四川省棠湖中学1819学年度高二上学期开学考试——英语(英语)

四川省棠湖中学

2018—2019学年度上学期开学考试

高二英语试题

第I卷选择题（100分）

（考试说明：满分150分，考试时间120分钟）

第一部分听力（共两节，满分30分）

第一节（共5小题，每小题1.5分，满分7.5分）

请听下面5段对话，选出最佳选项。每段对话仅读一遍。

1. What does the woman want to do?

A. Look after her daughter.

B. Buy her daughter some clothing.

C. Wait her daughter in the department.

2. What season is it now?

A. Spring.

B. Summer.

C. Autumn.

3. How does the man go to work?

A. By car.

B. By bus.

C. By bicycle.

4. Which program does the woman want to watch?

A. A movie.

B. A fashion show.

C. International news.

5. What does the woman want to buy?

A. A basket.

B. Some pineapples.

C. Some apples.

第二节（共15小题；每小题1.5分，满分15分）

请听下面5段对话或独白,选出最佳选项。每段对话读两遍。

请听第6段材料，回答第6、7题。

6. What did the man do?

A. He bought some CDs.

B. He met a close friend.

C. He went to a concert.

7. How does the woman feel about the man?

A. Enthusiastic.

B. Lucky.

C. Crazy.

听第7段材料，回答第8、9题。

8. How much has the man paid for his lessons?

A. £ 14.

B.£ 114.

C.£ 140.

9. Why did the man fail his last driving test?

A. He hit something by accident.

B. He dro ve through the red lights.

C. He didn’t park his car properly.

听第8段材料，回答第10至12题。

10. How does the boy feel at first about living in the village?

A. Annoyed.

B. Excited.

C. Satisfied.

11. Why does the boy’s father dec ide to live in the village?

A. He has changed his job.

B. He thinks it’s quiet there.

C. He wants to save money.

12. What does the woman suggest the boy do?

A. Go to school by bus.

B. Ask his parents for a motorbike.

C. Have his parents drive him to school.

听第9段材料，回答第13至16题。

13. What did Vanessa and Robert decide to do last year?

A. Get married.

B. Look for new jobs.

C. Return to England by boat.

14. What was Vanessa most worried?

A. The living conditions would be bad.

B. She wouldn’t be prepared.

C. The baby would get ill.

15. What do we know about Vanessa when she reached Singapore?

A. She considered flying home.

B. She was worried about the boat.

C. She enjoyed the break from traveling.

16. How was Vanessa’s father-in-law helpful?

A. He looked after the baby.

B. He helped to sail the boat.

C. He was a good cook. 听第10段材料,回答第17至20题。

17. Who helped the students organize the show?

A. The art teacher.

B. The maths teacher.

C. The maths teacher’s daughter.

18. What was the money raised for?

A. More books.

B. More computers.

C. Some lights.

19. Where did the students find the useful information?

A. In magazines.

B. On websites.

C. From books.

20. What was everybody asked to wear at the beginning?

A. A hat.

B. A jacket.

C. A dress.

第二部分阅读理解（共两节，40分）

第一节（共15小题；每小题2分，满分30分）

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Around this time a few years ago, it was common to see videos of friends on social media having a bucket of icy water thrown on them. Known as the “ice bucket challenge”, it was created as a way to raise money for the medical condition ALS. But now, there’s a new challenge and this time, no water is involved.

What is it? Well, think of a fruit that you’d never normally sink your teeth into. Perhaps you’ve got it: a lemon. While we enjoy using lemons to add flavor to dishes, very few of us would actually eat one as we’d eat an apple or an orange.

But the horrible taste is the precise reason why the “lemon face challenge” is taking off. Participants bite into a lemon, taking a selfie as they do it before posting the photo online. The fun is all about expression people make as all that citric acid (柠檬酸) hits their taste buds (味蕾). Every expression seems to say, “This is worse than freezing water.”

The serious side to this trend is the good cause it’s all in aid of. The challenge aims to raise awarenes s of a rare brain cancer that affects young children. It was started by Aubregh Nicholas, an 11-year-old US kid. She was diagnosed with this rare brain cancer herself in September 2017, but has since raised almost $50000 to cover her medical expenses thanks to the challenge.

If a challenge is going to raise publicity and contributions from people, it has to be something interesting and original. That way the ice bucket challenge took off in 2014 and it explains why so many people are now sharing their lemon faces. There are a lot of stories about the downside of social media these days. The charity challenges, however, show how online culture can unite the world and bring help to the people who most need it.

21. Why is the icy bucket challenge mentioned m the article.