1、安徽省六安市舒城中学19学年高二英语下学期开学考试试题含答案doc安徽省六安市舒城中学2018-2019学年高二英语下学期开学考试试题（总分：150分 时间：120分钟）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。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 is the man going to do on Sunday?A.Visit his mother. B. Do some gardening C. Move
2、 into a new house.2. What does the man think of the building might be?A. An apartment building. B. A hotel. C. A department store.3. Where does the conversation take place?A. In a store. B. In a bank. C. In a classroom.4. When will the next bus come?A. At 6:35. B.At 6:45. C. At 7:00.5. When does the
3、 conversation probably take place?A. At 4:30p.m B. At 5:00p.m. C. At 5:30 p.m. 第二节 （15小题，每小题1.5分，共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. Whats the probable relationship between the speakers?A. Frie
4、nds. B. Neighbors. C.Customer and waitress.7. How will Bill and Mary go home?A. By bus. B. By taxi C. By subway.听第7段材料，回答第8, 9题。8. What does the woman want to buy?A. Desks. B. Chairs. C. Computers.9. What discount will be the woman get? A. 15% off. B.12% off. C. 10% off.听第8段材料，回答第10-12题。10. How did
5、the man learn about the house?A. He heard about it from his wife. B. He saw it on South Florida Street.C. He read about it in the newspaper.11. How many bathrooms are there in the house?A. Three. B. Four C. Five12. What is the mans concern about the house?A. The size. B. The price. C. The location.听
6、第9段材料，回答第13-16题。13. What do the speakers both agree?A. People need cars to buy groceries. B. Having a car can make people lazy. C. Cars are bad for the environment.14. Why does the woman drive her car every day?A. Driving is convenient. B. Her city has no subway. C. She think its cheap.15. What can
7、be said about the man?A. He spends a lot on gas. B. He gets to work by bike. C. He needs to get back in shape16. Where will the woman probably go next?A. To a gym. B. To the supermarket. C. To a used car market听第10段材料，回答第17-20题。17. How did Jim feel about going to England?A.Surprised. B Nervous C. Sa
8、d18. Where was Shakespeare born? A. In London. B. In Cambridge. C. In Stratford-upon- Avon.19. What was the main job of Shakespeares father?A. He was a writer. B. He was a tour guide. C. He was a glove maker20. Why did Shakespeare write unusual plays?A. He got free education. B. He never went to uni
9、versity. C. He traveled around the world.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）舒中高二统考英语 第1页 (共10页)AThe Nobel Prize-winning Mexican writer Octavio Paz said, “The art of the festival has been debased（下降） almost everywhere else, but not in Mexico.” Here are several events that would have made him p
10、roud:Morelia International Film FestivalThe Morelia film festival really brings this colonial city to life in mid-October. Created as a platform for documentaries and fiction works, the programming offers an up-close look at Mexican society as seen through the eyes of a new generation of filmmakers.
11、 Fashionable bars and sidewalk cafes are buzzing with activity around the main square, where crowds gather nightly for open-air screenings and other cultural events.Day of the DeadEach year on November 1st and 2nd, Mexico turns its thoughts to the departed during the Day of the Dead festivities, a c
12、olorful tradition deeply rooted in native culture. For Mexicans, death is more a cause for celebration than mourning, and that spirit has been kept very much alive in Ptzcuaro, the Da de Muertos mecca. Prepare yourself to battle large crowds of the living.Carnival in Veracruz &MazatlnMexico hosts ma
13、ny carnival celebrations every year featuring exciting parades, dance performances, live music and of course, big-time partying. The nine-day event in Veracruz, Mexicos biggest carnival, usually kicks off in March, right around the same time when festivities get started on the Pacific coast in Mazat
14、ln. You can shake your body with salsa music in Veracruz or the brass band sounds of Mazatln.La MorismaAn all-out war erupts on the streets of colonial Zacatecas, usually around late August. OK, well, its actually a mock battle with well over 2,000 participants re-enacting battles between the Christ
15、ians and Moors in old Spain. The faux（假的）soldiers attack one another while accompanied on the streets by bands of musicians.21. How do the Mexicans feel when the Day of the Dead comes?A. Calm B. Anxious C. Scared D. Happy22. What can people enjoy in both Carnival in Veracruz &Mazatln and La Morisma?
16、A. Exciting parades B. Dance performances. C. Live music. D. A mock battle23. What is the purpose of the text?A. To tell something about a Nobel Prize-winning writer.B. To introduce some famous Mexican festivals.C. To advise readers to join in the Mexican events.D. To criticize the bad customs of Me
17、xican festivals.BWhen my sister Mertie told me she had put out tomato plants last summer, I was quite impressed.Since she was a garden-beginner, Mertie researched exactly how far apart to space her tomato plants; what kind of fertilizer to use; how to keep away the bugs, etc. Once they were planted,
18、 she took care of them daily, anxiously awaiting the juicy tomatoes to appear. But, day after day, her plants were tomato-less while all of her neighbors who had also put out tomato plants were already enjoying the fruit of their labor.Frustrated, Mertie gave in and went to the market to search fres
19、h tomatoes. While paying, Mertie told the farmer her troubles. The farmer paused to think for a moment and then asked, “Well, what kind of tomatoes did you plant?”“I think they were called Big Boy,” Mertie remembered.“Well theres your problem,” the farmer explained. “Big Boy and Better Boy tomatoes
20、have a 95-day growing period whereas regular tomato plants produce fruit in as few as 70 daysyou just have to wait a little longer for the Big Boys.”With that new knowledge, Mertie went home with excitement, knowing they would be worth the wait.Thinking about my sisters gardening experience, I had t
21、o smile. She just didnt know that Big Boy tomatoes took longer-neither did I-but once she discovered that information, she was no longer discouraged and upset about the lack of tomatoes on her plants. Instead, she was encouraged and excited to see them a few weeks later.It makes me wonder how many o
22、f us have “Big Boy” dreams in our hearts, yet we just dont realize that they are of the “Big Boy” variety so we are discouraged and worn out with the waiting process. Instead of waiting with excitement, we give up on our dreams and figure we must have done something wrong to stop them from coming to
23、 pass. Frustrated, we see other peoples dreams coming true, and we wonder why ours havent yet been achieved.24. What is not mentioned in the passage when growing tomato plants?A. Watering them regularly. B. Keeping them well apart.C. Using suitable fertilizer. D. Controlling pests on them.25. Why di
24、d Merties tomato plants fail to produce at the expected time?A. Because she grew the wrong kind of tomatoes.B. Because they were destroyed by her neighbors.C. Because they required more time to produce.D. Because she didnt manage the garden well.26. What does the author compare tomatoes to in the te
25、xt?舒中高二统考英语 第3页 (共10页)A. Experiences. B. Goals. C. Time. D. Imagination.27. What does the text intend to show us?A. Its better late than never.B. Success sometimes needs a little patience.C. A bad beginning makes a bad ending.D. A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush.CKong Qiu,better known as C
26、onfucius, was born in 551 B. C. , in the Lu state of China. His teachings, preserved in Lunyu , focused on creating models for good behavior and setting educational standards. He died in 479 B. C. Confucianism later became the official philosophy of the Chinese empire, and was extremely influential
27、during the Han, Tang and Song dynasties.Little is known of Confucius childhood. Records of the Historian , written by Ssu-ma Chien,offers the most detailed account of Confucius life. However, some modem historians question its accuracy,regarding it as myth, not fact. The book says that Confucius was
28、 born into a royal family while others say that Confucius was bom into poverty. One fact is clear, though: Confucius lived during a time of great trouble in China.Over 2 ,500 years ago , China s Chou Empire began to fall apart. Warring Chinese states caused it to break down. Traditional Chinese valu
29、es then began to decline. Confucius saw this as an opportunity to strengthen the old Chinese values and customs. His ideas were based on the principle of ren or loving others while practicing self-control. He believed that ren could be put into action using the Golden Rule. The Golden Rule is do not
30、 do to others what you do not wish for yourself. Confucius political beliefs were also based on the concept of self-control. He believed that a leader should stay modest and treat his followers with care. In doing so, he would lead by positive example. According to Confucius, leaders could motivate
31、their subjects to follow the law by teaching them virtue.His philosophy of education focused on the Six Arts. To Confucius, the main objective of being an educator was to teach people to be honest and kind. He tried to encourage people to be more polite to each other.By the second century B. C. , du
32、ring China s first Han Dynasty, his ideas became the foundation for the state government. Today, he is widely considered one of the most influential teachers in Chinese history.28. Confucius would be MOST likely to agree that the purpose of education is A. to have rich knowledge. B. to live a good moral life.C. to gain wealth and power . D. to le
