1、湖北鄂东南级示范高中教育教学改革联盟学校学年高二英语上学期期中联考试题湖北省鄂东南省级示范高中教育教学改革联盟学校2018-2019学年高二英语上学期期中联考试题考试时间：2018 年 11 月 13 日下午 14:3016:30 试卷满分：150 分注意事项：1答题前，先将自己的姓名、准考证号填写在试卷和答题卡上，并将准考证号条形码粘贴在答 题卡上的指定位置。2选择题的作答：每小题选出答案后，用 2B 铅笔把答题卡上对应题目的答案标号涂黑。写在 试卷、草稿纸和答题卡上的非答题区域均无效。3非选择题的作答：用黑色签字笔直接答在答题卡上对应的答题区域内。写在试卷、草稿纸和 答题卡上的非答题区域均
2、无效。4考试结束后，请将本试卷和答题卡一并上交。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。 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。 1Where are they most probably talking?AIn the office. BIn a phone box. CAt home.2What d
3、oes the man want to do?ATo get a camera. BTo buy batteries. CTo go to the cinema.3When will the man go to the cinema?AOn Sunday morning. BOn Sunday afternoon. COn Sunday evening.4What do you know from the mans replies?AHe lost Lilys book. BHe was badly pressed with his work. CHe was sure that the bo
4、ok could be found.5What does the man like to collect?AMagazines. BCoins. CPaintings.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。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，每小题将给出 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。6Who was ill last week?AMr. Hudson. BMr. Hudsons
5、mother. CMr. Hudsons son.7What kind of person is Mr. Hudson according to the dialogue?AA very good worker. BA person who often gets angry. CA person who cares nothing.听第 7 段材料，回答第 8、9 题。8Where does the conversation probably take place?AAt home. BAt the doctors. CAt the restaurant.9Why does the man f
6、eel stressful?AHe struck his head on a cupboard door. BHe found it difficult to sleep. CHe is going to attend an important examination.听第 8 段材料，回答第 10 至 12 题。10Where does Mike work?AIn a grocery. BIn a language school. CIn an art school.11What does the woman want to do for a change?ALearn to dance.
7、BLearn to sing. CLearn to paint.12What is most difficult for the woman about learning Arabic?APronunciation. BGrammar. CIdioms.听第 9 段材料，回答第 13 至 16 题。13What is Mr. Lis class about?AHow to learn English well. BHow to prepare for a speech. CHow to get ready for an interview.14When will the woman have
8、an interview?ANext Friday. BNext day. CNext Monday.15What is the most important thing in an interview?AFriendliness. BHonesty. CQuickness.16Where are they speaking?AOn the phone. BIn the street. CIn the classroom.听第 10 段材料，回答第 17 至 20 题。17What will be held in the Twin Cities this year?AWinter Olympi
9、cs. BSummer Olympics. CSenior Olympics.18How many sports are there in the games?A8. B18. C80.19How long will the games last?ASeven days. BTen days. CFourteen days.20How often is the event held?AEvery two years. BEvery four years. CEvery five years.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
10、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。AAnimal Care & EducationVolunteers for Wildlife provides protection for over 30 animals with disabilities that prevent their returning to the wild. Our Animal Care & Education volunteers help us to provide the highest level of care for these animals.Volunteers will
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15、ion volunteer position. Completed Volunteer Applications can be sent to:Volunteer Organizer Volunteers for Wildlife 194 A Bayville Road Locust Valley, NY 1156021How do volunteers help the animals?AHelp the animals return to the wild. BDonate food to the animals. CCall on the public to take part. DBu
16、ild shelters for the animals.22Which is required to be a volunteer?AHaving a quality of working hard. BVolunteering for at most 6 months. CSpeaking to make the public comfortable. DWorking full-time.23Whats the purpose of the writing?ATo raise concern about the wildlife. BTo absorb new members. CTo
17、introduce the coming events. DTo advertise programs.BAfter her car ran out of gas on a dark New Jersey highway last month, Kate McClure pulled over and tried to walk to the nearest gas station on foot. But a nearby homeless man didnt let her go far, telling her to go back in the car and lock the doo
18、rs while he went instead. McClure said the man, Johnny, spent his last$20 on a can of gas for her.While she didnt have cash to give him at the time, she and her boyfriend returned to Johnnys spot along the side of the road the next day to return the money. Over the following weeks, she kept stopping
19、 by to chat with Johnny and give him a few dollars. Finally she decided to set up a GoFundMe page for him earlier this month, intending to raise $10,000. “I wish that I could do more for this selfless man, who went out of his way just to help me that day,” McClure wrote on the page. “He is such a gr
20、eat guy, and talking to him each time I see him makes me want to help him more and more.”To date, the campaign has raised over $300,000 outstripping its goal. Many of the 10,400 donors（捐赠者）contributed $10 or $20. McClure originally intended to use the funds to set Johnny up in his own apartment with
21、 some necessities and enough money to last him a few months while he looked for employment.As support kept pouring in, McClure briefly stopped the campaign earlier this week on the request of Johnny, who didnt want to take advantage of the kindness of strangers. She restarted it, however, by popular
22、 demand.Faced with a huge surplus（过剩）of the funding（捐款）, McClure said, “Johnny has more than a few ideasof where this money can go and how it will be used for meaningful purposes.” “It will be his decision and his decision only on what organizations or private parties he decides to help!” she wrote.
23、24Why did McClure start the campaign?ATo show her pity for Johnny. BTo respond to peoples demand.CTo repay Johnnys kindness to her. DTo raise peoples awareness of the homeless.25What does the underlined word “outstripping” mean in Paragraph 3?AAchieving. BTopping. CBacking DChanging.26How will Johnn
24、y probably spend the extra funds?AReturn them to the donors . BBuy himself an apartment.CSet up an organization. DHelp those in need.27Which of the following words can best describe Johnny?AHonest and admirable. BBrave and considerate.CGenerous and enthusiastic. DDetermined and responsible.CAnts are
25、 truly amazing creatures. In addition to gifts like predicting earthquakes and saving themselves from drowning during floods, the hardworking insects go all out to protect their own members, often carrying the wounded back to the nest to recover. Now, researchers have discovered ants who explode and
26、sacrifice（牺牲）themselves to save their nests from attackers.Although scientists have known about the existence of exploding ants since 1916, they were first found in the rainforests of Borneo in Southeast Asia by an international team of researchers led by Alice Laciny, a graduate student at the Natu
27、ral History Museum, Vienna.The researchers noticed that during the day, when the ants went outside to look for food, they would be closely monitored by a small army of “guards”, who touched each member as it went in and out of the nest.Upon running into an attacker, the guard ant would move its back
28、 part towards the attacking creature and shrink（缩小）its stomach. This caused the ants body to explode and release a yellow, deadly goo（粘状物）, which instantly killed the attacker.The ability to explode, however, was not universal among the species and appeared to be unique to minor worker ants, usually
29、 the smallest ants of the nest. Even more interesting was that while the minor members were blowing themselves up, the large worker ants with oversized heads, placed barriers at the nests entrance to prevent other possible enemies from entering.While the protective measure may sound extreme, Tomer C
30、zazkes believes it is necessary. The behavioral ecologist at Germanys University of Regensburg says since the insects live in large groups, theyare a natural and easy source of food for ant eaters. They, therefore, have to find ways to protect themselves. Ants are not the only insects known to condu
31、ct this type of voluntary self-sacrifice. Older termites（白蚁）,who have lost their abilities of nesting and finding food, also explode onto their enemies.Next, the researchers hope to find out the make-up of their yellow goo, how they use their explosions to take down larger attackers and so on.28Whats the major function of Paragraph 1?ATo tell us ants are gifted. BTo lead to the main topic of the text. CTo say ants face more challenges. DTo show concern for ants safety.29What is regarded as more interesting for the author?AThe minor ants voluntary self-sacrifice. BThe gua
