1、1龙台中学 2018 年 5 月高二下期英语半期考试试卷注意事项：1本试卷分第卷（选择题）和第卷（非选择题）两部分。满分 150 分，考试时间120 分钟。2答题前考生务必用 0.5 毫米黑色墨水签字笔填写好自己的姓名、班级、考号等信息。3考试作答时，请将答案正确地填写在答题卡上。第 I 卷每小题选出答案后，用 2B铅笔把答题卡上对应题目的答案标号涂黑；第卷请用直径 0.5 毫米的黑色墨水签字笔在答题卡上各题的答题区域内作答，超出答题区域书写的答案无效，在试题卷、草稿纸上作答无效。第 I 卷第一部分：听力（共两节，满分 30 分）做题时，先将答案划在试卷上。录音内容结束后。你将有两分钟的时间将
2、卷上的答案转涂到答题卡上。第一节（共 5 小题：每题 1.5 分，满分 7.5 分）听下面 5 段对话，每段对话后有一小题，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 15 秒钟的时间来回答有关小题和阅读下一小题。每段对话只读一遍。例： How much is the shirt?A. $19.15 B. 9.15 C. 9.18答案：B1Where will the woman go first?ATo her house. BTo a bank. CTo a telephone booth.2What does the woman adv
3、ise the man to do?ATo choose a proper color. BTo dress professionally. CTo reconsider the style.3What are the speakers doing?AEnjoying the scenery. BCommenting on a novel. CWatching a movie.4Why was the woman late?2AHer roommate told her a wrong timeBShe wasnt informed of the time changeCShe forgot
4、the time change5What does the man mean?AHe doesnt know the contents of the noteBHe didnt notice anythingCHe is in the dark room第二节 （共 15 小题；每题 15 分，满分 225 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，每小题将给出 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
5、题。6What is wrong with the girls mother?AShe has got some heart problems BShe has put on too much weightCShe feels sick after doing housework7Why doesnt Peter do exercises?AHe is too tired after work BHe is too lazy CHe cant spare the time听第 7 段材料，回答第 8 至 10 题。8When does the conversation probably tak
6、e place?AAt the beginning of a term. BIn the middle of a term. CAt the end of a term.9What makes the woman worried?AShe failed her French exam BShe may get a poor score in FrenchCHer grade point average isnt satisfactory10What will the woman probably do?ADo a lot of practice with the man BMake a cal
7、l to her French 3teacher CAsk the mans friend for help听第 8 段材料，回答第 11 至 13 题。11What are the speakers mainly talking about?AOld peoples work. BThe staffs living conditions CThe features of a department store12Why dont old people in the Reynolds want to retire?AThey have to support themselvesBThey are
8、 interested in their workCThey enjoy working with young people13What is said about Reynolds?AIt is the largest department store in the cityBIt respects the staffs willingness in some aspectsCIt provides everything people want for the office听第 9 段材料，回答第 14 至 16 题。14Where are the speakers probably?AIn
9、 the hospital BIn a gym CIn a studio.15According to the man, how can people reduce stress?ABy trying a new way of life B By taking some sleeping pills CBy changing the way of dong exercise.16What does the man advise people to do?ATo have a rest during the dayBTo run down the stairs.CTo take a 5 - mi
10、nute walk at lunchtime听第 10 段材料，回答第 17 至 20 题。17Which was important in Egyptian religion?AGod BLove CNature18What do we know about Bast?AShe was an animal. BShe was in charge of love. 4CShe had the body of a cat.19Why did the Egyptians preserve a dead persons body?AThey did it in memory of the perso
11、nBThey wished the person to come back homeCThey believed the person could live another life20What did the Egyptians do before they buried a dead person?AThey wrapped him in quiltBThey put something he had used with himCThey placed a mask made of jewellery over his face第二部分 阅读理解（共两节，满分 40 分）第一节（共 15
12、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。AMy students often tell me that they dont have “enough time“ to do all their schoolwork.My reply is often a brief “You have as much time as the president.“ I usually carry on a bit about there being twenty-four hours in the day for
13、everyone, and suggest that “not enough time“ is not an acceptable explanation of not getting something done.Once in graduate school, I tried to prove to one of my professors by saying that I was working hard. His answer to me was, “Thats irrelevant (无关的). Whats important is the quality of your work.
14、“ Since then I have had time to think carefully about the “hard worker“ dodge (诀窍 ), and I have come to some conclusions- all relevant to the problem of how much time we have.If you analyze the matter, you can identify two parts of the problem: There is, of course, the matter of “time“, which we can
15、 think of as fixed. Then there is the problem of “work“ during that time. But, as my professor suggested, its not how hard one works but the quality of the product thats important.5That led me to a new idea: the quality of the work. That concept is perhaps best explained by a sign I once saw on the
16、wall in someones office: “Dont work harder. Work smarter.“ There is a lot of sense in that idea.If you cant get more time, and few of us can, the only solution is to improve the quality of the work. That means thinking of ways to get more out of the same time than we might otherwise get. That should
17、 lead us to an analysis of our work habits. Since “work“ for students usually means “homework“, the expression “work habits“ should be read as “study habits“.Then, as a smart student, you will seek to improve those skills that you use in study, chiefly reading and writing. If you learn to read bette
18、r and write better, there are big benefits that pay off in all your studies.21.We can infer from the 2nd paragraph that we students still _.A. have enough timeB. can meet the presidentC. get everything done wellD. should accept the explanation22.Which of the following is TRUE according to the passag
19、e?A. The authors students make good use of their time to do all their homework.B. The author tried to tell the professor that he/she (author) had done a good job.C. You cant improve the quality of the work if you cant get more time.D. Youll try to improve your skills in reading and writing if youre
20、a clever student.23.Whats the passage mainly about?A. Students dont have enough time. B. No one can get more time.C. Dont work harder; work smarter.D. Read better and write better.B6Most people agree that honesty is a good thing. But does Mother Nature agree? Animals cant talk, but can they lie in o
21、ther ways? Can they lie with their bodies and behavior? Animal experts may not call it lying, but they do agree that many animals, from birds to chimpanzees, behave dishonestly to fool other animals. Why? Dishonesty often helps them survive. Many kinds of birds are very successful at fooling other a
22、nimals. For example, a bird called the plover sometimes pretends to be hurt in order to protect its young. When a predator（猎食动物）gets close to its nest, the plover leads the predator away from the nest. How? It pretends to have a broken wing. The predator follows the “hurt“ adult, leaving the baby bi
23、rds safe in the nest. Another kind of bird, the scrub jay, buries its food so it always has something to eat. Scrub jays are also thieves. They watch where others bury their food and steal it. But clever scrub jays seem to know when a thief is watching them. So they go back later, unbury the food, a
24、nd bury it again somewhere else.Birds called cuckoos have found a way to have babies without doing much work. How? They dont make nests. Instead, they get into other birds nests secretly. Then they lay their eggs and fly away. When the baby birds come out, their adoptive parents feed them. Chimpanze
25、es, or chimps, can also be sneaky. After a fight, the losing chimp will give its hand to the other. When the winning chimp puts out its hand, too, the chimps are friendly again. But an animal expert once saw a losing chimp take the winners hand and start fighting again. Chimps are sneaky in other wa
26、ys, too. When chimps find food that they love, such as bananas, it is natural for them to cry out. Then other chimps come 7running. But some clever chimps learn to cry very softly when they find food. That way, other chimps dont hear them, and they dont need to share their food.As children, many of
27、us learn the saying “You cant fool Mother Nature.“ But maybe you cant trust her, either.24A plover protects its young from a predator by_.A. getting closer to its young B. driving away the adult predatorC. leaving its young in another nest D. pretending to be injured25By “Chimpanzees, or chimps, can
28、 also be sneaky“ (paragraph 5), the author means_.A. chimps are ready to attack others B. chimps are sometimes dishonestC. chimps are jealous of the winners D. chimps can be selfish too26Which of the following is true according to the passage?A. Some chimps lower their cry to keep food away from oth
29、ers.B. The losing chimp won the fight by taking the winners hand.C. Cuckoos fool their adoptive parents by making no nests.D. Some clever scrub jays often steal their food back.27Which of the following might be the best title of the passage?A. Do animals lie? B. Does Mother Nature fool animals?C. Ho
30、w do animals learn to lie? D. How does honesty help animals survive?CImagine that you are in school, giving a speech to your class. Now think what it feels like when stammering (口吃) makes it a struggle to communicate 8your thoughts and feelings to other people.The Kings Speech, which won the best pi
31、cture at the Academy Awards in March, 2011, focuses on stammering along with other speech-related problems. The movie tells the story of Britains King George VI, who became king after his brother Edward VIII gave up the crown to marry an American woman. As a result of British actor Colin Firths perf
32、ormance, people are starting to realize that stammering can damage a persons self-confidence and cause him or her to escape from life. “The serious problem is unseen and unheard,” said Norbert Lieckfeldt, an expert at the British Stammering Association, in an interview with a news reporter. “Stammer
33、ing masks your ability,” he said. “Its a serious disability.”Most stammerers face bullying (欺负) in school, something that is “usually carried over into the workplace”. George VIs stammer took away his confidence as a speaker. But Samantha Mesango, a speech coach based in the UK, believes that speech
34、 problems are more common than most people realize. “Some simply dont like the sound of their own voice; others are scared of speaking in public,” she said. Travis Treats from StLouis University praised The Kings Speech. He said it shows that “how ones speech does not mean what one is inside”. He al
35、so added that people who stammer need to be heard and our society should recognize that they have a lot to give to the world. 28The author writes the first 3 paragraphs to . A. show how harmful stammer is for common peopleB. introduce a famous movie winning great awardsC. tell the story of the king
36、who suffers from stammerD. draw readers attention to the problem of stammer29We learn from the passage that .A. stammerers face bullying in school but not in the workplace9B. Edward VIII gave up his crown because he was a stammererC. stammerers should be understood and can contribute to the worldD.
37、the sufferings caused by stammer havent been found yet30According to Norbert Lieckfeldt, A. the voice of stammering people cannot be heardB. people who stammer do better in work than schoolC. there are a lot of things that stammering people can give to usD. the serious problem of stammering remains
38、unseen and unheard31The paragraph that follows the last will probably talk about A. the success the king made by overcoming stammerB. the medical treatments given to the stammerersC. doctors opinions upon the serious stammer problemD. how popular the movie The Kings Speech will becomeDWhy should man
39、kind explore space? Why should money, time and effort be spent exploring and researching something with so few apparent benefits? Why should resources be spent on space rather than on conditions and people on Earth? These are questions that, understandably, are very often asked.Perhaps the best answ
40、er lies in our genetic makeup as human beings. What drove our ancestors to move from the trees into the plains, and on into all possible areas and environments? The wider the spread of a species, the better its chance of survival. Perhaps the best reason for exploring space is this genetic tendency
41、to expand wherever possible.Nearly every successful civilization has explored, because by doing so, any dangers in surrounding areas can be identified and prepared for. Without knowledge, we may be completely destroyed by the danger. With knowledge, we can lessen its effects.Exploration also allows
42、minerals and other potential resources to be found. Even if we have no immediate need of them, they will perhaps be useful later. Resources may be more than physical possessions. Knowledge or techniques have 10been acquired through exploration. The techniques may have medical applications which can
43、improve the length or quality of our lives. We have already benefited from other spin-offs including improvements in earthquake prediction, in satellites for weather forecasting and in communications systems. Even non-stick pans and mirrored sunglasses are by-products of technological developments i
44、n the space, the chance to save ourselves might not exist.While many resources are spent on what seems a small return, the exploration of space allows creative, brave and intelligent members of our species to focus on what may serve to save us. While space may hold many wonders and explanations of h
45、ow the universe was formed or how it works, it also holds dangers. The danger exists, but knowledge can help human being to survive. Without the ability to reach out across space, the chance to save ourselves might not existWhile Earth is the only planet known to support life, surely the adaptive ab
46、ility of humans would allow us to live on other planets. It is true that the lifestyle would be different, but human life and cultures have adapted in the past and surely could in the future.32What is the reason for exploring space based on Paragraph2?A. Humans are nature-born to do so.B. Humans hav
47、e the tendency to fightC. Humans may find new sources of food.D. Humans dont like to stay in the same place.33The underlined word “spin-offs” in Paragraph 4 probably refers to_.A. survival chances B. potential resourcesC. unexpected benefits D. physical possessions34What makes it possible for humans
48、 to live on other planets?A. Our genetic makeup. B. Resources on the earth.C. The adaptive ability of humans11D. By-products in space exploration.35Which of the statements can best sum up the passage?A. Space exploration has created many wonders.B. Space exploration provided the best value for money.C. Space exploration allows resources to be found.D. Space exploration may help us avoid potential problems on Earth.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。Americans use many expressions with the word “dog”. People in the United States love their
