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1、2018-2019学年下学期高二期中考试卷英 语 注意事项：1.答题前，先将自己的姓名、准考证号填写在试题卷和答题卡上，并将准考证号条形码粘贴在答题卡上的指定位置。用2B铅笔将答题卡上试卷类型A后的方框涂黑。2.选择题的作答：每小题选出答案后，用2B铅笔把答题卡上对应题目的答案标号涂黑，写在试题卷、草稿纸和答题卡上的非答题区域均无效。3.非选择题的作答：用签字笔直接答在答题卡上对应的答题区域内。写在试题卷、草稿纸和答题卡上的非答题区域均无效。4.考试结束后，请将本试题卷和答题卡一并上交。第卷第一部分 听力（共两节，满分30分）(略) 第二部分 阅读理解（共两节，满分40分）第一节（共15小题；
2、每小题2分，满分30分）阅读下列短文，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。AHave you noticed that every time you have an exam at your doctor, your prescription glasses(验配眼镜) always get higher and higher? You then get a new pair of glasses, and you move on with your life. And then comes your next exam the next year,
3、and your prescription goes higher again. When will it stop? Will you be living your life with vision that gets poorer and poorer?There are many other choices for you, such as eye surgeries and laser therapies(激光治疗), but do you really want to go through with these dangerous and expensive operation? A
4、re the risks worth it? For many, its not.Introducing an amazing breakthrough in eye care and considered to be the very solution to eyesight improvement-Quantum Vision System.What is this amazing Breakthrough?The System promises to recover your vision at the speed of light, or more exactly in at leas
5、t 7 days. It is an ebook that can be downloaded onto any electronic equipment such as a personal computer or a smartphone, so you get access to the guide from anywhere and at any time you wish.The ebook is created by Dr. William Kemp, who completely transformed his clinic and practice when he discov
6、ered this scientific breakthrough.Inside the ebook are several step-by-step instructions, guides, and videos, explaining the very causes of poor eyesight and what you can do to recover yourself. The program uses 100% all-natural methods to help you achieve a perfect 20/20 vision in a matter of days.
7、The program costs only $37, which you can buy online from their official website. Once you pay for the program, you get instant access to all the information you need to move from one prescription point to another in just 10 minutes, and achieve 20/20 vision in just 7 days.The program comes with a 6
8、0-day 100% money back guarantee so if you dont see any results or if you think it doesnt work, you get your full money back without question.21. Quantum Vision System is intended for those who _.A. have eyesight problemsB. receive eye surgeriesC. suffer from mental disorderD. suffer from blindness22
9、. The system can be purchased _.A. at the clinicB. on the App storeC. on the websiteD. on the phone23. The passage is meant to _.A. recommend a doctor who transformed his clinic and practiceB. advocate an eye operation that helps people regain their eye visionC. introduce a scientific discovery whic
10、h will greatly improve peoples livesD. advertise an ebook which can recover your vision naturally in a short timeBEarlier this month, 6-year-old Isaac went on vacation to Fort Walton, Florida, with his family. While they were there, his mother Garrett learned about LuLu, a restaurant that offers foo
11、d to customers with food allergies(过敏).At LuLu, Isaac could eat a salad and a bowl of chicken soup with rice. “Isaac looked at me as if asking, Is this OK? ” Garrett said. Once his mom gave the OK, Isaac enjoyed for the first time the experience of eating at a restaurant. “That look on his face was
12、like, This is the coolest thing Ive ever done,” Garrett added.Garrett and her family rarely eat out because of Isaacs food allergies. When they do, she cooks something for Isaac at home before they leave and brings it with her to the restaurant. “Its not fun and it feels unfair,” she said.Their nigh
13、t at LuLu marked a celebration for Isaac. Garrett shared the moment on the restaurants Facebook page. “Thank you from the bottom of my heart for giving Isaac this wonderful experience,” she wrote in her post.Barnett, the restaurants manager, said, “When customers tell the staff that someone in their
14、 group has a food allergy, I assist with the order by passing it to the kitchen, ensuring its cooked in a separate station and delivering the finished food to the guests. We have been improving this process over the past ten years since our allergy program was started.”On Garretts Facebook post, LuL
15、u thanked Garrett for sharing her story. “Thank you for sharing your experience with us,” the restaurant wrote in a comment, “We are excited to see your son so happy!”Garrett is hoping her posts popularity will convince other restaurants to be more considerate. “LuLu takes it seriously as we take it
16、 nothing could make us happier than that,” she said.24. How does Isaac feel when he first ate at LuLu?A. Satisfied.B. Curious.C. Amused.D. Nervous.25. What does Garrett usually do when her family go out to eat?A. She leaves Isaac alone at home.B. She prepares some food for Isaac.C. She orders some s
17、pecial food for Isaac.D. She lets Isaac choose his favorite dishes.26. What will Barnett do when guests with allergies come to dinner?A. He will deliver the menu to them.B. He will personally assist with the order.C. He will introduce the allergy program.D. He will cook dinner in a separate station.
18、27. What touched Garnett deeply?A. LuLus response to her post.B. Her sons experience at LuLu.C. LuLus concern for guests with allergies.D. More restaurants following LuLus steps.CAs an oceanographer (海洋学家), Ive spent many years developing robots to explore the ocean, and now were putting that techno
19、logy to use in our JASON Project, a program thats designed to inspire students and get them interested in science, technology, engineering and mathematics. In theaters throughout the country, we bring kids together and send back to them on large screens our live explorations of large areas of the gl
20、obe. Not only are the kids observers, but they can operate robots moving across the area while broadcasting images back to them. The kids have the sensation (感受) of really being at the site with us.I believe advances in robot technology will one day be the key to a new kind of travel. In the next 10
21、 or 15 years, people will have rooms in their houses that will be able to simulate (模拟) other environment. I like to call this rooms “home domes” small theaters with screens and advanced equipment that can reproduce the sights, sounds, smells, and feel of a desert or a forest. Hand in hand with thes
22、e rooms, I can see a market for travel robots located in countries around the world. You could rent (租) a robot working in a rain forest, then go into your home dome, where you yourself operate the robots movements. The equipment in the room will receive the sensations in the robots environment and
23、simulate them for you.Today, much of the worlds population never travels more than 50 or 60 miles from home. And even a person with enough time can see only a part of the earths sights. But this new way of travel will cost so much less in both time and money and allow people to see a lot more of the
24、 globe. And simulated travel will also help protect our planet. You cant take large groups of tourists to look at Dian Fosseys gorillas (大猩猩). But a small robot, with no animal smell, can get very close to a gorilla and send the sights, sounds, and smells back to a million people.28. The main purpos
25、e of the JASON Project is to .A. design robotsB. educate childrenC. explore the worldD. improve technology29. Without going outside, people in “home domes” can .A. enjoy a guided tripB. get very close to natureC. develop and operate robotsD. send images back to scientists30. Whats the authors attitu
26、de towards the future of robot technology?A. Uncaring.B. Doubtful.C. Hopeful.D. Dissatisfied.31. According to the text, simulated travel .A. has been widely acceptedB. costs lots of time and moneyC. is harmful to the environmentD. is time and money-savingDThere is a popular saying in the English lan
27、guage: “Sticks and stones may break my bones, but words will never hurt me.” Well, that is not true. Unkind words, namecalling or even the socalled “the silent treatment” can hurt children as much as being physically hit, sometimes even more so.A recent study of middle school children showed that ve
28、rbal (言语的) abuse by other children can harm development in the brain. The study was a project of researchers at Harvard Medical School in Massachusetts. Researcher Martin Teicher and his team studied young adults, aged 18 to 25. These young men and women had not ever been treated in a cruel or viole
29、nt way by their parents. The researchers asked the young people to rate their childhood exposure to verbal abuse from both parents and other children. Then the researchers performed imaging tests on the brains of the subjects.The images showed that the people who reported suffering verbal abuse from
30、 peers in middle school had underdeveloped connections between the left and right side of the brain. The two sides of the brain are connected by a large bundle of connecting fibers called the corpus callosum. This was the area that was underdeveloped.The middle school years are a time when these bra
31、in connections are developing. So, unkind, hurtful comments from children or adults during this period have the greatest effect. The researchers tested the mental and emotional condition of all the young people in the study. The tests showed that this same group of people had higher levels of fear,
32、depression, anger and drug abuse than others in the study.The researchers published their findings online on the American Journal of Psychiatrys website.Parents cannot control what other people say to their children, but they can prepare their children.32. Why does the author use the popular saying
33、at the beginning?A. To show the power of words.B. To introduce an opposite view.C. To prove the authors argument.D. To show ancient peoples wisdom.33. What did the subjects have in common?A. They were hurt by unkind words.B. They performed poorly in imaging tests.C. They had their brain slightly dam
34、aged.D. They experienced no physical abuse at home.34. What will be discussed in the next paragraph?A. Comments on the findings.B. Approaches to further studies.C. Suggestions to parents.D. Different opinions on the matter.35. What is the main idea of the passage?A. The way we speak matters.B. Verba
35、l violence should be stopped.C. Unkind words hurt the brain.D. Words are worse than sticks and stones.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。 Mike Cohn was a typically active 8-year-old running across a park when he suddenly lost his balance and fell flat on his face. Countle
36、ss doctors examinations later, he discovered that he was a victim of a rare neurological (神经上的) disorder that would quickly damage his eyesight and speech as well as his ability to move.He asked his mother if she could change things to make him like everyone else. “She said no,” he said. “36 ”37 Ins
37、tead of worrying about what he couldnt do, he started focusing on what he could do especially those things that other people thought he shouldnt be able to do. He got a masters degree in education from the University of Minnesota and founded Promote Awareness, an organization that gives special atte
38、ntion to the abilities of people with disabilities.“He overcomes obstacles (障碍) very fast,” said his sister, Leslie Zent.38 So he decided to start taking classes at Zenon Dance School. Now he has set up his own dance company, I Can Dance, You Can Dance.He tends to use a wheelchair to help him get ar
39、ound. 39 In one of his dances, he stands while turning his walker into a dancing partner, swinging it around him as he moves and, at one point, lying on the floor and rolling the walker over his body.“Dance is my therapy (疗法),” said Cohn. 40 “When I first got sick, I felt ugly,” he said. Dance enabl
40、es him to create beauty. “My body moves like lots of dancers bodies.”A. It is emotional as well as physical.B. I got lots of support from my mother.C. So he changed his thoughts and attitude.D. Sometimes he cant move around without a walker.E. Four years ago, Cohn began to show an interest in dance.
41、F. My mother made it clear that there would be no pity party.G. But he can move with a walker and “even take a few steps without it”.第三部分 英语知识运用（共两节，满分45分） 第一节 完形填空（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四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。 The park bench was deserted as I sat down beneath an ol
42、d tree. I was feeling _41_ for the world was trying to drag me down. And if that werent enough to ruin my day, a young boy out of breath _42_ me, all tired from play. He stood right before me and said with great _43_, “Look what I found!”In his hand was a flower, and what a _44_ sight, with its peta
43、ls (花瓣) all worn. _45_him to take his dead flower and go off to play, I forced a _46_ smile and then turned away. But instead of leaving, he sat next to my side and placed the flower to his _47_ and declared with overacted(夸张的) surprise, “It sure smells pretty and its _48_, too. Thats why I picked i
44、t; here, its for you.”The flower before me was dying or dead. But I knew I _49_ take it, or he might never leave. So I _50_ for the flower, and replied, “Just what I need.” But _51_ placing the flower in my hand, he held it mid-air without reason or plan. It was then that I _52_ for the very first t
45、ime that the boy could not _53_.At that moment I heard my voice _54_, tears shone in the sun _55_ I thanked him for picking a very best one. “Youre welcome,” he smiled, and then ran off to play, unaware of the _56_ hed had on my day.I sat there and wondered _57_ he managed to see a self-pitying woma
46、n beneath an old tree. Perhaps hed been blessed with true _58_ from his heart. Through the eyes of a blind child, I _59_ could see the problem was not with the world; it was me. And for all of those times I myself had been blind, I _60_ to see the beauty in life and appreciate every second thats min
47、e.41. A. shockedB. comfortableC. curiousD. disappointed42. A. visitedB. approachedC. passedD. left43. A. appreciationB. sorrowC. excitementD. nervousness44. A. pleasantB. dangerousC. pitifulD. familiar45. A. WantingB. PersuadingC. AllowingD. Ordering46. A. weakB. cheerfulC. broadD. real47. A. eyeB. legC. noseD. hand48. A. usefulB. beautifulC. meaningfulD. powerful49. A. wouldB. shouldC. mustD. could50. A. reachedB. paidC. beggedD. asked51. A. because ofB. except forC. as forD. instead of52. A. suspectedB. rememberedC. ad