1、南昌二中 20182019 学年度上学期期末考试高二英语试卷第一部分 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。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 man probably do?A. A shop assistant. B. A policeman. C. A postman.2. How old is the mans daughter?A. 1 years old.
2、 B. 2 years old. C. 3 years old.3. When did the woman plan to go to Spain?A. In spring. B. In summer. C. In autumn.4. Where will the speakers go first?A. A restaurant. B. A cinema. C. A hospital.5. What does the man think of the lecture?A. Interesting. B. Hard to understand. C. Long and boring.第二节(共
3、 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，各个小题将给出 5 秒钟的作答时间。每段对话或独白读两遍。请听第 6 段材料。回答第 6 至 7 题。6. What does the man usually do at home?A. Do the washing-up. B. Wash clothes. C. Clean the car.7. What does the man promise
4、 to do at last?A. Do all the housework from next weekend.B. Clean the kitchen after cooking.C. Prepare meals every day.听下面一段材料，冋答第 8 至 9 题。8. How long will the man most probably rent the bike?A. 7:00 am - 5:00 pm. B. 9:00 am - 7:00 pm. C. 9:00 am - 5:00 pm.9. What will happen if the man brings the b
5、ike back after 7:00 pm?A. He has to pay for the helmet.B. He has to pay 100 dollars more.C. He cant get the 50 dollars back.听下面一段材料，回答第 10 至 12 题。10. Why is the woman a bit nervous?A. She is afraid of getting up late. B. She is a newcomer to the school.C. She isnt ready for the coming exam.11. What
6、must the students do before morning reading?A. Hand in homework. B. Do morning exercises. C. Go to the teachers office.12. What can the students do if they feel hungry?A. Ask the teacher for some food.B. Have something to eat in class.C. Eat something during the break.听下面一段材料，回答第 13 至 16 题。13. Where
7、 is the woman going first?A. Bergners. B. Pennys. C. Lisas.14. When should the woman have called Helen?A. At 3:45. B. At 4:15. C. At 4:45.15. Whats the mans telephone number?A.61199621. B.61299621. C.61299622.16. Whats the relationship between the man and the woman?A. Husband and wife. B. Boss and e
8、mployee. C. Friends.听下面一段材料，回答第 17 至 20 题。17. What kind of English lessons does the speaker recommend?A. Examination skills. B. Reading and writing. C. Listening and speaking.18. How can a learner take the lessons when he is not online?A. By using the downloaded sound files.B. By making conversation
9、s with others.C. By reviewing words, phrases and idioms. 19. What is mentioned as an advantage of the speakers online course?A. It helps learners to make friends.B. It offers learners better study methods.C. It improves listening and speaking skills quickly.20. What is the speakers idea about learni
10、ng English?A. Being confident in learning.B. Learning English little by little.C. Having clear learning goals. 第二部分 阅读理解（共两节 满分 30 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。AAt Beaver Meadows Ranch on Red Feather Lakes, Colorado, there is a long list of outdoor winter activ
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15、on about Beaver Meadows Ranch, or if youd like to book a room for an adventurous holiday, call 970-881-2450. Its not very often you can find a one-stop adventure spot full of winter activities. Take advantage of your free time this winter season and enjoy the outdoor scenery in Colorado.21. If you w
16、ant to enjoy sleigh rides, you will call _.A. 800-462-5870 B. 970-231-1955 C. 970-881-2450 D. 866-881-767922. How much does a couple have to pay if they want to have a two-hour horseback ride?A. $50. B. $70. C. $100. D. $140.23. Where can you most probably read this passage?A. In the latest news. B.
17、 In a childrens book.C. In a travel guide. D. In a sportsmans diary.BForest Schools originated in Sweden in the 1950s and spread to other countries, particularly Denmark where they have become an important part of the Danish early years program.In a typical Danish Forest School, young children from
18、3 years are taken into the forest for 4 hours each day of the week. They take no toys with them, but instead use only what the forest provides (and their imaginations) to develop their games. There is a primitive hut in the forest, which is used in extreme weather. Activities are child-led and fun,
19、such as finding small animals or stomping in puddles. Because of high adult to child ratios, children can safely try out activities which are often considered too dangerous, such as climbing trees or lighting fires, and by dressing the children in good protective clothing, they are able to play free
20、ly. By setting children small manageable tasks at which they are unlikely to fail, and giving genuine praise, childrens independence and confidence grow.A Swedish scientific study found that children in the Forest School are more balanced and socially capable, have fewer sick days, are more able to
21、concentrate and have better co-ordination than the city nursery children. The primary reason appeared to be the greater opportunities to play in nature, so that children play for longer at a time, tending not to disturb each other as much as children in the city nursery. The study observed that wher
22、e children were interrupted, they became irritable, their stress level rose, and their ability to concentrate fell.The study also showed that the Forest School children had 25 % fewer sick days than the city children. One reason for this is that the air is nearly always better outside than indoors.
23、Outside a child is not so exposed to virus and bacteria and not so likely to be infected by other children. Another reason may be that, since stress has been shown to have a negative effect on the immune system, high stress levels may be weakening the city children. The Forest School children, on th
24、e other hand, are in a pleasant, natural, fun and less stressful environment.24. Why is there a primitive hut in the forest?A. To let children have fun. B. To store daily necessities.C. To enrich the childrens imagination. D. To protect the children from bad weather.25. What kind of activities do th
25、e Forest School children have?A. Activities to improve grades. B. Activities designed for adults.C. Activities usually played by braver kids. D. Fun activities but with a certain level of danger.26. The Forest School children are more able to concentrate because _.A. they have more interesting thing
26、s to do B. they are accompanied by adultsC. they are not disturbed so often D. they are playing in small groups27. Which of the following best describes the Forest School children?A. Free and wild. B. Confident and happy.C. Polite and calm. D. Strong and adventurous.CEnvironmentalists said our plane
27、t was bound to die. Now one man says they are wrong. “Everyone knows the planet is in bad shape,” thundered a magazine article last year. “Species are being driven to die out at record rates, and the rivers are so poisonous that fish are floating on the surface, dead.”But theres growing belief that
28、what everyone takes for granted is wrong: Things are actually getting better. A new book is about to overturn our most basic assumptions about the worlds environment. Rivers, seas, rain and the atmosphere are all getting better.The total amount of forests in the world is not declining. The Skeptical
29、 Environmentalist by Bjorn Lomborg, professor of statistics at the University of Aarhus in Denmark, is an attack on the misleading claims of environmental groups, and the “bad news” culture that makes people believe everything is getting worse.Now the attacks are increasingly coming from left-wing e
30、nvironmentalists such as Lomborg, a former member of Greenpeace. The accusation is that, although the environment is improving, green groups with profits of hundreds of millions of pounds a year are using scare tactics (战术) to gain donations. Lomborgs book doesnt deny global warming probably the big
31、gest environmental threat but destroys almost every other environmental claim with many official statistics.The Worldwatch Institute claims that deforestation(采伐森林) has been speeding over the last 30 years. Buy Lomborg says that is simply rubbish. Since the dawn of agriculture the world has lost abo
32、ut 20% of its forest cover, but in recent decades the forest areas depleting has come to a stop. According to UN figures, the area of forests has remained almost steady, at about 30% of total land area, since 1940s. Forests in countries such as the US, UK and Canada have actually been expanding over
33、 the past 40 years. Despite all the warnings the Amazon rainforest has only shrunk by about 15%.Nor are all our species dying out. Some campaigners claim that 50% of all species will have died out within 50 years. But other studies show only 0.08% of species are dying out each year. Conservation eff
34、orts have been successful. Whales are no longer threatened and the bald eagle is off the endangered list.Environmental groups claim that many of the improvements are the results of their campaigns. Stephen Tindale, director of Greenpeace UK, said, “There are important examples, such as acid rain and
35、 ozone, where things werent as bad as predicted, and thats because our behavior changed.”28. What is Lomborgs main argument in The Skeptical Environmentalist?A. Our planet is in bad shape.B. The worlds environment is improving.C. The total amount of forests is declining.D. Conservation efforts have
36、been successful.29. What is Lomborgs main accusation of environmentalists?A. They changed their behavior toward the environment.B. They only told people bad news about the environment.C. They scared people into making donations.D. They overturned our basic assumption about the worlds environment.30.
37、 The underlined word “depleting” is close in meaning to “_”.A. speeding B. limiting C. expanding D. reducing31. Which of the following can be the best title for the passage?A. Are all species dying out? B. Isnt conservation powerful?C. Is Our Planet Bound to Die? D. Arent environmentalists wrong?DAr
38、tificial Intelligence (AI) is making it possible for companies to monitor workers behavior in great detail and in real time. Start to slack off (懈怠), and AI could talk to your boss.One company offering such services is London-based start-up Status Today. Its AI platform relies on a regular supply of
39、 employee data, including everything from the files you access to when you use a key card. From this, it builds a picture of how employees normally function and signals any unusual performance. The idea is to spot when someone might become a security risk by doing something different from their usua
40、l behavioral patterns. “All of this gives us fingerprint of a user, so if we think the fingerprint doesnt match, we raise a warning”, says Mircea Dumitrescu, the companys chief technology officer.The system also aims to catch employee actions that could accidentally cause a security breach (漏洞), lik
41、e opening malware (恶意软件).“Were not monitoring if your computer has a virus.” says Dumitrescu. “Were monitoring human behaviors.”But catching the security breach means monitoring everyone, and the AI can also be used to track employee productivity. “It seems like they are just using the reputation of
42、 AI to give an air of lawfulness to old-fashioned workplace surveillance (监视),” says Javier Ruiz Diaz of digital campaigning organization the Open Rights Group. “You have a right to privacy and you shouldnt be expected to give that up at work.”Exactly how companies use the system will be up to them,
43、 but its hard to shake the picture of an AI constantly looking over employees shoulders. “It will bother people, and that could be counterproductive if it affects their behavior,” says Paul Bemal at the University of East Anglia.Phil Legg at the University of the West of England says it will never c
44、atch every security risk. “If people know theyre being monitored, they can change their behavior,” he says.32. According to the text, AI monitors employees by _.A. taking pictures of them B. getting access to their dataC. signaling their usual performance D. catching their actions33. Whats Javier Ru
45、iz Diazs attitude towards the system?A. Doubtful. B. Supportive. C. Uncaring. D. Negative.34. What does the underlined word “that” in paragraph 4 refer to?A. Security breach. B. Employees productivity.C. The right to privacy. D. Workplace surveillance.35. Phil Leggs concern about the system suggests
46、 that _.A. it is too risky to be used at work B. it will affect employees emotionsC. it may not be so effective as expected D. it will encourage employee, productivity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。Most people have practiced some form of hobby at a point in thei
47、r lives, whether it is some form of sports, playing a musical instrument, creating art, cooking or something else. There are many different reasons and skills for taking up a hobby.Realize you have more time than you think.This is probably the one thing that keeps most people back from practicing a
48、hobby. 36 But we waste so much time on social media, television commercials and worrying about life which we could have used to practice a hobby. Schedule some time for a hobby into your day. Plan ahead and just do it.Involve other people.Why? Well, have you ever noticed that you stick to something
49、longer when you feel that you cannot let another person down? So, get someone to jog with you, or make music with you, or share recipes with you. Plus, you will inspire them to keep on practicing their hobby. 37 Put your money where your mouth is.38 So give out a bit of your budget lo your hobby of choice so that you cannot blame a lack of “materials” for not doing anything.39 For me, this has been the most important step in going out
