甘肃省民勤县第一中学2018-2019学年高二英语上学期期中试题.doc

甘肃省民勤县第一中学 2018 2019 学年高二英语上学期期中试题 第一部分 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 阅读下列短文 从每题所给的 A B C 和 D 四个选项中 选出最佳选项 A When I was six Dad brought home a dog one day who was called Brownie My brothers and I all loved Brownie and did different things with her One of us would walk her another would feed her then there were baths playing catch and many other games Brownie in return loved each and every one of us One thing that most touched my heart was that she would go to whoever was sick and just be with them We always felt better when she was around One day as I was getting her food she chewed up 咬破 one of Dad s shoes which had to be thrown away in the end I knew Dad would be mad and I had to let her know what she did was wrong When I looked at her and said Bad girl she looked down at the ground and then went and hid I saw a tear in her eyes Brownie turned out to be more than just our family pet She went everywhere with us People would stop and ask if they could pet her Of course she d let anyone pet her She was just the most lovable dog There were many times when we d be out walking and a small child would e over and pull on her hair She never barked 狗叫 or tried to get away Funny thing is she would smile This frightened people because they thought she was showing her teeth Far from the truth she loved everyone Now many years have passed since Brownie died of old age I still miss the days when she was with us 1 What would Brownie do when someone was ill in the family A Look at them sadly B Keep them pany C Play games with them D Touch them gently 2 We can infer from Paragraph 2 that Brownie A would eat anything when hungry B felt sorry for her mistake C loved playing hide and seek D disliked the author s dad 3 Why does the author say that Brownie was more than just a family pet A She was treated as a member of the family B She played games with anyone she liked C She was loved by everybody she met D She went everywhere with the family 4 Some people got frightened by Brownie when she A smiled B barked C rushed to them D tried to be funny B There was a story many years ago of a school teacher Mrs Thompson She told the children on the first day that she loved them all the same But that was a lie There in the front row was a little boy named Teddy Stoddard He didn t play well with the other children and he always needed a bath She did not like him Then Mrs Thompson got to know that Teddy was actually a very good boy before the death of his mother Mrs Thompson was ashamed of herself She felt even worse when like all her other students Teddy brought her a Christmas present too It was his mother s perfume 香水 Teddy said Mrs Thompson today you smell just like my Mom used to After the children left she cried for at least an hour On that very day she stopped teaching reading writing and math Instead she began to teach children Mrs Thompson paid particular attention to Teddy The boy s mind seemed to e alive The more she encourage him the faster he improved By the end of the sixth grade Teddy had bee one of the smartest children in the class Six years went by before she got a note from Teddy He wrote that he had finished high school third in his class and she was still the best teacher he ever had in his whole life He went to college Mrs Thompson got two more letters from him with the last one signed Theodore F Stoddard M D 医学博士 The story doesn t end there On his wedding day Dr Stoddard whispered in Mrs Thompson s ear Thank you Mrs Thompson for believing in me You made me feel important and showed me that I could make a difference Mrs Thompson with tears in her eyes whispered back Teddy you have it all wrong You were the one who taught me that I could make a difference I didn t know how to teach until I met you 5 What did Mrs Thompson do on the first day of school A She made Teddy feel ashamed B She asked the children to play with Teddy C She changed Teddy s seat to the front row D She told the class something untrue about herself 6 What did Mrs Thompson find out about Teddy A He often told lies B He was good at math C He needed motherly care D He enjoyed playing with others 7 In what way did Mrs Thompson change A She taught fewer school subjects B She became stricter with her students C She no longer liked her job as a teacher D She cared more about educating students 8 Why did Teddy thank Mrs Thompson at his wedding A She had kept in touch with him B She had given him encouragement C She had sent him Christmas presents D She had taught him how to judge people C GUATEMALA CITY Reuters A fish that lives in mangrove swamps 红树沼泽 across the Americas can live out of water for months at a time similar to how animals adapted 适应 to land millions of years ago a new study shows The Magrove Rivulus a type of small killifish lives in small pools of water in a certain type of empty nut or even old beer cans in the mangrove swamps of Belize the United States and Brazil When their living place dries up they live on the land in logs 圆木 said Scott Taylor a researcher at the Brevard Endangered Lands Program in Florida The fish whose scientific name is Rivulus marmoratus can grow as large as three inches They group together in logs and breathe air through their skin until they can find water again The new scientific discovery came after a trip to Belize We kicked over a log and the fish just came crowding out Taylor told Reuters in neighboring Guatgemala by telephone He said he will make his study on the fish known to the public in an American magazine early next year In lab tests Taylor said he found the fish can live up to 66 days out of water without eating Some other fish can live out of water for a short period of time The walking catfish found in Southeast Asia can stay on land for hours at time while lungfish found in Australia Africa and South America can live out of water but only in an inactive state But no other known fish can be out of water as long as the Mangrove Rivulus and remain active according to Patricia Wright a biologist at Canada s University of Guelph Further studies of the fish may tell how animals changed over time These animals live in conditions similar to those that existed millions of years ago when animals began making the transition 过渡 from water onto land Wright said 9 The Mangrove Rivulus is a type of fish that A likes eating nuts B prefers living in dry places C is the longest living fish on earth D can stay alive for two months out of water 10 Who will write up a report on Mangrove Rivulus A Patricia Wright B Researchers in Guatemala C Scientists from Belize D Scott Taylor 11 According to the text lungfish can A breathe through its skin B move freely on dry land C remain alive out of water D be as active on land as in water 12 What can we say about the discovery of Mangrove Rivulus A It was made quite by accident B It was based on a lab test of sea life C It was supported by an American magazine D It was helped by Patricia Wright D Low Cost Gifts for Mother s Day Gift No I Offer to be your mother s health friend Promise to be there for any and all doctor s visits whether a disease or a regular medical check up Most mothers always say no need another set of eyes and ears is always a good idea at a doctor s visit The best part This one is free Gift No 2 Help your mother organize all of her medical records which include the test results and medical information Put them all in one place Be sure to make a list of all of her medicines and what times she takes them Having all this information in one place could end up saving your mother s life Dr Marie Savard said Gift No 3 Enough sleep is connected to general health conditions Buy your mother cotton sheets and fortable pillows to encourage better sleep Savard said We know that good sleep is very important to our health Gift No 4 Some gift panies such as Presents for Purpose allow you to pay it forward this Mother s Day by picking gifts in which 10 percent of the price you pay goes to a charity 慈善机构 Gift givers can choose from a wide variety of useful but inexpensive things many of which are green and then choose a meaningful charity from a list When your mother gets the gift she will be told that she has helped the chosen charity 13 What are you advised to do for your mother at doctor s visits A Take notes B Be with her C Buy medicine D Give her gifts 14 Where can you find a gift idea to improve your mother s sleep A In Gift No 1 B In Gift No 2 C In Gift No 3 D In Gift No 4 15 Buying gifts from Presents for Purpose allows mothers to A enjoy good sleep B be well organized C bet extra support D give others help 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 Training for a marathon requires careful preparation and steady gradual increases in the length of the runs 16 buy the best fitting best built running shoes you can find No one can say which brand will work best for you or feel best on your feet so you have to rely on your experience and on the feel of each pair as you shop When you have found shoes that seem right walk in them for a few days to double check the fit 17 As always you should stretch 伸展 at least ten minutes before each run to prevent injuries During the first week do not think about distance but run five minutes longer each day 18 it is wise to take a day off to rest But during the next week set a goal of at least a mile and a half per run 19 After two weeks start timing yourself 20 Depending on the kind of race you plan to enter you can set up a timetable for the remaining weeks before the race A After six days B For a good marathon runner C Before you begin your training D With each day increase the distance by a half mile E If they still feel good you can begin running in them F Time spent for preparation raises the quality of training G Now you are ready to figure out a goal of improving distance and time 第二部分 语言知识运用 共两节 满分 40 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 Around twenty years ago I was living in York 21 I had a lot of experience and a Master s degree I could not find 22 work I was 23 a school bus to make ends meet and 24 with a friend of mine for I had lost my flat I had 25 five interviews 面试 with a pany and one day between bus runs they called to say I did not 26 the job Why has my life bee so 27 I thought painfully As I pulled the bus over to 28 a little girl she handed me an earring 29 I should keep it 30 somebody claimed 认领 it The earring was painted black and said BE HAPPY At first I got angry Then it 31 me I had been giving all of my 32 to what was going wrong with my 33 rather than what was right I decided then and there to make a 34 of fifty things I was happy with Later I decided to 35 more things to the list That night there was a phone call for 36 from a lady who was a director at a larger 37 She asked me if I would 38 a one day lecture on stress 压力 management to 200 medical workers I said yes My 39 there went very well and before long I got a well paid job To this day I know that it was because I changed my way of 40 that I pletely changed my life 21 A As B Though C If D When 22 A successful B extra C satisfying D convenient 23 A driving B repairing C taking D designing 24 A working B travelling C discussing D living 25 A prepared for B attended C asked for D held 26 A lose B like C find D get 27 A hard B busy C serious D short 28 A wave at B drop off C call on D look for 29 A ordering B promising C saying D showing 30 A in case B or else C as if D now that 31 A hurt B hit C caught D moved 32 A feelings B attention C strength D interests 33 A opinions B education C experiences D life 34 A list B book C check D copy 35 A connect B turn C keep D add 36 A her B a passenger C me D my friend 37 A hospital B factory C restaurant D hotel 38 A listen to B review C give D talk about 39 A plan B choice C day D tour 40 A operation B speaking C employment D thinking 第二节 共 10 小题 每小题 1 分 满分 10 分 阅读下面短文 在空白处填入 1 个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式 In the times of Queen Victoria cholera a deadly disease hit London which often resulted in large numbers of 41 dead John Snow a then well known doctor became 42 inspire when he thought about helping ordinary people who 43 expose to cholera John Snow thought 44 most important was to find its cause He got interested in two theories that possibly 45 explain how cholera killed people He believed in the second theory 46 suggested people absorbed the disease with their meals He began to gather information and made a map on which he marked 47 the victims had lived As a result he found out that the 48 pollute water was the cause of cholera and suggested that the source of all water supplies 49 examine immediately Finally King Cholera 50 defeat 第三部分 写作 共两节 满分 40 分 第一节 单词拼写 共 10 小题 每小题 1 分 满分 10 分 51 Last of all the chief editor read it and 批准 it 52 However the southern part of Ireland was 不愿意 and broke away to form its own government 53 Meanwhile you have to prepare the next question 依赖 on what the person says 54 John was presented with his award at a 典礼 仪式 which recognized the bravery of ten people 55 You have three layers of skin which acts as a barrier against disease 毒药 and the sun s harmful rays 56 Have you ever had a case where someone 控告 指责 your journalists of getting the wrong end of the stick 57 I have to remind myself 不断地 that I am really in AD3008 58 Her first 喜悦 高兴 was going to the Tower 59 除 之外 from their house in London they also have a villa 别 墅 in Spain 60 However the panies have to train their representatives to live and work in space 定居 第二节 短文改错 共 10 小题 每小题 1 分 满分 10 分 假定英语课上老师要求同桌之间交换修改作文 请你修改你同桌写的以下作文 文中共有 10 处语言错误 每句中最多有两处 每处错误仅涉及一个单词的增加 删除或修改 增加 在缺词处加一个漏字符号 并在其下面写出该加的词 删除 把多余的词用斜线 划掉 修改 在错的词下划一横线 并在该词下面写出修改后的词 注意 1 每处错误及其修改均仅限一词 2 只允许修改 10 处 多者 从第 11 处起 不计分 Worry about the time available Zhang Pingyu had made a list of the sites what she wanted to see in London First she went to the Tower that was built long ago The building remained part of royal palace and prison bined To her great surprised she found the soldiers still wore the four hundred year old uniform St Paul s Cathedral looked splendidly when first built Westminster Abbey too was very interesting It contained statues for memory of dead poet and writers The second day she visited Greenwich and saw it old ships and famous clock The last day she visit Karl Marx s statue in Highgate Cemetery 第三节 作文 20 分 假如你是李华 计划和同学去敬老院 nursing home 陪老人们国重阳节 the Double Ninth Festival 请给外教 Lucy 写封邮件 邀她一同前往 内容包括 1 出发及返回时间 2 活动 包饺子 表演节目等 注意 1 词数 100 左右 2 可以适当增加细节 以使行文连贯 3 结语已为你写好 Looking forward to your reply Yours Li Hua 高二英语答案 阅读理解 1 B 2 B 3 C 4 A 5 D 6 C 7 D 8 B 9 D 10 D11 C 12 A 13 B 14 C 15 D 16 C 17 E 18 A 19 D 20 G 完形填空 21 25 BCADB 26 30 DABCA 31 35 BBDAD 36 40 CACCD 语法填空 41 deaths 42 inspired 43 were exposed 44 the 45 explained 46 that 47 where 48 polluted 49 be examined 50 was defeated 单词拼写 51 approved 52 unwilling 53 depending 54 ceremony 55 poisons 56 accused 57 constantly 58 delight 59 Apart 60 settlements 短文改错 61 worry 改为 worried 62 what 去掉 63 that 改为 which 64 royal 前加 a 65 surprised 改为 surprise 66 splendidly 改为 splendid 67 for 改为 in 68 poet 改 为 poets 69 it 改为 its 70 visit 改为 visited 作文 Dear Lucy I d like to invite you to join us for a visit to the nearby nursing home next Saturday for the Double Ninth Festival It is the day for the elderly in our culture We ll go and make dumplings and cakes with the elderly people there We ll also spend some fun time together singing dancing and playing games which we hope will make them happy We should be back around 4 o clock in the afternoon If you are able to e with us please let us know and we ll wait for you at the gate at 9 in the morning Looking forward to your reply Yours Li Hua