最新2018—2019度第一学期期中考试高二英语试题
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2018-2019学年度第一学期模块监测
高二英语2018.11
（考试时间：120分钟试卷满分：150分）
注意事项：
1.答卷前,考生务必将自己的姓名、准考证号填写在答题卡上。
2.回答选择题时,选出每小题答案后,用铅笔把答题卡上对应题目的答案标号涂黑。如需改动,用橡皮擦干净后,再选涂其他答案标号。回答非选择题时,将答案写在答题卡上,写在本试卷上无效。
3.考试结束后,将本试卷和答题卡一并交回。
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，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 does the man think of his exam result?
A. He doesn’t care.
B. He is very satisfied.
C. He is a little disappointed.
2. What did the man throw on the woman?
A. A cat.
B. A ball.
C. A hat.
3. Where does the woman want to go tonight?
A. To the supermarket.
B. To the cinema.
C. To a restaurant.
4. What is the woman worried about?
A. Being late for the football game.
B. Having a traffic accident.
C. Missing her flight.
5. Why does the man want another credit card?
A. To pay for a car.
B. To get a higher credit score.
C. To buy more things he needs.
第二节（共15小题；每小题1.5分，满分22.5分）
听下面5段对话或对白，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. What are the speakers probably?
A. Journalists.
B. Doctors.
C. Teachers.
7. What are the speakers probably going to do there?
A. Go sightseeing.
B. Buy some equipment.
C. Have a news-making event. 听第7段材料，回答第8至9题。
8. When is the man’s flight leaving?
A. Next Sunday.
B. Next Saturday.
C. Next Friday.
9. How much will the man have to pay for all tickets?
A. $1,740.
B. $1,160.
C. $580.
听第8段材料，回答第10至12题。
10. When should students meet for the field trip?
A. At 7:15 am.
B. At 7:00 am.
C. At 8:00 am.
11. How will the boy probably get to school today?
A. Take the bus.
B. Take his mom’s car.
C. Take Mrs. Anderson’s car.
12. What is the relationship between the woman and Mrs. Anderson?
A. Colleagues.
B. Neighbors.
C. Best friends.
听第9段材料，回答第13至16题。
13. How does the woman usually go to work?
A. By bike.
B. By subway.
C. By car.
14. What will happen if the man is late for work?
A. His boss will yell at him.
B. He will work overtime.
C. He will be fined.
15. Why does the woman like living in the city?
A. It makes it easier to work from home
B. Her kids will get into good schools.
C. There are many interesting things to do.
16. What do the speakers have in common?
A. They both have children.
B. They are both married.
C. They both like driving. 听第10段材料，回答第17至20题。
17. Where does the talk take place?
A. In England.
B. In Australia.
C. In the United States.
18. When was The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry published?
A. In 2014.
B. In 2007.
C. In 2012.
19. What award has Rachel Joyce won?
A. The Commonwealth Book Prize.
B. The Tinniswood Award.
C. The Man Booker Prize.
20. What did Rachel Joyce use to work as?
A. An actress.
B. A TV host.
C. A writer.
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。
A
The Best Country Music Festivals Worth Traveling to This Summer
Florida
Pepsi Gulf Coast Jam in Panama City Beach, Fla. is the gathering for a summer music festival. Beachfront concerts from Lady Antebellum, Miranda Lambert, Keith Urban, Hunter Hayes, and Sam Hunt are just the start of it. Dozens of big names will make an appearance at this one. Pack up at nearby places, rental homes, and hotels, so you can make the most of your trip to Panama City Beach and have the benefit of the sun.
Alabama
Rock the South in Cullman, Ala. is a celebration of the city’s recovery over the 2011 tornado(龙卷风) that destroyed the area. What started as a concert with Dierks Bentley, Kellie Pickler, and 15,000 fans grew to 38,000 fans in 2014. Now Brantley Gilbert, Tyler Farr, Corey Smith, Sara Evans, and many more join in the group.
Illinois
Windy City LakeShake is Chicago’s only three-day country music festival on the lakefront. This festival has featured（以……为特色）popular artists like Maddie Tae, Easton Corbin, Cassadee Pope, Brad Paisley, and more in the past. The celebration usually lasts from 2-11 p.m. each day , so there’s plenty of time for morning tour in the Windy City.
Washington
The Watershed Music and Camping Festival is hosted at The Gorge Amphitheatre in George, Wash., winner of the Top Amphitheatre prize at the 2013 Billboard Touring Awards. This three-day outdoor music festival is the perfect opportunity to catch some of the biggest names in country music like Carrie Underwood, Chris Young, Clare Dunn, Dierks Bentley, Easton Corbin, and so many others. Get the full festival experience and rent a camp spot just next door to the concert hall.
21. Which music festival do you choose to enjoy the sunshine ?
A. Pepsi Gulf Coast Jam.
B. Rock the South.
C. Windy City LakeShake.
D. The Watershed Music and Camping Festival.
22. What can you do in the Windy City in the morning?
A. Meet some famous singers.
B. Rent rooms at the hotel.
C. Go to the beach for a bath.
D. Have a tour around.
23. What does the author intend to tell us in the last part?
A. Some famous singers may be seen.
B. Some audience will be interviewed.
C. A camp spot must be booked in advance.
D. The music festival is the best.
B
Knute Rockne was born on March 4, 1888, in V os, Norway. Brought to the United States by his parents at the age of five, he grew up in Chicago.
After graduating from high school, Rockne worked at various jobs until he had enough money to go to Notre Dame University in South Bend, Indiana. Though only 5-foot-8 tall and 145 pounds, Rockne was a star player on Notre Dame's football team. During his years on the team, Notre Dame never lost a football game.
After graduating in 1914, Rockne remained at Notre Dame as a chemistry instructor and assistant football coach. Four years later, he became the football team's head coach.
Rockne's success in developing winning Notre Dame teams was unmatched. He taught his
players how to work together in perfect harmony（和谐）. They were experts at forward passing
and shift plays. Rockne was the best-known college football coach of his time. During his 13
years as head coach, his teams were always winners.
Known for his inspiring talks, Rockne also taught his players good behaviour and attitudes to show respect for the game rules and other players. He was respected by opponent s（对手）, and his own players made him an hero.
On March 31, 1931, Rockne was killed in a plane crash. People were sorrowful at his death. Ten thousand fans crowded into a Chicago train station just to see the train carrying his casket (骨灰盒)back to South Bend. They wanted to pay their respect to a man who did so much for the game of football.
24. Why did Rockne stop his study after graduating from high school?
A. He lacked money .
B. His parents asked him to do so.
C. He didn’t like to study further.
D. He wanted to have more social experience.
25. What did people think of Rockne as a head coach?
A. Many other coaches were better than him.
B. His didn’t cooperate with his players well.
C. He was very good at directing his team.
D. His team didn’t win all the games.
26.What did all the players admire Rockne for?
A. His generous attitude.
B. His excellent spirit of sports.
C. His wonderful skills.
D. His working experience.
27. Why did so many fans go to the train station?
A. To hold a ceremony.
B. To take the train to South Bend.
C. To have a look at Rockne’s casket.
D. To show sadness and respect to Rockne .
C
Trapped in an elevator? These holes can help you out.
Have you seen that tiny hole on the elevator door? It might just save your life. Say the elevator you’re in stops at a floor and the doors don’t open. It could be a power failure or an equipment failure. But getting out isn’t easy. Elevators are equipped with lots of features（特征）
to keep the doors from opening freely or when they’re between floors.
“What you’ll usually see is that the fire department, or sometimes the building worker will come and use some ways to get the people out while the problem is being worked on.” says Robert Solomon, the director of building and fire protection systems for the National Fire Protection Association.
That’s where those small holes come in. Opening the doors requires a special tool. It is pushed into the door to release the landing door. Since the fire department began requiring them in the 1970s, manufacturers such as Otis and Schindler have equipped their elevators with them.
The keys are usually held by a special number of people, such as an elevator worker or building assistant in charge. The fire department also requires that special access tools for each building be kept in a secure location such as a Knox Box that firefighters can open.
“Fortunately, it’s rare that us ing the keys is necessary.” Solomon says.
28. Why are elevators fixed with special features?
A. To make sure of safety.
B. To open the door easily.
C. To increase of efficiency.
D. To let the air in.
29. What does the underlined word “them”in paragraph 4 probably refer to?
A. Keys.
B. Landing doors.
C. Small holes.
D. Tools.
30. Where should special access tools be put?
A. In an obvious place.
B. In a safe spot.
C. At the building corner.
D. On the special shelf.
31. What can be a suitable title for the text?
A. The steps you escape from the trapped elevator
B. The right key elevators should be opened at once
C. The measures you should take in the trapped elevator
D. The real reason elevators have those small holes
D
A common argument for expanding renewable energy sources is that technologies such as solar panels （太阳板）release far less carbon dioxide than power plants（发电厂）that burn oil.
Only about 3 percent of the Earth’s water is freshwater, most of which is frozen—That means only 0.8 percent of the planet’s water can be served for human use. Water is a necessary,
but limited product. And nearly 1 billion people worldwide lack of fresh water. In the U.S., 45.3 percent of the freshwater is used to cool off thermoelectric (热电)power plants: nuclear reactors and plants that burn oil.
To provide electricity for an average home, a nuclear power plant requires 615 gallons of cooling water a day, a coal-fired plant, 199 gallons per day, and a natural gas power plant, 114 gallons per day. Let’s look at how much water each power source takes to make one megawatt(兆瓦)-hour of electricity.
Nuclear reactors are the highest, at 13,000 gallons. Then comes coal, natural gas. The water needed by solar panels is lower. These numbers only reflect operations to make electricity; they do not include water used to get the fuel or make the power. For example, fracking (水力压裂)can use hundreds of thousands of gallons each time to make a rock cracked to release natural gas. Large quantities of water becomes vapor. The rest is sent back to the environment, but some of that is fixed with chemicals, and most of it is hot, which can kill fish and other living things.
Natural gas, coal and nuclear power plants ranked one, two and three in 2016, according to the total amount of U.S. electricity made in a year. And natural gas is projected to become even more important through 2050.
To protect fresh water, it seems clear that the country should change toward renewables. This would make more freshwater for food production and human use.
32.Which uses the most water to make electricity?
A. Coal-fired plant.
B. A natural gas power plant.
C. Solar panels.
D.A nuclear power plant.
33.For what purpose does the author provide so many numbers?
A. To provide proof to scientists.
B. To state the fact of making electricity.
C. To tell readers to treasure freshwater.
D. To prove that non-renewable energy uses much more water.
34.What suggestion does the author make in the passage?
A. Fresh water should be protected.
B. Renewable energy should be put into use.
C. Non-renewable energy should use less water.