安徽省宿州市十三所重点中学2018-2019学年高二上学期期末质量检测英语试卷.doc

1、宿州市十三所重点中学 2018-2019 学年度第一学期期末质量检测高二英语试题考生注意：1.本试卷共 150 分，考试时间 120 分钟。2.请将各题答案填在答题卡上。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 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 are the sp

2、eakers talking about?A. The mans favorite festival. B. The mans aunt. C. The mans school bag.2. What time is it now?A. 9:40. B. 10:00. C. 10:20.3. What gift will the woman probably get for Mary?A. A pen. B. A music record. C. A movie ticket.4. When did the woman take a piano test?A. One week ago. B.

3、 One mouth ago. C. Two months ago.5. What does the man think of the game?A. Unimportant. B. Boring. C. Fair.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、7 题。6. Where are th

4、e dictionaries?A. On the top shelf. B. At the bottom of the shelf.C. On the second shelf from the top.7. What does the man need?A. Books on grammar B. Books for conversation practice.C. Books for reading practice.听第 7 段材料，回答第 8、9 题。8. How many classes does the woman have this afternoon？A. Two. B. Th

5、ree. C. Four.9. What will the man be doing at 5:00 this afternoon?A. Having a meeting. B. Having a class. C. Talking to his secretary.听第 8 段材料，回答第 10 至 12 题。10. Who is the woman?A. Davids classmate. B. Davids doctor. C. Davids teacher.11. When does David usually go to bed recently?A. Around nine thi

6、rty. B. Around ten oclock. C. Around eleven oclock.12. What did the man promise?A. He would take David to school.B. He would change his bad habit.C. He would help David with his studies.听第 9 段材料，回答第 13 至 16 题。13. What was the man when he was younger?A. A designer. B. A teacher. C. A construction wor

7、ker14. What does the man mainly do with his laptop?A. He watches movies. B. He downloads music. C. He writes reports15. Which product does the man like most after his laptop?A. His digital camera. B. His MP4 player. C. His iPad.16. What do we know about the woman?A. She was the mans college schoolma

8、te.B. She takes photos for her websites.C. She likes electronic products a lot.听第 10 段材料，回答第 17 至 20 题。17. When did the story take place?A. On a weekday. B. On the weekend. C. During a holiday.18. What was the strange guy like?A. He had a big head.B. He wore a pair of sunglasses. C. He wore pink clo

9、thes.19. Why did everyone start clapping?A. The guy did tricks on his bicycle.B. The guy did a good thing.C. The guy sang a song for them.20. What might be the speakers main point?A. Dont ride a unicycle down the street.B. Dont carry too much money.C. Dont judge people by their appearances.第二部分 阅读理解

10、（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。AWelcome to one of the largest collections of footwear(鞋类)in the world that will make you green with envy. Here at the Footwear Museum you can see exhibits from all over the world. You can find out about shoes worn by ever

11、yone from the Ancient Egyptians to pop stars. Room 1The celebrity(名人 )footwear section is probably the most popular in the entire museum. Started in the 1950s there is a wide variety of shoes and boots belonging to everyone from queens and presidents to pop stars and actors! Most visitors find the c

12、elebrities“ choice of footwear extremely interesting.Room 2Most of our visitors are amazedand shockedby the collection of “special purpose” shoes on exhibition here at the Museum of Footwear. For example, there are Chinese shoes made of silk that were worn by women to tie their feet firmly to preven

13、t them from growing too much！Room 3As well as shoes and boots, the museum also exhibits shoe-shaped objects. The variety is unbelievable. For example, there is a metal lamp that resembles(类似于) a pair of shoes,and Greek wine bottles that look like legs！The Footwear LibraryPeople come from all over th

14、e world to study in our excellent footwear library. Designers and researchers come here to look up information on anything and everything related to the subject of footwear.21. What can you find in Room 1?A. metal lamps B .presidents shoes C. bottles of Greek wine D. Chinese special purpose shoes22.

15、 All exhibits in each room _.A. share the same shape B. have the same themeC. are made of the same material D. belong to the same social class23 .The purpose of the text is to get more people to _.A. do research Bdesign shoes C. follow celebrities Dvisit the museumBNow women are free to enter any ca

16、reer that attracts them, and working can bring them pride, confidence and independence. Working women make up nearly half of the U.S. workforce, and 51 percent of professional workers, like doctors, lawyers, nurses and accountants, are female. While climbing the career ladder can be rewarding, it of

17、ten comes with one big disadvantage: weight gain!New research published this week in the International Journal of Obesity shows that working women are more likely to be overweight, and the more you work, the more pounds youre likely to pile on. Like many women, I work. a lot! As a self-employed nutr

18、ition communications specialist, I sit at my desk, in front of a computer, for hours on end. Sitting alone is one of the worst things you can do for your health, and its directly linked to being overweight and increased fatness, so the fact that women in the workforce gain weight isnt that surprisin

19、g. If you work, you have less time to move around. Obesity researchers are revealing many other ways that employment is harmful to your diet and waistline（腰围）.In the International Journal of Obesity study, some 9,276 Australian women aged 45-50 had their body weight and employment status monitored f

20、or two years. Results? Those who worked more than 35 hours were likely to gain weight compared to those who worked fewer hours or were out of the workforce. Whats more, the more hours a woman worked in a week, the more weight she gained.The authors of the Australian study attribute weight gain among

21、 working women to inactivity, lack of time for food preparation, more use of prepared foods, high levels of stress, lack of sleep and consuming more alcohol. Ill also add in travel, meals eaten out and working at night as other factors that I can find to make balancing work with a healthy diet a cha

22、llenge.24. A female lawyer is more likely to _.A. has more time to walk around B. gains more weightC. works a full time job D. keeps a balanced diet25. Which is NOT the cause of working women weight gaining according to the passage？A. Taking part in more activities.B. Dealing with a lot of pressure.

23、C. Having little time to prepare for food.D. Drinking too much alcohol.26. The passage above is probably taken from _.A. a fashion journal B. a sports report C. a health and fitness magazine D. an advertisement post 27. What can be a suitable title for the test?A. How to lose weight for working wome

24、n.B. Women should take more exercises.C. Effects of weight gaining.D. Working women more likely pile on pounds.CA 12 -year-old girl who had a feeling that she might be quite clever has taken a test and proved she was absolutely right.After raising the idea with her parents and pestering (纠缠）them for

25、 the best part of a year, Lydia took the test in her summer holidays. It turns out the test wasnt that hard after all.“I was really nervous before the test and I thought it was going to be really hard. But as I started the test, I thought it was a bit easier than I thought it was going to be,“ she s

26、aid.Lydia Sebastian achieved the top score of 162 on Mensas Cattell III B paper, showing she has a higher IQ than well-known geniuses Albert Einstein and Stephen Hawking. The comparison doesnt sit well with the British student, whos currently in Year 8 at a selective girls grammar school in Essex, E

27、ngland.“I dont think I can be compared to such great intellectuals as Albert Einstein and Stephen Hawking. Theyve achieved so much. I dont think its right,“ Lydia told CNN.To explain Lydias marks level, the top adult score in the Cattell III B test, which mainly tests verbal(语言) reasoning, is 161. A

28、 top 2% score-which allows entry to Mensa, the club for those with high IQs-would be 148 or over. Lydia scored 162, placing her in the top 1% of the population.Lydias not quite sure what she wants to do when she leaves school, although shes leaning toward something “based around Maths, because its o

29、ne of my favorite subjects.“ “All Im going to do is work as hard as I can, and see where that gets me,“ she said.28. Why did Lydia want to have an IQ test because_,A. she felt that she might have a high IQB. the grammar school advised her to do soC. all people around thought that she was smart D. he

30、r parents strongly wanted her to do so29. Which of the following can best explain the underlined words in the fourth paragraph?A. does not satisfy B. does not affect.C. is not related to. D. is not accepted by 30. What is Lydias plan about the future?A. She is quite sure about what to do in the futu

31、re.B. She will drop out of the grammar school.C. She has a tendency to focus around Maths.D. She doesnt have to work hard with her high IQ.31. According to the text, which of the following statements is True?A. Only adults with high IQs can enter Mensa.B. Mensa is a club for those with high IQs at l

32、east 148. C. No one has achieved a higher IQ than Lydia. D. Whoever has a high IQ can enter Mensa.D A recent university study found that current electric cars could be used for 87% of daily car journeys in the US. That figure could rise to 98% by 2020.One hurdle to the widespread adoption of electri

33、c cars has been “range anxiety” -drivers concerns about running out of petrol on a journey. While petrol stations are conveniently located across national road systems, the necessary network of electric charging stations is still being developed. In fact, charging points are becoming increasingly co

34、mmon throughout the USA.Attitudes towards electric vehicles have changed quite considerably over the last few years. Not that long ago, electric cars met with doubt, and their high price drove customers away. Thanks to improvements in battery capacity（电池容量）, recharging times, performance and price,

35、the current generation of electric cars is starting to persuade critics. As well as progress on the road, electric vehicles are taking to the sea and sky. Electric boats are among the oldest electric vehicles, having enjoyed several decades of popularity from the late 19th to the early 20th century

36、before petrol-powered outboard motors took over. Now, the global drive for renewable energy sources is bringing electric boats back. Steps towards electric planes are also being made, with Airbus and NASA among the organizations developing and testing battery-powered planes. The experiments could so

37、on make electric flight a reality.Electric vehicles do not produce any emissions（排放物）. Were the US to act on the studys findings and replace 87 percent of its cars with electric vehicles, it would reduce the national demand for petrol by 61 per cent. However, because of the production processes and

38、the generation of electricity required to charge these vehicles, they cannot claim to be completely emission-free. Even so, as many countries continue to increase their use of renewable energy sources, electric vehicles will become even cleaner.32. The underlined word “hurdle” refers to _.A. limit B

39、. stepC. result D. aim33. Why were not the electric cars popular with many people in the past?A. They were not widely improved. B. They were very poorly made.C. They were not good value. D. They couldnt travel at a high speed.34. What is the purpose of Paragraph 4?A. To show why more people have int

40、erest in electric cars.B. To describe different ways electric vehicles can be used.C. To introduce the history of electric vehiclesD. To explain why the world needs more electric cars.35. Which of the following can be the best title for this passage?A. Driving into the Future B. Problems with Petrol

41、 Cars C. My Dream Car D. History of Electric Cars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。Whether youre a child, teenager, young adult or are middle-aged, respect for your parents is an important value. Your parents are the people who raised you, devoting time, energy and

42、 money to your development. _36_No matter what your age is, there are 4 ways to show respect. Respect their belongings.One important way to show respect is to show regard for the things important to your parents. For younger children, this may mean not touching jewelry or other valuable things. For

43、grown children, respect may mean returning a borrowed tool in good condition and on time. Lack of respect for parents belongings is a violation of personal boundaries. _37_And never borrow things without asking first. Punctuality（ 严守时间）._38_Therefore, always be on time. For teenagers, showing up on

44、time means coming home by curfew (宵禁时间 )Adult children should show up on time for family dinners or events, or to pick a parent up for a medical appointment. Call if youre going to be late because parents worry about children, no matter their age._39_Remembering birthdays, anniversaries and other sp

45、ecial days is a sign that you honor your parents. Make plans to take them to lunch or dinner or bake a cake or cookies. Most parents dont expect expensive gifts, but a handmade gift is always appreciated. A phone call from a grown child who lives too far for a visit is a welcome sign of respect. Be

46、kind.Kind words and affection are simple ways to show respect. Tell your parents you love them. Listen and allow your parents to speak without interruption. Show a sincere interest in what your parents have to say. Be patient with your parents and dont rush them. Never talk back or be rude or disres

47、pectful. Acknowledge your parents achievements._40_A. Celebrate with them.B. Be a good listener.C. Lateness shows a lack of respect.D. And they love you unconditionally throughout your life.E. Treat your parents the way you would like to be treated.F. Dont take advantage of your parents kindness and

48、 generosity.G. Being respectful helps build positive relationships with others.第三部分 语言知识运用（共两节，满分 45 分）第一节 （共 20 小题；每小题 1.5 分，满分 30 分）阅读下列短文，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。ZhangZongyi, with the stage name of LiuLingTong, was one of Chinas most household Monkey King performers. And his son

49、ZhangJinlai is also a 41 name to millions of Chinese. But he was 42 known as LiuXiaoLingTong, “the little six-year-old actor”. He immortalized（使永恒）the role of the Monkey King in the Chinese TV series “Journey to the West”. And it was in 1988, at 23 43 he became a nationwide star.Indeed the 1982 Monkey King production was regarded as a milestone in the history of Chinese TV series. According to 44 estimates, China Central Television and local TV stations 45 the