吉林省东辽五中学年高二英语上学期期中试题.docx

1、吉林省东辽五中学年高二英语上学期期中试题吉林省东辽五中2018-2019学年高二英语上学期期中试题 本试卷分第I卷 (选择题) 和第II卷（非选择题）两部分。考试用时120分钟，满分150分。 考试结束，将答题卡交回。第卷(选择题，共计90分)第一部分 听力(共两节，满分20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 will the woman do this Saturday?

2、 A. Go to see her sister. B. Go to the concert. C. Look after her brothers son.2. How many pills should the woman take at a time? A. 5. B. 3. C. 2.3. What does Laura need at the moment? A. Blame. B. Encouragement. C. Help with her chemistry.4. What does the man want to do? A. Buy a light. B. Get to

3、the nearest light. C. Go to the supermarket.5. What is the mans suggestion about serious pollution? A. Dont breathe the poisonous air. B. The government should take action. C. The government should protect the environment.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

4、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、7题。6. Where is the mans mother now?A. At home. B. In the office. C. In the hospital.7. How long does the man need before going back to work?A. A week. B. A few weeks. C. A few days.听第7段材料，回答第8、9题。8. What is the probable r

5、elationship between the speakers?A. Employer and employee. B. Husband and wife. C. Neighbors.9. Why does the man feel nervous?A. He wants to breathe in some fresh air.B. He has heard his neighbors phone.C. Hes been waiting so long for a phone.听第8段材料，回答第10至12题。10. Where does the conversation take pla

6、ce? A. In an office. B. In a restaurant. C. In a hotel.11. What kind of steak will the man have? A. Rare. B. Well-done. C. Medium.12. What does the man start his meal with?A. A cream and onion soup.B. Some baked potatoes.C. An iced tea with a lemon.听第9段材料，回答第13至16题。13. What does the man want to do?

7、A. To reserve a car. B. To reserve a room. C. To rent a car. 14. What size of the car does the man intend to hire? A. Large. B. Middle. C. Small.15. How much need the man pay for the rented car for the weekend? A. $80. B. $89. C. $120. 16. Where can the man find his rented car? A. In the Hotel. B. O

8、n Peter Street. C. In the parking lot.听第10段材料，回答第17至20题。17. What happened to the Cuyahoga River in 1969?A. It was cleaned up.B. It was seriously polluted.C. It became the most outstanding river.18. How long did it take for the river to become clean? A. A few months. B. Several years. C. A few days.1

9、9. What can make the river clean according to the speaker? A. Hard work. B. Something imaginable. C. The control of using your credit card. 20. What shall we do when facing an impossible situation? A. Wait for something to change. B. Imagine something outstanding. C. Just be patient and do something

10、. 第二部分 阅读理解 (共两节，满分30分)第一节 (共10小题；每小题2分，满分20分) 阅读下列短文，从每题所给四个选项（A、B、C、D）中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。AMahale Mountains National ParkTHE PARKThe park is a home to some of the Africas last remaining wild chimpanzees. It is located in the Western Tanzania to the South of Kigoma town, bordering Lake Tanganyika-

11、the Worlds longest, second deepest and least polluted freshwater lake- harbouring an estimated 1000 fish species.BEST TIME TO VISITThe dry season (May -October) is the best period. During this period, chimpanzees are likely to be seen in big groups, the sunshine illuminates the fish in the Lake and

12、the beach is an inviting place to relax in. However, Mahale Mountains National Park is accessible all year round. Direct flights to Mahale are the easiest way to reach Mahale.During the peak tourist season, three tour operators in Mahale schedule regular flights between the park and Arusha town. A v

13、isit in the rainy season can also be a memorable experience, made remarkable by views of the neighboring country DR Congo across the water and by incredible lightning storms that light up the lake at night.TOURIST ATTRACTIONSThe ChimpanzeesChain of Mountains (Mahale range)Forest fauna and flora (Ang

14、ola colobus, red colobus, red-tailed and blue monkeys, forest birds, alpine bamboo, montane rain forest etc).Beach along Lake TanganyikaExperiencing the life of the local fishermenSunset on the Lake horizonPARK REGULATIONSDo not disturb wild animals in any way. Do not take any pets or guns into the

15、park.Do not uproot, pick, cut or damage any plant Do not light any fire or discard any burning object.Do not discard any litter.21. What do we know about Mahale Mountains National Park from the text?A.It is governed by Kigoma town.B.It is a habitat for wild chimpanzees in Africa.C. Three travel agen

16、ts offer three means of transportation to get there.D. The easiest way to get there is the direct flight from Kigoma town.22.During the best time to visit the park,_.A. its hard for chimpanzees to find enough foodB. the unbelievable lightning storms often occurC. tourists can easily catch many kinds

17、 of fishesD. tourists are likely to see chimpanzees in large numbers23.What can tourists do in Mahale Mountains National Park?A. Go fishing with local fishermen. B. Hold campfire parties with friends.C. Near the chimpanzees with guns as defence. D. Enjoy water sports activities with their dogs. BThe

18、re is a little girl called Lisa, who is five years old, and one day a friend invited her to a party held at a gym where Lisa discovered that she loved doing gymnastics.A few nights after the party, Lisa had a dream. She told her mother, Jahira, about the dream. Jahira said, Lisa said that in her dre

19、am she went to the Olympics. She described everything at this international competition. At first I did not take her story seriously.”But Lisa kept talking about her dream. She told it to her father, David. So Jahira and David decided to pay for Lisa to learn gymnastics. So Lisa started to train at

20、a special and competitive gym. Though only 7 years old, she was already training to compete at a high level. The years passed quickly. Lisa got better and better. By the time she was 12 years old, Lisa was training so many hours each day that she did not have time to do things that many other Americ

21、ans of the same age did.When Lisa was 13, she had a chance to compete in a national gymnastics event. If she did well, the event would give her the chance to join the national team - the team that trains for the Olympics.But the family was out of money. Jahira had to tell Lisa that she could not go.

22、 Jahira said,“Tears came to her eyes, and she said, “I understand.”A week or two later, a rich family came to visit Lisas gym unexpectedly. They watched Lisa train. Then they asked to talk to her mother. The rich family offered Jahira all the money they needed!Eventually, Lisa competed at the 2012 O

23、lympic trials. She finished 10th in all rounds.24. Lisa had a dream to_A. go to the party B. do gymnastics C. take part in the Olympics D. attend a national competition25. From the passage, we can infer that_.A. Lisas parents were tired of her talking about her dreamB. Lisas parents loved her and we

24、re moved by herC. Lisas mother supported her dream even at the beginningD. Lisa became a national team player at the age of twelve26. What does the author want to tell us?A. Knowledge is a measure, but practice is the key to it. B. Wherever you go, go with all your heart.C. Nothing is to be got with

25、out pain but poverty. D. God blesses the determined and hard-working.27 Which of the following can be the best title for the passage?A. A Talented Girl B. The Caring Parents C. An Olympic Dream D. A Helping Hand CSleep repairs the body and the mind and helps prevent disease by strengthening the immu

26、ne system. However, many adults do not get eight hours of sleep each night. The average adult today gets only 6.4 hours of sleep. Only in recent years have health professionals begun to realize the seriousness of sleep deprivation in the working population. A significant number of people work at nig

27、ht, work long hours, or suffer from sleeplessness or jet lag.Studies show that the brain is negatively affected by sleep deprivation because certain patterns of electrical and chemical activity that occur during sleep are interrupted and the brain cannot function normally. In one study, thirteen hea

28、lthy adult subjects (实验对象) who usually had normal sleep patterns were kept awake and carefully monitored in a lab during a period of 35 hours. During the experiment, the subjects were asked to perform several tasks, such as mathematics and word problems, while undergoing scans of their brain activit

29、y. The researchers found that the temporal lobe (颞叶) of the brain, the region involved in language processing, was active during speech tasks in rested subjects but not in subjects who lacked enough sleep. After several hours without sleep, there was no activity within this region.Several studies sh

30、ow that getting fewer than six hours of sleep can damage short-term memory and reaction time 一thus causing a serious risk of accident. In one study of drivers, researchers reported that sleep deprivation had the same effect as being drunk. They found that people who drove after being awake for 17 ho

31、urs performed worse than those with a blood alcohol level of 0.5 percent, the legal limit for drunk driving in most western European countries. The researchers concluded that countries with drunk driving laws should consider similar restrictions against sleep-deprived driving.28. The underlined word “deprivation” in the first paragraph is closest in meaning to_.A. weakness B. loss C. discomfort D. pain29. The passage mentions all of the following as causes of sleep deprivation EXCEPT_.A. jet lag B. long work hours C. boring work D. working at night30. The purpose of the study described in Par