高二上学期期中考试英语试题含答案.docx

1、高二上学期期中考试英语试题含答案第I卷（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）听下面五段对话。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 happened to the orange juice?A. The woman hid it.B. The man drank it up.C. The man

2、broke its container.2. Where is the woman going?A. To the school.B. To her grandfathers.C. To the shopping center.3. When does the news begin?A. At 6:30. B. At 7:00. C. At 6:00.4. What does the man mean?A. Nobody can be perfect.B. To do as well as you can is important.C. Its difficult to do somethin

3、g important.5. How many people are there in the womans family?A. Four. B. Five. C. Six. 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至8题。6. What does the woman remind the man of?A. Giving out their i

4、nvitations.B. Finishing his report on time.C. Todays dinner at Mr. Johnsons.7. When did the speakers most probably receive the invitation?A. Yesterday. B. Today. C. Several days ago.8. How will they go there?A. By bus. B. By taxi. C. On foot.听第7段材料，回答第9至11题。9. How often is the sports meeting held?A.

5、 Once a term. B. Once a year. C. Once a month.10. What match did the woman probably win last year?A. Table tennis. B. High jump. C. 800-meter run.11. What is the trouble with the woman?A. She has a cough.B. She has a headache.C. She had her leg broken.听第8段材料，回答第12至14题。12. What is Mr. Smiths telephon

6、e number?A. 233-2789. B. 233-2798. C. 213-2368.13. What is the relationship between the woman and Mr. Smith?A. Wife and husband.B. Teacher and student.C. Employer and employee.14. Where is Li Ping now?A. In Shanghai. B. In New York. C. In London.听第9段材料，回答第15至17题。15. What do we know about the woman?A

7、. She once worked abroad.B. She changes jobs too often.C. She has found a job in Japan recently.16. What did the man plan to do at first?A. Work in an old shop.B. Work in a supermarket.C. Open his own business.17. What is the man now?A. A businessman.B. A shop assistant.C. The owner of a supermarket

8、. 听第10段材料，回答第18至20题。18. Where will the American writer give a talk?A. In the library.B. At the bookshop.C. In the English Department Building.19. What will the writer talk about?A. Her latest novel.B. Her recent journey.C. Her successful story.20. Whom is the speaker talking to?A. Tourists. B. Stude

9、nts. C. Writers.第二部分 阅读理解（共20小题；每小题2分，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。ASmart Cameras to Help You Take Better PhotosGoogle ClipsOne of the latest to launch (发布) is Google Clips. It is designed to be put somewhere in a room to take pictures by itself. It ca

10、n also be attached to an object or a persons clothing.Google says machine learning helps the camera choose the best times and situations for taking pictures and videos. Interested buyers can join a waiting list to be informed when it is on the market.GoPro HeroGoPro also uses machine learning to pow

11、er its QuikStories characteristic. This tool takes existing photos and videos and automatically (自动地) creates a finished video piece, complete with music and effects.Snap SpectaclesMessaging app Snapchat sells a pair of sunglasses with a built-in camera that can record short videos with the push of

12、a button. Snap Inc. says the product, called Spectacles, is designed to “catch the moment, without taking you out of it.”The glasses can record short video clips that can be shared with Snapchat users. Snap Inc. has started selling its Spectacles sunglasses online in the United States.Apple iPhone X

13、Apples new iPhone X is being launched with its new Face ID system that it says will unlock the phone just by having the user look at it. This replaces the Touch ID on previous ones that used a fingerprint to unlock the phone.Apple says the system works by projecting more than 30,000 dots on the face

14、 to create a kind of map. Apple says its facial recognition is even secure enough to allow payments through its Apple Pay service.21. What is the special function of Google Clips?A. It can play videos by itself.B. It can take pictures automatically.C. It can change photos into videos.D. It can provi

15、de music and effects.22. Which of the following can now be bought on the Internet?A. Google Clips B. GoPro Hero C. Snap Spectacles D. Apple iPhone X23. How is Apple iPhone X unlocked?A. By a fingerprint. B. By facial recognition.C. By pushing a button. D. By making a map.BMiles was born in Alton, a

16、city on the Mississippi River in Illinois on May 26, 1926. Miless father was a dentist, while his mother was a music teacher. Miles had a good childhood, catching fish and riding horses with his older sister and younger brother. He was known as a naughty boy in school.He recalls his story, “By the a

17、ge of 12, music had become the most important thing in my life.” His mother, a violinist herself, dearly wanted her son to play the violin. But brass (铜管) was Miless calling, and he remembers arguments between their parents as his dad overruled her to fight his sons corner. He received his first tru

18、mpet (喇叭) in 1935 and began weekly music lessons with his fathers friend Mr. Elwood, his life-long teacher.Talking about his school days, Miles said that Mr. Buchanan was the biggest influence on his life. He was the person who took Miles all the way into music at that time. He wanted to be a musici

19、an that he had dreamed.When he was 16, Miles met his girlfriend, Irene Birth. Although she was a beautiful young woman in many ways, it was her easy-going character that attracted Miles. At the weekends, Miles and Irene would take the bus over the Mississippi River to St Louis to watch movies and go

20、 dancing. Although Miles was too shy to really enjoy dancing, he always felt confident when he danced with Irene.When he turned 17, she persuaded him to ask for a job in his bandEddie Handles Blue Devils. It worked. Joining the band was a breakthrough for Miles, and marked the time when he first beg

21、an to write and arrange music.24. What can we learn from Paragraph 1?A. Miles had no schooling in his childhood.B. Miles had a comfortable family.C. Miless parents were strict with him.D. Miles caught fish for meals.25. What does the underlined phrase “fight his sons comer” in Paragraph 2 mean?A. He

22、lp mother to beat Miles. B Hit Miles in the comer.Defend Miless choice. D. Prevent Miles from choosing music.26. Who influenced Miles most in music according to the text?A. His Father. B. His mother. C. Mr. Elwood. D. Mr. Buchanan.27. Which of the following i$ the correct order of Miles life experie

23、nce?a. He fell in love with Irene.b. He began to write and arrange music.c. He caught fish and rode horses.d. He had music lessons with Mr. Elwood.e. He dreamed to be a musician.f. He saw films and went dancing.A. b-c-e-f-d-a B. c-a-b-e-d-f C. c-d-c-a-f-b D. c-c-d-b-a-fCOne of the most efficient way

24、s to achieve peace and speed up economies (经济) is to provide girls with better education and more rights. Today, girls lack of access (进入) to basic education is getting more serious when it comes to the use of digital (数码的) technology, leaving them far behind boys. And because the world is even more

25、 digital, those who lack basic internet skills will find it increasingly more difficult to take part in the formal economy, to get a quality education, and to have their voices heard.Since 2018 the global gender gap (性别差异) in male and female access to the Internet has actually increased from 11 to 1

26、2 percent. Worse yet, women and girls living in the poorest countries are 31 percent less likely than men and boys to have access to the Internet. In developing countries, some 200 million fewer women than men own a mobile phone, the most common means of internet access there. This digital divide is

27、 increasing, and should it continue at the present pace, it is projected that over 75 percent of women and girls will lack internet access and digital skills.There are many causes of the digital gender gap. They include girls exclusion (排斥) from basic education, from specific technology education an

28、d high costs of mobile phones and internet access.Indeed, one of the so-called reasons why girls may be discouraged from learning how to access and use digital technology is also a groundless one: that girls are simply not good at using technology.Without the help of the government, most of the bene

29、fits of technological change will be enjoyed only by men, exacerbating gender inequality.28. What does the passage mainly tell us?A. Women suffer a lot from the poor economy.B. Digital technology is greatly beneficial to men.C. The digital gender gap needs to be closed.D. Girls are lacking in basic

30、education.29. How is Paragraph 2 organized?A. By giving reasons. B. By giving numbers.C. By following time order. D. By giving examples.30. What is the writers attitude to the idea that girls are simply not good at using technology?A. Positive. B. Negative. C. Acceptable. D. Unconcerned.31. What doe

31、s the underlined word “exacerbating” in Paragraph 5 mean?A. worsening B. causing C. reducing D. improvingDIt might be something that you miss unless its pointed out to you. Next time you go to a public bathroom, take a look before you sit down on the toilet seat. You wont see a circle shape, but something designed not connected in the front part: a U.This is an open-front toilet seat, and thanks to the American Standard National Plumbing (水管装置) Technology, its the go-to for most public restrooms. This technol