1、安徽省滁州市明光中学学年高二英语下学期期中试题安徽省明光中学2018-2019学年第二学期期中考试高二英语试卷 试题总分:150分 考试时间:120分钟 第卷第一部分 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。例:How much is the shirt? A.19.15. B.9.18. C.9.15. 答案是C。1. What does the man want to
2、 do?A. Buy a camera. B. Help the woman. C. Take photos.2. What are the speakers talking about? A. Their life in town. B. A place of living. C. A noisy night.3. Where is the man now?A. On his way. B. In a restaurant. C. At home.4. What will Celia do?A. Find a player. B. Play basketball. C. Watch a ga
3、me. 5. What day is it when the conversation takes place? A. Saturday. B. Sunday. C. Monday.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。听第6段材料，回答6、7题。6. What is Sarah going to do?A. Buy John a gift. B. Give John a surprise. C. Invite John to France.7. What doe
4、s the man think of Sarahs plan?A. Funny. B. Strange. C. Exciting.听第7段材料，回答第8、9题。8. Why does Diana say sorry to Peter?A. She needs to put off her test.B. She wants to visit another city. C. She has to give up her travel plan.9. What does Diana want Peter to do?A. Take a book to her friend. B. Teach a
5、 geography lesson. C. Help her with her study.听第8段材料，回答第10至12题。10. Why does the man call the woman?A. To plan a meeting with her. B. To tell her about her new job. C. To ask about her job program.11. Who needs a new flat?A. Alex. B. Miranda. C. Andrea.12. Where is the woman now?A. In Baltimore. B. I
6、n New York. C. In Avon.听第9段材 料，回答第13至16题。13. What does Jan consider most important when he judges a restaurant?A. Whether the prices are low. B. How well the food is prepared. C. Where the restaurant is.14. When did Jan begin to write for a magazine?A. As soon as he got his first job in 1982. B. Bef
7、ore he went to the United States.C. After he came back to Sweden.15. What may Jan do to find a good restaurant?A. Ask hotel clerks. B. Speak to taxi drivers. C. Talk to people in the street.16. What do we know about Jan?A. He cooks for a restaurant. B. He travels a lot for his work. C. He prefers Am
8、erican food.听第10段材料，回答第17至20题。17. What do we know about the Plaza Leon?A. Its a public place. B. Its a small town. C. Its a new building.18. When do parents and children like going to the Plaza Leon?A. Fridays and Saturdays. B. Sunday afternoons. C. Saturday nights. 19. Which street is known for its
9、 food shops and markets?A. Via del Mar Street. B. Fernando Street. C. Hernandes Street.20. Why does the speaker like Horatio Street best?A. It has an old stone surface. B. It is named after a writer. C. It has a famous university.第二部分 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，从每题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，
10、选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。ASome students prefer a part-time job after class to earn some money and improve themselves. Here are some good companies:IN-N-Out BurgerIt is the best hamburger shop in the west of America. Regarded as one of the best employers, it offers flexible hours and the highest part-time
11、salaries. Above all, the company treats its employees the way they would like to be treated: like family. However, there is no discount offered to its employees.Position: selling assistant (experience required)Website: www.in-n-out.cmStarbucks CoffeeStarbucks has been at the forefront (前沿) of the Un
12、ited States coffee revolution. Working hours are flexible. Fit twenty hours of work into your week. There is also a 30% discount and a free pound of coffee or box of tea every week.Position: assistant coffee taster (experience required)Website: Whole Foods MarketWhole Foods Market is the worlds larg
13、est natural and organic food selling company. With its focus on organic ingredients, Whole Foods Market is all about health. Working hours are free. Benefits include paid-time off and a 20% discount so you can eat like a king or at least like a top chef in training. There are also training courses o
14、n health and food every week.Position: secretaryWebsite:.Lands EndLands End is a Wisconsin-based clothes store that focuses on casual comfort and warmth for the great outdoors. Employees (even part-time employees) have the chance to go to a company-owned entertainment center and get a 25% discount o
15、n theme parks and movies, and an invitation to the yearly company picnic. Besides, for part-time employees, they can come to work anytime they like as long as they work for 4 hours a day.Position: salespersonWebsite:21Which company offers its employees the best discount?AIn-N-Out Burger. BStarbucks
16、Coffee.CLands End. DWhole Foods Market.22Which website should you visit if you are interested in selling clothes?A Bwww.in-n-C D23What do the four companies have in common?ARelated experience is required. BTraining courses are offered.CWorking hours are flexible. DEmployees can get high salaries. BI
17、f youre wondering when you might get the flu, a new study indicates you should keep an eye on your local weather report.According to a research published in the Journal of Clinical Virology, if you keep your eye on the weather and watch for the first major drop in the temperature, you can essentiall
18、y mark your calendar in prediction for an outbreak of the flu.To figure out how the weather and flu outbreak may be connected, researchers analyzed statistics of 20,000 people in an area over three seasons. The number of people who caught the flu was then compared with local weather data.After each
19、season, the team noticed one consistent finding: The first really cold period with low outdoor temperatures and low humidity (湿度) was always followed by a week of a mass influenza outbreak.The researchers say that aerosol particles (气溶胶粒子) containing virus and liquid are more able to spread in cold
20、and dry weather. So, in theory, if you sneeze or cough and the surrounding air is very dry, the air will absorb the moisture and the particles containing the virus keep spreading through the air for a longer period of time.Luckily there are ways to keep off the illness regardless of the weather. Was
21、hing your hands, coughing into the crook (弯曲) of your arm and getting vaccine (疫苗) are the best ways to prevent the flu from spreading. People over the age of 65, pregnant women and young children are at the highest risk of developing complications (并发症) related to the virus, according to the CDC.24
22、From the first paragraph we can infer that .Anobody can predict when one gets flu Bpeople may easily fall sickCweather report plays an important part in lifeDflu is often related to weather changes 25How did the researchers draw the conclusion of the study?ABy doing questionnaires BBy analyzing the
23、data C.By carrying out experiments DBy making observation26Why do people catch the flu easily in cold and dry weather?AGold and dry weather can prevent people from doing exercise BThe colder it is, the more kinds of flu there areCLow temperature can increase the number of aerosol particles DCold and
24、 dry weather helps the spread of virus27What can we learn about from the last paragraph?AThe vaccines for flu BThe people who are easy to get flu CThe most common kind of flu virus DThe main ways to cure flu CEveryone has their favorite scenes and characters in Harry Potter books and filmsOne of the
25、 most memorable scenes for many came early on in the series. In Harry Potter and the Sorcerers Stone, the owls (猫头鹰) began to send letters to Harry inviting him to Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. Owls were then mentioned frequently in the books and created amazing images in the filmsEver
26、yone around the world loves the Harry Potter series. But if there has been one bad result of J. K. Rowlings creative gifts, it is the craze that has swept through many countries for owning an owl. Many experts suggest that because Harry Potter fans would like to own their own owl, there is a strong
27、chance that owls may soon start to go extinct.There are over 200 different species of owl. They are nocturnal birds, which mean they are awake at night, usually hunting. They have large round eyes that face forwards on their flat faces. Owls also like to be on their own, unless it is the mating seas
28、onIndonesia is one of the main countries that are now selling owls to young and old Harry Potter fansThere are many bird markets throughout the country, with the largest being Pramuka in Indonesias capital city, JakartaBirds are Indonesias most popular pet, with about 20 percent of all homes keeping
29、 at least oneIt is thought that about 13,000 owls are sold each year in Indonesias bird markets. They cost between 10 and 30This is affordable for most families where the parents workMost of the owls have been taken from the wild and do not live for very long once they have been caughtNot everyone i
30、s happy about the situation, including the Harry Potter author, JKRowlingShe said, If anybody has been influenced by my books, to think an owl would be happiest shut in a small cage and kept in a house, I would like to take this opportunity to say as forcefully as I can, you are wrong!28What purpose
31、 does Paragraph 1 serve?ATo advertise Harry Potter books BTo express the main ideaCTo bring up the topic DTo describe the authors favorite animal29What terrible result do the Harry Potter series bring about?AOwls being forced out of their homes BAn increase in the animal attacksCDamage to childrens creativity DA fall in the number of owls30What do we know about Indonesias bird markets?AThey mainly sell owlsBThey have a popular sale for owlsCThey usually sell homeraised owlsDThey sell owls at
