高二英语上学期开学考试试题高新部.docx

1、高二英语上学期开学考试试题高新部2019-2020年高二英语上学期开学考试试题高新部第一部分：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。例：How much is the shirt?A. 19.15.B. 9.15.C. 9.18.答案是B。1. Where did the woman probably leave her hat?A. In a restaurant. B

2、. In a car. C. In a shop.2. What is the time right now?A. 7:15. B. 9:15. C. 11:15.3. What are the speakers discussing?A. Whether to go to France. B. What to do in France. C. How to go to France.4. Why is the girl upset?A. Her family is about to move. B. Her mother is out of work. C. She has no frien

3、ds now.5. What was the weather like in the Lake District on their holiday?A. Snowy. B. Sunny. C. Rainy.第二节（共15小题；每小题1.5分，满分22.5分）听下面5段对活或独白。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。听第6段材料，回答第6至7题。6. How long has the man played the gui

4、tar?A. 8 years. B. 9 years. C. 17 years.7. What instrument does the min think is the most difficult to play?A. The piano. B. The guitar. C. The drum.听第7段材料，回答第8至10题。8. What did the woman do last winter?A. She taught a class.B. She changed a job.C. She took a lecture.9. Why is the man happy?A. He can

5、 give lectures after retirement.B. He has retired and begins to learn puter.C. He can municate with his grandchildren online.10. What is the womans regular job?A. A librarian. B. A salesperson. C. A lecturer.听第8段材料，回答第11至13题。11. What is the relationship between the speakers?A. Colleagues. B. Roommat

6、es. C. Schoolmates.12. What does the man advise the woman to do?A. Move her house.B. Go to work together.C. Confirm the appointment.13. How do the speakers like Ms. Gomez?A. Friendly. B. Punctual. C. Popular.听第9段材料，回答第14至17题。14. When is the woman supposed to finish her essay?A. By this Saturday. B.

7、By next Monday. C. By next Friday.15 why is the woman behind with her writing class?A. She was ill.B. The course is too difficult.C. She is busy with her reading task.16. What does the man think of his college life?A. Busy. B. Boring. C. Colourful.17. What is the woman probably going to do on the 28

8、th?A. Visit an exhibition. B. Attend a party. C. Watch a play.听第10段材料，回答第18至20题。18. What can be seen in Woodhill Shelter?A. Wild animals. B. Sea creatures. C. Farm animals.19. What do we know about the shelter?A. It offers free plant-based diet.B. It has won wide recognition.C. Its workers are poorl

9、y paid.20. What is advised to do to be a volunteer of the shelter?A. Make a call. B. Sign up online. C. Post a form.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。AWele to the Electronic Village to explore new ways of language teaching and learning.Electroni

10、c Village Program (Thursday, June 18, xx)Nearpod9:00 am to 10:00 amRoom 501Nearpod is a software program that creates a rich context (语境) for students to learn vocabulary. The presenter will show how to use it.TEO2:00 pm to 3:00 pmRoom 502Our students e from different backgrounds but have the same d

11、esire to learn online. The presenter will use examples from his first online class to explain how any teacher can begin teaching online with TEO.Kahoot10:30 am to 11:30 amRoom 601Kahoot software can be used to create grammar tests which can be graded on a network. It can provide students with instan

12、t feedback (反馈), including reports about their strengths and weaknesses.Prezi3:30 pm to 4:20 pmRoom 602Uses of Prezi in listening and speaking courses draw students attention to speaking more fluently. The presenter will show how students can use Prezi to confidently present on a variety of topics,

13、including introducing family, friends, and hobbies.21. Nearpod is actually a .A. super football player B. name of a recent filmC. software program D. robotA. Room 501 B. Room 502C. Room 601 D. Room 60223. Which of the following can assess your grammar learning?A. Nearpod. B. Kahoot. C. TEO. D. Prezi

14、.24. If you want to improve your speaking skills, you are supposed to arrive by .A. 9:00 am B. 10:30 amC. 2:00 pm D. 3:30 pmBHenry closed the door slowly as Kate left home to visit her mother. Expecting a whole day to relax, he was thinking whether to read the newspaper or watch his favorite TV talk

15、 show on his first day off in months. “This will be like a walk in the park,” hed told his wife. “Ill look after the kids, and you can go and visit your mom.”Things started well, but just after eight oclock, his three little “good kids” Mike, Randy, and Alexcame down the stairs in their night clothe

16、s and shouted “breakfast, daddy.” When food had not appeared within thirty seconds, Randy began using his spoon on Alexs head as if it were a drum. Alex started to shout loudly in time to the beat (节拍). Mike chanted Wheres my toast, wheres my toast” in the background. Henry realized his newspaper wo

17、uld have to wait for a few seconds.Life became worse after breakfast. Mike wore Randys underwear on his head. Randy locked himself in the bathroom, while Alex shouted again because he was going to wet his pants. Nobody could find clean socks, although they were before their very eyes. Someone named

18、“Not Me” had spilled a whole glass of orange juice into the basket of clean clothes. Henry knew the talk show had already started.By ten oclock, things were out of control. Alex was wondering why the fish in the jar refused his bread and butter. Mike was trying to show off his talent decorating the

19、kitchen wall with his color pencils. Randy, thankfully, appeared to be reading quietly in the family room, but closer examination showed that he was eating apple jam straight from the bottle with his hands. Henry realized that the talk show was over and reading would be impossible.At exactly 11:17,

20、Henry called the daycare centre (日托所). “I suddenly have to go into work and my wifes away. Can I bring the boys over in a few minutes?” The answer was obviously “yes” because Henry was smiling.25. Henry expected to when his wife left home.A. go hiking near his homeB. read the newspaper to his childr

21、enC. enjoy his first day offD. watch TV talk show with his children26. Which of the following did Alex do?A. Drawing on the wall. B. Feeding the fish.C. Eating apple jam. D. Reading in a room.27. Why did the father ask the daycare centre for help?A. Because he wanted to watch a football game.B. Beca

22、use he had to take care of his mother in hospital.C. Because he found it hard to manage his kids.D. Because he suddenly had to go to his pany.28. This text is developed .A. by space B. by parisonC. by process D. by timeCPlants are flowering faster than scientists predicted (预测) in reaction to climat

23、e change, which could have long damaging effects on food chains and ecosystems.Global warming is having a great effect on hundreds of plant and animal species around the world, changing some living patterns, scientists say.Increased carbon dioxide (CO2) in the air from burning coal and oil can have

24、an effect on how plants produce oxygen, while higher temperatures and changeable rainfall patterns can change their patterns of growth.“Predicting species, reaction to climate change is a major challenge in ecology,” said the researchers of several U.S. universities. They said plants had been the ke

25、y object of study because their reaction to climate change could have an effect on food chains and ecosystem services.The study, published on the Nature website, uses the findings from plant life cycle studies and experiments across four continents and 1,634 species. It found that some experiments h

26、ad underestimated (低估) the speed of flowering by 8.5 times and leafing by 4 times.“Across all species, the experiments under-predicted the speed of the advancefor both leafing and flowering that results from temperature increase,” the study said.The design of future experiments may need to be improv

27、ed to better predict how plants will react to climate change, it said.Plants are necessary for life on the Earth. They are the base of the food chain, using photosynthesis (光合作用) to produce sugar from carbon dioxide and water. They let out oxygen which is needed by nearly every organism on the plane

28、t.Scientists believe the worlds average temperature has risen by about 0.8 since 1900, and nearly 0.2 every ten years since 1979.So far, efforts to cut emissions (排放) of planet-warming greenhouse gases are not seen as enough to prevent the Earth heating up beyond 2 this centurya point scientists say

29、 will bring the danger of a changeable climate in which weather extremes are mon, leading to drought, floods, crop failures and rising sea levels.29. What is the main idea of Paragraph 1?A. Plants reaction to weather could have damaging effects on ecosystems.B. The increasing speed of flowering is b

30、eyond scientists expectation.C. Climate change leads to the change of food production patterns.D. Food chains have been seriously damaged because of weather.30. We can learn from the study published on the Nature website that .A. plants flowering is 8.5 times faster than leafingB. there are 1,634 pl

31、ant species on the four continentsC. scientists should improve the design of the experimentsD. the experiments failed to predict how plants react to climate change31. Scientists pay special attention to the study of plants because .A. they can prove the climate change clearlyB. they are very important in the food chainsC. they play a leading role in reducing global warmingD. they are growing and flowering much faster than before32. What can