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1、育才学校2018-2019学年度第二学期中考试高二普通班英语试卷 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） 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。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. Whats the most probable relationship between the two speakers?A. Passenger and taxi driver. B.Hotel and traveller. C. Policeman and driv
2、er.2. What is the womans plan for lunch today?A. To eat at a restaurant. B. To eat at a friends. C. To eat at home.3. What are the two speakers going to do?A. Plan trees. B. Climb a mountain. C. Find a way home.4. What will the man do with his old house?A. Have it decorated. B. Rent it to the woman.
3、 C. Sell it to the some one.5. Why wont the woman go to the mans house?A. She is tired and wants to rest. B. She has to entertain some guests.C. She has to go out of town. 第2节 （共15小题；每小题1.5分，满分22.5分） 听下面5段对话或对白，每段对话或对白后有几个小题，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，各小题给出5秒钟
4、的作答时间。每段对话或独白读两遍。听第6断材料，回答第6、7题。6. What does the woman plan to do this weekend?A. Work overtime. B. Attend a festival. C. Watch over her kids.7. Whom will the man probably ask for help?A. His aunt. B. His sister. C. His cousin.听第7段材料，回答第8、9题。8. How did the man and his son get to the roo?A. By bus. B
5、. By taxi. C. By subway.9. What animal scared the man?A. An elephant. B. A panda. C. A monkey.听第8段材料，回答第10至12题。10. What happened to the old ladys ring?A. She dropped it in the ice cream. B. Her great son took it.C. Her dog swallowed it.11. When did the story of the mans friend happen?A. Last week. B
6、. Last year . C.Three years ago.12. What was the mans friends decision?A. To perform surgery on his dog. B. To make his dog vomit.C. To give up the ring.听第9段材料，回答第13至16题。13. Whats the most probable relationship between the two speakers?A. Business partners. B. Customer and assistant. C. Aunt and nep
7、hew.14. What kind of business does the man want to do？A. Open an online shop. B. Make apps. C. Sell phones.15. What may worry the man best?A. The operational costs. B. The after_sale service. C. The profit.16. Where will the man get help in writing a business plan?A. From online resources. B. From t
8、he libraries. C. From the bookstore.听第10段材料，回答第17至20题。17. When did Ms.Bwalya come to China to study?A. In 2012. B. In 2013. C. In 2014.18. What was the biggest problem Ms. Bwalya faced?A. The weather B. The language. C. The accommodation19. What does Ms. Salum study in China?A. Medicine. B. Economic
9、s. C. Political science.20. How many Africans were studying in China by the end of 2013?A. More than 27,000. B. More than 35,000. C. More than 53,000.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） A Having friends may well keep you healthier and help you deal with stress better.Some studies show that pe
10、ople with close friends have a greater ability to fight disease than people who are alone.Make friendship a priority.Find the time to be with friends even if it means letting the lawn go unmowed or the dishes unwashed for a while.When you cant get together，use the phone to keep in touch.Open up to c
11、lose friends.Maintaining a deep friendship requires a level of “heartfelt” intimacy (亲密)Dont be afraid to express your inner fears and disappointments.Listen to your friends when they have problems，but offer advice only when its wanted.Help raise friends selfesteem when they are shaken by a job loss
12、，or other such events.Have different friends for different activities，such as going to the movies，singing in a choir，and joining in a bowling league.Dont wait for a friend to ask a favor.When a friend has the flu，offer to go to the store or drive his or her children to their afterschool activities.N
13、ever take a friendship for granted.Like a good marriage，friendship needs care and patience.Become a joiner.Find a group that matches your interests.Talk to strangers.Conversations started in museums，laundry rooms，or bookstores can lead to firm friendship.Enroll in an adult_education course.A classro
14、om is an ideal place to meet others with similar interests.21According to the passage，youd better offer advice to your friends _.Aat any moment Bonly when they are happyConly when they want it Donly when you are glad22What we should do to have friends according to the author?AMake friendship a prior
15、ity. BOpen up to close friends.CNever take a friendship for granted. DAll the above.23Which of the statements is TRUE according to the passage?AYou should have different friends for the same activities.BYou should wait for a friend to ask a favor.CYou should avoid talking with strangers in museums，l
16、aundry rooms，or bookstores.DYou should never take a friendship for granted. BOne summer day as I was heading to the teaching building I heard someone call my name. I turned around and saw Philip, a counselor (顾问) at our admissions office (招生办公室)，standing with another young man.Philip introduced me t
17、o him，Stephen，and reminded me that Stephen would be taking one of my classes.Stephen looked at me.With a somewhat painful expression，he asked if my class was going to be hard and if he would be able to pass.I introduced all the things that he would be expected to learn.As we talked，I saw Stephens ey
18、es getting big with fear.I told him to do all of his assignments，and to hand them in on time.Rather than being overwhelmed (压倒) by all of the work，I told him the most successful students made a master calendar of all the assignments so they could plan their workload.As the fall semester went on，I le
19、arned more of Stephens story.It had taken him longer to finish the assignments than most young people.Family members，including his mother，kept reminding him that he was a failure.But he kept at it and didnt take them to heart.He told me that before coming to our college，no one believed he could mana
20、ge it.Stephen didnt become an A student.Still，he managed to pass most of his courses by being in class every day，turning in all of his assignments on time and breaking down his studying into bitesized parts.By passing course after course he began to gain a measure of selfesteem.On his graduation day
21、，he walked up to me，and said，“Thank you.”24According to Stephens questions to the author，we know that Stephen _.A.wasnt very confident about himself Bdidnt want to attend the authors classChad never been an A student Dcouldnt pass the authors exam25According to the passage，the author _.Awouldnt have
22、 met Stephen without the introduction of PhilipBtold Stephen how to deal with his studiesC. helped Stephen get an A in his classDdidnt believe that Stephen could study in college26What does the passage mainly tell us about Stephen?_AHe was an average student but hard_working.BHe was an excellent stu
23、dent，but didnt have self_esteem.CHe was a little stupid and didnt do well in school.DHe was far from a top student because of his failure.27What lesson can we learn from the passage?_AA good beginning is half done. BOne bite at a time.CHaste makes waste. DLook before you leap. C Some experts feel th
24、at cars are certain to fall into disuse.They see a day in the not_too_distant future when all cars will be deserted and made useless.Other experts，however，think the car is here to stay.They hold that the car will remain a leading means of city travel in the foreseeable future.The car will undoubtedl
25、y change greatly over the next 30 years.It should become smaller，safer，and more practical，and should not be powered by the gas engine.The car of the future should be far more pollution_free than present types.Unless changes take place in the power system，the car in the future will still be the main
26、problem in city traffic jams.One suggested solution to this essential problem is the automated (自动的) system，which seems to hold water.When the car enters the highway system，a small arm will drop from the car and connect with a rail，which is similar to those powering subway trains electrically.Once j
27、oined to the rail，the car will become electrically powered from the system，and control of the car will pass to a central computer.The computer will then monitor all of the cars movements.The driver will use the telephone to dial instructions about his position and the place he heads for into the sys
28、tem.The computer will find the best way and reserve space for the car all the way to the correct exit from the highway.The driver will be free to relax and wait for the call that will warn him of his coming exit.It is believed that an automated highway will be able to deal with 10,000 cars per hour，
29、compared with the 1,500 to 2,000 cars that can be carried by a present_day highway.28What is the main concern of the author of the passage?AHow to make cars pollution_free. B.How to make cars smaller and safer.CHow to solve the problem of traffic jam.DHow to develop an automated subway system.29We c
30、an infer from this passage that _.Athe car connected to the rail on the highway will be powered by electricityBthe lack of oil is forcing people to find new means to power automobilesCthe driver under the system will be told where to get out of the highwayDthe future car will become larger，faster， p
31、rettier and less expensive30What provides cars with electric power in an automated highway system?AAn engine. BA rail. CA computer controller. DA small arm.31Which of the following statements is TURE according to the passage?AThe driver puts his information in the system by email.BThe new system can
32、 deal with 10 times as many cars as the present one.CAfter entering the automated system，the driver needs to do nothing but relax himself.DSome experts are not confident of the future，while the author is in favour of the opposite evolution.DWe may think were a culture that gets rid of our worn techn
33、ology at the first sight of something shiny and new, but a new study shows that we keep using our old devices(装置) well after they go out of style. Thats bad news for the environment and our wallets as these outdated devices consume much more energy than the newer ones that do the same things.To figu
34、re out how much power these devices are using, Callie Babbitt and her colleagues at the Rochester Institute of Technology in New York tracked the environmental costs for each product throughout its life from when its minerals are mined to when we stop using the device. This method provided a readout
35、 for how home energy use has evolved since the early 1990s. Devices were grouped by generation Desktop computers, basic mobile phones, and box-set TVs defined 1992. Digital cameras arrived on the scene in 1997. And MP3 players, smart phones, and LCD TVs entered homes in 2002, before tablets and e-re
36、aders showed up in 2007.As we accumulated more devices, however, we didnt throw out our old ones. The living-room television is replaced and gets planted in the kids room, and suddenly one day, you have a TV in every room of the house, said one researcher. The average number of electronic devices ro
37、se from four per household in 1992 to 13 in 2007. Were not just keeping these old devices we continue to use them. According to the analysis of Babbitts team, old desktop monitors and box TVs with cathode ray tubes are the worst devices with their energy consumption and contribution to greenhouse ga
38、s emissions（排放）more than doubling during the 1992 to 2007 window.So whats the solution（解决方案）? The teams data only went up to 2007, but the researchers also explored what would happen if consumers replaced old products with new electronics that serve more than one function, such as a tablet for word
39、processing and TV viewing. They found that more on-demand entertainment viewing on tablets instead of TVs and desktop computers could cut energy consumption by 44%.32. What does the author think of new devices?A. They are environment-friendly.B. They are no better than the old.C. They cost more to u
40、se at home.D. They go out of style quickly.33. Why did Babbitts team conduct the research?A. To reduce the cost of minerals.B. To test the life cycle of a product.C. To update consumers on new technology.D. To find out electricity consumption of the devices.34. Which of the following uses the least
41、energy?A. The box-set TV. B. The tablet. C. The LCD TV.D.The desktop computer.35. What does the text suggest people do about old electronic devices?A. Stop using them.B. Take them apart.C. Upgrade them.D. Recycle them.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，选项中有两项为多余选项。Color is fundamental
42、 in home designsomething youll always have in every room. A grasp of how to manage color in your spaces is one of the first steps to creating rooms youll love to live in. Do you want a room thats full of life? Professional? Or are you just looking for a place to relax after a long day? 36 , color is
43、 the key to making a room feel the way you want it to feel.Over the years, there have been a number of different techniques to help designers approach this important point. 37 , they can get a little complex .But good news is that therere really only three kinds of decisions you need to make about c
44、olor in your home: the small ones, the medium ones, and the large ones. 38 . Theyre the little spots of color like throw pillows ,mirrors and baskets that most of us use to add visual interest to our rooms .Less tiring than painting your walls and less expensive than buying a colorful sofa ,small co
45、lor choices bring with them the significant benefit of being easily changeable .Medium color choices are generally furniture pieces such as sofas, dinner tables or bookshelves 39 . They require a bigger commitment than smaller ones, and they have a more powerful effect on the feeling of a space.The
46、large color decisions in your rooms concern the walls, ceilings, and floors. Whether youre looking at wallpaper or paint, the time, effort and relative expense put into it are significant. 40 .A. While all of them are useful B. Whatever youre looking for C. If youre experimenting with a color D. Sma
47、ll color choices are the ones were most familiar with E. Its not really a good idea to use too many small color pieces F. So it pays to be sure, because you want to get it right the first time G. Color choices in this range are a step up from the small ones in two major ways 第三部分 语言知识运用（共两节，满分45分）第一节 （共20小题；每小题1.5分，满分30分）阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的A、B、C和D四个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。During my second year at the city college，I was told that the education department was offering a freecourse, called Thinking Chess, for three credits.I 41 the idea of t