安徽省合肥市第九中学2018-2019高一下学期期中考试英语试卷

合肥九中2018-2019学年下学期高二期中考试英语试卷注意事项：1．答卷前，考生务必用黑色字迹的钢笔或签字笔在答题卡上填写自己的准考证号、姓名、试室号和座位号。

用2B型铅笔把答题卡上试室号、座位号对应的信息点涂黑。

2．选择题每小题选出答案后，用2B型铅笔把答题卡上对应题目选项的答案信息点涂黑，如需改动，用橡皮擦干净后，再选涂其他答案，答案不能答在试卷上。

3．非选择题必须用黑色字迹钢笔或签字笔作答，答案必须写在答题卡各题目指定区域内的相应位置上；如需改动，先划掉原来的答案，然后再写上新的答案；不准使用铅笔和涂改液。

不按以上要求作答的答案无效。

4．考生必须保持答题卡整洁。

考试结束后，将试卷和答题卡一并交回。

第一部分听力（共两节，满分30分）第一节（共5小题;每小题1.5分，满分7.5分）听下面5段对话。

每段对话后有一个小题，从题中所给的A、B、C三个选项中选出最佳选项，并标在试卷的相应位置。

听完每段对话后,你都有10秒钟的时间来回答有关小题和阅读下一小题。

每段对话仅读一遍。

1. What time is it now?A.6:00.B.7:00.C.8:002. How does the woman remember numbers?A. With stories.B. With places.C. With music.3. What will the woman probably do today?A. Play tennis.B. Go swimming.C. Take a dance class.4. What is going to happen to the boy's tooth?A. He will pull it out.B. It will fall out on its own.C. His mother will pull it out.5. What are the speakers talking about?A. School lessons.B. Weekend plans.C. A new water sports center.第二节（共15小题;每小题1.5分，满分22.5分）听下面5段对话或独白。

每段对话或独白后有几个小题，从题中所给的A、B、C三个选项中选出最佳选项。

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. What is the trouble with Ann?A. She doesn’t have enough time for working.B. She cannot find a good part-time job.C. She has no money now.7. What does Ann hope to do next term?A. Change jobs.B. Concentrate on her studies.C. Continue to work in the company.听第7段材料，回答第8、9题。

8. How long has the woman been waiting?A. For ten minutes.B. For twenty minutes.C. For two hours.9. How will the woman probably get to work?A. By taxi.B. By train.C. On foot.听第8段材料，回答第10至12题。

10. Where is Steve?A. At home.B. At school.C. At a hospital.11. Who makes good chicken soup?A. Steve's mother.B. The woman.C. The man.12. What will the man do next?A. Have something to eat.B. Get some magazines.C. Make a phone call.听第9段材料，回答第13至16题。

13. What is the probable relationship between the speakers?A. Co-workers.B. Family members.C. Teacher and student.14 When will there be a holiday?A. On Monday.B. On Tuesday.C. On Friday.15. How old was Joey when he saw pictures of his father's surfing?A. Fourteen years old.B. Eight years old.C. Six years old.16. Why did Joey stay inside the hotel in Seattle?A. He didn't like the sun.B. It was raining all the time.with him.C. His father couldn’t go out听第10段材料，回答第17至20题。

17. When is the speaker giving the speech?A. Before the concert.B. During the concert.C. After the concert.18. What was the weather like tonight?A. Cold.B. Wet.C. Windy.19. What did the speaker especially thank the people at the back for?A. Their good humor.B. Their presence at the concert.C. Their patience until the last minute.20. Who might the speaker be?A. A performer in the concert.B. The audience of the concert.C. The organizer of the concert.第二部分阅读理解（共两节，满分40分）第一节（共15小题；每小题2分，满分30分）阅读下列短文,从每题所给的A、B、C和D四个选项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

ASafety and Security ProceduresYour safety and the security of your personal property are of theprimary concern to those of us who welcome you as our guest. We urgeyou to take advantage of the following suggestions.YOUR VEHICLELock your vehicle and do not leave money or valuable items inside. We are not responsible for their loss.TRAVELINGBe good at noticing things around you when sightseeing or traveling. Stay in heavily traveled areas. Don’t display large amounts of cash.GUEST ROOM SECURITYFor additional security, use the deadbolt (插锁) provided on your door and make sure the windows are locked. As an additional measure, please secure the secondary locks provided. Do not admit anyone to your room without first making identification.If there is any doubt about the person’s identity, please contact the Fron SAFETY BOXESDo not leave money or valuables in your room or vehicle. We provide free safety boxes for you. We are not responsible for items left in room valued over $200.KEYSSafeguard your key. Please do not leave it in the door. Do not give your key to others or leave it unattended. Please leave your key at the Front Desk when you check out.FIREPlease f amiliarize yourself with the nearest f ire exits. Report fire or smoke to the hotel operator. In the unlikely event of a fire, please move quickly and calmly to the nearest safe exit and leave the building. Avoid the use of the elevator.REPORTINGPlease report any suspicious activity, or safety concerns to management.21. What should you do with a suspicious-looking stranger who knocks atyour door?A. Pretend you are not in the room.B. Get in touch with the FrontDesk.C. Send him to the police station.D. Let him in to make sure ofhis identity.22. Where are you advised to put your valuable things when you go out?A. In your cars.B. In the room.C. In the free safety box.D. At the Front Desk.23. Where might you see these suggestions?A. At a gym.B. At a bank.C. At a shop.D. At ahotel.BMy daughter, Fiona, and her family had a beautiful nine-year-old-laws lived in New Zealand andgolden retriever(猎犬), Sunny. Fiona’s inevery time the family went over to visit them, we had to take care of thedog. Fiona would also leave her car at our place, parked right whereSunny could see it. As long as the dog could check that the car was stillthere, which he did regularly, he was happy. Sunny knew from pastexperience that if the car was there, the family would come back. Eachtime they did it, I jokingly told them not to bother picking up Sunnybecause he was a joy to have around.Sunny was beautiful with the family, and when an unexpected babycame along --- 17 years after her older sister --- Sunny was lovely andgentle with her.In April 2017 we learned that the family was relocating to New Zealand.Realizing the bond that existed between them and Sunny, I knew theywould want to take him. But with limited finances they found it tooexpensive to take their much-loved dog. So we adopted him.Their car, yet to be sold, was parked at our side gate and Sunny keptwatching over it, checking on it each day before going for a walk. I thinkit was his security blanket. Then, a few months later, when the car wasfinally sold, poor Sunny had to adapt to losing yet another part of hisfamily.With the car gone, Sunny discovered that cats visit the area and thishas held his interest (though not as much as the car!). We’ve had a problems, but Sunny has now settled in very well and is far better trainedthan any of our previous dogs. Sunny is lovely company and has been abeautiful addition to our family.24. Why did Fiona park her car at her parents’ house every time she we to visit her relatives in New Zealand?A. Because Sunny took great interest in watching it.B. Because it was a nother part of Sunny’s family.C. Because to Sunny it meant the family would come back.hobby before going for a walk.D. Because it was Sunny’s25. What can we learn from the text?A. Fiona once joked about attending to Sunny.B. The family had two kids with a huge age difference.C. Cats could hold Sunny’s attention as well as the car did.D. The family moved to New Zealand with their beloved dog.security blanket” mean?26. What does the underlined phrase “A. a toy to comfort crying kidsB. something to reduce angerC. a blanket to make you feel safeD. a measure to provideprotection27. Which of the following can best describe Sunny’s character?A. loyal and adaptableB. expensive and loyalC. naughty and expensiveD. naughty and adaptableCHumans make mistakes. Even surgeons(外科医生) with years ofexperience are not infallible. But what if these doctors could pool theirknowledge and experience together and create a surgical standard of care,to be carried out by machines?That’s the idea behind surgical robots, which may soon performmost surgeries, from sewing up tiny wounds to performing heart procedures. Many of these operations are, in fact, already completed withthe assistance o f robots. But a recent test suggests that robots in theoperating room may soon go a step further, performing on soft tissuecompletely on their own, from start to finish.The Smart Tissue Autonomous Robot（STAR）, successfullycompleted surgeries on pigs. “We’re the first group to developautonomous robotic surgery with soft-tissue surgery, and when comparedsays Peter Kim, professor of surgery.better,”to standard operation, it’s；it will make the surgeons better and“The idea is not to replace surgeonsmake the procedures safer.”A recent Mayo Clinic study found that major surgicalerrors--including operating on the wrong site or side of the body, or evenleaving tools or objects inside the patient-occur every one out of 22, 000rare, but robots like STAR would aim to lower the procedures. That’snumber even further.In the da Vinci surgical system, surgeons place their arms insideinstruments and use their hands to control the movement of robotic toolsevery major move ison the operating table from afar. The robot’scontrolled by surgeons, and thus its results may vary based on thesurgeon’s training or experience.STAR, on the other hand, is entirely autonomous. It’s not only ab to work on its own and perform surgeries with a more flexible “hand”,but it’s able to react to the unexpectedincidents. Cutting into hard tissuelike bones is one thing, but operating on moving soft tissue is far morecomplex. STAR reacts to a changing environment, similar to howself-driving cars are programmed to not only drive on the highway, butalso react to another driver making a mistake and getting in your way.28. The underlined word “infallible”　i n Paragraph 1probably means______ .A. quite smartB. really creativeC. always rightD. ratherresponsible29. We can learn from the passage that STAR ______ .A. can perform the operation on its ownB. can make surgeriesmuch fasterC. has been widely used in the operating roomD. will take the place ofsurgeons30. In the da Vinci surgical system, ______ .A. surgery results depend on surgeonsB. robots are trainedfrom afarC. surgeons have trouble controlling robotD. robots always makemistakes31. In the last paragraph, the author mentions self-driving cars in order toshow ______ .A. how dangerous operating on people isB. how smart an autonomous robot can beC. how difficult self-driving on the highway isD. how bad getting in another driver’s way might beDWhen Columbus “sailed the ocean blue in 1492” he wasn’t looking for America. He was searching for a route from Spain to China; Americajust got in the way.The Spanish were after the riches of Asia: silk, dates, spices. Untillater adventurers discovered how to sail to the Far East, trade with Chinadepended on the Silk Road. The trade between China and Europe broughthuge wealth, so the Spanish had a strong desire to find a new way to theEast. Eventually a way appeared. However, as sea traffic developed fromthe 17th Century onwards, the overland route diminished.Now China is seeking to revive(复兴) the Silk Road and is preparingto invest 4 trillion pounds in new roads, rail links, oil pipelines and otherbasic facilities. It is hoped that goods can be shipped westwards by landfar more quickly and economically than by sea.But the plan is also to attract more tourists. Actually, China does prettyTwowell for tourists already; it’s the world’s fourth most visited country. cities—Beijing and Shanghai—possess the tourism business, withsignificant interest in destinations such as Xi’an and Chengdu.WhileBeijing is modern, cities such as Lanzhou and Dunhuang have one footplanted firmly in old China.Other places featured include Xi’an, the former capital of China,where you can come face to face with the Terracotta Army built to protectChina’s first emperor in the afterli fe. From Lanzhou tour members takethe train to Jiayuguan, C hina’s western gateway and a key location on theSilk Road.There is also a four-day coach journey along the original Silk Routethrough the Xinjiang region to Kashgar. Along the way, at Kurla, you canvisit the ruins of the Iron Fortress.32.What does the underlined word “diminished” in Paragraph 2 mean? A．Disappeared.B．Disturbed. C．Discovered.D．Displayed.33. What is the purpose of reviving the Silk Road?A．To rebuild the ruins of the Iron Fortress.B．To construct new roads and other basic structures.C．To make transportation westwards faster and cheaper.D．To draw more inland tourists’ attention to the western gateway.34. What can we learn about the Silk Road?A．It is nothing but a trade route.B．It promotes the tourism industry of China.C．It attracts foreign investment of 4 trillion.D．It may destroy some cities’ ancient style.35. What is the best title for the text?A．The Future of the Silk Road B．The Function of the Silk RoadC．The Origin of the Silk Road D．The Charming of the Silk Road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。