湖南省武冈市第二中学2018_2019学年高二英语上学期期中试题

武冈二中2018年下学期高二期中考试
英语试卷
时量：120分满分：150分
第一部分听力（共两节，每小题1.5分，满分30分）
第一节（共5小题；每小题1.5分，满分7.5分）
听下面五段对话，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，听完每项对话后，你都有10秒的时间回答有关小题和阅读下一小题。

每段对话仅读一遍。

现在你有5秒钟的时间阅读第一小题的有关内容。

1. Where does the conversation probably take place?
A. In a theater.
B. In a shop.
C. In a restaurant.
2. What is the man doing?
A. Asking the way.
B. Looking for someone.
C. Making suggestions.
3. Who is the woman most probably?
A. Tom’s sister.
B. Tom's mother.
C. Tom's teacher.
4. What will the speakers watch?
A. The news.
B. Animal World.
C. A movie.
5. How many times has the woman watched the film?
A. Twice.
B. Three times.
C. Four times.
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道小题，从每题所给的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5秒钟的时间阅读每小题。

听完后，每小题将给出5秒钟的作答时间。

每段对话或独白你将听两遍。

听第6段材料，回答第6至7题。

6. What day is it today?
A. Friday.
B. Saturday.
C. Sunday.
7. What is the possible relationship between the two speakers?
A. Boyfriend and girlfriend.
B. Classmates.
C. Boss and office worker.
听第7段材料，回答第8至9题。

8. What can we know about the man?
A. He doesn't get much speaking practice.
B. He doesn't like talking to foreign people.
C. He is worried about the coming English exam.
9. What does the woman suggest the man do?
A. Go to hotels.
B. Join a club.
C. Find a partner. 听第8段材料，回答第10至12题。

10. Where are the private gentlemen's clubs usually found in central London?
A. In modern new buildings.
B. In big malls.
C. In very old and traditional buildings.
11. What do all of the private gentlemen's clubs have ?
A. A bar.
B. A library.
C. A restaurant.
12. How long is the history of the private gentlemen's clubs?
A. About 100 years.
B. About 300 years.
C. About 500 years. 听第九段材料，回答第13至16题。

13. What is the possible relationship between the two speakers?
A. Strangers.
B. Neighbors.
C. Friends.
14. How does the woman feel when she receives the invitation?
A. Happy.
B. Sad.
C. Angry.
15. Why should they get to the cinema early?
A. Because they haven't bought tickets.
B. Because there will be many people waiting to get in.
C. Because the show time has changed.
16. When should they get to the cinema at least?
A. At 9:00.
B. At 9:30.
C. At 10:00.
听第10段材料，回答第17至20题。

17. How long will your trip last if you travel to Wutai Mountain?
A.3days.
B.5days.
C.6days.
18. What can you do if you go to the island near Weihai?
A. Watch birds.
B. Go camping.
C. Climb mountains.
19. How many places are mentioned in the passage?
A. Two.
B. Three.
C. Four.
20. What' s the telephone number of the agency?
A. 8836-5769.
B. 8836-5796.
C. 8863-5769.
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。

A
Mom was an excellent gardener. Everything she touched grew well. Especially the rose bushes, which were said to be given by her great-grandmother, in her front yard —huge fragrant flowers were the envy of neighbors. My sister Mary Beth, and I, on the other hand, didn't know anything about gardening. But early one spring morning, there we stood in our mother's front yard, with shovels (铁铲), preparing to move Mom's beloved roses. Mom had passed away three months earlier and we were getting her house ready for sale. We wanted to transplant (移种) Mom's roses to our homes as a memorial (纪念物) to her. "How do we move these roses without killing them?" Mary Beth asked.
"I have no idea," I said. There wasn't a soul around to help us. Should we pull them from the ground or try and dig around them? "Mom would tell us exactly how to do this," I said, feeling her loss more than ever.
All at once we were shocked by a voice behind us. "Are you digging up those beautiful rose bushes?" I turned and saw a handsome young man holding a shovel. "Yes,"
I said.
The man nodded. "I'll tell you just what to do," he began, "Preserve as much of the root system as possible." He showed us where we should dig. Then he described how to fertilize the soil, the proper watering schedule once we planted them at our homes. "How do you know all this?" my sister asked. "I was once a gardener at the Denver Botanical Garciens." The man answered a few more questions and I thanked him.
I was just about to do what he suggested when I realized I'd forgotten to get his name, in case we needed more help. I stood and looked up and down the street. He was gone, disappearing suddenly. It couldn't have been more than a few seconds.
I wondered whether he had been sent by Mom's soul to give us the heaven-sent advice. Because of his help, Mom's beautiful roses come out in our yards every summer.
21. How did the author and her sister feel when they decided to transplant Mom's roses?
A. Delighted.
B. Relaxed.
C. Depressed.
D. Confused.
22 Why did the author and her sister want to move these roses to their homes?
A. They had sold their mother's house to the young man.
B. They wanted to learn something about planting roses.
C. They wanted to keep their mom's roses as a memorial.
D. Their mother had told them not to leave roses to others.
23. We can learn from the text that
A. the handsome young man was a gardener at the city's park
B. the author was puzzled over the young man's disappearing
C. the young man planted the roses for the author and her sister
D. the author and her sister knew a little about gardening at first
B
Whether we should allow marine (海洋的) parks to stay open has been widely debated in our community recently. A variety of different arguments have been put forward about it.
Smith, a sociologist, argued that dolphin parks provide the only opportunity for much of the public to see marine mammals. As this argument goes, most Australians live in cities and never get to see these animals. Marine parks allow the average Australian to appreciate our marine wildlife. However, in fact, there are many places where they can be seen in the wild. Moreover, these places do not charge an overpriced entry fee — they are free.
Dr Alison Lane, the director of the Cairns Marine Science Institute, insists that we need marine parks for scientific research. She argues that much of our knowledge of marine mammals comes from studies which were undertaken (进行) at marine parks. The knowledge which is obtained (获得) at marine parks can be useful for planning for the preservation of marine mammal species. However, Jones, a zoologist, explains that park research is only useful for understanding captive (被猎获的) animals and is not useful for learning about animals in the wild. Their diets are different, they have significantly lower life lengths and they are more likely to have a disease. In addition, marine mammals in dolphin parks are trained and this means that their patterns of social behavior are changed.
The Marine Park Owners Association holds that marine parks attract a lot of
foreign tourists. This position goes on to state that these tourists spend a lot
of money, increasing our foreign exchange income and assisting our national balance
of payments. However, foreign tourists would still come to Australia if the parks
were closed down. Indeed, surveys of overseas tourists show that they come here for
a variety of other reasons and not to visit places like Sea World. Tourists come
here to see our native wildlife in its natural environment and not to see it in cages
and concrete pools. They can see animals in those conditions in their own countries.
In conclusion, perhaps an agreement cannot be reached now. However, a question
does deserve our consideration if we continue with our past crimes against these
creatures, how will our future generations view us?
24. Who support(s) the idea of closing marine parks?
A. Most Australians.
B. Alison Lane.
C. Smith.
D.
Jones.
25. What does the author intend to tell us in Para. 3?
A. The results from studies are valuable in animal preservation.
B. Scientific research at the marine parks has its limitations.
C. Captive animals have biology changes in marine parks.
D. Human behavior causes harmful effects on the animals.
26. All of the following are the reasons to keep marine parks except .
A. for scientific research purpose
B. for entertainment
purpose
C. for economic purpose
D. for political purpose
27. The author tries to persuade readers to accept his argument mainly by ________.
A. pointing out the problems with keeping the marine parks
B. discussing the advantages of animals' natural homes
C. using evidence he has collected at the marine parks
D. questioning the way the animals are studied
C
For years, drugs have been one of the major destroyers of people's lives, as well
as their families. People who do drugs might not even realize that what they're doing
has changed the lives of not only themselves, but of the people close to them in
their lives.
People who do drugs have usually become addicted because of the fact that the y’v e used drugs for years and have always used drugs to deal with their problems. Finally, they have no other way to deal with their problems and use other drugs to eliminate the feelings caused by other life problems.
There are several ways to get rid of drug addiction. The first step, as I'm sure you have heard hundreds of times, is to realize that there's a problem. If someone in your life has been doing drugs, you'll need to let him know that it's not just harmful to him.
Once you've gotten them to realize this, if possible, you'll need to find help for them. You'll need a way to work out the problems in life that drag them towards drugs, or to create something else that will keep these people away from drugs. Sometimes other addictions are in line. For example, most heavy drinkers suffer from depression. Over 40% of Americans suffer from depression, and over 60% of the male population of these people have turned towards drinking to deal with their problems connected with depression. This greatly increases the chances of spousal (配偶的) and child abuse（虐待）, as well as many other horrible effects of alcohol. When someone becomes addicted to drugs, you need to deal with it immediately. Help him get rid of the problem before it turns into one which cannot be controlled.
28. The text is mainly about .
A. why Americans suffer from depression and how to help them get over it
B. the bad effects of taking drugs and how to help a drug addict
C. the number one destroyer of people's lives
D. the family life of those who take drugs
29. According to the text, why do some people become addicted to drugs?
A. They want to keep on being excited.
B. They want to try something different.
C. Their friends persuade them to do drugs.
D. They get used to dealing with problems with drugs.
30. What can you do to help your friend get rid of drug addiction?
A. Ask police for help.
B. Tell him it's harmful.
C. Take drugs away from him.
D. Try to know about his family.
31. Why have some American men become addicted to drinking according to the text?
A. They don't love their wives.
B. They are too busy to relax.
C. They suffer from depression.
D. Their children won't listen to them.
D
Electric cars are dirty. In fact, not only are they dirty, they might even be dirtier than their gasoline-powered ( 以汽油为动力的) cousins.
People in California love to talk about "zero-emissions (零排放的) vehicles," but people in California seem to be clueless about where electricity comes from. Power plants mostly all use fire to make it. Aside from the few folks who have their roofs covered with solar cells, we get our electricity from generators (发电机). Generators are fueled by something — usually coal, oil, but also by heat generated in nuclear power plants（核电站）. There are a few wind farms as well, but by far we get electricity mainly by burning something.
In other words, those "zero-emissions" cars are likely coal-burning cars. It's just that the coal is burned somewhere else so it looks clean. It is not. It's as if the California Greens are covering their eyes — "If l can't see it, it's not happening." Gasoline is an efficient way to power a vehicle; a gallon of gas has a lot of energy in it. But when you take that gas (or another fuel) and first use it to make electricity, you waste a nice part of that energy, mostly in the form of wasted heat — at the generator, through the transmission (传输) lines, etc.
A gallon of gas may power your car 25 miles. But the electricity you get from that gallon of gas won't get you nearly as far — so electric cars burn more fuel than gas-powered ones. If our electricity came directly from solar, wind or other natural resources, then an electric car truly would be clean. But for political, technical, and economic reasons, we don't use much of those energy sources.
In addition, electric cars' batteries which are poisonous for a long time will eventually end up in a landfill (垃圾填筑地). And finally, when cars are the polluters, the pollution is spread across all the roads. When it's a power plant, though, all the junk is in one place. Nature is very good at cleaning up when things are not too concentrated, but it takes a lot longer when all the garbage is in one spot.
32. What is the main idea of this text?
A. Electric cars aren't actually clean.
B. Zero-emission vehicles are popular.
C. Electric cars are zero-mission vehicles.
D. Gasoline-powered cars are more effective.
33. Which can replace the underlined phrase "be clueless about" in Para. 2?
A. Show interest in.
B. Be familiar with.
C. Be curious about.
D. Fail to understand.
34. The electricity we get from a gallon of gas may make our car run
A. at least 25 miles
B. as far as 25 miles
C. less than 25 miles
D. more than 25 miles
35. According to the text, compared with cars using gas, electric cars are more _________.
A. efficient
B. harmful
C. expensive
D. environmentally-friendly
第二节七选五阅读（每题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，选项中有两项为多余选项。

School doesn't have to be a prison. Whether you find school difficult, boring, or just stressful, you can learn to make school easier and bring a lot more fun. Here are some ways to help you.
Try a team sport. Some schools offer team sports that allow you to make friends with your fellow students. Soccer, track and field, basketball and football, can all make school have a little more fun. 36 If you don't want to play sports, consider joining in the games and cheering for your team with your friends.
37 One of the most stressful parts of school can be making sure you have everything you're supposed to have. Where's your English homework? Where's that math assignment? Is your pencil sharp? The less you have to worry about these little things, the more you'll be able to focus and enjoy school. 38 .
Take it easy on your teachers. Teachers are like students: some are great, some are less than great. But teachers are in charge of the classroom. So even if you're feeling bored in class, you should be nice to your teachers. 39 .
Ask for help if you are having trouble with homework. 40 Make it easy. Ask for help at school by joining an after-class study group, if your school has one.
Ask your teacher if you can stay 10-15 minutes after school to ask a few questions about your homework, if you're embarrassed to ask during class. It's always better
to ask.
A. Stay organized.
B. Manage your homework better.
C. So you can choose one of them to take up.
D. Try to find kids you can talk to and play with.
E. Be prepared for class and everything will be easier.
F. As a result, they will possibly be friendly back to you.
G. If you're struggling in school, don't try to take it all on by yourself.
第三部分：英语知识运用 (共两节，满分45分)
第一节：完形填空（共20小题；每小题1.5 分，满分30分）
Body language is the quiet, secret and most powerful language of all! It speaks
41 than words. According to specialists, our bodies send out more 42 than
we realize. In fact, non-verbal （非言语) communication takes up about 100% of what
we really 43 . And body language is particularly 44 when we attempt to communicate across cultures. Indeed, what is called body language is so 45 a part of us that it's actually often unnoticed. And misunderstandings occur as a result of it. 46 , different societies treat the 47 between people differently. Northern Europeans usually do not like having 48 contact (接触) even with friends, and certainly not with 49 . People from Latin American countries, 50 , touch each other quite a lot. Therefore, it's possible that
in 51 , it may look like a Latino（拉丁美洲人） is 52 a Norwegian（挪
威人） all over the room. The Latino, trying to express friendship, will keep moving 53 . The Norwegian, very probably seeing this as pushiness, will keep 54 which the Latino will in return regard as 55 .
Clearly, a great deal is going on when people 56 . And only a part of it is
in the words themselves. And when parties are from 57 cultures, there's a strong possibility of 58 . But whatever the situation, the best 59 is to obey the Golden Rule: treat others as you would like to be 60 .
41. A. straighter B. louder C. harder D.
further
42. A. sounds B. invitations C. feelings D. messages
43. A. hope B. receive C. discover D. mean
44. A. immediate B. misleading C. important D. difficult
45.A.well B. far C. much D. long
46. A. For example B. Thus C. However D. In short
47. A. trade B. distance C. connections D.
greetings
48.A.eye B. verbal C. bodily D.
telephone
49. A. strangers B. relatives C. neighbors D. enemies
50. A. in other words B. on the other hand C. in a similar way
D. by all means
51. A. trouble B. conversation C. silence D.
experiment
52. A. disturbing B. helping C. guiding D.
following
53..A. closer B. faster C. in D. away
54. A. stepping forward B. going on C. backing away D.
coming out
55. A. weakness B. carelessness C. friendliness D. coldness
56.A. talk B. travel C. laugh D. think
57.A. different B. European C. Latino D. rich
58. A. curiosity B. excitement C. misunderstanding D. nervousness
59.A. chance B. time C. result D. advice
60.A. noticed B. treated C. respected D. pleased
第二节语法知识填空 (共10小题；每小题1.5分，满分15分)
阅读下面材料，在空白处填入适当内容或括号内单词的正确形式。

Being ill for a long time, I have made quite a few 61. (visit) to the doctor's office.
Over the visits, I've noticed what 62. big difference it makes when the
receptionist (接待员) greets me with a smile. It just makes my entire day a little 63. (good) and the illness a little easier to bear. Besides this, it 64. (put) me in a mood to smile at other people and spread the 65. (happy) that I feel. While thinking about this, I had a thought: I wished these people, 66. are only passers-by in my life, could realize how much their smiles 67. (actual) mean to me! And as soon as the thought came into 68. (I) mind, I knew that it was possible — I could tell them.
So I gathered some materials, sat down, 69. wrote cards to all the different offices 70. (express) my thanks to them. As soon as I finished, I eagerly mailed them off.
Although I won't be there to see their faces when they read the cards, I hope they feel appreciated and that the notes put smiles on their faces the way they put a smile on mine!
第四部分写作(共两节, 满分35分)
第一节短文改错(共10小题; 每小题1分, 满分10分)
假定英语课上老师要求同桌之间交换修改作文，请你修改你同桌写的以下作文。

文中共有10处语言错误，每句中最多有两处。

每处错误仅涉及一个单词的增加、删除或修改。

增加：在缺词处加一个漏字符号(A)，并在其下面写出该加的词。

删除：把多余的词用斜线(＼)划掉。

修改：在错的词下画一横线，并在该词下面写出修改后的词。

注意：1．每处错误及其修改均仅限一词；
2只允许修改10处，多者（从第II处起）不计分。

Last Saturday I went to the library as usually. At about noon, I was enjoying my reading near a lake while suddenly I heard someone crying for help. I went up to see which was happening. I was shocking to find a little child struggling in the water in a distance while many people were standing by without doing anything. Without any hesitation, I had pushed through the crowd as I took off my coat but jumped into the water quickly. I managed to reach him and carried him back to safety. To his great relief, the kid was saved.
I was proud what I had done. I hope everyone can give a hand when someone else is in need.
第二节书面表达（满分25分）
假如你叫李华，是校学生会主席。

最近，你校学生会发起了一个名为”杜绝校园浪费，倡导低碳生活”的主题活动，要求同学们在日常生活中减少浪费，实现低碳生活。

请你代表学生会写一个倡议书，内容包括：
1．列举校园存在的浪费现象；
2．低碳生活的必要性：
3．提出倡议。

注意：词数100左右。

英语答案
1-20：BACCB ACABC ABCAB BBABA （1.5分/题）
21-40：DCB DBDA BDBC ADCB CAEFG （2分/题）
41-60：BDDCC ABCAB BDACD AACDB （1.5分/题）
61. visits 62. a 63. better 64. puts 65. happiness
66. who 67. actually 68. my 69. and 70. to express
改错：
第一句：usually—usual 第二句：while—when; 第三句：which—what
第四句：shocking—shocked; 第二个a—the;
第五句：去掉had; but—and; 第六句： carried—carry
第七句：his—my; 第八句：proud后加of
书面表达
Dear fellow students,
As everybody can see, some resources are being wasted in our school. The lights are on during the day in some classrooms. Water taps are left running after washing. In the canteen, some students throw away he food just because they don’t like it.
I think it is high time that we should stop wasting and live a low-carbon life because many people go hungry and energy crisis is getting worse in the world. So I m ake the following suggestions: First, let’s turn off the lights and the water taps when we don’t use them. Second, we’d better eat up the food we buy. Last but not least, we should form the habit of recycling waste.
Dear friends, it we take action now, we can make a big difference to the whole world.
Students’ Union。