广西省防城港市防城中学2019-2020学年高二春季学期期中考试英语试卷

英语试卷满分[ 150]分，时间[120]分钟第I卷（选择题部分，共95分）1.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卷上。

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. Where are the two speakers?A. In the street.B. In the bank.C. On the playground.2 .How long did Jack study for the testA. 3 hours.B. 7 hours.C. 4 hours3. How will the man go there?A. By train.B. By plane.C. By ship4.When will the speakers meet?A. This Monday.B. Next MondayC. On Sunday.5. Why does the man feel sad?A. Because he hasn't seen his wife for a long time.B. Because he had a fight with his wife.C. Because his wife will talk to him.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至8题。

6. What are the two speakers talking about?A. New Year wishes.B. Food.C. Examination.7. What is the woman?A. A senior middle school teacher.B. A junior middle school student.C. A senior middle school student.8. According to the conversation, which statement is TRUE?A. The woman wants to lose weight.B. Visiting Beijing is the woman's most important wish.C. The man believes that the woman will lose weight.听第7段材料，回答第9至11题。

9.Where does the conversation most probably take place?A. In the chemistry lab.B. In the sound labC. In the classroom.10. What should be done there?A. Put on the earphones as soon as coming to the lab.B. Take the parts off if there is anything wrong with the machine.C.Make sure that everything is in order.11.What is the relationship between the two speakers?A. Teacher and student.B. Mother and son.C. Friends.听第8段材料，回答第12至14题。

12 The man locked_______ yesterday.A. the front door.B. the little window in the hall.C. the windows downstairs.13. What is the woman most likely to be?A.The man's wife.B. A policewoman.C. The man’s neighbor.14 . What is the woman most probably going to do?A. Look around.B. Talk to others.C. Ask more questions.听第 9 段材料，回答第15至17题。

15. What does the woman think of Frank's plan?A. She thinks Frank could learn a lot.B. She is not sure if it is a good plan.C. It's costly.16.How long is Frank going to stay in Europe?A. Six weeks.B. Two months.C. Six weeks to eight weeks.17. According to the conversation, which statement is TRUE?A. Frank is 14 years old.B. the youth hostel is quite expensive.C. Frank will travel alone听第10段材料，回答第18至20题。

18.What does the speaker think of watching his friends making decisions?A.Strange.B. amusing.C. Surprising.19. Why can the children of the speaker's sister make decisions quickly?A. They have a quick mind.B. They make decisions without thinking.C. They were given responsibility when they were little.20 What can we learn from the passage?A. The children always ask their mother’s voice.B. The speaker's friends make decisions very quickly.C. Some of the speakers friends can’t make a decision on their own.第二部分阅读理解（共两节，满分35分）第一节（共10小题；每小题2.5分，满分25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，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

AWhile smartphones stand accused of a variety of crimes, these pocket computers can certainly be a force for good. Your phone is always with you, making it the perfect device to push you into a more beneficial way of living. Here are some of the best apps that can help.HabiticaHabitica turns the goal of forming good habits into a game, with its own characters and scoring. It's a lot of fun, and the app also lets you build habits with friends and family. In addition to regular repeating habits, you can add a more general to-do list, and the rewards you get can be customized too---you could treat yourself to a meal out or an extra hour of games.Smoke FreeIf you’ ve got a specific habit in mind, then you'll usually find specific apps to help, like Smoke Free. If you' re determined to give up smoking, then this is one of the most comprehensive apps for giving you that extra push you need to make a permanent change. The app offers a host of useful features to people wanting to go smoke-free: the ability to see your progress over time, charts showing how your health is improving, day-by-day encouragement, and some advice on techniques for giving up smoking.My Fitness PalYou can find tons of health and fitness apps for your phone, but My Fitness Pal stands out not just because it is easy to use, but because it makes practical suggestions for you. It can take in a host of data, from the calories(卡路里) you’re taking in to the number of swims you're doing per week, and offer reports on calorie consumption and macronutrient(大量营养素) breakdown.21. What can Habitica help you to do?A. Win a tough game.B. Start a lasting friendship.C. Find a fancy restaurant.D. Develop a pleasant habit.22. Which of the following can Smoke Free provide?A. Charts showing the improvement of health.B. The ability to make progress.C. Advice on how to continue smoking.D. Charts about your excellent health.23. If you want to know your calories consumption, which app should you choose?A. HabiticaB. Smoke FreeC. My Fitness PalD. All of the above24. What can we Learn about the three apps mentioned in the text?A. They' re cheap.B. They 're practical.C. They're free.D. They' re interesting.BA simple project to help a family in need stopped Luck Mickelson in his tracks. In 2012, heand his family were inspired to build and donate a bunk bed, one bed on top of the other, after learning there were local children who slept on the floor. Shocked to discover how widespread this need was in his community, Mickelson founded Sleep in Heavenly Peace, a nonprofit that builds and delivers beds to children in need.Born and raised in Idaho, Mickelson, now 41, had a thriving career. He coached his kids' sports teams and fished in the nearby river. But when he met children who were sleeping on the floor, his peaceful life changed course.Using safety guidelines and his daughter’s bunk bed as a model, Mickelson started buying wood and supplies to build beds with his own money. He recruited friends and family members to help around the holidays. As the word spread, interest and involvement from his and other communities flooded-along with Mickelson's bunk bed output. "That first project, we built 11 bunk beds in my garage, "he said."The next year, we did 15. Then it doubled every year. In 2017, we built 612 bunk beds.”With the motto "No kid sleeps on the floor in our town ” , the nonprofit and its more than 65 branches have built and delivered more than 1,500 free beds to children across America. But along with the rapid growth, Mickelson was faced with a tough choice: advancing his career or his nonprofit. He chose the latter and went from making "great money to zero money". He's never looked back. "I found that the need I have isn't financial, "he said. "The need I have is seeing the joy on kids faces, knowing that I can make a difference.”25. Why did Mickelson set up Sleep in Heavenly Peace?A. To get more donations. B .To make a big fortune.C. To inspire his community.D. To donate beds to kids in need.26. What do we know about Luke Mickelson?A. He originally had a very good career.B. He changed his career from time to time.C. He used to sleep on the floor when he was a kid.D. He had his own fish farm.27. How did o ther people react to Mickelson’s project?A. They showed little interest in it.B. They were supportive and involved in it.C. They were doubtful about the safety of the bunk bed.D. They volunteered to buy beds with their own money.28. What is Mickelson's attitude to the nonprofit?A. AmbiguousB. Defensive.C. PositiveD. CautiousCWould a faster reading speed mean that we could learn more? Some people claim that it’s possible. In July last year，the six-time speed reading champion Anne Jones sat down to read Harper Lee’s Go Seta Watchman. Just 25 minutes and 31 seconds later, she finished it--- which equals a reading rate of around 3100 words per minute. Jones runs training courses teaching speed reading, recall and concentration techniques and there are numerous speed reading apps that have appeared on the market over the past few years. But do they actually work?First, we need to understand how we read. The human eye movement system is central to our reading ability. Read over that sentence again, and think about how your eyes scan across the words. They don't move smoothly over them. Instead, they make a series of short, sharp jumps, skipping over a few characters before briefly landing on a word. The movements are known as saccades(扫视)and the pauses are called fixations.Reading isn't just about seeing the words---you need to comprehend them to build up a picture about what the text means. People are able to get through a block of text faster, but at the cost of accuracy and understanding. In other words, you use a speed reading app, then you'll probably get the gist(主旨) of a piece of text, but you'll struggle to recall details about what you’ve just read.So, does speed reading work? Well, yes and no. It really depends on what you re reading and why you need to read it. As yet, there isn't a trick that enables you to read a piece of text both quickly and accurately-there's always going to be a trade-off.29. What s the main idea of the passage?A. Speed reading is bad at times.B. Speed reading is a waste of time.C. Speed reading can work sometimes.D. Speed reading is always enjoyable.30. What can we know from the passage?A. Reading apps ensure we read much faster.B Fast reading makes us learn more knowledge.C. Reading ability is not related to the eye movement system.D. You probably get the main idea of a passage by using a speed reading App.31. What do we know about Anne Jones?A. She runs training courses teaching only speed reading technique.B. She is a running champion.C. She can read very fast.D. She creates some speed reading apps.32. What might the writer continue to talk about?A. The advantages of faster or slower reading.B. The reasons why to do faster or slower reading.C. The methods for making use of faster or slower reading.D. The cases where to do faster and slower reading.DThere is an English saying: “Laughter is best medicine.” Until recently, few people took the saying seriously. Now, however, doctors have begun to look into laughter and the effects it has on the human body. They have found that laughter really can improve people’s health.Tests were carried out to study the effects of laughter on the body. People watched funny films while doctors checked their heart, blood pressure, breathing and muscles. It was found that laughter has similar effects to physical exercises. It increases blood pressure, the heart beating and breathing. It also works several groups of muscles in the face, the stomach, and even the feet. If laughter exercises the body, it must be beneficial.Other tests have shown that laughter appears to be able to reduce the effect of pain on the body. In one experiment doctors produced pain in groups of students who listened to different radio programs. The group that tolerated(忍受) the pain for the longest time was the groups which listened to a funny program. The reason why laughter can reduce pain seems to be that it helps to produce a kind of chemicals in the brain which diminish both stress and pain.As a result of these discoveries, some doctors in the United States now hold laughter clinics, in which they help to improve their patients’ condition by encouraging them to laugh. They have found that even if their patients do not really feel like laughing, making them smile is enough to produce beneficial(有益的) effects similar to those who are caused by laughter.33. The main idea of the passage is ________.A. laughter and physical exercises have similar effects.B. smile can produce the same effects as laughterC. pain can be reduced by laughterD. laughter is best medicine34. The underlined word “diminish” is similar to ________.A. testB. stopC. decreaseD. increase35. Doctors hold laughter clinics ________.A. to give better condition to their patientsB. in order to improve patients’ healthC. to make patients smile all the timeD. to prove smile and laughter have the same effect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，并在答题纸上将该选项标号涂黑。