1、12018-2019 学年度上学期期中考试高二英语试题本试卷分第 I 卷（选择题）和第 II 卷（非选择题）两部分。满分 150 分，考试时间 120 分钟。请在答题卷上作答。第卷 选择题（100 分)第一部分 听力（共两节，每小题 1.5 分，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 kind of music does the woman like？A. Class
2、ical music B. Rock music C. Country music2. Which sweater will the man take?A. The red one B. The blue one C. The yellow one3. How will the man pay？A. In cash B. By credit card C. By travelers cheque4. Where are the womans keys?A. In her pocket B. On the floor C. On the table5.What will the man prob
3、ably do tonight?A. Read Chapter 4 B. Study in the library C. Watch the football match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 至 7 题。26.What is the relationship between
4、 the two speakers？A. Travel agent and customer B. Husband and wife C. Boss and secretary7.When will the meetings end？A. At 3:00 p.m. B. At 5:00 p.m. C. At 6:30 p.m.听第 7 段材料，回答第 8 至 9 题。8. Where is the foreign language section？A. In Row 3. B. In Row 5. C. In Row 7 9. What does the man decide to borro
5、w?A. Novels. B. Biographies. C. Magazines听第 8 段材料，回答第 10 至 12 题。10. Why dose the man make the call?A. To ask for information B. To make an appointment C. To send out an invitation11. What sport is the man interested in?A. Football B. Basketball C. Swimming12. On what days is the sports center closed
6、?A. Mondays B. Fridays C. Sundays听第 9 段材料，回答第 13 至 16 题。13. How does Steven describe his music?A. Its hard rock. B. Its folk music. C. Its modem pop14. Why does Steven love Australian audiences?A. They never throw things at him. B. They buy more of his records.C. They are more friendly.15.Whats Stev
7、ens attitude towards people downloading his music?A. He doesnt mind. B. He feels upset. C. He is puzzled.16.What advice does Steven give to songwriters?A. Listen to more music. B. Stick to their own style. C. Make use of 3the internet.听第 10 段独白材料，回答第 17 至 20 题。17. Who will teach the students music t
8、his term?A. Mary Smith B. Ms. Wood C. Mr. Williams18. What is the speaker mainly talking about?A. Rules of the school B. Course requirements C. Notices of the new term.19. Which club will meet on Wednesdays?A. Baseball B. Dance C. Chess20. When will the parents evening for Year 8 be held?A. In Septe
9、mber B. In October C. In November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，从每题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。ADo you often lose things? Dont worry. Now a new tool that can be connected to any object you might lose may be the way to solve your problem. The Tile, a small square connected
10、to your iPhone or iPad by means of Bluetooth, allows you to see how close you are to your missing item, within a 50-to-150-foot range (范围). If the item goes out of your phones 150-foot range, it can still be found on other smart phones with the same app.When you drive the app on your phone, it shows
11、 you, with green bars that increase or decrease, how close or far away you are from the Tile. You can also program it to make a sound when you get close to the Tile. And you can connect your phone with up to ten Tiles. And if your lost objecta dog, for example, or a stolen bikego out of your own pho
12、nes 150-foot Bluetooth range, you can set it as a “lost item”. If any of the phones with the Tile app comes within range of your lost item, a message will be sent to your phone, telling you its position. The Tile app also has the ability to remember where it last saw your 4Tile, so that you can easi
13、ly find where you left it.Since the Tiles use Bluetooth rather than GPS, they are never out of battery or neednt to be charged, and they work for one year before needing to be replaced. And the app works with all generations of iPhones and iPads.For further information, please visit .21.What can the
14、 Tile app help you?A.To find other phone users. B.To find your missing items.C.To save your phones power. D.To use your phone more wisely.22.Which of the following about the Tile is TRUE?A.The Tile needs to be charged after a year of use.B.One smart phone can only be linked up with one Tile.C.The Ti
15、le app can send a message, but it cant make a sound.D.The Tile cannot be connected with a phone without Bluetooth.23.What does the second paragraph mainly tell us?A.What the Tile app is.B.How the Tile app works.C.Why the Tile app was created.D.The advantages of the Tile app.24.Where does the passage
16、 probably come from?A.A health report. B.A personal diary.C.An advertisement. D.A tourism magazine.BNuclear powers danger to health, safety, and even life itself can be summed up in one word: radiation.Nuclear radiation has a certain mystery about it, partly because it cannot be detected by human se
17、nses. It cant be seen or heard, or touched or tasted, even though it may be all around us. There are other things like that. For example, radio waves are all around us but we cant detect them, sense them, without a radio receiver. Similarly, we cant sense radioactivity without a radiation detector.
18、But unlike common radio waves, nuclear 5radiation is not harmless to human beings and other living things.At very high levels, radiation can kill an animal or human being immediately by killing masses of cells in vital organs. But even the lowest levels can do serious damage. There is no levels of r
19、adiation that is completely safe. If the radiation does not hit anything important, the damage may not be serious. This is the case when only a few cells are hit, and if they are killed immediately. Your body will replace the dead cells with healthy ones. But if the few cells are only damaged, and i
20、f they reproduce themselves, you may be in trouble. They can grow into cancer. Sometimes this does not show up for many years.This is another reason for some of the mystery about nuclear radiation. Serious damage can be done without the victim being aware at the time that damage has occurred. A pers
21、on can be irradiated(辐射)and feel fine, then die for cancer five, ten, or twenty years later as a result. Or a child can be born weak as a result of radiation absorbed by its grandparents.Radiation can hurt us. We must know the truth.25.Which of the following statements is true?A.Nuclear radiation is
22、 just like common radio waves.B.Nuclear radiation can cause cancer to human beings.C.Nuclear radiation can be detected by human senses.D.Nuclear radiation can be safe to human beings if its level is low.26.How can nuclear radiation kill an animal?A.By damaging its heart.B.By killing a few cells.C.By
23、 hitting any place in its body.D.By killing many cells in important organs.27.If a human being is hit by nuclear radiation, he may _.A.die of cancer after many yearsB.die immediately6C.have a child who may be born weakD.all of the aboveCAustralian cities can keep their native wildlife but only if th
24、ey can kick their habit of urban sprawl (扩展). Thats the finding of a new study by leading Australian environmental researchers Jessica Sushinsky, Professor Hugh Possingham and Dr. Richard Fuller of The University of Queensland.“While urban development usually reduces the number of birds in a city, b
25、uilding more compact (紧凑的) cities and avoiding urban sprawl can slow these reductions greatly,” says lead author Jessica Sushinsky. “Compact housing development leaves birds homes untouched, leading to fewer losses of birds.”The researchers surveyed native and wild birds in Brisbanes urban areas, in
26、cluding living and industrial areas, public parks and gardens, major roadways and airports. They then used statistical modeling to find out what will happen to the birds as the city grows. The first setting was compact growth where multiple homes are built on land that previously had only one house.
27、 The second setting was sprawling growth a familiar pattern where homes are built here and there beyond the citys current boundaries.The teams forecasts showed that a much greater diversity of species was lost over 20 years in the sprawling setting compared to the more compact setting. “Urban sprawl
28、 resulted in the disappearance of many urban-sensitive birds birds that only live in areas where there is native vegetation (植被), such as parklands and woodlands,” Ms. Sushinsky says.“On the other hand, we found the city with the compact development attracted more birds because it kept more of its p
29、arks and green areas.”Now the Queensland Government has adopted the more compact urban growth strategy, which, Dr. Richard Fuller says, is good news for Australias native birds. These birds are environmental specialists they need a particular environment to do well. “While compact development means
30、smaller backyards, it can also make our entire cities more biodiverse,” according to Dr. Fuller. “The study shows that we should hold on to our green 7spaces instead of clearing them for sprawling development.”This is the first time science has modeled the effects of different urban growth strategie
31、s on birds, the researchers say. “Statistical models like these are important because they help us to understand the ecological consequences of a particular decision,” says Dr Fuller.28.Why is compact urban growth better than the sprawling strategy?A.It makes the cities more beautiful.B.It gives peo
32、ple larger backyards.C.It is money-saving.D.It is bird-friendly.29.Dr Richard Fuller thinks the Queensland Governments action _.A.is really brave B.is worth praisingC.has an uncertain future D.should be performed nationwide30.What can we learn about the study from the passage?A.It is based on the st
33、atistics in the past.B.It is strongly against urban development.C.It criticizes the city environment in Brisbane.D.It suggests leaving more green spaces for birds.31.Where does the passage probably come from?A.A news report. B.A travel guide. C.A health magazine. D.A history book.DLast summer my dau
34、ghters school was blown up. No students were harmed, but the main building was completely destroyed, as well as the nearby dorms.Before you start trying to ask when this horrible act took place on U. S. soil, I should mention that this attack didnt happen in reality, rather in my daughters carefully
35、 constructed Minecraft world. During an online journey with a few friends, a stranger came to her school and bombed the school she had 8carefully built. In a minute, her school was ruined. Sure, no actual property(财产)was damaged. But the emotional pain she felt was very much real. She thought this w
36、as a form of terrorism.I shared this act of absurd online violence on my Facebook page, and fellow parents with Minecraft-loving children were just as shocked as I was. I had thought this was a unique experience, and my daughter was just unlucky that this happened to her. But, as it turned out, she
37、was far from alone. The acts were performed by computer bullies(暴徒) known as “griefers”. The platform that my daughter was playing was the Minecraft: Pocket Edition(PE)version, which is popular with younger players. While she once only played in creative mode(模式), she began to play in the multi-play
38、er mode so that she and a few friends from school could build and create together. That multi-player choice made it possible for a stranger, one of these “griefers”, to do damage.It was a painful lesson for my daughter that dangers happened suddenly. She understood we have to protect ourselves from
39、bad people in the real world. Still, there was some goodness that came out of the ruins. Many fellow players of hers took the time to help her rebuild her school, which has been set up again. She is moved. Also, this experience opened her eyes.32.What was the result of the daughters school being blo
40、wn up?A. All the buildings but the dorms were ruined.B. Many students were seriously injured.C. Money needed to be seriously injured.D. The authors daughter felt hurt a lot.33.Before talking to other parents about the attack the author had thought that .A. her daughter should be blamed for itB. this
41、 attack was just a rare incidentC. danger happened all of a sudden on the InternetD. her daughter was too lonely34.Which of the following is NOT true about the “griefers”?A. They can help players build and create a new world.9B. They are performed by computer bullies.C. They are likely to cause dama
42、ge in the multi-player mode.D. They disturb and cause sadness to game players.35.What did her daughter do after the incident?A. Quit playing Minecraft.B. Gave up multi-player mode.C. Learned to defend herself against bad people.D. Decided to rebuild her school independently.第二节(共 5 小题；每小题 2 分，满分 10
43、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。How to Have a Successful Teenage LifeEveryone wants to succeed in their life, dont they? Even as a teenager, you can achieve success in your life; it really isnt that hard. 36.Do well in school. No matter how boring it is now, education will help you be a p
44、roductive member in society. Try your best for excellence in school; listen to the teachers, do your homework, study, and get good grades. Doing so will help you get into a better university, which will enable you to have a bright future. 37.Do good in your community (社区）. Volunteering can not only
45、improve your communitys status, it could make you happier. Studies show that people who volunteer are less likely to develop depression (抑郁) than people who dont， 38. For example, if you love animals, volunteer at an animal shelter. If you love helping the environment, plant trees or pick up litter.
46、 When you help others, it will make you feel better about yourself.39. Remember, Respect them and value their opinions, even if they annoy you sometimes.40.You dont get to choose your teachers or your family, but you still have to put up with them. Learn how to deal with people now, because when you
47、re an adult, you dont get to choose your boss or your co-workers, so learn how to respect them now.10A. Live life to the fullest.B. School sets you up on the right track!C. Be nice to your parents and teachers.D. Find chances to do volunteer work that interests you.E. It will help you pass time and
48、develop your personality.F. Here are some important points that you may find helpful.G. Keep in mind that they do the things they do because they care about you.第 3 部分 语言知识运用（共两节，满分 45 分）第一节 完型填空（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四个选项（A、B、C 和 D）中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上涂黑。Most dogs have an easy life in the U.S. They eat, play, get attention from their1and sleep. But some dogs work hard. They are called guide dogs. Guide dogs help2people move from place to place safely.Guide dogs and their owners are a3. Guide dogs dont lead the owner
