2018—2019学年度第一学期高二英语期中试题

1、试 卷 类 型： A2018-2019学年度第一学期模块监测高 二 英 语2018.11（考试时间：120 分钟 试卷满分：150 分）注意事项：1 .答卷前,考生务必将自己的姓名、准考证号填写在答题卡上。2 .回答选择题时,选出每小题答案后,用铅笔把答题卡上对应题目的答案标号涂黑。如需改动,用橡皮擦干净后,再选涂其他答案标号。回答非选择题时,将答案写在答题卡上,写在本试卷上无效。3 .考试结束后,将本试卷和答题卡一并交回。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

2、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 man thin of his eam result?A. He doesn t care. B. He is very satisfied. C. He is a little disappointed.2. What did the man throw on the woman?A. A cat.B. A ball.C. A hat.3. Where

3、 does the woman want to go tonight?A. To the supermaret.B. To the cinema.C. To a restaurant.4. What is the woman worried about?A. Being late for the football game.B. Having a traffic accident.C. Missing her flight.5. Why does the man want another credit card?A. To pay for a car. B. To get a higher c

4、redit score. C. To buy more things he needs.第二节（共15小题；每小题1.5分，满分22.5分）听下面 5 段对话或对白，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 至 7 题。6. What are the speaers probably?A. Journalists.B. Doctors.C. Teachers.7. What are th

5、e speaers probably going to do there?A. Go sightseeing.B. Buy some equipment. C. Have a news-maing event.听第 7 段材料，回答第8 至 9 题。8. When is the man s flight leaving?A. Net Sunday.B. Net Saturday.C. Net Friday.9. How much will the man have to pay for all ticets?A. $1,740.B. $1,160.C. $580.听第 8 段材料，回答第10至

6、 12题。10. When should students meet for the field trip?A. At 715 am.B. At 700 am.C. At 800 am.11. How will the boy probably get to school today?A. Tae the bus.B. Tae his mom s car.C. Tae Mrs. Anderson s car.12. What is the relationship between the woman and Mrs. Anderson?A. Colleagues.B. Neighbors.C.

7、 Best friends.听第 9 段材料，回答第13至 16题。13. How does the woman usually go to wor?A. By bie.B. By subway.C. By car.14. What will happen if the man is late for wor?A. His boss will yell at him. B. He will wor overtime. C. He will be fined.15. Why does the woman lie living in the city?A. It maes it easier to

8、 wor from homeB. Her ids will get into good schools.C. There are many interesting things to do.16. What do the speaers have in common?A. They both have children. B. They are both married. C. They both lie driving. 听第10段材料，回答第17至20题。17. Where does the tal tae place?A. In England.B. In Australia.C. In

9、 the United States.18. When was The Unliely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry published?A. In 2014.B. In 2007.C. In 2012.19. What award has Rachel Joyce won?A. The Commonwealth Boo Prie.B. The Tinniswood Award.C. The Man Booer Prie.20. What did Rachel Joyce use to wor as?A. An actress.B. A TV host.C. A write

10、r.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，从每题所给的A、B、C和D四个选项中，选出最佳选项。AThe Best Country Music Festivals Worth Traveling to This SummerFloridaPepsi Gulf Coast Jarin Panama City Beach, Fla. is the gathering for a summer music festival. Beachfront concerts from Lady Antebellum, Miranda Lambert, e

11、ith Urban, Hunter Hayes, and Sam Hunt are just the start of it. Doens of big names will mae an appearance at this one. Pac up at nearby places, rental homes, and hotels, so you can mae the most of your trip to Panama City Beach and have the benefit of the sun.AlabamaRoc the South in Cullman, Ala. is

12、 a celebration of the city s recovery over the 2011 tornado（龙卷风）that destroyed the area. What started as a concert with Diers Bentley, ellie Picler, and 15,000 fans grew to 38,000 fans in 2014. Now Brantley Gilbert, Tyler Farr, Corey Smith, Sara Evans, and many more join in the group.IllinoisWindy C

13、ity LaeShaeis Chicago s only three-day country music festival on the laefront. This festival has featured （以为特色） popular artists lie Maddie Tae, Easton Corbin, CassadeePoe, Brad Paisley, and more in thepast. The celebration usually lasts from 2-11p.m. each day , so there s plenty of time for morning

14、 tour in the Windy City.WashingtonThe Watershed Music and Camping Festivisahl osted at The Gorge Amphitheatre in George, Wash., winner of the Top Amphitheatre prie at the 2013 Billboard Touring Awards. This three-day outdoor music festival is the perfect opportunity to catch some of the biggest name

15、s in country music lie Carrie Underwood, Chris Young, Clare Dunn, Diers Bentley, Easton Corbin, and so many others. Get the full festival eperience and rent a camp spot just net door to the concert hall. 21. Which music festival do you choose to enjoy the sunshine ?A. Pepsi Gulf Coast Ja.mB. Roc the

16、 South.C. Windy City LaeSha.eD. The Watershed Music and Camping Festi.val22. What can you do in the Windy City in the morning?A. Meet some famous singers.B. Rent rooms at the hotel.C. Go to the beach for a bath.D. Have a tour around.23. What does the author intend to tell us in the last part?A. Some

17、 famous singers may be seen.B. Some audience will be interviewed.C. A camp spot must be booed in advance. D. The music festival is the best.Bnute Rocne was born on March 4, 1888, in Vos, Norway. Brought to the United States by his parents at the age of five, he grew up in Chicago.After graduating fr

18、om high school, Rocne wored at various jobs until he had enough money to go to Notre Dame University in South Bend, Indiana. Though only 5-foot-8 tall and 145 pounds, Rocne was a star player on Notre Dame's football team. During his years on the team, Notre Dame never lost a football game.After

19、graduating in 1914, Rocne remained at Notre Dame as a chemistry instructor and assistant football coach. Four years later, he became the football team's head coach.Rocne's successin developing winning Notre Dame teams was unmatched. He taught his players how to wor together in perfect harmon

20、y （和t皆）.They were eperts at forward passing and shift plays. Rocne was the best-nown college football coach of his time. During his 13 years as head coach, his teams were always winners.nown for his inspiring tals, Rocne also taught his players good behaviour and attitudes to show respect for the ga

21、me rules and other players. He was respected by opponentst手）,and his own players made him an hero.On March 31,1931, Rocne was illed in a plane crash. People were sorrowful at his death. Ten thousand fans crowded into a Chicago train station just to see the train carrying his caset （ 骨灰 盒）bac to Sout

22、h Bend. They wanted to pay their respect to a man who did so much for the game of football.24. Why did Rocne stop his study after graduating from high school?A. He laced money .B. His parents ased him to do so.C. He didn ' t lie to study further.D. He wanted to have more social eperience.25. Wha

23、t did people thin of Rocne as a head coach?A. Many other coaches were better than him.B. His didn t cooperate with his players well.C. He was very good at directing his team.D. His team didn t win all the games.26. What did all the players admire Rocne for?A. His generous attitude.B. His ecellent sp

24、irit of sports.C. His wonderful sills.D. His woring eperience.27. Why did so many fans go to the train station?A. To hold a ceremony.B. To tae the train to South Bend.C. To have a loo at Rocne s caset.D. To show sadness and respect to Rocne .CTrapped in an elevator? These holes can help you out.Have

25、 you seen that tiny hole on the elevator door? It might just save your life. Say the elevator you re in stops at a floor and the doors don t open. It could be a power failure or an equipment failure. But getting out isn' t easy. Elevators are equipped with lots of features（特征） to eep the doors f

26、rom opening freely or when they re between floors.“ What you ll usually see is that the fire department, or sometimes the building worer will come and use some ways to get the people out while the problem is being wored on”. says Robert Solomon, the director of building and fire protection systems f

27、or the National Fire Protection Association.That s where those small holes come in. Opening the doors requires a special tool. It is pushed into the door to release the landing door. Since the fire department began requiring them in the 1970s, manufacturers such as Otis and Schindler have equipped t

28、heir elevators with them.The eys are usually held by a special number of people, such as an elevator worer or building assistantin charge. The fire department also requires that special accesstools for each building be ept in a secure location such as a no Bo that firefighters can open.“ Fortunately

29、, it s rare that using the eys is necessar” y. Solomon says. 28. Why are elevators fied with special features?A. To mae sure of safety.B. To open the door easily.C. To increase of efficiency.D. To let the air in.29. What does the underlined word “ them” in paragraph 4 probably refer to?A. eys. B. La

30、nding doors. C. Small holes. D. Tools.30. Where should special access tools be put?A. In an obvious place.B. In a safe spot.C. At the building corner.D. On the special shelf.31. What can be a suitable title for the tet?A. The steps you escape from the trapped elevatorB. The right ey elevators should

31、 be opened at onceC. The measures you should tae in the trapped elevatorD. The real reason elevators have those small holesDA common argument for epanding renewable energy sources is that technologies such as solar panels （太阳板）release far less carbon dioide than power plantS发电厂） that burn oil.Only a

32、bout 3 percent of the Earth s water is freshwater, most of which is froen That means only 0.8 percent of the planet s water can be served for human use. Water is a necessary, but limited product. And nearly 1 billion people worldwide lac of fresh water. In the U.S., 45.3 percent of the freshwater is

33、 used to cool off thermoelectric （ 热电 ）power plants nuclear reactors and plants that burn oil.To provide electricity for an averagehome, a nuclear power plant requires 615 gallons of cooling water a day, a coal-fired plant, 199 gallons per day, and a natural gas power plant, 114 gallons per day. Let

34、 s loo at how much water each power source taes to mae one megawatt（ 兆 瓦 ）-hour of electricity.Nuclear reactors are the highest, at 13,000 gallons. Then comes coal, natural gas. The waterneeded by solar panels is lower. These numbers only reflect operations to mae electricity; they do not include wa

35、ter used to get the fuel or mae the power. For eample, fracing （ 水力压裂）can usehundreds of thousands of gallons each time to mae a roc craced to release natural gas. Large quantities of water becomes vapor. The rest is sent bac to the environment, but some of that is fied with chemicals, and most of i

36、t is hot, which can ill fish and other living things.Natural gas, coal and nuclear power plants raned one, two and three in 2016, according to the total amount of U.S. electricity made in a year. And natural gas is projected to become even more important through 2050.To protect fresh water, it seems

37、 clear that the country should change toward renewables. This would mae more freshwater for food production and human use.32. Which uses the most water to mae electricity?A. Coal-fired plant.B. A natural gas power plant.C. Solar panels.D. A nuclear power plant.33. For what purpose does the author pr

38、ovide so many numbers?A. To provide proof to scientists.B. To state the fact of maing electricity.C. To tell readers to treasure freshwater.D. To prove that non-renewable energy uses much more water.34. What suggestion does the author mae in the passage?A. Fresh water should be protected.B. Renewabl

39、e energy should be put into use.C. Non-renewable energy should use less water.D. People should save fresh water.35. What is the main idea of the tet?A. Non-renewable energy pollutes environment. B. Renewable energy saves water.C. Electricity needs much water to mae.D. Ways are listed to mae electric

40、ity.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。Today, most homes have a can opener. 36 Canning food is a great way to mae food last longer. We can buy many types of canned food meat, fruit, vegetables,and soup. And a can opener is the tool that we use to open the cans easily.The

41、idea of canning food originally began with glass cans. Peter Durand invented the first tin cans for preserving food in the 1800s. At that time, these first cans were developed for the British Navy. However, they were difficult to open. 37 The instructions for opening the cans said, “ Open with hamme

42、r and chisel.”Thinner tin cans were developed around 1860. In 1858, Era Warner developed the first version of the can opener. It wored lie a bayonet（刺刀）and sicle小镰刀）.The “bayonet” pierced the can, and "the sicle" lifted the lid up by turning it. This can opener was only available at the st

43、ore at that time. 38The first can opener consisting of a sharp rotating cutting wheel was invented in 1870. 39 Then, a breathrough design came in 1925 when a second serrated wheel翎齿轮）was added to hold the cutting wheel on the ring of the can. This easy-to-use design has become one of the most popula

44、r can opener models.40 Now many people have electric can openers which mae it much easier to open the can, and you don' t have to turn it yourself. However, it is a good idea to eep a can opener that is not electric in your house.A. It is impossible for the ordinary people to own one.B. Cans wou

45、ld be opened before the customer left the store.C. Over the years, the can opener has been improved greatly.D. They were made of iron and weighed more than the food inside.E. This is because most of us have some canned food at our homes.F. But it was considered too difficult for the ordinary consume

46、rs to operate.G. Therefore, many people were trying to replace it with a more practical one.第三部分：英语知识运用（共两节，满分 40分）第一节完形填空（共20小题；每小题1.5分，共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的最佳选项。The weather was cold. I drove down a long narrow road with Boris, my old high school friend. He was very outgoing

47、and 41 everybody nicely, no conditions added.After graduation, I went into the Navy, and gradually lost 42 with him. Ten years later I saw a man that 43 Boris. But he was blind in one eye. I said hello and introduced myself. I could 44 that he could see me 45 he turned the opposite way. Then I said

48、that again. He answered 46 , " I don ' t now you and you don' t need to 47 who I am. Don ' t 48 me and leave me alone: I did not 49 what I was hearing because he used to be a very ind and_50 person.It' s obvious that he didn't 51 anyone. He must have had a hard time since he

49、 left school or someone might have 52 him. So I immediately made a 53 that I would not be one of those people. Then he told me he became blind while helping someone. But nobody showed any 54 toward him and even laughed at him a lot. I told him that I would always be his friend. 55 he put down everyt

50、hing in the heart and chose to forgive others since he didn ' t live better with hatred（恨）.This is going to be a reunion and a new 56 !I believe that love and indness conquer all. Ever since I was little, my parents told me even though people are 57 sometimes, the best way to deal with that is i

51、ndness. I believe if we had not shown our 58 toward these people, that would 59 both sides in the end. 60 ,if we stuc to （坚持） our hatred and live in the shadow of it, we would never enjoy a happy life.41.A.watched42.A. touch43.A. followedB. treatedB. heartB. disliedC. calledC. favorC. looed afterD.

52、visitedD. friendshipD. looed lie44.A. guessB. tellC. admitD. receive45.A. becauseB. soC. untilD. before46.A. slowlyB. coldlyC. calmlyD. directly47.A. compareB. epectC. noticeD.care48.A. botherB. amuseC. ignoreD. judge49.A. understandB. nowC. mindD. believe50.A. outstandingB. fairC. encouragingD. war

53、m51.A. refuseB. chooseC. trustD. help52.A. hurtB. doubtedC. cheatedD. failed53.A. planB. conclusionC. differenceD. promise54.A. responsibilityB. attentionC. indnessD. caution55.A. ReallyB. ImmediatelyC. FinallyD. Frequently56.A. shapeB. beginningC. signalD.settlement57.A. hopelessB. meanC. narrow-mi

54、ndedD. greedy58.A. sadnessB. disappointmentC. hatredD. cruelty59.A. moveB. enjoyC. forgiveD. benefit60.A. BesidesB. HoweverC. OtherwiseD. Therefore第二节(共10小题；每小题1分，满分10分)阅读下面短文，在空白处填入 1个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。hou Yang was an ecellent journalist. He was interested in photography and learned a lot from a 61(profession) photographer. He had a good nose 62 a story. He was able to assess when people were not telling the whole truth and then tried to discover it. He managed to use research 63(inform) himself of the missing parts of the story, 64 (depend) on what people said. He loved hi