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1、浙江省宁波市北仑中学2018-2019学年高二英语下学期期中试题本试卷分第卷（选择题）和第卷（非选择题）。满分150分，考试时间120分钟。注意事项：1. 答第卷前，考生务必将自己的姓名、准考证号填写在答题卡上。2. 选出每小题答案后，用2B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。不能答在本试卷上，否则无效。第卷第一部分：听力（共两节，满分30分）做题时，先将答案标在试卷上。录音内容结束后，你将有两分钟的时间将试卷上的答案转涂到答题卡上。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
2、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. Who is the man talking to?A. A customer. B. A waitress.C. A cleaner.2. What is the woman doing?A. Watching a TV show. B. Preparing for a play. C. Playing a video game.3. What does the man need? A. Something to eat and drink. B. Someone
3、 to take care of his pet. C. His sister to call him back.4. Why is the man selling his car? A. He plans to take the subway. B. He wants a new car. C. He just bought an expensive house.5. What happened to the womans son?A. He failed an important exam.B. He didnt get the job he wanted.C. He was just f
4、ired by his company.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2至4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5秒钟的时间阅读各个小题；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. What is the man worried about?A. His biology project. B. His history grade.C. His physics exam.7. How does the woman fe
5、el toward the man?A. Disappointed.B. Confident.C. Anxious.听第7段材料，回答第8至10题。8. How many pieces of clothes does the man give to the woman?A. Two. B. Three. C. Four.9. What day is it today?A. Monday. B. Wednesday. C. Thursday.10. How much does the man need to pay?A. 15 pounds. B. 25 pounds. C. 30 pounds
6、.听第8段材料，回答第11至13题。11. What does the man say about the lockers?A. Everyone should treat them as personal cupboards. B. There are some quality problems with them. C. They should be emptied regularly.12. Whats wrong with the clothes hangers? A. They always get stolen. B. They are not strong enough in w
7、inter. C. They have been changed by other people.13. What is the womans attitude in the end?A. Indifferent. B. Accepting.C. Unsatisfied.听第9段材料，回答第14至16题。14. What does the young man like to do?A. Volunteer at a food store.B. Travel with his family.C. Play basketball.15. Why is the woman worried about
8、 the young man?A. His grades are poor. B. He needs new friends. C. He hasnt been doing well in sports.16. What has the young man been studying for? A. A scholarship. B. A test to get into college. C. A famous high school. 听第10段材料，回答第17至20题。17. Which season is it now?A. Spring. B. Fall.C. Winter.18.
9、What is the weather like now in northern Oregon?A. Cold. B. Warm.C. Cloudy.19. When will it rain in southern Oregon?A. Tonight.B. This afternoon. C. Tomorrow.20. How can people get more information about the local weather?A. By sending a text message.B. By calling the station.C. By checking the stat
10、ions website.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）阅读下列短文，从每题所给的A、B、C和D四个选项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。AWorking in Detroit rain, rain and more rain. I rushed to the airport only to find out from an airline ticket representative (机场地勤人员) that my return flight ticket was one hour later. As I cleared se
11、curity, the progress of my flight went from departing one hour late to two hours, then three hours, then four hours late. I learned about these delays from the announcement given by an annoying airline gate agent. It became clear that I was going to miss my connecting flight home. After minute-to-mi
12、nute travel rearrangements, and knowing that I had to give Web-based training the next morning back home, my husband Jim decided to drive to the airport, pick me up and drive me back. Jim and I arrived home at 4:30. I napped for a couple of hours, made coffee, jogged on to the Internet conference si
13、te for my training, and waited and waited and waited. It is lonely giving Web-based live meeting training when no one logs in. Do you know why they didnt log in? Because I had actually scheduled the training for the next day, not the day that we had raced home to wait. I worried about telling Jim th
14、at he had held off sleep, driven through a huge storm and gotten through road construction to get me home 24 hours early for training. But the phone eventually rang as he called from work and it was time to own up (坦白). What do you think he said? What would you have said?Would you have scolded? Yell
15、ed? Teased? Would you have called all your friends and let them know? Well, Jims response to finding out that he had driven an almost 400-mile round trip in the rain for nothing was a slight chuckle (轻声低笑) and this comment: “The most important thing is you are home.”The most important thing is you a
16、re homeToday, remind someone how important it is that they are at home with you. If they live far away, tell them how important it is that they have a home in your heart.21. What trouble did the writer have?A. She was informed of the web-based training too late and was going to miss it.B. Her plane
17、was delayed and she had to rearrange her connecting flight home. C. She failed to give the web-based training as no one was informed to log in ontime. D. She had a big argument with an annoying airline gate agent and missed her flight. 22. Which of the following is TRUE according to the text? A. The
18、 writer cancelled her web-based training permanently.B. The writer took it for granted that Jim would pick her up from the airport.C. Jim drove the writer all the way home from the airport to get her there in time for her training.D. The writer caught her connecting flight and was back home in time
19、for her training.23. The writer felt worried about owning up to Jim because _.A. She knew he would get really upset and yell at her.B. She was afraid he might tell her friends.C. She was sorry that it had taken him so long to get home.D. She had mistaken the date for the training and he neednt have
20、picked her up.BWhen you eat out in a restaurant, it is not unusual to hear people yelling, “Let me get this one!” and sometimes see them pushing or arm wrestling to fight for the privilege of paying the bill. These fighters are often very loud and active. Each person involved shows an honest desire
21、to pick up the bill, and in the end, all the people at the table give the winner praise and gratitude. In fact, figuring out who will get the bill is always a headache for Chinese people at formal meals. Although the people hosting the meal are very likely to pay the check, it is a common practice t
22、o make a token effort to pay the bill, but you will embarrass them if you do end up actually chipping in some cash. In recent years, going Dutch has been embraced by many young people. But older generations who fear “losing face” still find it embarrassing and stingy (小气的) to calculate each persons
23、share of the bill. As travel guide brand Lonely Planet noted, it is considered “the height of unsophistication (不懂人情世故)”.But these days, thanks to digital payment apps, splitting the bill electronically is becoming a widely-accepted idea. Even people from older generations may be tempted to do so. B
24、y scanning a QR code and paying the share via social networking tool WeChat and e-commerce app Alipay on their smartphones in one easy click, urban Chinese are finding it easier to save them the embarrassment of figuring out each persons payment when they order a meal.This function “has made going D
25、utch less hassle (麻烦) and more fun in China”, CNN noted. “Because of their convenience, many of us are never without our phones.” And person-to-person mobile payment services are incredibly easy to use and save the trouble of dealing with change,” said 18-year-old student in China. “You can also lea
26、ve funny notes using emoji (表情符号) like a bowl of rice or a cup of tea to describe a meal that you have shared.”24. What is the article mainly about?A. The Chinese tradition of dining out with friends.B. A new trend of splitting the bill in China.C. How social networking tools have influenced our dai
27、ly lives.D. Why people in China argue over who pays the bill when dining out.25. Many Chinese people make a token effort to pay the bill because .A. They dont want to be considered unsophisticatedB. They want praise and gratitude from their friendsC. They consider it an honor to host the meal and pa
28、y the billD. They find it hard to work out how much each person needs to pay26. According to the article, what are the advantages of using digital payment apps to split the bill? a. Theyre easier to use and more interesting.b. They save the trouble of dealing with change.c. They make it easier to fi
29、gure out how much money each person had to pay.d. They make people less embarrassed to split the bill.A. a, bB. b. cC. a, b, dD. b, c, dCWhen you pull the plug in a filled bathtub, the draining（排除）water will create a small whirlpool（旋涡）as the tub empties into the pipe below. In 1980, residents on an
30、d around Lake Peigneur in Louisianna were frightened to see the lake itself mimicking the behavior of bathtub water. Something had gone horribly wrong , and the entire lake was draining. But to where?Lake Peigneur was located on top of a large salt mine. From the topside, an oil company was drilling
31、 for oil. The drilling crew had calculated that they were far enough away from the salt mine to safely drill, but they were wrong. Unfortunately, their 14-inch-wide drill bit pierced the salt mine beneath the bottom of the lake, and within hours, the entire lake had disappeared. Salt dissolves quick
32、ly in water, so the freshwater lake rapidly destroyed the structural support in the mine as it flooded down from above. Luckily, all of the miners were able to escape before the mine collapse (倒塌) truly got out of control. On the surface, the oil drillers were able to get off their rig (海上钻台) before
33、 it was swallowed by the gaping hole in the bottom of the lake. Lake Peigneur was about 10 feet deep and covered roughly 1,300 acres before the drilling incident. During the disaster, 11 nearby barges (驳船) were sucked into the mine, the canal leading to the Gulf of Mexico began to flow backward, and
34、 a 150-foot waterfall was created when the earth gave way under the pressure of the leaking lake. Buildings, homes, trees, and property were also swallowed whole. Once the 3.5 billion gallons of water in Lake Peigneur had filled the salt mine completely, nine of the eleven barges that had disappeare
35、d came back to the surface. The canal refilled the lake, and today it is a 1,300-foot-deep saltwater-1,290 feet deeper than it was back in 1980. Although there was a huge amount of property and land destruction, there were no deaths from this strange, man-made disaster. 27. What does the underlined
36、word “mimicking” in paragraph 1 probably mean?A. FindingB. CopyingC. ChangingD. Disturbing28. The water from Lake Peigneur disappeared because it _ _. A. Flowed into the Gulf of MexicoB. Poured into an underground salt mineC. Was swept into the nearby canalD. Mixed with oil and was destroyed29. What
37、 caused the mine to collapse?A. The Gulf of Mexico canal flowing backwardB. The waterfall from the lakeC. The barges falling into the hole D. The water dissolving the salt in the ceiling30. What is the best title for the text? A. The Disappearing Lake B. A Mystery DisasterC. An Unexpected Finding D.
38、 The Discovery of a Saltwater Lake第二节（共5小题；每小题2分，满分10分） 根据短文内容，从短文后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。选项中有两项为多余选项。You might think that fitness and fun can hardly ever go together. Well, that is changing with the Color Run, or a 5 km run (5k) where participants get colored dust thrown at them. Sounds crazy, right? We
39、ll, this is known to be a very fun activity in the US, and its getting more popular in China too. 31. _ This is an ancient cultural festival that came from legends that talk about good beating evil. 32. _ Everyone throw colored dust at each other and yells “Happy Holi!” This year Holi fell on March
40、24. The Color Run is called the “Happiest 5k on the Planet”. The race is not timed and there are no winners or prizes. The only rule is that runners must start the race wearing all white.33. _There is a color station once every kilometer. Each color station is associated with a different color and v
41、olunteers throw colored dust at runners when they pass each color station. 34. _ Theres even a color dance party at the end. 35. _ Well, it is made of cornstarch（玉米淀粉）that comes in your food, so it is safe and easy to clean off. But its best to try and keep it out of your eyes. Do you want to join i
42、n the fun race?A. By the end of the race, runners are covered in all the colors of rainbow. B. The Indian festival called Holi inspired this colorful run. C. The point is for everyone to forget about the competition and enjoy the unique experience. D. It has therefore become the largest five-kilomet
43、er event series in the United States.E. But today its all about having fun. F. The first Color Run event took place in March 2011 in Phoenix, Arizona. G. You might think the dust would be dangerous to throw at people.第三部分：语言运用（共两节，满分45分）第一节：完型填空（共20小题; 每小题1.5分，满分30分）阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的A、B、C和D四个选项中，选出可以
44、填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。It started 4 years ago. The week before Christmas my wife saw a 36 man near where she worked and said she wanted to 37 him a new coat. He was torn and very old. We didnt have a lot of money. 38 we were a step away from being homeless ourselves most months 39 we tried to help w
45、hen we could. We found a way to 40 some money together and bought him a coat. I thought he might need something else. Then we 41 a backpack with useful things, wash clothes, some food etc and a Christmas card. A few days later, a 42 came in the mail. It was completely 43 . The company I worked for w
46、as sued（诉讼）and they paid us for travel time, entry times, etc. It was not 44 , a few hundred dollars, but it did come at the perfect 45 . We thought we would give 46 out on Christmas Eve to people who would 47 have nothing to open. We 48 a GoFundMe account and accepted donations of canned goods, new
47、 socks. A friend used her family discount to get us 50 brand new backpacks that would have 49 cost us $300 for $200. A store managers 50 me to get 50 blankets at a deep discount when he heard 51 I needed so many. Another friend in LA put together 25 backpacks to 52 this year with her daughters. All of these were gifted to us from 53 supporters. I still cant 54 to give my wife something to open on Christmas day, but the 55 we feel giving out these backpacks on Christmas Eve makes up for it tenfold. 36. A. homelessB. wo