山西省祁县第二中学校2018-2019学年高二下学期期中考试英语试题（无音频听力与文字材料）

2018-2019学年度祁县第二中学校高二英语期中考卷
第一部分 阅读理解
第一节（共15小题；每小题3分，满分45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
Part-time jobs for 15 and 16 years olds
Waiter / Waitress
A job as a waiter or waitress is a good choice for 16-year-olds. Not only can one earn $9-$12 an hour, but they can also get the tips (小费). Most people that visit a restaurant don’t just have good food. They come here to relax and have a good time. Besides serving food quickly, a young waiter who talks to them politely with a smile on his face will make the diners enjoy their time at the restaurant.
Work in a library
If one is fond of books, working in a library is another suitable choice. Besides the pay is good, it offers a lot of free time when students can actually sit down and finish their homework. So on returning home, they would have time to hang around with friends or just relax. So working in a library is an excellent part-time job for teens, especially for school students.
Internet jobs
There are many ways of making money through online jobs like clicking on advertisements, visiting sites and signing up with them. However, such online jobs don’t pay well. A better Internet job for teens is to complete online surveys. These are quite simple surveys that usually ask one about his/ her opinions and ideas. Many companies use these ideas to make products designed for teenagers.
1．A student who is busy with his research paper will probably choose to work ______.
A. in a restaurant B. in a library
C. on the Internet D. in an IT company
2．The writer wrote this text to ______.
A. tell us the importance of doing part-time jobs
B. advise teenagers how to choose a part-time job
C. teach young people how to make lots of money
D. introduce his/her experience of doing part-time jobs
3．Why do some companies ask the teens to do surveys?
A. The teens have more free time.
B. They can pay less to the teens.
C. They need advice to make products for teens.
D. The teens usually express their true opinions.
B
There are three branches of medicine. One is called “doctor medicine” or “scientific medicine”. Scientific doctors try to observe sickness, look for logical pattern, and then find out how the human body works. From there they figure out what treatments may work. This kind of medicine is believed to date from the 4th century BC．Although nowadays it is successful, in the ancient this approach (方法) probably did not cure many patients.
The second kind of medicine is called “natural cures” or “folk medicine”, in which less educated people try to cure sickness with various herbs. These folk healers also use observation and logic, but they are not so aware of it. They try things until they find something that seems to work, and then they keep doing that. Folk medicine flourished (兴起) long before the development of scientific medicine and was more successful in ancient times.
The third kind is called “health spas” or “faith healing”. Sometimes this may be as simple as touching the holy man and being immediately healed. Other times, a magician may make you a magic charm, or say a spell (咒语), to cure you. Some religious groups organize healing shrines (圣坛) for the sick. In these places people rest, get plenty of sleep, eat healthy food, drink water instead of wine, and exercise in various ways. They also talk to the priests (牧师) and pray to the gods. If you are feeling depressed or you have been working too hard, going to these places may be just the right thing to make you feel better.
4．Doctor medicine_________.
A．has a longer history than folk medicine
B．has been practiced for around 2,400 years
C．bases its treatments on observation and logic
D．was very successful in curing sicknesses in ancient times
5．According to the passage, which of the following is NOT used in health spas?
A．Magic power B．A healthy life style
C．Religious faith D．Various herbs
6．According to the passage, which of the following statements is true?
A．Natural cures worked better than scientific medicine in ancient times.
B．People who practice folk medicine need lots of formal education on herbs.
C．The success of folk medicine led to the development of doctor medicine.
D．Folk healers choose different herbs to cure diseases without any sound basis.
7．The author’s primary purpose in this passage is to_______________.
A．show the important role religion plays in medical treatments
B．argue for the importance of medicine in health care
C．describe different types of medicine
D．compare the educational background of three different types of patients
C
Each new school year brings fresh reminders of what educators call the summer learning gap. Some call it the summer learning setback. Simply speaking, it means the longer kids are out of school, the more they forget. The only thing they might gain is weight.
Most American schools follow a traditional nine-month calendar with winter and spring breaks and about ten weeks of summer vacation. Some schools follow a year-round calendar. They hold classes for about eight weeks at a time, with a few weeks off in between. The National Association for Year-Round Education says there were fewer than 3,000 such schools at last count. They were spread among forty-six of the fifty states.
But many experts point out that the number of class days in a year-round school is generally the same as in a traditional school. Lead researcher Paul von Hippel said, “Year-round schools don’t really solve the problem of the summer learning setback. They simply spread it out across the year.”
Across the country, research shows that students from poor families fall farther behind over the summer than other students. Experts say this can be prevented. They note that many schools and local governments offer programs that can help.
But calling them “summer school” could be a problem. The director of the summer learning center at Johns Hopkins, Ron Fairchild, said research with groups of different parents in Chicago and Baltimore found that almost all strongly disliked the term “summer school”. In American culture, the idea of summer vacation is connected to beliefs about freedom and the joys of childhood. The parents welcomed other terms like “summer camp”, “extra time” and “hands-on learning”.
8． According to the first paragraph, the summer learning gap _____.
A．helps children to gain weight
B．leads children to work harder
C．improves children’s memories
D．affects children’s regular studies
9． Compared to traditional schools, students in the year-round ones _____.
A．perform better and have more learning gains
B．have much less time for relaxation every year
C．have generally the same number of class days
D．hold more classes with more free weeks off
10．Which of the following statements is TRUE?
A．Students from poor families often fall behind after the vocation.
B．Year-round schools can solve the problem of the learning gap.
C．There are schools in each state following a year-round calendar.
D．Nothing can help the students who fall behind after the vocation.
11． Why did almost all parents dislike the term “summer school”?
A．Because they cherish the children’s rights of freedom very much.
B．Because they are worried about the quality of the “summer school”.
C．Because they want their children to be forced to make up the gap.
D．Because they couldn’t afford to the further study during the vacation.
D
Parts of Africa are covered by a dark cloud. But this is no rain cloud. It is a living cloud made of billions of locusts(蝗虫) that are traveling across the continent eating everything in their path.
And now in the battle to stop this disaster, a radio station in Senegal, West Africa, is offering listeners 50 kilograms of locusts. "We think this idea will get more people to take part in the war on the locusts," said Abdoulaye Ba, from Sud-Fm, a radio station in one of Senegal's worst affected area.
This is West Africa's biggest locust disaster in 15 years, and it is moving east, causing huge damage to crops. As they move they produce young and increase their number and will soon threaten Sudan in the northeast of Africa. Some say it could reach Asia.
Experts say the harmful effect on crops in areas already suffering from food shortage and war could cast many people to go hungry. Governments in the areas are not well equipped to fight the pest.
Although leaders of 12 countries have agreed on a plan, it is not expected to be enough. "We are now treating 6,000 hectares per day with pesticide(杀虫剂), but we need to treat 20,000 hectares per day in order to have any hope of controlling this disaster," said Mohamed Adballahi Ould Babah, director of locust control in Mauritania.
Requests are being made for international aid, which is the only way to limit the disaster, the UN's Food and Agriculture Organization warned.
12．By using "dark cloud" to describe locusts in the first paragraph, the author mainly meant to ?.
A．show the size, speed and damage of the mass of locusts
B．suggest the high speed that locusts travel at
C．warn that locusts would sweep the continent severely
D．hint that they look like dark monster
13．The story is mainly about ?.
A．West Africa's united effort in fighting a disaster
B．the difficulty in controlling locusts
C．the great damage locusts caused to West Africa
D．a struggle to fight against a disaster brought by locusts in West Africa
14．According to the text we learn that the locust disaster ?.
A．can be even more serious in Asia
B．is then out of control
C．has affected greatly most areas
D．cannot be stopped unless twice as much pesticide is provided for the affected areas
15．Which of the following is WRONG?
A．Sud-Fm offered a reward for fighting locusts so that more people would join in the effort.
B．Senegal is to southwest of Sudan.
C．The locusts can cause such damage mainly because it has no natural enemy in West Africa.
D．12 countries affected by locusts have untied but still lack pesticide.
第二节（共5小题；每小题3分，满分15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。
Understanding Disabilities
There are around 650 million people in the world that have disabilities，yet most people are still quite ignorant about it.
（1）What do you think of when you see the word, ‘disability’？
Wheelchairs? White sticks? The Paralympics? 16． The legal definition of disability is that someone has a physical or mental impairment that has a great and long-term bad effect on his or her ability to carry out normal day-to-day activities.
This affects about 650 million of us, worldwide. 17． Most become disabled during the course of their life. So maybe the term TAB (Temporarily Able-Bodied) is better for people who are not disabled，because we may not stay that way forever.
（2）18．
Imagine not being able to see，or not being able to walk. Think of all the things that would be different. How can I get my education? What about my future? Would my friends still want to hang out with me? Will strangers laugh at me in the street? Can I get my own place? What job can I do?
Clearly，having a disability can affect many things in a person's life.
（3）Disability and the law
19． It is illegal and extremely unpleasant to discriminate (歧视) against someone who is differently abled. The label ‘disabled’ is not always helpful. Even if someone meets the legal definition，they may not see themselves that way. Instead of thinking about what is wrong with those people，or noticing what they can't do，we should look at how we like to live，and try to make it possible for everyone to join in.
After all—what is normal？20． But better understanding would be a start.
A． How can the disabled find better jobs?
B． How does disability affect people?
C． People with disabilities don't need pity.
D． Most of us have never really thought about it.
E． We should consider more for people with disabilities.
F． Only 17% of people with a disability are born with it.
G．There are laws to prevent people with disabilities being treated unfairly.
第二部分 语言知识运用（共两节，满分55分）
第一节（共20小题；每小题2分，满分40分）
阅读下列短文，从每题所给的A、B、C和D四个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。
Once a wise man and his student traveled to a remote, mountainous place. They were well 21 at a cottage by a family of five. The wise man asked: “How do you 22 in such a poor place?”
“That’s what keeps us going,” said the host, 23 to a thin, tired cow. “She gives us milk, some of which we drink and some we make into 24 . When there is extra, we 25 the milk and cheese for other types of food.”
The wise man thanked them and left. When he reached the first 26 in the road, he said to his student: “Get the cow, take it to the 27 , and push it off.” 28 and angry though the student was, he obeyed.
As years passed by, the 29 became too much to bear and the student returned to that cottage to find out what he could do. Upon rounding the bend, he could not believe his eyes. In place of the 30 there was a beautiful house with trees all around, several cars in the 31 , a satellite dish, and on and on. He 32 the man from several years before, strong and confident. He went 33 to the man and asked: “What happened?”
The man 34 with a smile: “Our cow fell off the cliff and died. To survive, we had to 35 new ways of doing things and 36 new skills. And so, we are now much 37 .”
Sometimes our 38 on something small and limited is the biggest obstacle(障碍) to our growth. Once you 39 yourself of the thought “it’s little but it’s certain,” then your life will really change. May you have the 40 to recognize your “cow” this new year, and the courage to push it off the cliff.
21．A．received B．accepted C．educated D．behaved
22．A．succeed B．survive C．accommodate D．communicate
23．A．referring B．pointing C．sticking D．attending
24．A．cream B．yogurt C．cheese D． butter
25．A．replace B．place C．exchange D．change
26．A．bend B．village C．tree D．bridge
27．A．valley B．river C．cliff D．cave
28．A．Puzzled B．Bored C．Excited D．Ashamed
29．A．depression B．confusion C．anger D．guilt
30．A．fence B．cottage C．road D．hill
31．A．house B．passage C．balcony D．garage
32．A．congratulated B．recognized C．acknowledged D．greeted
33．A．by B．back C．over D．about
34．A．replied B．responded C．reflected D．reacted
35．A．come up with B．put up with C．keep up with D．catch up with
36．A．evolve B．extend C．develop D．polish
37．A．well off B．badly off C．better off D．worse off
38．A．dependence B．attention C．focus D．faith
39．A．remind B．inform C．warn D．free
40．A．perseverance B．fortune C．wisdom D．distinction
第二节（共10小题；每小题1.5分，满分15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。
This is a story of a little girl and her grandmother. One day, I was looking for medicine in a store41．I saw an old woman with a little girl in her arms. The little girl asked her grandmother, " 42．do you think about a brand new face cream that is supposed43．(reduce) laugh lines?" The grandmother just laughed and said, "Sweetie, I am 80 years old. I 44． (learn) to love all my laugh lines. I have 45． (actual) earned every one of them. "Then just to prove her point, she laughed again and amused 46．granddaughter. The laughter of the little girl and the old woman mixed together with a sound 47． was as musical and beautiful as an angel's song.
I left the store feeling a lot 48． (good) about all the laugh lines I had earned in my own life. I remembered all the beautiful faces I had seen 49． the years. Their beauty is ageless no matter how old they are. May you have a time in your life earning50．most attractive laugh lines.
写作（共两节，满分35分）
第一节 短文改错（共10小题；每小题2分，满分40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。错误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：在错的词下画一横线，并在该词下面写出修改后的词。
注意：1. 每处错误及修改均仅限一词；
2. 只允许修改10处，多者（从第11处起）不计分。
I prefer my English classes to be taught in English only. What we all know, a good learning environment is of greatly importance if we want to study English well. Classes teaching in English provide students for a better environment. When English is an only language in class, students will have more opportunity to practise listening and speaking. However, there were problems with this method. Sometimes we may find difficult to follow the teacher and some slow learners may even give up learn English. In spite of these difficulties, but I believe practice makes perfect. With enough practice, we can overcome the difficulties and benefit from English classes in the long run.
第二节 书面表达（满分25分）
假定你是李华，你的美国笔友来信祝贺你的生日，并寄给你一本英语词典作为礼物，为此请你用英语给他写封感谢信，并告诉他最近你的英语进步情况，邀请他暑假期间来你所在的城市游玩。
注意：1. 词数100左右；
高二英语期中考试答案
1．B 2．B 3．C 4． B 5．D 6．A 7．C 8．D 9．C 10．A
11．A 12．A 13．D 14．B 15．C 16．D 17．F 18．B 19．G 20．C
21．A 22．B 23．B 24．C 25．C 26．A 27．C 28．A 29．D 30．B
31．D 32．B 33．C 34．A 35．A 36．C 37．C 38．A 39．D 40．C
41．When 42．What 43．to reduce 44．have learned/have learnt 45．actually
46．Her 47．that/which 48．Better 49．over 50．the
改错：
What---As greatly--- great teaching---tought
for---with an---the opportunity--- opportunities
were---are find后面添加it learn---learning 去掉but

Dear Tony,
I am so grateful for the birthday blessing and gift you sent to me.
As you know, it’s a challenge for me to learn English well, so I turned to you for help. You advised that I should read more and enlarge my vocabulary. While reading English stories, I came across some new words, so a dictionary was exactly what I needed. It was then that I received your gift, an English dictionary. What a timely help! Encouragingly, I have made some progress in a recent exam. I”ll go on working hard and do better.
With the summer vacation approaching, I hope you can come to my city for a visit and we can have fun together.
Best wishes
LiHua