安庆二中2018-2019学年度第二学期期中考试
高二英语试题
考试时间：120分钟 满分：150分
第一部分 听力（共两节，满分30分）
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’s the weather like today?
A. Sunny. B. Windy. C. Rainy.
2. What does the man advise the woman to do first?
A. Try the buttons one by one.
B. Have the machine repaired.
C. Read the operation handbook.
3. What’s the relationship between the speakers?
A. Strangers. B. Business partners. C. Fellow travelers.
4. How much money should the man pay?
A. $3. B. $5. C. $7.
5. Why does the man go to work after high school?
A. His grades aren’t good. B. He lacks money. C. His father needs help.
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，各小题将给出 5 秒钟的作答时间。每段对话或独白读两遍。
听第6段材料，回答第6、7题。
6. What kind of seat does the man choose?
A. One near an emergency exit. B. A window one. C. An aisle one.
7. What does the woman suggest the man do?
A. Carry less luggage. B. Check his luggage. C. Take his luggage with him.
听第7段材料，回答第8、9题。
8. What makes the woman worried?
A. The weather. B. The performance. C. The tickets.
9. What will the woman do next?
A. Look for a special tent. B. Contact Jason Appleton. C. Get some loudspeakers.
听第8段材料，回答第10至12题。
10. What does the man think of his roommates?
A. Messy. B. Friendly. C. Generous.
11. Where do the man’s roommates usually smoke?
A. In the kitchen. B. In their own rooms. C. In the living room.
12. How long has the man lived with his roommates?
A. Several days. B. Half a year. C. About a year.
听第9段材料，回答第13至16题。
13. Why do the speakers come to Beijing?
A. For visiting friends. B. For traveling. C. For studying.
14. What do the speakers miss most about Christmas back in America?
A. The parties. B. Their families. C. The music.
15. How does the woman feel about being together with her brother here?
A. Boring. B. Great. C. Surprising.
16. What gift do the speakers buy for the woman’s brother?
A. A painting. B. A book. C. A camera.
听第10段材料，回答第17至20题。
17. What is John Smith talking about?
A. His wife’s interests.
B. His after-work activities.
C. His success as an expert climber.
18. Why does the man run every day?
A. To keep fit and healthy.
B. To think about some difficult problems.
C. To finish a course in physical training.
19. What is the man going to do next year?
A. Climb with his wife again.
B. Complete a course of climbing.
C. Attend the London Marathon.
20. When did the man do easy climbs in the Alps (阿尔卑斯山)?
A. Last year. B. A few years ago. C. 20 years ago.
第二部分 阅读理解 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。
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HOLIDAY FUN AT THE POWERHOUSE
500 HARRIS STREET ULTIMO ?TELEPHONE (02)9270111
Join in the holiday fun at the powerhouse this month linked to our new exhibition, Evolution & Revolution: Chinese dress 1700s to now. DON’T FORGET our other special event, the Club Med Circus School which is part of the Circus（马戏团）！150 years of circus in Australia exhibition experience!
◆Chinese Folk Dancing: Colorful Chinese dance and musical performances by The Chinese Folk Dancing School of Sydney. Dances include: the Golden and the Chinese drum dance. A feature will be the Qin dynasty Emperor’s count dance. Also included is a show of face painting for Beijing opera performances.
Sunday 29 June and Wednesday 2 July in the Turbine Hall, at 11:30 am & 1:30 pm.
◆Australian Chinese Children’s Arts Theatre: Well-known children’s play experts from Shanghai lead this dynamic youth group. Performances include Chinese fairy tales and plays.
Thursday 3 to Sunday 6 July in the Turbine Hall, at 11:30 am & 1:30 pm.
◆Chinese Youth League: A traditional performing arts group featuring performance highlights such as Red scarf and Spring flower dances, and a musician playing Er Hu.
Sunday 6 to Tuesday 8 July in the Turbine Hall, 11:30 am to 1:30 pm.
◆Kids Activity: Make a Paper Horse: Young children make a paper horse cut-out. (The horse is a frequent theme in Chinese painting, including a kind of advancement.) Suitable for ages 8-12 years.
Sunday 28 June to Tuesday 8 July in the Turbine Hall, 12:30 pm to 1:00 pm.
◆Club Med Circus School: Learn circus skills, including the trapeze, tramp lining and magic. Note only for children over 5. There are 40 places available in each 1 hour session and these must be booked at the front desk, level 4, on the day.
Enjoy unlimited free visits and many other benefits by becoming a Family member of the Powerhouse. Our family memberships cover two adults and all children under the age of 16 years at the one address.
Members receive Power line, our monthly magazine, discounts in the shops and restaurants, as well as free admission to the Museum. All this for as little as $50.00 a year! Call (02)9217 0600 for more details.
21. When can you watch the Chinese drum dance?
A. On July 2. B. On July 3. C. On July 6. D. On July 8.
22. To learn the magic tricks, you can go to ________.
A. Kids Activity. B. Chinese Youth League.
C. Club Med Circus School. D. Children’s Arts Theatre.
23. What is required if you want to enjoy free visits to the Museum?
A. Calling (02)92170600. B. Gaining family membership.
C. Coming for the holiday fun. D. Paying power line $50.00 a year.
B
I was at Kendriya Vidyalaya in Bambolim, Goa, in the 1980s. On Inspection Day one year, an officer and his team from the Board of Education were coming to see how our school was run. As usual, our teachers asked us to be prepared.
At the end of the day, Mrs Sushila Tyaji, our Hindi（印地语） teacher, walked in and told us that the inspector had come and quietly observed the class from the back door. He had also left an adverse remark! That was sad for us. Would we now be punished for having failed our teachers? There were no answers from Mrs Tyaji. Instead, she wrote the Hindi word “dukh” on the blackboard. And then she did something I have never seen a teacher do in my entire school life. She apologized.
“I am sorry for having taught you something wrong,” she said. “I missed out the dots between the letters ‘du’ and ‘kh’. The inspector told me this in the staffroom. I hope you will not make this mistake in future.”
That admission had a significant effect on me. If our teacher can say sorry to us when she is wrong, why can’t I? The incident helped me get rid of two common vices—ego（自负） and dishonesty.
Twenty-three years passed. I had to let my teacher know what that lesson meant to me. I recently located Mrs Sushila Tyaji using the Internet and went to meet her with my husband.
She smiled when she heard my story of how her small decades-old apology had transformed me for good. “It’s tough being a teacher. But every once in a while, when an old student comes along and tells us that we did something right, it makes up for everything else,” she said.
24. The underlined word “adverse” in Paragraph 2 can be replaced by “________”.
A. offensive B. unfavorable C. encouraging D. unforgettable
25. At the end of Inspection Day, Mrs Tyaji ________.
A. praised the students for their hard work
B. expressed her disappointment in the students
C. told the students that she had made a mistake
D. punished the students for their bad behavior
26. What did the author learn from Mrs Tyaji ?
A. Honesty is the best policy B. Comfort is better than rude
C. One can never be too careful D. It is better to be safe than sorry
27. The author’s word during the visit made Mrs Tyaji feel ________.
A. guilty B. contented C. surprised D. embarrassed
C
We have a strange and strong belief in the idea of perfection. Driven by our culture, we struggle for an unattainable ideal: If I have the perfect parents, perfect grades, perfect…, then I would be happy. We seek what we can’t have without remembering that we don’t actually need to be perfect. Imperfection allows us to be human.
Parents, teachers and other high-achieving peers will have us believe that we must be perfect if we wish to remain competitive. However, what job or school requires you to develop a cure for some form of cancer by the age of 18? Although these grades would be admirable achievements, are they worth losing sleep over? We feel like we need the perfect grades to get into the perfect college that will provide us with the perfect education necessary to obtain the perfect job. Making use of our thirst for perfection, the whole college and career industries have emerged claiming to help us reach our goals.
Truth is, you only need to be good enough to get into the conversation. It is what you do afterwards that sets you apart. Focus more on your passions. Don’t worry about anything secondary to your passions. You don’t become an expert at anything if you spent your time trying to succeed in everything you do. You only become an expert when you devote your time to that one project that truly brings you joy.
As members of this society, we have a responsibility to be excellent in what we do, not perfect. Although perfection can be a goal, it should not be the only goal. We only have 24 hours in a day and seven days in a week. Thus, we need to plan what we want to do and cut out the activities we cannot do.
With everything, though, make sure you’re doing enough. Pursuing your passions is not enough of a reason to completely give up on everything else. Try as hard as you can and let your future worry about itself. Worry about your task at hand and you will be successful in achieving your dreams. Most of all, remember that you’re going to be okay.
28. It is implied in Paragraph 1 that there is a culture where ________.
A. Students are driven to learn concepts B. great importance is attached to perfection
C. imperfect people aren’t happy at all D. perfect grades result from remembering facts
29. We can infer from the second paragraph that ________.
A. a perfect grade is worth losing sleep over
B. the whole college and career industries are perfect
C. some schools ask students to invent some medicine
D. someone is profiting from our search for perfection
30. According to the author, we should ________.
A. see becoming perfect as our responsibility B. deal with what we hope to do first
C. set a goal of perfection in our life D. worry about our future dreams
31. What might be the most suitable title for the passage?
A. How to be perfect B. Being enough is enough
C. Finding your own passions D. Giving up your secondary goals
D
A German study suggests that people who were too optimistic about their future actually faced greater risk of disability or death within 10 years than those pessimists who expected their future to be worse.
The paper, published this March in Psychology and Aging, examined health and welfare surveys from roughly 40,000 Germans between ages 18 and 96. The surveys were conducted every year from 1993 to 2003.
Survey respondents (调查对象) were asked to estimate their present and future life satisfaction on a scale of 0 to 10, among other questions.
The researchers found that young adults (age 18 to 39) routinely overestimated their future life satisfaction, while middle-aged adults (age 40 to 64) more accurately predicted how they would feel in the future. Adults of 65 and older, however, were far more likely to underestimate their future life satisfaction. Not only did they feel more satisfied than they thought they would, the older pessimists seemed to suffer a lower ratio of disability and death for the study period.
“We observed that being too optimistic in predicting a better future than actually observed was associated with a greater risk of disability and a greater risk of death within the following decade,” wrote Frieder R. Lang, a professor at the University of Erlangen-Nuremberg.
Lang and his colleagues believed that people who were pessimistic about their future may be more careful about their actions than people who expected a rosy future.
“Seeing a dark future may encourage positive evaluations of the actual self and may contribute to taking improved precautions (预防措施),” the authors wrote.
Surprisingly, compared with those in poor health or who had low incomes, respondents who enjoyed good health or income were associated with expecting a greater decline. Also, the researchers said that higher income was related to a greater risk of disability.
The authors of the study noted that there were limitations to their conclusions. Illness, medical treatment and personal loss could also have driven health outcomes.
However, the researchers said a pattern was clear. “We found that from early to late adulthood, individuals adapt their expectations of future life satisfaction from optimistic, to accurate, to pessimistic,” the authors concluded.
32. According to the study, who made the most accurate prediction of their future life satisfaction?
A. Optimistic adults. B. Middle-aged adults.
C. Adults in poor health. D. Adults of lower income.
33. Pessimism may be positive in some way because it causes people________.
A. to fully enjoy their present life B. to estimate their contribution accurately
C. to take measures against potential risks D. to value health more highly than wealth
34. How do people of higher income see their future?
A. They will earn less money. B. They will become pessimistic.
C. They will suffer mental illness. D. They will have less time to enjoy life.
35. What is the clear conclusion of the study?
A. Pessimism guarantees chances of survival.
B. Good financial condition leads to good health.
C. Medical treatment determines health outcomes.
D. Expectations of future life satisfaction decline with age.
第二节 选句填空（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。
What will you do if you can’t eat everything bought in the canteen? 36 According to a survey, what students waste every year could feed over 10 million people. 37 .
According to Xinhua News Agency, the food wasted by Chinese people is about 50 million tons of grain every year, which could feed 200 million people.
Food waste, which has become a global issue, serves as a mirror that reflects various cultural and social issues in different countries. In the West, for instance, consumerism, the belief that it’s a good thing to use a lot of goods and services, is often to blame for food waste. 38 . Chinese people are well known for being hospitable and generous. Many even feel that they lose face if their guests have eaten all the food. On campus, a generation of single children is less aware of the food waste issue. Students nowadays are well protected by their families and hardly have any concept of how much toil（辛劳）others go through in order to provide them with the food they eat. 39
There are over 925 million hungry people in the world, most of whom live in underdeveloped countries and areas. They don’t have enough food to eat. Many children die for lack of nutrition each year in some African countries. And farmers work very hard to grow the crops. 40 . It’s also important that everyone should think about how they can do their bit to reduce food waste.
A. Students’ waste is extremely serious.
B. Most of us would simply throw away any leftover food.
C. Students can never realize the serious food crisis.
D. So there’s no excuse that we should waste our food.
E. But canteen waste is merely the tip of the iceberg .
F. Compared with them, some live in a different world.
G. China, in turn, features its own eating culture.
第三部分：语言知识运用（共两节，满分45分）
第一节 完形填空（共 20 小题；每小题 1. 5 分，满分 30 分）
As a teenager, I felt I was always letting people down. I was rebellious (反叛的) on the outside, 41 on the inside, I wanted people to 42 me.
Once I left home to hitchhike (搭便车) to California with my friend Catherine. The trip wasn’t 43 , and there were many times I didn’t feel safe. One situation in particular 44 me grateful to still be alive When I returned home, I was different, not so outwardly sure of myself.
I was happy to be home. But then I noticed that Catherine, who was 45 with us, was wearing my clothes. And my 46 seemed to like her better than me. I wondered if I would be 47 if I weren’t there. I told my mom, and she explained that 48 Catherine was a lovely girl, no one could 49 me. I pointed out, “ She is more patient and is neater than I have ever been. ” My mom said these were wonderful 50 ,but I was the only person who could fill my 51 , She made me realize that even with my 52 — and there were many —I was a loved member of the family who couldn’t be replaced.
I became a searcher, wanting to 53 who I was and what made me unique. My 54 of myself was changing. I wanted a solid base to start from. I started to resist pressure to 55 in ways that I didn’t like any more, and I was 56 by who I really was. I came to feel much more 57 that no one can ever take my place.
Each of us 58 a unique place in the world. You are special, no matter what others say or what you may think. So 59 about being replaced. You 60 be.
41. A. and B. for C. as D. but
42. A. abuse B. like C. admire D. respect
43. A. appealing B. awkward C. easy D. aggressive
44. A. weakened B. remained C. accustomed D. kept
45. A. staying B. bathing C. playing D. panicking
46. A. relatives B. friends C. family D. individuals
47. A. loved B. missed C. cared D. mentioned
48. A. though B. after C. before D. unless
49. A. replace B. compare C. sponsor D. match
50. A. adolescents B. coincidences C. qualities D. documents
51. A. character B. growth C. phenomenon D. role
52. A. manners B. advantages C. faults D. potentials
53. A. figure out B. let out C. try out D. point out
54. A. sense B. diagram C. appreciation D. view
55. A. think B. act C. change D. learn
56. A. thankful B. hopeful C. disappointed D. delighted
57. A. permanent B. doubtful C. certain D. random
58. A. carries B. holds C. evaluates D. quits
59. A. guarantee B. attempt C. care D. forget
60. A. can’t B. shouldn’t C. mustn’t D. needn’t
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1个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。
The newest fitness craze is supposed to improve the health of both humans and Mother Earth, which 61 (call)" plogging "(跑步捡垃圾). People who plog are required to pick up garbage while on a run. The term is a 62 (combine) of jogging and" plocka upp", Swedish for" pick up".
Plogging has benefits beyond the sense of self-satisfaction that comes from making the world a 63 (slight) cleaner place. It actually burns more calories than merely jogging .A 30-minute plogging burns around 288 calories, 64 (compare)to 235 calories burned just from jogging .Plus, 65 (bend) over to pick up garbage allows a person to get in some squats and rises to boot.
Many people, like Emily Wright, 66 (do)this for a while before the activity actually had a name. Some of the things Wright picks up include cigarette ends, plastic bottles and 67 great number of full diapers(尿布)， 68 turn her stomach the most.
‘‘It’s not that I don't think 69 _is gross （令人恶心的）to pick up diapers .I do .But I also think it’s grosser for a person to take no responsibility 70 them,’’said Emily.
第四部分：写作（共两节 满分35分）
第一节 短文改错 （共 10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，要求你在错误的地方增加、删除或修改某个单词。
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。
Mr. and Mrs. Zhang all work in our school. They live far from the school, and it takes them about a hour and a half to go to work every day. In their spare time, they are interesting in planting vegetables in their garden, that is on the rooftop of their house. They often get up earlier and water the vegetables together. They have also bought for some gardening tools. Beside, they often get some useful informations from the Internet. When summer came, they will invite their students pick the fresh vegetables！
第二节 书面表达（满分25分）
假设你是红星中学高三学生李华，你的英国朋友Jim在给你的邮件中提到他对中国文化感兴趣，计划明年来北京上大学。他向你咨询相关信息。请给他回邮件，内容包括：
1.表示欢迎；
2.推荐他上哪所大学；(例如：北京大学Peking University 清华大学Tsinghua University 北京外国语大学Beijing Foreign Studies University 北京语言大学Beijing Language and Culture University)
3.建议他做哪些准备工作。
注意：
1.词数100字左右;
2.可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。
Dear Jim,
____________________________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________________________
Yours,
Li Hua
安庆二中2018-2019学年度第二学期期中考试
高二英语试题参考答案及评分标准
听力
1—5 ACABC 6—10 ACABA 11—15 BCCBB 16—20 CBACB
阅读理解
21-23 ACB 24-27 BCAB 28-31 BDBB 32-35 BCAD
七选五
36-40 BEGFD
完形填空41----60 DBCDA CBAAC DCADB DCBDA
语法填空 61. is called 62.combination 63. slightly 64. compared 65.bending 66.had done 67.a 68.which 69.it 70.for
第四部分
第一节 短文改错（满分10分）
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第二节 书面表达范文
Dear Jim ,
I’m happy to hear from you. Welcome to Beijing for your study!
Since you have long been interested in Chinese culture, I think Beijing Language and Culture University is an ideal place for you. The university is known for its language and culture courses intended for international students. I believe you will have a rewarding experience there.
To be frank, studying for a degree in a different culture is never easy. You’d better learn some basic Chinese before you come. That way, you may adjust yourself to the life here in Beijing soon.
If you have any other questions, do let me know.
Yours,
Li Hua
