2018-2019学年高二英语上学期开学考试试题.doc

2018-2019学年高二英语上学期开学考试试题第一部分 听力 (共两节,满分30分)第一节1. Whats the most probable relationship between the two speakers? A. Mother and son. B. Brother and sister. C. Customer and shop assistant.2. How much does the woman have to pay for the pen? A. 78.4 yuan B. 88.2 yuan. C. 98 yuan.3. What are the two speakers doing? A. Swimming in the sea. B. taking a sunbath. C. Enjoying a walk4. Where does the conversation take place? A. At home B.At school. C.Over the phone.5. What did the man visit today? A. The Lama Temple B. The Summer Place. C. The Confucius Temple.第二节听下面一段对话，回答第6和第7题。6. Where is the man doing?A. Doing a survey. B.Trying to remend a product. C. Showing how to operate a robot7. How does the woman react in the end? A. She says shes busy B. She is very curious. C. She shows no interest.听下面一段对话，回答第8和第9题。8. What does the woman want the man to do? A.Buy her an iPad4. B.Give her some money. C.Give his iPad4 to her9. How does the man react to the womans request? A. He is happy about it. B. He is interested in it. C. He refuses her request.听下面一段对话，回答第10至第12题。10. How did the woman find her airplane ride? A. Terrible. B. Relaxing C. Exciting.11. Why didnt the woman listen to music?.A. Because she didnt like music. B. Because she wanted to chat with the couple. C. Because her ears ached when she did that. 12. What did the woman do this morning?A. She watched a movie. B. She went to see a doctor. C. She bought a pair of earphones.听下面一段对话，回答第13至第16题。13. Why didnt the woman go to the mans party?A. Because she took her grandmother to hospital.B. Because she hadnt received the mans invitation. C. Because she went to visit her grandmother at the hospital.14. What do we know about the womans grandmother?A.She doesnt know about traffic rules.B.She got hurt when she was driving.C. Shell stay in hospital for just several days.15. Who mostly went to the mans party?A. His friends. B. His classmates. C. His relatives.16. Where will the speakers most probably go next? A. A Chinese restaurant. B. An Italian restaurant. C. A French restaurant. 听下面一段独白，回答第17至第20题。17. What can we know about family farming?A. It is a big failure. B. It is a new kind of farming. C. It is mon around the world.18. Whats the purpose of making xx the “International Year of Family Farming”?A. To increase public understanding of family farming. B. To attract more people to work on agriculture. C. To create a festival for family farmers.19. What is a problem family farms face?A. Family farmers retire too young.B. Its hard for family farms to find workers.C. Family farms dont provide good worker benefits.20. How many goals of the FAO are mentioned in the text? A. 4. B.5. C. 6.第二部分 阅读理解（满分40分）AGET YOUR DEGREE AT HOME!Have you ever wondered what a Degree might be worth to you in your job or career(事业)? 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How many ways are mentioned in the ad for people to get in touch with the Harcourt Learning Direct?A. One. B. Two. C. Three. D. Four. BEven before my father left us, my mother had to go back to work to support our family. Once I came out of the kitchen, plaining, “Mom, I cant peel potatoes. I have only one hand.”Mom never looked up from sewing. “You get yourself into that kitchen and peel those potatoes,” she told me. “And dont ever use that as an excuse for anything again!”In the second grade, our teacher lined up my class on the playground and had each of us race across the monkey bars, swinging from one high steel rod to the next. When it was my turn, I shook my head. Some kids behind me laughed, and I went home crying.That night I told Mom about it. She hugged me, and I saw her “well see about that” look. The next afternoon, she took me back to school. At the deserted playground, Mom looked carefully at the bars.“Now, pull up with your right arm,” she advised. She stood by as I struggled to lift myself with my right hand until I could hook the bar with my other elbow. Day after day we practiced, and she praised me for every rung I reached. Ill never forget the next time, crossing the rungs, I looked down at the kids who were standing with their mouths open.One night, after a dance at my new junior high, I lay in bed sobbing. I could hear Mom e into my room. “Mom,” I said, weeping, “none of the boys would dance with me.”For a long time, I didnt hear anything. Then she said, “Oh, honey, someday youll be beating those boys off with a bat.” Her voice was faint and cracking. I peeked out from my covers to see tears running down her cheeks. Then I knew how much she suffered on my behalf. She had never let me see her tears.25. Which of the following expressions can be used most suitably to describe Moms attitude when she made the child to peel potatoes?A. Cruel. B. Serious. C. Strict.D. Cold.26. From the passage, we know monkey bars can help a child train _.A. the skill to throw and catch things B. the speed of ones hand movementC. the strength and skill to hang and sway D. the bodily skill to rotate round a bar27. What does the sentence “I saw her well see about that look” imply?A. Mom believed every aim could be achieved if you stuck to it.B. The race across monkey bars was not difficult enough for a child to give up.C. Mom was determined to prove she herself was better than the teacher.D. What the child had said brought Mom great attraction and curiosity.28. When the child looked down at the kids, they were standing with their mouths open because _.A. they felt sorry for what they had done beforeB. they were afraid the author might fall off and get hurtC. they wanted to see what the author would do on the barsD. they were astonished to find the authors progress CTo Whom It May Concern:Your address was forwarded to us by How to Magazine. All of us here think The International Institute of Not Doing Much is the best organization in the world. You know how to avoid unnecessary activities!As a matter of fact, we closely followed the advice in your article. First, we replaced all our telephones with carrier pigeons. Simply removing the jingle of telephones and replacing them with the pleasant sounds of birds has had a remarkable effect on everyone. Besides, birds are cheaper than telephone service. After all, we are a business. We have to think of the bottom line. As a side benefit, the birds also fertilize the lawn outside the new employees sauna(桑拿房).Next, we sold the puters off to Stab, Grab, Grit, and Nasty, a firm of lawyers nearby. Our electricity bill went way down. Big savings! The boss is impressed. We have pletely embraced paper technology. Now that we all use pencils, doodling is on the increase, and the quality of pencil woman ship is impressive, as you can tell from my handwriting in this letter. By the way, if you can, please send this letter back to us. We can erase and reuse it. Just tie it to Maggies leg and shell know where to take it.Now its very calm and quiet here. You can notice the difference. No more loud chatter on the telephones! All we hear is the scratching of pencil on paper, the sound of pigeons, and the delivery of inter-office correspondence by paper airplane.Wonderful! Ive always wanted to work for an insurance pany ever since I was a little girl. Now its perfect.Sincerely yours,Eleanor LightlySpokeswoman and pany Hair StylistABC Activity Insurance: insure against overdoing it29. Which of the following best describes the life the author is leading?A. A simple, slow-paced life. B. A life of hard work and security.C. A religious, peasant-like life. D. A life away from paper and pencils.30. Where is Eleanors letter sent to?A. How To Magazine. B. ABC Activity Insurance pany.C. Stab, Grab, Grit, and Nasty Law Firm. D. The International Institute of Not Doing Much.31. Which of the following is practiced in the authors pany?A. Replacing the manual work system with modern technology.B. Turning off lights in the daytime to save electricity.C. Recycling paper resources whenever possible.D. Buying birds and pets as pany for the staff.32. What is true about Maggie?A. She works as a manager in the authors pany.B. She sometimes helps fertilize the lawn outside the sauna.C. She often helps with inter-office correspondence using e-mail.D. Her handwriting has improved a lot after entering the pany. Few of us havent read Cinderella, the story of a young woman living in poverty who meets the prince of her dreams. Some might not want to admit it, but there is a hidden Cinderella in everyones heartwe all wish we could achieve recognition or success after a period of obscurity (默默无闻).Mary Santiago has that secret dream, too. Her story is featured in Another Cinderella Story, a film set in a US high school.Mary is shy but loves to dance. pared with other girls, she is invisible. However, her world changes pletely when a famous teenager pop singer, Joey Parker, appears.Joey is everything the rest of the boys in her class are notkind, handsome and desirable. Mary and Joeys paths cross at a ball. They meet and fall in love with each other. But when Mary has to rush back home, she leaves behind her MP3 player, which bees the only clue Joey has to find the girl of his dreams. Of course, there is a wicked stepmother, who turns out to be Dominique Blatt and she takes in Mary after her dancer mother dies. Dominique treats Mary like a maid and does everything she can to make sure Mary doesnt get into the top dance school. Her two daughters are equally determined to stop Joey falling for Mary, even if that means embarrassing her.The story, though it mostly follows Cinderella, does add a few modern day twists to the classic fairy tale. Refreshingly, the film, unlike many high school films, does not focus on looks, although the actors are all beautiful. There is also a lot less materialism in Another Cinderella Story than in many similar movies.“The movie takes the Cinderella fairytale as its jumping off point,” writes movie critic Amber Wilkinson. “Yet the focus is firmly on following your dream.”33. The first paragraph is mainly to _.A. inform us of the importance to marry a princeB. remind us why Cinderella is popular all the yearsC. build interest and lead us to Marys secret dreamD. tell us how interesting the fairy tale Cinderella is34. In the movie, Mary Santiago is the main character who _.A. is badly treated by the stepmother B. is brave in expressing her loveC. has a dream of meeting a prince D. is embarrassed by the pop singer35. The passage is mainly about _.A. an introduction to Mary Santiago B. a review about a filmC. an essay about dreams D. an advertisement of Cinderella第二节All over the world people enjoy sports. Sports help to keep people healthy and happy, and to live longer. 36 They buy tickets or turn on their TVs to watch the games. Often they get very excited when their player or team wins. 37 Football, for example, has spread around the world. Swimming is popular in all countries near the sea or in those with many rivers. What fun it is to jump into a pool or lake, whether in China, Egypt or Italy! 38 Think how many lovers to skate or ski in Japan, Norway or Canada.Some sports or game go back thousands of years, like running or jumping. Chinese wushu, for example, has a very long history. But basketball and volleyball are rather new. Neither one is a hundred years old yet. 39 Water-skiing is one of the newest in the family of sports.People from different countries may not be able to understand each other, but after a game together they often bee good friends. 40 One learns to fight hard but fight fair, to win without pride and to lose with grace.A. And think of people in cold countries.B. Sports help to train a persons character.C. Not a few people participate in different sports petitions themselves.D. Many people like to watch others play games.E. People arent inventing new sports or games.F. Some sports are so interesting that people everywhere take part in them.G. People are inventing new sports or games all the time.第三部分：英语知识应用完形填空（满分30分）For many people, the holidays are about helping the unfortunate. 41 than buy presents for each other, a group of friends in a snowboard (滑雪板) group like to go to their 42 homeless shelters and give people there a day to 43 . They begin preparing at the start of the snow season by 44 people who e to the mountain to 45 clothing like jackets, boots, gloves and hats. Then the group 46 the shelters to distribute (分发) the things. Jay, 18, one of the 47 , says “We tell them, Now you guys are ing with us and were going to teach you how to 48 or snowboard all day for free. Its wonderful to know that we are able to take the pressure in their lives 49 their minds for one day.”For this group, working together to help the homeless makes their relation 50 . They feel like part of each others lives in a 51 way.It may sound no wonder until you try it, but doing something of charity can really help you 52 better about giving. Thats because it benefits the 53 as well as the receiveryoure left with a feeling of belonging and being connected. 54 to help an organization or group that fits with your 55 and the things you believe in. If you love children, buy a present for a child in need. 56 animals are your thing, talk to your local animal sheltersmany distribute pet food to low-ine pet 57 over the holidays. If you 58 your grandparents and would like to spend time with the elderly, 59 out at a nursing home over the holidays. Or share a special skill. If youre good with your 60 , you can help build or paint housing for people in need.You dont have to wait for chance to help. By using whatever you have, you can make the world a better place to live in.41. A. Other B. More C. Rather D. Less42. A. favoriteB. uniqueC. foreign D. local 43. A. rememberB. forget C. forgive D. devote44. A. calling off B. calling onC. calling in D. calling for45. A. donateB. raiseC. fetchD. throw46. A. rebuild B. consultC. remendD. visit47. A. designers B. neighborsC. organizersD. observers48. A. ski B. pete C. sailD. perform49. A. for B. in C. off D. against50. A. fancier B. strongerC. healthier D. purer51. A. useful B. hopefulC. powerful D. meaningful52. A. live B. analyze C. learn D. benefit53. A. giverB. visitorC. conductorD. user54. A. Promise B. Refuse C. Tend D. Choose 55. A. aims B. values C. dreams D. experiences56. A. If B. Unless C. Once D. While57. A. sellers B. bosses C. shopkeepers D. owners58. A. ignore B. defend C. miss D. dislike59. A. look B. help C. find D. send 60. A. eyesB. minds C. hands D. ideas语法填空（满分15分）A Fair petition Swifter, Higher and Stronger stands _61 the spirit of the Olympics. But fairness is the basis of this motto. Only _62 you win fairly will you and your homeland deserve the great glory. _63 nowadays, unlike the ancient honest slave petitors, some hopeless athletes _64 cant bear the pain of training cheat when taking part in games. Medals seem to have magical power _65 (cause) them to cheat, and the prize money has replaced the motto as their only goal.So, in the gymnastics event _66 (hold) in our city next month, one of the hosts _67_ (responsible) is to keep petitions fair. They advertised on posters outside the stadium to promise that every petitor is to have a regular physical examination in a gymnasium _68 after another. No one can bargain on this. The volunteers in charge will be very strict. _69 is foolish to cheat because they will _70 (not admit) to pete and will even be fined as well.短文改错（满分10分）Everyone has a dream. We are on the way to achieve it whether the way is smooth or toughly. As senior 3 student, I have the same dream as my classmates that I can be admitted to an ideal university. In the past three years,