江西省赣州市十四县市学年高二英语上学期期中联考试题.docx

1、江西省赣州市十四县市学年高二英语上学期期中联考试题2018-2019学年第一学期赣州市十四县（市）期中联考高二年级英语试卷第I卷第一部分听力（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 is the woman eating?A. Some fruit. B. Some cookies. C. Some chocolate.2. What is the man pro

2、bably?A. A visitor. B. A guide. C. A passerby.3. Where does the conversation probably take place?A. At a clinic. B. In a gym. C. In a hotel.4. Why does the woman ask for another beefsteak?A. She is too hungry.B. Her husband likes it.C. Her first beefsteak is on the ground.5. Why did the woman get th

3、e book so late?A. The man forgot it.B. The mans boss forgot it.C. The woman wasnt at home.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，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。听第6段材料，回答第6至7题。6. What kind of person is Mr. Zhang?A. Kind. B. Humo

4、rous.C. Generous.7. What does the man learn from Mr. Zhang?A. Maths. B. Jokes. C. Historic stories.听第7段材料，回答第8至9题。8. What product does the man plan to buy?A. A tape. B. A radio. C. A recorder.9. What does the man think of the product?A. It looks good. B. It is a wellknown brand. C. It is of poor qua

5、lity.听第8段材料，回答第10至12题。10. Where are the two speakers?A. In a museum. B. In a car. C. In a shop.11. Why do they go into the shopping mall?A. The exhibition is there. B. Theyll do some shopping. C. Theyre lost.12. What is Calvin Klein?A. A designer. B. A businessman. C. An artist.听第9段材料，回答第13至16题。 13.

6、 What did the woman do last night?A. She went to a cocktail party.B. She met some nice people.C. She learned American social customs.14. When does the cocktail party start?A. At 5：30 pm. B. At 6 pm. C. At 7：30 pm.15. What is the purpose of their cocktail party according to the man?A. To welcome newc

7、omers.B. To celebrate Christmas.C. To follow the American custom.16. What does the French phrase “faux pas” mean?A. Friend. B. Social manner. C. Mistake.听第10段材料，回答第17至20题。 17. When is the high tourist season in England?A. June and July. B. August and September. C. July and August.18. When is the hol

8、iday period of state schools in England?A. From earlyJuly to midAugust.B. From midJuly to midAugust.C. From about midJuly to the end of August.19. Where do people prefer to stay for holidays?A. In hotels.B. In boarding houses.C. In rented houses.20. What may British people refuse to do?A. Change the

9、 times of their holidays.B. Try new places to take holidays.C. Talk about their holidays.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。A Off the Beaten Cart Path The best-selling travel book which includes over 200 new places of interest, over 200 new full

10、-color photographs, and all-new, up-to-date maps. It includes over 1,000 of the United States most must-see destinations.Cover price: $ 30.00 Our price: $ 19.80 Parents The most popular magazine for parents who want to raise smart and loving children. It has child development guidance, advice on you

11、r childs health and safety, and the best way to encourage your childs learning.Cover Price: $ 26.00 Our price: $ 12.60 Best Weekend Projects The projects are chosen from 80 special ideas to create an unusual living space. They are practical, as well as creative. They will improve your home and yard

12、and can be made on weekends. And the most important of all, they are easy to follow. Cover Price: $ 17.95 Our price: $ 13.90 Lucky The shopping magazine with the best buys, and the fashion tips. Youll need them before you go to the stores. What makes Lucky really special is that it gives you the inf

13、ormation you need before anyone else has it. Cover Price: $ 18.50 Our Price: $ 15.50 21. How much can you save to buy a copy of Best Weekend Projects now? A. $ 13.4. B. $ 10.2. C. $ 4.05. D. $ 3.22. Which book can give you some advice on shopping? A. Parents. B. Lucky. C. Off the Beaten Cart Path. D

14、. Best Weekend Projects. 23. Who may like the book Off the Beaten Curt Path most? A. Ladies loving shopping. B. Parents with new-born babies. C. Husbands wanting to improve their home. D. Persons loving traveling in America.24. What does the passage most probably belong to? A. A story. B. A report.

15、C. A notice. D. An advertisement. BWhenever we see a button on a doorbell or on a remote, we may press it. This is true in most cases. But some buttons are actually fake(假的), like the “close” button on an elevatorMany people are in the habit of pressing the “close” button because they dont have the

16、patience to wait for the elevator doors to shut. But according to experts, the buttons are a complete trickthe doors will not close any faster however hard you press.It started in the 1990s when the Americans with Disabilities Act was passed, making sure that all elevators stayed open long enough so

17、 that people with disabilities could enter. Only firefighters and maintenance workers(维修工) can use the buttons to speed up the door-closing process if they have a code or special keys. But to normal elevator riders, the buttons arent completely useless.According to psychologists, fake buttons can ac

18、tually make you feel better by offering you a sense of control. Experts have showed that a lot of buttons that dont do anything exist in our lives for this same purpose. For example, pedestrian crosswalk buttons dont live up to their names. Pressing them used to help make the traffic signals change

19、faster, but that was before computer-controlled traffic signals were introduced.But psychologists found it interesting that even when people are aware of these little “white lies”. They still continue to push fake buttons because as long as the doors eventually close, it is considered to be worth th

20、e effort.That habit is here to stay, John Kounios, a psychology professor at Drexel University in the US, told The New York Times. “After all, Ive got nothing else to do while waiting. So why not try the chance?”25. The author writes the text to_.A. inform readers of kinds of fake buttonB. analyze w

21、hat roles fake buttons playC. explore different ways to push buttonsD. explain why fake buttons were introduced26. The underlined “for this same purpose” in Paragraph 4 probably refers to_.A. making people more patientB. improving peoples bad moodC. helping people build up confidenceD. offering peop

22、le a sense of control27. What can we know from John Kounios words?A. Pressing fake buttons is of no meaning at all.B. People dont know that what they press is fake.C. Some people press fake buttons just to kill time.D. People are supposed to quit pressing fake buttons.CHave you ever run into a carel

23、ess cell phone user on the street? Perhaps they were busy talking, texting or checking updates on WeChat without looking at what was going on around them. As the number of this new “species” of human has kept rising, they have been given a new name phubbers（低头族）.Recently, a cartoon created by studen

24、ts from China Central Academy of Fine Arts put this group of people under the spotlight. In the short film, phubbers with various social identities bury themselves in their phones. A doctor plays with his cell phone while letting his patient die, a pretty woman takes selfie（自拍照）in front of a car acc

25、ident site, and a father loses his child without knowing about it while using his mobile phone. A chain of similar events eventually leads to the destruction of the world.Although the ending sounds overstated, the damage phubbing can bring is real. Your health is the first to bear the effect and res

26、ult of it. “Constantly bending your head to check your cell phone could damage your neck,” Guangming Daily quoted doctors as saying. “the neck is like a rope that breaks after long-term stretching.” Also, staring at cell phones for long periods of time will damage your eyesight gradually, according

27、to the report.But thats not all. Being a phubber could also damage your social skills and drive you away from your friends and family. At reunions with family or friends, many people tend to stick to their cell phones while others are chatting happily with each other and this creates a strange atmos

28、phere, Qilu Evening News reported.It can also cost you your life. There have been lots of reports on phubbers who fell to their death, suffered accidents, and were robbed of their cell phones in broad daylight.28. For what purpose does the author give the example of a cartoon in Paragragh2?A. To adv

29、ertise the cartoon made by students.B. To inform people of the bad effects of phubbing.C. To indicate the world will finally be destroyed by phubbers.D. To warn doctors against using cell phones while treating patients.29. Which of the following is NOT a risk a phubber may have?A. His social skills

30、could be affected.B. He will cause the destruction of the world.C. His neck and eyesight will be gradually harmed.D. He might get separated from his friends and family.30. Which of the following may be the authors attitude towards phubbing?A. Objective. B. Supportive. C. Optimistic. D. Opposed.31. W

31、hat may the passage talk about next?A. Advice on how to use a cell phone.B. People who are addicted to phubbing.C. The possible consequences of phubbing.D. Measures to reduce the risks of phubbing.DCounterfeit(假的) medicines are a widespread problem in developing countries. Like other counterfeits, t

32、hey look like real products. But counterfeit drugs may contain too little or none of the active ingredients of the real thing.People do not get the medicine they need. And in some cases, counterfeits cause death. Twenty children in Bangladesh died last year after being given acetaminophen(对乙酰氨基酚).The medications contained ingredients that looked