江西省玉山县一中2018-2019学年高二英语上学期期中试题

玉山一中2018—2019学年度第一学期高二期中考试

英语试卷

满分：150分考试时间：120分钟

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。

1.How did the woman feel when she was called by the head?

A. She was pleased.

B. She was relaxed.

C. She was nervous.

2. What is the woman doing?

A. Offering help.

B. Asking for help.

C. Asking for permission.

3. Where does this conversation take place?

A. In a bookstore.

B. In a library.

C. In the post office.

4. How much does the man have to pay?

A. 20 dollars.

B. 30 dollars.

C. 40 dollars.

5.What did the woman do?

A.She forgot to do as told to.

B.She corrected the figures in the front page.

C.She wrote the correct part in another page.

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，各个小题将给出5秒钟的作答时间。每段对话或独白读两遍。

请听第6段材料，回答6、7题。

6.What happened to the man yesterday?

A.He was locked in.

B. He was locked out.

C. He was tricked.

7. What does the woman think of the man’s experience?

A. Annoying.

B. Funny.

C. Impossible.

听第7段材料，回答第8至10题。

8. Where will the two speakers go for the weekend?

A. Scotland.

B. The countryside.

C. London.

9. When will they set off ?

A. Saturday morning.

B. Saturday afternoon.

C. Sunday morning.

10. How will they go to their destination?

A. By bike.

B. By train.

C. By bus.

听第8段材料，回答第11至13题。

11.What does the woman usually have for breakfast at home?

A. Some toast.

B. A boiled egg.

C. A cup of milk.

12. What does the woman think of the man?

A. Lazy.

B. Considerate.

C. Interesting.

13. What will the woman do next?

A. Eat something.

B. Have shower.

C. Do some cleaning.

听第9段材料，回答第14至16题。

14.How long will Lisa stay in Japan?

A. A month.

B. Half a year.

C. A year.

15. What do we know about Lisa?

A. She is good at language learning.

B. She is unhappy about the programme.

C. She decided to learn Japanese on her own.

16. What does Lisa think is the most important for one to study abroad?

A. The knowledge of a foreign language.

B. The ability to get used to a new environment quickly.

C. The experience of living in a country with different cultures.

听第10段材料，回答第17至20题。

17.What kind of gifts is the woman talking about?

A. Thanksgiving Day gifts.

B. Birthday gifts.

C. Christmas gifts.

18. How many grandchildren does the woman have?

A. Four.

B. Seven.

C. Eleven.

19. Where did the woman’s granddaughter put her gift?

A. In a bag.

B. In a box.

C. In an envelope.

20. What impressed the woman most about the gift?

A. That Her granddaughter used French to express herself.

B. That Her granddaughter showed great love with simple words

C. That Her granddaughter bought the gift with all her money.

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。

A

If you want to dine out with your parents in San Francisco, here are the best restaurants for you.

Maybeck’s

Marina

3213 Scott St.

Telephone(415) 400-8500

What do you get when you mix amazing foods with a pleasant atmosphere? The perfect plac e for family dinner. Maybeck’s homemade pastas will transport you to the Italian

countryside but the fried chicken brings you right back down to earth. It’s a great meal in a peaceful setting that everyone will be sure to remember.

Liholiho Yacht Club

Nob Hill

871 Sutter St.

Telephone: (415)440-5446

Sometimes, dinner with the parents can be a little bit self-serving. Like making a reservation at the place you’ve been dying to go to for months. They’ll enjoy Liholiho’s fine design and the creative dishes l ike togarashi popcorn (托加林爆米花) and roasted octopus (章鱼). You’ll have a delicious dinner and catch up with your parents – two birds, one stone.

Mason Pacific

Nob Hill

1358 Mason St.

Telephone(415) 374-7185

If your parents enjoy a classic dining experience, this tiny American restaurant is a bit fancy, but the food is just as good as the atmosphere. And they’ve got great wine.

Heirloom Café

Mission

2500 Folsom St.

Telephone: (415) 821-2500

One good tip for deciding on the place to take your parents to dinner: listen to their opinions. If they love a restaurant and keep telling you to go to it, chances are you should book a table for all of you. For yours truly, that is Heirloom Café. The food is always fresh, the atmosphere is clean but relaxed and the service is always friendly.

21.What can you enjoy at Maybeck’s ?

A. Some creative dishes.

B. Delicious fried chicken.

C. Different homemade foods.

D. Foods from the Italian countryside.

22.What do the “two birds” refer to?

A. The food and the atmosphere.

B. Liholiho’s fine design and parents.

C. Togarashi popcorn and roasted octopus.

D. Delicious foods and the time spent with parents.

23. Where should you go if you want to have some good wine?

A. Maybeck’s.

B. Mason Pacific.

C. Heirloom Café

D. Liholiho Yacht Club.

B

London Underground

Do you know when the world’s first subway was built? In 1863, the world’s first subway was built in London. At the time, the government was looking for a way to reduce traffic problems in the city of London. The poor areas of the city were so crowded with people that it was almost impossible for horse carriages to get through. The city officials were interested in trying to make it possible for workers to live outside of London and travel easily to work each day. If people had a cheap and convenient way that they could depend on to go to and from work, they would relocate their homes outside of the city. This would help ease the pressure of too many people living in the poor parts of London. From these problems, the idea of the London Underground, the first subway system, was born.

The plans for building the Underground met with several problems and delays, but the fast track was finally opened in January 1863. A steam train pulled the cars along the fast underground track which was 6 kilometers (3.7 miles) long. About 30,000 people got on the subway the first day. Riders were treated to fortable seats (standing up while the train was moving was not allowed), and pleasant decorations inside each of the cars. However, the smoke from the engine soon filled the air in the tunnels with ash and soot(煤灰), as well as chemical gases. Fans had to be put in the tunnels later to keep the air clean enough for people to breathe. Even with its problems, riding in the Underground did catch on. It carried 9 million riders in its first year.

24. What led the British government to build the London Underground?

A. Traffic jams and pollution.

B. Population and pollution.

C. Overcrowding and traffic jams.

D. The poverty and subway

problems.

25.How did the London Underground solve the smoke problem?

A. It made the tunnels larger.

B. It put fans in the tunnels.

C. It cleaned the chemical gases in the tunnels.

D. It reduced the number of

passengers riding in the train.

26.The underlined phrase “catch on” most probably means “______”.

A. be troublesome

B. bee popular and fashionable

C. keep up with

D. seize

27. Which of the following is TRUE?

A. To relocate the workers’ homes outside London, the government built the subway.

B. There were so many problems and delays that in 18th century the first subway

opened.

C. The subway greatly eased the pressure of traffic.

D. There were not enough seats for the passengers the first day the subway opened.

C

Do you always read newspapers over breakfast? If so, unfortunately sometime in the next century, the familiar early-newspaper on the front porch (门廊) will disappear. And instead of reading your newspaper, it will read to you. You'll get up and turn on the puter newspaper just like switching on the TV. An electronic voice will distribute stories about the latest events, guided by a program that selects the type of news you want. You'll even get to choose the kind of voice you want to hear. Want more information on this brief story? A simple touch makes the entire text appear. Save it in your own personal puter if you like. These are among the predictions from munication experts working on the newspapers of the future. Pictured as part of broader home-based media and entertainment systems, puter newspapers will unite print and broadcast reporting, and offer news and analysis with video images of news events.

Most of the technology is available now, but convincing more people that they don't need to read a newspaper is the next step. But resistance to puter newspapers may be stronger from within journalism. Since it is such a cultural change, it may be that the present generation of journalists and publishers will have to die off before the next generation realizes that the newspaper industry is no longer a newspaper industry. Technology is making the end of traditional newspapers unavoidable.

Despite technological advances, it could take decades to replace newsprint with puter screens. It might take 30 to 40 years to plete the changeover because people need to buy puters and because newspapers have established financial interests in the paper industry.

28. Which of the following is NOT an advantage of puter newspapers?

A. They are cheaper than traditional newspapers.

B. They are more convenient to read.

C. You can choose the kind of voice you want to hear.

D. You can easily save information for future use.

29. It can be inferred that journalists are against puter newspapers because______.

A. they don't know how to use puters

B. they think puter newspapers take too much time to read

C. they think the new technology is bad

D. they have been trained to write for traditional newspapers

30. We can infer from the passage that ______.

A. all technological changes are good

B. new technologies don't always replace old ones

C. new technologies will eventually replace old ones

D. traditional newspapers are here to stay for another century

31. What is the best title of the passage?

A. puter newspapers are well liked.

B. Newspapers of the future will be on the puter.

C. Newspapers are out of fashion.

D.

New munications technology.

D

Electronic equipment is more harmful than you thought. According to the latest study, the regular use of text messages and e-mails can lower the IQ more than twice as much as smoking marijuana (大麻). That is the statement of researchers who have found that tapping away on a mobile phone or puter keypad or checking for electronic messages temporarily knocks up to 10 points off the user’s IQ. This rate of decline in intelligence pares unfavorably with the four-point drop in IQ associated with smoking marijuana, according to British researchers, who have described the phenomenon of improved stupidity as “infomania”. The research conducted by Hewlett Packard, the technology pany, has concluded that it is mainly a problem for adult workers, especially men.

It is conclude d that too much use of modern technology can damage a person’s mind. It can cause a constant distraction of “always on” technology when employees should be concentrating on what they are paid to do. Infomania means that they lose concentration as their minds remain fixed in an almost permanent state of readiness to react to technology instead of focusing on the task in hand. The report also added that, in a long term, the brain will be considerably shaped by what we do to it and by the experience of daily life. At a microcellular (微细胞) level, the plex networks of nerve cells that make up parts of the brain actually change in response to certain experiences.

Too much use of modern technology can be damaging not only to a person’s mind, but to their social relationship. 1100 adults were interviewed during the research. More than 62 percent of them admitted that they were addicted to checking their e-mails and text messages so often that they scrutinized work-related ones even when at home or on holiday. Half said that they always responded immediately to an email and will even interrupt a meeting to do so. It is concluded that infomania is increasing stress and anxiety and affecting one’s characteristics. Nine out of ten thought that colleagues who answered e-mails or messages during a face-to-face meeting were extremely rude.

The effects on IQ were studied by Dr Glenn Wilson, a psychologist at University of London. “This is a very real and widespread phenomenon,” he said. “We have found that infomania will dam age a worker’s performance by reducing their mental sharpness and changing their social life. panies should encourage a more balanced and appropriate way of working.”

32.We can learn from the passage that “infomania” ______.

A. has a positive influence on one’s IQ

B.results in the change of

part of the brain

C. lies in the problem of lack of concentration

D. is caused by too much

use of modern technology

33.The research mentioned in the passage is most probably about ______.

A. the important function of advanced technology

B. the damage to one’s brain done by unhealthy habits

C. the relevance between IQ and use of modern technology

D. the relationship between intelligence and working effectiveness

34. The underlined word “scrutinized” probably means “______”.

A. examined carefully

B. copied patiently

C. corrected quickly

D. admitted freely

35. Which of the following shows the structure of the passage?

(CP: central point; P: point; Sp: supporting point; C: conclusion.)

A. B. C.

D.

第二节（共5小题，每小题2分，满分10分）

根据短文内容，从短文后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。选项中有两项为多余选项。

The world will be less colorful without good eyesight which plays a very important role in our daily life. Every waking moment, the eyes are working to see the world around us. Over forty percent of Americans worry about losing eyesight, but it's easy to include steps into our daily life to ensure healthy eyes. Here are five suggestions for a lifetime of healthy eyesight:

● Schedule yea rly exams. 36 . Experts advise parents to bring babies

6 to 12 months of age to the doctor for a careful check. The good news is that millions of children now can have yearly eye exams and following treatment, including eyeglasses.

● Protect agai nst UV rays (紫外线). Long-term stay in the sun creates risk to your eyes. No matter what the season is, it's extremely important to wear sunglasses. 37 .

● Give your eyes a break. Two-thirds of Americans spend up to seven hours

a day using puters or other digital products. 38 . Experts remend that people practice the 20/20/20 rule: every 20 minutes, take a 20-second break and look at something 20 feet away.

● 39 . As part of a healthy diet, eat more fruits and vegetables each day. Vitamins (维生素) C and E help protect eyesight and promote eye health.

● Practice safe wear and care of contact lenses (隐形眼镜). Many Americans use contact lenses to improve their eyesight. While some follow the medical guidance

for wearing contact lenses, many are breaking the rules and putting their eyesight at risk.

40 . Otherwise, you may have problems such as red eyes, pain in the eyes, or

a more serious condition.

A.Eat your greens

B.Eye care should begin early in life

C.They can properly protect your eyes

D.Stay in good shape by taking more vitamins

E.Parents usually don’t care about their own eyesight

F.Always follow the doctor’s advice for appropriate wear

G.This frequent eye activity increases the risk for eye tiredness

第三部分英语知识运用（共两节，满分45分)

第一节完形填空（共20题，每小题 1.5分，共30分）

Today, I want to share my favorite story to encourage you. When Henry Ford decided to produce his famous V-8 motor, he chose to build an engine with the entire eight cylinders cast in one block(将八个气缸全部放在一起的引擎), and instructed his engineers to 41 it. The 42 was placed on paper, but the engineers found it was 43 impossible to make it.

Ford said, “Produce it 44 .”

“But,” they replied, “it’s impossible!”

“Go ahead.” Ford 45 , “And st ay on the job 46 you succeed, no matter how much time is required.”

The engineers went ahead. They had no other 47 , if they were to 48 on the Ford staff. One year passed but 49 happened. The engineers tried every plan possible to 50 the orders, but the thing seemed 51 : “impossible!”

At the end of the year Ford 52 with his engineers, and again they 53 him they had found no way out.

“Go right ahead,” said Ford, “I want it, and I’ll have it.”

They went ahead, and then, as if by 54 , the secret was 55 .

Ford was 56 , because he understood and 57 the principles of success. One of these is desire: knowing what one wants. Remember this Ford story as you read. If you can 58 your fingers on the particular group of principles which made Henry Ford rich, you can 59 his achievements in almost any calling (行业) for which you are 60 .

41. A.work out B.work for C.work on D.work with

42. A.schedule B.program C.design D.table

43. A.hardly B.constantly C.gradually D.simply

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B.however

C.whenever

D.moreover

A.anyway

45. A.manded B.mented C.suggested D.requested

46. A.if B.as C.until D.unless

47. A.ideas B.substitutes C.choices D.suggestions

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