2019学年高二英语上学期期中试题 人教新版 8页

‎2019高二第一学期英语期中试卷 第一部分阅读理解（共两节，满分40分）‎ A Electric Underground说 ‎7.30pm﹣1.00am Free at the Cyclops Theatre Do you know who's playing in your area？We're bringing you an evening of live rock and pop music from the best local bands．Are you interested in becoming a musician and getting a recording contract（合同）？If so，come early to the talk at 7.30pm by Jules Skye，a successful record producer．He's going to talk about how you can find the right person to produce you music．‎ Gee Whizz ‎8.30pm﹣10.30pm Comedy at Kaleidoscope Come and see Gee Whizz perform．He's the funniest stand﹣up comedian on the comedy scene．This joyful show will please everyone，from the youngest to the oldest．Gee Whizz really knows how to make you laugh! Our bar is open from 7.00pm for drinks and snacks（快餐）．‎ Simon's Workshop ‎5.00pm﹣7.30pm Wednesdays at Victoria Stage This is a good chance for anyone who wants to learn how to do comedy．The workshop looks at every kind of comedy，and practices many different ways of making people laugh．Simon is a comedian and actor who has 10years'experience of teaching comedy．His workshops are exciting and fun．An evening with Simon will give you the confidence to be funny．‎ Charlotte Stone ‎8.00pm﹣11.00pm Pizza World Fine food with beautiful jazz music； this is a great evening out．Charlotte Stone will perform songs from her new best﹣selling CD，with James Pickering on the piano．The menu is Italian，with excellent meat and fresh fish，pizzas and pasta（面食）．Book early to get a table．Our bar is open all day，and serves cocktails，coffee，beer，and white wine．‎ ‎1．Who can help you if you want to have your music produced？‎ A.Gee Whizz B. Jules Skye C．Charlotte Stone．D．James Pickering．‎ ‎2．At which place can people of different ages enjoy a good laugh？‎ A．Kaleidoscope B．The Cyclops Theatre C．Victoria Stage D．Pizza World ‎3．What do we know about Simon's Workshop？‎ A．It requires membership status．‎ B．It lasts three hours each time．‎ C． It is held every Wednesday D．．It is run by a comedy club．‎ ‎4．When will Charlotte Stone perform her songs？‎ A. 5.00pm﹣7.30pm． B. 7.30pm﹣1.00am．‎ - 8 -‎ C. 8.30pm﹣10.30pm D. 8.00pm﹣11.00pm B Reading can be a social activity．Think of the people who belong to book groups．They choose books to read and then meet to discuss them．Now，the website BookCrossing．com BookCrossing．com turns the page on the traditional idea of a book group．‎ Members go on the site and register the books they own and would like to share．BookCrossing provides an identification number to stick inside the book．Then the person leaves it in a public place，hoping that the book will have an adventure，traveling far and wide with each new reader who finds it．‎ Bruce Pederson，the managing director of BookCrossing，says，"The two things that change your life are the people you meet and books you read．BookCrossing combines both．"‎ Members leave books on park benches and buses，in train stations and coffee shops．Whoever finds their book will go to the site and record where they found it．‎ People who find a book can also leave a journal entry describing what they thought of it．E﹣mails are then sent to the BookCrossing to keep them updated about where their books have been found．Bruce peterson says the idea is for people not to be selfish by keeping a book to gather dust on a shelf at home．‎ BookCrossing is part of a trend among people who want to get back to the"real"and not the virtual（虚拟）．The site now has more than one million members in more than one hundred thirty﹣five countries．‎ ‎5．Why does the author mention book groups in the first paragraph？‎ A．To introduce BookCrossing B．To explain what they are C．To stress the importance of reading．‎ D．To encourage readers to share their ideas．‎ ‎6．What does the underlined word "it" in Paragraph 2 refer to？‎ A． An adventure B．The book C．A public place． D．The identification number．‎ ‎7．What will a BookCrosser do with a book after reading it？‎ A．Meet other readers to discuss it．‎ B．Keep it safe in his bookcase．‎ C．Mail it back to its owner D．Pass it on to another reader ‎8 ．What is the best title for the text？‎ A．Online Reading：A Virtual Tour ‎ B．Electronic Books：A new Trend C．A Website Links People through Books ‎ D．A Book Group Brings Tradition Back C ‎ Bad news sells．If it bleeds，it leads．No news is good news，and good news is no news．Those are the classic rules for the evening broadcasts and the morning - 8 -‎ ‎ papers．But now that information is being spread and monitored（监控） in different ways，researchers are discovering new rules．By tracking people's e﹣mails and online posts，scientists have found that good news can spread faster and farther than disasters and sob stories．‎ ‎"The ‘if it bleeds'rule works for mass media，"says Jonah Berger，a scholar at the University of Pennsylvania．"They want your eyeballs and don't care how you're feeling．But when you share a story with your friends，you care a lot more how they react．You don't want them to think of you as a Debbie Downer．"‎ ‎ Researchers analyzing word﹣of﹣mouth communication﹣e﹣mails，Web posts and reviews，face﹣to﹣face conversations﹣found that it tended to be more positive than negative，but that didn't necessarily mean people preferred positive news．Was positive news shared more often simply because people experienced more good things than bad things？To test for that possibility，Dr．Berger looked at how people spread a particular set of news stories：thousands of articles on The New York Times' website．He and a Penn colleague analyzed the" most e﹣mailed "list for six months．One of his first finds was that articles in the science section were much more likely to make the list than non﹣science articles．He found that science amazed Times ‘readers and made them want to share this positive feeling with others．‎ ‎ Readers also tended to share articles that were exciting or funny，or that inspired negative feelings like anger or anxiety，but not articles that left them merely sad．They needed to be aroused（激发） one way or the other，and they preferred good news to bad．The more positive an article，the more likely it was to be shared，as Dr．Berger explains in his new book，"Contagious：Why Things Catch On．"‎ ‎9．What do the classic rules mentioned in the text apply to？‎ A. Research papers B．News reports．‎ C．Private e﹣malls． D．Daily conversations．‎ ‎10．What can we infer about people like Debbie Downer？‎ A．They're socially inactive．‎ B．They're good at telling stories．‎ C． They're careful with their words D．They're inconsiderate of others．‎ ‎11．Which tended to be the most e﹣mailed according to Dr。Berger's ‎ research？‎ A．Science articles． B．Sports new． ‎ C．Personal accounts． D．Financial reviews．‎ ‎12．What can be a suitable title for the text？‎ A．Sad Stories Travel Far and Wide． ‎ B．Online News Attracts More People．‎ C．Good News Beats Bad on Social Networks D．Reading Habits Change with the Times．‎ ‎．‎ D On one of her trips to New York several years ago，Eudora Welty decided to take a couple of New York friends out to dinner．They settled in at a comfortable East - 8 -‎ ‎ Side cafe and within minutes，another customer was approaching their table．‎ ‎"Hey，aren't you from Mississippi？"the elegant，white﹣haired writer remembered being asked by the stranger．"I'm from Mississippi too．" Without a second thought，the woman joined the Welty party．When her dinner partner showed up，she also pulled up a chair．‎ ‎"They began telling me all the news of Mississippi，"Welty said．"I didn't know what my New York friends were thinking．"‎ ‎ Taxis on a rainy New York night are rarer than sunshine．By the time the group got up to leave，it was pouring outside．Welty's new friends immediately sent a waiter to find a cab．Heading back downtown toward her hotel，her big﹣city friends were amazed at the turn of events that had changed their Big Apple dinner into a Mississippi ‎"My friend said：‘Now we believe your stories，'"Welty added．And I said：‘Now you know．These are the people that make me write them．'" Sitting on a sofa in her room，Welty，a slim figure in a simple gray dress，looked pleased with this explanation．‎ ‎"I don't make them up，"she said of the characters in her fiction these last 50 or so years．"I don't have to．"‎ ‎ Beauticians，bartenders，piano players and people with purple hats，Welty's people come from afternoons spent visiting with old friends，from walks through the streets of her native Jackson，Miss，from conversations overheard on a bus．It annoys Welty that，at 78，her left ear has now given out．Sometimes，sitting on a bus or a train，she hears only a fragment（片段） of a particularly interesting story．‎ ‎13．What happened when Welty was with her friends at the cafe？‎ A．Her childhood friends came in ‎ B．Two strangers joined her． ‎ C．A heavy rain ruined the dinner D．Some people held a party there．‎ ‎14．The underlined word "them" in Paragraph 6 refers to Welty's A．readers B．parties C． stories D． friends ‎15．What can we learn about the characters in Welty's fiction？‎ A．They live in big cities B．They are mostly women C． They are pleasure seekers． D． They come from real life 七选五 Public Speaking Training ‎•Get a coach ‎ （16）　　，so get help．Since there are about a billion companies out there all ready to offer you public speaking training and courses，here are some things to look for when deciding the training that's right for you．‎ ‎•Focus on positives ‎ Any training you do to become more effective at public speaking should always focus on the positive aspects of what you already do well．Nothing can hurt confidence more than being told that you aren't doing well．（17）　　，so good public speaking training should develop those instead of telling you what you shouldn't do．‎ ‎ （18）____　　‎ - 8 -‎ ‎ If you find a public speaking course that looks as though it's going to give you lots of dos and don'ts，walk away!Your brain is so full of what you're going to be talking about．（19）　　．As far as we're concerned，there are ‎ your friends．‎ ‎•You are a special person not a clone Most importantly，good public speaking training should treat you as a special one，with your own personal habits．（20）　　．Your training course should help you bring out your personality，not try to turn you into someone you're not．‎ A． You already do lots of things well B．You aren't like anybody else C．Check the rules about dos and don'ts ‎ D． Turn your back on too many rules E．Whatever the presentation，public speaking is tough F．The one thing you don't want is for them to fall asleep G．So trying to force a whole set of rules into it will just make things worse．‎ 第二部分：完形填空（共1小题；每小题1.5分，满分30分）‎ Where do you go when you want to learn something？A friend？A tutor？These are all（21）　　places of learning．But it may well be that the learning you reallywant (22)_____somewhere else instead．I had the（23）_　　of seeing this first hand on a（24）　___．‎ My daughter plays on a recreational soccer team．They did very well this season and so（25）　　a tournament，which normally was only for more skilled club teams．This led to some（26）　　experiences on Saturday as they played against teams（27）　　trained．Through the first two games，her（28）　　did not get on serious shot on goal．As aparent，I（29）　____seeing my daughter playing her best，（30）　　 still defeated．‎ It seemed that something clicked with the（31）　　between Saturday and Sunday．When they （32）　　for their Sunday game，they were（33）　___different．They had begun to integrate （融合）the kinds of play and teamwork they had（34）　　the day before into their（35）　　．They played aggressively and（36）　　 scored a goal．‎ It（37）　　 me that playing against the other team was a great（38）　_　moment for all the girls on the team．I think it is a general principle．（39）　__is the best teacher．The lessons they may not be（40）_　　what they would have gotten in school．But they are certainly more personal and meaningful，because they had to work them out on their own．‎ ‎21．A． traditional B．public C．official D．special ‎22．A．passes B．works C．ends D． lies ‎23．A．dream B．idea C． chance D．habit ‎24．A．trip B．holiday C．square ‎ D．weekend ‎25．A． entered B．won C．organized D．watched ‎26．A． strange B．painful C．common D．practical ‎27．A．less B．poorly C． better D．newly - 8 -‎ ‎28．A．fans B．tutors C． team D．class ‎29．A． hated B．imagined C．avoided D．missed ‎30．A．if B．or C． as D．but ‎31．A． parents B．girls C．coaches D．viewers ‎32．A． showed up B．dressed C．made up D．planned ‎33．A．slightly B．hardly C． completely D．basically ‎34．A． known B．seen C．heard D．read ‎35．A．styles B．training C． rules D．game ‎36．A． still B．even C．seldom D．again ‎37．A． struck B．confused C．reminded D．warned ‎38．A．touching B．thinking C.learning D.encouraging ‎39．A． Independence B．Experience C．Curiosity D．Interest ‎40．A．harmful to B．mixed with C．applied to D.different from 第三部分：英语知识运用（共两节，满分45分）‎ 第一节（共1小题；每小题1．5分，满分15分）‎ In much of Asia，especially the so﹣called"rice bowl"cultures of China，Japan，Korea，（41）　　Vietnam，food is usually eaten with chopsticks．‎ ‎ Chopsticks are usually two long，thin pieces of wood or bamboo．They can also be made of plastic，animal bone or metal．Sometimes chopsticks are quite artistic．Truly elegant chopsticks might（42）　　（make）of gold and silver with Chinese characters．Skilled workers also combine various hardwoods and metal （43）　　（create）special designs．‎ ‎ The Chinese have used chopsticks for five thousand years．People probably cooked their food in large pots，（44）　　（use）twigs（树枝）to remove it．Over time，（45）　　the population grew，people began cutting food into small pieces so it would cook more quickly．‎ ‎ Food in small pieces could be eaten easily with twigs which（46）　　（gradual）turned into chopsticks．‎ Some people think that the great Chinese scholar Confucius，（47）　　lived from roughly 551 to 479 B．C．，influenced the（48）　　（develop）of chopsticks．Confucius believed knives would remind people of killings and （49）　　（be）too violent for use at the table．‎ ‎ Chopsticks are not used everywhere in Asia．In India，for example，most people traditionally eat （50）　　their hands．‎ 第二节 短文改错（共1小题，每小题1分，满分10分）‎ 假定英语课上老师要求同桌之间交换修改作文，请你修改你同桌写的以下作文．文中共有10处语言错误，每句中最多有两处．每处错误仅涉及一个单词的增加、删除或修改．‎ 增加：在缺词处加一个漏字符号（∧），并在其下面写出该加的词．‎ 删除：把多余的词用斜线（﹨）划掉．‎ 删除：在错的词下划一横线，并在该词下面写出修改后的词．‎ 注意：1．每处错误及其修改均仅限一词；‎ ‎2．只允许修改10处，多者（从第11处起）不计分．‎ - 8 -‎ The summer holiday is coming．My classmates and I are talking about how to do during the holiday．We can chose between staying at home and take a trip．If we stay at home，it is comfortable but there is no need to spend money．But in that case，we will learn little about world．If we go on a trip abroad，we can broaden your view and gain knowledges we cannot get from books．Some classmates suggest we can go to places of interest nearby．I thought that it is a good idea．It does not cost many，yet we can still learn a lot．‎ ‎　‎ 第四部分:书面表达（满分25分）‎ ‎19．（25分）假定你是李华，与留学生朋友Bob约好一起去书店，因故不能赴约．请给他写封邮件，内容包括：‎ ‎1．表示歉意 ‎2．说明原因 ‎3．另约时间 注意：‎ ‎1．词数100左右；‎ ‎2．可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯．‎ ‎　‎ - 8 -‎ 高二英语期中试卷答案 ‎ 第一部分： 1-5 BACDA 6-10 BDCBD 11-15 ACBCD 16-20 EADGC ‎21-25ADCDA 26-30 BCCAD 31-35 BACBD 36-40 BACBD 第二部分：英语知识运用 ‎41 and 42 be made 43 to create 44 using 45 as ‎ 46 gradually 47 who 48 development 49 were 50 with 改错：1.how-what 2.chose-choose 3.take –taking 4.but-and 5.world前加the 6.your-our 7.knowledges-knowledge 8.去掉can或can-should 9.thought-think 10.many-much Dear Bob，‎ ‎ I'm sorry to say that I cannot go to the bookstore with you on Friday afternoon．I have just found that I have to attend an important class meeting that afternoon． I hope the change will not cause you too much trouble．Shall we go on Saturday morning？We can set out early so that we'll have more time to read and select books． If it's convenient for you，let's meet at 8：30 outside the school gate．If not，let me know what time suits you best． I should be available any time after school next week．‎ Yours， Li Hua - 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