高二英语下学期第一次统考开学考试试题.docx

1、高二英语下学期第一次统考开学考试试题2019-2020年高二英语下学期第一次统考开学考试试题注意事项：1.本试卷由四个部分组成。其中，第一、二部分和第三部分的第一节为选择题。第三部分的第二节和第四部分为非选择题。2.答卷前，考生务必将自己的姓名、准考证号填写在答题卡上。3.回答选择题时，选出每小题答案后，用 2B 铅笔把答题卡上对应题目的答案标号涂黑；回答非选择题 时，将答案写在答题卡上，写在本试卷上无效。4.考试结束后，将本试卷和答题卡一并交回。第一节（共5个小题；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，从每题所给的A、B、C三个选项中选出最佳选项，并标在试卷的相

2、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. Where does the conversation probably take place?A. At the mans house. B. In a grocery. C. In a hotel.2. How much did the man pay for his suitcase?A. $60. B. $45. C. $15.3. Whats the woman worried about?A. Her sons health. B. Her sons study. C. Her so

3、ns hobbies.4. What will Mr. Peterson most probably do with the old house?A. He may rent it out as a restaurant.B. He may restore it into a restaurant.C. He may pull it down and build a new restaurant.5. Why does the man want to go home early?A. To read the TV Guide. B. To meet some astronomers. C. T

4、o watch a TV series.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，各小题将给出5秒钟的做答时间。每段对话或独白读两遍。听下面一段材料,回答第6至8题6. Which isnt needed in the long-distance examinations?A. Examination rooms. B. Examination supervisors. C. Pencils and

5、erasers.7. What can we learn from the conversation?A. The answers of the online test are transmitted by the Internet.B. The results of the online test will be out in a long time.C. Few will take part in the long-distance education in the future.8. How many branches do most of the net schools have?A.

6、 About ten. B. Uncertain. C. About five.听下面一段材料,回答第9至11题。9. Why does the man e to the woman?A. To get some information. B. To register for a master course.C. To inquire about the selective courses.10. When is the Learning Resource Center usually open?A. Five days a week, 9:00 a.m. to 5:30 p.m.B. Six

7、 days a week, 8:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.C. Five days a week, 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.11. Which is not a necessity for students to use the Learning Resource Center on Sundays?A. Booking it from the woman. B. Getting an important project.C. Booking it from their tutor.听下面一段材料,回答第12至14题。12. What do the two s

8、peakers talk about? A. Their trips to a foreign country. B. Their dinners in a restaurant. C. Their visits to some families.13. What did the man enjoy about his visit? A. The dinner and the gift. B. The girl and the atmosphere. C. The dinner and the atmosphere.14. What do we know about the woman? A.

9、 She is a foreign student. B. She will move into a new flat. C. She is familiar with the customs in this country.听下面一段材料,回答第15至17题。15. How much of the entertainment section is about stars affairs? A. Almost 70%. B. Almost 50%. C. Almost one third.16. Why do some media publish untrue stories about st

10、ars? A. To promote sales. B. To promote reputation. C. To mislead the public.17. What is the mans opinion? A. There should be more newspaper se舒中高二统考英语 第1页 (共10页)ctions about sports. B. The media should report more other matters than the stars affairs. C. The public figures should protect their priv

11、acy more carefully.听下面一段材料,回答第18至20题。18. What did the goat want to do when seeing the fox in the well? A. Drink the water. B. Help the fox out. C. Run away from the well.19. How did the fox get out of the well? A. By climbing up the wall. B. By climbing onto the back and horn of the goat. C. By the

12、help of her friends.20. What would the goat probably do in the end? A. Starve to death. B. Get out of the well. C. Kill the fox.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。AI was walking along the main street of a small seaside town in the north of Englan

13、d looking for somewhere to make a phone call. My car had broken down outside the town and I wanted to contact the AA pany. Low grey clouds were gathering across the sky and there was a cold damp wind blowing off the sea which nearly threw me off my feet every time I crossed one of the side streets.

14、It had rained in the night and water was dropping from the bare trees that lined the street. I was glad that I was wearing a thick coat.There was no sign of a call box, nor was there anyone at that early hour whom I could ask. I had thought I might find a shop open selling the Sunday papers or a mil

15、kman doing his rounds, but the town was pletely dead. The only living thing I saw was a thin frightened cat outside a small restaurant.Then suddenly I found what I was looking for. There was a small post office, and almost hidden from sight in a dark narrow street. Next to it was the towns only publ

16、ic call box, which badly needed a coat of paint. I hurried forward, but stopped in astonishment when I saw through the dirty glass that there was a man inside. He was fat, and was wearing a cheap blue plastic raincoat. I could not see his face and he didnt raise his head at the sound of my footsteps

17、.Carefully, I remained standing a few feet away and lit a cigarette to wait for my turn. It was when I threw the dead match on the ground that I noticed something bright red trickling from under the call box door.21. At what time was the story set? A. An early summer morning. B. A cold winter aftern

18、oon. C. An early winter morning. D. A windy summer afternoon.22. Which of the following words best describe the writers impression of the town? A. Cold and frightening. B. Empty and dead. C. Dirty and crowded. D. Unusual and unpleasant.23. The underlined word “trickling” in the last paragraph means

19、_. A. rushing out suddenly B. shining brightly C. flowing slowly in drops D. appearing quickly24. Why didnt the man raise his head when the writer came near? A. He was annoyed at being seen by the writer. B. He was angry at being disturbed by the writer. C. He was probably fast asleep. D. He was pro

20、bably murdered. BNo country in the world has more daily newspapers than the USA. There are almost xx of them, as pared with 180 in Japan, 164 in Argentina and 111 in Britain. The quality of some American papers is quite high and their views are used all over the world. Excellent newspapers like the

21、Washington Post or the New York Times have a powerful influence all over the country. However, they are not national newspapers in the sense that The Times is in Britain or Le Monde is in France, since each American city has its own daily newspaper. The best of these give detailed accounts of nation

22、al and international news, but most tend to limit themselves to state or city news to attract local readers. Like the press in most other countries, American newspapers report news from the “exciting” and “relaxing” to the serious. They try to entertain people as well as give information, for they h

23、ave to pete with the attraction of television.Just as American newspapers try to satisfy all tastes, they also try to attract readers of all political parties. A few newspapers support extremist groups on the far right and on the far left, but most daily newspapers try their best to attract middle-o

24、f-the-road Americans who are mainly moderate. Many of these papers print materials by well-known journalists of different political and social views, in order to give a balanced picture. As in other countries American newspapers can be either responsible or irresponsible, but it is generally accepte

25、d that the American press serves its country well and that it has more than once exposed political scandals, for example, the Watergate Affair（水门事件）. 25. Which newspaper in the U.K. is national?A. Le Monde. B. Washington Post. C. New York Times. D. The Times. 26. Most American newspapers attract rea

26、ders by carrying_. A. national news B. local news C. international news D. political news 27. In order to win the petition with television, American newspapers have to_.A. give little information B. give serious news C. give entertainment news D. give national news 28. Most daily newspapers attract

27、moderate Americans by_. A. printing articles by well-known journalists of di舒中高二统考英语 第3页 (共10页)舒中高二统考英语 第4页 (共10页)fferent views B. supporting extremist groups C. exposing political scandals D. serving the country well CHeres one number to keep in mind during your next cell phone conversation: 50. A

28、new experiment shows that spending 50 minutes with an active phone pressed up to the ear increases activity in the brain. This brain activity probably doesnt make you smarter. When cell phones are on, they emit (发出) energy in the form of radiation that could be harmful, especially after years of cel

29、l phone usage. Scientists dont know yet whether cell phones are bad for the brain. Studies like this one are attempting to find it out. The 47 participants in the experiment may have looked a little strange. Each one had two Samsung cell phones attached to his or her head one on each ear. The phone

30、on the left ear was off. The phone on the right ear played a message for 50 minutes, but the participants couldnt hear it because the sound was off. With this set-up, the scientists could be sure they were studying brain activity from the phone itself, and not brain activity due to listening and tal

31、king during a conversation. After 50 minutes with two phones strapped to their heads, the participants were given PET scans. The PET scan showed that the left side (the side with the phone turned off) of each participants brain hadnt changed during the experiment. The right side of the brain, howeve

32、r, had used more glucose, which is a type of sugar that provides fuel to brain cells. These right-side brain cells were using almost as much glucose as the brain uses when a person is talking. This suggests that the brain cells there were active even without the person hearing anything. That activity, the scientists say, was probably caused