1、- 1 -2019 年春四川省叙州区一中高二期末模拟考试英语试题本试卷分第卷（选择题，共 100 分）和第卷(非选择题，共 50 分)两部分。总分 150 分，考试时间 120 分钟。第卷 选择题（100 分）注意事项：1答题前，考生务必将自己的姓名、班级、考号用 0.5 毫米的黑色墨水签字笔填写在答题卡上。并检查条形码粘贴是否正确。21-60 小题选出答案后，用 2B 铅笔填涂在答题卡对应题目标号的位置上，非选择题用 0.5毫米黑色墨水签字笔书写在答题卡对应框内，超出答题区域书写的答案无效；在草稿纸、试题卷上答题无效。3考试结束后，将答题卡收回。第一部分：听力（共两节，满分 30 分）听下面
2、 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.听下面 5 段对话。每段对话后有一个小题,从试题所给的 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:How much is the shirt? A.19.15 B.9.18 C.9.15. 答案是 C。 1.What are the speakers talking about? A.Getting Lydia a
3、 gift. B.Doing some exercise. C.Having a birthday party. 2.What is the woman going to do? A.Help the man. B.Take a bus. C.Get a camera. 3.What does the woman suggest the man do? - 2 -A.Tell Kate to stop. B.Call Kates friends. C.Stay away from Kate. 4.Where does the conversation probably take place?
4、A.In a wine shop. B.In a restaurant. C.In a supermarket. 5.What does the woman mean? A.Turn on the fan. B.Go out for fresh air. C.Keep the window closed. 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。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
5、。听第 6 段材料,回答第 6、7 题。 6.What is the man going to do this summer? A.Teach a course. B.Work at a hotel. C.Repair his house. 7.How will the man use the money? A.To buy books. B.To hire a garden. C.To pay for a boat trip. 听第 7 段材料,回答第 8、9 题。 8.What is the probable relationship between the speakers? A.Sch
6、oolmates. B.Colleagues. C.Roommates. 9.What does Frank plan to do right after graduation? A.Start his own business. B.Travel around the world. C.Work as a programmer. 听第 8 段材料,回答第 10 至 12 题。 10.Why does the woman make the call? A.To book a hotel room . B.To ask about the room service. C.To make chan
7、ges to a reservation. 11.When will the woman arrive at the hotel? A.On September 15. B.On September 16. C.On September 23. 12.How much will the woman pay for her room per night? A.$179 B.$199 C. $219 - 3 -听第 9 段材料,回答第 13 至 16 题。 13.What is the womans plan for Saturday? A.Going boating. B.Going campi
8、ng. C.Going shopping. 14.Where will the woman stay in Keswick? A.In her aunts home. B.In a five-star hotel. C.In a country inn. 15.What will Gordon do over the weekend? A.Visit his friend B.Watch DVDs C.Join the woman. 16.What does the woman think of Gordons coming weekend? A.Relaxed. B.Busy. C.Bori
9、ng. 听第 10 段材料,回答第 17 至 20 题。 17.Who is Wang Ming? A.A student B.An employer C.An engineer 18.What does the speaker say about the college job market this year? A.Its unpredictable B.Its not optimistic C.Its quite stable 19.What percentage of student job seekers have found a job by now? A.20% B.22% C.
10、50% 20.Why are engineering graduates more likely to accept a job? A.Their choice is limited. B.The salary is usually good. C.They need more work experience. 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- 4 -Are you looking for a reading lamp/ If you are, he
11、re are some for you to choose from.1.Home Design Lamp With Side Reading LightListed Price: $50This lamp by Home Design Lighting is suitable to small or medium side rooms. You can place it in the corner for a living room for mood light. You can also place it next to a tall bookshelf to help show a co
12、llection: Standing just over 71 inches tall, the lamp has a black painted finish and a beautiful plastic shade(灯罩).2.Import Wp 48 Gry Goose Floor LampListed Price: $60Buy now and get up to 25% off the price!If you are looking for a lamp whose light looks like sunlight, then this is a great one that
13、you should take a close look at. The lamp is best for reading and studying. Of course, it is also useful when you do any office work at night.3.KVART Floor Reading Lamp Listed Price: $ 45It is certainly not the kind of lamp you want to provide enough light in your rooms. However, it is perfect if yo
14、u need a floor reading lamp. A long flexible(易弯曲的) neck makes this lamp easy to change directions and direct the light wherever you might need it to be. The lamp is available in various colors as well.4.Bell and Howell Brass Tone Sunlight LampListed Price: $70Buy now and get a 50% discount.This is a
15、 great sunlight lamp. It provides visibility to help you see more clearly and comfortably and also helps reduce eyestrain, An energy efficient 27 watt bulb provides as much light as a l50 watt bulb. The lamp will add a beautiful look to any room.- 5 -21.What do we learn about the first lamp?A.It has
16、 a red appearance. B.It isnt very bright.C.It is really worth collecting. D.It shouldnt be in the sitting room.22.Which of the following comes in different colors?A.The KVART Floor Reading LampB.The Bell and Howell Brass Tone Sunlight LampC.The Import Wp 48 Gry Goose Floor LampD.The Home Design Lamp
17、 With Side Reading Light23.If you buy an Import Wp 48 Gry Goose Floor Lamp now, how much do you need to pay?A.$35 B.$40 C.$50 D.$45BRachel Louise Carson was born on May 27th, 1907 in Springdale, Pennsylvania. She grew up on a farm where she learnt about nature and animals. Rachel loved reading and w
18、riting stories when she was young. She even had a story published when she was only ten years old. One of Rachels favorite subjects was oceanology(海洋生物学).Rachel attended college at the Pennsylvania College for Women where she majored in biology. She later got her masters(硕士) degree in zoology from J
19、ohns Hopkins University. After graduation, Rachel taught for a while and then got a job at the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. At first, she wrote for a weekly radio program that educated people on marine(海洋的) biology. Later, she became a marine biologist and chief editor of publications for the Fis
20、h and Wildlife Service. In addition to her work at the Fish and Wildlife Service, Rachel wrote articles for magazines about the ocean. In 1941, she published her first book called Under the Sea Wind. However, her second book, The Sea Around Us, made her famous. The Sea Around Us was published in 195
21、1 and was on the New York Times bestseller list for 39 weeks. With the success of the book, Rachel - 6 -quit her job at the Fish and Wildlife Service and concentrated on writing full-time.After World War, farmers began to use pesticides (农药) such as DDT on their crops. Rachel was concerned about the
22、 effects that large-scale spraying of DDT may have on the health of people as well as the environment. Rachel began to gather research material on pesticides and write a book about the subject.Rachel spent four years gathering research material and writing the book. She named it Silent Spring referr
23、ing to bird death due to pesticides and the spring being silent without their songs. Published in 1962, the book became very popular and brought the environmental issues of pesticides to the general public.On April 14th, 1964, she died of breast cancer in her home in Maryland.24.What did Rachel Loui
24、se Carson major in for her bachelors(学士) degree?A.Oceanology. B.Zoology. C.Biology. D.Engineering.25.What is the right order of the following events about Rachels life?a. She collected material for Silent Springb. She taught for a while after graduation.c. She gave up her job at the Service.d. She h
25、ad her first book published.e. She became a marine biologist.A.d-a-c-b-e B.b-e-d-c-a C.d-c-a-b-e D.b-d-c-e-a26.It can be inferred from the passage that _.A.Rachel showed a talent for writing at a young ageB.it took little effort for Rachel to write Silent SpringC.it was Silent Spring that brought Ra
26、chel instant fameD.Rachel is believed to be more a biologist than a writer27.What type of writing is the article likely to be?A.A short story. B.A book review. C.A biography. D.A news report.C- 7 -In todays world of smart phones and laptops, most people have at least one time-telling thing with them
27、. Since these digital products are so common, is time running out for the 500-year-old watch? According to some consumers, the answer is yes. new Jersey teenager Charlie Wollman says a watch is “an extra piece of equipment with no necessary function.” Many young adults think so and use their smart p
28、hones to tell time. it is said that fewer young people wear watches today than ten years ago. As a result, some people say that the watch industry is at a crossroads.However, watchmakers optimistically say that watches redeem popularity when consumers reach their 20s and 30s. By then, they are willi
29、ng to spend money on a quality products accuracy. But in recent years, the watch that doesnt just keep good time. Fifty year ago, watchmakers took pride in their products accuracy. But in recent years, the watch industry has changed itself into an accessory(配饰)business. And today, the image a watch
30、conveys has become more important than the time it tells.“Complications” features that go beyond simple timekeepingare an important part of a watchs image. Todays watches offer lots of features that meet almost any personality. These features include compasses, USB drivers, and even other functions
31、that measure the effectiveness of golf swings!Creativity also plays a key role in designing todays watches. For example, Japanese watchmaker Tokyoflash makes watches that dont even look like watches. The companys popular Shinshoku model uses different color lights to tell time. It looks more like a
32、fashionable bracelet than a watch.Whether a watch conveys fashion sense, creative talent or a love of sports, consumers want their watches to stand out. Nowadays, everyone has the same kind of gadget(小玩意)in their bags, so people want to make a statement with whats on their wrists. Will this interest
33、 in wrist fashion last? Only time will tell!28.What can we know from the first paragraph?A.As most people see, watches are out of fashion.B.Some people feel that watches have been of no use.- 8 -C.The watch industry will close down sooner or later.D.There are so many choices of watches for teenagers
34、 today.29.According to the passage, what image does a watch convey nowadays?A.It simply tells time. B.It appeals to many teenagers.C.It has many complex function. D.It has an impact on creativity and imagination.30.Japanese watchmaker Tokyoflash is mentioned in Paragraph 4 to _.A.show why Shinshoku
35、watches are popularB.advertise Shinshoku watches made by TokyoflashC.tell that todays watches need more imaginationD.make a comparison between watches and bracelets31.What may be the best title for the passage?A.Watches Tell More Than Time B.Japanese Watches Stand OutC.Watch Industry Is in a Bad Sit
36、uation D.Watches Are Becoming Less PopularDThat people often experience trouble sleeping in a different bed in unfamiliar surroundings is a phenomenon known as the First-night, effect. If a person stays in the same room the following night they tend to sleep more soundly. Yuka Sasaki and her colleag
37、ues at Brown University set out to investigate the origins of this effect.Dr. Sasaki knew the first-night effect probably has something to do with how humans evolved.The puzzle was what benefit would be gained from it when performance might be affected the following day. She also knew from previous
38、work conducted on birds and dolphins that these animals put half of their brains to sleep at a time so that they can rest while remaining alert enough to avoid predators (捕食者). This led her to wonder if people might be doing the same thing. To take a closer look, her team studied 35 healthy people a
39、s they slept in the unfamiliar - 9 -environment of the universitys Department of Psychological Sciences. The participants each slept in the department for two nights and were carefully monitored with techniques that looked at the activity of their brains. Dr. Sasaki found, as expected, the participa
40、nts slept less well on their first night than they did on their second, taking more than twice as long to fall asleep and sleeping less overall. During deep sleep, the participants brains behaved in a similar manner seen in birds and dolphins. On the first night only, the left hemispheres (半球) of th
41、eir brains did not sleep nearly as deeply as their right hemispheres did.Curious if the left hemispheres were indeed remaining awake to process information detected in the surrounding environment, Dr. Sasaki re-ran the experiment while presenting the sleeping participants with a mix of regularly tim
42、ed beeps (蜂鸣声) of the same tone and irregular beeps of a different tone during the night. She worked out that, if the left hemisphere was staying alert to keep guard in a strange environment, then it would react to the irregular beeps by stirring people from sleep and would ignore the regularly time
43、d ones. This is precisely what she found.32.What do we learn about Dr. Yuka Sasaki doing her research?A.She found birds and dolphins remain alert while asleep.B.She found birds and dolphins sleep in much the same way.C.She got some idea from previous studies on birds and dolphinsD.She conducted stud
44、ies on birds and dolphins sleeping patterns.33.What did Dr. Sasaki do when she first did her experiment?A.She monitored the brain activity of participants sleeping in a new environment.B.She recruited (招募) 35 participants from her Department of Psychological Sciences.C.She studied the differences be
45、tween the two sides of participants brains.D.She tested her findings about birds and dolphins on human subjects.34.What did Dr. Sasaki do when re-running her experiment?- 10 -A.She analyzed the negative effect of irregular tones on brains.B.She recorded participants adaptation to changed environment
46、.C.She exposed her participants to two different stimuli (刺激物).D.She compared the responses of different participants.35.What did Dr. Sasaki find about the participants in her experiment?A.They tended to enjoy certain tones more than others.B.They tended to recognize irregular beeps as a threat.C.Th
47、ey felt sleepy when exposed to regular beeps.D.They differed in their tolerance of irregular tones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。Hongbao in ChinaWhile Western kids dream about what Santa will bring them, Chinese kids will be getting their money box ready to rec
48、eive hongbao. Hongbao, red envelopes, are the traditional gifts that adults give children during the Chinese New Year holiday period. The general idea is that adults with income give children with no income hongbao during Chinese New Year._36_Youll see hongbao used as decorations on just about every
49、 Chinese New Year flower and plant that is displayed during the season._37_And they are only used for decoration. I know because my son checks them whenever he can reach them._38_Weddings are big events where hongbao are given by guests invited to the wedding instead of gifts. The amount of money to give at a wedding can be tricky (微妙的) and if you are invited to a Chinese wedding, you can ask for some advice about how much to give.If you need hongbao, you can buy them at shops at any time of the year._
