山东省济宁市学年高二英语上学期期中试题含答案.docx

1、山东省济宁市学年高二英语上学期期中试题含答案山东省济宁市2019-2020学年高二英语上学期期中试题注意事项：本试卷满分为150分，时量为120分钟选择题部分第一部分听力（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纸上。第一节听下面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 time is it now?A.10:10. B.10:05. C.9:05. 2.Where is the mans bi

2、ology textbook?A. Next to the TV. B. Under his bed. C. On the cupboard.3.What does the man think is the best way to get to know a place?A. Seeing travel films about it. B. Going there in person. C. Reading descriptions of it.4. Why does the woman make an early appointment?A. The tests must be done i

3、n the morning.B. She mustnt eat before the tests.C. She doesnt want to take time off work.5. What do we know about the woman?A. She will call the man at noon.B. She has a meeting this evening.C. She plans to play badminton this afternoon.第二节(共15小题；每小题1分，满分15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三个项中

4、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，各小题给出5秒钟的作答时间。每段对话或独白读两遍。听下面一段对话，回答第6和第7两个小题。6.Where are the speakers probably?A. At home. B. In a theatre. C. In a store.7.What kind of films does the woman want now?A. The ones that have sorrowful stories.B. The ones that make her pleased. C. The

5、ones that can get her attention.听第7段材料，回答第8至9题。8.Where does this conversation probably take place?A. In a supermarket. B. In a cinema. C. In a restaurant. 9.What do we know about the woman?A. She is trying to keep healthy now.B. She doesnt like eating chocolate.C. She pays for the food.听第8段材料，回答第10至

6、12题。10.What did the government ask all adults to do?A. Learn special skills. B. Help out in the war. C. Work on Christmas Day.11.What did the woman do during World War ?A. She nursed the injured. B. She trained nurses.C. She worked in the government.12.Why were the Manchester City Rest Centers short

7、 of staff?A. People got wounded in the war.B. People went home after days of hard work. C. People were away for Christmas holidays.听第9段材料，回答第13至16题。13.What is the womans purpose in talking to the man?A. To ask him to help arrange an interview. B. To interview him about his job.C. To beg him to do th

8、e school project.14.What does the man do?A. A professor. B. An accountant. C.A driver.15.What is the man going to do?A. Have an interview with the woman.B. Share his opinions about diving.C. Make a telephone call.16.How does the woman feel about the project at last?A. Confident. B. Worried. C. Annoy

9、ed.听第10段材料，回答第17至20题。17.What is the speaker doing?A. Reporting a match live. B. Cheering for his team. C. Coaching a football team.18.Why is the match starting late?A. The weather is terrible. B. The traffic is heavy. C. One player is badly injured.19.What happened after the match was on for 2 minut

10、es?A. The fans shouted happily for the goal.B. Hank took the ball from Parker.C. Rossi fell on the ground.20.Who has kicked a goal?A. Rossi. B. Hank. C. Parker.第二部分阅读理解（共两节，满分35分）第一节（共10小题；每小题2.5分，满分25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，并在答题纸上将该项涂黑。AStepinac has become one of the first high schools i

11、n the country to drop all textbooks and replace them with a “digital library”. When students started classes on Monday, they were zipping to an app on their laptops and had instant access to all 40 texts in the Stepinac curriculum (课程).Dennis Lauro, director of an information center which provides t

12、echnical support to public schools in New York, said neither he nor his colleagues were aware of a similar digital effort in a public school setting. “This is the wave of the future.” Lauro said. “Im not surprised that a private school would beat the public schools to it. They have the ability to ju

13、st do it. There is so much politics involved in public schools, when it comes to a move like that, needing approval from boards and committees.”For Tom Collins, Stepinacs president, the commitment to digital source material was not so difficult a decision. In the past, students families had to spend

14、 up to $ 700 a year on textbooks. This year after the one-time purchase of a laptop families only need to pay $ 150. Using the digital library is almost as easy as opening a new book. A student can instantly lap into a digital book and open a map of Egypt or a speech by President John F. Kennedy. A

15、teacher can show a page from a digital book on a whiteboard at the front of the class or send students a link to a particular math problem with notes added in.The first few weeks may bring some challenges. Stepinac officials expect some parental discomfort over dropping concrete books. They recogniz

16、e there may be technical faults at first. And they will have to encourage students to leave space-eating photos and music off their laptops and to keep their laptops charged. 21. What is going on in Stepinac? A. Its building a new library. B. Its changing its management patternC. Its updating its di

17、gital resources. D. Its reforming its textbooks.22. By saying the underlined sentence, Lauro believes _ .A. its a trend for schools to go digital B. private schools have their advantagesC. the effort is to cause instant changes D. public schools face great challenges23. Who may worry about the move

18、in Stepinac?A. Parents. B. Technicians. C. Officials. D. Teachers.BDo you like to show off your expensive items? You could find yourself without friends! Scientists prove that expensive status symbols make you look less socially attractive.Items such as a fancy car and a Rolex watch are often though

19、t to increase our social standing(地位) and often come with a high price tag(标签).According to the latest research, however, it has the opposite effect and people would prefer to be friends with someone who places less value on material objects.“Often we think that status symbols will make us look more

20、 socially attractive to others,” says Stephen Garcia, the studys leading author from the University of Michigan. He adds, “However, our research suggests that these status signals actually make us look less socially attractive.The researchers conducted six studies which assessed how people presented

21、 themselves and how people viewed strangers. People who chose to wear higher status items tended to get a negative response, but people wanted to be friends with people who preferred lower status symbols.The study took the role of the luxury(奢侈) item to see if it was possible that the expensive item

22、 itself played a part in peoples reactions. The definition of a status symbol changed based on a persons socioeconomic status, but the same effect of keeping off potential friends was seen regardless of social position.At a social level, we may be wasting billions of dollars on expensive status symb

23、ols that finally keep others from wanting to associate with us, says Kimberlee Weaver Livnat at the University of Haifa. She says, And to the extent that close friendships are important to well-being, and we may be unintentionally hurting ourselves.”However, Patricia Chen of the National University

24、of Singapore said this does not necessarily mean status symbols are a bad thing. She says, Our findings right now only apply to the formation of new friendships. Status symbols may be beneficial at other times and in other settings, such as when trying to establish new business contacts.”24.Which is

25、 the negative influence of expensive status symbols?A. Preventing people from making friends. B. Lowering peoples social status. C. Doing harm to peoples health absolutely. D. Changing people s consumption concept.25.Who may be more popular among friends according to the text?A. People who are very

26、rich. B. People with high social status.C. People with charming appearance. D. People who keep a low status. 26.What attitude does Patricia Chen have towards status symbols?A. Unconcerned. B. Positive. C. Critical. D. Casual.CDoing business nowadays without a cellphone? Living a very private life? I

27、 cant imagine it anymore.Journalist Chris Stokel-Walker explained it very well: For the average working person, theres no greater feeling than powering down your computer and kissing goodbye to your work emails for the day. If were lucky enough to disconnect from the job on evenings and weekends, we

28、re overjoyed to leave work emails and the stress that comes with it in the office.But experts say were increasingly failing to do so, instead bringing the burden home with us and dealing with emails during our free time. Unsurprisingly, this routine has some serious consequences.Working abnormal or

29、long hours has long been linked with depression(抑郁症), anxiety and even heart disease. In addition, the importance of weekend recovery has also been linked with weekly job performance and personal initiative(主动性). And further research showed psychological detachment(脱离) during off-work time reduced e

30、motional exhaustion caused by high job demands and helped people stay engaged.So, if we know all this, it begs the question: Why are we still letting work bother our precious weekend? According to Cary Cooper, professor of Organizational School, the recent trend even spills into the way we access ou

31、r work communications and projects.Today, says Cooper, work emails are just a tap of a smartphone away. “You dont carry your laptop around when youre out to dinner, but you do carry your mobile phone,” he says. “The smartphone does not make up for what is lost.” So delete your work email account fro

32、m your inbox(收件箱), and leave the worries until Monday. 27. What did Chris Stokel-Walker try to stress?A. The development of office work. B. The importance of working hard. C. The pleasure of completing work. D. The power of modern technology.28. What does the underlined part “this routine” in Paragraph 3 refer to?A. Using a cellphone. B. Working in personal time. C. Failing to work