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1、. .三校区高二下学期第二次大单元检测英语试题2018-5-30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. 6:40.B. 7:00.C.7:20.2. What will the woman probably continue doing?A. Explaining the three ways.B. Havin
2、g the first English class.C. Giving the students some advice.3. What played the most important role in Toms passing the TOFEL test?A. His good luck.B. His good effort.C. The good language school.4. Where does the conversation most probably take place?A. On a train.B. On a bus.C. On a plane.5. What d
3、oes the man want to do?A. Lend his dictionary to the woman.B. Borrow the womans dictionary.C. Help the woman find the dictionary.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，并标在试卷的相应位置。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. Where d
4、oes Amy e from?A. America.B. England.C. Spain.7. What will the speakers possibly do some day?A. Hold a party.B. Play a ball game.C. Visit Seattle.听第7段材料，回答第8、9题。8. What does the woman like best?A. Basketball and reading.B. Football and films.C. Films and basketball.9. What do both the two speakers p
5、robably agree on?A. Football is absolutely the best. B. Basketball is always the best.C. People have different favorites.听第8段材料，回答第10至12题。10. Why is the man reading advertisements for houses?A. He expects to buy one.B. He aims to rent a house.C. He is interested in seeing houses.11. What does Jack l
6、ike about the wooden house?A. The large windows.B. The large balcony.C. Enough sunlight.12. When will the man have a barbecue (烧烤)？A. This Saturday.B. On Sunday.C. At the weekend.听第9段材料，回答第13至16题。13. How long will it take to get to Cambridge by bus? A. About 50 minutes.B. About 100 minutes.C. About
7、150 minutes.14. How often do trains run from Kings Cross Station to Cambridge?A. About every twenty minutes. B. About every thirty minutes.C. About every forty minutes.15. What does the man advise the woman to do to reach Kings Cross Station?A. Take a subway.B. Take a bus.C. Take a train.16. Where s
8、hould the man turn right to get to the entrance?A. At the first crossroads.B. At the second crossroads.C. At the third crossroads.听第10段材料，回答第17至20题。17. Why did the speaker need the book? A. For his job. B. For his hobby.C. For his class.18. How did the speaker check the book out?A. By paying some mo
9、ney first.B. With her university ID card.C. With the library catalog number.19. How long can a book be kept before it is renewed?A. One month.B. Two months.C. Half a month.20. Why would the speaker rather borrow books?A. To save money.B. To hang on to them.C. To improve her reading efficiency.第二部分 阅
10、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，从每题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D)中，选出最佳选项。AMagazines can help get kids psyched about reading. The thrill of flipping through a fresh magazine can totally drive a new reader to practice words and learn about topics they might not normally be exposed to. For young readers
11、who want to be entertained and learn something new. Here are our favorite kids magazine subscription picks.1. National Geographic KidsNational Geographic Kids is designed for children ages 6 to 14. The magazine is published by the National Geographic Society and has been in publication since Septemb
12、er 1975. With each issue, young readers enjoy a wide range of regular features such as “Amazing Animals”, “Weird but True”, “Cool Inventions” and “Guinness World Records.” A one-year subscription (10 issues) is $15.2. MuseThis magazine, launched in January 1997, features nine cartoon characters know
13、n as the Muses. The articles expose kids ages 9 and up to history, science and the arts. Regular Muse content includes fun facts, a question-and-answer page and fun themes such as extraterrestrial life (外星生命), urban legends and pirates. A one-year subscription (nine issues) is $34.3. ChopChopThis is
14、 an award-winning, non-profit quarterly magazine for kids ages 5 to 12. ChopChop is filled with great recipes, interactive games and educational food facts and is intended to inspire and teach kids to cook real food with their families. ChopChop received the 2016 Parents Choice Gold Award and was na
15、med the James Beard 2015 Publication of the Year. A one-year subscription (four issues) is $15.4. HighlightsWho doesnt remember reading Highlights magazine - whether at home or at the dentists office? Every 40-page issue helps children explore exciting new topics, investigate cool subjects and learn
16、 about our wonderful world. Highlights is ideal for ages 6 to 12 and features stories, puzzles, games, riddles, science experiments and craft projects. High Five, the preschool version of Highlights, is intended for little ones ages 2 to 6. A one-year subscription (12 issues) is $40.21. How much is
17、a two-year subscription to a magazine launched in 1975?A. $30. B. $34. C. $40. D. $68.22. What is special about ChopChop?A. It has a history of 42 years. B. It has nine cartoon characters.C. It is helpful for kids to learn to cook. D. It includes a question-and-answer page.23. What topic do Muse and
18、 Highlights have in mon?A. Science. B. Craft projects. C. Riddles. D. Animals.BKatie Blomquist, a 1st grade teacher at Pepperhill Elementary School in North Charleston, South Carolina, learned last year that one of her students wanted a bike for his birthday. But his parents could not afford it. So,
19、 like most other people that you will find here on InspireMyKids, she decided to do something about it!First, she thought about how to get a bike for that child. Then, she decided to think bigger. How could she also give a bike to his brother? Or how about a bike to every child in her class? Finally
20、, her vision(愿景) got even bolder! How might she find a bike for the 650 kids that make up her entire school? Most children at Pepperhill live in poverty. Even though Ms. Blomquist could not afford to buy the bikes herself, she felt she now had to do something about it! So, she decided to start a GoF
21、undMe campaign to raise money. Her request caught on! In less than 6 months, over 1,000 donors from around her munity and even 10 countries around the world provided over $ 80,000 in donations! This was enough to buy more than 600 bikes for Pepperhill students, along with helmets and locks!After a b
22、ig ceremony to surprise the kids, Ms, Blomquist makes more efforts. Katie Blomquist is starting a charity called “Going Places,” with a mission(使命) to bring joy to deserving children from low ine families by providing them with bikes, swim lessons, summer camp opportunities, and more. This will enri
23、ch their growth and fuel their imaginations, supporting the most basic childhood righta right to joy.” And she has started another GoFundMe campaign for her charity to help more schools and kids!24. What motivated Ms. Blomquist to start the GoFundMe campaign originally?A. A kids birthday wish.B. Her
24、 dream for a bike.C. Her bad family conditions.D. A moving story on InspireMyKids.25. How is Pepperhill Elementary School?A. Its educational level is well above average.B. It has no access to convenient transportation.C. Most of its students e from a poor background.D. Its a munity school intended f
25、or intelligent students.26. What do the figures in Para. 3 indicate?A. The great advantage of GoFundMe.B. The immediate success of GoFundMe.C. The large numbers of kind donations.D. The huge economic benefits of GoFundMe.27. Which word can best describe Katie Blomquist?A. Brave and sociable.B. Gener
26、ous and honest.C. Aggressive and independent.D. Sympathetic and devoted.CHave you ever heard of a “googly-eyed(瞪眼的), stubby squid(乌贼)”? Well, you have now. Scientists working to map the Pacific Ocean floor off the coast of North America found a purple squid with big eyes. The squid is. called the Ro
27、ssia Pacifica. It is only about six centimeters long. The small sea creature was found at a depth of about 900 meters, off the coast of southern California.Money for the mapping project es from the Ocean Exploration Trust. The trust was the idea of Robert Ballard, who discovered the wreckage(残骸) of
28、the ship Titanic in 1985.The scientists making the map are working on a large boat called the Nautilus. The Nautilus has remote-controlled roving vehicles(交通工具) that can explore the ocean floor.The researchers have a number of cameras, all of which are connected to the boat with fiber-optic cables.
29、When researchers found the brightly colored squid, they were very excited. You can see the excitement in a video posted to YouTube. It has more than one million views. You can hear the scientists saying “Whoa! What is that? He has strange eyes.”The scientists are laughing. One of them jokingly sugge
30、sts that the squid is actually a childs toy dropped into the ocean by accident. It turns out the Rossia Pacifica uses its big eyes to look for shrimps (虾) that it can catch for food.The Nautilus left from Canada in May and will plete its trip in September.28. The chief task of the scientists on the
31、ship Nautilus is to .A. find sunken shipsB. find a special squidC. make amap of the ocean floorD. measure the depths of some sea areas29. What impressed the scientists most when they found the squid?A. Its big eyes.B. Its small size.C. Its colorful body.D. Its living surroundings.30. What does the u
32、nderlined word“it”in Para. 4 refer to?A. The research.B. The boat.C. YouTube.D. The video.31. What does the text mainly talk about?A. A unique ocean creature.B. The discovery of the ship Titanic.C. An organization to explore the sea.D. The scientists mapping the ocean floor.DHarvard University, whic
33、h is facing claims of racial discrimination (歧视) against Asian- Americans in its admission process, has announced that its early acceptance rate for Asian Americans for the Class of 2022 has hit 24.2 percent, up from 21.7 percent a year earlier. The figures were released on Dec 12, 2017 by the schoo
34、l on its official website, the Harvard Gazette.Of the 6,630 applicants who applied for admission under the early action program, 964 were accepted. The college said 4,882 were deferred (推迟), 611 were rejected, and 173 applications were inplete.The early enrollments(入学) for the Class of 2022 also ref
35、lect an overall increase in other nonwhite students from previous years, the famous university said. African-Americans make up 13.9 percent of students admitted early, pared with 12.6 percent last year. At the same time, Latinos(拉丁美洲人) account for 9.8 percent, up 1 percentage point last year, and Na
36、tive Americans and Native Hawaiians account for 1.8 percent, up from 1.1 percent.“From small towns, suburbs, and citiesfrom throughout the United States and around the world-the Class of 2022 promises to be among the best classes in Harvards long history,” said William R. Fitzsimmons, dean (主任) of a
37、dmissions and financial aid at Harvard University.Harvard is facing scrutiny from the Department of Justice and a separate lawsuit (诉讼) accusing the college of discriminating against Asian-Americans in its undergraduate admissionprocess.In November, 2017 the Justice Department cited a 2015 lawsuit t
38、hat charges Harvards affirmative action policies discriminate against Asian-American applicants, in a letter setting a Dec 1 deadline for Harvard to hand over documents on its admission policies. Responding to that deadline, Harvard offered a promise position in which the governments lawyers would b
39、e able to examine all the records, including an electronic database, in the offices of Harvards lawyers, with some personal information redacted(编写),according to The New York Times.Harvard University reported that 16.6 percent of a total 29,652 students are Asian, according to college factual, . Ove
40、r the past five years, the total international population of students on campus has grown at an average rate of 6.8 percent. China is the largest contributor to this growth, with about 1,263 students.32. Why is Harvard University charged?A. Because sometimes it doesnt treat all students at school eq
41、ually.B. Because it does not provide enough financial aid for poor students.C. Because some people are unsatisfied with it admission policies.D. Because its total international population of students is decreasing.33. Which make up the smallest percentage of students admitted early by Harvard?A. Lat
42、inos.B. Asian-Americans.C. African-Americans.D. Native Americans and Native Hawaiians.34. The possible meaning of the underlined word “scrutiny”in Para. 5 is “.”A. a plan or desire to do somethingB. careful and thorough examinationC. the feeling of being annoyed, upset, or impatientD. the level that
43、 is considered to be acceptable 35. What can be the best title for the passage?A. Harvard admits more Asian-AmericansB. Nonwhite students at Harvard UniversityC. Harvard announces its future admission policiesD. Class of 2022 is among the best classes in Harvards long history 第二节(共5小题;每小题2分，满分10分）根据
44、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。(注意E=AB F=BC G=CD)Change is hard for many people to accept. However, its worth keeping in mind that one part of growing as a person requires you to accept that life is constantly changing. 36 You need to be able to deal with these changes in a positive way.Firs
45、t of all, you should understand that change is an unavoidable part of life. Before the time es for you to accept change, learn that it is necessary for old things to go and new things to e.37 The entire history of the world and the history of human progress are decided by change and development.38 E
46、ven though change can have a negative effect on your life, in most cases, there is always something positive to look at. Use this as an opportunity to turn a loss or negative change into an opportunity.Last of all, try to understand why change upsets you so much. Its hard to change and accept it if
47、youre unclear why it makes you so unfortable or unsettled.39 This, as a result, might help stop some of your anxiety about change. Consider the following; 40 Does the change make you feel like everything you know about the world is falling apart? Does breaking up with a significant other make you feel as if youre too emotionally fragile and lacking a support system?A. Does that bad situation appeal to you?B. You must learn to look on the bright side as well.C. Think about it and you might understand it finally.