学年山东省潍坊市寿光圣都中学高二下学期期中考试英语试题.docx

1、学年山东省潍坊市寿光圣都中学高二下学期期中考试英语试题山东省潍坊市寿光圣都中学2019-2020学年高二下学期期中考试英语试题第一部分 听力(共两节，满分30分)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 will the man do?A. Send an email. B. Call back later. C. Leave a message.2. When does the wo

2、man like to climb the hill?A. In the winter. B. In the spring. C. In the summer.3. What is the man doing?A. Doing back movements.B. Doing exercises for his stomach.C. Watching the new exercise program.4. What is the conversation mainly about?A. Cleaning the room. B. Buying school supplies. C. Cleari

3、ng up a school bag.5. What does the woman suggest the man do?A. Study hard. B. See a doctor. C. Find a part-time job.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。听第6段材料，回答第6、7题。6. Who is the woman?A. A writer. B.

4、 A singer. C. A teacher.7. What happened during the concert?A. The audience shouted loudly.B. The performance was stopped.C. All the lights went out suddenly.听第7段材料，回答第8至10题。8. Whats wrong with the womans computer?A. It runs too slow. B. It has a broken screen. C. It cant be used to type at all9. Ho

5、w to deal with the problem?A. By fixing a new system. B. By changing a part. C. By changing a keyboard10. What will the man do tomorrow morning?A. Have a meeting. B. Fix the computer. C. Buy a ring for the woman.听第8段材料，回答第11至13题。11. Who is in a meeting now?A. Helen. B. Mr. Smith. C. Mr. Green.12. Wh

6、at is the building across from the speakers?A. The office block. B. The storehouse. C. The production area.13. When was the new production equipment completed?A. Two months ago. B. One month ago. C. Half a month ago.听第9段材料，回答第14至17题。14. Who wrote to congratulate Jonas?A. Madonna. B. His college teac

7、her. C. Madonnas PR company.15. Where was Madonna born?A. In Washington D. C. B. In New York. C. In Detroit.16. What do we know about Madonnas mother?A. She died of disease. B. She was an engineer. C. She taught piano lessons.17. What happened to Madonna in 1978?A. She left college. B. She got a sch

8、olarship. C. She had a successful career.听第10段材料，回答第18至20题。18. Who is the audience for this speech?A. Adults in the workplace. B. Kindergarten students. C. High school students.19. Which state is improving the driving laws?A. New York. B. California. C. Massachusetts.20. Who is Joey Banks?A. A well-

9、known storyteller.B. The person giving the speech.C. A teenager who got in an accident.第二部分 阅读理解(共两节，满分50分)第一节(共15小题；每小题2.5分，满分37.5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。AFrom Antigua to Zanzibar, these spots promise an incredible trip for 2020.Antigua. GuatemalaAntigua is worth every penny, but that

10、 doesnt mean youll have to empty your wallet, says Hudson. There are plenty of budget-conscious activities. It wont cost you a coin to visit Santo Domingo del Cerro. an outdoor sculpture park. Wanting something sweet? Head to ChocoMuseo. Admission is free and so are the samples!Odessa, UkraineOdessa

11、 is having a bit of a tourism boom nationwide-not that were surprised, given its sandy beaches and pastel-colored buildings-but its still fairly under the order for international audiences. You can also count on this port city for affordable fun. Tickets to the Odessa Opera House start at a mere$2!?

12、Bogota, ColombiaTravelers on budget will find Colombias vast capital far more of a bargain and every hit as fascinating, says Hudson. Its free to visit Museo de Oro and on Sundays many of the big roads are closed to accommodate food carts, street entertainers, and pedestrians.ZanzibarZanzibar attrac

13、ts vacationers with its white sand beaches, greenish-blue tides, colorful coral reefs, and oceanfront seaside. Of course, wandering in historic Stone Town is pretty appealing too. Either way, you neednt spend a penny in this amazing place. Its also worth noting that Jozani Forest is the only place i

14、n the world you can see endangered red colobus monkeys.21. Which of the following requires admission fee?A. ChocoMuseo. B. Stone Town. C. Museo de Oro. D. Odessa Opera House.22. What is special to Zanzibar?A. White sand beaches. B. Colorful coral reefs.C. Red colobus monkeys. D. Historic Stone Town.

15、23. What do the four destinations have in common?A. They are coastal cities. B. They are inexpensive to visit.C. They welcome street entertainers. D. They will make your wallet empty.BAmerican actor James Dean has been dead for 64 years. James Dean, who died at the age of 25 in September 1955, starr

16、ed in just three movies before he died in a car accident. They are Rebel Without a Cause, East of Eden and Giant. Yet, he will star in a new movie about the Vietnam War thanks to digital technology, which generates images of James Dean by computer.The idea that one of the movies most beloved former

17、stars would be recreated digitally for a new film has been met with criticism. Captain America actor Chris Evans called the plans to use Deans image in the film disrespectful.However, Mark Roesler, the chairman of CMG said, Dean has more than 183,000 followers on Instagram, and that he is still impo

18、rtant today. He was known as Hollywoods rebel(叛逆) who famously said if a man can bridge the gap between life and death, if he can live after hes dead.then maybe he is a great man. Roesler added, What was considered rebellious in the 50s is very different from what is rebellious today, and we feel co

19、nfident that he would support this modern day act of rebellion.Anton Ernst, the films director，said. I respect Deans life and history. The movie is one of hope and love. There are still a lot of James Deans fans worldwide and there would always he critics. All we can do is to tell a great story.”Ern

20、st added, The Dean family views this as his fourth movie, a movie he never got to make. We do not want to let his fans down.24. Which film d记Chris Evans star in?A. Giant. B. East of Eden. C. Captain America. D. Rebel Without a Cause.25. What can we infer from what Roesler said?A. James Dean would su

21、pport the digital technology.B. James Deans rebellious spirit is about life and death.C. Roesler wanted to be a rebellious man like James Dean.D. James Dean thought he himself was a great man full of rebellion.26. What is the passage mainly about?A. The life story of James Dean.B. James Dean will st

22、ar in a new film.C. A once popular movie will be on again.D. The latest development of digital technology.27. Whats the attitude of James family towards his fourth movie?A. Supportive. B. Doubtful. C. Careful. D. Uninterested.CYou try to keep your eyes wide open while watching a basketball match or

23、a wonderful firework show in case you might miss something exciting in just the blink of an eye. But in fact, humans blink about 15 times per minute on average. Have you ever missed anything because you blinked? Probably not. Why is that?According to a new study published in the journal Current Biol

24、ogy in September, our brain has the ability to skip the temporary darkness when we blink. It can keep visual information for a short period of time and then put it together to form an image without interruption.In order to understand how this works, a group of scientists at the German Primate Center

25、 and the University Medical Center Gottingen in Germany conducted an experiment. In the study, the participants were asked to look at patterns on a screen whose direction could he interpreted in different ways, such as horizontally(水平地)or vertically(垂直地). When one pattern was about to disappear and

26、the next one was about to come, the participants had to indicate the direction that the next pattern would appear.The researchers found that when the directions of two patterns didnt match, the area in our brain which is responsible for visual memory was activated(刺激). This same area showed less act

27、ivity when two patterns were in the same direction.The medial prefrontal cortex(前额叶皮层)adjusts current visual information with previously obtained information, and thus enables us to perceive the world with more stability, even when we briefly close our eyes to blink, Caspar Schwiedrzik explained in

28、Science Daily. He is the first author of the study and also a scientist at the German Primate Center.28. We dont miss anything when blinking because our brain can .A. deal with the missing image B. remember all that we seeC. imagine what our eyes miss D. put our pieces of memory together29. What doe

29、s the underlined word it in Paragraph 2 refer to?A. Our brain. B. Visual information. C. Current Biology. D. The temporary darkness.30. What do we know about the experiment?A. The two patterns appear at the same time.B. Participants can interpret patterns differently.C. The different directions acti

30、vated visual memory.D. Visual memory can he more activated by similarity.31. What would be the best title for this passage?A. The Brains Structure B. The Brains Activated PatternsC. The Brains Special Skill D. The Brains ReactionD.Children are now more likely to want to work in social media or gamin

31、g than traditional Careers. According to a new survey, many from seven to 11-year-olds are looking at modern technology when they think about future jobs, rather than professions such as police officer or doctor.The survey involved 13,000 UK primary school children. They were asked to draw pictures

32、of the job they wanted to do when they grow up and then tell the reasons. It concluded that childrens career aspirations(志向)are often based on factors such as gender stereotypes(性别角色定型) or what theyve seen in the media, TV and film.For more and more children and young people, online celebrities and YouTube gaming videobloggers have taken the place of TV and movie stars, the report said. It cou