学年高二英语上学期期中试题.docx

1、学年高二英语上学期期中试题江西省铅山县第一中学2018-2019学年高二英语上学期期中试题试卷分值:150 考试时间:120分将卷答案用2B铅笔涂在答题卡上,卷用黑色钢笔答在答题纸上.卷(选择题 共100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卡上。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 time

2、 does Bill usually get up?A. Around 6:00. B. Around 6:30. C. Around 7:00.2. How will the woman pay for the toy?A. In cash. B. By credit card. C. By check. 3. What does the man mean?A. Hell pick up the womans parents. B. The woman cant leave early. C. Mr. Black wont come at 4 oclock. 4. Where is Pete

3、r now?A. At a restaurant. B. At home. C. In an office. 5. What is the man going to do first?A. Meet his teacher. B. Watch a movie. C. Do some shopping. 第二节听下面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，各小题将给出5秒钟的作答时间。每段对话或独白读两遍。听下面一段对话，回答第6和第7两个小题。6. What

4、 are the speakers mainly talking about?A. The coming party. B. The housing conditions.C. The house owner. 7. What was wrong with the house yesterday?A. Its electricity went off.B. Its pipe needed replacing. C. Its light was broken. 听下面一段对话，回答第8至第10三个小题。8. What is the date today?A. January 1st. B. De

5、cember 24th. C. December 25th. 9. What will the speakers do next?A. Buy gifts. B. Walk in the park. C. Attend a party. 10. What does the man say about the girls mother?A. She is hard to please. B. She needs a new hat. C. She doesnt like chocolates. 听下面一段对话，回答第11至第13三个小题。11. What does the man usually

6、 do first after breakfast?A. He goes to the studio. B. He does some exercise. C. He sees films. 12. What is the man?A. A director. B. A reporter. C. An actor. 13. How does the man spend his weekend?A. Reading books. B. Attending parties. C. Doing some shopping. 听下面一段对话，回答第14至第16三个小题。14. Why does Bet

7、ty make the call?A. To have a personal talk. B. To apply for a job at IBM. C. To make an appointment. 15. What should Betty do to complete the voicemail?A. Press 0. B. Press 1. C. Press 2. 16. When will Betty be available to answer the call?A. In the morning. B. In the afternoon. C. In the evening.

8、听下面一段独白，回答第17至第20四个小题。17. What is the exhibition about this year?A. Star posters. B. Railway posters. C. Holiday posters. 18. How long will the exhibition last a day?A. 7 hours. B. 6 hours. C. 5 hours. 19. Whats the special feature at the Arts Center?A. Alan Browns new film. B. Alan Browns stage pla

9、y. C. Alan Browns art exhibition. 20. Where can people make reservations for Detective in the Shadows?A. At Town Hall. B. At the Arts Center Cinema.C. At the Tourist Center. 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，选出最佳答案。AWelcome to the British Museum, the grandestand th

10、e mostspectacularof human history. The admission is free and we open everydayfrom10:00 to 15:30.You canexplore10 departments including:TheDepartment ofAfrica,Oceania and theAmericasThe collection of theDepartmentofAfrica, Oceania andtheAmericasincludes around 350,000 objects.The scope of thecollecti

11、on is contemporary, and historical.It includes mostofAfrica, the Pacific andAustralia, as wellas theAmericas.Allof the collections were gotduring the nineteenth and twentieth centuries and datefromthistime.TheDepartment ofAsiaTheDepartmentofAsiacoversthematerialandvisualculturesofAsiaa vastgeographi

12、calareaof Japan, Korea, China, CentralAsia,Afghanistan, SouthAsia and South-EastAsia.Thecollection dates fromabout4000 BC, to thepresentday.It represents thecultures and ways of life oflocalpeople and otherminoritygroups.TheDepartment ofGreekandRomanEmpiresTheDepartmentof Greek and Roman Empires fea

13、tures antiquities (古董). Ithas one of the most comprehensive collections ofantiquities fromthe Classical world, with over100,000objects.Thesemostlyrange in date fromthe beginningof theGreekBronzeAge (about3200BC) to the time of theRoman emperor Constantinein the fourth centuryAD.21.The scopeof theDep

14、artmentofAfrica, Oceania andAmericasdoesnt include.A.Africa B.theSouthAmerica C.Britain D.Australia 22. The Department of Asia represents_.A.thegeographic features ofAsiaB.the relationships betweenAsian countriesC.the life styles and cultural traditions ofsome peoplesD. the cultural fights between s

15、ome native groups23.Theearliestcollection is from .A.TheDepartmentofAsiaB.TheDepartmentofAfrica, Oceania andtheAmericasC.TheDepartmentof GreekandRoman EmpiresD.Allof the above BYears ago I worked at a factory in a small county. Every day I got up very early and often did much extra work at night. I

16、was so tired and exhausted. My whole life was hopeless. Then one day I read the following article from a magazine:A woman went to live with her husband in camp on the Mojave Desert during the war. She simply hated the place: the heat was almost un-bearable, 125 degrees in the shade, the wind blew in

17、cessantly (不间断地), and there was sand everywhere. Finally, in desperation (不顾一切地) she wrote to her parents in Ohio that she couldnt bear it another minute and was coming home.Quickly came the reply by airmail from her fatherjust two lines:Two men looked out from prison bars. One saw the mud, the othe

18、r saw stars.The daughter did some real thinking, not only with the intellect (思维) but also with her heart. She decided to stick to her post.She made friends with the natives, learned to love the country, and eventually wrote a book about it.The desert hadnt changed, but her attitude had. Because she

19、 listened with her heart to the words her father sent, a whole new world opened up to her.A change of attitude could change everything.After reading the article, I was deep in thought24. At first, the woman_ the life with her husband in the desert.A. could stand B. couldnt stand C. could acceptD. co

20、uldnt understand25. The womans father wanted to tell his daughter to_.A. stay with her husband. B. look at the mud. C. look at the stars. D. come home. 26. The main idea of this passage is that_.A. a woman went to live with her husband in camp.B. the desert hadnt changed, but her attitude had.C. a c

21、hange of attitude could change everything.D. the daughters parents wanted her to stay with her husband.27. After reading the story, the writer may_.A. give up the tiring work. B. go on the work.C. write a letter to father. D. go to the desert.CAs technology develops, school students who are off clas

22、s may have no fear of too much absence from class. A small robot may help those children recovering from a long-term illnesses in the hospital or at home. These children may feel isolated from their friends and classmates. The robot takes their place at school. Through the robot, the children can he

23、ar their teachers and friends. They also can take part in class from wherever they are recovering.Anyone who has had a long term illness knows that recovering at home can be lonely. This can be especially true of children. They may feel left out. Now these children may have a high-tech friend to fee

24、l less alone. And that friend is a robot. The robot is called AV1. AV1 goes to school for a child who is at home while recovering from a long-term illness. And the childs school friends must help. They carry the robot between classes and place the robot on the childs desk.A Norwegian company called

25、No isolation created the robot. The co-founders of No Isolation are Karen Dolva and Marius Aabel. Dolva explains how the robot AV1 works. She says, from home, the child uses a tablet or phone to start the robot. Then they use the same device（设备）to control the robots movements. At school, the robot b

26、ecomes the eyes, ears and voice of the child. The child can take part in classroom activities from wherever she/he is recovering-whether at home or from a hospital bed. The robot is equipped with speakers, microphones and cameras make communicating easy.28. Whats the meaning of the underlined word “

27、isolated”?A. to be difficult to deal with B. to be alone or unhappy C. to be curious D. to be hopeful29. What can we know about AV1?A. It can replace children to attend classes. B. It can go to school on its own. C. It is small and looks like a kid.D. It was created by Dolva and Aabel.30. How are th

28、e movements of AV1 controlled?A. By joining in classroom activities. B. By using a tablet or phone.C. Through a small camera. D. Through a small speaker. 31. Whats the robot mainly designed for ?A.Children who have just recovered from illnesses.B. Children who cant see, hear or speak.C. Children who

29、 are bored with going to school.D.Children who cant go to school for a long time.DIf your job requires a lot of sitting, you could be putting your health at danger.The American Journal of Epidemiology (流行病学) did a study in 2010 on the correlation (相互联系) between sitting and an individuals physical he

30、alth. In the study, 53,440 working men and 69,776 working women were surveyed on their time spent sitting. The subjects were all disease free when employed. The researchers identified 11,307 deaths in men and 7,923 deaths in women during the 14-year follow-up.The findings: Women who reported sitting

31、 for more than six hours per day had an approximately 40 higher all-cause death rate than those who reported less than three hours a day, and men had an approximately 20 higher death rate.Well, nows a fine time to get this information. But why didnt they tell me this years ago? I would have planned on taking a more active job instead of the sedentary (坐着的) job of an editor.So what can you do if you have to work for a living at a job that requires a lot of sitting? Here are some ideas:Take frequent breaks. It is recommended(推荐) that workers vary activities, change their position,