1、 宜昌市部分示范高中教学协作体宜昌市部分示范高中教学协作体 2019 年春期中联考年春期中联考 高二英语高二英语 （全卷满分：150 分 考试用时：120 分钟） 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，你将有两分钟时间将试卷上的答案转涂到答题卡上。 第一节第一节( (共共 5 5 小题，每小题小题，每小题 1.51.5 分，满分分，满分 7.57.5 分分) ) 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。
2、每段对话仅读一遍。 1. What is the weather like during the weekend? A. Cold. B. Warm. C. Hot. 2. When does the film finish? A. At 10:15. B. At 10:30. C. At 11:00. 3. Where could the speakers most likely be? A. In a restaurant. B. In a supermarket. C. In the mans house. 4. What was wrong with the woman? A. She
3、 nearly had an accident. B. She knocked into a taxi. C. She is sick. 5. What are the speakers mainly talking about? A. An e-mail. B. A company. C. An old workmate. 第二节（共第二节（共 1515 小题，每小题小题，每小题 1.51.5 分，满分分，满分 22.522.5 分）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
4、，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 might be the relationship between the speakers? A. Roommates. B. Workmates. C. Neighbors. 7. What does the woman say about the underground? A. Its less reliable than the bus. B. Its not as much fun as driving. C.Its
5、more convenient than the bus. 听第 7 段材料，回答第 8、9 题 8. What is the mans opinion about Literature? A. It is hard. B. It is helpful. C. It is interesting. 9. What subject does the woman like most? A. Photography. B. Art History. C. Geography. 听第 8 段材料，回答第 10 至 12 题. 10. What does the woman want to do thi
6、s summer? A. Work in a hospital. B. Study at school. C. Go back home. 11. Where is the man thinking about going this summer? A. To Australia. B. To Canada. C. To Italy. 12. What does the woman advise the man to do? A. Complete school first. B. Get more experience. C. Find a part-time job. 听第 9 段材料，回
7、答第 13 至 16 题。 13. What is the woman doing? A. Selling CDs to the man. B. Helping the man choose CDs. C. Looking for some new music. 14. Why doesnt the man want to buy New Country by Benny? A. He doesnt like Benny. B. He has got one. C. He dislikes country music. 15. What does the man think of boy ba
8、nds? A. Theyre gifted. B. Theyre creative. C. Theyre untalented. 16. What will the man do next? A. Choose more CDs. B. Go to the womans house. C. Listen to his new CDs. 听第10段材料，回答第17至20题。 17. What subject is added this year? A. Comedy. B. Mystery. C. World travel. 18. Who is Jenny Paige? A. A childr
9、ens author. B. A short story writer. C. A writer of travel books. 19. What will happen to the first prize winners? A. They will have a chance to travel. B. A $2,000 prize will be given to them. C. Their stories will be published in a magazine. 20. When is the deadline? A. September 1. B. September 2
10、5. C. October 1. 第二部分 阅读理解（共两节，满分 40 分） 第一节（共第一节（共 1515 小题小题；每小题每小题 2 2 分，满分分，满分 3030 分）分） 阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项（A-B-C-D）中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。 A A John Michael Thomas, John Michael Thomas, 14, Florida14, Florida When John Michael Thomas decided to honor his friend and classmate Elizabeth Buckley, who di
11、ed from cancer, he remembered how much she loved peacocks(孔雀) He wanted to build a lifesized peacock fountain(喷泉) in Elizabeths favorite park in the city. He thought it could be a place for people to relax and be inspired. John Michael raised $52,000 to build the fountain. Barrett EnBarrett Englandg
12、land,13,Utah,13,Utah The wheels began to turn for Barrett England when he heard about Karma Bike Shop, a place where young people can earn a free bike by reading and performing community(社区) service. Barrett visited Karmas owner with his idea: He would collect and repair used bikes and donate(捐赠) th
13、em to the shop. He expected to get about 10 donated bikes. In the end, Barrett received 39. Zachary BlohmZachary Blohm,15, ,15, WisconsinWisconsin The 25yearold playground at an elementary school near Milwaukee, Wis., was so small that only 70 of its 575 students could play on it at a time. Thats wh
14、en Zachary Blohm saved the day:He and some volunteers built a huge playground.To raise money, Zac planned Tshirt and bake sales, sold tickets and more. He held monthly moneyraising events for more than a year. Overall, he collected $130,000enough to finish his project. Jack Zimmerman, Jack Zimmerman
15、, 16,New Jersey16,New Jersey For some people, finding a meal is as simple as opening the refrigerator. For more than 366,000 hungry kids in New Jersey, its not that easy. That fact didnt sit well with Jack Zimmerman, who organized a drive to lessen childhood hunger in his state. His goal: create 40,
16、000 packaged meals that could be donated to those in need.On game day, Jack and his volunteers started their work. After the final count, the team had packaged 47,124 mealswell above Jacks goal. 21The peacock fountain was built in a park_ Ato inspire people Bfor the love of animals Cin memory of a t
17、eenager Dto encourage a cancer sufferer 22What did Barrett do for Karma Bike Shop? AHe donated bikes to it. BHe repaired bikes there. CHe helped it win customers. DHe offered a reading service there. 23What do the four people have in common? ATheyre top students. BThey care about others. CThey like
18、various public activities. DTheyre money raisers for the poor. B In the four months since I last posted articles on my blog，Ive been spending a lot of time studying Chinese.I wanted to pass the HSK.From the beginning of my program，the HSK was the end goal of my Chinese learning this year.Luckily，I p
19、assed it and now I have one and a half months to go home and stay with my family. Its really exciting to learn Chinese in an environment where I can study very fast.Whats more，I can see my own progress in different ways.When I got here eight and a half months ago， I only knew a few of the 150 words
20、tested in the HSK 1.However,until now,Ive taken and passed the 2500word HSK 5. I remember a time around January.I thought my Chinese had reached the point where I was comfortable in my daytoday conversations.So my progress would slow down greatly.However，it turned out that I was totally wrong.The co
21、nversations I can have now far surpass(超过) the ones I was having in January. Today I hit a languagelearning landmark(里程碑) that was particularly exciting for me：I finished reading Harry Potter and the Sorcerers Stone in Chinese.It might not seem that exciting， but it was for me because its the first
22、full book Ive read in Chinese.And its the third language Ive read Harry Potter in.Im especially proud because I spent about seven months reading the first 35 pages,but in the last month and a half,I managed to read about 150 pages.My next challenge is to read a novel written by a Chinese author，rath
23、er than one that Ive already read many times in English! Hopefully，Ill be able to keep up my languagelearning progress over the next month and a half，because I know Ill probably never have another opportunity to learn a language like this. Do you want to learn a new language？If you do，go to the coun
24、try where people speak it and learn it from the locals. 24What do we know about the author when she first came to China? AShe didnt want to learn Chinese. BShe took the HSK 1 immediately. CShe was extremely poor at Chinese. DShe just knew 150 words tested in the HSK 1. 25Why does the author say she
25、was totally wrong in Paragraph 3? ABecause she didnt really know how to learn Chinese. BBecause she could learn better in a Chinese environment. CBecause she was uncomfortable in her daytoday conversations. DBecause she made rapid progress in her daytoday conversations. 26What does the author want t
26、o show by mentioning reading Harry Potter? AShe could read books really fast. B. Its good to learn through reading. CShe learned the Chinese language quickly. DThe Harry Potter books are worth reading. 27What does the authors Chinese learning experience mainly tell us? AWe should learn a language th
27、rough travelling. BLearning a second language is really important. CThe Chinese language is not so difficult to learn. DThe languagelearning environment is important. C C In the waters off Brisbane, Australia, a sevenfootlong sand tiger shark swims in pain. A two footlong spike sticks out of her sid
28、e. Its a piece of fishing equipment that the shark ate carelessly. After traveling into her body, the spike punctured(刺) through the sharks stomach. A man swimming in the water notices the shark. Then, he warns Sea World Marine Park in the nearby town of Gold Coast. Sea World sends a 12person team f
29、rom its rescue center to where the shark was discovered in Moreton Bay Marine Park. Soon, they find her lying on the seafloor. “Shell die without help， ”says Trevor Long, leader of the rescue center. Using an onboard crane(吊车), the rescuers move the shark into their boats 13footlong tank(缸). Then Dr
30、. David Blyde gives the shark pain medicine and performs an operation to remove the spike. After that, the team sails with the shark to Sea World 33 miles away. They place the fish in a 49footlong tank and wait to see if she gets better. To give the sharks stomach time to get better, she isnt fed fo
31、r the first few days. A week after her operation, Long offers the shark a small, dead fish. The animal refuses to eat. But days later when he drops another fish into her tank, the shark enjoys her meal. By now the sharks wounds are getting better. Two weeks after her rescue, they take the shark back
32、 to the boat and return her to Moreton Bay Marine Park. As the fish is lowered by the crane to the waters surface, two rescuers jump into the ocean and guide her into the sea. From the boat, Long watches her swim away.“The shark has another chance， ” Long says. 28What happens to the sand tiger shark
33、? AShe is unlucky and gets hurt badly. BShe has nothing to eat for a few days. CShe swims in Sea World and loses her way. DShe is seriously ill because of sea water. 29According to the text, Sea World_ Ahelps protect and save animals Bis 33 miles away from Gold Coast Chasnt enough space for another
34、shark Dhas never performed operations on sharks 30How does Long feel when feeding the shark for the first time after the operation? AVery proud. BQuite worried. CReally relaxed. DExtremely afraid. 31What would be the best title for the text? ADangers from sharks BSand tiger shark rescue CMoreton Bay
35、 Marine Park DA rescue team from Sea World D D Theres a good chance something youve bought online has been in the hands of a “ picker” first. These are the workers in warehouses(仓库）who pick, pack and ship all those things were ordering. At Amazon and other companies, theyre working side by side with
36、 robots. Experts say while the robots are replacing some human workers, the machines arent quite ready to take over completely. When a robot finds its storage unit, it slides underneath, lifts it up and then delivers it to a worker 一 theyre called pickers. On a recent day, the computer told a picker
37、 to grab what looked like a fantasy board (棋盘)game. The picker found it, canned it and placed it on the conveyor belt. “In a traditional fulfillment center where the associate would walk to the different items , it can take hours to fulfill a customer order. “ Robinson says. Now, with the help of ro
38、bots, that task takes minutes 一 and fewer humans. So is this a sign were entering a new industrial revolution? “Its definitely going to take over a lot of jobs. “ says Karen Myers, a scientist at SRI, one of Silicon Valleys oldest research centers. At the same time, she says, were running against th
39、e limits of technology. Take “the picker” at the Amazon fulfillment center. Myers says those skills are proving to be uniquely human. “Our fingers are incredibly flexible and the current generation of robotic operators, theyre getting much, much better,” she says. “But theyre just not quite there ye
40、t. ” Theres also the robots brain. Remember that board game the Amazon worker was looking for? She could barely see the box filled into the storage bin but she could tell it was a board game. Robots cant do that. Technologists say that, increasingly, humans will work side by side with robots instead
41、 of robots working alone. Amazon says robots and humans enabled the Tracy warehouse to fulfill customer orders faster. That means more customers and more human workers. 32. A picker does some tasks except . A. picking goods B. producing goods C. spotting goods D. packing goods 33. With the help of r
42、obots, some tasks are . A. more efficient B. less straight C. more difficult D. less profitable 34. Compared with robots, humans are more . A. powerful B. artificial C. flexible D. energetic 35. What is the best title for the text? A. Robots replacing humans completely. B. The advantages of shopping
43、 online. C. The future of robots. D. Robots and humans working side by side. 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。 Florence Nightingale was named after her birthplace, Florence, Italy. When she was almost a year old, she returned with her family to England. Florence
44、often helped her mother deliver(运送) food to the poor and sick._36_ Her family was shocked because nursing was not a respected profession. But Florence was determined. She studied books on medicine. Later, she visited hospitals in France, Germany and Ireland and learned everything she could._37_ In 1
45、854, Britain was at war with Russia. Florence went to the British hospital in Scutari (now skdar in Istanbul) and she was shocked. The hospital left men lying on the floor, and rats were running everywhere._38_ Many soldiers died before receiving help. The doctors wouldnt listen to Florence because
46、they didnt like the idea of women in army hospitalsuntil one day 500 unexpected casualties(伤亡者) arrived. _39_ Florence made changes, making sure the men were washed and their injuries were cared for. Every night she would check the patients with her lamp. When she returned home after the war, a fund
47、 had been set up in her honor. Many of the soldiers she had nursed had made contributions(捐款)Now she could set up the Nightingale Training School in London. After years of hard work, Florence Nightingale saw cleaner and more cheerful hospitals._40_ All of this was because of the “lady with the lamp”
48、. ANursing became an honored profession. BThere was no running water and no heat. CShe knew she had much to learn about nursing. DFlorence saw the soldiers health had improved. EAs she grew older, she decided to become a nurse. FThey soon realized that Florence knew what she was doing. GUpon returning home, she was an expert on hospital management. 第三部分 英语知识运用（共两节，满分 45 分） 第一节（共 20 小题；每小题 1.5 分，满分 30 分） 阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给四个选项（A、B、C 和 D）中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，并在 答题卡上将该项涂黑。 Wh
