China.15. When did the university conduct its study? A. In 1933. B. In 1970. C

7、. In 1985.16. Who studied biology? A. The man. B. The mans father. C. The woman.听第10段材料，回答第17至20题。17. What does the speaker value most? A. Hard work. B. Education. C. Family.18. When did the speaker come to the U.S.?A. At age five. B. At age ten. C. At age thirty.19. How does the speaker feel about

8、his mother?A. He looks up to her. B. He feels bad for her.C. He needs money from her.20. What does the man do for a living?A. He is a house cleaner.B. He is a business professor.C. He is a business owner.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）阅读下面短文，从短文后各题的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选取出适合填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该选项涂

9、黑。AFlying can be fun and exciting, no matter what you choose to do. But have you ever thought about what happens on the plane?Here are some of the most interesting things that happen.Do planes drop human waste while in flight?When you flush（冲）a toilet on a plane at an altitude of 30,000 feet, there

10、must be a question in your mind: “Is this about to land on a farmers house?”Take it easy. A planes toilets cannot be emptied in the sky. The waste is stored in tanks on board and can only be operated by the ground crew.However, why is news like “blue ice falling out of a plane” reported? Is blue ice

11、 human waste? Stories about blue ice are true but rarely happen. The FAA said some toilet holding tanks have a blue chemical in them. If a tank leaks high in the air, the water freezes once it hits the outside air, and melts before it lands on the ground.Is turbulence (颠簸) dangerous?Its scary, uncom

12、fortable and spills your drink. But is turbulence something you really need to worry about?Absolutely not. Its part of flying, and it isnt dangerous. Turbulence is caused when two masses of air hit one another at different speeds. Wind, thunderstorms and closeness to mountains are all possible reaso

13、ns. Despite how dangerous it feels, turbulence wont crash your plane. Even in extremely rough air, the wing is not going to break off.Why are plane windows round?If you have traveled by plane before, you may have noticed that every plane window has a round design. This isnt to make the plane look go

14、od. Its for the safety of everyone on board. As the airplane flies higher and higher, the outside atmosphere pressure gets lower and lower. In the end, the pressure inside the plane becomes greater than the pressure outside. At this time, windows that can resist pressure are needed.Square windows ca

15、n crack. The different pressure inside and outside put stress on the right angles. However, rounded corners help to reduce these stresses by spreading them around the window.21. According to the passage, turbulence _.A. is very dangerous B. can be caused for many reasonsC. may crash a plane D. seldo

16、m happens during flying 22. The plane window has a round design for the purpose of _.A. economy B. beauty C. convenience D. security 23. The passage is meant to _.A. inform us of flying safety tips B. tell us some interesting facts about flying C. warn us of the danger of flying D. introduce us the

17、design of a planeB Almost everybody once felt loneliness. Loneliness doesnt depend on how many people you are surrounded, but actually is decided by how much socially connected you are. Social media such as WeChat, QQ and Microblog is growing rapidly, which seems to have expanded our network, but ac

18、tually has thrown ourselves into the hole of loneliness. Now loneliness is poisoning our mental health. To jump out of the “net”, recently the concept of “cohousing” is introduced by some western architects（建筑师）and the new living style is well-received in the US among seniors. So whats cohousing? Mo

19、st cohousing communities are 15 to 35 private and individual houses built around a public area where social interaction takes place. Those individual houses are actually the same with common houses with living rooms, bathrooms, kitchens and bedrooms. In the public area, there are a variety of public

20、 facilities like big kitchens. Residents can regularly plan activities and meals together. Some neighborhoods have dinner every day with work clearly given to each person. The closer ties in the cohousing communities tend to increase peoples sense of security. In addition, cohousing units prove to b

21、e economical. Although the house itself might be alittle higher, the total costs can be lower after considering energy savings through shared meals, transportation and others. The attitude towards “cohousing” is mixed. Intentional people-to-people interaction is greatly valued and accepted by suppor

22、ters. They treat the lifestyle as the lifeline out of the hole of loneliness. However, opponents hold that privacy outweighs intentional social interaction. They find no need to change their current living style and want to stay unchanged as long as possible. Such opinion is challenged by some peopl

23、e. They argue when those people get older with sudden death of their income or even mate, they will realize the value of cohousing communities. They are suggested to plan ahead. Whats your idea? Will you choose to live in cohousing communities?24.The author uses “social media” in the first paragraph

24、 to _.A. prove the importance of them B. persuade readers to value communication C. remind readers of their ways of communication D. show the problem of using them 25. What can we learn from the cohousing communities?A. The houses in the communities are similar to common houses with necessary facili

25、ties.B. The communities are built in an area which contains 15-35 public houses.C. Residents plan activities and meals together in their individual houses.D. The communities will cost people more money because the price of the house is higher.26. Whats the authors attitude towards “cohousing”?A. Uni

26、nterested. B. Objective. C. Doubtful. D. Worried. 27. What would be the best title for the text?A. What is a “cohousing community”? B. How do you purchase “cohousing”? C. Why does “cohousing” appear? D. Would you choose “cohousing”?CI feared Sundays, I began living for the weekend at 8: 30 Monday mo

27、rnings. I felt bitter towards my boss. The thought of answering other people's telephones, typing other people's work and watching other people benefit from my ideas and opinions would throw me into week-long tons of depression.At 19 years old, I was the mother of two and a pitifully young w

28、ife. Every decision I made was done with my family in mind, And then I turned 29, and 30 was only a breath away. I decided to follow my childhood dream: I was going to get my undergraduate degree and become a full-time journalistI quitted my job on one of my good days, a Friday. Almost at once I was

29、 filled with anxiety. What would I tell my husband and what would be his reaction? How would we pay our bills? But while I was feeling uneasy about the bridge I' d just crossed, I also began to feel a renewed sense of hopefulness about the possibilities on the other side. I had had a long love a

30、ffair with the written word that was separate and apart from any of my roles.I eventually had to seek employment to help with expenses. In fact, many times Ive had to stir(搅拌)a pot with one hand while holding a book with the other. Ive had tears on the bad days, but smiles are plentiful on the good

31、ones.28. Why did the author quit her job?A. She envied others B. She wasn't qualified for her job.C. Her boss was angry at her job. D. She wanted to change herself. 29. What do we know about the author?A. She had a smooth life at last. B. She complained about her family. C. She had a tight budge

32、t at times. D. She was not sure about her future.30. What does the "bridge" refer to in Paragraph 3?A. The new decision that the author made in her lifeB. The life that the author once had. C. The feeling when the author quitted her job.D. The structure that allowed people or vehicles to c

33、ross.31. What can we learn from the author's experience?A. A good beginning makes a good ending.B. One may miss the mark by aiming too high or too lowC. A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step.D. When your will is ready, your feet are light.D As PhD research goes, Brian Wisenden

34、was enviable(羡慕的); watching baby fish swimming swiftly through the clear waters in the Costa Rican tropical dry forest. By recording their growth and numbers, he hoped to look at their risks of being eaten. Instead, he witnessed something odd. Many groups were increasing in numbers. In these groups,

35、 some were smaller than others, suggesting they werent siblings（兄弟姐妹）. Wisenden had accidentally discovered that the fish, called convict cichlids, adopt each others babies. Why would they do that, he wondered?In the human world, we think of adoption as a selfless act. But in nature, its presence is

36、 puzzling. Taking on the burden of bringing up babies with no genetic link would seem to reduce an animals chances of survival or at least provide no gain. Yet, adoption is surprisingly common in the world.Take the eastern grey kangaroo. Between 2008 and 2013, Wisenden followed the fates of 326 baby

37、 kangaroos in the National Park in Victoria and recorded 11 cases of pouch(育儿袋) swapping. The circumstances behind some of these adoptions arent known, but four were straight swaps and another four occurred after a mother had lost her own baby.How come? Before independence, baby kangaroos go through

38、 a period inside and outside their mothers pouch; Following out-of-pouch attacks, mothers normally sniff(嗅) their young before allowing them back in, but Wisendens team suspect that during an emergency they may skip the sniff test, allowing a vulnerable baby to quickly climb in before fleeing from d

39、anger. Once inside the wrong pouch, the young may fake the mothers odor(气味), making them smell confusingly like her own descendants. So, poor baby recognition is the prime cause of “accidental” adoption.Some of natures adoptions are, actually, driven by young looking for better prospects. In burrowe

40、r bugs, for example, females lay a nest of eggs close to those of unrelated bugs. Mother bugs tend their developing eggs before they hatch, then feed their babies nuts from weedy mint plants. Finding nuts is a competitive business, so not every mother bug gets her fair share. And if the delivery rat

41、e isnt up to scratch, clever young may abandon their mothers to join a better-fed group. Thats similar to behavior in several species of gull whose babies, if poorly fed, may leave home in search of better parents.The consequences of adoption following mistaken identity can be extremely terrible. Th

42、e true babies of adopting mothers were abandoned. But it can have remarkable benefits, not just for adoptees but also for adoptive parents.32. It can be inferred from the passage that Wisendens findings are . A. too weird(怪诞的) to be witnessed B. envied by his peer co-researchers C. out of his own ex

43、pectations D. a sound proof of his research object33. Which is NOT the reason for adoption in the animal kingdom?A. Baby animals looking for better parenting.B. Selfless adoption commonly seen in animal world.C. Parents failure to recognize their own babies.D. Parents, inability to provide enough fo

44、od.34. The underlined word “vulnerable” in the fourth paragraph means .A. naughty and easily hurt B. fragile and poorly raisedC. weak and easily attacked D. independent and well-fed 35. What will the author most probably talk about next?A. The benefits for adopters. B. The benefits for baby animals.

45、 C. The consequences of adoption. D. The consequences of wrong identity.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。 When you wake up every day, once again to see this beautiful world, when your parents, teachers and friends give you help, will you know how to be grateful? And whe

46、n you feel unlucky and make mistakes, will you still be thankful?Yu Dan, a professor at the Beijing Normal University, made a report about Gratitude Education（感恩教育）. _81_Nowadays, some teenagers only care about things outside. _82_For example, they fight each other, use phones in class, be rude to t

47、heir parents and teachers and so on. Most of them dont know love, respect and gratefulness._83_It is impossible for anyone to be lucky and successful all the time as long as he lives in the world. We should learn how to face failure or bad luck bravely and to try to deal with it. As we know, “Life i

48、s a mirror. When you smile in front of it, it will also smile and so will it when you cry to it. “ _84_ If you always complain about everything, you may own nothing in the end. I think the teenagers should be grateful to life even when we are unsuccessful or unlucky. We have many reasons for being g

49、rateful. _85_ And it is a way to sing for our life which comes just from our love and hope. If each of us has an attitude of being grateful, well lead a better and more beautiful life. So remember, being grateful forever.A. It will affect Chinese people, especially the teenagers.B. They dont care ab

50、out others.C. If you are grateful to life, it will bring you shining sunlight.D. For example, being grateful is a way to communicate with adults.E. They often behave badly.F. Being grateful or thankful is very important.G. Some students love and respect others. 第三部分 英语知识运用（共两节，满分45分）第一节 完形填空（共20小题；每

51、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，D四个选项中，选出合适填入对应空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该选项涂黑。 One morning, Oral Lee Brown stopped by a local grocery store to make her usual purchases. A little girl approached Brown to _41_ a quarter on this particular day. Because all she had was a $5 bill, Brown invited the little girl

52、 with her to the store to get some _42_. Inside the store, Brown told the little girl she could _43_ anything she wanted. Instead of choosing candy or gums, which would have been the _44_ choice for most kids, the little girl immediately ran for a loaf of bread. Brown asked the girl if she went to s

53、chool. She _45_ responded, “Sometimes,” as she shyly _46_ Brown and quickly disappeared around the corner. That night, Brown couldnt sleep. She _47_ she had to find the poor little girl. She went to the school the girl would most likely _48_, but in vain. _49_, she found many other similar children

54、in less ideal conditions. Brown decided to “_50_” a class of 23 first-graders. She told them, “Stay in school, and Ill _51_ you to college.” To achieve this _52_ goal, Brown began saving money, _53_ $10,000 per year from her $45.000 salary. From that day on, Brown did more than simply make a(n) _54_

55、 to the children; she became an active part of their lives, beginning with regular visits and parent meetings. Nineteen of the students were _55_ to college and they all graduated from college in 2003 and 2004. Brown is now working on her sixth _56_ of “adopted” students. More than 125 young people have benefited from her _57_. If it hadnt been for Brown, they w