高二下学期检测英语试卷

三校区高二下学期第二次大单元检测英语试题2018-5-30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. What time is it now?A. 6:40.B. 7:00.C.7:20.2. What will the woman probably continue doing?A. Explaining the three ways.B. Having the first English class.C. Giving the students some advice.3. What played the most important role in T om’s passing the TOFEL test?A. His good luck.B. His good effort.C. The good language school.4. Where does the conversation most probably take place?A. On a train.B. On a bus.C. On a plane.5. What does the man want to do?A. Lend his dictionary to the woman.B. Borrow the woman’s dictionary.C. Help the woman find the dictionary.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. Where does Amy come from?A. America.B. England.C. Spain.7. What will the speakers possibly do some day?A. Hold a party.B. Play a ball game.C. Visit Seattle.听第7段材料，回答第8、9题。

8. What does the woman like best?A. Basketball and reading.B. Football and films.C. Films and basketball.9. What do both the two speakers probably agree on?A. Football is absolutely the best.B. Basketball is always the best.C. People have different favorites.听第8段材料，回答第10至12题。

10. Why is the man reading advertisements for houses?A. He expects to buy one.B. He aims to rent a house.C. He is interested in seeing houses.11. What does Jack like about the wooden house?A. The large windows.B. The large balcony.C. Enough sunlight.12. When will the man have a barbecue (烧烤)？A. This Saturday.B. On Sunday.C. At the weekend.听第9段材料，回答第13至16题。

13. How long will it take to get to Cambridge by bus?A. About 50 minutes.B. About 100 minutes.C. About 150 minutes.14. How often do trains run from King’s Cross Station to Cambridge?A. About every twenty minutes.B. About every thirty minutes.C. About every forty minutes.15. What does the man advise the woman to do to reach King’s Cross Station?A. T ake a subway.B. T ake a bus.C. T ake a train.16. Where should the man turn right to get to the entrance?A. At the first crossroads.B. At the second crossroads.C. At the third crossroads.听第10段材料，回答第17至20题。

17. Why did the speaker need the book?A. For his job.B. For his hobby.C. For his class.18. How did the speaker check the book out?A. By paying some money first.B. With her university ID card.C. With the library catalog number.19. How long can a book be kept before it is renewed?A. One month.B. T wo months.C. Half a month.20. Why would the speaker rather borrow books?A. T o save money.B. T o hang on to them.C. T o improve her reading efficiency.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。

AMagazines can help get kids psyched about reading. The thrill of flipping through a fresh magazine can totally drive a new reader to practice words and learn about topics they might not normally be exposed to. For young readers who want to be entertained and learn something new. Here are our favorite kids magazine subscription picks.1. National Geographic KidsNational Geographic Kids is designed for children ages 6 to 14. The magazine is published by the National Geographic Society and has been in publication since September1975. With each issue, young readers enjoy a wide range of regular features such as “Amazing Animals”, “Weird but True”, “Cool Inventions” and “Guinness World Records.” A one-year subscription (10 issues) is $15.2. MuseThis magazine, launched in January 1997, features nine cartoon characters known as the Muses. The articles expose kids ages 9 and up to history, science and the arts. Regular Muse content includes fun facts, a question-and-answer page and fun themes such as extraterrestrial life (外星生命), urban legends and pirates. A one-year subscription (nine issues) is $34.3. ChopChopThis is an award-winning, non-profit quarterly magazine for kids ages 5 to 12. ChopChop is filled with great recipes, interactive games and educational food facts and is intended to inspire and teach kids to cook real food with their families. ChopChop received the 2016 Parents Choice Gold Award and was named the James Beard 2015 Publication of the Year. A one-year subscription (four issues) is $15.4. HighlightsWho doesn’t remember reading Highlights magazine --- whether at home or at the dentist’s office? Every 40-page issue helps children explore exciting new topics, investigate cool subjects and learn about our wonderful world. Highlights is ideal for ages 6 to 12 and features stories, puzzles, games, riddles, science experiments and craft projects. High Five, the preschool version of Highlights, is intended for little ones ages 2 to 6. A one-year subscription (12 issues) is $40.21. How much is a two-year subscription to a magazine launched in 1975?A. $30.B. $34.C. $40.D. $68.22. What is special about ChopChop?A. It has a history of 42 years.B. It has nine cartoon characters.C. It is helpful for kids to learn to cook.D. It includes a question-and-answer page.23. What topic do Muse and Highlights have in common?A. Science.B. Craft projects.C. Riddles.D. Animals.BKatie Blomquist, a 1st grade teacher at Pepperhill Elementary School in North Charleston, South Carolina, learned last year that one of her students wanted a bike for his birthday. But his parents could not afford it. So, like most other people that you will find here on InspireMyKids, she decided to do something about it!First, she thought about how to get a bike for that child. Then, she decided to think bigger. How could she also give a bike to his brother? Or how about a bike to every child in her class? Finally, her vision (愿景) got even bolder! How might she find a bike for the 650 kids that make up her entire school? Most children at Pepperhill live in poverty. Eventhough Ms. Blomquist could not afford to buy the bikes herself, she felt she now had to do something about it!So, she decided to start a GoFundMe campaign to raise money. Her request caught on! In less than 6 months, over 1,000 donors from around her community and even 10 countries around the world provided over $ 80,000 in donations! This was enough to buy more than 600 bikes for Pepperhill students, along with helmets and locks!After a big ceremony to surprise the kids, Ms, Blomquist makes more efforts. Katie Blomquist is starting a charity called “Going Places,” with a mission (使命) to bring joy to deserving children from low income families by providing them with bikes, swim lessons, summer camp opportunities, and more. This will enrich their growth and fuel their imaginations, supporting the most basic childhood right—a right to joy.” And she has started another GoFundMe campaign for her charity to help more schools and kids!24. What motivated Ms. Blomquist to start the GoFundMe campaign originally?A. A kid’s birthday wish.B. Her dream for a bike.C. Her bad family conditions.D. A moving story on InspireMyKids.25. How is Pepperhill Elementary School?A. Its educational level is well above average.B. It has no access to convenient transportation.C. Most of its students come from a poor background.D. It’s a community school intended for intelligent students.26. What do the figures in Para. 3 indicate?A. The great advantage of GoFundMe.B. The immediate success of GoFundMe.C. The large numbers of kind donations.D. The huge economic benefits of GoFundMe.27. Which word can best describe Katie Blomquist?A. Brave and sociable.B. Generous and honest.C. Aggressive and independent.D. Sympathetic and devoted.CHave you ever heard of a “googly-eyed (瞪眼的), stubby squid (乌贼)”? Well, you havenow. Scientists working to map the Pacific Ocean floor off the coast of North America found a purple squid with big eyes. The squid is. called the Rossia Pacifica. It is only about six centimeters long. The small sea creature was found at a depth of about 900 meters, off the coast of southern California.Money for the mapping project comes from the Ocean Exploration Trust. The trust was the idea of Robert Ballard, who discovered the wreckage (残骸) of the ship Titanic in 1985.The scientists making the map are working on a large boat called the Nautilus. The Nautilus has remote-controlled roving vehicles (交通工具) that can explore the ocean floor.The researchers have a number of cameras, all of which are connected to the boat with fiber-optic cables. When researchers found the brightly colored squid, they were very excited. You can see the excitement in a video posted to YouT ube. It has more than one million views. You can hear the scientists sayin g “Whoa! What is that? He has strange eyes.”The scientists are laughing. One of them jokingly suggests that the squid is actually a child’s toy dropped into the ocean by accident. It turns out the Ro ssia Pacifica uses its big eyes to look for shrimps (虾) that it can catch for food.The Nautilus left from Canada in May and will complete its trip in September.28. The chief task of the scientists on the ship Nautilus is to .A. find sunken shipsB. find a special squidC. make a map of the ocean floorD. measure the depths of some sea areas29. What impressed the scientists most when they found the squid?A. Its big eyes.B. Its small size.C. Its colorful body.D. Its living surroundings.30. What does the underlined word “it” in Para. 4 refer to?A. The research.B. The boat.C. You T ube.D. The video.31. What does the text mainly talk about?A. A unique ocean creature.B. The discovery of the ship Titanic.C. An organization to explore the sea.D. The scientists mapping the ocean floor.DHarvard University, which is facing claims of racial discrimination (歧视) against Asian- Americans in its admission process, has announced that its early acceptance rate for Asian Americans for the Class of 2022 has hit 24.2 percent, up from 21.7 percent a year earlier. The figures were released on Dec 12, 2017 by the school on its official website, the Harvard Gazette.Of the 6,630 applicants who applied for admission under the early action program, 964 were accepted. The college said 4,882 were deferred (推迟), 611 were rejected, and 173 applications were incomplete.The early enrollments (入学) for the Class of 2022 also reflect an overall increase in other nonwhite students from previous years, the famous university said. African-Americans make up 13.9 percent of students admitted early, compared with 12.6 percent last year. At the same time, Latinos (拉丁美洲人) account for 9.8 percent, up 1 percentage point last year, and Native Americans and Native Hawaiians account for 1.8 percent, up from 1.1 percent.“From small towns, suburbs, and cities—from throughout the United States and around the world-the Class of 2022 promises to be among the best classes in Harvard’s long history,” said William R. Fitzsimmons, dean (主任) of admissions and financial aid at Harvard University.Harvard is facing scrutiny from the Department of Justice and a separate lawsuit (诉讼) accusing the college of discriminating against Asian-Americans in its undergraduate admission process.In November, 2017 the Justice Department ci ted a 2015 lawsuit that charges Harvard’s affirmative action policies discriminate against Asian-American applicants, in a letter setting a Dec 1 deadline for Harvard to hand over documents on its admission policies. Responding to that deadline, Harvard offered a compromise position in which the government’s lawyers would be able to examine all the records, including an electronic database, in the offices of Harvard’s lawyers, with some personal information redacted (编写), according to The New York Times.Harvard University reported that 16.6 percent of a total 29,652 students are Asian,according to college factual, . Over the past five years, the total international population of students on campus has grown at an average rate of 6.8 percent. China is the largest contributor to this growth, with about 1,263 students.32. Why is Harvard University charged?A. Because sometimes it doesn’t treat all students at school equally.B. Because it does not provide enough financial aid for poor students.C. Because some people are unsatisfied with it admission policies.D. Because its total international population of students is decreasing.33. Which make up the smallest percentage of students admitted early by Harvard?A. Latinos.B. Asian-Americans.C. African-Americans.D. Native Americans and Native Hawaiians.34. The possible meaning of the underlined word “scrutiny”in Para. 5 is “ .”A. a plan or desire to do somethingB. careful and thorough examinationC. the feeling of being annoyed, upset, or impatientD. the level that is considered to be acceptable35. What can be the best title for the passage?A. Harvard admits more Asian-AmericansB. Nonwhite students at Harvard UniversityC. Harvard announces its future admission policiesD. Class of 2022 is among the best classes in Harvard’s long history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。