【全国百强校】四川省成都市第七中学2018-2019学年高二上学期半期考试英语试题

成都七中（成都中学）2018-2019 学年度上期高2020 届期中考试英语试卷考试时间：120 分钟满分：150 分第I 卷第一部分听力（共两节，满分20 分）第一节(共5 小题；每小题1 分，满分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. Wh a t does the man advise the woman to do?A. Throw out the dress.B. Exchange the dress．C. Get the dress tailored．2. Wh a t are the speak ers talking about?A. A birthday celebration．B. A fancy restaurant．C. A big meal．3. Wh a t happened to Mary last night?A. She w a s sound asleep.B. Her car couldn’t start.C. Her friend gave Mary a phone call.4. Wh e re do the speak ers decide to go?A. Their grandma’s house.B. Their mom’s office.C. The cinema.5. Wh o will begin the lecture now?A. Dr. White.B. Dr. Mildens.C. Prof. Brookings.第二节(共15 小题；每小题1 分，满分15 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，各小题将给出5 秒钟的作答时间。

每段对话或独白读两遍。

听下面一段对话，回答第6 和第7 两个小题。

6. What did the woman’s brother do at the Media Cam p?A. He w rote for a magazine.B. He learned poster design.C. He studied film-making.7. Wh y did the woman spend her holiday there?A. To persuade her brother.B. To try something different.C. To w o rk in the movie industry.听下面一段对话，回答第8 至第10 三个小题。

8. What does Julia’s friend’s band n ee d?英语试题共12 页第1 页A. A guitar player.B. A singer.C. A pianist.9. How man y members are there in the man’s band?A. Tw o.B. Three.C. Four.10. How will the man help Julia?A. Introduce her to his band.B. Meet her in the garage.C. Buy a new guitar for her.听下面一段对话，回答第11 至第13 三个小题。

11. Wh a t does the woman do?A. A doctor.B. A teacher.C. A law y er.12. Wh o are the two speak ers?A. Mother and son.B. Classmates.C. Friends.13. Wh a t will the man probably do next month?A. Study in a school.B. Work w i th the w o man.C. Work in a school.听下面一段对话，回答第14 至第16 三个小题。

14. Wh a t do Belgian s eat at last during a dinner outside ?A. An ice-cream.B. The main dish.C. A soup.15. How long did the mall’s Christmas dinner take last year?A. About 3 hours.B. About 5 hours.C. About 6 hours.16. Wh a t may people there do after a big dinne r?A. They eat as much as usual.B. They take exercise to keep fit.C. They eat less in the follow i ng days .听下面一段独白，回答第17 至第20 四个小题。

17. Wh a t prizes were given last week ?A. Sports bags.B. i-Watches.C. Pens.18. How much is the prize worth this week ?A. $ 215.B. $100.C. $ 250.19. Wh a t does the speak er say about the footballer?A. He can speak French.B. He ow n s a club.C. He has a famous w i fe.20. How will the listeners tell their an s wers?A. By making a call.B. By w r iting a letter.C. By sending a postcard. 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。

英语试题共12 页第2 页Dear Alfred,I w a nt to tell you how important your help is to my life.Grow i ng up, I had people telling me I w a s too slow, though, w i th an IQ of 150 at 17, I’m anything but stupid. The fact w a s that I w a s found to have ADIID(注意力缺陷多动障碍). Anxious all the tim e, I w a s unable to keep focused for more than an hour at a time.How ever, w hen something did interest me, I could become absorbed. In high school, I became curious about the computer, and built my f irst w ebsite. Moreover, I completed the senior course of Computer Basics, plus five relevant pre-college courses.While I w as exploring my curiosity, my disease got w orse. I w anted to go to college after high school, but couldn’t. So, I w as killing my time at home unt il June 2012 w hen I discovered the online computer courses of your training center.Since then, I have taken courses like Dat a Science and Adv a nced Mathemat i cs. Currently, I’m learn i ng your Probability course. I have hundreds of printer paper, covered in self -written notes from your video. This has given me a purpose.Last year, I spent all my time look ing for a job w here, w ithout dealing w ith the public , I could w ork alone, but still have a team to talk to. Luckily, I discovered the job—Data An alyst—th is month and have been going full steam ahead. I w ant to prove that I can teach myself a respectful profession, w ithout going to college, and be just as good as, if not better than, my competitors.Thank you. You’ve given me hope that I can follow my heart. For the first time, I feel good about myself because I’m doing something, not because someone told me I w a s doing good. I feel w h ole.This is w h y you’r e saving my life.Y ours,Tanis21. Why didn’t Tanis go to college after high school?A. She had learned enough about computer science.B. She preferred taking online courses .C. She had more difficulty keeping focused.D. She w a s too slow to learn.22. As for the w o rking environment, Tanis prefers .A . dealing w i th the public B. w o rking by herselfC. competing against othersD. staying w i th ADHD students23. Tanis w r ote this letter in order to .A. explain w h y she w a s interested in the computerB. share the ideas she had for her professionC. show how grateful she w a s to the centerD. describe the courses she had taken so far英语试题共12 页第3 页Much information can be clearly conveyed, purely through our eyes, so the expression "eyes also talk" is often heard.Can you recall any experience that further proves this statement? On a bus you may quickly glance at a stranger, but not make eye contact. If he senses that he is being stared at, he may feel uncomfortable.It is the same in daily life. If you are looked at for more than necessary, you w ill look at yourself up and dow n to see if there is anything w rong w ith you. If nothing goes wrong, you w ill feel angry tow ard other ’s stare at you that w a y. Eyes do speak, right?Looking too long at someone may seem to be rude and aggressive. But th i ngs are different w h en it comes to stare at the opposite sex. If a man glances at a w oman for more than 10 seconds and refuses to avert his gaze, his intentions are obvious. That is, he w ishes to attract her attention, to make her understand that he is admiring her.How ever, the normal eye contact for tw o people engaged in conversation is that the speaker w ill only look at the listener from time to time; in order to make sure that the listener does pay attention to w h at the former is speaking, to tell him that he is attentive.If a speaker looks at you continuously w hen speaking, as if he tries to dominate you, you w ill feel disconcerted. A poor liar usually exposes himself by look ing too long at the victim, since he believes the false idea that to look straight in the eye is a sign of honest communication.In fact, continuous eye contact is confined to lovers only, w h o w i ll enjoy lookin g at each other tenderly for a long time, to show affection that w o rds cannot express.Evid ently, eye contact should be done according to the relationship betw een tw o people and specific situation.24. What may a person usually do on a bus?A. Glance at a stranger w i th eye contact.B. Use eyes to talk to a stranger politely.C. Glance at a stranger w i thout eye contact.D. Talk to a stranger politely after a quick glance.25. What does it mean if a man looks at a w o man for over 10 seconds?A. He likes her eyes. B He makes contact w i th her.C. He know s her w e ll.D. He admires her.26. Why is a poor liar easy to be seen through?A. He thinks that he is honest.B. He looks straight at the victim for too long a time.C. He feels uneasy about others’ eye contact.D. He w a nts to control the victim.27. What may be the best title for the text?A. Don’t Stare at OthersB. Eye Contact MattersC. Eyes Can SpeakD. Use Y our Eye Contact英语试题共12 页第4 页Food production does great harm to our environment. There are many procedures involved in the manufacture of food that result in greenhouse gases and other pollut ants. Some procedures require the consumption of large amounts of fossil fuels, such as the transportation and storage of food products. Other factors that cause great damage to our environment include the overuse of fresh w a ter.The production of beef is more damaging to the environment than that of any other food w e consume. Raising large numbers of cattle requires the production of large amounts of food for the animals. It’s estimated that producing one pound of beef requires seven pounds of feed.Land use is also a problem. If the cattle are free-range cattle, large areas of land are required for them to live on. This has led to disastrous forest cutting and the loss of rare plants and animal species, particularly in tropical rain forests in Central and South America.Another problem specific to beef production is methane emissions ( 甲烷排放). Although many people are aw a re of the damaging effects of carbon dioxide, they don’t realize methane’s global w a rming potential is 25 times w o rse, making it a more dire problem.Unfortunately, beef consumption is grow ing rapid ly. This is the result of simple supply and demand factors. Specifically, there are tw o main causes of demand that are encouraging the production of more supply. First, the increase in the w orld populat ion means there are more people to consume meat. The second factor is socioeconomic advancement. As citizens in develop ing nat ions become financially stable, they can afford to buy more meat.Therefore, one w ay to reduce the greenhouse gas emissions is for people around the w orld to significantly cut dow n on the amount of beef they eat.28. Which of the follow i ng is TRUE?A. Producing beef can damage the environment.B. People cut dow n trees for animal habitats.C. Raising free-range cattle is eco-friendly.D. Carbon dioxide causes far more harm than methane.29. The underlined w o rd “dire” in Para.4 means .A. avoidableB. commonC. typicalD. urgent30. Beef production is grow i ng rapidly because .A. more people are in demand of beefB. developing countries raise more cattleC. more land is available to raise cattleD. the cost of raising cattle is relatively low31. The author w r ites this article to .A. describe the booming of the beef productionB. emphasize the advantages of beef productionC. condemn the deforestation of the rain forestD. argue for a decrease in beef consumptionD英语试题共12 页第5 页Nuclear energy has alw ays been controversial. The w orld is divided — some countries are planning more nuclear plants, w h ile others have promised to shut theirs dow n.After Fukushima, Germany decided to sw itch off all its nuclear plants by 2022. Sw itzerland and Italy are also phasing out nuclear pow er. But France and the Unit ed States remain staunch supporters of atomic energy. In fact, almost 80% of France’s electricity comes from nuclear pow er, the highest percentage in the w orld. And in the US, the administration said it “continues to support the expansion of nuclear pow e r”.Nuclear supporters claim unclear pow er can help the environment. Unlike fossil fuels, nuclear pow er doesn’t create greenhouse gases. So, pro-nuclear countries argue that nuclear pow er allow s them to generate energy w ithout contributing to clim ate change. Brit ain’s chief scientif ic adviser supports this view. He recently said that the w o rld doesn’t have the luxury of ignoring nuclear energy.Nuclear pow er is also relat ively cheap. Renew able energy sources such as solar, hydro and w ind pow er may be clean, but they’ re expensive; and right now, they require a lot of investment. This higher cost of using “green energy”is usually passed onto the consumer. So, w hile many people may prefer their energy to come from a renew able source, not so many are prepared to pay higher energy bills. This is of particular concern w h ile the w o rld economy is in such bad shape.The main argument against nuclear energy is that it isn’t safe. For a start, nuclear w aste is very difficult to dispose of, and remains toxic to humans for thousands of years. And even before Fukushima, there w ere several high-profile nuclear disasters. The most famous is probably the 1986 Chernobyl disaster, in the Ukraine. The radiation from the meltdow n spread all over Europe, affecting thousands.The nuclear energy issue is very complex. And it doesn’t look like it w ill be resolved anyt ime soon. The battle continues.32. What has Germany decided to do by 2022?A. go on use nuclear energy.B. shut dow n its nuclear plants.C. decided to continue all its nuclear plants by 2022.D. decide to increase input on nuclear plants.33. What is the main argument against nuclear energy?A. It is unsafe and remains toxic for thousands of years.B. It spends a lot of money to build nuclear plants.C. Nuclear pow e r can pollute the environment.D. Nuclear pow e r is so expensive that people can not afford it.34. The w r iter ’s attitude tow a rd nuclear energy is ?A. supportiveB. opposedC. neutralD. indifferent35. It can be inferred from the text that .A. Nuclear energy can cause the environment change.B. Nuclear energy is cheaper than solar, hydro and w i nd pow e r.C. Many disasters w e re caused by nuclear energy.D. It is uncertain w h ether nuclear energy is good or not.英语试题共12 页第6 页第二节（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。