2019学年湖南衡阳八中高二第一次联考英语试卷含答案及解析

1、2019学年湖南衡阳八中高二第一次联考英语试卷【含答案及解析】题号三四五六总分得分姓名 班级分数、阅读理解阅读下面的文章，从每题后面所给的四个选项中选由正确的一项。As you move aro und your home, take a good look at the thi ngs you have. It is likely that your liv ing room will have a televisi on set and a video, and your kitche n a washi ng machi ne and a microwave ove n. Your be

2、droom drawers will be filled with almost three times as many clothes as you need. You almost certa inly own a car and possibly a home computer, holiday abroad at least once a year and eat out at least once a week.Now, perhaps, more than ever before, people are wondering what life is all about, and w

3、hat it is for. Seeking material success is beginning to trouble large nu mbers of people aro und the world. They feel that the long hours work culture to make more money is eati ng up their lives, leav ing them very little time or energy for family or pastimes. Many are turning to other ways of liv

4、ing and dow nshift ing is one of them. Six perce nt of workers in Brita in took the decision to downshift last year.One couple who dow nshifted is Daniel and Liz. They used to work in cen tral London. He was a n ewspaper reporter and she used to work for an intern ati onal bank. They would go to wor

5、k by train every day from their large house in the suburbs, leav ing their two childre n with a nanny. Most eve nings Daniel wouldn t gethome until eight or nine o clock and nearly t wice a month hewould have to fly to New York for meetings. They both earned a large amount of money but bega n to fee

6、l that life was pass ing them by.Nowadays, they run a farm in the moun tai ns of Wales.“ I always wan ted tohave a farm the n, says Dani el, “ and we took almost a year to make the decision to downshift. It staken some getting used to, but it s been worthit. We have to thi nk twice now about spe ndi

7、ng money on car repairs and we no Ion ger have any holidays.However, I thi nk it s made us stron ger as a family, and the childrenare a lot happier.Liz, however, is not quite sure. I used to enjoy my job, even though it washard work and long hours. I m not really a country girl, but I suppose Igradu

8、ally getting used to looking after the animals. One thing I do like, though, is being able to see more of my children. My advice for other people wanting to do the same is not to think about it too much or you might not do it at all. ” The passage tells us that .A people seldom work long hours to ma

9、ke moneyB people hardly buy more things than necessaryC people are sure everything they own is in the right place D people realize there is more to life than just making money When Daniel was a reporter he .A lived in central London B disliked his jobC missed his childrenD was well paid Daniel and L

10、iz both agree that the move tothe farm .A was easy to organizeB has improved family lifeC was extremely expensiveD has been a total successWhat does the author mean by saying“ the longhours work culture to makemore money is eating up their lives” in the second paragraph?A People work long hours to e

11、arn their living.B To make more money through hard wor k is the aim of people s life.C Long hours of hard work occupy too much of people s life.D People spent too much time and money eating meals.阅读下面的文章，从每题后面所给的四个选项中选出正确的一项。Bangkok has become the world s top tourist destination, with 15.98 milli vi

12、sitors projected to onvisit Thailand s capital city this year, according tothe third annual Global Destination Cities Index released by MasterCard on Monday. Based on data MasterCard collected from governments, central banks, related public agencies and airlines so far this year, the projection for

13、the entire year says Bangkok is surpassing （ 超过 ） London, the previous holder of the top place, by a very narrow margin.Monday s report marked the first time an Asian city has been projected to be the top-ranked tourist destination. London came in second, with 15.96 million visitors expected in 2013

14、, and Paris, third, with 13.92 million visitors. MasterCard looked at 132 cities.Other Asian cities that made it to the Top-20 Global Destination Cities in 2013 include Singapore at numberfour, with 11.75 million visitors; KualaLumpur at number eight, with 9.2 million visitors; Hong Kong at number n

15、ine, with 8.72 million visitors; Seoulat number 11, with 8.19 million visitors;Shanghai at number 14, with 6.5 million visitors, Tokyo at number 16, with 5.8 million visitors, and Taipei, with 5.19 million visitors.The study found that Bangkok is experiencing a large increase in its numberof tourist

16、s in 2013, up 9.8% from 2009. That compares to New York s increaseat 5.0% and London s at 3.8%. Paris, meanwhile, saw a small dip in its numberof tourists (negative 0.7%).Caroline Lledo, who was visiting Bangkok from France, said Thailand has manyofferings. “ We like culture and the people are so ni

17、ce. We also love sh opping here,” Ms. Lledo said.MasterCard Worldwide s global economic adviser YuwaHedrick-Wong cited ( 引用 ) overall value for money spent for why Bangkok is attractive. That is true for Thailand overall as well.From the passage we can know that.Bangkok defeated London by a wide mar

18、ginthere are 15.96 million visitors visiting London in 2013Paris is experiencing an increase in its number of touristsLondon topped List of World s Tourist Destinations in 2012How many Asian cities have made it to the Top-20 Global Destination Cities in 2013?A. Seven. B. Eight.C. Nine. D. Ten.What a

19、ttracts visitors to Thailand?People and buildings.Shopping and environment.Culture, people and shopping.Culture and natural scenery.What can we know about MasterCard?MasterCard surveyed 131 cities.Caroline Lledo was MasterCard s adviser.MasterCard collected data from private agencies.It is the third

20、 time that MasterCard has released the Index.阅读下面的文章，从每题后面所给的四个选项中选出正确的一项。A developer edition of Sony s augmented reality smart glasses will go on sale in ten countries next month, the tech giant has announced.Pre-orders for the Smart Eyeglass, costing $840 (620), are now being taken inthe UK and Ge

21、rmany, with Japan and the US to follow shortly. The black-framed glasses are compatible (兼容的 ) with recent Android operating systems. Last month Google announced that it was withdrawing itssmart glasses for redevelopment. Sony s initial model will come with a software development kit to encourage pe

22、ople to design apps for it, the company said.The glasses, which weigh 77g, contain an accelerometer, gyroscope, compass, image and brightness sensors, 3-megapixel camera and a microphone. They also come with a controller, designed to be attachedto clothing, which contains a speaker, touch sensor and

23、 the device s battery. Text is displayed in frontof the wearer in monochrome green.Apple chief executive Tim Cook has been open about his dislike of glasses as a wearable device.“ Wealways thought that glasses were not a smart move, from a point of view that people would not really want to wear them

24、,” he toldthe New Yorker. “ They were intrusive （ 闯入的 ） , instead of pushing technology to the background, as we ve always believed. ” Stuart Miles, founder of tech site Pocket-lint, said:“ I think Sony iswasting their time, energy and effort.”“Google Glass obviously needed a complete rethink. I can

25、t see howsomething thick-rimmed and more invasive-looking than Google Glass is going to catch on.“ People are keen on wearables like fitness bands and watches, but they care about their faces. Wearing something on your head is a lot stronger than wearing something on your arm, ” he added. “ The indu

26、stry keeps pushing it but consumers just don t want it. ” 1. In which countries people can get the SmartEyeglass first? A. The US and Japan. B. The US and the UK.C. The UK and Japan. D. Germany and the UK.2. The purpose of this passage is to .A. introduce an accelerometer developed by the Google com

27、pany B. tell the people that the SmartEyeglass will go on sale C. people like the glasses very much D. the SmartEyeglass is less than 840 yuan 3. What can be inferred from what Stuart Miles said?A. He supports Sony s efforts to develop the SmartEyeglass. B. He cares more about his clothes and face.C

28、. He dislikes the SmartEyeglass. D. He really wants to wear them.阅读下面的文章，从每题后面所给的四个选项中选出正确的一项。 Telemedicine is the name for when doctors give advice to patients by telephone or the Internet, or when health care providers in rural areas connect with specialists in big cities.Telemedicine has existed

29、for a long time, but the rise of smart phones, tablets and webcam-equipped computers is raising telemedicine to new levels. Some health care systems in the United States now offer Virtual Urgent Care, patients see a doctor by video chat without having to leave home.Diana Rae is a nurse educator in t

30、he western state of Washington. She recently showed how Virtual UrgentCare works. She used an iPad tablet and skype the video chat service.Doctor Green has the patient describe her symptoms, then the doctor performs a physical exam by demonstrating what he wants her to do. Doctor Green decides that

31、the problem is a silence infection. For medicine, he prescribes an antibiotic. He says about 3 out of 4 patients have health problems that can be treated like this through Virtual Urgent Care, that means a video chat could replace a visit to the doctors office.The Franciscan Health System is based i

32、n Tacoma, Washington. Franciscan charges $35 for this kind of virtual house call, that is much less than the cost of going to an emergency room, a doctors office or an urgent care clinic.After trying the video conference, Diana Rae says,“ I wouldve paid twicethat for the convenience of getting taken

33、 care of without having to sit in a waiting room, wait, and get exposed to everyone elses germs. ”Franciscan has a deal with a company called Carena to add virtual urgent care by Skype or phone. Carena is one of several companies doing this kind of work around the country. But a company official say

34、s state rules have not kept progress with developments in telemedicine. The workers who provide virtual urgent care must be separately licensed in each state where the company does business. For now, that means Carena doctors can treat patients in Washington state and California for example, but not

35、 in neighboring Oregon or Idaho. The second paragraph is mainly used to showwhy telemedicine becomes popularthe advantages of telemedicinemany factors contribute to telemedicinewhat telemedicine isDoctor Green decides that theproblem is a silence infection .through his observation of the patientthro

36、ugh a careful examinationby knowing what he wants her to doby prescribing an antibioticThe major health problems, in Doctor Green s opinion,.are tough to deal withcan be treated through a video chatshould result from work pressurenearly cost little to recover By mentioning what Diana Raesays, the au

37、thor wants to show he finds it convenient to see a doctor by using a video chathe sings high praise for this kind of treatment formhe must be tired of waiting too long in the hospitalit should be very unhealthy while staying in hospital二、七选五根据短文内容,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。House SittingIn

38、many countries of the world people do what is called house sitting. It means that if owners of the house are going away, they want someone to come into their home and look after the house and maybe pets while they are away.In Australia, many people travel. After people retire, they might buy a van a

39、nd travel all over the country. 1. So if someone wants to travel or go away for some reason, they might want someone in their home to care for it and keep the gardens tidy. House sitters might have to care for pets. Also, quite a few people have swimming pools in their back yard and they need cleani

40、ng. 2. I feel it is a great way of seeing the country, because you go and stay in a new city, get to meet new people, and have time to go sightseeing in a new area.There are websites where you find the advertisements by people who want to travel, and by replying to the advertisement, you can make ar

41、rangements to go and look after their home.There are some requirements to be a house sitter. You must be a trusted person, so that the home owner knows you will not steal anything. You must be able to go when the house owner wants you to go, so you need lots of free time.You need to be good with pet

42、s, able to care for cats and dogs, or other pets they may have.Some house sitting jobs are just for a few days or a couple of weeks while the house owners have a short holiday. Sometimes it is for much longer. We have had one house sit for six months, while the home owner travelled to Europe.Then yo

43、u can travel to many different countries and stay there. One ofthe important things to get is references from the home owners where you have stayed. A reference is a written letter to say that you are trustworthy and have looked after their home well. You can show these letters to possible house sit

44、ting jobs and they know you will do a good job.I have done house sitting many times.Thousands of people do this all the time.It is also possible to do house sitting in other countries.Generally you have many opportunities to get a house sitting job.You must take a little care over what your descript

45、ion says about you.This is an international house sitting service for all city and country areas.You must have a good car, so you can travel to different parts of the country.三、完形填空阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选曲可以填入空白处的最佳选项。Albert Einstein was a German-born theoretical physicist. Its universally

46、known that he was theof theNobel Prize in Physics. He is best known for his 0f relativity, which holds that measurements of space and time according to conditions such as the state of motion of theobserver.When he was a （n） , Einstein was fat and his head was so big that his mother it was damaged. A

47、nd he was in learning how tospeak. So his parents led him t o a doctor.He had contempt （轻 视）toward authority, which led one to saythat he would never amount to much. But when asked about this later, the headmaster denied that he had ever said so. But this qualities helped to make him a （ n） . His co

48、ntempt for authority led him to conventional wisdom. His slow development made him curious about ordinary things, such as and time which most adults took for granted. And he to think in pictures rather than words which gave him great help to his achievements.In 1905, Einstein and got his college cer

49、tificate, but didnt get an academic job. Therefore, he was very hard six days a week as a third-class examiner in the Swiss patent （专禾fj ） office. During his free time,he produced four papers that upended . The first showed that light could be as waves, just as what our textbooks tell us today calle

50、doptical wave. The second proved the 0f atoms and molecules. As weall know now, all the substance is made up of them. The third, the special theory of relativity, said that therewas no such things as time or space. And the fourth noted equivalence （等值）between energy and mass.That is to say, there is

51、 a between energy and mass.1.Genius are , but not born. If one wants to amount to much, hardworking is the basis.A. holder B. creator C. winner D. maker2.A. ideaB. improvement C. experiment D.theory.A. varyB. un-change.A. adultB. childB. hoped.A. fearedC. movespeedC. babyD. elderC. thoughtD. realize

52、d6.A. fastB. slowC. cleverD. normalA consultA authority.A. officialastronomer10A agree11A behavioral12 A speed13A wanted14 A accessed progressed15A working16.A. ChemistryGeography 17A madeB. examineB. motherB. headmasterB. questionB. verbalB.spaceB. stoppeddecidedB. studyingC. seewatchC. scientist C

53、. geniuscriticize D.C. mentalC. energyC.beganD headmasterD.C. graduatedC. researchingpraiseD. physicaleffectD. tendedD.D. livingB. Physics C. Biology D.B. monitored C. gathered D.imagined.A. existence B.movement variety.A. changeB. balanceincrease.A. producedB. createdC. formation D.C. lossC.encoura

54、gedD.D. made四、语法填空阅读下面材料，在空白处填入适当的内容(1个单词)或括号内单词的正确形式。It is recommended thatone of the effective ways to make your English writing skills improved should be keeping a diary.1. (compare) with other form of writing , it takes 2. (little) time as well as being shorter. It is 3. (general) recognized tha

55、t you will get to learn how to express yourself in English if you insist on practising. Apparently you may meet with 4. good many difficulties at times. The trouble is 5. you can not find appropriate words and phrases to give expression to your mind. In addition, there are lots of idiomatic ways of

56、Chinese appearing in your diary.6. my point of view, a piece of good advice is that there should be no 7. way more suitable than keeping a notebook and an English dictionary within easy reach. Whenever something 8. (beat) you, put 9. down and then consult the dictionary. Certainly you can get help f

57、rom your English teacher if necessary. I m sure it iso f great use to keep a diary in English for the 10. (improve) of writing abilities.五、短文改错8.假定英语课上老师要求同桌之间交换修改作文，请你修改你同桌写的以下作文。文中共有10处语言错误，每句中最多有两处。每处错误仅涉及一个单词的增加、删除或修改。增加：在缺词处加一个漏字符号（A）,并在其下面写由该加的词。删除：把多余的词用斜线（）划掉。修改：在错的词下划一横线，并在该词下面写由修改后的词。注意：1.

58、每处错误及其修改均仅限一词；2.只允许修改10处，多者（从第11处起）不计分。In life people make many decisions, some of what are so important that they affect us greatly.My latest decision is made when I entered Senior 3 in Miss Zhangs class. Since I was not good in English, Miss Zhang asked me to listen attentive in class and put down

59、 some important notes. Therefore, I was never a good listener. I went on in my own way, ignore her suggestions completely until Miss Zhang had talk with me. He made me realize the importance of note-taking. From this experience, I have realized a good decision benefits from people. We should learn t

60、o take others advices and do the right things.六、书面表达9.假定你是李华。你的美国朋友彼得来信，表示想来中国旅游，询问你是否有时间接待请给他回信，要点如下：.来信已悉，欢迎来华；.航班信息，以便接机；.住宿地点，旅行计划。.词数100左右；.可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯；.开头语已为你写好，不计入总词数。Dear Peter,Im so glad to hear from you, knowing that you are visiting China.YoursLi Hua参考答案及解析第 1 题【答案】DDBC【解析】试题并析：文童耕的罡生