高二英语试卷2019(修改后).doc

天城中学2018/2019学年度高二年级第二学期开学考试
英语试卷

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）
1. When does the girl’s class start?
A. At 8:30. B. At 8:45. C. At 9:15..
2. What does the man think of the party?
A. Great. B. Boring. C. Terrible.
3. Where does this conversation take place?
A. In a restaurant. B. In a supermarket. C. In a glass store.
4. What’s the man’s job over there?
A. A singer. B. A painter. C. An actor.
5. What does the man ask the woman to do?
A. Make a work plan. B. Attend a meeting. C. Prepare the reports.
第二节（共15小题；每小题1.5分，满分22.5分）
听第6段材料，回答第6、7題。
6. What does the woman think of the man’s idea about the gift?
A. Silly. B. Practical. C. Interesting.
7. What will the woman give to Luisa?
A. Some flowers. B。A necklace. C. A T-shirt.
听第7段材料，回答第8、9题。
8. Why does the man call the front desk?
A. He lost his room key. B. He wants the room to be cleaned.
C. He wants to change a room. 9. What is the woman going to do next?
A. Ask a maid to clean the room.
B. Find a spare key for the man.
C. Get the man's key before he leaves.
听第8段材料，回答第10至12题。
10. Where does the man work on Friday?
A. In an Italian restaurant. B. At the mall. C. At the Radio station.
11. What does the woman do on Wednesday evening?
A. Have a dance class. B Go to work C. Have a painting class
12. When will the speakers go to the gym together?
A. On Friday B On Saturday C On Monday
听第9段材料，回答第13至16题
13. What's wrong with the speakers?
A. They disagreed on the restaurant. B. They couldn’t manage their trip.
C. They are running out of money.
14. Who did the woman buy the carpet for?
A. Herself. B. The man. C. Her mum.
15. What does the woman think of the price of the carpet?
A. Expensive. B. Cheap. C. Reasonable.
16. What does the woman suggest the man do?
A. Share their money. B. Ask his parents for help. C. Pay for the hotel later.
听第10段材料，回答第17至20题。
17. What will the woman do in September?
A. Go to university. B. Find a part-time job. C. Travel around the world.
18. How will the woman travel in Thailand?
A. By bus. B. By train. C. By ship.
19. How long will the woman stay in Indonesia?
A. For about one week. B. For about one month. C. For about two months.
20. Where does the speaker want to go at last?
A. Sydney. B. Darwin. C. Melbourne.
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）
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Most seasoned travelers agree that Machu Picchu in Peru is the world’s most attractive ruin.
What remains of the wonderful building of the Inca Empire temples and palaces clearly shows how great Machu Picchu was in its glory days.
Best and worst times to visit Machu Picchu
May to September: This is the best period. May is the prettiest month while August is the best all the year round.
October to April: This is the rainy season and therefore the least desirable period.
Lost City of the Incas
Mysteriously abandoned: Just before the Spanish conquest, Machu Picchu was mysteriously abandoned and this was when it was still in its golden age.
Unknown to the Spanish: The conquering Spanish didn't notice Machu Picchu. Its existence was known only by local insiders.
Discovery
Machu Picchu lay buried under so thick mountainous plants that it wasn’t until 1911 that Yale University explorer Hiram Bingham discovered it.
Getting to Machu Picchu
All tourists begin their adventure by flying from Lima to the city of Cuzco(I hour and 15 minutes). They then stay overnight in Cuzco before their journey to Machu Picchu. They have three ways of traveling to Machu Picchu from Cuzco: by train or air or hiking.
To learn more about the site please click（点击）for the next page.
21. Which month is not fit to go to Machu Picchu?
A. May. B. August. C. September. D. November.
22. Why was Machu Picchu not found until the early 20th century?
A. It was located in a desert. B. It was not a famous place then.
C. It had been covered by thick forests. D. The locals wanted to keep it a secret place.
23. How can you get to Cuzco from Lima?
A. By air. B. By train. C. By hiking. D. By car.
B
Benjamin Giroux, a 10-year-old boy with autism ( 孤独症), came home from school on April 7 more excited than ever. To celebrate National Poetry Month, his fifth-grade teacher asked her students to write a poem about themselves, beginning every sentence with ”I”.
Benjamin couldn’t wait to start writing, so he sat down and didn’t look up until he finished. He showed the poem to his parents, who immediately got choked up.
“I am odd（奇怪的），I am new,＂ Benjamin wrote in the poem．“I wonder if you are too. I hear voices in the air. I see you don’t and that’s not fair. I feel like a boy in outer space, I touch the stars and feel out of place.”
" At first, we felt hurt that he feels lonely, misunderstood and odd at school," Giroux said. "As the poem went on, we realized that he understands that he's odd and that so is everyone else in their own way. This is what Ben wants everyone to know.”
Benjamin was supposed to read his poem aloud to the class the following day, but upon waking up that morning, he refused to go to school and stayed home. He didn’t think his poem was any good, so his dad posted it to Facebook in hopes of getting some encouraging ments from family and friends. When the National Autism Association saw the poem, they posted it to their page, where thousands of strangers shared how much the poem inspired them. The family has heard from hundreds of parents thanking Benjamin for showing how their own kids may be feeling at school.
24. Why did Benjamin feel excited on April 7?
A. He had a task to finish. B. He wrote a good poem..
C. He had good news to share. D. He had been praised at school.
25. How did Benjamin's parents feel upon reading the poem?
A. Touched. B. Worried. C. Surprised. D. Sad.
26. What does the underlined word "This “in Paragraph 4 refer to?
A. Everyone has odd hobbies. B. Everyone is odd as they are.
C. Everyone is worth respecting. D. Everyone has their own lifestyles.
27. What happened to Benjamin’s poem after being posted to Facebook?
A. It changed parents’ idea about raising kids. B. It was read aloud in his class.
C. It caused heated debate. D. It received wide praise.
C
A new phone app uses vibrations (振动) from smart phones lo warn people of earthquakes.
The phone app recognizes sudden shaking of the earth’s surface through sensors（传感器） in smart phones．The new app is called MyShake. It is the work of four researchers at the University of California, Berkeley. They said they created a worldwide warning system that would inform people and give them time to prepare. The MyShake app Is available only for Android phones.
Smart phones are equipped with accelerometers. These instruments measure movement, like that of a car or an airplane. They can also measure the shaking of a machine, building or other structures.
Accelerometers are used in activity trackers and apps that count steps or other exercise. They are also used in global positioning system apps, also called GPS.
MyShake uses phone accelerometers to measure earthquake activity. It has been programmed to know the difference between normal activity and earthquake movement. The software developers say their app is right93 percent of the time. A smart phone sends earthquake information to the app developers. If the developers receive a lot of notice from one area, it recognises that an earthquake may be taking place or will take place soon. Using information sent from the app, the network then judges the location and strength of the earthquake in real time. MyShake can record magnitude 5.0 earthquakes at distances of I0 kilometers or less. MyShake uses very little power, according to its developers. Only when earthquake activity is sensed by the app does it bee active and sends data to the network.
The app works best when your phone is resting on a smooth surface, like a table.
The app also shows ways to stay safer during an earthquake. The developers say it will bee more effective as more people use it.
28. What do we know about MyShake?
A. It's the name of a new smart phone. B. It can be applied to all kinds of phones.
C. It can warn people of ing earthquakes. D. It can prevent earthquakes happening quickly.
29. Why are accelerometers used in MyShake?
A. To position where the user is. B. To count steps or other exercise.
C. To measure earthquake movement. D. To measure the shaking of buildings.
30. What can make Myshake function better?
A. Making more people use it B. Keeping it active all the time.
C. Placing the phone as high as possible. D. Having it send data to the network frequently.
31. What's the best title for the text?
A. A new phone app feels earthquakes. B. A new phone app makes smart phones safer.
C. A new phone app helps prevent earthquakes D. Anew phone app keeps you safer in the earthquake
D
Throughout history, people living near any sea coast have relied on fish as an important food. Food balance sheets show that many nations remain highly dependent on fish for animal protein（蛋白质）， with major fishing nations at the top of the list, including Bangladesh (56 percent), Indonesia (55 percent) and Myanmar(47 percent). Some countries in West Africa, and many island states even get over 60 percent of animal protein from fish. But a lack of enough animal protein has bee a problem for many nations.
Now, a new study calls the risk of a lack of enough protein" the tip of the iceberg（冰山一角）”． The researchers said that I7 percent of the world population already lack in enough zinc, that 20 percent of pregnant women already can't get enough iron, and that one third already lack in enough vitamin A. Their new estimate is that today 845 million people are at risk of not getting
enough of one of these three micronutrients（微量营养素） if today’s fish-catch drops continue and that 1.39 billion people are at risk of health problems caused by not eating enough fish.
Researchers argue that the trend of declining fish catches is likely to be worsened in many places by climate changes, and will expand these risks greatly in the future, as the world population grows to nearly 10 billion, by 2050, and past 11 billion by 2100. A lack of nutrients is already responsible for 45 percent of childhood deaths. Fully 10 percent of the global population
will face a lack of enough micronutrients over the ing dozens of years, if nothing is done to fix overfishing.
The authors see some hope of expanding fish farming, as long as that is uncoupled（分开） from the wild-fish feeds currently in heavy use on fish farms. Also, they say there are huge opportunities to change wild fish farms, both to elevate the number of fish and to improve ocean ecosystem health..
32. What do the figures given in the food balance sheets tell us?
A. These nations depend too much on fish.
B. Fish is an important food for many nations
C. Animal protein is very important to health
D. Not all nations have enough animal protein.
33. What does the new study mainly suggest?
A. A lack of protein is the big part of health problems
B. A lack of nutrients has bee a mon problem
C. Women are more likely to lack in nutrients than men.
D. Zinc, iron and vitamin A are the most important nutrients.
34. According to Paragraph 3, how are more people prevented from lacking in nutrients in the future?
A. By catching more kinds of fishes. B. By feeding wild fish on fish farms
C. By controlling the world’s population. D. By solving the problem of overfishing.
35. What does the underlined word "elevate" in the last paragraph mean?
A. Increase. B. Measure C. Confirm D. Control
第二节（共5小题；每小题2分，满分10分）
We all care about what others think of us and want to be liked. _36However，there are also many smaller, simpler things you can do, which can affect how others view you.
1. Prove you are paying attention.
To really show someone your interest in him or her, try bringing up a topic the person mentioned earlier. Did your co-worker talk about working with his son on a science fair project last week? Follow up and ask how it went._ 37Infact, sometimes it says more that you can recall and show interest in even the small happenings in another person's life.
2. Handle criticism in a wise way.
While you want to be generous with your praise, be careful with your criticism. For example, if someone makes an error, don’t call that person out in front of a group. 38 Anyhow, be always gentle with criticism and only offer it when it's truly needed.
2. Ask for advice.
Asking someone for advice is a great way to get people to like you. It shows that you respect the other individual’s opinion. 39 When you make someone feel better about himself or herself, that person will most certainly end up liking you for it.
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Most people love to talk about themselves. If you are asking questions and getting people to talk about themselves, they'll leave the conversation thinking that you're the coolest.
A. Try to be confident and respectful
B. Everyone likes to feel needed and important
C. They don't have to be big, life-changing events.
D. Ask other people about their lives and interests.
E. Always use a personal name in a conversation
F. You can discuss your own mistakes before digging into someone else's errors
G. The basics of getting people to like you are obvious -be nice, considerate（体贴的） and polite．

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）
In the town of Whitesburg, Kentucky, Mick Polly is known as the bike man. Over the past five years, Mick has built hundreds of 41 for needy kids.
One day in 2011, a boy with a(n)42bike walked by Mick’s house. “When I was working in my43, he approached me, saying he had an accident, and asked if I could 44it, "says Mick. The boy left his bike with Mick, who asked on the Internet if 45had the missing 46. The town’s former police chief saw his 47and offered two used bicycles. Mick took parts from each to48a new set of wheels for the boy.
49 spread, and within the year, he had fixed up dozens of bikes for local kids whose parents didn't have 50for new ones. Mick 51 thrown-away bikes and bike parts in his garage. "I 52the good tires or the handlebars other seats and used them. " he says. 53,the bike man has repaired hundreds of cycles and_54 nearly 700 newly constructed bikes.
The bikes are 55 , but the kids must bear it in mind: They should 56wellat school. If a kid’s grades are 57, Mick will require a teacher’s 58sayingthat the kid is doing his best.
Mick 59hopes the bikes will get kids off the sofa."When I was growing up, we all 60our bikes, "he says."Hopefully these kids can get some exercise.”
41. A. trucks B. trains C. bicycles D. toys
42. A. broke