陕西省汉中市汉台区学年高二英语下学期期末考试试题.docx

1、陕西省汉中市汉台区学年高二英语下学期期末考试试题陕西省汉中市汉台区2018-2019学年高二英语下学期期末考试试题考生注意：1.本试卷共150分，考试时间120分钟。2.请将各题答案填在答题卡上。3.本试卷主要考试内容：高考全部内容。第一部分 听力（共两节，满分30分）做题时，先将答案标在试卷上。录音内容结束后，你将有两分钟的时间将试卷上的答案转涂到答题卡上。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。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

2、is the shirt?A.19.15. B.9.18. C.9.15.答案是C。1.What is the man?A.A taxi driver. B.A policeman. C.A restaurant waiter.2.When will the man fly back?A.Next week. B.On Sunday. C.Before this weekend.3.How does the woman feel?A.Satisfied. B.Discouraged. C.Delighted.4.How many bank robbers were there altogeth

3、er?A.One. B.Two. C.Four.5.What would the man probably do?A.Borrow 300 dollars. B.Buy a new computer. C.Repair the computer.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。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.What does the man want to

4、do?A.Have his shoes repaired. B.Buy a pair of new shoes. C.Do shopping in a supermarket.7.How will the man go to the place?A.By bus. B.On foot. C.By car.听第7段材料，回答第8、9题。8.Whats the relationship between the speakers?A.Secretary and boss. B.Teacher and student. C.Doctor and patient.9.Why was the woman

5、late?A.Her aunt asked her to get up late. B.She missed the bus. C.She got a telephone call.听第8段材料，回答第10至12题。10.What is the woman going to be in Milan?A.A doctor. B.A nurse. C.A teacher.11.What worries the woman so much?A.The people in Milan are not friendly enough.B.The work in Milan is hard to do.C

6、.She has no friends in Milan.12.How will the woman get in touch with the man?A.By phone. B.By e-mail. C.By letter.听第9段材料，回答第13至16题。13.What does Jan consider the most important when he judges a restaurant?A.Where the restaurant is. B.Whether the prices are low. C.How well the food is prepared.14.When

7、 did Jan begin to write for a magazine?A.After he came back to Sweden.B.Before he went to the United States.C.As soon as he got his first job in 1982.15.What may Jan do to find a good restaurant?A.Talk to people in the street. B.Speak to taxi drivers. C.Ask hotel clerks.16.What do we know about Jan?

8、A.He cooks for a restaurant. B.He travels a lot for his work. C.He prefers American food.听第10段材料，回答第17至20题。17.What does the speaker do exactly?A.She is a school doctor. B.She is a student consultant. C.She is the headmaster of a school.18.How can students ask for the speakers advice?A.By visiting he

9、r. B.By sending e-mails to her. C.By writing letters to her.19.When does the speaker work in her office during the week?A.In the evenings. B.At weekends. C.Every day.20.Which of the following is the most typical of studentsJ problems?A.Playing computer games. B.Medical problems. C.Difficulty in maki

10、ng friends.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A、B、C和D四个选项中，选出最佳选项。AEach year，Time magazine picks the best of the years inventions that will change how we live9 work，and play。AiraFor people who are blind，everyday tasks such as walking to school or washing clothes can be tough.Wh

11、at i they could borrow the eyes of someone who can see? Thats the thinking behind Aira.Aira is a service.Users send live videoes of their surroundings to an agent.This is done with special glasses or a smartphone app.The agents are always available.They can answer questions，describe objects，and guid

12、e users through a location.3M Smog-reducing GranulesSmog is a type of air pollution.It comes from car and factory emissions.The company 3M has created a new material 3M smog-reducing granules （微粒），which can break down smog granules in the air.The broken-down granules are washed away the next time it

13、 rains.The granules will help reduce air pollution.The Whill Model CIMore than 3 million Americans use wheelchairs to get around.But most wheelchairs are hard to move on many surfaces.The Whill Model CI is different.It is a new electric wheelchair.It can climb obstacles two inches high and move arou

14、nd in tight spaces.The wheelchair can also be taken apart in minutes.This makes the disabled easy to transport.AllbirdsMany shoe parts are not environmentally friendly.Allbirds is trying to change that.It is testing a new material called Sweet Foam，which is made from parts of the sugarcane （甘蔗） plan

15、t that would be thrown away.Allbirds has started using Sweet Foam in a line of flip-flops （人字拖）.It plans to use the material in more of its product lines.21.Who is Aira fit for?A.Factory workers. B.Blind people. C.High school students. D.Service agents.22.Whats the purpose of designing the Whill Mod

16、el CI?A.To drive a car easily. B.To reduce traffic accidents.C.To offer the disabled convenience. D.To overcome obstacles in life.23.Which inventions are environmentally friendly?A.Aira and the Whill Model CI. B.The Whill Model CI and Allbirds.C.Aira and 3M Smog-reducing Granules. D.3M Smog-reducing

17、 Granules and Allbirds.BWhen 45-year-old Randy Pausch was diagnosed with pancreatic （胰腺）cancer， he chose to focus on living rather than dying.As a computer science professor at Carnegie Mellon University，Pausch was asked to deliver a “last lecture”.This well-known campus tradition allowed professors

18、 to share worldly wisdom with students as if they were dying and had one last lecture to give.The only difference in Pauschs case is that Pausch really was dying， but it only motiva-ted him more.He delivered his last lecture， “Really Achieving Your Childhood Dreams”on Sept.18，2007.Pausch began by sh

19、aring several of his boyhood dreams，some of which he had achieved and the others he hadnt.He described the importance of having dreams and how anyone can still learn a lot by reaching for those dreams， even if they dont always succeed.He shared the values learned through experience，which he hoped to

20、 pass on to others：honesty，character， hard work， laughter and gratitude.Pauschs last lecture received a great deal of praise and attention.It became a crazy You- Tube hit， and in October 2007，he presented an abridged（删节的）version on “The Oprah Winfrey Show”.He turned the lecture into a book by the sa

21、me name，which quickly became a best-seller.Readers were deeply moved by the books representation of Pauschs lifelong philosophy and the way it revealed the biggest source of his motivationhis three young children .Pausch passed away on July 25，2008， but his voice lives on in the recorded lecture and

22、 his book.He continues to motivate us all by encouraging us to never give up our childhood dreamsa source of inspiration that can never run dry.24.Why was Pausch asked to give his “last lecture”?A.To share wisdom with the students. B .To make him have a better life.C.To cure his cancer. D.To achieve

23、 his dream.25.What was Pauschs lecture mainly about?A.His private life in boyhood. B.Having dreams and good values.C.The reason for his success. D.The experience learned from others.26.Which of the following motivated Pausch most?A.His children. B.His dreams. C.His work. D.His students.27.What can b

24、e the best title for the text?A.The Meaning of Life B.Keep on DreamingC.Motivation from Life D.Give the Last LectureCMaryland is expected to become the first state of the USA to ban foam （泡沫橡胶）food packaging， takeout containers and cups.The new proposed law passed both of the states legislative bodi

25、es （立法机关）this week with enough votes to override a potential rejection signed by Gov.Larry Hogan， who has not publicly signaled whether he supported the law or not.The law would become the latest in a growing effort worldwide to ban kinds of single-use plastic products，due to their impacts on the en

26、vironment.With the statewide previous ban effort，Marylands two counties，Prince George and Montgomery，had already banned foam packaging.Del.Brooke Lierman， who introduced similar legislation last year and in 2017，says changing public opinion helped her third attempt succeed.“I think we have reached a

27、 danger point，” she says.“People are seeing how common single-use plastics are， and that they are not recyclable and never going away.People are beginning to understand the importance of living more sustainably.”The new law would ban foam food packaging for products packaged in-state，including resta

28、urants，cafes，food trucks， and grocery stores.The final version of the bill includes exceptions，such as meat.The ban would go into force on July 1，2020 and would carry fines of $250.The legislation was opposed by the Maryland Retailers Assocation， which warned that outlawing foam packaging could hurt

29、 small businesses by higher costs.Foam packaging remains popular among restaurants and the food industry because it is lightweight， inexpensive， and keeps food and drinks hot.Foam food containers have been banned in cities or counties in 11 states， including Seat-tle， Portland 9 Washington D.C.， San

30、 Francisco ， and numerous other cities in California.A ban in New York City took effect at the beginning of this year after a long legal battle ended last summer.28 How did Maryland carry out the ban of foam food packaging?A.By closing some local companies. B.By fining foam packaging producers.C.By

31、passing a new law. D.By teaching people to focus on the environment29.What does the underlined word “override” in paragraph 1 mean?A.Reject. B.Prove. C.Explain. D.Tolerate.30.What helped the third attempt succeed according to Del.Brooke Lierman?A.Learning from other cities. B.Getting mediums support

32、.C.Changing public opinion. D.Hurting small businesses.31.What can we learn from the text?A.Foam food packages will disappear in the world.B.People in Maryland support the law absolutely.C.Foam food packages havent any advantage at all.D.Meat will be allowed to be sold in foam food packages in America.DTaking at least twenty minutes out of your day to walk or sit in a place that makes you feel in contact with nature will s