天津市耀华中学2019_2020学年高二英语上学期期中试题2019111902129

天津市耀华中学2019-2020学年高二英语上学期期中试题本试卷分为第Ⅰ卷 (选择题) 和第Ⅱ卷 (非选择题) 两部分, 共100分, 考试时间90分钟。

祝各位同学考试顺利！第I卷（共72分）第一部分：听力 (共两节, 共15小题，每小题1分，满分15分)第一节（共5小题, 每小题1分, 满分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 will the man do?A. Eat out.B. Visit friends.C. Watch TV.2. What is Bart concerned about?A. Finishing the report on time.B. Meeting the chairman of the board.C. Convincing Judith to help him.3. What is the woman’s problem?A. She is exhausted.B. She is near-sighted.C. She can’t go straight home.4. What does the man suggest the woman do?A. Live near her office.B. Drive to work.C. Change a job.5. Which sport does the man want to participate in?A. Golf.B. Football.C. Swimming.第二节（共10小题, 每小题1分, 满分10分）听下面几段材料。

每段材料后有几个小题, 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。

听每段材料前, 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。

每段材料读两遍。

听下面一段材料, 回答第6至8题。

6. How did the man’s parents react towards his hobby?A. Supportive.B. Opposed.C. Indifferent.7.Why did the man transfer to another school？A. He couldn’t get on well with his classmates.B. He was really poor at his schoolwork.C. Some teachers got annoyed about his hobby.8. What did the man do at the new school?A. He learned professional techniques from the headmaster.B. He started his own skateboarding class.C. He paid full attention to his grades.听下面一段材料, 回答第9至11题。

9. What does the man intend to do?A. Work in a nursing home.B. Be a part-time tutor.C. Be a volunteer.10. When will the man be free to do the job?A. In the mornings.B. In the afternoons.C. In the evenings.11. What does the man think of the job?A. It is a way to achieve his goals.B. It is a way to choose his career.C. It is a way to gain working experience.听下面一段材料, 回答第12至15题。

12. What’s the problem with the train?A. It is broken.B. It is delayed.C. It is changed.13. What should the passengers for London do?A. Board the train before 10:15 am.B. Board the train before 10:55 am.C. Board the train at Platform 314. What might have happened to Mr. Green?A. He found a computer.B. He lost a computer.C. He handed in a computer.15. Where is the announcement probably heard?A. In a station.B. On a train.C. In a manager office.第二部分：英语知识运用（共30小题，每小题1分，共30分）第一节：单项选择（共10小题，每小题1分，共10分）16. —Could you please cut the price a little?—Er … ______ you buy more than ten.A. even ifB. so long asC. thoughD. as soon as17. The lunch period will be _____ from 30 minutes to an hour from now on.A. expandedB. extendedC. spreadD. added18. What made them concerned was that the disease was spreading more ____ than expected.A. obviouslyB. steadilyC. anxiouslyD. rapidly19. ---- I prefer shutting myself in and listening to music all day on Sundays. ---- That’s ______ I don’t agree. You should have a more active life.A. whereB. howC. whenD. what20. While you are traveling abroad, attention should be paid to _______ you _______.A. preventing; from being finedB. prevent; from finingC. prevent; from being finedD. preventing; from fining21. Since the present situation is very complex, I think it will take me some time to _____ it’s reality.A. come acrossB. figure outC. look throughD. put off22. Unfortunately, when we dropped in, Mr Smith ______ for Indonesia to rescue theinjured people there, so he could spare little time for a few words.A. has just leftB. just leftC. had just leftD. was just leaving23. The son asks his dad why the chameleon(变色龙) can ______ the color of its background.A. take onB. take upC. take inD. take over24. The country has sent up three manned spacecraft, the most recent ___ at the end of last March.A. has been launchedB. being launchedC. having been launchedD. to be launched25- What about my career prospects? Is my work contract ___________?- I think so. If we’re satisfied with you, you can become our permanent wor ker.A. qualifiedB. distinctiveC. renewableD. promising第二节：完形填空 (共20小题；每小题1分, 满分20分)Dear Laura,I just heard you tell an old story of gift giving and unselfish love in your program. You doubted whether such unselfish love would happen in toda y’s world. Well, I’m here to give you 26 .I wanted to do something very 27 for my fifteen-year-old son, who has always been the perfect child. He 28 all summer to earn enough money to buy a used motorcycle. Then, he spent hours and hours on it 29 it looked almost new. I was so 30 of him that I bought him the shiniest helmet (头盔) and a riding outfit (装备).I could 31 wait for him to open up his gift. In fact, I barely slept the night before. Upon awakening, I went to the kitchen to 32 the coffee, tea, and morning goodies. In the living room was a beautiful keyboard with a 33 : “To my wonderful mother, all my love, your son.”I was so 34 . It had been a long-standing joke in our family that I wanted a piano so that I could 35 lessons. “Learn to play the piano, and I’ll get you one.” was my husband’s 36 .I stood there shocked, crying a river, asking myself how my son could 37 this expensive gift.Of course, the 38 awoke, and my son was thrilled (激动的) with my reaction. Many kisses were 39 , and I immediately wanted him to 40 my gift.As he saw the helmet and outfit, the look on his face was not 41 what I was expecting. Then I 42 that he had sold the motorcycle to get me the keyboard.Of course I was the proudest mother 43 on that day, and my feet never hit the ground for a month.So I wanted you to know, that kind of love still 44 and lives even in theever-changing world of me, me, me!I thought you’d love to 45 this story.Yours,HilaryP.S. The next day, my husband and I bought him a new “used” already shiny motorcycle.26. A. hope B. advice C. support D. courage27. A. polite B. similar C. special D. private28. A. played B. studied C. traveledD. worked29. A. after B. before C. unless D. until30. A. sure B. fond C. proudD. confident31. A. perhaps B. really C. almostD. hardly32. A. prepare B. cook C. setD. serve33. A. note B. notice C. word D. sign34. A. disturbed B. confused C. astonishedD. inspired35. A. give B. take C. drawD. teach36. A. reason B. request C. comment D. response37. A. present B. afford C. findD. order38. A. neighbor B. building C. roomD. house39. A. exchanged B. experienced C. expectedD. exhibited40. A. tear B. open C. checkD. receive41. A. purely B. basically C. obviouslyD. exactly42. A. realized B. remembered C. imaginedD. supposed43. A. only B. still C. everD. even44. A. works B. exists C. mattersD. counts45. A. send B. publish C. shareD. write第二部分：阅读理解（共18小题，每小题1.5分，满分27分）A46. What’s the main purpose of the memorandum?A. To explain the arrangement for an event.B. To encourage people to travel by car.C. To ask for help arranging a party.D. To thank people for attending the party.47. Why does Kyle Berwick write to Annette Derringer? Because he wants to _____.A. ask the price of movie ticketsB. explain why he cannot come to the partyC. request directions to a hotelD. ask if he may bring guests to the party48. Which of Kyle’s points is NOT mentioned in the memo?A. Payment for extra guests.B. Storage of personal items.C. Parking restrictions .D. Timing for the evening.49. What can we infer from the passage?A. The manager of the Green Vale doesn’t hope they go there by car.B. Annette takes charge of the arrangement of year-end party.C. They can take as many belongings as they can with them when going to the Green Vale.D. Kyle Berwick won’t bring the gues ts to go to the party if he has to pay the tickets.BWe once had a poster competition in our fifth grade art class.“You could win prizes”, our teacher told us as she wrote the poster information on the blackboard. She passed out sheets of construction p aper while continuing, “The first prize is ten dollars. You just have to make sure that the words on the blackboard appear somewhere on your poster.”We studied the board critically. Some of us looked with one eye and held up certain colors against the blackboard, rocking the sheets to the right or left while we conjured up our designs. Others twisted their hair around their fingers or chewed their erasers while deep in thought. We had plans for that ten-dollar grand prize, each and every one of us. I'm going to spend mine on candies, one hopefully wouldannounce, while another practiced looking serious, wise and rich.Everyone in the class made a poster. Some of us used parts of those fancy paper napkins, while others used nothing but colored construction paper. Some of us used big designs, and some of us preferred to gather our art tidily down in one corner of our poster and let the space draw the viewer's attention to it. Some of us would wander past the good students’ desks and then return to our own pro jects with a growing sense of hopelessness. It was yet another grown-up trick of the sort they seemed especially fond of, making all of us believe we had a fair chance, and then always rewarding the same old winners.I believed I drew a sailboat，but I cou ldn’t say that with any certainty. I made it. I admired it. I determined it to be the very best of all of the posters I had seen, and then I turned it in.Minutes passed.No one came along to give me the grand prize, and then someone distracted me, and I probably never would have thought about that poster again.I was still sitting at my desk, thinking, “What poster?”When the teacher gave me an envelope with a ten-dollar bill in it and everyone in the class applauded for me.50. What was the teacher's requirement for the poster?A. It must appear in time.B. It must be done in class.C. It must be done on a construction sheet.D. It must include the words on the blackboard.51. The underlined phrase “conjured up” in paragraph 3 most probably mean s ________.A. formed an idea forB. made an outline forC. made some space forD. chose some colors for52. After the teacher’s words，all the students in the class ________.A. looked very seriousB. thought they would be richC. began to think about their designsD. began to play games53. After seeing the good students’ designs, some students ________.A. loved their own designs moreB. thought they had a fair chanceC. put their own designs in a cornerD. thought they would not win the prize54. We can infer from the passage that the author ________.A. enjoyed grown—up tricks very muchB. loved poster competitions very muchC. felt surprised to win the competitionD. became wise and rich after the competitionCThe ability to do several things at once has become one of the great measures of self-worth for 21-century Americans. It is called multitasking, and it takes many forms. As one example, why go out to lunch when you can eat at your desk, talk to a client on the phone, scroll through your e-mail, and scan a memo simultaneously (同时地)? And why simply work out on treadmill (单调的工作) when you could be watching television and talking on a portable phone at the same time? What a feeling of satisfaction and accomplishment --- three activities for the time commitment of one! Ah, such efficiency. No wonder those who turn “to do” lists into a time-management art form tend to boast (自夸): “Look, me, how many things I can accomplish at once. If I’m this busy, I must be important.”Yet last week the New York Assembly struck a blow against multitasking, at least behind the wheel, when it approved a bill banning drivers in the state from using handheld cell phones. Too dangerous, the assembly said, citing (引用) research showing that drivers are four times more likely to have a collision when they are talking on a cellphone.No one can argue against using time effectively. But accompanying the supposed gains are losses. Consider the woman out for an early-morning walk in a suburban neighborhood. She strides briskly, head down, cellphone clamped to her ear, chattering away, oblivious of the birds and flowers and glorious sunshine. Did the walk have any value?More than a decade ago, long before multi-tasking became a word in everyday use, a retired professor of theology (神学) in Indiana with whom I corresponded made a case for what might be called uni-tasking — the old-fashioned practice of doing one thing at a time.Offering the simplest example, he said, “When you wash the dishes, wash the dishes.” Good advice, I’ve found, whatever the task.Perhaps, too, the ban on phoning-on-the-road will even spark a move away from other forms of dual activity. Who can tell? It could mark the first step in a welcome reconsideration of what really constitutes (构成) productivity and accomplishment.55. The author thinks that multitasking has become one of the great measures ofself-worth because ________.A. it helps people to use time effectivelyB. it makes people feel they are importantC. it means the ability to do several things at onceD. people worship speed and desire56. The bill approved by the New York Assembly is mentioned in the second paragraphin order to ________.A. demonstrate the danger of multitaskingB. show the high efficiency of multitaskingC. introduce the legislation system in AmericaD. argue against using time effectively57. Which is closest in meaning to the word “oblivious” in the third paragraph?A. seriousB. absorbed deeplyC. not noticingD. forgetting58. We learn from the passage that uni-tasking is ________.A. the new fashion for 21-century AmericansB. accepted by most residents in IndianaC. created by a retired professor of theologyD. the traditional act of doing one thing at once59. In the eyes of the author, multi-tasking ________.A. could not be avoided in this fast-changing ageB. should be taken the place of by uni-taskingC. robs people of time to focus and reflectD. should not become a word in everyday useDCan you believe everything that you read? It seems as if every day, some new articles come out about a new discovery about this or that. For example, water is bad for you, or good for you. The answer depends on which scientific study has just come out. People cannot decide which food items are healthy, how pyramids were constructed, and why dinosaurs disappeared. When we look for answers we sometimes can believe persuasive researches and scientists. But how trustworthy are they really? Here are two examples of scientific hoaxes (骗局).As far back as 1726, Johann Beringer was fooled by his fellow scientists into thinking he had made an amazing discovery. The fossils of spiders, lizards, and even birds with the name of God written on them in Hebrew were unlike anything that had been found before. He wrote several papers on them and was famous for those only to have it revealed that they were planted by jealous colleagues to ruin his reputation. When an early human being was discovered in 1912, scientists at this time were wild with excitement over the meaning it had for the theory of evolution. There were hundreds of papers about this Piltdown man over the next fifty years until it was finally discovered to be a complex hoax. The skull (头骨) of a man had been mixed with the jawbone of an orangutan (猩猩) to make the ape (猿) man.The next time you read the exciting new findings of a study of the best scientist, do not automatically assume that it is true. Even qualified people can get it wrong. Though we certainly should not ignore scientific research, we do need to take it with a grain of salt. Just because it is accepted as the truth today does not mean it will still be trustworthy tomorrow.60. What is the reason why Johann Beringer was fooled?A. His fellow scientists wanted to make fun of him.B. His workmates are eager to become famous too.C. These scientists made a mistake because of carelessness.D. His colleagues was jealous of him and did so to destroy his fame.61. The excited scientists thought that this Piltdown man ________.A. was in fact a complex hoaxB. was a great scientific inventionC. contributed to the theory of evolutionD. had the skull like that of an ape62. What does the underlined phrase “with a grain of salt” in Paragraph 4 mean?A. Happily.B. Generally.C. Doubtfully.D. Completely.63. What can we learn from the passage?A. Hebrew is probably a kind of language.B. Truths of science will never be out of time.C. People believe scientists because they are persuasive.D. We are advised to believe famous scientists.第II卷（共28分）第一部分：单词填空（共7小题，每小题1分，满分7分）64. Mr. Brown had the language s___, so it’s not difficult for children to understand the book.65. Pollution is not the problem of one country, but a g_____ one.66. With the police office set up in our school, our safety _______（保证）to a large extent.67. The man said coldly, “There’s no use _____（抗议）, and I won’t change my mind.”68. Out of c______, the child followed the strange man into a mysterious building.69. Nobody dares to say he doesn’t have c______ with the surroundings around him.70. Sherlock Holmes is a famous d___ in stories, who enjoys a great reputation for his talent.第二部分：短语填空（共6小题，每小题1分，满分6分）71. Television, radio, newspapers and magazines are ________ the media.72. It had rained for days_______ during the holiday, which ruined our trip plan.73. When I walked into the castle_______ the late 18th century, I felt a little nervous and frightened.74. The writer showed great gratitude to all readers ______ him at the press conference.75. There are nearly 200 refugees _______ waiting for food now.76. He was eventually diagnosed as _______ terminal cancer.第三部分：书面表达（满分15分）77. 假设你是李华，你校外事处招募暑假“志愿家庭”，接待来你市参观访问的美国中学生代表。