2018-2019学年高二英语上学期第二次阶段考试试题.doc

xx-2019学年高二英语上学期第二次阶段考试试题第一部分：听力(共两节，满分20分)第一节(共5小题； 每小题1分， 满分5分)1. How many people will visit New York for free?A. 2. B. 3. C. 5. 2. What does the man advise the woman to do?A. See Mr. Smith. B. Check the letter. C. Type the letter again. 3. Whats wrong with Jane?A. She misses her home very much. B. She hasnt received her mothers letter. C. She is worried about her mothers health. 4. What does the man want to do?A. Learn to play baseball. B. Organize a baseball team. C. Find a baseball player. 5. What does Susan mean?A. She had a date then. B. She will put off the meeting. C. She didnt have time to prepare the speech. 第二节(共15小题；每题1分，满分15分)听下面一段对话，回答第6和第7两个小题。6. Why does the woman e to see Rick?A. To say goodbye. B. To ask for advice. C. To invite him to her home. 7. Which country would the woman like to visit?A. Canada. B. France. C. Germany. 听下面一段对话，回答第8和第9两个小题。8. What are the speakers mainly talking about?A. The popularity of English. B. The study pressure on students. C. Attitudes towards learning foreign languages. 9. What percentage of students are forced to learn a foreign language?A. About 21%. B. About 27%. C. About 35%. 听下面一段对话，回答第10至第12三个小题。10. What is the room like?A. Big but old. B. Big and new. C. Small but new. 11. What will be arranged first?A. The chairs. B. The bed. C. The dressing table. 12. Where will the chairs be put?A. Close to the window. B. In front of the fireplace. C. Behind the dressing table. 听下面一段对话，回答第13至第16四个小题。13. What is the relationship between the speakers?A. Husband and wife. B. Father and daughter. C. Guide and tourist. 14. Where is the bank?A. Next to the coffee shop.B. Opposite the museum. C. At the end of the road. 15. What advice does the man give to the woman?A. Eating less chocolate. B. Keeping the table clean. C. Watching out for the traffic. 16. How will the speakers go to the museum?A. By bus. B. On foot. C. By bike. 听下面一段独白，回答第17至第20四个小题。17. Why did Murphy go to a doctor?A. He thought his wife was deaf. B. He wanted to get his hearing back. C. He couldnt make himself understood. 18. What did the doctor tell Murphy to do?A. Stand about 15 meters from his wife. B. Ask his wife some serious questions. C. Talk to his wife in different distances. 19. What was his wife doing when Murphy got back home? A. Watching TV. B. Cooking. C. Setting the table. 20. How many times did Murphy ask his wife the same question?A. Twice. B. Three times. C. Four times. 第二部分 阅读理解（共两节，满分40分）第1节 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，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。Hearst Castle is a National Historic Landmark. It was designed by architect Julia Morgan for William Randolph Hearst from 1919 until 1947. In 1957, the Hearst Corporation donated the fortune to the state of California. Since that time it has been maintained as a state historic park where the estate and its considerable collection of art are open for public tours. Despite its location far from any urban center, the site attracts roughly one million visitors per year.Guided ToursThere are several tours which highlight various parts of the castle and gardens.Tour One is remended for first time visitorIt now includes the movie, Hearst Castle Building the Dream.Tour Two gives visitors a closer look at the main houses upper floors, Mr. Hearsts private suite, the libraries, and the kitchen.Tour Three looks at the Castles North Wing, guest rooms and guest house Casa Del Monte.Tour Four features the impressive gardens and grounds, the largest guesthouse, the wine basement, and the Hidden Terrace.The evening tour is a special tour that allows visitors to experience the Castle at night as one of the Hearsts own visitors might have.Reservation InformationWhile tickets may be purchased at the Visitor Center upon arrival, tour reservations are strongly remended and may be reserved online now or by calling 1 - 800 - 444 - 4445, see below for times.Reservation Call Center HoursDatesMonday-FridaySaturday-SundayMarch-September8AM to 6PM8AM to 6PMOctober-February9AM to 5PM9AM to 3PMVisit hearst castleorg for more information.21. Who does the Hearst Castle belong to at present?A. The state of California B. William Randolph Hearst. C. Julia Morgan D. The Hearst Corporation.22Which of the following is the available time to book tickets by phone?A. At 8 AM on Monday in February. B. At 7 PM on Friday in September. C. At 9 AM on Sunday in March. D. At 6 PM on Saturday in October.23. What is the purpose of the passage?A. To introduce Hearst Castle. B. To introduce Hearst Castles scenery.C. To introduce Californias scenery. D. To attract visitors to Hearst Castle.BDo you play King of Glory (王者荣耀)? If so, do you like the game? Why or why not?Li Ming is a 13-year-old student in Shanghai. Since last May, he has spent most of his spare time on King of Glory. “Every boy in my class is playing it,” he said. “Good players are respected.”King of Glory has been a very popular mobile game in China. It has had 50 million daily users. Unlike other games, King of Glory names all of its characters after figures(人物) from Chinas history. “All of them look very cool,” said Li. His favorite hero is Jing Ke. “Shes very pretty,” the boy added.Yes, you read right. The real Jing Ke was a man. In the game, however, he has been turned into a woman. Jing Ke is not alone. Li Bai, as we know, was a famous poet. In the game, his job is to kill the others. Chinas first known physician, Bian Que, meanwhile, doesnt just cure people. He also poisons his enemies.This has caused a hot debate. Some parents are worried that the game may mislead their children. An article also criticized the game rewrote Chinas history. Others, however, are less worried. They think a game is a game. The real problem, perhaps, is that there is no game rating system(评价制度) in China. King of Glory is designed for people over 16 years of age. According to a survey, however, more than 30 percent of the players are in primary or middle school. They are too young to tell the differences between fact and fiction(虚构). 24. According to the article, how old was Li Ming when he started playing King of Glory?A.Ten years old. B. Eleven years old. C. Twelve years old. D. Thirteen years old.25. According to the article, in King of Glory, Li Bai is a _.A. Poet B. killer C. physician D. game developer26. What views on King of Glory is not mentioned in the passage?A. Some parents are afraid the game may mislead their children. B. Some people think the game shouldnt rewrote Chinas history. C. Some parents think King of Glory is just a game for fun. D. Some people think it is more popular among the young.27. According to the article, how does the author think the problem can be solved?A. By deleting all the misleading characters from King of Glory.B. By preventing those under 16 from playing King of Glory.C. By waiting for China to create a game rating system.D. By including some history lessons in King of Glory.CA mystery surrounds my grandmothers collection of salt cellars (盐瓶). No one in the family seems to know when she started collecting them, or exactly how many she had.My grandmother died just over two years ago. At 91, she had spent 30 years without her right leg, which was removed due to cancer the year I was born. She was a poet, an artist, a food lover and a salt cellar collector. The funny thing about the salts, as she called them I never once heard her say salt cellar was that although everybody knew they were her hobby and everyone was always searching for them at yard sales or in stores, nobody seemed to know what they meant to her and they just wanted to make her happy. Grandma kept her salts in a dark wooden corner display case in the living room. Since her death the case has remained exactly as she left it. Grandpa tries his best to preserve his memories of her just as they are. Now I am collecting, too. Collecting memories about my grandmothers hobby, a way she spent her time. And as I hold one of them in my hand, I picture her holding it in her hand on the day she got it. She is smiling. My mother and her two sisters all have small collections, but my mother admits that she was more interested in finding salts to send to Grandma. Grandma once wrote a poem titled “When April es”. The poem contains the line, “When April es and I am not around, remember me when daffodils are found.” Now, Grandpa is working on a poem with the line, “April came and you were not around”.But she was, somehow. She was there in the memories left behind by her possessions.28. In writing the text, the author expressed . A. her sadness at losing her grandma B. her desire to collect more salt cellars C. her love for her grandma D. her curiosity about her grandmas possessions29. The underlined part “her possessions” in the last paragraph refers to _. A. Grandmas experience B. Grandmas hobby C. Grandmas talent D. Grandmas strong will30. It can be inferred from the text that the authors family .A. are very proud of their interesting family history B. value the wonderful poems Grandma wroteC. are much influenced by Grandmas interest D. know much about grandparents love31. What would be the best title for the text?A. Grandmas Salt Cellar Collection B. The Mystery of Grandmas Salt CellarsC. Grandparents Lifelong Devotion D. A Familys Collection HistoryDNature has its own way of balancing itself out, but when we humans get involved, we tend to throw things out of control. Forests and oceans are natural carbon sinks that absorb carbon dioxide from the atmosphere, but since weve been pumping too much into the air, those sinks cant keep up.Scientists at the Max Planck Institute in Germany, led by biologist Tobias Erb, have figured out a way to supercharge plants to make them better at absorbing CO2, which could be a key defense against climate change.Erb and his team figured out a way to make plants more efficient at absorbing carbon, so that they consumed more carbon in a shorter amount of time. “If you think about plants, they are efficient CO2-fixing filters, but they are not fast,” Erb said. “I think there is a chance to improve existing biology with synthetic(人造的) biology.”Erbs team identified 17 enzymes(酶) from nine different organisms, re-engineering three of them, that had an enlarged carbon consumption. When those enzymes worked together as a team, they worked better at not only plants natural enzymes, but also themselves individually. Existing enzymes in plants consume about 5 to 10 molecules(摩尔) of CO2 per second. The team of enzymes that Erb used consumed 80 molecules per second.So far, these enzymes have only been tested in test tubes in the lab, but the next step is real world testing where the enzymes would be introduced into plants to see if the same result occurs. If those tests show that plants really can be supercharged, we could have a new tool in the fight against climate change where not only do we protect the amazing carbon-absorbing forests we have, but we also add these super plants or an artificial leaf technology using the enzymes into other mixed fields.32. Why cant forests and oceans balance nature?A. Because oceans and forests are getting smaller.B. Because we human beings give off too much CO2.C. Because a large number of forests are cut down.D. Because there are too many creatures in the world.33. Which is the key defense against climate change according to Erb and his team?A. To increase the plants ability and efficiency to absorb CO2.B. To make oceans and forests to absorb more CO2 quickly.C. To reduce the humans activities giving off too much CO2.D. To increase the number of plants in the world.34. What can we get from the last paragraph?A. The enzymes have proved useful in real world.B. The technology has worked against climate change.C. The enzymes have not been used in the lab.D. The technology may have a bright future.55. This passage is intended to _.A. introduce a possible way to better plants ability of absorbing CO2B. call on people to pay more attention to the balance of natureC. analyze the cause and result of climate change related to plantsD. explore the possibility of using plants to fight against climate change 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。选择中有两项为多余选项。Many of us deal with the rush every morning in preparation for work or school, but it doesnt have to be this way. With a little time management, these steps can help you cut down on your morning stress. Create an evening preparation routine. 36 These simple tasks will take you less than 30 minutes to plete each evening and will save you a huge headache every morning. Get a good nights sleep. Make sure you start winding down for bed at a reasonable hour to allow enough time for a healthy nights sleep. 37 If needed, set a bedtime reminder alarm on your alarm clock. Always keep the temperature in your bedroom fortably cool. 38 . An extra 30 minutes in the morning will make a difference. As long as you go to bed on time, waking up 30 minutes earlier should seem natural after just a few days. Use this time to think, shower and eat breakfast. Plan a realistic day.Writing things down means you dont have to worry about forgetting to do them. 39 Write down anything that cannot be put off to the following day. 40 Getting up to face a new day is far more satisfying when you have something to look forward to. Make sure you manage your time better so that you have time to do something you love on a daily basis.A. Morning stress is very mon. B. Schedule something you love daily.C. Never fill your mind with unnecessary worries.D. Make a summary of what you did in the daytime.E. Wake up 30 minutes earlier.F. Iron your clothes, locate your keys, plan a nutritious breakfast, etc.G. Most people require between seven and eight hours sleep each night第二节：完形填空（共20小题；每小题1.5分，满分30分）On a trip to California, my family stopped for lunch. As we walked towards the entrance to the restaurant, a man, with a _41_ beard and dirty hair, jumped up from a bench outside the restaurant and opened the door for us.Regardless of his _42_， he greeted us in a friendly way.Once inside, my daughters whispered, “Mum, he _43_” After we ordered our lunch, I explained, telling the kids to look _44_ the dirt. We then watched other customers approach the restaurant but many _45_ him. Seeing this rudeness truly upset me. The day I became a mother, I had determined to set a good _46_ to my children. Yet sometimes when things didnt go right, being a good example was _47_. When our meal arrived, I realized I had left the carsick pills in the truck.With the winding trip ahead, the kids needed them, so I _48_ myself from the meal and went to get them.Just then, the “doorman” was opening the door for a couple. They rushed past him without even acknowledging his _49_. Letting them in first, I said a loud “thank you” to him as I _50_When I returned, we talked a bit. He said he was not allowed inside _51_ he purchased food. I went back and told my family his _52_. Then I asked our waitress to add one soup and sandwich. The kids looked _53_ as we had already eaten, but when I said the order was for the “doorman”， they smiled. When it was time to _54_ our trip, I found the “doorman” enjoying his meal. Upon seeing me, he stood up and thanked me heartily. He then _55_ out his hand for a handshake and I gratefully accepted. I suddenly _56_ the tears in his eyestears of gratitude (感激)What happened next drew great astonishment: I gave the “doorman” a _57_. He pulled away, with tears _58_ down his face.Back in the truck, I fell into deep thought.While we cant choose many things in life, we can choose when to show gratitude.I said thanks to a man who had _59_ held open a door for me, and also said thanks for that _60_ to teach my children by example.41A.clean Bmessy Cpretty Dbright42A.service Bappearance Cstate Dattitude43A.smokes Bsmiles Csighs Dsmells44A.beyond Bover Caround Dinto45A.hated Bignored Cmissed Drefused46A.target Brule Crecord Dexample47A.stressful Baccessible Cawkward Dtough48A.excused Brefreshed Cprevented Dforgave49A.pany Bpresence Cchallenge Dattack50A.quitted Bmarched Cexited Dapproached51A.before Bunless Cthough Dsince52A.story Bdeed Cexperience Ddemand53A.concerned Bexcited Cpuzzled Dbored54A.make Bstart Ctake Dcontinue55A.reached Bwashed Craised Dwaved56A.watched Binspected Cwitnessed Dnoticed57A.hug Bnod Clift Dstrike58A.slipping Brolling Crushing Dbreaking59A.firmly Bconstantly Csimply Dquickly60A.journey Bwisdom Copportunity Dmunity第三节： 语法填空(共10小题；每小题1.5分，满分15分) My grandfather is a _61_(retire) worker. On summer evenings, he would gather us outside the house to enjoy the cool air _62_(share) his experiences before liberation.At the age of fourteen, my grandfather worked as a child laborer in a coal mine. One day, he and his two workmates were working in the tunnel _63_ an unfortunate thing happened. A part of the tunnel fell down and they were shut in. They had no food _64_(eat) in the tunnel. When they were hungry, they only drank some water. Because _65_ was very cold there, they just hug one another in order to keep warm. They could hardly speak or move as a consequence of physical _66_(weak) and thought they would die.After _67_ seemed a long time, the tunnel was dug through and they _68_(rescue). They had been trapped there for fourteen days! My grandfather said they werent let out at once. If so, they _69_(die). They were kept at the entrance to the tunnel where it was very dim and were fed on some thin porridge. After a day or two, they had recovered a bit and were _70_ (eventual) helped out.第三部分：单词拼写：根据首字母或中文提示完成句子，在答题卡上写出完整的单词。71. He came here without friends or _ (possess) and made his fortune.72. His simple mind made him unable to deal with the problems in his work _ (flexible).73. I really dont mind your _ (run) out of my money, my dear.74. She was _ (绝望的) when she knew she got cancer.75. He paid a visit to America _ (加强，巩固) the ties between the two countries.76. It is required that all the gifts _ (交换) among the children.77. If I _ (采纳) your idea, I would have solved the problem.78. I think what _ (吸引) to me about his painting is the colors he uses.79. Though _ (禁止) from driving for six months, he didnt follow it and finally lost his driving license.80. As is known to all, heat can _ (转变) into power.第四部分：短文改错（共10小题，每小题1分，满分10分）I often quarrel about my father over whether I can watch TV after the school. He holds the view that senior three students have to make fully use of every minute to work hard on their lessons. It seemed to him that once I am allowed to do that, Ill unable to control myself