2018-2019学年最新人教版高二英语第一学期期中考试综合教学质量检测及答案-精编试题
2018-2019学年最新人教版高中英语高二上学期期中教学质量检测及答案-精编试题
第一学期期中教学质量检测高二英语试题本试卷分第I卷(选择题)和第Ⅱ卷(非选择题)两部分。
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第一部分听力（共两节，满分30分）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。
并在答题卡上将该选项涂黑。
AFrom my earliest memories, I felt as if my mother was preparing me for something special. When entering a room, her entire focus was on me. I felt as if I was the center of her universe great feeling. Offering her the same respect, I attentively listened to her stories without interrup-ting；I tried to return that feeling of being truly loved.Even though there was always deep affection flowing between us, she wasn* t a softy. She worked hard and expected her children to do the same. I began working in our little comer grocery store by age eight and managed it by the age of twelve. She appreciated my hard work and treated me as an equal. I learned that I could do anything if I tried hard enough. I learned to depend on myself.My mother always supported my decisions, but also shared her concerns. When I decided to retire early from teaching to teach and write about etiquette (礼仪）,she announced her concerns. She worried that there wasn’t a market for it-ray mother, always the business person. However, by the end of our conversation she encouraged me with aWith your training and love of people, you are perfect for this.”By example, my mother taught me how to show respect for others. She gave me my listening skills, my sympathy and my manners. Through her, I learned to be strongs to follow my heart and to work hard. I never give up. If not for this, I wouldn, t be a successful business owner and goodfriend to all. •—21.What was the author's mother worried about according to Paragraph 3?A.The author would lose her job.B.The author would live a popr Bfe.C.The author9 s books would be hard to sell.D.The author wouldn * t be good at business.22.What can we learn from the text?A.The author had a brother and a sister.B.The author9 a mother was very strict with her.C.T he author became a well-known writer at last.D.The author began to manage the store by age eight.23.What does the author mainly tell us in the text?A.Her dear mother’s life.B. Her success in her career.C.Lessons her mother taught her.D. Ways she loved her mother.BBusiness leader, Mary Kay Ash, was bom on May 12, 1918, in Hot Wells, Texas. She was a pioneer for women in business, building a big cosmetics(化妆品）empire. In 1939, Ash became a salesperson for Stanley Home Products. She was so good at making sales that she was hired away by another company, World Gifts, in 1952. Ash spent a little more than a decade at the company, but she quit after watching yet another man that she had trained get promoted (提升）a- bove her and earn a much higher salary than hers.After her bad e3q>erience in the traditional workplace, Ash set out to create her own business aged 45. With her son, she opened a small store in Dallas and had nine salespeople working for her. Ash tried to make her business different by using encouraging programs. She wanted everyone in the organization to have the opportunity to benefit from their achievements. She believed in the golden rule：“Treat others as you want to be treated.”At the heart of this profitable organization was Ash, s enthusiastic personality. She was known for her love of the color pink and it could be found everywhere. She seemed to sincerely value her advisors, and once said, “People are a company 's greatest wealth”While she stepped down from her position as CEO of the company in 1987, Ash remained an active part of the business. She set up the Mary Kay Charitable Foundation in 1996, which sup-ports cancer research and efforts to end home violence. In 2000, she was named the most out-standing woman in business in the 20lh century by Lifetime Television.She died on November 22,.2001, in Dallas, Texas. She will be best remembered for building a profltable business from scratch that created new opportunities for women to achieve financial success.24.Why did Ash leave World Gifta?,A.Because she wanted to start her own business.B. Because she was not properly promoted and paid.C. Because she didn91 Jike. its sales strategy.D. Because she was tired of being a salesperson.25.When did Ash start her own business?A.In 1939.B. In 1952.C. In 1963.D. In 1987.26.Which of the following about Ash is NOT true?A.H er favourite color was pink.B.She was full of enthusiasm.C.She worked as a writer before starting her business.D.She paid a lot of attention to her advisors.27.We can infer from the text thatA.Ash did a lot of charityB.Ash was the first woman to run a cosmetics businessC.Ash got a lot of help from her former colleaguesD.Ash returned to family life completely after 1987CWhen was the last time someone did something unexpectedly nice for you? Not someone you knew, but a total stranger? It’s happened to me a few times, but two instances really stand out.A few years ago, I was dining out with a person who kept going on and on about himself, completely unaware of the fact that I was sitting there in unhappiness. It ^rasn ’ t his company that disappointed me. I was recovering from a bad grade in my study. I could have colapsed(崩溃)intears right there at the table.When we picked up the check, the waitress said, “Your meal was already paid for.” My friend and I didn, t have an idea how it happened. Then I remembered a man coining in out of the comer of my eye. He was dressed in mostly white, sat down at the bar, had a glass of wine, stayed for maybe ten minutes and then left. The waitress said, “Yes, the gentleman who was in here a while ago paid for you.Just last year, I was running a half-marathon. With just 0.1 miles to go, I was out of gas. Runners call it “hitting the wall” ；I thought I couldn* t move another muscle. Out of nowhere, a teenager jogged up next to me and said, “What，s your name, sweetie? Jennifer? Okay, Jennifer, let’s go! Come on! It, s just around the comer! You can do it!” And he ran with me until I picked up my pace. I found him at the finish line to thank him for the encouragement only to learn he wasn, t even supposed to be in the race that day. He was running in place of someone else.I still shake my head when I think of these momentary angels, that came to me at my point of need. Do you have any experiences like this?28.Why did the author say she was in unhappiness?A.Because she got into trouble with her friend.B.Because she couldn’t enjoy her meal quietly.C.Because her friend complained so much.D.Because she was doing poorly in her study.29.What do you think of the man paying for the meal?A.He was generous and warm-hearted.B.He knew the author well and always helped her.C.He showed his kindness to his girlfriend.D.He liked making fun of others.30.We can infer from the last paragraph that the author .A.still can ’t believe her experience todayB.feels grateful for the help she receivedC.thinks everyone is an angelD.often helps those in need31.Which of the following is the best title for the passage?A.The kindness of strangersB.An unpleasant friendC.Two unbelievable experiencesD.Hitting the wallDA study showed a 12% drop in the first year after the law to stop smoking in enclosed(封闭的)public _ces came into force. The author says there is growing evidence that many people are choosing smoke-free homes as well.Asthma (哮喘病）UK says the findings are “encouraging”. Presenting their findings in the journal Pediatrics, they said the number of children admitted to hospital with severe asthma at-tacks was rising by more than 2 % a year before the restrictions were introduced in July 2007. Taking that into account, they calculated the fall in admissions in the next 12 months was 12%, and a further 3% in each of the following two years. The fall was seen among boys and girls of all ages, across wealthy and poor neighborhoods, in cities and in rural areas.In the past, much of the argument on the smoke-free law centred on protection of bar workers from passive smoke. At the time many critics said smokers would respond by lighting up more at home-harming the health of their families.In fact, more people are insisting on smoke—free homes. We increasingly think it’s because people see the benefits of smoke-free laws in public places such as restaurants and they want to carry out them. This benefits children because they’ re less likely to be exposed to sec ond-hand smoke. ^ .These findings reinforce (强化)evidence on the effect of smoke-free, law from studies in North America and Scotland, which also showed a fall in hospital admissions for children with se-vere asthma attacks. The law in England has also resulted in fewer admissions for heart attacks.Emily Humphreys from Asthma UK said the need now was to do more to prevent young peo-ple from taking up smoking.32.After the smoke-free law was introduced into England,-A. more children developed asthmaB. smokers lighted up more at homeC.children could also enjoy its benefitsD. workers suffered from passive smoke33.The smoke-free law in England also reduced the risk of developing •A.a high feverB.a terrible headacheC.stomach cancerD.a heart attack34. According to Emily, now they need toA.prevent tobacco from being soldB.prevent the young from taking up smokingC.p ut up more no-smoking signs in public placesrm people of the dangers of second-hand smoke35.What’s the author’s purpose in writing this text?A.To introduce the benefits of the smoke-free law.B.To describe how to help children with asthma.C.To show that smoking is harmful to our health.D.To give advice on how to give up smoking.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。
2018-2019学年最新人教版高中英语高二上学期期中模拟综合测试题及答案-精编试题
人教版高二上学期期中考试模拟测试英语试题I: 第一卷：第一部分：听力（共两节，满分20分，每小题1分）第二部分：英语知识运用（共两节，满分60分）第一节: 完形填空（共20小题；每小题1.5分，满分30分）阅读下面的短文，从短文后所给各题的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。
In our modern world, when something wears out, we throw it away and buy a new one. The 21______ is that countries around the world have grown mountains of 22______ because people are throwing out more rubbish than ever before.How did we 23______ a throwaway society? First of all, it is now easier to 24______ an object than to spend time and money to repair it. 25_______ modern manufacturing (制造业) and technology, companies are able to produce products quickly and inexpensively. Products are plentiful and 26_______.Another cause is our 27______ of disposable (一次性的) products. As 28______ people, we are always looking for 29______ to save time and make our lives easier. Companies 30______ thousands of different kinds of disposable products: paper plates, plastic cups, and cameras, to name a few.Our appetite for new products also 31______ to the problem. We are 32______ buying new things. Advertisements persuade us that 33______ is better and that we will be happier with the latest products. The result is that we 34______ useful possessions to make room for new ones.All around the world, we can see the 35______ of this throwawaylifestyle. Mountains of rubbish just keep getting bigger. To 36______ the amount of rubbish and to protect the 37______, more governments are requiring people to recycle materials. 38______, this is not enough to solve our problem.Maybe there is another way out. We need to repair our possessions 39______ throwing them away. We also need to rethink our attitudes about 40______. Repairing our possessions and changing our spending habits may be the best way to reduce the amount of rubbish and take care of our environment.21. A. key B. reason C. project D. problem22. A. gifts B. rubbish C. debt D. products23. A. face B. become C. observe D. change24. A. hide B. control C. replace D. withdraw25. A. Thanks to B. As to C. Except for D. Regardless of26. A. safe B. funny C. cheap D. powerful27. A. love B. lack C. prevention D. division28. A. sensitive B. kind C. brave D. busy29. A. ways B. places C. jobs D. friends30. A. donate B. receive C. produce D. preserve31. A. adapts B. returns C. responds D. contributes32. A. tired of B. addicted to C. worried about D. ashamed for33. A. newer B. stronger C. higher D. larger34. A. pick up B. pay for C. hold onto D. throw away35. A. advantages B. purposes C. functions D. consequences36. A. show B. record C. decrease D. measure37. A. technology B. environment C. consumers D. brands38. A. However B. Otherwise C. Therefore D. Meanwhile39. A. by B. in favour of C. after D. instead of40. A. spending B. collecting C. repairing D. advertising第二节：阅读理解（共10小题，每小题2分，共20分）A篇If you saw another kid ride her bike too fast around a corner and fall down, you might ride your bike more slowly on that turn. Yes, we humans are very sensitive to others’ mistakes. And the same is true for other animals. Animals mess up all the time. They might eat poisonous leaves, fall off a tree or let their prey(猎物) escape. By watching others fail, an animal can avoid making the same mistakes, thus improving its chance of survival.Scientists believe that one part of the brain helps animals process information about others’ mistakes. Cells(细胞) in that part appear to become more active when a person sees someone else making a mistake. But researchers didn’t know whether individual cells in this part of the brain play different roles in discovering mistakes.To investigate（调查）the brain’s response(反应) to mistakes in more detail, the researchers taught a game to two macaques, a type of monkey. One monkey could press a yellow or green button while the other watched. If the first monkey pressed the right button, the team gave both animals a treat. Every couple of rounds, the two monkeys switched roles. Meanwhile, the scientists watched individual cells in the animal’s brains.When the first monkey messed up the game by pressing the wrong button, a group of cells in the second monkey’s brain fired. But if the second monkey also made the wrong choice during its turn, some of the cells in that group didn’t respond. Those unresponsive cells reacted specifically to mistakes made by others, not to the monkey’s own mistakes.Scientists believe other parts of the brain also might help people process information about another’s mistakes. “You start to think about this other person and see things from his angle.” Ellen de Brujin, told Science News. She studies the brain at the University of Leiden in theNetherlands.41. According to Paragraph 1, animals’ ability to learn from others’ mistakes______.A. helps them to survive betterB. used to be ignored by humansC. is being lost because of humansD. ensures that they will never fail42. From the game the scientists taught to two macaques, we can see ______.A. animals can avoid the same mistakesB. which part of the brain is more activeC. how the brain processes information.D. how the brain responds to mistakes43. In the experiment mentioned, those unresponsive cells are only sensitive to _____.A. the same buttonsB. the monkey’s brainC others’ mistakes D. one’s own mistakesB篇TOURNAMENT OF ROSES ----5 Days Los AngelesDay 1 Los Angeles. ( Sun. Dec. 30)Welcome to Los Angeles! This evening mixes with your traveling friends at the welcome reception.Day 2 Los Angeles. ( Mon. Dec. 31)Head to Pasadena for the always colorful ROSE BOWL FAMILY FESTIVAL and watch the floats (彩车)decorated with tens of thousands of flowers. This afternoon, you can take the included visit to the GETTY MUSEUM. This evening, join your travelling friends at a special New Year’s Eve DINNER AND DANCE GALA (盛会), complete with hats, party favors and live m usic. You’ll toast the New Year a little early tonight to consider an early morning departure (离开) to the Rose Parade.Day 3 Los Angeles. Tournament of Roses Parade ( Tue. Jan.1)Happy New Year! Get ready for one of the world’s most popular parades, and yo u’ll see it live! Globus has booked the GRANDSTAND SEATS at the beginning of the parade route for a good view. See the wonderful colorful floats, marching bands from around the world, and the famous people.Day 4 Los Angeles. ( Wed. Jan. 2)This morning view the individual floats in the POST PARADE VIEWING AREA. For many this is the most exciting part of the entire event. Be sure to bring your camera and plenty of film! Another special dinner tonight—a special GLOBUS FAREWELL CELEBRATION DINNER.Day 5 Los Angeles. ( Thu. Jan. 3)The tour ends today, with tour guests departing on individual schedules.44. What activity can visitors enjoy on Dec. 31?A. Tournament of Rose Parade.B. A farewell celebration dinner.C. Post parade viewing area. D A dinner and dance gala.45. The underlined word “Globus” in Paragraph 3 refers to ________.A. the travel agencyB. the local governmentC. Los AngelesD. Roses Parade46. You can most probably read the passage in a ________.A. textbookB. news reportC. travel guideD. history magazineC篇Not a day goes by when we don’t use the WorldWide Web. Today it has become almost as importantto every family as food and water! This year, theWorld Wide Web has turned 25 years old. Whatmany people don’t know is that the web was at firstcreated to improve communication betweenthousands of scientists in Switzerland.In 1989, Tim Berners-Lee was a 34-year-oldBritish physicist working as a software engineer at CERN, the European Organization for Nuclear Research in Switzerland. Since CERN was a huge organization with thousands of scientists, communication between them was becoming increasingly difficult.Berners-Lee wanted to develop a system to solve the problem. His paper suggested an information system, where a page on one computer could have a link to another page on another computer (connected through the Internet), allowing scientists to read lots of information quickly. However, Berners-Lee’s boss said that it sounded exciting but impossible.Even though there were many difficulties and few supporters, Berners-Lee went on to develop the World Wide Web. He came up with ideas such as Hyper-text Transfer Protocol (超文本传输协议) to allow computers to talk to each other, Hyper-text Markup Language (HTML) to create the pages, a server to serve the pages, and a browser (浏览器) to see them.In December 1990, the World Wide Web was demonstrated (展示) and in 1991, the WWW project was made public, so that other programmers could develop their own browsers. Berners-Lee believed that it could be used for more than scientific purposes. He wanted the Internet to be easy for anyone to use — a free open software. His wishes soon came true.Although the World Wide Web has today turned into a completely different thing from what it meant at first, it has become necessary and important to our lives, powering our mobile technologies and the way we get information.47. The World Wide Web was created to _____.A. help people get information easily and quicklyB. support the development of mobile technologiesC improve communication between scientists at CERN.D. make it easier for British scientists to communicate48. As for Berners-Lee’s paper, his boss _____.A. felt puzzled about itB. showed no interest in itC. was certain about itD. had no confidence in it49. According to the text, Berners-Lee _____.A. doesn’t give u p easily when in troubleB. is a 55-year-old Swiss physicistC. has worked at CERN for 25 yearsD. knows little about the Internet50. What would be the best title for the text?A. The popularity of the web.B. Interview with Tim Berners-Lee.C. Tips on improving the website.D. World Wide Web turns 25!第三节：七选五（共5小题，每小题2分，共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。
2018-2019学年最新人教版高中英语高二上学期期中模拟综合测试卷及答案-精编试题
人教版高二上学期期中考试模拟测试英语试题第一部分听力理解（共15小题，每小题1分，满分15分）根据各段播放内容及其相关小题，从题中所给的A、B、C项中，选出最佳选项并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
Conversation 11. Why is the man going to Paris?A. To attend an art show.B. To attend a meeting.C. To visit friends.2. When does the next train to Paris leave?A. At 5:15.B. At 6:35.C. At 5:45.Conversation 23.When does Mary’s party start?A. At 7:30.B. At 8:00.C. At 9:00.4. When will the woman probably leave for the party?A. At 7:30.B. At 8:00.C. At 9:00.Conversation 35. How does Linda probably feel now?A. Sorry.B.Worried.C.Happy.6. How many A’s did the woman get?A. Two.B. Four.C.Five.Conversation 47. What is the probable relationship between the speakers?A. Doctor and patient.B. Nurse and patient.C. Doctor and nurse.8. Why does the man change his appointment?A. He has another appointment.B. Dr Martin had to ask for leave.C. The bad weather made him do so.9. When will the man meet Dr Martin?A. At 9:00 pm next TuesdayB. At 9:00 am next Tuesday.C. At 9:00 am this morning.Conversation 510. What does the man say about the hotel?A. It offers a free supper.B. It is far from Silver Beach.C. It has a swimming pool.11.How does the woman suggest spending the morning?A. By surfing the Internet.B. By walking along the beach.C. By swimming in the pool.12. What does the woman want to know next?A. Whether there are spare rooms.B. The breakfast time.C. The extra service.Conversation 613.Why does the man ask to go out for a dinner this week?A. For his birthday.B. For their wedding anniversary.C. For rewarding their son.14.Where are the speakers from?A. India.B. Japan.C.Italy.15. When will they go to the restaurant?A. On Monday night.B. On Friday night.C. On Saturday night .第二部分阅读（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，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
2018-2019学年最新人教版高二英语第一学期期中模拟质量检测及答案-精编试题
第一学期高二年级英语期中试题卷一、单项填空（共20小题；每小题0.5分；满分10分）1. I tried to appear at ______ ease when the foreign guest greeted me by kissing me on_______ cheek.A. /; theB. /; aC. the; aD. the; the2. The news ______ is being broadcast in the airport is ______ a big snowstorm will come attacking.A. which; whichB. /; thatC. that; whichD. that; that3. Our neighbour has ______ ours.A. twice a big swimming pool asB. twice as big a swimming pool asC. a swimming pool twice big asD. twice as a swimming pool big as4. --Who do you think should be responsible for the accident?--It is two careless passes-by, _______ the driver, that ______ to blame for it.A. more than; isB. rather than; areC. other than; isD. less than; are5. --Hey, do you like the rock and roll song that I am playing?--To be honest, I don’t. I’d rather that you ______ quiet.A. had keptB. keptC. should keepD. keep6. They ______ on the project for almost one month before I joined them, and now we ______on it as no good results have come out so far.A. had been working; are still workingB. had worked; were still workingC. have been working; have workedD. have worked; are still working7. Measures have to be taken to teach young people how to ______ themselves both infamily and in school. They don’t know the basic manners.A. performB. struggleC. amuseD. behave8. After a day’s tiring climb, we finally arrived at ______ we had been told was “Garden in the Air”.A. whatB. whichC. thatD. where9. The population of Africa is ______ so rapidly as to cause great concern of the whole world.A. expandingB. preservingC. supportingD. spreading10. The newcomer went to the library the other day and searched for ______ he could findabout Mark Twain.A. no matter whatB. whicheverC. whateverD. no matterwhich11. --Please don’t make any noise—my mother is a very light sleeper.--How ________ you are!A. modestB. considerateC. outspokenD. optimistic12. --Do you regret ______ your well-paid position?--Not at all. I have more time to stay with my family now.A. taking upB. picking upC. giving upD. building up13. As medicine experts say, this virus is more ______ to survive and spread in low temperatures.A. possibleB. likelyC. probableD. maybe14. Tmall Double 11 Shopping Carnival is an occasion ______ varieties of products areavailable at discounted prices.A. thatB. whereC. whenD. whose15. As is known ______ us, Sherlock Holmes is famous ______ a detective ______ his quickthinking and careful observation.A. to; as; forB. by; to; forC. for; to; asD. by; for; as16. Only after Li Qi focused on his strengths instead of his weakness ______ himself from hisinferiority complex (自卑感).A. he freedB. he had freedC. did he freeD. had he freed17. –Why do you charge so much?--There is a postage and packing fee ______ the costs of repair.A. in support ofB. in defence ofC. in addition toD. in preference to18. At first, we didn’t know about Tom. But ______, we came to know that he was an honest boy.A. particularlyB. simplyC. generallyD. gradually19. With the Internet _____ widely, people throughout the world have no difficulty _____ witheach other.A. using; to communicateB. using; communicatingC. used; communicatingD. used; to communicate20. –You have to believe in yourself. No one else will, if you don’t.--_______. Confidence is really of great importance.A. It’s not my cup of teaB. That’s not the pointC. I don’t think soD. I can’t agree more二、完型填空（共20小题；每小题1分；满分20分）The Town of Pressure and the Town of Pleasure were neighbors but had nothing in common. People built walls to 21 influence from the other town.In Pressure, 22 struggled to be the very best. When women gave birth, they would 23_ to have the baby with the loudest cry. There was violent competition in every aspect of life. Because 24 was the index (指数) of success, people were 25 busy making money, with 26 for relaxation. Some young people couldn’t bear the hard work and turned to wine or drugs to escape.27 , over in Pleasure, the motto was “As long as you like it, do it.” People grew up without 28 and 29 do anything they liked. Children played computer games day and night. At school, teachers didn’t 30 whether students showed up or not. Workers might sit around the office 31 sipping coffee and doing nothing. 32 the lack of strict rules, nobody worried about losing their jobs. It was 33 that mattered. No one had the 34 thought of moving forward, either for themselves or for the town. The computers they used were 35 models from Pressure.Some of the young were addicted (上瘾) to 36 because of the meaninglessness of their lives. Then, people in the two towns began asking themselves, “What is 37 for?”But, just before life in the two towns completely 38 , there came a wise man – Mr. Reason. He went from door to door, talking with people and giving advice. People in Pressure learnt to be 39 with what they had, while people in Pleasure began to make plans. They 40 the walls between them and built a road to connect the two. The towns’people came to realize the truth—there is no space between Pressure and Pleasure if they don’t go to extremes.21. A. connect B. have C. strengthen D. prevent22. A. everyone B. anyone C. nobody D. somebody23. A. have B. like C. compete D. try24. A. health B. joy C. children D. wealth25. A. seldom B. always C. hardly D. sometimes26. A. much time B. no reason C. many reasons D. no time27. A. Meanwhile B. Particularly C. Therefore D. Unfortunately28. A. pleasure B. pressure C. work D. delight29. A. must B. need C. could D. dared30. A. know B. find C. recognize D. care31. A. in the morning B. the whole evening C. all day long D. in the afternoon32. A. Thanks to B. In addition to C. Contrary to D. According to33. A. money B. time C. pleasure D. pressure34. A. strongest B. slightest C. simplest D. smallest35. A. the old B. the new C. the best D. the same36. A. books B. work C. money D. drugs37. A. pressure B. life C. pleasure D. money38. A. improved B. failed C. succeeded D. lived39. A. content B. surprised C. patient D. angry40. A. made up B. put down C. pulled down D. set up三、阅读理解（共15小题；每小题2分；满分30分）AAccording to body language expert Robert Phipps, the way people sleep at night actually determines a lot about the type of personality they have. Phipps has identified four sleeping positions that affect personality.Phipps found that worriers, those who stress the most, tend to sleep in the fetal (胎儿的) position. He found that this is the most common bedtime position, with nearly 58 percent of people sleeping on their side with knees up and head down. The more we curl up (蜷曲), the more comfort we are seeking, according to Phipps.The second most common position is the log. Sleeping with a straight body, with arms at each side, as if they are standing guard at Buckingham Palace, indicates stubbornness, and these people (the 28 percent who sleep this way) often wake up stiffer than when they went to sleep.“The longer you sleep like this, the more rigid your thinking is and you can become inflexible, which means you make things harder for yourself,” according to Phipps.Yearner (向往) sleepers are next on the list. About 25 percent of people sleep in this style—on their side with arms stretched out in front, looking as if they are either chasing a dream or perhaps being chased themselves. Yearners are typically their own worst critics, always expecting the best results, explained Phipps. These people often wake up refreshed and eager to face the challenges of the day ahead.Perhaps the most peculiar (奇怪的) of sleep styles is the freefaller position. This sleep style makes up 17 percent of the population. They sleep face down with arms stretched out. These people, according to Phipps, feel like they have little control over their life. Not only is this the strangest of sleep styles, but also the least comfortable, and people may wake upfeeing tired and have no energy.In conclusion, Phipps has only one more thing to add: “A good night’s sleep set you up for the following day and our sleeping positions can determine how we feel when we wake.”41. Which of the following pictures is the fetal position?42. The underlined word “rigid” is closest in meaning to ______.A. stubbornB. flexibleC. comfortableD. strange43. Which sleeping position indicates that the sleeper tends to seek perfection?A. The fetal position.B. The log position.C. The yearner position.D. The freefaller position.44. Which of the following shows the structure of the passage?CP: Central Point P: Point SP: Sub-point C: Conclusion45. Which of the following can be the best title of the passage?A. A good night’s sleep sets you up for the following day.B. Your personality depends a lot on how you sleep at night.C. How you sleep at night affects what you do the next day.D. Which sleeping position helps you sleep comfortably.BIn our world today, the media and entertainment industries are constantly focusing on beauty over brains. Movies, television shows, commercials, and magazines all make use of models and actors whose wonderful appearance will help sell their products. And make more money for the companies.As our country become crazy about reducing the obesity numbers, eating disorder statistics continue to increase due to the push for thinner people. Even children as young as primary school age have begun to worry about the numbers that appear on the scale. I agree obesity is a serious medical condition that can lead to many health problems, but many of us try to lose weight for appearance purposes rather than our health. It seems that “fat” has become a new “ugly”.Two weeks ago, 37-year-old Wisconsin television hostess Jennier Livingston, who is 235 pounds, received an email from a local security guard named Kenneth Krause. In the email Krause attacked the mother of three, writing, “Your physical condition hasn’t improved for many years. Surely you don’t consider yourself a suitable example for this community’s young people, girls in particular.”Days later on live television, Livingston reacted to this email by responding, “The truth is that I am overweight. But to the person who wrote to me that email, do you think I don’t know that? You know nothing about me but what you see on the outside. And I am much more than a number on the scale.”While Livingston is not denying her size, she does suffer from hypothyroidism, a hormone (荷尔蒙) disorder that makes it harder to lose weight. Krause doesn’t know that Livingston has also been trying to change her diet and keep a regular exercise since the summer, and has already lost 8 pounds.What kind of people have we become when we criticize and attack other people we don’t even know? Haven’t we realized by now that weight does not determine character, talent, or qualities?Today, it seems that a vast majority of people care more about how they look rather than what is inside. Negative attitudes towards heavier people can be seen worldwidebecause of the growing obesity problem.The truth is that every person is built differently; we all come in different shapes and sizes. That someone is heavier doesn’t mean they eat large amounts of junk food and hang around all the day. Similarly, even though a person is thin, that doesn’t mean they are necessarily healthy and fit.If you are reading this and you are fighting with your weight or your appearance, please recognize that you are beautiful and special in your own way. You are worth so much more than you realize, and even if I don’t know you, I respect and support you.Beauty is not determined by size; it is determined by how we treat others and respect ourselves. Just as the talented film actress Kirstie Alley put it, “There’s a lot more to life than how fat or thin you are.”46. From the first two paragraphs, we can learn that ______.A. fat people are sure to suffer from eating disorderB. models will be out of work if they do not lose weightC. many people nowadays focus too much on appearanceD. children in primary schools care little about their weight47. The writer mentioned the email written by Kenneth Krause in order to tell us ______.A. some people still have negative attitudes towards fat peopleB. Kenneth Krause is an unfriendly person who likes attacking the fatC. we should make an effort to help the fat improve their physical conditionD. the fat can not act as a suitable example for the community’s young people48. What do we know about Jennier Livingston according to the passage?A. She has been trying to keep a regular exercise all the time.B. She has already realized her physical condition.C. She is prevented from losing weight because of a kind of hormone.D. She is often attacked by a local security guard because of her shape.49. The article mainly tells us the message that ______.A. the thin are usually healthier than the fatB. happiness lies first of all in healthC. health is more important than appearanceD. beauty means more than appearance50. In the writer’s opinion, _______.A. “fat” has become a new “ugly”B. your size shows who you areC. the fat should be careful about losing weightD. fat people shouldn’t lose weightCThe family had just moved to Rhode Island, and the young woman was feeling a little sad on that Sunday in May. After all, it was Mother’s Day—and 800 miles separated her from her parents in Ohio. She had called her mother that morning to wish her a happy Mother’s Day, and her mother had mentioned how colorful the yard was now that spring had arrived. As they talked, the young woman could almost smell purple lilacs (丁香) hang on the big bush outside her parents’ back door.Later, when she mentioned to her husband how she missed those lilacs, he popped up from his chair. “I know where we can find you all you want,” he said. So off they went, driving the country roads of northern Rhode Island on the kind of day only mid-May can produce: Shining sunlight, unclouded blue skies and newness of the green growing all around. They went past small villages and abandoned apple orchards (果园). Where they stopped, trees and bushes crowded the roadway on both sides, but there wasn’t a lilac bush in sight.“Come with me,” the man said. Before they got halfway up the hill, the fragrance (芬芳) of the lilacs floated down to them, and the kids started running. Soon, the mother began running, too, until she reached the top. There were the towering lilacs bushes. With a smile, the young woman rushed up to the nearest bush and buried her face in the flowers, drinking in the fragrance and the memories it recalled. Then carefully, she chose a sprig (小枝) here, another one there. She was in no hurry, appreciating each blossom as a rare treasure. Finally, though, they returned to their car for the trip home. While the kids chatted and the man drove, the woman sat smiling, surrounded by her flowers, a faraway look in her eyes.When they were within three miles of home, she suddenly shouted to her husband, “Stop the car. Stop right here!” The man slammed on the brakes. Before he could ask her why she wanted to stop, the woman was out of the car and hurrying up a nearby grassy slope with the lilacs still in her arms. At the top of the hill was a nursing home and, because it was such a beautiful spring day, the patients were outdoors walking with relatives or sitting on the porch. The young woman went to the end of the porch, where an elderly patient was sitting in her wheelchair, alone, head bowed, her back to most of others. Across the porch went the flowers, into the lap of the old woman. She lifted her head, and smiled. For a few moments, the two women chatted, both with happiness, and then the young woman turned and ran back to her family. As the car pulled away, the woman in the wheelchair waved, holding the lilacs.“Mom,”the kids asked, “Who was that? Why did you give her our flowers? Is she somebody’s mother?” The mother said she didn’t know the old woman. But it was Mother’s Day, and she seemed so alone, and who wouldn’t be cheered by flowers? “Besides,” she added, “I have all of you, and I still have my mother, even if she is far away. That woman needed those flowers more than I did.”This satisfied the kids, but not the husband. The next day he bought half a dozen young lilacs bushes and planted them around their yard, and several times since then he has added more.I was that man. The young mother was, and is, my wife. Now, every May, our own yard is filled with lilacs. Every Mother’s Day our kids gather purple lilacs. And every year I remember that smile on a lonely old woman’s face, and the kindness that put the smile there.51. The young woman was feeling a bit sad that Sunday in May because she _____.A. didn’t receive any giftB. missed her parentsC. couldn’t see the gardenD. missed the purple lilacs52. On the halfway up the hill, the woman felt ______.A. very delighted because she found towering lilacs thereB. very disappointed because there wasn’t a lilac in sightC. very excited because she smelt the fragrance of the lilacsD. very surprised because there was a nursing home at the top53. The young woman can be best described as ______.A. warm-hearted and determinedB. emotional and considerateC. responsible and sensitiveD. caring and kind-hearted54. The young woman liked lilacs so much most probably because ______.A. they were very beautifulB. they were a symbol of kindnessC. they reminded her of homeD. they could make people happy55. What might be the best title for the passage?A. The Memories of lilacsB. A Special Mother’s DayC. Beautiful Purple LilacsD. A Kind Young Woman高二年级英语期中答题卷四、用动词或动词词组的适当形式填空（有两个是多余的）（共10小题；每小题1分；满分10分）equip…with…; model…after…; convince…of…; refer to; star in; lead to; crowdin; intend; regret; deliver, campaign; disturb;56. The doctor ___________________ a baby when suddenly all the lights in the hall went out.57. It is no use ___________________ what you have done. You’d better calm down and workout a solution to make up for the losses.58. The theme park ____________________ the style of Disneyland is a great attraction to children.59. In the past five decades, the organization ______________________ against smoking inpublic for more than ten times.60. You can depend on it that he will give some practical suggestions to your problem___________________ in your letter.61. On our trip to Oxford University, what impressed us most was the laboratory________________ advanced facilities.62. On the first day when the 2010 Expo was opened, a flood of visitors_____________________ to feast their eyes.63. Hu Ge, ___________________ “Nirvana in Fire琅琊榜”, has become more and morepopular for the charming character.64. After careful observation, the detective found there was only one approach_________________ the castle.65. With a ________________ problem to solve, he found it hard to sleep well every night.五、短文改错（共10小题；每小题1分；满分10分）Friendship is very importance. Everyone needs friendship. In all our lives we can’t live without friendship just as we can’t live with air or water. Friendship make it possible for us to get along well with one another and settle different kinds of difficulties in the front of us. So real friendship is not easy to get. True friendship must be sincerely and be based on understand each other. A good friend can always be a good teacher to us. It is his advice which leads us to the right way. Therefore, more friends we have, the better we can improve us.六、书面表达（共1小题；满分20分）请从下列人物中选择你最喜欢的一位，用英语写一篇120词左右的短文。
2018-2019学年最新人教版高中英语高二上学期期中模拟达标检测及答案-精编试题
第一学期期中质量检测高二英语第I卷第一部分听力（无）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，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
AOn a stormy day last August, Tim heard someone shouting. Looking at the sea carefully, he saw that two kids in a rowboat were being pulled out to sea.Two 12-year-old boys, Christian and Jack, had rowed out in a boat to recover a football. Once they’d rowed beyond the calm waters, a beach umbrella tied to the boat caught the wind and pulled the boat into open water. The boys were terrified and tried to row back to shore. But they were no match for it and the boat was out of control.Tim knew that it would soon be swallowed by the waves.“Everything went quiet in my head,” Tim recalls. “I’m trying to figure out how to swim to the boys in a straight line.”Tim took off his clothes and jumped into the water. Every 500 yards or so, he raised his head to judge his progress. “At one point, I considered turning back,”he says. “I wondered if I was putting my life at risk.” After 30 minutes of struggling, he was close enough to shout to the boys, “Take down the umbrella!”“Let’s aim for the pier (码头),”Jack said. Tim turned the boat toward it. Soon afterward, waves crashed over the boat, and it began to sink. “Can you swim?”he cried. “A little bit,”the boys said.Once they were in the water, Tim decided it would be safer and faster for him to pull the boys toward the pier. Christian and Jack were wearing life jackets and floated on their backs. Tim swam toward land as water washed over the boys’ faces.“Are we almost there?” they asked again and again. “Yes,” Tim told them each time.After 30 minutes, they reached the pier.1. When did the story happen?A.On a holiday.B. On a stormy day.C. At a weekend.D. After a football match.2. What does the underlined word “recover” in the second paragraph mean in Chinese?A. 找回B. 修补C. 恢复D. 盖上3. What do you think of Tim?A.Strong.B. Proud.C. Shy.D. Brave.BThe first newspapers were written by hand and put up on walls in public place. The earliest daily newspaper was started in Rome in 59 BC. In the 700's the world's first printed newspaper was published. Europe didn't have a regularly published newspaper until 1609, when one was started in Germany.The first regularly published newspaper in the English language was printed in Amsterdam in 1620. In 1621, an English newspaper was started in London and was published once a week. The first daily English newspaper was the Daily Courant (每日新闻). It came out in March 1702.In 1690, Benjamin Harris printed the first American newspaper in Boston. But not long after it was first published, the government stopped the paper. In 1704, John Campbell started The Boston Newsletter (波斯顿新闻通讯), the first newspaper published in the American colonies. By 1760, the colonies had more than thirty daily newspapers. There are now about 1,800 daily papers in the United States.Today, as a group, English language newspapers have the largest circulation (发行量) in the world. But the largest circulation for a newspaper is that of the Japanese newspaper Asahi Dhimbun (朝日新闻). It sells more than eleven million copies every day.4. The first daily newspaper came out in _____.A. 59 BCB. 700'sC. 1609D. 16205. The first regularly published newspaper in Europe was printed in _____.A. EnglandB. GermanyC. FranceD. Sweden6. The first printed newspaper in America came out in _____.A. WashingtonB. New YorkC. BostonD. New Orleans7. What does the author want to inform us?A. The beginning of newspapersB. History of newspapersC. History of daily newspapersD. On reading newspapersCGood afternoon, and welcome to England. We hope that your visit here will be a pleasant one.Today, I would like to draw your attention to a few of our laws.The first one is about drinking. Now, you may not buy alcohol (酒) in this country if you are under 18 years of age, nor may your friends buy it for you.Secondly, noise. Enjoy yourselves by all means, but please don't make unnecessary noise, particularly at night. We ask you to respect other people who may wish to be quiet.Thirdly, crossing the road. Be careful. The traffic moves on the left side of the road in this country. Use pedestrian crossings (人行横道) and do not take any risk when crossing the road.My next point is about litter (throwing away wasted material in a public place). It is an offence (违法行为) to drop litter in the street. When you have something to throw away, please put it in your pocket and take it home, or put it in a litter bin.Finally, as regards smoking, it is against the law to buy cigarettes or tobacco (烟草) if you are under 16 years of age.I'd like to finish by saying that if you require any sort of help or assistance, you should contact your local police station, who will be pleased to help you.Now, are there any questions?8. The main purpose of this speech would be to ____.A. prepare people for international travelB. declare the laws of different kindsC. give advice to travellers to the countryD. inform people of the punishment for breaking laws9. From the speech we learn that ____.A. In this country, if you are under 18 years of age, you may not buy alcohol, but your friend can buy it for you.B. You may not buy cigarettes or tobacco unless you are above 16 years of age.C. Because the traffic moves on the left side of the road, you must use pedestrian crossings when crossing the roadD. You can't make noise except at night10. The underlined word “contact” in the last paragraph means _________________.A. keep in touch withB. get in touch withC. joinD. report11. W ho do you think is most likely to make the speech?A. A policemanB. A lawmakerC. A teacherD. A lawyerDClose your eyes and imagine you are living in the next two centuries or more. You'll be living in a world filled with smart robots, which will be helping you to take care of your children, or your elderly parents in your home. You'll live much longer thanks to the medicine made by genetic (基因的) science. And mankind may be going farther in space than ever before—youwill be living on the moon or Mars.How should we view the changes that wait for us in the future? Should we be optimistic about the years ahead, or worried about what the future holds? Some scientists and experts are having a discussion about how technology, science and society will develop in the future."I'm looking forward to the day when more technology will come to my life," says John Searle, a professor at the University of California Berkeley Philosophy, "because I think further research in such areas as genetics, physics, chemistry and medicine will help us to overcome poverty, improve health, and make life longer."Hugh Herr, at MIT's Biomechatronics Group, considers very powerful weapons as concern over the future. Another is the growing role of technology in our lives."Machines taking over what humans do is not a good thing," Herr says.That is a similar concern shared by Daniela Cerqui, a social and cultural scientist. "I am afraid that the long-term future we are building will have no space left for human beings," says Cerqui. "The main values of our society are related to information that must progress as quickly as possible, and computers are much better than humans in these tasks."12. The first paragraph mainly tells us ________.A. how science will develop in the next two centuriesB. how people will live in a modern societyC. what life would be like in the futureD. what computers will bring to our society13. What is John Searle's attitude towards the future of technology?A. Worried.B. Optimistic.C. Uncertain.D. Disappointed.14. The underlined word "That" in the last paragraph refers to______.A. the poverty problem in the futureB. machines taking over what humans doC. the technology of weaponsD. the health problem of humans15. What would be the best title for the passage?A. The future—fullof hope or concern?B. Great changes will take place in the futureC. The relationship between technology and humansD. The role of robots and computers in the future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。
2018-2019学年最新人教版高二英语第一学期联考期中模拟测试及答案-精编试题
高二联考英语试卷时间：120分钟满分：150分第Ⅰ卷(共115分)第一部分：听力(共两节，满分30分)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。
AOn a cold evening of April our ship was sailing for Ireland. Suddenly a violent storm rose and overturned our ship. Fortunately I held a board and was washed up on an island.It was completely dark. On reaching the island, I found a smooth place to lie down. Quite tired I slept for a long time. I woke up with a start when I was dazzled(使目眩) by glaring sunlight. How I felt hungry and thirsty! The island with its beautiful landscape at dawn appeared before my eyes.I began to explore the island. It was an uninhabited_island surrounded by trees. Yellow fruit in the light wind made me feel hungry. I tasted one. How sweet and delicious it was! I ate greedily a lot then I lay down comfortably on the soft grass. Around me were fragrance(芳香) and singing of birds. There, far away, on the right, a waterfall was falling down the mountainside. I rushed toward it. In the afternoon when I was wandering around the island, I happened to find out a cave hidden behind the thick forest. It was convenient for me to turn it into a place for sleeping for the night.Day in day out, nearly two weeks passed by. My food was mere fruit and some fish caught from the stream. Sometimes I tried to hunt some wild animals but in vain. Had I been equipped with necessary things, I would have enjoyed remaining here for food.One morning I caught sight of a boat. I signaled and shouted out loudly. I was rescued but so far I have had the memories of a fairy land which I had once happened to discover!21．What did the author do first after he was washed onto the island?A．He looked for a passing ship. B．He found something to eat.C．He found a place to take a rest. D．He made the island clean.22．What is the RIGHT time order of the following events?a．He wandered around the island.b．He was dazzled by glaring sunlight.c．He ate a lot of wild fruits.d．He found the island's landscape was beautiful.A．b d a c B．c d a bC．a c d b D．b d c a23．What does the underlined part “an uninhabited island” in Paragraph 3 mean?A．An island with beautiful scenes but no fruit.B．An island without humans living on it.C．An island that no humans have visited.D．An island with fresh air and trees.24．What does this passage mainly describe?A．How the author overcame difficulties on the island.B．How the author spent the first night and the first day on the island.C．How the author got to the island.D．How the author escaped from the island.BWhen I left home for college, I sought to escape the limited world of farmers, small towns, and country life. I long for the excitement of the city, for the fast pace that rural life lacked, for adventure beyond the horizon. I dreamed of exploring the city, living within a new culture and landscape, and becoming part of the pulse of an urban jungle.Yet some of my best times were driving home, leaving the city behind and slipping back into the valley. As city life disappeared and traffic thinned, I could see the faces of the other drivers relax. Then, around a bend in the highway, the grassland of the valley would come into being, offering a view of gentle rolling hills. The land seemed permanent. I felt as if I had stepped back in time.I took comfort in the stability of the valley. Driving through small farm communities, I imagined the founding families still rooted in their grand homes, generations working the same lands, neighbors remaining neighbors for generations. I allowed familiar farmhouse landmarks to guide me.Close to home, I often turned off the main highway and took a different, getting familiar farms again and testing my memory. Friends lived in those houses. I had eaten meals and spent time there; I had worked on some of these farms, lending a hand during a peak harvest, helping a family friend for a day or two. The houses and lands looked the same, and I could picture the gentle faces and hear familiar voices as if little had been changed. As I eased into our driveway I'd return to old ways, becoming a son once again, a child on the family farm. My feelings were honest and real. How I longed for a land where life stood still and my memories could be relived.When I left the farm for college, I could only return as visitor to the valley, a traveler looking for home.Now the farm is once again my true home. I live in that farmhouse and work the permanent lands. My world may seem unchanged to casual observers, but they are wrong. I know this: if there's a constant on these farms, it's the constant of change.The good observer will recognize the differences. A farmer replants an orchard (果园) with a new variety of peaches. Irrigation is added to block of old grapes, so I imagine the vineyard has a new owner. Occasionally the changes are clearly evident, like a FOR SALE sign. But I need to read the small print in order to make sure that a bank has taken possession of the farm. Most of the changes contain two stories. One is the physical change of the farm, the other involves the people on that land, the human story behind the change.I've been back on the farm for a decade and still haven't heard all the stories behind the changes around me. But once I add my stories to the landscape, I can call this place my home, a home that continues to evolve and changes as I add more and more of my stories.A poet returns to the valley and says, “Little has changed in the valley, and how closedminded you all are！” He comments about the lack of interest in sports, social an d environmental issues in the poverty and inequality of our life. He was born and raised here, so he might have the right to criticize and lecture us. Yet he speaks for many who think they know the valley. How differently would others think of us if they knew the stories of a grape harvest in a wet year or a peach without a home?25．The most important reason why the writer wanted to move to the city is that ________.A. he did not want to work on the farmB. he wanted to make new friendsC. he was eager for a different life thereD. there were more things to do there26．What made the writer relax as he drove from the city to the country?A. He could see for miles and miles.B. The traffic moved more slowly.C. The people he passed seemed to be calmer.D. The land seemed familiar to him.27．When driving through the valley the writer was guided home by ________.A．familiar farmhouses which left him a good memoryB．houses that had sheltered generations of the same familyC．land that had been worked by a family for generationsD．large farms which stretched out right before him28．When he was in college, why was the writer sad when he returned to his family home?A. He remembered how hard he used to work.B. He realized that he was only a visitor.C. He recognized the old housed and land.D. He remembered his next door neighbors.CMillions of people die of hunger in Southern Africa every year, but when Zambia was offered thousands of tons of free maize by the US, the government politely said no.“We don't know whe ther the food is safe，” said Zambia's Commerce, Trade and Industry Minister Dipak Patel.His worries are shared by countries around the world that are in_two_minds about America's genetically modified(GM, 转基因的) crops. Just last week, EU(欧盟) member nations were discussing whether or not to import GM sweet corn from the US.Ever since people started farming, they have tried to crossbreed(杂交) plants to make them stronger or better tasting. At one time, only related plants could be crossed with each other.But when GM techniques were developed in the 1970s, scientists were able to put a single gene from a living creature into an unrelated creature.This means they can make crops more productive and resistant to disease by adding genes from other species. They ca n also create food with special characteristics, such as “golden rice”，which is enriched with vitamin A. But many people believe GM foods are a health risk.“If left to me, I would certainly not eat GM foods，” said Scottish scientist Arpad Pusztai. “We are putting new things into food which haven't been eaten before. The effects on the immune system(免疫系统) are not easy to predict.”At the moment, the official argument is that GM foods “are not likely to present risks for human health”. But there are still m any questions to be answered as the foods are produced in different ways.Some experts believe the genetic material added to plants can transfer to humans and give damage to our bodies. Further harm could be caused by the genes from GM plants crossbreeding with naturally produced crops.29．We learn from the passage ________.A．people have discovered that GM foods will do harm to human healthB．millions of Zambia people die of eating too much GM foodsC．people are still not sure if GM foods will do harm to human healthD．genetic material added to plants will damage our bodies sooner or later30．What does “in two minds” in the third paragraph mean?A．Unsure. B．Worried.C．Likely. D．Careless.31．Which of the following statements is NOT true about GM foods?A．It is produced from plants added genes from other species.B．GM foods can have special characteristics.C．GM foods will affect people's immune system.D．GM foods have been produced since 1970s.32．What's the author's attitude?A．Supportive. B．Neutral.C．Doubtful. D．Critical.DSome students get so nervous before a test, and they do poorly even if they know the material. Sian Beilock has studied these highly anxious testtakers.Sian Beilock: “They start worrying about the consequences. They might even start worrying about whether this exam is going to prevent them from getting into the college they want. And when we worry, it actually uses up attention and memory resources. I talk about it as your cognitive horsepower that you could otherwise be using t o focus on the exam.”Professor Beilock and another researcher, Gerardo Ramirez, have developed a possible solution. Just before an exam, highly anxious testtakers spend ten minutes writing about their worries about the test.Sian Beilock: “What we think happens is when students put it down on paper, they think about the worst that could happen and they reassess the situation. They might realize it's not as hard as they might think it was before and, in essence, it prevents these thoughts from popping_up when they're actually taking a test.”The researchers tested the idea on a group of twenty anxious college students. They gave them two short math tests. After the first one, they asked the students to either sit quietly or write about their feelings about the upcoming second test.The researchers added to the pressure. They told the students that those who did well on the second test would get money. They also told them that their performance would affect other students as part of a team effort.Professor Beilock says those who sat quietly scored an average of twelve percent worse on the second test. But the students who had written about their fears improved their performance by an average of five percent.Next, the researchers used younger students in a biology class. They told them before final exams either to write about their feelings or to think about things unrelated to the test.PrefessorBeilock says highly anxious students who did the writing got an average grade of B＋，compared to a B－for those who did not.Sian Beilock: “What we showed is that for students who are highly testanxious, who'd done our writing intervention, all of a sudden there was no relationship between test anxiety and performance. Those students most likely to worry were performing just as well as their classmates who don't normally get nervous in these testing situations.”But what if students do not have a chance to write about their fears immediately before an exam or presentation? Professor Beilock says students can try it themselves at home or in the library and still improve their performance.33．What may happen if students have the problem of test anxiety?A．Test anxiety can improve students' performance to some degree.B．Students' attention and memory resources run out when worried.C．Students may not be admitted into their favorite college if worriedD．Test anxiety is sure to cause students to fail the test.34．What does the underlined phrase “popping up” mean?A．Giving out B．Fading awayC．Becoming clear D．Appearing suddenly35．What is the main idea of the passage?A．It is a common practice for students to get worried before a test.B．Being worried before tests does harm to students' performance.C．Anxious students overcome test anxiety by writing down fears.D．It is important for students to overcome test anxiety.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。
2018-2019学年最新人教版高中英语高二上学期期中模拟综合检测及答案-精编试题
上学期高二期中考试（英语学科）试题考试范围：必修1---5全五册（本试卷满分150分，考试时间120分钟）第Ⅰ卷第一部分：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）请听下面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. Who repaired the computer?A. Tom.B. Jack.C. Pam.2. What does Tom do probably?A. A barman.B. A shopkeeper.C. A waiter.3. When will the woman go back to work?A. At 1:00 pm.B. At 1:15 pm.C. At 1:30 pm.4. What's the woman's problem?A. She's always late.B. She wastes too much time.C. She spends too much money.5. What will the man do afterwards?A. Put away his clothes.B. Buy another closet.C. Throw his old clothes away.第二节（共15小题；每小题1.5分，满分22.5分）请听下面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. When does Lucy bite her nails?A. When she's sad.B. When she's excited.C. When she's nervous.7. What will the speakers do next?A. Watch a video.B. Play games.C. Visit a website.听第7段材料，回答第8、9题。
2018-2019学年最新人教版高二英语第一学期期中模拟综合测试及答案-精编试题
人教版高二上学期期中考试模拟测试英语试题本试卷分选择题和非选择题两部分，共14页，满分为150分。
考试用时120分钟。
注意事项：1、答卷前，考生务必用黑色字迹的钢笔或签字笔将自己的姓名和学号填写在答题卡和答卷密封线内相应的位置上，用2B铅笔将自己的学号填涂在答题卡上。
2、选择题每小题选出答案后，用2B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；不能答在试卷上。
3、非选择题必须用黑色字迹的钢笔或签字笔在答卷纸上作答4、考生必须保持答题卡的整洁和平整。
I 卷(共100分，其中选择题为85分)一、听力理解（共20小题，每小题1分，满分20分）二、语言知识及应用第一节单项选择（共20小题，每小题0.5分，满分10分）16. After the plane took ________, we soon lost ________ sight of the ground.A. apart; /B. up; theC. off; /D. up; our17. The police had to employ force ________ the crowd got out of control.A. the instantB. at the instantC. in an instantD. for an instant18. Before prescribing this drug, the doctor must make an _________ of itsinjury to the liver.A. accuseB. assessmentC. appointmentD. aspect19. Cherries have colours from almost black to yellow.A. various ofB. variousC. variety ofD.vary20. It’s too messy in your room. Look, by the washing machine apile of dirty clothes.A. are liedB. layC. laidD. lie21. The experts demanded hethe latest progress.A. informedB. informed ofC. is informedD. be informed of22. An experienced doctor usually judges a patient’s illness according to the .A. schemeB. signalsC. symptomsD. signatures23. Because his behavior was place, the boss hired another man to ________.A. out of; take his placeB. not in place; take place of himC. out of the; take the place of himD. not in the place; take his place24. After I have finished my lessons, I _______ English very well.A. can be able to speakB. will be able to speakC. will can speakD. will be going to speak25. Then Wang Ping flashed a switch _______ a computer screen, and a table andsome chairs rose _______ under the floor as if by magic.A. on; offB. in; fromC. on; fromD. in; off26. There are some health problems that, when in time, canbecome bigger ones later on.A. not treatedB. not being treatedC. not to be treatedD. not having been treated27. with such heavy traffic, we had to do something about it.A. FacedB. FaceC. FacingD. To face28. My father always tells us to believe inwe do if we want to win.A. whyB. howC. whatD. which29. I feel uncomfortable each time I remember the situationmybrother didn’t agree with me the matter.A. where; toB. that; atC. which; aboutD. where; on30. ---Do you still remember the lecture by Mr. Smith?---Yes, ________.A. never I shall forgetB. so do IC. never shall I forget itD. neither shall I forget it31. His teacher kept telling him that he should recite the text, but________ didn’thelp.A. itB. heC. whatD. which32. It was in the lab ________ was taken charge of by Professor Black _________they did the experiment.A. that; whereB. which; thatC. what; thatD. which; where33. We have never read such a book ______ was talked about at the meeting.A. itB. whichC. thatD.as34.---Nobody could stop him, ?---stubborn boy he is !A. couldn’t they; WhatB. could he; What aC. could he; HowD. could they; How35. --- How long _______ like this?---Three days. It’s common here that rain ________ without stopping thesedays of the year.A. has it been raining; poursB. has it rained; is pouringC. is it raining; is pouringD. does it rain; pours第二节完形填空（共15小题，每小题2分，满分30分）In America,drivers’education is part of the regular high school curriculum. Every student in his or her second year of high school is required to 36a class in drivers’education. However, unlike other 37 , it is not given during the 38school year. Instead, it is a summer course. The course is divided up into two parts: class time for learning laws and 39 and driving time to practice driving. Class time is not unlike any other class. The students have a 40 from which they study the basic 41 they must know to pass the written driving test that is given to anyone wanting to get a driver’s42 . Driving time is a chance for the students to get behind the steering wheel and practice start, steering, backing up, parking, switching lanes, turning corners, and all the other operations 43 to drive a car. Each student is required to drive a total of six 44.The students are divided up into groups of four. The students and the instructor go out driving for two-hour blocks of time. Thus, each student gets half an h our driving time per outing. The instructor and“driver”sit in 45 seats and the other three students sit in the back. Drivers’ED cars are unlike other cars in which they have two sets of brakes, one on driver side and one on the other side where the 46 sits. Thus, if the student driver should run into 47, the instructor can take over. The car also has another 48 feature. On thetop of the car is a sign that 49: STUDENT DRIVER. That lets nearby drivers know that they should use extra caution because the student driver is a beginning driver, not very experienced and intended to drive 50.36. A. give B. take C. start D. seat37. A. schools B. practices C. operations D. courses38. A. basic B. extra C. regular D. special39. A. features B. regulations C. operations D.instructions40. A. text B. chance C. practice D. test41. A. laws B. skills C. signs D. parts42. A. experience B. education C. license D. curriculum43. A. separated B. intended C. required D. mixed44. A. courses B. hours C. tests D. classes45. A. driving B. passenger C. front D. window46. A. examiner B. instructor C. operator D. passenger47. A. difficulties B. blocks C. outings D. corners48. A. basic B. strange C. similar D. special49. A. reads B. writes C. warns D. tells50. A. quickly B. regularly C. practically D. slowly第三节语法填空（共10小题，每小题1分，满分10分）Once, in a lovely garden, lived the most beautiful butterfly in the world. She was so pretty, and had won so many beauty competitions 1 she had become very proud. One day, the naughty cockroach(蟑螂)got fed up with hershowing off, and decided 2 (teach)her a lesson.She went to see the butterfly, and in front of everyone she told her that she wasn’t really that beautiful, and that the butterfly only won the competitions 3 the judges had been paid. In 4 (real), the cockroach was the most beautiful.The butterfly was angry and told the cockroach, “I 5 (beat)you in a beauty competition, with whichever judges you yoursel f choose. ”“OK, I accept. See you on Saturday, ”answered the cockroach, and left 6 waiting for a reply.That Saturday everyone went to 7 beauty competition. The butterfly arrived completely confident of victory until she saw 8 the judges were: cockroaches, worms, beetles. All of 9 preferred the ugliness and bad smell of the cockroach.The butterfly was left 10 (cry)and disappointed, wanting never to enter another beauty competition in her life. Fortunately, the cockroach forgave the butterfly for her pride and they became friends.三、阅读理解（共15小题，每小题2分，满分30分）(A)In the fall of 1985, I was a bright-eyed girl heading off to Howard University, aiming at a legal career and dreaming of sitting on a Supreme Court bench somewhere. Twenty-one years later I am still a bright-eyed dreamer and one with quite a different tale to tell.My grandma, an amazing woman, graduated from college at the age of 65.She was the first in our family to reach that goal. But one year after I started college, she developed cancer. I made the choice to withdraw from college to care for her. It meant that school and my personal dream would have to wait.Then I got married with another dream: building my family with a combination of adopted and biological children. In 1999, we adopted our first son. To lay eyes on him was fantastic – and very emotional. A year later came our second adopted boy. Then followed son No.3. In 2003, I gave birth to another boy.You can imagine how fully occupied I became, raising four boys under the age of 8! Our home was a complete zoo – a joyous zoo. Not surprising, I never did make it back to college full-time. But I never gave up on the dream either. I had only one choice: to find a way. That meant taking as few as one class each semester.The hardest part was feeling guilty about the time I spent away from the boys. They often wanted me to stay home with them. There certainly were times I wanted to quit, but I knew I should set an example for them to follow through the rest of their lives.In 2007, I graduated from the University of North Carolina. It took me over21 years to get my college degree!I am not special, just single-minded. It always struck me that when you’re looking at a big challenge from the outside it looks huge, but when you’re in the midst of it, it just seems normal. Everything you want won’t arrive in your life on one day. It’s a process. Remember: little steps add up to big dreams.51. Why did the author quit school in her second year of college?A. She wanted to study by herself.B. She fell in love and got married.C. She suffered from a serious illness.D. She decided to look after her grandma.52. What can we learn about the author from Paragraphs 4 and 5?A. She was busy yet happy with her family life.B. She ignored her guilty feeling for her sons.C. She wanted to remain a full-time housewife.D. She was too confused to make a correct choice.53. What does the author mostly want to tell us in the last paragraph?A. Failure is the mother of success.B. Little by litter, one goes far.C. Every coin has two sides.D. Well begun, half done.54. Which of the following can best describe the author?A. Caring and determined.B. Honest and responsible.C. Ambitious and SensitiveD. Innocent and single-minded(B)The rise of the Internet has been one of the most transformative developments in human history, comparable in impact to the invention of the printing press and the telegraph. Over two billion people worldwide now have access to vastly more information than ever before, and can communicate with each other instantly, often using Web-connected mobile devices they carry everywhere. But the Internet’s tremendous impacts has only just begun.“Mass adoption of the Internet is driving one of the most excit ing social, cultural, and political transformations in history, and unlike earlier periods of change, this time the effects are fully global,” Schmidt and Cohen write in their new book The New Digital Age.Perhaps the most profound changes will come when the five billion people worldwide who currently lack Internet access get online. The authors do an excellent job of examining the implications of the Internet revolution for individuals, governments, and institutions like the news media. But if the book has one major shortcoming, it’s that authors don’t spend enough time applying a critical eye to the role of Internet businesses in these changes.In their book, the authors provide the most authoritative volume to date that describes — and more importantly predicts — how the Internet will shape our lives in the coming decades. They paint a picture of a world in which individuals, companies, institutions, and governments must deal with two realities, one physical, and one virtual.At the core of the book is the idea that “technology is neutral, but people aren’t.”By using this concept as a starting point, the authors aim to move beyond the now familiar optimist vs. pessimist point of view that has characterized many recent debates about whether the rise of the Internet will ultimately be good or bad for society. In an interview with TIME earlier this week, Cohen said although he and his co-author are optimistic about many aspects of the Internet, they’re also realistic about the risks and dangers that lie ahead when the next five billion people come online, particularly with respect topersonal privacy and state supervision.55. How do Schmidt and Cohen describe the effects of the Internet?A.They are immeasurable.B.They are worldwide.C.They are unpredictable.D.They are profound.56. In what respect is the book The New Digital Age considered inadequate?A.It fails to recognize the impact of the Internet technology.B.It fails to look into the social implications of the Internet.C.It lacks an objective evaluation of the role of Internet businesses.D.It does not address the technical aspects of Internet communication.57. What will the future be like when everybody gets online?A.People will be dealing with two different realities.B.People will have equal access to information.C.People don’t have to travel to see the world.D.People don’t have to communicate face to face.58. What does the passage say about the authors of The New Digital Age?A.They leave many questions unanswered concerning the Internet.B.They are optimistic about the future of the Internet revolution.C.They have explored the unknown territories of the virtual world.D.They don’t take sides in analyzing the effects o f the Internet.(C)Why should mankind explore space? Why should money, time and effort be spent exploring and researching something with so few apparent benefits? Why should resources be spent on space rather than on conditions and people onEarth? These are questions that, understandably, are very often asked.Perhaps the best answer lies in our genetic makeup as human beings. What drove our ancestors to move from the trees into the plains, and on into all possible areas and environments? The wider the spread of a species, the better its chance of survival. Perhaps the best reason for exploring space is this genetic tendency to expand wherever possible.Nearly every successful civilization has explored, because by doing so, any dangers in surrounding areas can be identified and prepared for. Without knowledge, we may be completely destroyed by the danger. With knowledge, we can lessen its effects.Exploration also allows minerals and other potential resources to be found. Even if we have no immediate need of them, they will perhaps be useful later. Resources may be more than physical possessions. Knowledge or techniques have been acquired through exploration. The techniques may have medical applications which can improve the length or quality of our lives. We have already benefited from other spin-offs including improvements in earthquake prediction, in satellites for weather forecasting and in communications systems. Even non-stick pans and mirrored sunglasses are by-products of technological developments in the space industry!While many resources are spent on what seems a small return, the exploration of space allows creative, brave and intelligent members of our species to focus on what may serve to save us. While space may hold many wonders and explanations of how the universe was formed or how it works, italso holds dangers. The danger exists, but knowledge can help human being to survive. Without the ability to reach out across space, the chance to save ourselves might not exist.While Earth is the only planet known to support life, surely the adaptive ability of humans would allow us to live on other planets. It is true that the lifestyle would be different, but human life and cultures have adapted in the past and surely could in the future.59. Why does the author mention the questions in Paragraph l?A. To express his doubts.B. To introduce points for discussion.C. To compare different ideas.D. To describe the conditions on Earth.60. What is the reason for exploring space based on Paragraph 2?A. Humans are nature-born to do so.B. Humans have the tendency to fight.C. Humans may find new sources of food.D. Humans don't like to stay in the same place.61. The underlined word “spin-offs”in Paragraph 4 probably refers to________.A. survival chancesB. potential resourcesC. unexpected benefitsD. physical possessions62. What makes it possible for humans to live on other planets'?A. Our genetic makeup.B. The adaptive ability of' humans.C. Resources on the earth.D. By-products in space exploration.(D)Why is it that some people seem to learn several languages without any effort, while for others learning just one foreign language is neither enjoyable nor successful? What makes learning a new language so easy for some and so difficult for others.We each have our own preferred way of learning as a result of our cultural and educational backgrounds and our personalities. Experts have identified different learning styles.Visual Learners usually enjoy reading and prefer to see an image of the words they are learning. They like looking at pictures and flashcards. Auditory Learners, on the other hand, prefer to learn by listening. They enjoy conversations and talking to others. They don’t need to see words written down. One study revealed that Japanese students tend to be Visual Learners, while English-speaking American, prefer the auditory learning style.Some people like to learn by using their hands to touch objects, while others like to move around and need frequent breaks from sitting at a desk.There are Analytical Learners, meaning they enjoy understanding how the language works. They love studying grammar rules and like to focus on details, whereas Global Learners are more interested in communicating their ideas and are not worried about whether what they say is grammatically correct.In spoken English, the Japanese tend to be Reflective Learners. They think carefully before they speak to ensure their message is accurate. They do not make so many mistakes but their communication is slower. European learners tend to be Impulsive Learners. They speak more fluently and worry abouthow well they are communicating rather than how many mistakes they are making.So, to do well in a language, you should identify your style and try to find a class that will teach you the way you want to learn. For example, if you are a Reflective Learner, you may not do so well in a purely conversational class and as an Auditory Learner, you probably don’t want to do so much reading. In fact if you are an Auditory Learner, you are probably not enjoying yourself right now!63. The passage mainly talks about ______.A. the difficult learning styles of some peopleB. the easy learning ways of other peopleC. the different learning styles of the JapaneseD. the different learning methods of all the people64. Which of the following phrases isn’t connected with the learning style?A. The way people are taught to learn a language.B. The place where people are from.C. The size of people.D. The kind of person people are.65. Analytical Learners ______.A. are similar to Global LearnersB. never worry about mistakesC. love to study detailsD. do well in conversationII 卷(满分50分)四、书面表达第一节用模块三或模块五的生字完成句子（共20小题，每小题0.5分，满分10分）1.Heat the remaining oil in the pan and gently fry the nut and tomato mixturefor 2–3 minutes, stirring c_______.2.The engine will not run _______（有效率地）unless the correct fuel is used.3.Winning the game i_______both skill and perseverance.4.She would never do anything that was not a_______ of by her parents.5.Natural gas is a safe fuel, but did you know your gas appliances can give offa p_______ gas which can kill?6.The scout showed great b_______ in saving the drowning child.7.Most of their larger bombs were made of _______ (农业上的) fertilizer andsimilar substitutes.8.You must ask p_______ for taking pictures in the national museum.9.He has devotedhis whole life to _______ (对......有利) mankind.10.A ddress these e_______ and put the letters in them.11.N ot t_______ the noise downtown was the main reason that he couldn’t settledown to his study.12.T he 11-year-old dog was s_______ at last, less than four miles from home,and although frightened and hungry, it was picked up safe and well.13.T he dinosaurs has been _______ (灭绝) since an explosion 65 million yearsago.14.A fter a long walk, they finally reached the place where Simon was, starvingand e_______ .15.T he girl was brought up in comfortables_______.16.T he couple sent a letter to their friends, _______ (证实) that they are goingthrough a difficult time.17.W hat can be seen when orbiting the Earth are the lights of the world’s_______（大城市的）areas.18.T he physicist is _______（稍微）better today, but he still needs a great care.19.T here’s no _______ (否认) that quicker action could have saved them.20.Y our suggestion was s_______ to the commission for consideration.第二节句子翻译（共5小题，每小题02分，满分10分）1. 除夕夜，我所有的亲人都聚集在一起吃大餐，意味着团团圆圆。
2018-2019学年最新人教版高二英语第一学期期中模拟测试及答案-精编试题
第一学期期中模拟考试高二英语试卷第Ⅰ卷（选择题）时间：100分钟分值：120分第一部分：阅读理解第一节：（共15小题，每小题2分，满分30分）AOnly about 30 percent of people in the US know how to perform CPR (心肺复苏术). Recently, a 9-year-old boy showed a Georgia woman how to perform CPR on her newborn baby.Susanna Rohm said she had experienced a parent’s worst nightmare (噩梦) — her 2-month-old son, Isiah, was not breathing. “I noticed he looked pale. I looked at his arms and his legs and they were limp (无力的),”Rohm told a local newspaper. “Then I noticed that he look ed like he wasn’t alive.”In dismay, she dropped and broke her cellphone. Rohm had to run into the street, screaming for help.“I had him in my arms and screamed over and over. Then I ran outside. I saw two boys playing across the street, and I yelled, ‘Go and ask your parents to call 911,’”Rohm said. But the two boys were able to do more than that. Nine-year-old Ethan Wilson took action, showing Rohm how to perform CPR on little Isiah while ten-year-old Rocky Hurt helped as well.Rocky said he had learned the CPR technique from a poster in a health class at their school, Sedalia Park Elementary. “I was thinking we’d better give her a helping hand instead of getting scared,”Ethan said. “I told her to push on the baby’s chest five to ten times a minute with only two fingers, tilt back the baby’s head, plug the baby’s nose and breathe into the baby’s mouth,”Ethan said in an interview.At last, Isiah began crying and was breathing again. He spent two nights in a local hospital. “If the little boy hadn’t shown me what to do right there, my baby would probably not be alive right now,”Rohm said.1．We can learn from Paragraph 1 that in the US, .A. CPR is considered important by most peopleB. most children are taught how to perform CPRC. many parents don’t know how to perform CPRD. kids must learn how to perform CPR on babies2．What does the underlined word “dismay”in Paragraph 2 probably mean?A. Panic.B. Anger.C. Excitement.D. Joy.3．What did Rohm do when she saw the two boys?A. She asked them to call 911 as soon as possible.B. She asked them to teach her how to perform CPR.C. She asked them to ask their parents for help.D. She asked them to help her perform CPR on her baby.4．What Rohm said in the last paragraph shows that she was .A. gratefulB. regretfulC. surprisedD. ashamedBFifty people died, over 11,000 were injured, and 100,000 houses were heavily damaged or destroyed in an earthquake that struck North China's Hebei Province. The quake, measuring 6. 2 on the Richter scale (里氏6 .2级) , hit the area 220km northwest of Beijing at 11: 50 a. m. on January 10, 1998.Scientists made a report of the recent quake. They said that the area of northwestern Beijing, the joint of Shanxi and Hebei Provinces and the Inner Mongolia (内蒙古) were most easily attacked by earthquakes measuring 6 to a bit over 7 on the Richter scale.However, scientists did not see the recent earthquake earlier. Clouds covered a large area in the northern part of North China before the earthquake and expertssay that this prevented satellites from correctly watching the temperature at the correct altitude (纬度).Experts say that in the last ten years, about 305 earthquakes have taken place in China with 9 measuring over 7 on the Richter scale, 60 measuring over 6, and 236 measuring over 5.Tens of thousands of people died or were injured. Loss valued over 10 billion yuan. 5．The report shows that about nine earthquakes in the past ten years are measured over ____ on the Richter scale.A. 7B.5C.9D.66．It can be inferred from the report that the damage caused by the earthquakes could be much less heavy if ____.A. all the people stayed outsideB. the earthquake happened at midnightC. the people had been warned earlierD. the earthquake scale was lower than 6. 2 only7．Which of the following can be reasonable except ____.A. We can not stop earthquakesB. Scientists are working hard at the researches on earthquakesC. We can do our best to have fewer damages than everD. Nothing can be done on earthquakesCThis Teaching Assistant Level 3 course is designed for people who either are, or wish to become a teaching assistant. Teaching assistants carry out their tasks under the direction of the class teacher. This is a fully supported home study course, and the help is available whenever you need it—either online or over the phone. There is a huge demand for teaching assistants around the country but also many thousands of applicants for these positions. Having this Teaching Assistant Level 3 qualification will help you have an obvious advantage over other applicants. Our Level 3 Teaching Assistant course is similar to the NVQ (National VocationalQualification) Level 3 because it is an equivalent (同等的) level of learning.The teaching assistant is able to contribute in four main areas:Supporting the teacherSupporting the pupilSupporting the schoolSupporting the curriculumThe salary a teaching assistant is expected to earn a year:London fringe (外围):￡16,856 - ￡26,052Outer London: ￡18,789 - ￡27,992Inner London: ￡19,893 - ￡29,088Rest of England and Wales: ￡15,817 - ￡25,016The fee and the time of enrolment (入学)Enroll for only a ￡35 deposit. Teaching Assistant Level 3 is only ￡345. To help you on your way towards achieving your qualification, we are offering all of our potential students a ￡115 reduction in their enrolment fees for June. The normal fee for this course is ￡460 but for this month it has been reduced to only ￡345. There has never been a better time to start learning and take that first step towards a brighter future!100% money back guarantee, if you are not satisfied. That’s why we’ll happily give you your money back on any course returned within 7 days. It’s easy for you to enroll now by telephone 01223 923 913. You can get free friendly help and advice from 9:00 am to 4:00 pm, on Monday to Friday. Call 01223 923 915.8．How can people study this Teaching Assistant Level 3 course?A. Go to the night school.B. Go to the full-time school.C. Study at home at any time.D. Study at weekends or vacations.9．What’s the teaching assistant’s task?A. Listening to the teacher’s lecture all the time.B. Only helping teachers prepare their lessons.C. Helping promote effective learning and teaching.D. Often giving lessons in place of the formal teacher.10．If a teacher assistant earns ￡28,000 a year , he probably works in ______. A. downtown Wales B. the fringe of LondonC. outer LondonD. downtown London11．How much should you pay in June if you have paid the deposit?A. ￡310B. ￡35C. ￡345D. ￡460D“Migrant workers”(外来务工人员) is a familiar term for 17-year-old Shi Jian. Her father and uncle often talk about the problems surrounding this group of people. However, Shi cares more about the children of these migrant workers.Last year Shi’s housekeeper’s daughter had to give up her schooling in Beijing because she would not be allowed to sit the national college entrance exam. She was forced to continue her high school education in her hometown in Sichuan Province.Shi thinks the current law is unfair for migrant workers’ children, as it prevents them from studying at public schools, unless their parents pay huge sums. So, Shi decided to do a survey of migrant workers so that she could find some solutions to help solve the problem.In the last six months Shi spoke to 186 migrant workers in Beijing. Her interviewees include babysitters, guards, keepers, supermarket clerks, house cleaners and construction site workers. Shi found out that 55 of them were parents. Among this group, only eight have children who attend schools in Beijing. The other 47 had to leave children with relatives in the countryside. However, 40 of the 47 would like to enroll(使入学) their children in city schools.From her interviews, Shi found that the workers’ lowest income was 400 yuan each month. Over one-third earn a monthly wage of or below 1000 yuan. “Even schools for migrant workers’ children charge more than public schools. Morever, parents constantly worry about these schools closing or relocating,”she explained.Shi has recently completed a report about her survey, in which she makes a series of recommendations. “The government can set up public schools for migrants’ children equal to schools for city children. Second, to offset(弥补) migrant workers’ very low pay, public schools should offer them special rates so they can afford their children’s tuition(学费).12．What drove Shi to do the survey of migrant workers?A. Her curiosity about m igrant workers’ livesB. She was asked to do a survey of migrant workers as part of a school project.C. Her housekeeper’s daughter was forced to move to her hometown to continue studying.D. She wanted to draw people’s attention and become famous13．Accor ding to Shi’s survey, most migrant workers’ kids _____.A. don’t live together with their parentsB. attend schools near their parents’ working placesC. have to help their parents support the familyD. always do better in schools than children from the city.14．All of the following prevent migrant workers’ kids from attending schools in cities EXCEPT _____.A. their parents’ low incomeB. their lack of confidence to face the fierce competitions in city schoolsC. schools’ high tuitionsD. that schools for migrant workers’ children may close or relocate15．Shi suggested in her survey that _____.A. more private schools for migrants’ children should be builtB. more money should be collected for migrants’ childrenC. children’s tuition should be reducedD. students from the city and the countryside should be encouraged to communicate more第二节：（共5小题，每小题2分，满分10分）根据短文内容，从短文后的七个选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。
2018-2019学年最新人教版高二英语第一学期期中模拟试卷及答案-精编试题
人教版高二上学期期中考试模拟测试英语试题注意：本试卷分为卷I（选择题）和卷II（非选择题）两部分，满分150分，考试时间120分钟；所有答案一律做在答题卷上。
第I卷第一部分听力（共两节，满分30分）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，并在答题纸上将该选项标号涂黑。
AIn 1978, I was 18 and was working as a nurse in a small town about 270 km away from Sydney, Australia. I was looking forward to having five days off from duty. Unfortunately, the only one train a day back to my home in Sydney had already left. So I thought I’d hitch a ride (搭便车).I waited by the side of the highway for three hours but no one stopped for me. Finally, a man walked over and introduced himself as Gordon. He said that although he couldn’t give me a lift, I should come back to his house for lunch. He noticed me standing for hours in the November heat and thought I must be hungry. I was doubtful as a young girl but he assured （使…放心）me I was safe,and he also offered to help me find a lift home afterwards. When we arrived at his house, he made us sandwiches. After lunch, he helped me find a lift home.Twenty-five years later, in 2003, while I was driving to a nearby town one day, I saw an elderly man standing in the glaring heat, trying to hitch a ride. I thought it was another chance to repay someon e for the favour I’d been given decades earlier. I pulled over and picked him up. I made him comfortable on the back seat and offered him some water.After a few moments of small talk, the man said to me, “You haven’t changed a bit, even your red hair is s till the same.”I couldn’t remember where I’d met him. He then told me he was the man who had given me lunch and helped me find a lift all those years ago. It was Gordon.21. The author had to hitch a ride one day in 1978 because.A. her work delayed her trip to SydneyB. she missed the only train back homeC. she was going home for her holidaysD. the town was far away from Sydney22. Which of the following did Gordon do according to Paragraph 2?A. He helped the girl find a ride.B. He gave the girl a ride back home.C. He bought sandwiches for the girl.D. He watched the girl for three hours.23.The reason why the author offered a lift to the elderly man was that .A. she realized he was GordonB. she had known him for decadesC. she was going to the nearby townD. she wanted to repay the favour she once got24. What does the author want to tell the readers through the story?A.Those who give rides will be repaid.B. Good manners bring about happiness.C. Giving sometimes produces nice results.D. People should offer free rides to others.BUniversity Room RegulationsApproved and Prohibited ItemsThe following items are approved for use in residential (住宿的) rooms: electric blankets, hair dryers, personal computers, radios, televisions and DVD players. Items that are not allowed in student rooms include: candles, ceiling fans, fireworks, waterbeds, sun lamps and wireless routers. Please note that any prohibited items will be taken away by the Office of Residence Life.Access to Residential RoomsStudents are provided with a combination (组合密码) for their room door locks upon check-in. Do not share your room door lock combination with anyone. The Office of Residence Life may change the door lock combination at any time at the expense of theresident if it is found that the student has shared the combination with others. The fee is $25 to change a room combination.Cooking PolicyStudents living in buildings that have kitchens are only permitted to cook in the kitchen. Students must clean up after cooking. This is not the responsibility of housekeeping staff. Kitchens that are not kept clean may be closed for use. With the exception of using a small microwave oven (微波炉) to heat food, students are not permitted to cook in their rooms.Pet PolicyNo pets except fish are permitted in student rooms. Students who are found with pets, whether visiting or owned by the student, are subject to an initial fine of $100 and a continuing fine of $50 a day per pet. Students receive written notice when the fine goes into effect. If, one week from the date of written notice, the pet is not removed, the student is referred to the Student Court.Quiet HoursResidential buildings must maintain an atmosphere that supports the academic mission of the University. Minimum quiet hours in all campus residences are 11:00 pm to 8:00 am Sunday through Thursday. Quiet hours on Friday and Saturday nights are 1:00 am to 8:00 am. Students who violate quiet hours are subject to a fine of $25.25. Which of the following items are allowed in student rooms?A. Ceiling fans and waterbeds.B. Wireless routers and radios.C. Hair dryers and candles.D. TVs and electric blankets.26. What do we know about the cooking policy?A. A microwave oven can be used.B. Cooking in student rooms is permitted.C. A housekeeper is to clean up the kitchen.D. Students are to close kitchen doors after cooking.27. When can students enjoy a party in residences?A. 7:00 am, Sunday.B. 7:30 am, Thursday.C. 11:30 pm, Monday.D. 00:30 am, Saturday.CFor some people, music is no fun at all. About four percent of the population is what scientists call “amusic.” People who are amusic are born without the ability to recognize or reproduce musical notes (音调). Amusic people often cannot tell the difference between two songs. Amusics can only hear the difference between two notes if they are very far apart on the musical scale.As a result, songs sound like noise to an amusic. Many amusics compare the sound of music to pieces of metal hitting each other. Life can be hard for amusics. Their inability to enjoy music sets them apart from others. It can be difficult for other people to identify with their condition. In fact, most people cannot begin to grasp what it feels like to be amusic. Just going to a restaurant or a shopping mall can be uncomfortable or even painful. That is why many amusics intentionally stay away from places where there is music. However, this can result in withdrawal and social isolation. “I used to hate parties,” saysMargaret, a seventy-year-old woman who only recently discovered that she was amusic. By studying people like Margaret, scientists are finally learning how to identify this unusual condition.Scientists say that the brains of amusics are different from the brains of people who can appreciate music. The difference is complex, and it doesn’t involve defective hearing. Amusics can understand other nonmusical sounds well. They also have no problems understanding ordinary speech. Scientists compare amusics to people who just can’t see certain colors.Many amusics are happy when their condition is finally diagnosed (诊断). For years, Margaret felt embarrassed about her problem with music. Now she knows that she is not alone. There is a name for her condition. That makes it easier for her to explain. “When people invite me to a concert, I just say, ‘No thanks, I’m amusic,’” says Margaret. “I just wish I had learned to say that when I was seventeen and not seventy.”28. Which of the following is true of amusics?A. They can easily tell two different songs apart.B. Listening to music is far from enjoyable for them.C. Their situation is well understood by musicians.D. They love places where they are likely to hear music.29. According to paragraph3, a person with “defective hearing” is probably one who __________.A. dislikes listening to speechesB. can hear anything nonmusicalC. has a hearing problemD. lacks a complex hearing system30. What is the passage mainly concerned with?A. Amusics’ strange behaviours.B. Some people’s inability to enjoy music.C. Musical talent and brain structure.D. Identification and treatment of amusics.DI have happy memories of trips to Europe, but my trip to Romania (罗马尼亚) was unique. When I was there as recalled, it was like being in a “James Bond” movie. My husband was born there, but his family sent him to study in Italy. Before he left, his mother told him, “As long as I write in pencil, don’t come back. When I wr ite to you in pen, it’s safe to return.” But she never wrote in pen.My husband lived a poor life in Italy. He applied to go to America, but there was a limit in number and he was rejected. He was accepted by Canada, though, and from Calgary he jumped onto a train to San Francisco. There he stayed —illegally. He became a US citizen when we got married. By then he was a charming European with a Romanian accent and the manners of a prince.With seven years’ experience in America, a US passport, and t wo children later, he felt it was safe to visit Romania. He hadn’t seen his mother, two sisters, and two brothers since he was sixteen. We flew to Munich, Germany; picked up the German-made car we had purchased in the States; and drove to Romania via Austria and Hungary. When we reached Bucharest, the capital city of Romania, his family was waiting outside his sister’s house to greet us. After a long time of hugging, kissing, and crying, his family also hugged me, the American wife with two young children. They had great interest in me. Few Americans visited Romania at that time, and most Romanians had little chance to travel. I had brought an English-Romanian dictionary with me and managed to communicate, using only nouns, with no verbs. My Romanian improve d, and the family’s stock of English words increased, but mostly I spoke in broken, New York-accented Romanian. The sisters loved their gifts of skirts and purses, the brothers loved the radios, and the children loved the candy. We made side trips to the Black Sea and enjoyed sightseeing in beautiful mountains. Dining at outdoor cafes to the music of violins was fantastic with fancy flavor, but nothing was as special as family dinners.Romania didn’t have many dry cleaners. Most homes had old-fashioned washing machines but no dryers, and it was a hot summer. My husband’s relatives didn’t want to risk dirtying their clothes. Their solution was as simple as it was shocking: the women only wore their bras(胸罩) and slips (衬裙) at dinner table. The men were eating without shirts. They all had jobs, so time wasprecious. Having dinner without proper clothes was a small inconvenience compared with the effort of washing clothes —at least in my husband’s home, perhaps all across Romania. I, of course, having just met them, ate fully clothed.I washed my clothes by hand and hung them outdoors to dry.On the last night of our three-week stay, we had a large family dinner. I was tired of washing my clothes. So I pulled my dress over my head and placed it on the chair behind me. All men and women applauded for my action. Even with my poor Romanian, I understood that they were saying, “She’s part of our family now.”My children were 4 and 5 at the time, but they still have memories of that trip. They know how t o say, “Good morning.” and “There are apricots (杏子) on the tree.” I can still say, “Do you speak Romanian?”and “I swim in the Black Sea.” But most of all, I remember sitting at a long dining-room table in my bra, enjoying meatballs with fresh garlic (大蒜).31. From Para.1, we learn that ________.A. a trip to Europe would be dangerousB. the mother didn’t want to see her sonC. Romania might be unsafe at that timeD. the mother didn’t like to write in pen32. The writer’s husband became an American citizen through ________.A. experiencesB. applicationC. illegal stayD. marriage33. What made the writer feel special about the family dinner in Romania?A. The way people dressed .B. The way people spoke.C. The fantastic violin music.D. The fancy food flavor.34. The writer was completely accepted by her husband’s family when ________.A. she offered gifts to the whole familyB. she spoke her husband’s languageC. she washed all the clothes by handD. she had dinner in bra like other ladies35. The writer shared her story to say ________.A. “East or west, home is the best”B. “W hen in Rome do as the Romans do”C. “M arry a dog and follow the dog forever”D. “T he course of true love never runs smooth”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。
2018-2019学年最新人教版高二英语第一学期期中考试模拟试题及答案-精编试题
人教版高二上学期期中考试模拟测试英语试题本试卷分试题卷和答题卡两部分。
试卷共10页，答题卡共2页。
满分100分，考试时间100分钟。
第I卷（选择题, 共80分）第一部分听力（共两节，满分20分）第二部分阅读理解（共20小题，每小题2分，满分40分）第一节：短文理解（共15小题，每小题2分，满分30分）阅读下列短文，从每题所给出的(A、B、C、D)四个选项中选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
AThis was Larry’s another underwater expeditions(探险). However, this time, it was quite different. He decided to take his daughter along with him. She was only ten years old. This would be her first trip with her father on what he had always been famous for.Larry first began diving when he wa s his daughter’s age. Similarly, his father had taken him along on one of his expeditions. Since then, he had never looked back. Larry started out by renting diving suits from the small diving shop just along the shore. He had hated them. They were either too big or too small. Then, there was the instructor. He gave him a short lesson before allowing him into the water with his father. He had made an exception. Larry would never have been able to go down without at least five hours of theory and another similar number of hours on practical lessons with a guide. Children his age were not even allowed to dive.After the first expedition, Larry’s later diving adventures only got better and better. There was never a dull moment. In his black and blue suit and with an oxygen tank fastened on his back, Larry dived from boats into the middle of the ocean. Dangerous areas did not prevent him from continuing his search. Sometimes, he was limited to a cage underwater but that did not bother him. At least, he was still able to take photographs of the underwater creatures.Larry’s first expedition without his father was in the Cayman Islands. There were numerous diving spots in the area and Larry was determined to visit all ofthem. Fortunately for him, a man offered to take him around the different spots for free. Larry didn’t even know what the time was, how many spots he dived into or how many photographs he had taken. The diving spots afforded such a wide array of fish and sea creatures that Larry saw more than thirty varieties of creatures.Larry looked at his daughter. She looked as excited as he had been when he was her age. He hoped she would be able to continue the family tradition. Already, she looked like she was much braver than Lorry had been then. This was the key toa successful underwater expedition.21. In what way was this expedition different for Larry?A. His daughter had grown up.B. He had become a famous diver.C. His daughter would dive with him.D. His father would dive with him.22. What can be inferred from Paragraph2?A. Larry was lucky to have got such a chance to dive.B. Larry liked the rented diving suits.C. Ten-year-old children were permitted to dive.D. Divers had to buy diving equipment.23. Why did Larry have to stay in a cage underwater sometimes?A. To take photos more conveniently.B. To dive into the deep water.C. To admire the underwater view.D. To protect himself from danger.24. What can be learned from the underlined sentence?A. Larry didn’t wear a watch.B. Larry enjoyed the adventure.C. Larry had a poor memory.D. Larry was not good at math.25. What did Larry expect his daughter to do?A. Make a good diving guide.B. Have longer hours of training.C. Take a lot of photo underwater.D. Become a successful diver.BTeachers and parents usually call attention to the pictures when they read storybooks to pre-school children. But a new study suggests that calling attention to the words and letters on the page may lead to better readers.The two-year study compared children who were read in this way in class with children who were not. Those whose teachers most often discussed the printshowed clearly higher skills in reading, spelling and understanding. These results were found one year and even two years later.Shayne Piasta, an assistant professor of teaching and learning at Ohio State University, was an author of the study. She says most pre-school teachers would find this method manageable and would need only a small change in the way they teach. They already read story-books in class. The only difference would be increased attention to the printed text. “If you get children to pay attention to letters and words, it makes sense that they will do better at word recognition and spelling.” But she says research suggests that very few parents and teachers do this in a systematic way.More than 300 children aged four and five were observed in classrooms. They came from poor families and were below average in their language skills. This put them at risk for reading problems later. For thirty weeks, the children took part in a program called Project STAR--- Sit Together and Read. The project is based at Ohio State. It tests the short-term and long-term results of reading regularly to pre-school children in their classrooms.There are different ways that adults can talk to children about print. They can point to a letter and discuss it, and even trace the shape with a finger. They can point out a word and discuss the meaning of the print or how the words tell the story. And they can talk about the organization of the print--- for instance, showing how words are written left to right in English.26. What do we know about the ways pre-school children are usually taught?A. Equal attention is paid to the texts and the pictures.B. Teachers prefer to talk about the organization of the print.C. Parents focus on bringing children up to be good readers.D. More attention is paid to the pictures, with words and letters being ignored.27. What does Shayne Piasta suggest pre-school teachers should do in class?A. Use different methods according to the students’ difference in reading skills.B. Teach children how to draw pictures to get an idea of what they mean.C. Change the way they teach and pay more attention to words and letters.D. Read storybooks to children rather than explain the meaning of the pictures.28. What put more than three hundred children at risk for reading problems?A. They were poor and lacked language skills.B. They were four andfive.C. They were forced to leave school.D. They were observed.29. Which of the following is TRUE about the study on language skills of pre-school children?A. Project STAR aims to find the results of reading to pre-school children in the classrooms.B. Attention on the pictures has made the children uninterested in reading.C. Many teachers want to change their way of teaching pre-school children.D. Teachers are often prevented from taking different approaches to language teaching.30. Adults can talk to children about print in the following ways except________.A. Discussing the meaning of the print.B. Showing them all kinds of pictures.C. Talking about the organization of the print.D. Tracing the shape of a letter with a finger.CIn ancient Egypt, the pharaoh(法老) treated the message runner like a prince when he arrived at the palace, if he brought good news. However, if the exhausted runner had the misfortune to bring the pharaoh unhappy news, his head was cut off.Shades of that spiri t spread over today’s conversations. Once a friend and I packed up some peanut butter and sandwiches for an outing. As we walked light-heartedly out of the door, picnic basket in hand, a smiling neighbor looked up at the sky and said, “Oh boy, bad day for a picnic. The weatherman says it’s going to rain.” I wanted to strike him on the face with the peanut butter and sandwiches. Not for his stupid weather report, but for his smile.Several months ago I was racing to catch a bus. As I breathlessly put my handful of cash across the Greyhound counter, the sales agent said with a broad smile, “Oh, that bus left five minutes ago.” Dreams of head cutting!It’s not the news that makes someone angry. It’s the unsympathetic attitude with which it’s delivered(传送). Everyone must give bad news from time to time, and winning professionals do it with the proper attitude. A doctor advising a patient that she needs an operation does it in a caring way. A boss informing an employee he didn’t get the job takes on a sympathetic tone. Big winners know，when delivering any bad news, they should share the feeling of the receiver.Unfortunately, many people are not aware of this. When you’re tired from a long flight, has a hotel clerk cheerfully said that your room isn’t ready yet？When you had your heart set on the toast beef, has your waiter merrily told you that he just served the last piece? It makes you as a traveler or diner want to land your fist right on their unsympathetic faces.Had my neighbor told me of the upcoming rainstorm with sympathy, I would have appreciated his warning. Had the Greyhound salesclerk sympathetically informed me that my bus had already left, I probably would have said, “Oh, that’s all right. I’ll catch the next one.” Big winners, when they bear bad news, deliver bombs with the emotion the bombarded(被轰炸的)person is sure to have.31. In Paragraph 1, the writer tells the story of the pharaoh to________.A. make a comparisonB. describe a sceneC. introduce a topicD. offer an argument32. In the write r’s opinion, his neighbor was________.A. not helpfulB. not considerateC. friendlyD.warm-hearted33. From “Dreams of head-cutting!”(Paragraph 3), we learn that the writer________.A. was reminded of the cruel pharaohB. was mad at the sales agentC. wished that the sales agent would have bad dreamsD. dreamed of cutting the sales agent’s head that night34. Which of the following is true?A. The author really appreciated the neighbor’s warning.B. From the passage we know that it is the bad news that makes someone angry.C. If the runner brought to the pharaoh unhappy news, he would be treated like a prince.D. When we want to deliver any bad news, we should share the feeling of the receiver.35. What is the main idea of the text?A. Delivering bad news with sympathy is important in communication.B. Helping others sincerely is the key to business success.C. Receiving bad news requires great courage.D. Learning ancient traditions can be useful.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。
2018-2019学年最新人教版高二英语第一学期期中模拟检测题及答案-精编试题
人教版高二上学期期中考试模拟测试英语试题说明：考试时间：120分钟；满分:150分本试卷分I 卷II卷，共六大题注意事项：1．答题前填写好自己的姓名、班级、考号等信息2．请将答案正确填写在答题卡上第I卷（选择题）一、听力部分（共20小题；每小题1.5分，满分30分）二、阅读理解（本题共20道小题,每小题2分,共40分）第一小节：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。
AMy husband and I had just opened up a pet sitting business (宠物护养业务) earlier that year. Our customers had slowly risen from three to thirty a month. We were busy through those hot summer months, driving between visits. Our services were strictly held at the pet owner’s home. It was almost too busy for the two of us, but we were making good money!We asked pet owners new to our services to phone two weeks ahead so we had enough time to meet the owners and pets at their homes and make any following meetings before the owner leaves.One day, we decided to take on a new customer just two days before they would leave. We met the family, filled in a form, and spent some time with their dog, Hercules. He playfully jumped on us and touched our hands and arms using his tongue. The family laughed as he did this, showing us that he was very loving.Two days later I appeared at the house, alone. I came up to Hercules and said hello happily.I filled up his water bowl and cleaned any messes he made. Meanwhile, he was so lovely sitting beside. I thought this would be the good picture to send to the owners, a usual service. After the light and “click”sound went off, Hercules rushed at me. I didn’t know what had just happened until I noticed the drops of blood. I ran out and did the only thing—calling my husband.Then I went to neighbors for help. My husband arrived after ten minutes. The helpful neighbor and my husband led Hercules back into his pen(圈). Then my husband and I took off to the hospital.I must have looked like I was shot when I walked into the hospital. The nurses quickly moved me to a room. I asked the doctor in a weak but playful manner, “Am I going to die?” He replied,“Finally.”21. What did the author often do during her work?A. Cleaning the customers’ hous e.B. Sending a photo of pets to the owners.C. Bringing the pets to her own house.D. Walking the pets outside.22. The doctor’s answer gave us a sense of ___________.A. carelessnessB. angerC. humorD. patience23. It can be inferred from the text that the author was attacked because__________.A. the author treated Hercules badlyB. Hercules feared the sound and the flashC. the author attacked Hercules firstD. Hercules was very hungry thenBMost young people enjoy some forms of physical activity. It may be walking, cycling, swimming, or in winter, skating or skiing. It may be a game of some forms—football, basketball, hockey, golf or tennis. It may be mountaineering.Those who have a passion for climbing high and difficult mountains are often looked upon with astonishment. Why are men and women willing to suffer cold and hardship, and to take risks in high mountains? This astonishment is caused, probably, by the difference between mountaineering and other forms of activity to which men give their leisure.Mountaineering is a sport and not a game. There are no man-made rules, as others, as there are for such games as golf and football. There are, of course, rules of different kinds which would be dangerous to ignore, but it is this freedom from man-made rules that makes mountaineering attractive to many people. Those who climb mountains are free to use their own methods.If we compare mountaineering with other more familiar sports, we might think that one big difference is that mountaineering is not a “team game”. We should be mistaken in this. There are, it is true, no “matches” between “teams” of climbers, but when climbers are on a rock face linked by a rope on which their lives may depend, there is obviously teamwork. The mountainclimber knows that he may have to fight forces that are stronger and more powerful than man. He has to fight the forces of nature. His sport requires high mental and physical qualities.A mountain climber continues to improve in skills year by year. A skier is probably past his best by the age of thirty. But it is not unusual for men of fifty or sixty to climb the highest mountains in the Alps. They may take more time than younger men, but they perhaps climb with more skills and less waste of effort, and they certainly experience equal enjoyment.24. What sports are popular among people in winter in the passage?A. Soccer and golf.B. Skiing and skating.C. Cycling and hockey.D. Mountaineering.25. The underlined word “passion”in Paragraph 2 could best be replaced by ______.A.strong emotionB. better feelingC. good wayD. enough affection26. We know from the passage that _______.A. mountaineering has no appeal for peopleB. physical quality is more important than mental one for climbersC. a mountain climber passes his best by the age of thirtyD. it is possible for an old man of fifty or sixty to climb the Alps27. What is the best title for the passage?A. MountaineeringB. Sports in winterC. Team work in climbingD. The quality for mountaineeringCHappy birthdayThe China National Opera (CNO) will give a concert to celebrate its 50th birthday. Different generations of CNO vocalists, like Li Guangxi , Yao Hong and Ma Mei, will present the concert which will feature both songs from famous Chinese operas like “The White-haired Girl”and “The Hundredth Bride”, as well as, arias (咏叹调) of such Western opera classics as “Madame Butterfly”, “La Traviata” and “Rigoletto”.Time/ date : 7:30 pm , September 7, 8Location : Tianqiao TheatreTel : 6551-4787, 8315-6170Tickets : 60—500 yuan (US $7.2— 60.2)Folk musicA concert will be held to feature some recently composed traditional Chinese music works. The concert, given by the Folk Orchestra of the China Opera and Ballet Theatre, will include such pieces as “Memory of Childhood ”, “Memorial Ceremony for God ”and “Wine Song”. Time/date: 7:30pm, September 13Location: Concert hall at the National Library of ChinaTel: 6848 –5462, 6841-9220Tickets: 30-200 yuan (US$3.6-24.1)Moon musicA concert of traditional Chinese music will be given on the eve of the Moon Festival which falls on September 21st this year.The concert will feature a number of famous pieces centered on the theme of the moon, such as“Moonlight”, “Spring night on a Moonlit River” and “Lofty Mountain and Flowing River.”A number of established traditional Chinese music performers like Zhou Yaokun and Fan Weiqing, will play solos as well as collaborate (合作) with the folk music orchestra.Time / date: 7:30 pm, September 21stLocation: Grand Theatre of the Cultural Palace of NationalitiesTel: 6606—8888, 6606—9999If interested, please book the tickets as soon as possible.28. From this passage, we can learn the purpose of the writer is ______.A. to praise the musiciansB. to celebrate its 50th birthdayC. to advertise for the three concertsD. to express his interests29. If you want to buy tickets for listening to the music“Memory of Childhood”, you will dial ____.A. 6551—4787B. 8315—6170C.6606—9999D.6848—546230. Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage?A. “Lofty Mountain and Flowing River” is a traditional Chinese music.B. “Rigoletto” is a famous piece on the theme of the moon.C. Li Guangxi, Yao Hong and Ma Mei stand for the same generation of CNO vocalists.D. Zhou Yaokun will play solos and Fan Weiqing will collaborate with the folk music orchestra.31. In which column of a newspaper can we find this article?A. CultureB. EntertainmentC. PeopleD. SportsDCould cities that float (漂浮) on the sea solve the problems caused by floods (洪水) and provide food for the world?Some scientists think so. The idea is already being tested and they believe that floating cities will provide more homes for a growing population, without having to use land needed to grow food. And they believe floating areas will allow more food to be grown, so that no one in the world is hungry.In some places, cities that float on the sea are already being planned. A company in the Netherlands called DeltaSync thinks that the sea cities will save the world, with more than one in ten people living in them.They say sea cities solve many problems the world faces in the 21st century, like not having enough land, more and more people needing homes, fossil fuels (矿物燃料) running low and the increasingly serious problems caused by floods.DeltaSync says building in the desert (沙漠) is not possible because there is not enough water and that developing ways for people to live in space is still too expensive. So they believe the answer is our oceans, which cover over two thirds of the Earth’s surface. Their plans for floating areas include using algae (海藻) to produce fuel and food.More than a quarter of the land in the Netherlands already lies underwater and scientists there have spent years trying to find ways to deal with it. In the city of Rotterdam they already have floating homes.Bart Roeffen from DeltaSync says:“We have plans for neighbourhoods including roads and, in the end, I believe we can build floating cities on the sea.”32. What can we learn about the Netherlands?A. It has found many fossil fuels recently.B. Two thirds of its land is covered by water.C.There are floating homes in one of its cities.D. Its population is increasing quickly.33. Which of the following is the advantage of the cities that DeltaSync wants to build?A. Satisfying more people’s housing needs.B. Providing more jobs for people.C. Supplying enough water to people.D. Making travel in space possible.34. What does Bart Roeffen think of his company’s future plans?A. He doubts them.B. He has no idea about them.C. He is uncertain about them.D. He is hopeful of them.35. What is the best title for the passage?A. Will there be enough water?B. Will sea cities save the world?C. Is it possible to live in the desert?D. Is it expensive to build floating cities?第二小节，根据短文内容，从短文后的选项中选出能填入空白的最佳选项。
2018-2019学年最新人教版高二英语第一学期期中考试综合模拟检测卷及答案-精编试题
人教版高二上学期期中考试模拟测试英语试题本试题卷分第I卷(选择题)和第II卷(非选择题)两部分。
满分150分。
考试用时120分钟。
第Ⅰ卷（共计115分）第一部分听力（共两节，满分30分）第二部分阅读理解（共两节,满分共40分）第一节（共15小题；每小题2分,共30分）阅读下列短文,选出最佳选项,并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
AThe Cambridge Science Festival Curiosity ChallengeDare to Take the Curiosity Challenge!The Cambridge Science Festival (CSF) is pleased to inform you of the sixth annual Curiosity Challenge. The challenge invites, even dares school students between the ages of 5 and 14 to create artwork or a piece of writing that shows their curiosity how it inspires them to explore their world.Students are being dared to draw a picture, write an article, take a photo or write a poem that shows what they are curious about. To enter the challenge, all artwork or pieces of writing should be sent to the Cambridge Science Festival, MIT Museum, 265 Mass Avenue, Students who enter the Curiosity Challenge and are selected as winners will be honor at a special ceremony during the CSF on Sunday, April 21st. Guest speakers will also present prizes to the students. Winning entries will be published in a book. Student entries will exhibited and prizes will be given. Families of those who take part will be included in celebration and brunch will be served.Between March 10th and March 15h, each winner will be given the specifics of the closing ceremony and the Curiosity Challenge celebration. The program guidelines andother related information are available.21. Who can take part in the Curiosity Challenge?A. CSF winners.B. Cambridge locals.C. School students.D. MIT artists.22. When will the prize-giving ceremony be held?A. On April 21st.B. On March 10th.C. On March 15thD. On February 8th.23. What type of writing is this text?A. An art show review.B. An exhibition guide.C. An official report.D. An announcement.BSince the first Earth Day in 1970, Americans have gotten a lot“greener”towards the environment.“We didn't know at that time that there even was an environment, let alone that there was a problem with it,”says Bruce Anderson, president of Earth Day USA.But what began as nothing important in public affairs has grown into a social movement. Business people, political leaders, university professors, and especially millions of grassroots Americans are taking part in the movement.“The understanding has increased many, many times,”says Gaylord Nelson, the former governor from Wisconsin, who thought up the first Earth Day.According to US government reports, emissions(排放) from cars and trucks have dropped from 10.3 million tons a year to 5.5 million tons. The number of cities producing CO beyond the standard has been reduced from 40 to 9. Although serious problems still remain and need to be dealt with, the world is a safer and healthier place. A kind of “green thinking”has become part of practices.Great improvement has been achieved. In 1988 there were only 600 recycling programs;today in 1995 there are about 6,600. Advanced lights, motors, and building designs have helped save a lot of energy and therefore prevented pollution.Twenty-five years ago, there were hardly any education programs for environment. Today, it's hard to find a public school, university, or law school that does not have such a kind of program. Until we do that, nothing else will change!”says Bruce Anderson.24. According to Anderson, before 1970, Americans had little idea about ________.A. the importance of Earth DayB. environmental problemsC. recycling techniquesD. the social movement25. Where does the support for environmental protection mainly come from?A. Government officials.B. The business circle.C. The grassroots level.D. University professors.26. What have Americans achieved in environmental protection?A. They have cut car emissions to the lowest.B. They have reduced pollution through effective measures.C. They have lowered their CO levels in forty cities.D. They have settled their environmental problems.27.What is especially important for environmental protection according to the lastparagraph?A.Green living.B. Planning.C. Education.D. CO reduction.CIt happened to me recently. I was telling someone how much I had enjoyed reading Barack Obama’s Dreams From My Father and how it had changed my views of our President. A friend I was talking to agreed with me that it was, in his words,“a brilliantly（精彩地）written book. However, he then went on to talk about Mr. Obama in a way which suggested he hadno idea of his background at all. I sensed that I was talking to a book liar.And it seems that my friend is not the only one. Approximately two thirds of people have lied about reading a book which they haven’t. In the World Book Day's“Report on Guilty Secrets, Dreams From My Father is at number 9. The report lists ten books, and various authors, which people have lied about reading, and as I’m not one to lie too often (I’d hate to be caught out ), I'll admit here and now that I haven't read the entire top ten. But I am pleased to say that, unlike 42 percent of people, I have read the book at number one, George Orwell's 1984. I think it's really brilliant.The World Book Day report also has some other interesting information in it. It says that many people lie about having read Jane Austen, Charles Dickens, Fyodor Dostoevsky (I haven’t read him, but haven’t lied about it either) and Herman Melville.Asked why they lied, the most common reason was to“impress”someone they were speaking to. This could be tricky if the conversation became more in–depth!But when asked which authors they actually enjoy, people named J.k. Rowling, John Grisham, Sophie Kinsella (ah, the big sellers, in other words). Forty-two percent of people asked admitted they turned to the back of the book to read the end before finishing the story (I’ll come clean: I do this and am astonished that 58 percent said they had never done so).28. How did the author find his friend a book liar?A. By judging his manner of speaking.B. By discussing the book it self.C. By mentioning a famous name.D. By looking into his background.29. Which of the following is a“guilty secret”according to the World Book Day report?A. Charles Dickens is very low on the top-ten list.B. Dreams From My Father is hardly read.C. The author admitted having read 9 books.D. 42% of people pretended to have read 1984.30. By lying about reading, a person hopes to ______.A. control the conversationB. make more friendsC. learn about the bookD. appear knowledgeable31. What is the author’s attitude to 58% of readers?A. DoubtfulB. UncaringC. FavorableD. FriendlyDAs more and more people speak the global languages of English, Chinese, Spanish, and Arabic, other languages are rapidly disappearing. In fact, half of the 6,000 —7,000 languages spoken around the world today will likely die out by the next century, according to the United Nations Educational , Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO).In an effort to prevent language loss, scholars from a number of organizations —UNESCO and National Geographic among them —have for many years been documenting dying languages and the cultures they reflect.Mark Turin, a scientist at the Macmillan Centre Yale University, who specializes in the languages and oral traditions of the Himalayas, is following in that tradition. His recently published book, A Grammar of Thangmi with an Ethnolinguistic Introduction to the Speakers and Their Culture, grows out of his experience living, working, and raising a family in a village in Nepal.Documenting the Thangmi language and culture is just a starting point for Turin, who seeks to include other languages and oral traditions across the Himalayan reaches of India, Nepal, Bhutan, and China. But he is not content to simply record these voices before they disappear without record.At the University of Cambridge Turin discovered a wealth of important materials —including photographs, films, tape recordings, and field notes —which had remained unstudied and were badly in need of care and protection.Now, through the two organizations that he has founded —the Digital Himalaya Project and the World Oral Literature Project —Turin has started a campaign to make suchdocuments, for the world available not just to scholars but to the younger generations of communities from whom the materials were originally collected. Thanks to digital technology and the widely available Internet, Turin notes, the endangered languages can be saved and reconnected with speech communities.32. Many scholars are making efforts to ______.A. promote global languagesB. search for language communitiesC. rescue disappearing languagesD. set up language research organizations.33. What does“that tradition” in Paragraph 3 refer to?A. Writing books on language teaching.B. Having full records of the languages.C. Telling stories about language users.D. Living with the native speaker.34. What is Turin's book based on?A. The cultural studies in India.B. The documents available at Yale.C. His personal experience in Nepal.D. His language research in Bhutan.35. Which of the following best describe Turin’s work?A. Write, sell and donate.B. Record, repair and reward.C. Design, experiment and report.D. Collect, protect and reconnect.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。
2018-2019学年最新人教版高中英语高二上学期期中考试模拟综合检测及答案-精编试题
人教版高二上学期期中考试模拟测试英语试题说明：1.测试时间：120分钟总分150分2.客观题答案涂在答题纸上，主观题答在答题纸的相应位置上。
第Ⅰ卷客观题试卷(共三部分，满分115分)第一部分听力(共两节，满分30分)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、D）中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
AIt was a winter morning, just a couple of weeks before Christmas 2005. While most people were warming up their cars, Trevor, my husband, had to get up early to ride his bike four kilometers away from home to work. On arrival, he parked his bike outside the back door as he usually does. After putting in 10 hours of labor, he returned to find his bike gone.The bike, a black Kona 18 speed, was our only transport. Trevor used it to get to work, putting in 60-hour weeks to support his young family. And the bike was also used to get groceries(食品杂货)，saving us from having to walk long distances from where we live.I was so sad that someone would steal our bike that I wrote to the newspaper and told them our story. Shortly after that, several people in our area offered to help. One wonderful stranger even bought a bike, and then called my husband to pick it up. Once again my husband had a way to get to and from his job. It really is an honor that a complete stranger would go out of their way for someone they have never met before.People say that a smile can be passed from one person to another, but acts of kindness from strangers are even more so. This experience has had a spreading effect in our lives because it strengthened our faith in humanity as a whole. And it has influenced us to be more mindful of ways we, too, can share with others. No matter how big or how small, an act of kindness shows that someone cares. And the results can be everlasting.21. Why was the bike so important to the couple?A. The man’s job was bike racing.B. It was their only possession.C. It was a nice Kona 18 speed.D. They used it for work and daily life.22. We can infer from the text that ________.A. the couple worked 60 hours a weekB. people were busy before ChristmasC. the stranger brought over the bikeD. life was hard for the young family23. How did people get to know the couple’s problem?A. From radio broadcasts.B. From a newspaper.C. From TV news.D. From a stranger.24. What do the couple learn from their experience?A. Strangers are usually of little help.B. One should take care of their bike.C. News reports make people famous.D. An act of kindness can mean a lot.BA new word has suddenly become wildly popular in China—“tuhao”—which loosely means “nouveau riche”. There have been more than 100 million references to the word “tuhao” on social media since early September.It’s being used to describe everything from the new p eople’s daily building, to expensive celebrity weddings full of millionaires, and the new gold-colored iPhone.In Chinese “tu” means earth and “hao” means rich. To say someone is tuhao is to imply they come from a poor peasant background, and have made it rich quickly—but don’t quite have the manne rs to go along with it. “It’s like the term ‘nouveau riche’”, says Professor Steve Tsang at the School of Contemporary Chinese Studies in Nottingham, “but has even more negative meanings, suggesting a certain vulgarity(粗俗).”“Tuhao” is actually an old w ord, dating back perhaps as far as the Southern Dynasty—1,500 years ago, but it has always meant something rather different. During the communist revolution, from the 1920s to early 1950s, it was widely used to refer to landholders and gentry(乡绅)who would often do bad things to those beneath them.This new usage of the term took off in September after a widely-shared joke about a rich, but unhappy man, who goes to a Buddhist monk for advice, expecting to be told to live a more simple life. The monk replies instead with a sentence, “Tuhao, let’s be friends!”Chinese Internet users are highly creative in their use of language, and are constantly inventing, and re-inventing words as a way of getting past censorship(审查) rules. But in this case, itspopular ity seems to be down to the fact that it expresses China’s changing society so well—many people sneer at those with wealth, but are secretly jealous.25. What is the best title of the passage?A. Tuhao, a newly popular word in ChinaB. The long history of TuhaoC. The new usage of TuhaoD. Tuhao, a newly-invented Chinese word26. Which of the following may NOT be considered “tuhao”?A. A vulgar nouveau riche.B. A landholder.C. A quick-rich peasant without proper manners.D. A Buddhist monk.27. The last but one paragraph mainly tells us ________.A. what the new usage of the word isB. how the word becomes popular againC. why the unhappy man went to the Buddhist monkD. what advice the monk gave the unhappy man28. What does the underlined word in the last paragraph mean?A. Respect.B. Envy.C. Laugh.D. Disbelieve.CNo one can fail to stand in awed (令人敬畏的) admiration of the great discoveries of history—Newton’s laws of motion, Kepler’s principle of planetary movement, Einstein’s general theory of relativity. Equally awe-inspiring are artistic creations in painting, theatre, music, and literature, which have also been brought about by discovery through personal efforts. What do these extraordinary achievements of well-known scientists and artists have to do with problem solving?A great scientific discovery or a great work of art is surely the result of problem-solving activity. The solution to a problem, we are told, often comes to thinkers in a “f lash of insight (顿悟)”, although they may have been turning the problem over in their minds for some time. As a particular form of problem solving, these creative acts are based on the broad knowledge gained in the past, whether this is of the “public” sort known to science, or of the “private” sort known to the artist.Many creative thinkers state that they have completely devoted themselves to the subject matter of the problem, often over fairly long periods of time. Indeed, it would be strange if they had not done this. Nothing in such statements supports the idea that there is anything very different about the problem solving that leads to discoveries of the great contributions to the society. The act of discovery, even in the relatively predictable sense that it occurs in everyday learning, involves a “sudden insight” which changes the problem situation into a solution situation. As we have seen, everyday discovery also requires that the learner have the knowledge of the rules gained in the past, which is involved in the solution.29. Newton, Kepler and Einstein are mentioned in the first paragraph to ________.A. bring about the subject of the discussionB. explain that scientists are more creativeC. show the difference between science and artsD. prove that arts require more personal efforts30. While knowledge from the past plays an important role in their achievements, thinkers sometimes also depend on their ________.A. artistic tastesB. sudden insightC. admiration of discoveriesD. scientific experiments31. What does the underlined word “this” refer to?A. Great contributions to the society.B. Long-time study of the subject matter.C. Various statements about problem solving.D. Complete devotion to artistic creation.32. We may conclude from the passage that ________.A. it is more likely to make scientific and artistic discoveries in everyday learningB. scientific discoveries or artistic creations are usually unpredictable in natureC. a sudden insight and knowledge from the past are required in making discoveriesD. knowledge of the rule in the past is often developed in the changes of situationDPeople have been dreaming up horrible monsters and scary spirits for centuries. The vampire, an “undead” creature thirsty for blood, is one of the most inventive and attractive creatures of all.It’s also one of the most lasting. Vampire-like creatures date back to thousands of years ago, and pop up in dozens of different cultures.In this article, we’ll see where the various elements of the vampire legend come from. We’ll also look at the psychological significance of these creatures and find out about some real-life people or things that are remarkably similar to the supernatural vampire.The vampires in today’s book s, movies and television shows are incredibly complicated creatures. According to the mythology(神话), every vampire was once a human, who, after being bitten by a vampire, died and rose from the grave as a monster. Vampires desire the blood of the living, whom they hunt during the night. They bite their victims’ necks with their two sharp front teeth.Since they’re back-to-life corpses—the living remains of a dead person—vampires are often referred to as “the undead”. They can still pass as healthy humans, however, and will walk undetected among the living. In fact, vampires may be attractive, highly sexual beings, seducing(引诱)their prey before feeding. A vampire may also take the form of an animal, usually a bat or wolf, in order to launch a sudden attack on a victim before being detected.Vampires are potentially immortal(不死的), but they do have a few weaknesses. They can be destroyed by a fire or direct sunlight, and they are afraid of holy water and garlic. Vampires don’t cast a reflection, and they have superhuman strength.This vampire figure, with its particular combination of characteristics and governing rules, is actually a fairly recent invention. Bram Stoker made it up in his l897 novel Dracula. Other authors reinterpreted(重新解释) Dracula in a number of plays, movies and books.But while the many details are new, most of the individual elements of the legend have deep roots, extending across many regions and cultures. In the next few sections, we’ll…33. From the first two paragraphs, we can know that ________.A. vampire stories only exist in European culturesB. vampires will die in 3 days without drinking bloodC. vampire stories have existed since a long time agoD. vampires actually exist in real life34. According to the passage, which of the following best matches the image of a vampire?A. a wolf standing still by the lake staring at its own reflection in the waterB. a strong man with sunglasses sunbathing on the beachC. a lonely old man sitting by the campfire crushing garlicD. a sexy young woman dressed in a long skirt sipping wine in a night club35. The underlined sentence of the last paragraph is not complete. Which of the following should be the missing part？A. try to find out more about the eating habits of vampiresB. look at some of more famous vampire ancestorsC. read some romantic love stories in which vampires fall in love with humansD. start a tour exploring some of the best vampire films of all time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的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
2018-2019学年最新人教版高二英语第一学期期中考试综合模拟检测及答案-精编试题
人教版高二上学期期中考试模拟测试英语试题本试卷分第I卷（选择题）和第II卷（非选择题）两部分，满分150分。
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第I卷（选择题共100分）第一部分听力（共两节，满分20分）第二部分阅读理解（共20小题；每小题2分，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，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
AA morning of many years ago. I went into a restaurant where everyone from the poorest to the most powerful came for breakfast. I noticed an empty chair next to an old, poorly-dressed man. who looked somewhat disheveled. He was wearing a worn-out hat and was alone. I asked if I might join him. He was wearing a worn-out hat and was alone. I asked if I might join him. He agreed quietly and I sat down to have my breakfast.We began a conversation and spoke about a wide range of things. We never introduced ourselves. I thought that be might have no money and not be able to afford something to eat. So as I rose to go back to the counter and buy a second cup of coffee, I asked, “May I get you something?”“A coffee would be nice.”Then I bought him a cup of coffee. We talked more, and he accepted another cup of coffee. Finally, I rose to leave, wished him well, and headed for the exit. At the door I met one of my friends. He asked.“How did you get to know Mr. Galbreath?”“Who?”“The man you were sitting with. He is chairman of the Board of Churchill Downs.”I could hardly believe it. I was buying, offering a free breakfast, and feeling pity for one of the world’s richest and most powerful men!”My few minutes with Mr.Galbreath changed my life. Now I try to treat everyone with respect, no matter who I think they are, and no matter another human being with kindness and sincerity.21. What does the underlinedword “disheveled” mean?A. Unfriendly.B. Untidy.C. Gentle.D. Kind.22. The author bought coffees to the old man because__________.A. he thought the old man was poor.B. the old man asked the author to do so.C. he wanted to set close relationship with the old man.D. they were close friends in fact.23. How did the author probably feel after he talked with his friend?A. Proud.B. Pitiful.C. Surprised.D. Disappointed.24. What do we learn from the passage?A. We should learn to be generous.B. It is honorable to help those in need.C. People in high positions are not like what we expect.D. We should avoid judging people by their outlooks.BAmerican English and British EnglishMany students want to know about the differences between American English and British English. How did these differences come about? There is no quick answer to this question.At first the language in Britain and America was the same. In 1776 America because anindependent country. After that, the language slowly began to change. For a long time the language in America stayed the same, while the language in England changed. For example, 300 years ago the English talked about “fall”Today, most British people talk about ‘autumn”, but Americans still talk about “fall”. In the same way Americans still use the expression “I guess”(meaning “I think”), just as the British did 300 years ago. At the same time, British English and American English started borrowing words from other languages, ending up with different words. For example, the British took “typhoon” from Chinese, while the Americans took “tornado”from Spanish.In 1828 Noah Webster published the first American dictionary. He wanted to make American English different from British English, so he changed the spelling of many words. That’s why the words colour, centre and traveler are spelt color, center, and traveler in American English. Except for these differences in spelling, written English is more or less the same in both British and American English.The differences are greater in the spoken language. For example, American say dance [dəens],and in southern England they say[da:ns]. In America they pronounce not [nat]; in southern England they say[nכt]. However, most of the time people from the two countries do not have any difficulty in understanding each other.25. From the second paragraph we know that____________.A. British people and Americans often say “fall” now.B. British English is borrowing words from Spanish.C. British English changed but American English stayed the same.D. American English started to change after the independence.26. What does paragraph 3 mainly talked about?A. Noah Webster made American English spelling different.B. Noah Webster published the first American dictionary.C. American and British English have the same spelling.D. How Noah Webster changed the written English.27. Which of the following statements is true according to the passage?A. British decided to change the spelling of many American words.B. Britain and American published different dictionaries.C. The oral differences between the two languages are very big.D. Britain people say not [nat] while Americans say [nכt]28. What is the passage mainly about?A. Why English has become a popular language.B. How American and British English have changed.C. How people in two countries understand each other.D. Why Britain and American are two similar countries.CThe bird hoatzin which swims before it can fly lives on the river banks of the Amazon. It flies like a fat chicken, eats green leaves, has the stomach of a cow and has claws on its wings when young. They build their homes about 4.6m above the river, which is very important for the safety of the young.The male and female birds look very much alike with brown on the back and cream and red on the underside. The head is small, with a large set of feathers on the top, bright red eyes, and blue skin. Its nearest relatives(亲戚)are the common birds, cuckoos. Its most striking feature, though, is only found in the young.Baby hoatzins have a claw(爪)on the leading edge of each wing and another at the end of each wing tip. Using these four claws, together with the beak(喙), they can climb about in the bushes, looking very much like primitive birds must have done. When the young hoatzins have learned to fly, they lose their claws.During the drier months between December and March, hoatzins fly about the forest in groups of 20 to 30 birds, but in April, when the rainy season begins, they collect together in smaller living units of two to seven birds for producing purposes.29. What is the passage mainly about?A. Hoatzins in dry and rainy seasons.B. The looks and living habits of hoatzins.C. Primitive birds and hoatzins of the Amazon.D. The relatives and enemies of hoatzins.30. Young hoatzins are different from their parents because_______.A. they look like young cuckoos.B. they eat a lot like a cow.C. they have claws on the wings.D. they live on river banks.31. What can we infer about original(原始的) birds from the passage?A. They had a head with long feathers on the top.B. They could fly long distances.C. They had four wings like hoatzins.D. They had claws to help them climb.32. Why do hoatzins collect together in smaller groups when the rainy season comes?A. To produce their young.B. To protect themselves better.C. To keep themselves warm.D. To find more food.DPeople of all the Asian countries are talking about the South Korean TV series---You Who Came From The Star《来星星的你》, which is sweeping Asia including China now. Top actors Jun Ji-hyun and Kim Soo-hyun are popular among people of all ages in China now. Beer and fired chicken, used to be considered as junk food, are now popular late—night snacks. Besides, the book. The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane, rend by the hero in You Who Came From The Star was a hard-to-get item on Amazon(亚马逊) for a while.Recent years South Korean TV productions have done a great job in both themes and ways of telling stories. Take You Who Came The Star as an example, although aliens visiting Earth is a common theme, it’s script remains logical and fast-paced. It mixes the story with romance and murder and keeps the audience guessing about how the story will develop. When it comes to love stories, the new South Korean TV plays no longer use the sad card; instead, they become humorous, relaxing and mysterious.Moreover, the shooting(电影的拍摄)for South Korean productions generally starts when thescripts(剧本)are just one-third ready. Many popular productions have their own websites, where scriptwriters(编剧) post part of the finished scripts, inviting readers to leave messages, discuss the plot and come up with advice for following story.33. What is the main idea of the first paragraph?A. The TV series You Who Came From The Star got a big success.B. The reason why the South Korean TV series is son popular.C. People of many countries are interested in beer and friend chicken.D. The book The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane is hard to buy.34. From the second paragraph we know that_________.A. South Korean TV always uses sad card to make new plays.B. the TV series You Who Came From The Star has good logic.C. the TV series You Who Came From The Star is about a murder.D. South Korean TV productions are all attractive.35. What does the writer wants to tell us in the last paragraph?A. Finding good actors is very important.B. Shoot plays when scripts are finished.C. Scriptwriters are very important for a good play.D. Inviting readers to discuss the following scripts is a good way.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。
2018-2019学年最新人教版高二英语第一学期期中考试模拟测试卷及答案-精编试题
高二年级上学期第一次期中考英语试卷命题：高二英语备课组审题：高二英语备课组满分：150分考试时间：120分钟第Ⅰ卷（选择题, 共100分）第一部分听力(共两节，满分30分)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。
AChildren usually love dogs. And even those who are afraid of them at first grow to love these lovely animals once they get to know them. So let’s find out which small dogs is the most suitable as a pet for your child, in case your little one is asking for a dog of his/her own.When you choose a dog for children, a number of factors need to be kept in mind. People usually choose a dog based on its looks. However, looks can be cheating, as a lovely looking dog might be aggressive, and a strong looking dog might be gentle. Therefore, it is very important to choose a dog based on its character, rather than its looks. Some dogs are known to be very amicable and gentle, while other dogs are unfriendly and rude. However, one should not choose a dog based only on its breed either, as there are always exceptions. The character of a dog depends on the individual dog, as much as it does on the breed it belongs to.Another factor that needs to be kept in mind, while you choose small dogs for your child, is the character of the child who is going to be with the dog. If the child is active, the dog should be energetic, strong, and patient, so that it can take all the actions the child gives it. On the other hand, if the child has a quiet nature, a dog that is gentle, calm and sensitive will be more suitable.It is also good to have a dog that is easy to train, so that it can be taught to behave properly with children. This will ensure that the child is safe with the dog. However, it is not a good ideato leave a young child alone with a dog.21 what does the passage mainly talk about?A Different dogs have different characters.B. How to choose a dog for your child.C. Dogs are the most friendly animals.D. The best ways to keep your dog.22.The underlined word “ amicable” in Paragraph 2 probably means____.A friendlyB dangerousC smallD strong23 How many factors should you remember when you choose a dog for your child?A FiveB FourC ThreeD Two24. It can be known from the passage that_____A it is not easy for people to train a dog to behave properlyB it is a bad idea for parents to give a dog as a pet for childrenC. almost all the children love energetic, strong and patient dogsD. it is important to choose a dog according to the character of the child.BWay back in 1953, high school mathematics looked like a big hurdle(障碍) for me and several of my classmates. When we reached the 9th grade, we got Mr. Iyer, a strict Math teacher who was also our class teacher. He always stuck to his discipline. We had to arrive on time, pay undivided attention to his lectures, and dared not neglect any of his homework.Even so, as our class teacher, we got to know him better. Noticing some of us fidgeting one day as the mid-term exams was coming, he stopped solving a math problem to ask us why. “There’s too much to do,” we sighed. “We’re afraid we’ll never manage to finish our revision before the exams.”“Nothing is impossible,” Mr. Iyer told us. “This cla ssroom is on the second floor. Do you have a problem reaching here?”We reacted with blank stares.“No, you don’t!” he said, answering his own question. “You have a staircase(楼梯) to help you climb up to this level. No one expects you to make it in two giant leap… You simply take one step at a time. Any task can be solved if you focus on the immediate action to be taken. The rest will take care of itself, if you keep at it. One step at a time. That’s the secret.”Then, he wrote down an old motto on the blackboard---The longest journey starts with a single step. But having heard his staircase analogy(类比), we saw him in a new light.Years passed, and I went on to become an English teacher. To this day, whenever I pass on Mr. Iyer’s invaluable advice to my own students, they brighten up at the prospect of a lighter academic burden.25. What can we learn from the first paragraph?A. Math was difficult for most of the author’s classmates.B. The students thought Mr. Iyer was not a good teacher.C. Mr. Iyer would punish the students for being late for class.D. Mr. Iyer was very strict with his students.26. The underlined word “fidgeting” in Paragraph. 2 probably means “_______”.A. excitedB. nervousC. hardworkingD. calm27. Wh y did the author and his classmates react Mr. Iyer’s question with blank stares?A. Because they thought reaching the second floor had no connection with their worry.B. Because they were too tired to understand the words that Mr. Iyer said in the class.C. Because they had no interest in answering such an easy question.D. Because they were too worried about the exam to talk about any other topics in the class.28.The staircase analogy tells us that________.A. one can reach his/her goals in a giant leap.B. goals can be reached step by step.C. there is only one step between success and failure.D. tasks can be solved under the guide of the teacher.CThe second series of Chinese hit cuisine(烹饪) documentary series, A Bite of China, is almost here. Some people call it one of the finest food TV shows ever made. A Bite of China, one of thehighest-rated documentary series on Chinese food, held a press conference(新闻发布会) for the launch of its second season on Wednesday in the southern Chinese city of Guangzhou. Around a hundred fans and media gathered to celebrate the event.Chen Xiaoqing, the director of the show, explained to us the biggest difference between the first and the second seasons. The classification of the food is more specific. Meat dishes, vegetarian food and desserts cooked in different ways will be seen. The second season of A Bite of China also consists of seven episodes(集), as with the first, and is in production at present. The season premiere(首映) will be in February, 2014 during the Chinese New Year holiday.While more shows about Chinese food focus only on the preparation process in the kitchen, A Bite of China digs deeper into the geographical, historical and cultural aspects of what Chinese people eat. Chen Xiaoqing said that the success of it really comes down to three points. Good theme, good timing and good job from everyone.“Chinese TV production teams are becoming more and more professional. There’s more order and creativity. Our industry is becoming more stru ctured. ” said Chen.One of the most asked questions at the end of the press conference was “Will A Bite of China be back for a third season?”, which Chen answered firmly, “Yes”.29. The press conference held on Wednesday was to______?A. celebrate the success of the first season of A Bite of ChinaB. launch the second season of A Bite of ChinaC. collect money for the second season of A Bite of ChinaD. show thankfulness to the fans of A Bite of China30. The second season of A Bite of China will be similar to the first one in_______.A. the classification of the foodB. the way of cookingC. the productionD. the number of episodes31. Most TV shows about Chinese food focus only on__________?A. the history of a certain kind of foodB. the process of choosing materials for foodC. the process of preparing food in the kitchenD. the geographical features of a certain kind of food32. What can we know according to the last two paragraphs?A. The Chinese documentary film industry is going down at the moment.B. The second season of A Bite of China will be more successful than the first one.C. There will be another press conference about A Bite of China very soon.D. There will possibly be a third season of A Bite of China.DOrr: My storyBobby OrrISBN 9780399161759Publication date: 10/15/2013$14.99Bobby Orr is often referred to as the greatest ever to play the game of hockey(曲棍球).From 1966 through the mid-seventies, he could change a game just by stepping on the ice.WilsonScott BergISBN 9780399168642Publication date: 9/10/2013$23.99One hundred years after his inauguration(就职典礼), Woodrow Wilson still stands as one of the most influential figures of the twentieth century and one of the most mysterious. And now, after more than a decade of research and writing, Pulitzer Prize-winning author Scott Berg has completed Wilson—the most personal biography ever written about the 28th president.The Chew: What’s for Dinner?Martin DugardISBN 9781401312817Publication date: 9/24/2013$15.48The Chew: What’s for Dinner? invites you to enjoy the stressful idea of “making dinner” for the fun of creating something delicious, healthy, and affordable for yourself and your family, offering easy and inspired recipes(食谱) for every kind of home cook.50 Hikes: in New JerseyAnn Marie BrownISBN 9781581571899Publication date: 3/3/2013$15.88Hike along the mountain peaks or over the uneven Wyanokies, pass into pine forests or through beaches on the coast, and you’ll see that New Jersey has so much more than just cities. This fully revised edition takes you deep into its wild heart.33. Who wrote the book about a president?A. Martin DugardB. Scott BergC. Bobby OrrD. Ann Marie Brown34. Who will be the potential readers of the book written by Martin Dugard?A. Those who are trying to cook meals for their family.B. Those who are interested in humor.C. Those who care about history.D. Those who like sports.35. The ISBN of the book which involves travel is________?A. 9781401312817B. 9780399161759C. 9781581571899D. 9780399168642第二节(共5小题；每小题2分，满分l0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。
2018-2019学年最新人教版高中英语高二上学期期中模拟综合测试及答案-精编试题
上学期期中考试高二英语试卷本试卷分第I 卷（选择题）和第二卷（非选择题）两部分。
第I 卷第一部分 听力（共两节，满分30分） 第二部分 阅读理解（共两节，满分30分）第一节 （共10小题;每小题2分，满分20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 ，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
APut yourself in these tourists’ position. You are walking an icy mountain path in the Alps in Europe. Suddenly you spot a body on the ground, face downward and stuck to the ice. You think someone may have been murdered or in a fatal accident. So you rush back and call the police. The police, however, quickly realize that this body is different from others they’ve found on the mountain. For one thing, it is mostly undamaged. For another, its skin is dried out, like a mummy’s (木乃伊). And there is an old small stone knife beside the body.The body turned out to be much older than the tourists could have guessed. When specialists had a chance to examine it, they discovered it had been there for about five thousand years!How could a body stay preserved for all this time? Two things probably helped. First, the place where the man died was somewhat sheltered, so animals couldn’t get at it. Then he was quickly covered by falling snow. Wind blowing through the snow probably “freeze -dried” his body, removing all moisture(水分) from it.Objects found with the body told s omething about the Iceman’s life. He wore a well-made fur jacket and trousers. He clearly had been hunting, because he学校 班级 姓名 考号得分请 勿 在 密 封 线 内 答 题carried arrows, and animal bones were nearby. He also had a grass cushion for sitting or sleeping on. Perhaps he was tired when he lay down for the last time.The body was found in 1991, when some of the ice on the mountain melted. Searching for the cause of the Iceman’s death, scientists put the body back into cold conditions---and hoped.21. What does the underlined word “spot” in the fi rst paragraph probably mean?A. layB. digC. findD. carry22. Which of the following is NOT the reason that the police realize that the body is different from others?A.The body’s skin is like a mummy’sB.Beside the body is an ol d small stone knife.C. The body is much older than others.D. The body is mostly undamaged.23. At what time of a year was the Iceman probably died?A. Early fall.B. Late spring.C. Summer.D. Winter.24. This passage is mainly to _____________A. tell us what life was like 5, 000 years ago.B. warn us not to go to the Alps.C. introduce a mysterious Iceman to us.D. explain the mystery of the Alps.BElectricity shortage leaves Afghanistan in the dark. Electricity is in short supply in the Middle Eastern Nation of Afghanistan. Only 6 percent of the country’s residents have electric power, according to the Asian Development Bank, an organization that works to reduce poverty.Some residents in Kabul received only 3 hours of electricity a day last fall. Others received none. Kabul is the capital of Afghanistan. “It’s dark everywhere,” says city resident Gul Hussein. “Some of our neighbours are using candles.”Experts say water shortage is partly to blame. Water is used to make electricity. In Kabul, power becomes rare in midsummer, when the region’shydroelectric(水力发电的) dams dry up. Hydroelectricity is made by the force of falling water.Kabul’s growing population is also a cause. Since the late 1990s, the city’s population has jumped from less than 1 million to more than 4 million people. Now even more electricity is needed.Despite receiving millions of dollars in international aid, the country’s electricity shortages continue. Still, Afghans hope for a solution. One plan is to import, or bring in, power from the nearby country Uzbekistan. Afghan officials also spoke with U.S. president about the nation’s need to make its own electricity.“Life takes power,” says Jan Agha, a worker from Kabul. “If you have electricity, lif e is good; but if there’s no electricity, you go around like a blind man.”25.One reason for electricity shortage is _________A. the lack of international aidB. the shortage of hydroelectric damsC. the increase of populationD. the low temperature in midsummer26. Which of the following will probably a solution for the problem of electricity shortage?A. To build more hydroelectric dams.B. To advise people to use less electricity.C. To buy electricity from America.D. To produce electricity on its own.27. Which one should be the best title for the passage?A. Water Shortage in AfghanistanB. Population Lead to Lack of ElectricityC. Electricity Shortage in AfghanistanD. Help Needed in AfghanistanCDefinition of HappinessA proverb from ancient China was widely spread in the West: “If you want to be happy for a few hours, go to get drunk; if you want the happiness to last threeyears, get married; if you want lifetime happiness, take up gardening.” The reason for the last is this: Gardening is not only useful, but it helps you to identify(与……一致) yourself with nature, and thus brings you new joy each day besides improving your health.A research of a US university that I’ve read gives a definition of happinessas what makes a person feel comfortably pleased. To put it specially, happiness is an active state of mind where one thinks one’s life is meaningful, satisfactory and comfortable. This should be something lasting rather than transitory (短暂的).Lots of people regard it the happiest to be at leisure (空闲). But according toa study, it is not a person with plenty of leisure but one at work that feels happy, especially those busy with work having little time for leisure. Happiness does not mean gains one is after but a desire to harvest what one is seeking for. People often do not treasure what they already have but desire what theycannot get. That is somewhat like a man with fond dreams of numerous lovers while unwilling to settle down with the woman beside him.Happiness is a game balancing between two ends — what one has and whatone wishes for, i.e. one’s dream and the possibility to realize it. The stud y comes to this conclusion: A happy man is one who aims high but never forgets his actual situation; one who meets challenges that develop his ability and potentiality; one who’s proud of his achievements and the recognition given to him. He has self-respect and self-confidence; treasures his own identity and loves freedom. He is sociable(好交际的) and enjoys wide range communication with others; he’s helpful and ready to accept assistance. He knows he is able to bear sufferings and failures; he is sensible enough to get fun from daily work. He is a man capable of love and passion.28. According to the passage, gardening can bring lifetime happiness because _______.A. it is a business that brings moneyB. it can strengthen gardeners’ ability to remake natureC. it can make gardeners enjoy very happy marriage考号得分密 封 线 内 答 题D. gardeners can build good relationship with nature29. It can be concluded from the research of the university that most people feelhappy when ______________________.A. they are at leisureB. they are engaged in workingC. they are gardeningD. they have numerous lovers30. The writer mentioned a man with fond dreams of numerous lovers in order to _____.A. give an example of a person who doesn’t value what he already ownsB. show that this kind of person has plenty of leisure time to do what he wantsC. make it clear that only this kind of person can enjoy happinessD. show the serious problem in marriage in modern society第二节七选五（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。
2018-2019学年最新人教版高中英语高二上学期期中模拟联考测试及答案-精编试题
第一学期期中七校联考高二年级英语学科试题第一部分：听力（共两节，满分20，每小题1分）第二部分：阅读理解（共两节，满分35分）第一节：阅读理解（满分25分，每小题2.5分）阅读下列短文，从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题纸上将该项涂黑。
ASome time ago, a man punished his 5-year-old daughter for wasting a roll of expensive gold wrapping （包装）paper.Money was tight and he became more upset when the child tried to decorate a box to put under the Christmas tree.Nevertheless, the little girl brought the gift box to her father next morning and said, “This is for you daddy. "The father was embarrassed by his earlier overreaction, but his anger flared again when he found the box empty. He spoke to her in a harsh manner, “Don't you know young lad y, when you give someone a present there's supposed to be something inside the package?”The little girl looked up at him with tears in her eyes and said, “Oh Daddy, it is not empty. I blew kisses into it until it was full." The father was crushed. He fell on his knees and put his arms around his little girl and he begged her to forgive his unnecessary anger.An accident took the life of the child only a short time later and it is told that the father kept the golden box by his bed for all the years of his life and whenever he was discouraged or faced difficult problems, he would open the box and take out a(n) imaginary kiss and remember the love of the child who had put it there.In a very real sense, each of us as human beings have been given a golden box filled with unconditional love and kisses from our children, family friends and God. There is no more precious possession anyone can hold.21. The father punished his 5-year-old daughter for wasting a roll of goldwrapping paper because_________A. it was too expensive for the familyB. gold wrapping paper was hard to find at that timeC. she wasted too much while wrapping the gift packageD. she got the gold wrapping paper without permission22. When the little girl brought the gift box to her father, _____A. the father was cheerfulB. the father was very ashamedC. the father was very natural in behaviorD. the father was very angry at the cheap gift23. Through paragraph six, the author intend to show____A. the daughter’s sudden deathB. the meaning of his daughter’s gift to himC. the father’s coldness leads to his misfortuneD. the father’s suffering after his daughter diedBDo you want to go out of town for a bit of rest and relaxation? Before you start packing, visit these best travel sites for vacationers. In my opinion, they help people deal with common problems that pop up during a trip.Based on the advertised photos, the hotel you are considering appears to be clean and modern. Take a second look through the eyes of . Their representatives inspect resort areas and post the real images uncovering marketing lies. You see ACTUAL pictures of the rooms, attractions and beautiful beaches.Are you planning to travel on a budget? Discover the best deals for flights, hotels and car rentals at . They offer reasonable and comprehensive travel comparison. The best part is that their services are free. You don’t have to sign up, provide personal information or go through a social network.Chat with someone other than a travel agent about a location. At , fellow travelers and locals talk about their experiences inspecific areas. This site is set up like a forum(论坛), so you can ask questions and get answers in the comfort of your own home. Find out where to eat, play and get pleasure in a place without getting food poison or robbed by criminals. Unfortunately, Americans get into trouble abroad sometimes. Prepare for possible emergencies by visiting . There, the Bureau of Consular Affairs offers advice on how to handle the bad things that happen to good people in other countries. You learn what to do in the case of child abduction(绑架), a lost passport and illness. In addition, these officials post travel warnings regarding dangerous regions and why foreigners should avoid them.Are you ready to do your homework? Prepare for your departure by checking out these best travel sites for vacationers. Learn what you need to know now before walking out of the door.24. What is the characteristic of ?A. It offers you a lot of travel information.B. It tells tourists where the cheap hotels are.C. The photos on the site are really reliable.D. The representatives of are enthusiastic.25. What is the biggest benefit of your visiting ?A. You can accept their services for free.B. You can book the most modern hotels.C. You can make many friends through the social network.D. You can find the cheapest tour description and direction.26. We can learn from this passage that _____.A. gives you a chance to chat with a travel agentB. you’ll get answers to your travel questions at C. the Bureau of Consular Affairs is in charge of D. if you lose your passport you’ll get help from CFear is an emotion like others such as happiness, anger, hurt, sadness. We need emotions to process information we receive and decide how to respond. Being afraid of fast cars, for example, is something that might protect us from harm. Being afraid of the consequence of a choice may prevent us getting into trouble.Fears in young children commonly center on certain animals like snakes or big dogs. Fears are caused often because of experiences or ideas expressed by others, and at times, the media. Many normal fears during the early years, like men with beards, or large dogs, disappear with age. Those relating to personal failure and ridicule (嘲笑) remain through adulthood and may need special help to overcome.Children’s fears are often trivial, but that doesn’t mean they should be ignored. They need to be recognized and accepted as real for that child. Only when we help children understand their fears can they grow normally in their ability to deal withthem.Research shows that as a child grows up, the center of his fears changes a lot. Things like divorce, a teacher who “shouted at me”, people with guns, bullies, big boys, or “making fun of me” top the list of childhood fears.We cannot always prevent these experiences from happening, but it’s essential that children be allowed to freely express their emotions without judgment. Sympathy and a caring listener will help ease the pain of these fears. Read books and stories to your child about children who have experienced similar fears. This helps children talk about their fears and find ways to cope. With all emotions, fears become less of a problem for children as they gain self-confidence and they find that fear is normal and can be dealt with.27. The underlined word “trivial” in the third paragraph probably means “_______”.A. smallB. seriousC. harmfulD. common28. In dealing with children’s fears, the final goal of the parents is to _______.A. stop unpleasant experiences happening to childrenB. let children know about the nature of fearC. create an environment where there is nothing to fearD. develop children’s ability to treat their fear on their own29. From the passage we can learn that ________ .A. some childhood fears may have a lasting influenceB. children should avoid the media to reduce their fearC. fears can be judged according to the environmentD. children with similar fears can communicate easily30. What’s the best title for this passage?A. How to O vercome Children’s FearsB. Children’s FearsC. The kind of Children’s FearsD. The Bad Effects of Fears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，选项中有两项是多余项。
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第一学期期中教学质量检测高二英语试题本试卷分第Ⅰ卷和第Ⅱ卷两部分，共10页。
满分150分。
考试用时120分钟。
考试结束后，将第Ⅱ卷和答题卡一并交回。
注意事项：1.答题前，考生务必用0.5毫米黑色签字笔将自己的姓名、座号、考生号、县区和科类填写在答题卡和第Ⅱ卷答题卷规定的位置上。
2.第Ⅰ卷每小题选出答案后，用2B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。
3.第Ⅱ卷答题卷必须用0.5毫米黑色签字笔作答，答案必须写在各题目指定区域内相应的位置，不能写在试卷上；如需改动，先划掉原来的答案，然后再写上新的答案；不能使用涂改液、胶带纸、修正带。
不按以上要求作答的答案无效。
第Ⅰ卷（共100分）第一部分听力（共两节，满分30分）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。
并在答题卡上将该选项涂黑。
AI sometimes feel left out with my friends at the party.What can I do?—Susan Alice: Speak to your best friend before you arrive and ask her to make sure you don’t get left out of the group. That way, she’ll know to include you in all the fun. Make the effort to speak to some other people at the party. You might even make a new friend or two.Sometimes I think parties get boring and I want to go home!—Jenny Alice: Even a great party will drag if you’re not enjoying yourself. Making the effort to danceand have a chat with your friends will beat the boredom! You don’t have to stay t o the very end of the party.Our school is having a Christmas dance party but I’m really shy. Shall I go or not?—Emma Alice: Part of you would like to go to the party, so give it a try. Let good friends know how you feel and make sure you’ll have people to dance with when the evening comes. Practice some fun dances so you’ll feel comfortable on the dance floor.Whenever I go to a party, my dad comes to pick me up at 8 pm. I always have to leave earlier than the rest of my friends and I get really angry with my dad.—Anny Alice: Talk with your dad and let him know how you feel. It feels hard to have different rules from your friends but don’t worry too much—your friends are probably picked up soon after you anyway.21. Alice advises Susan to ________.A. stay with her friendsB. make fun of her friendsC. leave the party at onceD. ask her friend for help22. The underlined word “drag” is closest in meaning to “________”.A. failB. be boringC. improveD. be pleasant23. Where can you probably find the text?A. In a notice.B. In a guidebook.C. In a famous novel.D. In a popular magazine.BCold weather can be hard on pets, just like it can be hard on people. Sometimes owners forget that their cats are just as used to the warm shelter (住所) as they are. Some owners will leave their animals outside for a long period of time, thinking that all animals are used to living outdoors. This can put their pets in danger of serious illness. There are things you can do to keep your animal warm and safe.Keep your pets inside as much as you can when the weather is bad. If you have to take them out, stay outside with them. When you’re cold enough to go inside, they probably are too. If you must leave them outside for a long time, make sure they have a warm, solid shelter against the wind, thick bedding, and plenty of non-frozen water.If left alone outside, dogs and cats can be very smart in their search for warm shelter. They can dig into snow banks or hide somewhere. Watch them closely when they are left outdoors, and provide them with shelter of good quality. Keep an eye on your pet’s water. Sometimes owners don’t realize that a water bowl has frozen and their pet can’t get anything to drink. Animals that don’t have clean and unfrozen water may drink dirty water outside, which may contain something unhealthy for them.24. What do we learn about pets from Paragraph 1?A. They are often forgotten by their owners.B. They build their own shelter.C. They like to stay in warm places.D. They are used to living outdoors.25. Why are pet owners asked to stay with their pets when they are out in cold weather?A. To know when to bring them inside.B. To keep them from eating bad food.C. To help them find shelter.D. To keep them company.26. If pets are left on their own outdoors in cold weather, they may ________.A. run short of clean waterB. dig deep holes for funC. dirty the snow nearbyD. get lost in the wild27. What is the purpose of this text?A. To solve a problem.B. To give some practical advice.C. To tell an interesting story.D. To present a research result.CWe often think that plane crashes are catastrophic (灾难的). But thankfully, that isn't the case. The National Transportation Safety Board found that the survival rate of crashes was 95. 7%. Sure, there are some accidents where everyone, or nearly everyone, died, but those are much rarer than you'd guess based on what you see in the news. We're going to offer some advice on what you can do to make it out of a plane crash alive.You've only got 90 seconds to get outIf you’ve survived the crash landing, you only have 90 seconds to do so.You see, the thing that kills most passengers in a plane crash isn't the actual impact(撞击). It's the fire that typically consumes the plane afterwards. Surveys show that most people think they actually have about 30 minutes to get out of a burning plane. The reality is that it takes, onaverage, just 90 seconds for a devastating (毁灭性的) fire to burn through the plane and consume everything and everyone in it.Don't sleepDon't drink before getting on a plane. You have to be fully present in the event of a crash. You don't need to be paranoid(多疑) during this time, just vigilantly(警惕地) relaxed.Remember the Plus 3/Minus 8 ruleIn the air world, Plus 3/Minus 8 refers to the first three minutes after takeoff and the last eight minutes before landing. According to fight crash investigators, close 80% of all plane crashes occur during this timeframe, and great importance should be attached to it. In between those times, the chances of a plane crash occurring drop dramatically.Forget your carryon luggage, remember the kidsAfter the plane has crash landed and you're still alive, you only have 90 seconds to get to those exits as fast as you can. You need to be reminded to forget your carryon luggage! It will slow you down and block others' escape, and it may injure you or someone else. Your brain does stupid things in disasters. If your kids are in the plane, keep reminding yourself, "I have kids.”28. The first paragraph suggests that ________.A. the actual plane crashes are different from those in the newsB. all the passengers on board are killed in plane crashesC. the general death rate of plane crashes is only 4.3%D. all plane crashes are absolutely devastating disaster29. Why do we get out of the aircraft quickly after the impact?A. Because a terrible fire will soon destroy everything.B. Because most passengers in a plane crash are terrified.C. Because there are many rescue workers outside.D. Because the passengers on board are too crowded.30. Plus 3/Minus 8 rule is mentioned in the passage to________.A. warn us to pay more attention to this timeframeB. show us to get ready for another dangerC. introduce us the result of flight crash investigationsD. urge all passengers to change their minds31. According to the author, which of the following statements is a good move?A. Drink a little before boarding and sleep all the time during your flight time.B. Get to the exits as fast as you can in the last eight minutes before landing.C. Remind you of keeping your child safe in the same plane firstly in disasters.D. Carry your important baggage first and forget other things while escaping disasters.DThe Chinese word “Shanzhai” means a small mountain village, but now it becomes an accepted name for fakes (假货), after “Shanzhai Cell-phones” produced by small workshops in southern China became popular in the mainland market over the past two years.Besides “Shanzhai” electronic products, there are “Shanzhai” movies, “Shanzhai” stars and even a “Shanzhai” Spring Festival Gala (联欢晚会), a copy of the 25-year-old traditional show presented by CCTV on Chinese Lunar New Year’s Eve.“Shanzhai” has become a culture of its own, meaning anything that i mitates something famous.In Chongqing, “Shanzhai” version “Bird’s Nest” and “Water Cube” woven by farmers with bamboo attract wide attention from tourists. Both are copies of the famous Olympic buildings in Beijing.A literature critic said that taking th e “Shanzhai” Gala as an example, when the traditional CCTV program becomes less and less attractive to the audience, the “Shanzhai” version appears timely to attract people. “Although it is often connected with poor techniques and operation, ‘Shanzhai’ cul ture meets the psychological needs of common people and could be a comfort to their minds,” he said.To the mainstream (主流的) culture, the rise of “Shanzhai” culture is a challenge and a motivation (动力). People believe different kinds of cultures developing together is a perfect situation and it is for the public to choose.32. The Chinese word “Shanzhai” may have started with ________.A. Spring Festival GalaB. fake cell-phoneC. electronic productsD. Olympic buildings33. According to the pas sage, “Shanzhai” culture refers to ________.A. the action that a person imitates(模仿) famous peopleB. products with poor techniques and qualityC. those similar names to famous brands(品牌)D. anything that imitates something famous34. We can infer that the mainstream culture ________.A. is held back by “Shanzhai” cultureB. is the challenge of “Shanzhai” cultureC. may develop faster because of the challenge of “Shanzhai” cultureD. will be replaced by “Shanzhai” culture35. Which of the following might be the best title of the passage?A. “Shanzhai” culture takes on life of its ownB. “Shanzhai” culture will definitely(注定地) disappearC. “Shanzhai” culture — the mainstream cultureD. “Shanzhai” culture — the mountain village culture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。