浙江省宁波市咸祥中学学年高二上学期期中考试英语试题 Word版含答案.docx

1、浙江省宁波市咸祥中学学年高二上学期期中考试英语试题 Word版含答案2018学年 咸祥中学高二英语科期中考试试卷第一学期命题人：叶波 核对人：张意利第一部分：听力（共两节，满分30分）第一小节（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. Which place is the woman heading for right away? A. Her office. B. A flower shop. C.

2、A hospital.2. Which dress does the woman want to buy?A. The red one. B. The green one. C. The brown one.3. How much should the man pay?A. $19. B. $18. C. $17.4. What time will the man call the woman?A. At 5:30. B. At 6:00. C. At 6:30.5. What will the man do right now?A. Buy his mum a coat. B. Buy hi

3、s mum a handbag. C. Give Mary a call. 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。听完每段对话或独白前后，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. How often did the man listen to the news from China?A. Once a week. B. Almost every day. C. Somet

4、imes.7. Which is the best way to learn Chinese?A. Studying in China. B. Speaking Chinese every day.C. Listening to the news from China.听第7段材料，回答第8、9题。8. What did Linda do after the party?A. She typed a paper. B. She visited her uncle. C. She studied history.9. Why was Linda so nervous?A. she didnt h

5、ave much sleep.B. She was worried about her paper.C. She thought her paper might be late.听第8段材料，回答第10至12题。10. Why does the woman like to surf the Internet?A. To do a course. B. To get information. C. To be in touch with her family.11. What does the man hate?A. His computer is too slow. B. He cant fo

6、llow the English soccer. C. There are too many junk mails online.12. What do the man and the woman agree?A. It is very expensive to surf the Internet.B. Its hard to get information through the regular media.C. Its frustrating to get rid of the disadvantages of the Internet.听第9段材料，回答第13至16题。13. What

7、is the womans destination? A. England. B. London. C. Hangzhou.14. Why does the man like travelling by train? A. He can enjoy the scenes outside. B. He thinks it is very safe. C. He can meet different people.15. What do we know about the woman? A. She is not a Chinese. B. She can sleep well on the tr

8、ain. C. She likes talking with people on the train.16. What can we learn from the conversation? A. Some trains today are modern. B. People in England like travelling by air. C. The woman regrets taking the train this time.听第10段材料，回答第17至20题。17. What was the season according to the story? A. Summer. B

9、. Autumn. C. Winter.18. Why did the Hermann go shopping only on Saturday? A. Mr. Hermann didnt have to work. B. Mr. Hermann had to do housework. C. Mr. Hermann didnt like the other days.19. What can we know about Mr. Hermann from the story?A. He was tired of his wife. B. He was a good husband. C. He

10、 would stay outside waiting.20. What kind of lady was Mrs. Hermann? A. A shopping lover. B. A hardworking housewife. C. A very beautiful young lady.第二部分：阅读理解（共两节，满分35分）第一节 （共10小题；每小题2.5分，满分25分） 阅读下列短文，从每题所给的A、B、C和D四个选项中选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。ANothing could stop Dad. After he was put on disability for a

11、bad back, he bought a small farm in the country, just enough to grow food for the family. He planted vegetables, fruit trees and even kept bees for honey.And every week he cleaned Old Man McColgins chicken house in exchange for manure(肥料). The smell really burned the inside of your nose. When we com

12、plained about the terrible smell, Dad said the stronger the manure, the healthier the crops, and he was right.As the vegetables started coming in, Dad threw himself into cooking. One day, armed with a basket of vegetables, he announced he was going to make stew(炖菜).Dad pulled out a pressure cooker a

13、nd filled it up with cabbages, eggplants, potatoes, corns, onions and carrots. For about half an hour. The pressure built and the vegetables cooked. Finally, Dad turned off the stove, the pot began to cool and the pressure relief valve sprayed out a cloud of steam. If we thought Dads pile of chicken

14、 manure was bad, this was 10 times worse. When Dad took off the lid, the smell nearly knocked us out.Dad carried the pot out and we opened doors and windows to air out the house. Just how bad was it? The neighbors came out of their houses to see if we had a gas leak!Determined, Dad filled our plates

15、 with steaming stew and passed them around. It didnt look that bad, and after the first wave had shut down my ability to smell, it didnt offend the nose so much, either. I took a taste. It would never win a prize in a cooking competition, but it was surprisingly edible, and we drank up every last dr

16、op of soup.21.Why did Dad clean Old Man MoColgins chicken house regularly?A. To set a good example to us. B. To get rid of the terrible smell.C. To collect manure for his crops. D. To earn some money for the family.22.What can we infer about Dads stew?A. It tastes quite delicious. B. It looks very w

17、onderful. C. It contains honey and vegetables. D. It is popular among the neighbors.23.What can we learn about Dad form the text?A. He is an experienced cook. B. He is a troublesome father.C. He has a positive attitude to life. D. He suffers a lot from his disability.BLanguages have been coming and

18、going for thousands of years, but in recent times there has been less coming and a lot more going. When the world was still populated by hunter-gatherers , small tightly knit (联系) groups developed their own patterns of speech independent of each other. Some language experts believe that 10,000 years

19、 ago, when the world had just five to ten million people, they spoke perhaps 1,200 languages between them. Soon afterwards, many of those people started settling down to become farmers, and their languages too became more settled and fewer in number. In recent centuries, trade, industrialization, th

20、e development of the nation-state and the spread of universal compulsory education, especially globalization and better communications in the past few decades, all have caused many languages to disappear, and dominant languages such as English, Spanish and Chinese are increasingly taking over. At pr

21、esent, the world has about 6,800 languages. The distribution of these languages is hugely uneven. The general rule is that mild zones have relatively few languages, often spoken by many people, while hot, wet zones have lots, often spoken by small numbers. Europe has only around 200 languages; the A

22、mericas about 1,000; Africa 2,400; and Asia and the Pacific perhaps 3200, of which Papua New Guinea alone accounts for well over 800. The median number (中位数) of speakers is a mere 6,000, which means that half the worlds languages are spoken by fewer people than that. Already well over 400 of the tot

23、al of 6,800 languages are close to extinction (消亡), with only a few elderly speakers left. Pick, at random, Busum in Cameroon (eight remaining Speaker), Chiapaneco in Mexico (150), Lipan Apache in the United States (two or three) or Wadjigu in Australia (one, with a question-mark) none of these seem

24、s to have much chance of survival.24. What can we infer about languages in hunter-gatherer times?A. They developed very fast. B. They were large in number.C. They had similar patterns. D. They were closely connected.25. Which of the following best explains “dominant” underlined in paragraph 2?A. Com

25、plex. B. Advanced.C. Powerful. D. Modern.26. What is the main idea of the text?A. New languages will be created.B. Peoples lifestyles are reflected in fewer languages.C. Human development results in fewer languages.D. Geography determines language evolution.C Almost everybody once felt loneliness. L

26、oneliness doesnt depend on how many people you are surrounded, but actually is decided by how much socially connected you are. Social media such as WeChat, QQ and Microblog is growing rapidly, which seems to have expanded our network, but actually has thrown ourselves into the hole of loneliness. No

27、w loneliness is poisoning our mental health. To jump out of the “net”, recently the concept of “cohousing” is introduced by some western architects（建筑师）and the new living style is well-received in the US among seniors. So whats cohousing? Most cohousing communities are 15 to 35 private and individua

28、l houses built around a public area where social interaction takes place. Those individual houses are actually the same with common houses with living rooms, bathrooms, kitchens and bedrooms. In the public area, there are a variety of public facilities like big kitchens. Residents can regularly plan

29、 activities and meals together. Some neighborhoods have dinner every day with work clearly given to each person. The closer ties in the cohousing communities tend to increase peoples sense of security. In addition, cohousing units prove to be economical. Although the house itself might be a little h

30、igher, the total costs can be lower after considering energy savings through shared meals, transportation and others. The attitude towards “cohousing” is mixed. Intentional people-to-people interaction is greatly valued the accepted by supporters. They treat the lifestyle as the lifeline out of the

31、hole of loneliness. However, opponents hold that privacy outweighs intentional social interaction. They find no need to change their current living style and want to stay unchanged as long as possible. Such opinion is challenged by some people. They argue when those people get older with sudden deat

32、h of their income or even mate, they will realize the value of cohousing communities. They are suggested to plan ahead. Whats your idea? Will you choose to live in cohousing communities?27.The author uses “social media” in the first paragraph to _.A. show the problem of using them B. persuade readers to value communication C. remind readers of their ways of communic