重庆市万州三中2018_2019学年高二英语下学期期中试题201905160292.doc

重庆市万州第三中学2020届高二下期半期考试 英语试题第I卷第一部分 听力（共两节，满分30分）做题时，先将答案标在试卷上。录音内容结束后，你将有两分钟的时间将试卷上的答案转涂到答题卡上。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 will the woman do first? A. Give up the Mr. Fro case. B. Design a new brand. C. Have some coffee.2. What does the woman want? A. A dress. B. A pair of shoes. C. A pair of trousers.3. Where does the conversation probably take place? A. In a laundry. B. At the mans. C. In a suit shop.4. What do people think of that piece of music? A. Beautiful. B. Unbearable. C. Complicated.5. What do we know about Alice's father? A. He always helps others. B. He doesn't live with Alice. C. He is too old to look after himself.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，各个小题将给出5秒钟的作答时间。每段对话或独白读两遍。听下面一段对话，回答第6和第7题。6. What can't the girl bear most? A. Sharing the bathroom with others. B. No chance to chat with friends. C. The strict school rules.7. When should students go back to the dormitory? A. By 9:00 pm. B. By 9:30 pm. C. By 10:00 pm.听下面一段对话，回答第8和第9两个小题。8. How does the woman like cooking? A. Time-consuming.B. Enjoyable. C. Easy.9. What is the probable relationship between the speakers? A. Waitress and customer. B. Cook and trainee. C. Husband and wife.听下面一段对话，回答第10至第12三个小题。10. What did the boy just do? A. He played basketball with Paul. B. He quarreled with his mother. C. He cleaned the window.11. How might Mr. Henry feel now? A. Scared. B. Angry. C. Guilty.12. What will Paul probably do tomorrow? A. Have tea in the boy's house. B. Apologize to the woman. C. Pay back the money.听下面一段对话，回答第13至第16四个小题。13. How long hasn't the couple seen each other? A. Two days. B. Two weeks. C. Two months.14. What can we learn from the conversation? A. The woman is going to give birth. B. The woman can't bear the hotness. C. The woman works very hard.15. What did Lisa's father do? A. He worked on a special project. B. He shared the good news with his friends. C. He traveled with his business friends.16. What's wrong with the man's company? A. The sales manager is a vacant position. B. It is swallowed up by the giant. C. It needs to enlarge.听下面一段独白，回答第17至第20四个小题。17. What will the speaker do before going to Australia? A. Book a room. B. Contact his friend. C. Save enough money.18. What interests the speaker most in Australia? A. Aboriginal tribes. B. Queensland University. C. The herd.19. Which city will the speaker visit first in America? A. Chicago. B. San Francisco. C. New York.20. What can the speaker expect on the Mountains of Kenya? A. Wild animals. B. Amazing snow scenery.C. Many mountain climbers.第二节 阅读理解（共两节，共20小题；每小题2分，共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，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。APassenger InformationCarry-on Bag RulesWhen travelling on China Southern planes, we ask our customers to follow our simple bag rules.-Each passenger is allowed to bring one bag onto the plane.-Weight limit: Each carry-on bag may weigh up to 10 kilos.-Size limit: Each carry-on bag can be up to 110cm long, 60cm high and 30cm wide.-Additional bags and oversized/overweight bags may be allowed on the plane if there is enough room. There will be a fee for such bags (see the table below). Please note that if your bag breaks more than one rule then you must pay a fee for each rule broken.Safety RulesFor the safety of our passengers, the following items must not be taken onto the plane:-Bottles containing gas (e.g. cigarette lighter)-Bottles containing any cream, oil or other liquid that are over 100ml.Note:If you have any liquid medicines over 100ml that you must use during your flight, please contact our customer service manager on 34533566 to make arrangements at least 24 hours before your departure. You will need to have a doctors letter explaining why you need the medicine.Bag FeesRuleFeeOverweight*Bags heavier than 10 kilos￥100 per kilo over limitOversized*Bags larger than 110cmX60cmX30cm￥250 per bagExtra bags￥400 per extra bag*No bag over 15 kilos will be allowed on the plane. *No bag over 150cm long or 80cm high may be taken on the plane. Passengers must put such bags in the planes storage.21.What is not allowed to be taken onto the plane by a passenger?A.A bag that is 120cm longB. A gas bottleC.A 100ml bottle of creamD. Medical equipment 22.When must a passenger speak with the manager about taking over 100ml of liquid medicine onto their flight?A.After they get on the planeB.Six hours before their flightC.At least one day before their flightD.When they arrive at the airport23.How much will a passenger pay for a carry-on bag that is 110cmX50cmX25cm in size and weighs 13 kilos?A.￥250 B.￥300 C.￥550 D.￥850BOn a cold winter day, many years ago, a French art teacher named Pierre Chevalier got on a train in Lyon to go to Paris. When he started his journey, he did not know that it was the beginning of almost 40years of accidents and near death experiences.During the journey, the train fell into an icy river, killing 12 passengers. Chevalier managed to swim back to the river bank. He only had a broken leg.Two years later, Chevalier was on a plane from Paris to Moscow when a door suddenly opened and he fell out. A few minutes later, the plane crashed; 27 people were killed. Chevalier was so lucky that he landed in a haystack(干草堆).A few years later, he was hit by a bus, but again had no serious injuries. Then a year after that, he was driving on a mountain road when he saw a truck coming straight at him. He drove the car off the road, jumped out, landed in a tree-and watched his car fall 100 meters down the mountain."There are two ways you can look at it," Chevalier said, "I' m either the world' s unluckiest man, or the world' s luckiest." When a reporter asked Chevalier what he thought, he chose the "luckiest" one.Two years ago, aged 71, Chevalier bought his first lottery ticket(彩票) in 50 years and won more than 2 million. After this, a TV company in America said they wanted him to make an advertisement. At first he accepted, but then he changed his mind. Chevalier said he would not fly to Los Angeles for the filming, because he did not want to push his luck. Who knows? If he had accepted the invitation, maybe he would have had another accident. But Mr. Chevalier is a lucky man. If he had had another accident, he probably would have survived that too!24. In the train accident many years ago, Chevalier _.A. didn't get injured at all B. was finally pulled out of the riverC. was the only passenger to survive D. was lucky enough to be alive25. Why did Chevalier refuse to make the advertisement?A. Because he had won f 2 million. B. Because he didn't want to risk his life.C. Because he didn't want to leave home. D. Because he didn't like the TV company.26. The text mainly talks about _.A. a man with nine lives B. the unluckiest man in the worldC. a man who traveled around the world D. a man who earned £2 million in a lottery27.All the experiences the man had are true except _.A.a train accident B.an air crash C.shipwreck D.traffic accidentC Conventional wisdom says that hardship can make us old before our time. In fact, a new study suggests that violence not only leaves long-term scars on children's bodies, but also changes their DNA, causing changes that equal to seven to ten years of premature aging (提前衰老).“Scientists measured this by studying the ends of children' s chromosomes(染色体), called telomeres.” says Idan Shalev, lead author of a study published in Molecular Psychiatry.Telomeres are special DNA sequences (序列)which prevent the DNA in chromosomes from separating. They get shorter each time a cell divides, until a cell cannot divide any more and dies.Several factors have been found to shorten telomeres including smoking, radiation (辐射) and psychological stress, such as being treated badly when young, and taking care of someone who is permanently ill.In the study, researchers examined whether exposure to(暴露于) violence could make children' s telomeres shorten faster than normal. They interviewed the mothers of 236 children at the ages of 5, 7 and 10, asking whether the children had been exposed to violence between the mother and her partner, having been treated badly in a physical way by an adult, or bullying. Researchers measured the children's telomeres in cells from their cheeksat the ages of 5 and 10.Telomeres shortened more quickly in children exposed to two or more types of violence, says Shalev. Unless such a pattern changes, the study suggests these children could be expected to develop diseases related to aging, such as heart attacks or memory loss, seven to ten years earlier than children of the same age.Shalev says there is hope for these children. His study found that in some cases, telomeres can lengthen. “Better nutrition,exercise and stress reduction are three things that may be able to lengthen telomeres,” he says.28. The new study found that _.A. hardship has a long-term effect on a child's mind B. violence leaves scars on a child's mindC. hardship can change a child's DNA D. violence can speed up a child's aging 29. According to the passage, telomeres _.A. are at the ends of people's chromosomes B. can help prevent DNA from separatingC. can make a cell die quickly D. become shorter before they die30. What can we learn from the passage?A. Violence can cause quick cell division in childrens body.B. Children at the ages of 5 to 10 are more likely to be exposed to violence.C. Being treated badly will make a child's telomeres shorten faster.D. Children who have shorter telomeres may have a heart attack earlier.31. What is the best title for the passage?A. Violence Aging Childrens DNA. B. Childrens Changing DNA PatternsC. Violence and Telomeres D. The Function of TelomeresDScores on English tests are very important to students around the world. In order to make sure that they do their best, both students and teachers should stay informed of how these tests are changing. Clive Roberts, a director at ELS Educational Services, says the tests are changing greatly in response to the global growth in the use of English as a common language among people with different native languages. He says, " English is one of the keys now to international student mobility. So, for that reason, a lot of new tests are being developed; old tests are being revamped to meet the needs of universities and employers worldwide."Mr. Roberts says several parts of standardized tests have changed recently. Now, many tests are given on computers. And, he says, tests measure all four skills of language learning: reading, listening, speaking and writing. Computer testing will reduce the length of time required for testing, because the tests adjust to the test-taker's ability. These computer adaptive tests also increase accuracy in scoring. Computer-adaptive tests change depending on the test-taker's responses. They can beçome more or less difficult during the testing session. For this reason, the set of correct answers will be different for each test-taker.Another change to language testing relates to cultural sensitivity. Mr. Roberts says test development companies are now hiring people with intercultural communication backgrounds. The companies want to make sure the test does not upset test takers. Having negative feelings may affect a student's performance on the test.The tests have also become more proficiency - oriented. The items are being designed in such a way that they test real-world proficiency and not simply sort of an artificial environment or a specific set of skills that are taught in a classroom. So a lot of authentic texts, and a lot of authentic listening passages are being used.In addition, changes to the tests will encourage schools to teach their students to use English for everyday life and study.32. What does the writer intend to do in Paragraph 1?A. Introduce the topic of the text. B. Emphasize the importance of English test scores.C. Talk about the changed tests. D. Show his/her concern about language learning.33. Which of the following may replace the underlined word" revamped" in Paragraph 2?A. increased B. improved C. simplified D. saved 34. Which of the following is NOT a change of the English test? A. Time-saving. B. Computer-assisted. C. Inflexibility. D. Real-world proficiency. 35. People with intercultural communication backgrounds are employed _.A. to take the test themselves firstB. to evaluate the quality of the test C. to ensure the test won't be culturally offensiveD. to tell the intercultural differences arising from the test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。Apologizing the Right Way to a Friend    Why are apologies so difficult? Saying you are sorry can be one of the most difficult things you do. But we all make mistakes, so you'll probably have an occasion when you need to apologize.    Perhaps you had a big blow up and realized later you reacted poorly.36_ Whatever the reason,apologizing can help you both heal and move on from the situation.   37_.First, you acknowledge that you did something wrong. With an apology,you take responsibility for your actions,which allows your friend to forgive you. Second,an apology gives you sincerity as a friend.38_,but that doesn t mean you still shouldn t apologize.    Now, what are elements of a proper apology? 39_ ,depending on what the offense was,where it was done, and who you are apologizing to.  In general, a good apology should include the following: a request for their attention,an acknowledgment of what happened,sincerity in admitting you did something wrong and the words. "I'm sorry" or “I apologize."    Here are things never to say when apologizing. Note that the art of apologizing involves taking responsibility. Never apologize as a way to “shut someone up” when they are saying you hurt their feelings and