1、陕西省西安市学年高二英语下册期中考试题1无详细答案长安一中2018-2019学年第二学期期中考试高二英语试题第卷（选择题 共90分）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，并标在试卷相应的位置。听完每段对话后，你都有10秒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 does the man think the weather will be like?A. Rainy. B. Windy. C. Sunny.2. What will
2、 the woman do on the weekend?A. Make some plans. B. Work on her paper. C. Go out with her friend. 3. What is probably the woman?A. A student. B. A nurse. C. A teacher.4. What does the woman want to know?A. Who the lady is. B. Where the bar is. C. What the time is now. 5. What is the woman trying to
3、do?A. Get some small change. B. Find a shopping center. C. Find a parking center.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至7题6. What season is it most likely now?A. Spring. B. Summer. C
4、. Winter.7. Where does the woman work now?A. In a wedding company. B. In a bank of America. C. At a radio station. 听第7段材料,回答第8、9题。8. Why does the man need his notebook?A. To know more about the show. B. To study for the test. C. To write notes in.9. What will the two speakers do after the show?A. Ha
5、ve dinner together. B. Go to the mans home. C. Go to the womans home.听第8段材料,回答第10至12题。10. What does the man like to do in his spare time?A. Reading. B. Swimming. C. Yoga.11. Where does the woman stay in her spare time?A. At home. B. In swimming pools. C. At the gym.12. What does the woman think of y
6、oga?A. Difficult to learn well.B. Really boring and tiring.C. Good for health and relaxation. 听第9段材料,回答第13至16题。13. What does the man want to be?A. A pop singer. B. A movie star. C. A great musician. 14. How does the man feel about his future?A. Uncertain. B. Light-hearted. C. Very confident. 15. Whe
7、n will the man go to find a manager?A. After he moves to London. B. After he takes his last exam. C. After he knows his exam results. 16. What will the man probably do at first in London?A. Do part-time jobs. B. Publish his record. C. Earn lots of money. 听第10段材料,回答第17至20题。17. Where does the speaker
8、most probably make the speech? A. At a family get-together. B. At a reception. C. In a class.18. What is Mr Brown? A. An assistant manager. B.A clothing businessman. C.A government official.19. When did the speaker start to do business with Mr Brown?A. In 1998. B. In 1989. C. In 1988.20. Why are Mr
9、Brown and his party coming to England? A. To visit some business partners. B. To pay an informal visit to some cities. C. To seek new opportunities for cooperation.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，共30分） A“Cleverness is agiftwhile kindness is a choice. Gifts are easy theyre given after all. Choice
10、s can be hard.” Jeff Bezos. I got the idea to start Amazon 16 years ago. I came across the fact that the Internet usage was growing at 2,300 percent per year. Id never seen or heard of anything that grew that fast, and the idea of building an online bookstore with millions of titles wasveryexciting
11、to me. I had just turned 30 years old, and Id been married for a year. I told my wife MacKenzie that I wanted to quit my job and go to do thiscrazy thing that probably wouldnt work since most start-ups dont, and I wasnt sure what to expect. MacKenzie told me I should go for it. As a young boy, Id be
12、en a garage inventor. Id always wanted to be an inventor, and she wanted me to follow my passion. I was working at a financial firm in New York City with a bunch of very smart people, and I had a brilliant boss that I much admired. I went to my boss and toldhimI wanted to start a company selling boo
13、ks on the Internet. He took me on a long walk in Central Park, listened carefully to me, and finally said, “That sounds like a really good idea, but it would be an even better idea for someone who didnt already have a good job.” That logic made somesenseto me, and he convinced me to think about it f
14、or 48 hours before making a final decision. Seen in that light, it really was a difficult choice, but ultimately (最后), I decided I had to give it a shot. I didntthinkId regret trying and failing. And I suspected I would always be haunted by a decision to not try at all.After much consideration, I to
15、ok the less safe path to follow my passion, and Im proud of that choice. For all of us, in the end, we are our choices.21. What inspired the author with the idea of building an online bookstore? A. His dream of being an inventor. B. The support of his wife. C. The greatly increasing usage of the Int
16、ernet. D. Millions of exciting titles.22. Which of the following is closest in meaning to the underlined sentence?. A. The idea of not trying would keep coming to his mind and disturb him. B. He would be very excited if he tried it out. C. He would be always having a doubt if he didnt try. D. The de
17、cision to not try the online bookstore would terrify him.23. We can know from the passage that _. A. the boss thought the idea was suitable for the author B. the author wanted someone else to try the idea C. the author might not regret if he failed the idea D. the author might go back to his boss if
18、 he failed24. Which of the following would be the best title for the passage? A. Cleverness and KindnessB. The Starting of Amazon C. Following My Passion D. We Are What We ChooseBEach morning Grandpa was up early sitting at the kitchen table, reading his book. His grandson wanted to be just like him
19、 and tried to copy him in every way he could. One day the grandson asked, “Grandpa, I try to read the book just like you, but I dont understand it, and I forget what I understand as soon as I close the book. What good does reading the book do?”The grandpa quietly turned from putting coal in the stov
20、e and replied, “Take this coal basket down to the river and bring me back a basket of water.” The boy did as he was told, but all the water leaked out before he got back to the house. The grandpa laughed and said, “Youll have to move a little faster next time,” and sent him back to the river with th
21、e basket to try again.This time the boy ran faster, but again the basket was empty before he returned. Out of breath, he told his grandpa that it was impossible to carry water in a basket, so he went to get a bucket instead. The grandpa said, “I dont want a bucket of water; I want a basket of water.
22、 Youre just not trying hard enough.” The boy again dipped the basket into the river and ran hard, but when he reached his grandpa the basket was empty again. Out of breath, he said, “Grandpa, its useless !” “So, you think it is useless?” the grandpa said, “Look at the basket.” The boy looked at the
23、basket and for the first time he realized that the basket was different. It had been transformed from a dirty old coal basket and was now clean. “Grandson, thats what happens when you read the book. You might not understand or remember everything, but when you read it, youll be changed, inside and o
24、ut.”25. What puzzled the grandson most was _. A. whether it was useful to read books B. why he forgot what he read soon C. what kind of book he could understand D. how he could read books like his grandpa26. Why did Grandpa ask his grandson to fetch a basket of water? A. To train him to run faster.
25、B. To clean the dirty basket in the river. C. To punish him for not reading carefully. D. To get him to realize the use of reading books.27. What lesson can we learn from the story? A. The old are always wiser than the young. B. It is foolish to carry water with a basket. C. Reading books can change
26、 a person gradually. D. You cant expect to remember whatever you read.28. What can be the best title for the text? A. Grandpa and grandson B. Carrying water in a basketC. Reading for total changingD. Baskets and booksCWhen I first told people I was going to work in Cameroon, the most common reaction
27、 was: “Why?” The second was: “Its in Africa; youll die!” The third: “Where is that?” So let me give some answers. I was offered a job that looked interesting in a part of the world Id never been to before. Id also long had an interest in Africa, so I decided it was time to find out the reality. A sm
28、all amount of research showed that in more than 40 years since gaining independence, Cameroon has been a peaceful country with no wars. Not only are there no wars, but Cameroon is a food exporter to the region. Now, after three years, I can say that these have been the healthiest years of my life! N
29、o malaria or any of the other frightening diseases you read about when Africa is mentioned. The worst thing that ever happened to me was a bout of food poisoning once. So what is it like to teach here? Well surprisingly not so different from teaching anywhere else.Most students come to us with a bit
30、 of English in their heads. Cameroon is a bilingual country with French and English as official languages, while there are also close to 200 local ethnic languages in a country of 16 million people. French is thedominantlanguage, spoken by about 80% of the population. The local school system is very
31、 traditional and somewhat strict. Perhaps not surprisingly when there can be up to 150 students in the classroom (of which maybe 30 have the books, and there are probably seats for 70). Like anywhere else, students appreciate it if you know a bit about their country, and not just Roger Milla (the top scorer of the 1990 World Cup, in case youre wondering). It helps if you know the names of the ten provinces, know who the first president was, or can say a word in a local language. So in conclusion: Cameroon isnt just football. Not is it war, poverty and disease. Its just life and people, like
