山西省祁县第二中学学年高二上学期期中考试英语试题.docx

1、山西省祁县第二中学学年高二上学期期中考试英语试题山西省祁县第二中学2018-2019学年高二上学期期中考试第一部分：阅读理解（共两节，满分60分）第一节（共15小题；每小题3分，满分45分）阅读下列短文，从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项。AThe following are four adventure movies for kids.Toy StoryIn this story, toys come to life when nobody is watching. Woody, a cowboy doll, feels unhappy when a new spaceman

2、 figure Buzz takes his place as the favourite toy of six-year-old Andy. Buzz and Woody get into a fight and get trapped together in the next-door neighbours house and they have to find their way home. In that journey, they form a close friendship and work together through everything.How to Train You

3、r DragonYoung man Viking Hiccup wants to fight against the dragons that continually attack his town. But after finally catching his first dragon whom he names Toothless, Hiccup realizes that he no longer wants to kill it and instead treats it kindly. He learns that his people have misjudged the spec

4、ies.UpThe story is about Carl Fredrickson, a 78-year-old man who sets out to realize his lifelong dream of seeing the wilds of South America. He ties thousands of balloons to float his house and to travel to Paradise Falls with an unwelcome companion Russel, who is an eight-year-old explorer.Despica

5、ble MeGru wants to become the greatest thief by stealing the moon right out of the sky but he meets a challenge. The three girls he had adopted (收养) change his life in a way nobody would consider possible. The worlds greatest villain (坏人) ends up being from being super-bad to a super-dad.1. What do

6、we know about Buzz and Woody in the movie Toy Story?A. They fight with other toys. B. They become friends finally.C. They try to escape from Andy. D. They win a competition together.2. Which movie shows there is no age limit for adventurers?A. Up. B. Toy Story.C. How to Train Your Dragon. D. Despica

7、ble Me.3. What is special about the movie Despicable Me?A. It is a detective story. B. It is a family comedy.C. It is aimed at amusing kids. D. It is acted out by real people.BEveryone knew that Stuti was the best speller in the whole class. She could spell difficult words like “encyclopedia” and “a

8、mendment” very easily. She used to get perfect scores during each weekly spelling test.Ms. Daisy, her English teacher, made a rule for the spelling tests that any child who doesnt get at least 60% correct spellings would have to copy each word fifty times for next weeks spelling test. Seema, who sat

9、 next to Stuti always struggled with spellings. Last Thursday, she received 56 percent, which meant copying each word fifty times.Stuti was so confident about her spelling ability that she decided not to study for her next spelling test. The test began. Ms. Daisy pronounced each word and then repeat

10、ed it. Everything was OK until she read “Handkerchief”. Stuti scribbled h-a-n-d-k-e-r-c-h.now what? i or e? Her mind was blank.Ms. Daisy started to move on to the next word. Suddenly, Stuti realized that Seema knew how to spell it! Seema had written this word fifty times.There was wide open space be

11、tween Stuti and Seema. Stutis eyes rolled to the right. There it was; it was spelled out in Seemas handwriting. Her eyes went quickly back to her own paper and finished the word with the letters “i-e-f”.Stuti remained nervous as Ms. Daisy read the last word. She had cheated just for the first time i

12、n her life. She thought, “Is this the way I want to keep my perfect record-by being a cheater?”Frantically (手忙脚乱地), she erased what she had written earlier and replaced it with what she knew was the wrong answer. She wrote “e-i-f”. As she passed the test paper to the teacher with her sweaty hands, s

13、he sighed with relief. She thought, “So, what if my perfect scores are no longer perfect? At least my honesty is.”4. Why did Seema write the word “handkerchief” fifty times?A. She found it difficult to memorize it.B. She spelled the word incorrectly in the last test.C. She wanted to score full marks

14、 in the coming test.D. She got more than 40 % wrong spellings in the last test.5. What does the underlined word “scribbled?” probably mean?A. Wrote something quickly. B. Drew something carefully.C. Removed something suddenly. D. Pronounced something correct.6. What made Stuti nervous during the test

15、?A. She forgot the spelling of some words.B. She has too nervous to write a word.C She copied a word from Seemas paper.D. She couldnt hear her English teacher clearly.7. What does the author want to tell us?A. Better late than never. B. Pride goes before a fall.C. Honesty is the best policy. D. Lazy

16、 people take the most pains.CExercise is good for us. It reduces the risks of dying from all causes, including cancer and heart disease. But many people who work all week have little time for exercise. So, they might try to do something to increase their heart rates over the weekend-go for a long ru

17、n, take a bike ride or hike in the mountains. But is it healthy to avoid exercise during the work-week and then try to fit it all in during the weekend?A new study suggests that, yes, it is healthy. Australian researchers at the University of Sydney did the study. It took place over a nine-year peri

18、od. During that time, the researchers looked at the self-reported exercise habits and health examinations of more than 63,000 adults in England and Scotland. Then they connected that information to death records.The researchers found that people who exercised only one or two days a week improved the

19、ir chances of living longer than people who did not exercise at all. Even those who are fat could extend their lives by exercising a couple of days per week.Emmanuel Stamatakis is the senior author of the study. He says that he found it very encouraging that even people who exercised as little as on

20、e or two times a week appear to lower their risk of early death. In other words, their health improves even if they dont meet the suggested weekly amount of physical activity. However, to be in the best health, Stamatakis says more exercise is better.The WHO suggests that the adults should get at le

21、ast 150 minutes of moderate (适度的) to intense (剧烈的) activity per week. For the best results, the organization suggests 75 minutes per week of intense physical activity.However, if you are busy with work and family duties, exercise as much as you can.8. In which part of a website can we find this text

22、?A. Science. B. News. C. Sports. D. Health.9. What can we learn about the study?A. It was carried out in three places. B. It lasted for more than nine years.C. It studied both children and adults. D. It was led by Emmanuel Stamatakis.10. What does the study find?A. A little exercise is better than n

23、one.B. Wed better do exercise on weekdays.C. Exercise habits have a big influence on death.D. Fat people usually live shorter than thin people.11. What does Emmanuel Stamatakis suggest doing?A. Paying attention to the risk of early death.B. Trying to do more exercise if we have time.C. Getting at le

24、ast 150 minutes of activity a week.D. Avoiding doing much intense physical activity.DWhen Lenore Skenazy let her 9-year-old son take the New York subway home by himself 10 years ago, you would have thought that shed carried out a crime. Now Skenazy started the movement Free Range (放养的) Kids to bring

25、 up safe and independent children. Just this month, Utah became a free-range state, changing its law to protect parents from being charged with neglect (疏忽) for letting their kids walk alone, or wait in a car for an adult.Skenazy argues that the risks of giving children some freedom are exaggerated

26、(夸大). Skenazys mother used to send her outside at 5 to walk to school. That was just normal back then. And suddenly we hear stories about parents getting punished for letting their 10-year-old play outside.We get so used to not knowing our neighbors, not letting our kids walk to school, or play outs

27、ide, that nowadays, the kids are either in a car or in the backyard, and they dont get to know the neighborhood. In fact, the world has become safer. We have the technologies to keep track of almost everything our kids do. And so you think you must control them, and you think your child is something

28、 that has to be tracked like a package.The famous case for many parents was the Etan Patz case in New York in 1979. Patzs parents gave him permission for the first time to walk to the bus stop nearby. He was killed. The story is so terrible that we remember it two generations later. And we dont allo

29、w our kids to walk alone because of one terrible thing that happened 39 years ago. But we dont say, “I want to drive you to the dentist, but what if we get in a car accident? Think of those people who died in a car accident 39 years ago. I dont want to be like them. No, were not going.” And we recog

30、nize that it would be funny to think that way.12. What do we know about Lenore Skenazy?A. She used to have full control of her son.B. She was in favor of Utahs previous law.C. She suggests kids be allowed more freedom.D. She was once punished for neglecting her son.13. Which of the following is a re

31、ason why kids are kept at home nowadays?A. People remain distant.B. Kids dislike outdoor activities.C. Parents know little about accidents.D. The crime rate is slightly increasing.14. Whats the authors attitude towards parents act of keeping track of their kids?A. Unclear. B. Indifferent.C. Supporti

32、ve. D. Unfavorable.15. What is the main purpose of the last paragraph?A. To prove accidents are like crimes.B. To warn parents of a terrible crime.C. To argue against some parents worry.D. To point out the real danger to children.第二节（共5小题；每小题3分，满分15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。Oral English, also known as spoken English, is the form of English that is used when people are speaking to one another. Students who are learning English