湖北省四校（襄州一中、枣阳一中、宜城一中、曾都一中）2018-2019学年高二英语上学期期中联考试题（含听力，PDF）.rar

2018—2019 学年上学期高二期中考试 英语参考答案 听力： 1~5 CBAAB 6 ~10 ACBAA 11~15 CBBAC 16~20 BBCCA 阅读理解： 21~23 CAB 24~27 DCBB 28~31 CBDA 32~35 CABD 36~40 CFEDB 完型填空： 41~45 CBAAD 46~50 BDCBA 51~55 CCBDA 56~60 DCDBA 语法填空： 61.entirely 62. of 63. creative 64. an 65. which 66. have used 67. materials 68. are 69. Inspired 70. to work 短文改错： Dear Sir/Madam, On seeing your notice on the bulletin board, I feel exciting to write this letter for the position. excited As∧ graduate majoring in the English language, I can speak English fluent. To be honest, I had a fluently have just won first prize in the Spoken English Competition. Consequently, there is no doubt that there is not any problem with me to communicate with foreigner. What’s more, I have ever been served as a for foreigners receptionist in our school’s 70th anniversary celebration, made myself more confident. making In order to practise my speaking skills or get more experience, I’m eager to be taken on for this and job. Looking forward to you early reply. your Yours sincerely, Li Hua 书面表达： Notice A lecture on how to give first aid will be delivered by Doctor Yang, an expert from the People’s Hospital of our city, on our school playground on Saturday afternoon, 10th November. Everyone is supposed to attend it. The lecture will last about 2 hours, from 3 pm to 5 pm. Not only will Dr. Yang offer us a good knowledge of first aid, but he will also create some situations for us students to perform proper first aid, from which we will definitely benefit a lot. Please remember to be punctual and take some notes when necessary. You are also expected to interact with Dr. Yang actively. Student Union 曾都一中 枣阳一中 襄州一中 宜城一中 听力原稿： Text 1 W: Excuse me, I’m looking for Mr. Tang. M: Oh, he is not on this floor. He is on the fourth floor. Go down the stairs and turn left. Text 2 W: What did you think of the football match on TV last night? M: It was great. TV stations should air more sports games. Text 3 M: I suppose your second-hand TV set cost about $60. W: Sixty? Actually it was double that price. Text 4 W: Look, it says they want a sales manager and it seems like a big company. M: That’s good. So you might have to travel a lot. W: Do they say something about the experience? Text 5 W: Are you going to see City of Angels? M: No, actually I already saw it. I’m going to see Saving Private Ryan. W: Oh, that’s a great movie. What did you think about City of Angels? M: I love it. It’s very romantic. Text 6 M: 6OK, Mom, I’m off to school now. W: All right, dear. What time will you be home? M: Oh, I don’t know. I may go to Pauline’s. W: All right. Now be careful when you cross the main road. Cars come down that hill very fast. M: Don’t worry. I’ll be careful. Where is my baseball cap? W: Here it is. 7Wait, it’s raining outside. Put on your raincoat. Text 7 M: It’s a beautiful day, isn’t it? W: Yes, nice and sunny. M: It’s much better than last week. It was too warm then. W: 8I’m glad summer is over. I like autumn best. M: So do I. It’s neither too hot nor too cold. The sky is clear and blue. W: It’s a good time to have a picnic. 9Do you want to have one this weekend? M: I’d love to, but I think it’s going to rain. The weatherman says it will. W: I don’t think he’s right. It hasn’t rained for a week. M: But he is usually right in his weather news. W: 9I’m sure we’ll have fine weather for our picnic. Text 8 M: Hey! Nice phone! W: Yeah! It’s pretty cool. M: Is that the newest Samsung? W: Yes. Wanna check it out? M: Sure!10I have been thinking about switching from my iPhone. I don’t know if I want an HTC or one like yours. W: I think this one is the best. Look what I can do on it-I can type by just sliding my finger around the keyboard to the right letters. M: That’s called Swype, and it has been around for a while. W: Well, it’s new to me! This is going to make texting so much easier. 11I text more than I e-mail or call. M: Well! Can I borrow your phone and keep it until tomorrow morning? I want to play around with it. W: You can use it for an hour. M: That’s not enough time! W: Well, 12I have to go home in three hours, so take it or leave it. Text 9 M: Here’s the store I was telling you about. I think you can solve your problem here. W: I hope so.13Buying a gift for my mother’s birthday gets harder and harder every year. 14Getting something for people who have almost everything isn’t easy. M: Well, we can begin by looking around the store. They have all kinds of great things. W: Look at this frying pan. I wonder what it’s for. M: It’s for making eggs, I guess. Come over here. These biscuits look delicious. I wonder how they taste. There’s a sign that says, “Help yourself to a free biscuit.” W: These are delicious, but they don’t solve my problem. M:15What about these wine glasses? Would your mother like them? W: I doubt it. She has dozens of wine glasses. M: 16Here’s an usual gift-a beautiful Chinese teapot. And it’s not expensive at all. It’s only $10.45. Do you think your mother would like it? W: 16It’s hard to make up my mind. But I think this is a good choice. Thanks for helping me. Text 10 20In modern society, living without money sounds almost impossible. However, that’s exactly what an Australian couple from a big city has been doing for nearly a whole year. 17To experience something different, Rachel and Liam came up with creative ways of making it through the year without spending any money. They built themselves a new house. 18The house was mainly made of used wood. They grew their own food, and at times they didn’t hesitate to look for food in the dustbins. But this year has been quite difficult. The soil in their garden was too poor to grow vegetables. The climate there was terrible as well. They kept moving their home. They had to look for food in the dustbins and collected cold rainwater to take a shower. Even though they had no jobs, they didn’t have a lot of free time.19They spent most of the day working for local farmers planting vegetables and picking fruit so that they could earn their next meal. They also had five ducks that could provide them with fresh eggs. 四校期中联考 高二英语试题 第 1 页，共 12 页 2018—2019 学年 上 学期高 二 期中考试 英语 试题 时间： 120分钟 命题学校： 宜城一中 曾都一中 枣阳一中 分值： 150分 命题老师： 第Ⅰ卷 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。 例如： How much is the shirt? A. £19.15. B. £9.18. C. £9.15. 1. Where does the conversation probably take place? A. On the first floor B. On the fourth floor C. On the fifth floor 2. What did the man do last night? A. He went to the movies. B. He watched a match on TV. C. He had dinner with the woman. 3. How much was the TV set? A. $ 120 B. $ 60 C. $ 90 4. What are the two speakers mainly talking about? A. A job opportunity. B. A general manager. C. A travel agency. 5. What can we learn about City of Angels? A. It’s a TV play. B. It’s a love story. C. It’s about war. 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、 7 题。 6. What’s the relationship between the speakers? 曾都一中 枣阳一中 襄州一中 宜城一中 四校期中联考 高二英语试题 第 2 页，共 12 页 A. Mother and son. B. Teacher and student. C. Classmates. 7. What’s the weather like now? A. Sunny. B. Cloudy. C. Rainy. 听第 7 段材料，回答第 8、 9 题。 8. What season is it now? A. Summer. B. Autumn. C. Winter. 9. What does the woman want to do this weekend? A. Have a picnic. B. Stay at home. C. Go fishing. 听第 8 段材料，回答第 10 至 12 题。 10. What kind of phone does the man have? A. An iPhone. B. A Samsung. C. An HTC. 11. What does the woman use her phone to do most? A. Send e-mails. B. Make phone calls. C. Text messages. 12. When is the woman going home? A. In an hour. B. In three hours. C. Tomorrow morning. 听第 9 段材料，回答第 13 至 16 题。 13. Why will the woman buy a gift for her mother? A. To celebrate Christmas. B. To celebrate her mother’s birthday. C. To celebrate Mother’s Day. 14. Why is it difficult for the woman to solve the problem? A. Her mother has almost everything. B. Her mother is hard to please. C. There are too many things to choose from. 15. What does the man suggest buying? A. Some grape wine. B. Some Chinese tea. C. Wine glasses. 16. What will the woman probably buy at last? A. A frying pan. B. A teapot. C. A glass. 听第 10 段材料，回答第 17 至 20 题。 17. Why did the Australian couple try living without money? A. To teach people a lesson. 四校期中联考 高二英语试题 第 3 页，共 12 页 B. To get a new experience. C. To work for a TV show. 18. What was the couple’s house mainly made of? A. Stone. B. Glass. C. Wood. 19. What did the Australian couple spend most of the time doing? A. Moving home. B. Looking for food. C. Working for local farmers. 20. What does the speaker say about the couple? A. They made living without money possible. B. They hated the city life so they lived in the country. C. They would continue to live there for the rest of their life. 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。 A Here are 4 extreme sports which are popular in the west countries among the young. Volcano Boarding Racing down an active 2,380 ft volcano at a speed of 50 mph with only a board for protection is considered by many thrill-seeking sports fans as the coolest. Thousands of travellers head to the foothills of Nicaragua’s Cerro Negro Mountain every year to take part in the new sport. Surfers, dressed in protective jump suits, knee-pads and helmets, can reach a speed of up to 80 km/h on their special boards. Since its creation, in 2005, the volcano boarding has attracted more than 10,000 participants. Cliff Diving Cliff diving is defined as the perfection of diving into water from a high cliff. From the rough rocks, divers take a jump into the water beneath. This dangerous sport originated from the Hawaiian Island of Lanai in 1770. Kahekili, the king, demanded that his men leap off high cliffs and enter the water to prove their courage and loyalty. Today, after centuries, the activity has expanded into a sport. Slacklining A balance sport, slacklining uses nylon ropes stretched tight between two fixed points. It is 四校期中联考 高二英语试题 第 4 页，共 12 页 different from tightrope walking — it is like a large rubber band. The line’s tension can be adjusted to suit the performer and different types of movement. Christian Schou holds the Guinness World Record title for the highest slackline at 3,280 feet (1000 meters) — 3 Eiffel towers high. Zorbing Ball Effectively throwing yourself down a slope in a giant ball, or “zorbing”, is one of the latest extreme sports. This bizarre sport, invented in 2000, involves a giant plastic ball, which has two skins, one inside the other. The person zorbing is in the area between the skins. Then others will roll the ball down a hill. 21. Which sport can you experience when you visit Hawaii? A. Zorbing ball. B. Slacklining. C. Cliff diving. D. Volcano boarding. 22. What is most needed during the performance of slacklining? A. A sense of balance. B. A good tightrope. C. A large rubber band. D. A sense of direction. 23. Where can readers read this passage? A. An official report. B. A popular magazine. C. A guide book. D. A science journal. B When he was young, Louis Armstrong was taking “Creole jazz”, also called dance music, and combining it with trumpeter (号手 ) Buddy Bolden, to create what would eventually become today’s jazz. Armstrong accomplished this with almost no formal training. What little training he did have began when he was placed in the New Orleans Colored Waif’s Home at the age of 12, after a run-in with the police. The punishment turned out to be a mixed blessing, for he also had the opportunity to play in a real band. While at the Waif’s Home, Armstrong also got the chance to hear some of the city’s finest musicians. Cornetist Freddie Keppard performed in a nearby club. So did trumpeter and bandleader King Joe Oliver, who took the boy under his wing and taught him how to read music and work on his playing technique. When Oliver left for Chicago, Armstrong chose to stay in New Orleans and work with some of 四校期中联考 高二英语试题 第 5 页，共 12 页 the other top musicians of the day. In Chicago, King Oliver offered him a place in his band in 1922. It became Armstrong’s biggest challenge yet — the band had no parts written for trumpet, so he was forced to listen to King Oliver and improvise (即兴创作 ). Soon, Armstrong’s undeniable talent was getting notice. Even classically trained musicians would come to hear the incredible sounds this young man created. Lil Hardin, the band’s piano player and the future Mrs. Armstrong, explains that Oliver kept Armstrong in the second trumpet-chair so that Oliver would still be “King”. Hardin convinced him to leave the band. Armstrong moved to New York City in 1924 to join Fletcher Henderson’s band and then flew solo. In 1925, Armstrong put together the Hot Five, expanding his popularity even more. Armstrong recorded his first composition, Cornet Chop Suey, one of the most copied jazz solos of all time. This monumental 1928 recording blends artistry, endurance and showmanship that has rarely, if ever, been matched in jazz. 24. What does the underlined word “this” refer to in the second paragraph? A. To play dance music. B. To work with Buddy Bolden C. To play a jazz instrument well. D. To create modern jazz music. 25. Who taught Louis Armstrong how to play music in the early time? A. Buddy Bolden. B. Lil Hardin. C. King Joe Oliver. D. Cornetist Freddie Keppard 26. Why did Louis Armstrong leave King Oliver’s band? A. Because he wanted to get married in New York. B. Because his talent could not develop completely. C. Because he got a better opportunity in New York. D. Because the man forced him to leave the band. 27. What’s the main idea of the passage? A. It asks readers to know more about modern jazz. B. It introduces one of the greatest jazz musicians. C. It introduces the development of jazz. D. It describes the importance of talent in playing jazz. 四校期中联考 高二英语试题 第 6 页，共 12 页 C Have you ever looked at a fashionable item of clothing and felt confused? If so, your confusion may have made sense. Several months ago, high fashion brand Balenciaga released a “T-shirt shirt”, which is a shirt sewn on the front of a T-shirt. The unusual design has certainly confused a lot of people. But the “double shirt” isn’t fighting alone on the frontier of strange fashion. Ever since US shoe manufacturer Crocs released its famous hole-filled foam shoes, so-called “ugly fashion” hasn’t showed any signs of slowing down, the Business of Fashion website noted. The rise of ugly fashion is a sign that people are bored of looking perfect all the time. Indeed, fashion is all about changes. Something that’s considered uncool one minute can then turn out to be the latest must-have fashion item the next. In the eyes of US fashion writer Megan Collins, ugly doesn’t necessarily mean the design of the item is ugly. After all, ugly is something subjective. “Ugly fashion means ‘not the mainstream’ — it’s not what everyone’s wearing; it’s not what the general population considers as ‘in’ right now,” she told style news site Fashionista. But throughout the history of fashion, when any new trend appears, most people tend to hate it, before it eventually becomes loved. Meanwhile, popular social media fashion bloggers also help people to pick up new ugly fashion trends. These bloggers express themselves through their clothes, showing their unique personalities and making statements with their wardrobe (衣物 ) choices. “I personally love having a unique expression, because without ugly fashion and diversity, we’d all look the same,” Australian fashion influencer and model Zanita Whittington told Fashionista. “I appreciate anything that’s out of the norm.” 28. How does the author lead to the topic of the passage? A. By telling a funny story. B. By asking and answering questions. C. By asking questions and giving examples. D. By giving different remarks from different people. 29. The underlined word “in” in the passage could be replaced by . A. ugly B. fashionable C. affordable D. expensive 30. What will some social media fashion bloggers do to show their personalities? A. They will dress themselves to look perfect. 四校期中联考 高二英语试题 第 7 页，共 12 页 B. They will try some new and exciting clothes. C. They will make statements with others’ clothes choices. D. They will express themselves by wearing ugly clothes. 31. What can we infer from Zanita Whittington’s words? A. She is in favor of ugly fashion trends. B. She doesn’t care about fashion at all. C. She hopes to be the same as others. D. She wants to look ugly as a model. D However exciting space exploration sounds, there’s a vital point about it that needs to be considered: food supplies. Right now, astronauts typically rely on dry food in airtight bags and cans, since there are strict weight limits on items taken into space. Foods that we take for granted, such as fresh fruits and vegetables, are out of the question for space explorers. For those who’ve attempted to grow food during space missions, they’ve faced many difficulties, including the absence of gravity, and a lack of soil, air and humidity (湿度 ). However, growing food to supplement and minimize (最小化 ) the food that must be carried to space will be increasingly important on long-duration missions. Great efforts have been made to explore the concept of space farming. Recently, a team led by Federico Maggi at the University of Sydney in Australia figured out how plants can absorb nutrients from human urine (尿 ), as reported by New Scientist on March 27. After over 20 years of experiments, the results suggested that human urine could supply three to four out of the six nutrients that plants need. The researchers also found out that urine-fertilized plants produce no harmful by-products, such as carbon dioxide or ammonia. According to New Scientist, human urine is 95 percent water, with the other 5 percent composed of nutrients which are harmful to the human body but not to plants. The advantage of this urine-fueled life support system is obvious: By recycling liquid waste and producing food, an efficient cycle will be created. And most importantly, said New Scientist, the duration of space missions will be greatly extended to “20 years of flight”, meaning we may be soon sending astronauts on missions to Mars, or even beyond. 四校期中联考 高二英语试题 第 8 页，共 12 页 32. Space farming is important mainly because . A. food brought from Earth goes bad easily during space flights B. it will keep astronauts busy when they are on long-term space missions C. it could provide astronauts with fresh food and reduce the need to bring food from Earth D. it’s a way for astronauts to learn more about the environment in space 33. What can we learn from the University of Sydney research? A. Human urine is harmless to plants. B. Human urine provides six necessary nutrients for plants. C. Urine fertilizer is safer and more productive than chemical fertilizer. D. Urine-fertilized plants only release a small amount of carbon dioxide. 34. What is the biggest advantage of using human urine for space farming, according to New Scientist? A. It does little harm to the environment in space. B. It could pave the way for long-term space flights. C. It will greatly reduce the cost of farming in space. D. Urine-fertilized plants are healthier and taste better. 35. What’s the text mainly about? A. The significance of space farming. B. Problems facing astronauts on long-term space flights. C. How to use human urine to produce food in space. D. A possible new way to grow food in space. 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。 Teaching is an often thankless yet very important job. If anyone deserves a gift this holiday season, we’d say teachers should be first on the list. 36 ? To find out the answers, we asked teachers and parents for the best gifts they’ve ever received or given. The results are educational! Remember that teachers are adults, too Believe it or not, a bottle of alcohol can be a perfect gift for your child’s teacher. One parent commented that she bought a bottle of Pastron tequila for her son’s preschool teacher while another mentioned, “A bottle of champagne usually does the trick.” 37 . 四校期中联考 高二英语试题 第 9 页，共 12 页 Work within your budget When it comes to giving teachers gifts, it truly is the thought that counts. One teacher recounted that her favorite present was a used bottle of lotion (乳液 ). She was working at an inner-city school in Philadelphia. 38 . Give a gift from the heart 39 . Homemade gifts from their students or handwritten thank you notes are the kind of presents a teacher will cherish for years to come. 40 Do they have a favorite football team? Are they proud of a special ba