1、山东省宁阳一中学年高二英语上学期期中试题山东省宁阳一中2019-2020学年高二英语上学期期中试题（考试时间：120分钟；试卷满分：150分）注意事项：1. 答卷前, 考生务必将自己的姓名、准考证号、考试科目、试卷类型用铅笔涂写在答题卡上。2. 每小题选出答案后, 用铅笔把答题卡上对应题目的答案标号涂黑。如需改动, 用橡皮擦干净后, 再选涂其他答案标号。不能答在试卷上。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
2、间来回答有关小题和阅读下一小题。每段对话仅读一遍。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。1What did the doctor suggest the man do?AStop having a spicy food. BHave a balanced diet. CBrush his teeth carefully.2What will the woman do next? A. Call the man back. B. Answer
3、 the door. C. Check Bens number.3. Where does the conversation probably take place? A. In a meeting room. B. In a bookstore. C. In a classroom.4. What does the woman think of the movie?A. Terrible. B. Touching. C. Confusing.5. What are the speakers talking about? A. A book. B. A French class. C. A n
4、ew teacher. 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. How much is the man paid by the coffee shop each day?A. 60 dollars. B. 50 dollars C. 40 dollars.7. What is the mans purpose in
5、 working at the coffee shop?A. To pay for college fees. B. To buy some video games. C. To get work experience. 听第7段材料，回答第8至9题。8. Whats the mans favorite activity in summer?A. Diving. B. Swimming. C. Fishing.9. Why does the man want to travel to Greece?A. It has many ancient buildings. B. It has a pl
6、easant climate. C. It has clear waters.10. How many people in the mans family will travel to Greece?A. Three. B. Four. C. Five.听第8段材料，回答第11至13题。11. Whats the womans neighbour?A. A teacher. B. A student. C. An office worker.12. How long has the woman been living in the street?A. For one year. B. For
7、two years. C. For three years.13. What does the woman think of her neighbor?A. Talented. B. Annoying. C. Friendly. 听第9段材料，回答第14至17题。14. Where will the woman celebrate Christmas this year?A. In the US. B. In China. C. In the UK.15. Where do Americans prefer visiting on Christmas Day?A. Time Square. B
8、. China Town. C. Central Park.16. How does the man feel about the womans introduction to Christmas?A. Surprised. B. Disappointed. C. Confused.17. What is the probable relationship between the speakers?A. School friends. B. Guide and tourist. C. Colleagues.听第10段材料，回答第18至20题。18. What is the weather li
9、ke on Friday night?A. Rainy. B. Snowy. C. Fine.19. What will the area experience next Monday?A. A big rainstorm. B. Rain and snow. C. Clouds and sunshine.20. What is probably the text?A. A weather report. B. A tourist program. C. A piece of sad news. 第二部分 阅读理解（共两节, 满分35分）第一节 （共10小题；每小题2.5分，满分25分）阅读下
10、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。AMany people in high school cannot wait to go to college and leave their hometown behind. Questions arise, though, when it comes to all of the decisions involved in choosing a college.One of the first considerations may be finance. State and public coll
11、eges are often the least expensive. Often, though, the better colleges are private and more expensive. It is sad when gifted students cannot attend a college of their choice just for financial reasons.Another major factor is location. Whether the college is in a small town or large city can have a m
12、ajor impact on its activities. A water lover probably will be more comfortable spending four years near an ocean or a lake. Those who cannot tolerate heat will probably be more comfortable at a northern college. Distance from home may also come into consideration. If family is a top priority, that p
13、erson should stay close to home; on the other hand，if independence is desired, a campus farther from home would be more appropriate.School size also plays a major role in the decision process. If you want to get to know your teachers, a small college is suitable.For those of you who consider yoursel
14、f a “people person” and want a wide range of activities, a large college is more fitting. Your area of interest is another factor to consider in the decisionmaking process if you want to get the most from your education. The whole point of college is to learn what is of interest to you.Crucially (至关
15、重要地), one must take into consideration the colleges by which you can realistically be accepted. An Ivy League school for an average student would probably not be a good match. Similarly, an average school for an aboveaverage student would not work well. The college should provide enough of a challen
16、ge for the student to work hard. Although there may not be the perfect college out there, there probably will be one that is close. Those who cannot find a suitable college are probably not looking hard enough.21What is the main idea of the third paragraph?AThe location of the college is a main fact
17、or.BA long distance will make students upset.CStudents can be independent at college.DThe climate must be taken into consideration.22What does the underlined part “people person” in the passage mean?AA person of great capacity. BA very sociable person.CA very particular person. DA person of great im
18、portance.23Which is the most important factor when choosing a college?AThe location of a college. BThe coming challenges.CSchool size. DThe examination result.BA robot created by Washington State University (WSU) scientists could help elderly people with dementia(痴呆）and other limitations live in dep
19、endently in their own homes .The Robot Activity Support System, or RAS, uses sensors equipped in a WSU smart home to determine where its residents（住户） are, what they are doing and when they need assistance with daily activities. It navigates through rooms and around obstacles to find people on its o
20、wn, provides video instructions on how to do simple tasks and can even lead its owners to objects like their medicine or a snack in the kitchen.“RAS combines the convenience of a mobile robot with the activity detection technology of a WSU smart home to provide assistance in the moment, as the need
21、for help is detected. said Bryan Minor, a postdoctoral researcher in the WSU School of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science.Currently, about 50 per cent adults over the age of 85 need assistance with everyday activities such as preparing meals and taking medicine and the annual cost for this
22、assistance in the US is nearly $2 trillion. With the number of adults over 85 expected to triple by 2050, researchers hope that technologies like RAS and the WSU smart home will relieve some of the financial pressure on the health-care system by making it easier for older adults to live alone.RAS is
23、 the first robot researchers that have tried to apply to their smart home environment. They recently published a study in the journal Cognitive Systems Research that shows how RAS could make life easier for older adults struggling to live independently.While we are still in an early stage of develop
24、ment, our initial results with RAS have been promising, Minor said. The next step in the research will be to test RAS performance with a group of older adults to get a better idea of what video reminders and other preferences they have regarding the robot. ”24. What plays a key role in RAS serving t
25、he elderly? A. Head size. B. Videos. C. Sensors. D. Signal lights. 25. What can we learn about RAS? A. It is the first robot used in daily life. B. It can cook for owners on its own. C. Its function remains to be tested. D. It can locate people and do any task.26. Whats Minors attitude toward the fu
26、ture of RAS? A. Doubtful. B. Negative. C.Uncertain. D. Optimistic.27. What would be a suitable title for the text? A. Elderly People Leave the Nursing Home B. RAS, the First Robot to Make Home Smart C. Older Adults Have Benefited from RAS a Lot D. Smart Home Tests First Elder Care RobotCA study show
27、ed that the experiences children have in their first few years are important . These experiences affect the development of the brain. When children receive more attention, they often have higher IQs. Babies receive information when they see, hear and feel things, which makes connections between diff
28、erent parts of the brain. There are a hundred trillion (万亿) connections in the brain of a three-year-old child.Researcher Judit Gervain tested how good newborns are at distinguishing different sound patterns. Her researchers produced images of the brains of babies as they heard different sound patte
29、rns. For example, one order was mu-ba-ba. This is the pattern “A-B-B. Another order was mu-ba-ge. This is the pattern “A-B-C”. The images showed that the part of the brain responsible for speech was more active during the “A-B-B” pattern. This shows that babies can tell the difference between differ
30、ent patterns. They also were sensitive to where it occurred in the order.Gervain is excited by these findings because the order of sounds is the building block of words and grammar. “Position is key to language she says. “If something is at the beginning or at the end, it makes a big difference: Joh
31、n caught the bear. is very different from The bear caught John. ”Researchers led by scientist Patricia Kuhl have found that language delivered by televisions, audio books,the Internet, or smartphonesno matter how educationaldoesnt appear to be enough for childrens brain development. They carried out
32、 a study of nine-month-old American babies. They expected the first group whod watched videos in Chinese to show the same kind of learning as the second group who were brought face-to-face with the same sounds. Instead they found a huge difference. The babies in the second group were able to distinguish between similar Chinese sounds as well as native listeners. But the other babies regardless of whether they had watched the video or listened
