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1、江苏省常州市礼嘉中学2018-2019学年高二英语下学期期中试题注意事项:考生在答题前请认真阅读本注意事项及各题答题要求。1. 本试卷共 10 页，包含第卷（选择题）和第卷（非选择题）两部分，共 120 分。考试时间 120 分钟。考试结束后，只要将答题卡交回。2. 答题前，请您务必将自己的姓名、学校、座位号用书写黑色字迹的 0.5 毫米签字笔填写在答题纸上，并在答题卡上粘贴好条形码。3. 答题时，必须用书写黑色字迹的 0.5 毫米签字笔写在答题纸上的指定位置，在其它位置作答一律无效。第 I 卷 （三部分，共 85 分） 第一部分 听力（共两节，满分 20 分） 第一节 听下面 5 段对话。每
2、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。 1. Why doesnt the woman want to go running now?A. Her stomach hurts.B. The weather is not good.C. She needs to eat something first.2. How many words does the man learn each week?A. Fifteen.B. Ten.C. Six.3. Wha
3、t are the speakers talking about?A. A classmate.B. A workmate.C. A neighbor.4. Where does the conversation probably take place?A. In a hotel.B. In a hospital.C. In a restaurant.5. What does the man mean?A. They should leave.B. They have a lot to do.C. They should be patient.第二节 听下面 5 段对话或独白。每段对话或独白后
4、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. Why does the woman shop online?A. It is easy to do.B. It feels less stressful.C. It has a better selection.7. What does the man tell the woman about in the end?A. Taking or
5、ders.B. Returning items.C. Saving money.听第 7 段材料，回答第 8 至 10 题。8. What type of job does the man want?A. A job in a school.B. A job in a bank.C. A job in a store.9. What advice does the woman give the man?A. To give longer answers.B. To never say your weaknesses.C. To pay attention to his appearance.1
6、0. Whats the probable relationship between the speakers?A. Brother and sister.B. Teacher and student.C. Interviewer and interviewee.听第 8 段材料，回答第 11 至 13 题。11. How is the woman ordering the meals?A. At a restaurant.B. On the phone.C. Online.12. When will the food get to the woman?A. In about half an
7、hour.B. In about 45 minutes.C. In about an hour.13. Which part of the order does the woman cancel?A. The ice cream.B. The cheeseburger.C. The large French fries.听第 9 段材料，回答第 14 至 17 题。14. Where does the woman probably work?A. At an ad company.B. At a television studio.C. At a computer company.15. Wh
8、at is different about the womans new position?A. She will travel more now.B. She will manage her own team.C. She will make more money now.16. What does the man think about the woman?A. She is very rich.B. She is a good leader.C. She is a hard worker.17. When will the woman start her new position?A.
9、This week.B. Next week.C. Next month.听第 10 段材料，回答第 18 至 20 题。18. Who is the speaker?A. An ambulance driver.B. A news reporter.C. A policeman.19. How many people have been seriously hurt?A. Two.B. Three.C. Five.20. What does the speaker advise the listeners to do?A. Not travel across the bridge today
10、.B. Go by the bridge to check out the activity.C. Avoid driving near the bridge entrance for now. 第二部分英语知识运用（共两节，满分 35 分） 第一节单项填空（共 15 小题；每小题 1 分，满分 15 分） 请认真阅读下面各题，从题中所给的 A、B、C、D 四个选项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。 21. It is clear that the educational resources equally is what people need badly nowadays.A. a
11、dvocatingB. acceleratingC. distributingD. circulating22. Related departments should conduct the targeted on-the-job training for the medical staffs based on their actual needs in order to improve their professional effectively.A. componentB. competitionC. competenceD. circumstance23. Many employees
12、have questions about the rules and come to the office for further detailed explanation, which indicates that the rules havent been made .A. explicitB. validC. complexD. effective24. She doesnt his pessimistic view of the state of economy. On the contrary, she thinks it is just on the rise.A. respond
13、 to B. contribute to C. subscribe to D. appeal to25. Little that we were watching his every move, so he seemed to be still going his own way.A. did he realize B. he realized C. had he realized D. he had realized26. Most successful people think about things in new and different ways: they see an open
14、 window others see a closed door.A. ifB. whereC. onceD. unless27. Poems by such poets as Shakespeare and Shelley are widely read, of works, however, some are difficult to understand.A. whichB. whatC. whomD. whose28. He finished writing his first novel last year, and we all think that is his career r
15、eally took off.A. whereB. whenC. howD. why29. The use of solar energy saved many African countries lots of money that otherwise on coal, gas and oil.A. was spentB. had been spentC. would be spentD. would have been spent30. Described as a landmark partnership, the deal between STATSports and the Chin
16、ese Football Association as part of Chinas push for hosting and winning a World Cup by 2050.A. seesB. was seenC. is seenD. will be seen31. Fathers love for their kids seems to be a bit strict and tough; , mothers love seems to be loving and caring.A. anywayB. meanwhileC. moreoverD. eventually32. -Pe
17、ter, you must have received a warm welcome at Janes birthday party.-Far from it. I still wonder why it was that she .A. laughed my head offB. talked my year offC. gave me the cold shoulderD. gave me a black eye33. An increasing number of Hollywood producers have in recent years released film posters
18、 for Chinese audiences, their attention to the countrys film market and culture.A. having shownB. to showC. shownD. showing34. Nearly 730 million trips were made by Chinese travelers within China over the 2018 National Day holiday, cheaper tickets and high-quality travel services.A. regardless ofB.
19、thanks toC. but forD. rather than35. -Im emailing Aaron about the details of the party on Saturday.- we will see him tomorrow.A. why not?B. So what?C. What if?D. Why bother?第二节 完形填空（共 20 小题；每小题 1 分，满分 20 分） 请认真阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，从短文后各题所给的 A、B、C、D 四个选项中，选出最佳选项。并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。 A month ago, I broke a nail（指甲）.
20、My other nails looked amazing, but now one was a mess. Clearly, there was no point in keeping the others, so I 36to cut them all off.What are you doing, Mom? my daughter 37, Your nails look great! Dont cut them!But theyre 38,I said, waving the broken one in her face.Theyre not, she said. You 39 have
21、 nine nails left!I 40 . My nails certainly werent perfect anymore, and the 41 of perfect isdisaster, right? I mean, this is how I think about most things: its all or nothing. I seem to go from good to complete disaster in a matter of moments. Ive been 42 why I act this way, but I dont know what caus
22、es this 43 . My brain only 44 perfect or disaster.However, we humans are never just good or bad-we are far more 45. We have wins and we have losses and, occasionally, they are hard to 46. Some people understand this by nature，while others dont. For most of us, learning not to do the thing were used
23、to 47 effort and might cause discomfort. However, we should 48ourselves that we sometimes make mistakes, and that this doesnt mean we are 49. We need to accept that things will sometimes go 50.Somehow, failure is part of life. We all fall 51 , and we normally get straight back up. And so, with my da
24、ughters words 52 in my ears, I decided to keep my nine nice nails. I feel 53 every time I look at my hands, but Im determined to 54 my choice. Its a perfect exercise in 55 .36. A. expectedB. rejectedC. decidedD. managed37. A. complainedB. criticizedC. commentedD. cried38. A. ruinedB. brokenC. distur
25、bedD. weakened39. A. evenB. stillC. justD. ever40. A. agreedB. admittedC. refusedD. hesitated41. A. oppositeB. conceptC. misunderstandingD. comparison42. A. talking aboutB. worrying aboutC. thinking aboutD. setting about43. A. mistakeB. behaviorC. conditionD. character44. A. rejectsB. abandonsC. com
26、paresD. sees45. A. complexB. elegantC. cautiousD. aggressive46. A. possessB. avoidC. distinguishD. accomplish47. A. motivatesB. requiresC. acknowledgesD. recommends48. A. remindB. teachC. promiseD. inform49. A. victimsB. failuresC. winnersD. explorers50. A. badB. wildC. crazyD. wrong51. A. helplessl
27、yB. casuallyC. occasionallyD. merely52. A. stickingB. ringingC. whisperingD. beating53. A. vacantB. shallowC. upsetD. skeptical54. A. live onB. live up toC. live throughD. live with55. A. imperfectionB. principleC. assumptionD. category第三部分阅读理解（共 15 小题；每小题 2 分，满分 30 分） 请认真阅读下列短文，从短文后各题所给的 A、B、C、D 四个
28、选项中，选出最佳选项。并在答题卡上将该项涂黑 AYouve probably heard people expressing alarm about the spread of fake news stories that look like news articles but describe things that never happened. Fake news is written to attract attention, to trick people so they will look foolish, or to work as satire ( 讽 刺 ) making a
29、 point about society. But regardless of the sources motivation, spreading fake news embarrasses you and harms others, so follow these steps to ensure you only share real news.Check its grammarLegal news sites check their grammar carefully, so articles with many errors are usually fake. Also watch ou
30、t for sentences written in all capital（大写的） letters and the use of multiple exclamation points（感叹号） at the ends of sentences. These are designed to bring about an emotional reaction, but they arent considered professional, so trustworthy publications dont usethem.Read the whole articleEven in real n
31、ews articles, headlines sometimes overstate or simplify the point of the article. Before reacting, read the article carefully to make sure you understand the whole context. Sometimes the claims of fake news articles become unreasonable as the article goes on.Consider the sourceIf youve never heard o
32、f the publication, check the About section on its website. Fake news sites often lack such a page, provide little information or even admit that they are fake. Also check an online articles URL; if it ends with .com.co, its probably a fake news site.Check the supportDoes the article support its clai
33、ms with quotations and citation（s 引用）from experts? If not,dont trust it. If so, you should still look up those sources and make sure they actually say what the article claims. There are also websites, such as , that will tell you whether the facts in online articles are accurate.56. What do we know
34、about legal news sites?A. They make grammatical mistakes.B. They apply overstated headlines.C. They fail to quote from experts.D. They use some exclamation marks at one place.57. Which of the following sources is probably real?A. ABC News whose URL is .co.B. WTOE 5 news whose articles have a URL.C.
35、PolitiFact whose About page is in detail.D. Boston Tribune whose About section is missing.BMetal-organic frameworks(MOFs) are compounds that are set to solve some tough challenges: producing water in the desert, removing greenhouse gases from the air and storing dangerous gases more safely.The Arizo
36、na desert is really dry. Anyone stuck in it without water would die from dehydration （脱水） within three days. Unless, that is, they had one of Omar Yaghis next-generation water harvesters. Although daytime humidity（湿度）is only about 10 per cent, this rises to 40 per cent at night, which means theres e
37、nough water in the atmosphere to support life if it can be transformed into liquid form.Thats exactly what Yaghis device does. Its a box about the size of a small microwave oven designed to suck the humidity from the air at night and turn it into drinking water the next day using only the heat of th
38、e sun as its power source. What makes it work is a special material called a metal-organic framework (MOF), which at normal temperatures attracts water molecules (分子) onto its surface of its internal pores（细孔）. Warm it up and the water is released, each harvest producing one-third of a cup of pure d
39、rinking water.With further improvements, a device, the size of a washing machine, could produce enough water for the basic needs of a household, says Yaghi, a chemist at the University of California. One-third of the worlds population lacks safe drinking water; for them such a device could be a life
40、saver.These crystalline cluster（结晶群）of metals, such as aluminum or magnesium, linked by organic molecules can be made into materials with an extremely high absorption ability, attracting specific molecules to their surface. In this way, MOFs cling to a variety of liquids and gases.MOFs work thanks t
41、o their unique structure-large quantities of nanometer-sized internal spaces. In fact one MOF has so many pores that they would cover an area as large as six football fields. MOFs are also extremely stable light and have many different uses: their molecularstructure can be varied to attract specific
42、 molecules, such as water, and their pores can be designed to best store them. Adding a small amount of heat or pressure causes the MOF to release what it is holding. More than 70,000 different MOFs have been produced to date for various applications.58. Why is the Arizona desert mentioned in the se
43、cond paragraph?A. To introduce water harvesters.B. To stress the importance of water.C. To express the urgent need for water there.D. To show its serious condition.59. What plays a vital role in water harvesters?A. solar energy.B. water molecules.C. a small microwave ovenD. metal-organic frameworks.
44、60. What does the underlined phrase cling to in paragraph 5 probably mean?A. hold ontoB. break downC. give offD. turn into61. What will probably be covered in the following paragraphs?A. The future of the MOF technology.B. Other uses of the MOF technology.C. The limitation of the MOF technology.D. T
45、he improvement of the MOF technology.CIm sitting in my kitchen in London, trying to figure out a text message from my brother. He lives in our home country of Germany. We speak German to each other, a language thats rich in odd words, but Ive never heard this one before: fremdschmen. Im too proud to
46、 ask him what it means. I know that eventually, Ill get it. Still, its slightly painful to realize that after years of living abroad, my mother tongue can sometimes feel foreign.Most long-term migrants know what its like to be a slightly rusty（生疏的） native speaker. The process seems obvious: the longer you are away, the more your language suffers. But its not quite so straightforward.In fact, the science of why, when and how we lose our own language is complex and often different to what we think. It turns out that how long youve been away doesnt always m