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南昌二中2018—2019学年度上学期期末考试
高二英语试卷
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。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. What does the man probably do?
A. A shop assistant. B. A policeman. C. A postman.
2. How old is the man’s daughter?
A. 1 years old. B. 2 years old. C. 3 years old.
3. When did the woman plan to go to Spain?
A. In spring. B. In summer. C. In autumn.
4. Where will the speakers go first?
A. A restaurant. B. A cinema. C. A hospital.
5. What does the man think of the lecture?
A. Interesting. B. Hard to understand. C. Long and boring.
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，各个小题将给出5秒钟的作答时间。每段对话或独白读两遍。
请听第6段材料。回答第6至7题。
6. What does the man usually do at home?
A. Do the washing-up. B. Wash clothes. C. Clean the car.
7. What does the man promise to do at last?
A. Do all the housework from next weekend.
B. Clean the kitchen after cooking.
C. Prepare meals every day.
听下面一段材料，冋答第8至9题。
8. How long will the man most probably rent the bike?
A. 7:00 am - 5:00 pm. B. 9:00 am - 7:00 pm. C. 9:00 am - 5:00 pm.
9. What will happen if the man brings the bike back after 7:00 pm?
A. He has to pay for the helmet.
B. He has to pay 100 dollars more.
C. He can’t get the 50 dollars back.
听下面一段材料，回答第10至12题。
10. Why is the woman a bit nervous?
A. She is afraid of getting up late.
B. She is a newcomer to the school.
C. She isn’t ready for the coming exam.
11. What must the students do before morning reading?
A. Hand in homework. B. Do morning exercises. C. Go to the teacher’s office.
12. What can the students do if they feel hungry?
A. Ask the teacher for some food.
B. Have something to eat in class.
C. Eat something during the break.
听下面一段材料，回答第13至16题。
13. Where is the woman going first?
A. Bergner’s. B. Penny’s. C. Lisa’s.
14. When should the woman have called Helen?
A. At 3:45. B. At 4:15. C. At 4:45.
15. What’s the man’s telephone number?
A.61199621. B.61299621. C.61299622.
16. What’s the relationship between the man and the woman?
A. Husband and wife. B. Boss and employee. C. Friends.
听下面一段材料，回答第17至20题。
17. What kind of English lessons does the speaker recommend?
A. Examination skills. B. Reading and writing. C. Listening and
speaking.
18. How can a learner take the lessons when he is not online?
A. By using the downloaded sound files.
B. By making conversations with others.
C. By reviewing words, phrases and idioms.
19. What is mentioned as an advantage of the speaker’s online course?
A. It helps learners to make friends.
B. It offers learners better study methods.
C. It improves listening and speaking skills quickly.
20. What is the speaker’s idea about learning English?
A. Being confident in learning.
B. Learning English little by little.
C. Having clear learning goals.
第二部分 阅读理解（共两节 满分30分）
第一节 （共15小题；每小题2分，满分30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。
A
At Beaver Meadows Ranch on Red Feather Lakes, Colorado, there is a long list of outdoor winter activities for the entire family. Take a winter vacation there.
Ice Fishing
For $10 a day, visitors can try their hand at ice fishing. Ice fishing is available from 9:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. seven days a week. You will need to bring your own ice fishing equipment because it cannot be rented. You will need to have your fishing license too. For more about it, call 800-462-5870.
Hot Chocolate & Cookies Sleigh Ride
Passengers take a 15- to 20-minute sleigh ride through beautiful Colorado country. During the sleigh ride, you’ll have the experience of stopping at an old-time cabin, warming yourself by a fire and eating cookies while drinking hot chocolate. You will need to contact them at 970-231-1955 to set up a time for your sleigh ride.
Winter Horseback Riding
Experience winter horseback riding while viewing the breathtaking beauty of the surrounding 840 acres where Beaver Meadows Ranch makes its home. You’ll be guided on a tour by one of the expert wranglers (牧马人) when the weather permits. One-hour rides cost $35 per person and two-hour rides cost $50. For more information, contact them at 866-881-7679 to set up your horseback riding winter activity.
Other Winter Activities Information
For more information about Beaver Meadows Ranch, or if you’d like to book a room for an adventurous holiday, call 970-881-2450. It’s not very often you can find a one-stop adventure spot full of winter activities. Take advantage of your free time this winter season and enjoy the outdoor scenery in Colorado.
21. If you want to enjoy sleigh rides, you will call _____.
A. 800-462-5870 B. 970-231-1955 C. 970-881-2450 D. 866-881-7679
22. How much does a couple have to pay if they want to have a two-hour horseback ride?
A. $50. B. $70. C. $100. D. $140.
23. Where can you most probably read this passage?
A. In the latest news. B. In a children’s book.
C. In a travel guide. D. In a sportsman’s diary.
B
Forest Schools originated in Sweden in the 1950s and spread to other countries, particularly Denmark where they have become an important part of the Danish early years program.
In a typical Danish Forest School, young children from 3 years are taken into the forest for 4 hours each day of the week. They take no toys with them, but instead use only what the forest provides (and their imaginations) to develop their games. There is a primitive hut in the forest, which is used in extreme weather. Activities are child-led and fun, such as finding small animals or stomping in puddles. Because of high adult to child ratios, children can safely try out activities which are often considered too dangerous, such as climbing trees or lighting fires, and by dressing the children in good protective clothing, they are able to play freely. By setting children small manageable tasks at which they are unlikely to fail, and giving genuine
praise, children’s independence and confidence grow.
A Swedish scientific study found that children in the Forest School are more balanced and socially capable, have fewer sick days, are more able to concentrate and have better co-ordination than the city nursery children. The primary reason appeared to be the greater opportunities to play in nature, so that children play for longer at a time, tending not to disturb each other as much as children in the city nursery. The study observed that where children were interrupted, they became irritable, their stress level rose, and their ability to concentrate fell.
The study also showed that the Forest School children had 25 % fewer sick days than the city children. One reason for this is that the air is nearly always better outside than indoors. Outside a child is not so exposed to virus and bacteria and not so likely to be infected by other children. Another reason may be that, since stress has been shown to have a negative effect on the immune system, high stress levels may be weakening the city children. The Forest School children, on the other hand, are in a pleasant, natural, fun and less stressful environment.
24. Why is there a primitive hut in the forest?
A. To let children have fun. B. To store daily necessities.
C. To enrich the children’s imagination. D. To protect the children from bad weather.
25. What kind of activities do the Forest School children have?
A. Activities to improve grades. B. Activities designed for adults.
C. Activities usually played by braver kids. D. Fun activities but with a certain level of danger.
26. The Forest School children are more able to concentrate because ______.
A. they have more interesting things to do B. they are accompanied by adults
C. they are not disturbed so often D. they are playing in small groups
27. Which of the following best describes the Forest School children?
A. Free and wild. B. Confident and happy.
C. Polite and calm. D. Strong and adventurous.
C
Environmentalists said our planet was bound to die. Now one man says they are wrong. “Everyone knows the planet is in bad shape,” thundered a magazine article last year. “Species are being driven to die out at record rates, and the rivers are so poisonous that fish are floating on the surface, dead.”
But there’s growing belief that what everyone takes for granted is wrong: Things are actually getting better. A new book is about to overturn our most basic assumptions about the world’s environment. Rivers, seas, rain and the atmosphere are all getting better.
The total amount of forests in the world is not declining. The Skeptical Environmentalist by Bjorn Lomborg, professor of statistics at the University of Aarhus in Denmark, is an attack on the misleading claims of environmental groups, and the “bad news” culture that makes people believe everything is getting worse.
Now the attacks are increasingly coming from left-wing environmentalists such as Lomborg, a former member of Greenpeace. The accusation is that, although the environment is improving, green groups — with profits of hundreds of millions of pounds a year — are using scare tactics (战术) to gain donations. Lomborg’s book doesn’t deny global warming — probably the biggest environmental threat — but destroys almost every other environmental claim with many official statistics.
The Worldwatch Institute claims that deforestation(采伐森林) has been speeding over the last 30 years. Buy Lomborg says that is simply rubbish. Since the dawn of agriculture the world has lost about 20% of its forest cover, but in recent decades the forest area’s depleting has come to a stop. According to UN figures, the area of forests has remained almost steady, at about 30% of total land area, since 1940s. Forests in countries such as the US, UK and Canada have actually been expanding over the past 40 years. Despite all the warnings the Amazon rainforest has only shrunk by about 15%.
Nor are all our species dying out. Some campaigners claim that 50% of all species will have died out within 50 years. But other studies show only 0.08% of species are dying out each year. Conservation efforts have been successful. Whales are no longer threatened and the bald eagle is off the endangered list.
Environmental groups claim that many of the improvements are the results of their campaigns. Stephen Tindale, director of Greenpeace UK, said, “There are important examples, such as acid rain and ozone, where things weren’t as bad as predicted, and that’s because our behavior changed.”
28. What is Lomborg’s main argument in The Skeptical Environmentalist?
A. Our planet is in bad shape.
B. The world’s environment is improving.
C. The total amount of forests is declining.
D. Conservation efforts have been successful.
29. What is Lomborg’s main accusation of environmentalists?
A. They changed their behavior toward the environment.
B. They only told people bad news about the environment.
C. They scared people into making donations.
D. They overturned our basic assumption about the world’s environment.
30. The underlined word “depleting” is close in meaning to “_______”.
A. speeding B. limiting C. expanding D. reducing
31. Which of the following can be the best title for the passage?
A. Are all species dying out? B. Isn’t conservation powerful?
C. Is Our Planet Bound to Die? D. Aren’t environmentalists wrong?
D
Artificial Intelligence (AI) is making it possible for companies to monitor workers’ behavior in great detail and in real time. Start to slack off (懈怠), and AI could talk to your boss.
One company offering such services is London-based start-up Status Today. Its AI platform relies on a regular supply of employee data, including everything from the files you access to when you use a key card. From this, it builds a picture of how employees normally function and signals any unusual performance. The idea is to spot when someone might become a security risk by doing something different from their usual behavioral patterns. “All of this gives us fingerprint of a user, so if we think the fingerprint doesn’t match, we raise a warning”, says Mircea Dumitrescu,
the company’s chief technology officer.
The system also aims to catch employee actions that could accidentally cause a security breach (漏洞), like opening malware (恶意软件).“We’re not monitoring if your computer has a virus.” says Dumitrescu. “We’re monitoring human behaviors.”
But catching the security breach means monitoring everyone, and the AI can also be used to track employee productivity. “It seems like they are just using the reputation of AI to give an air of lawfulness to old-fashioned workplace surveillance (监视),” says Javier Ruiz Diaz of digital campaigning organization the Open Rights Group. “You have a right to privacy and you shouldn’t be expected to give that up at work.”
Exactly how companies use the system will be up to them, but it’s hard to shake the picture of an AI constantly looking over employees’ shoulders. “It will bother people, and that could be counterproductive if it affects their behavior,” says Paul Bemal at the University of East Anglia.
Phil Legg at the University of the West of England says it will never catch every security risk. “If people know they’re being monitored, they can change their behavior,” he says.
32. According to the text, AI monitors employees by ________.
A. taking pictures of them B. getting access to their data
C. signaling their usual performance D. catching their actions
33. What’s Javier Ruiz Diaz’s attitude towards the system?
A. Doubtful. B. Supportive. C. Uncaring. D. Negative.
34. What does the underlined word “that” in paragraph 4 refer to?
A. Security breach. B. Employees’ productivity.
C. The right to privacy. D. Workplace surveillance.
35. Phil Legg’s concern about the system suggests that ________.
A. it is too risky to be used at work B. it will affect employees’ emotions
C. it may not be so effective as expected D. it will encourage employee, productivity
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。
Most people have practiced some form of hobby at a point in their lives, whether it is some form of sports, playing a musical instrument, creating art, cooking or something else. There are many different reasons and skills for taking up a hobby.
Realize you have more time than you think.
This is probably the one thing that keeps most people back from practicing a hobby. 36 But we waste so much time on social media, television commercials and worrying about life which we could have used to practice a hobby. Schedule some time for a hobby into your day. Plan ahead and just do it.
Involve other people.
Why? Well, have you ever noticed that you stick to something longer when you feel that you cannot let another person down? So, get someone to jog with you, or make music with you, or share recipes with you. Plus, you will inspire them to keep on practicing their hobby. 37
Put your money where your mouth is.
38 So give out a bit of your budget lo your hobby of choice so that you cannot blame a lack of “materials” for not doing anything.
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For me, this has been the most important step in going out and doing a hobby. If you jog, decide which races you want to do this year. If you practice music, organize a concert.
Find the pleasure in what you do.
As with most things, starting of getting something ready to start can be difficult. But don’t give up. 40
A. It is a total win-win.
B. Work towards something.
C. Think of a hobby that might interest you.
D. Others’ help will definitely do you good.
E. You think that you don’t have enough time to even start.
F. The fact is that people spend money where their heart is.
G. Once you have started you’ll find the beauty and relaxation in it.
第三部分 英语知识运用 （共两节，满分 45）
第一节 （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，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。
I was standing in the checkout line behind a woman who looked to be in her 60s. When it was her turn to pay, the cashier(收银员) 41 her by name and asked her how she was doing. The woman looked down, shook her hand, and said, “Not so good. My husband just lost his job and my 42 son is up to his old tricks again. The truth is, I don’t know how I’m going to 43 the holidays. ”Then she gave the cashier food stamps.
My heart 44 . I wanted to help but didn’t know how. Should I offer to 45 her groceries or ask for her husband’s situation?
46 I walked into the parking lot, I spotted the woman returning her shopping cart. I remembered something in my purse that I thought might help her. It wasn’t a handful of cash or an 47 of a job for her husband, but maybe it would make her life 48 .
My heart beat faster as I 49 the woman. “Excuse me,” I said, my voice trembling a bit. “I couldn’t help overhearing what you said to the cashier. It sounds like you’re going through a really 50 time right now. I’m so sorry, but I’d like to give you something.”
I took a small card out of my purse and 51 it to her.
When the woman read the only two words on the card, she began to cry. And through her 52 , she said, “You have no idea how much this 53 to me.”
I was a little 54 by her reply. Having never done anything like this before, I didn’t know what kind of 55 I might receive. All I could think to respond was, “Oh! Would it be OK to give you a 56 ?
After we hugged 57 ,I walked back to my car and began to cry, too.
The words on the card?
“You Matter.”
A few weeks earlier, a colleague gave a similar card as 58 for a project I was working on. When I read the card, I felt a 59 glow(光辉，喜悦)spread inside of me. Deeply touched, I came home and ordered my own box of You Matter cards and started 60 them.
41. A. charged B. greeted C. blame D. heard
42. A. confident B. independent C. hopeless D. stubborn
43. A. think about B. give up C. lead to D. get through
44. A. ached B. failed C. beat D. paused
45. A. send for B. provide for C. pay for D. beg for
46. A. As B. Though C. Unless D. Since
47. A. excuse B. offer C. experience D. anecdote
48. A. harder B. wealthier C. simpler D. better
49. A. touched B. found C. balanced D. approached
50. A. happy B. tough C. regular D. long
51. A. handed B. obsessed C. spread D. explained
52. A. reliability B. fears C. tears D. beliefs
53. A. brings B. means C. values D. contains
54. A. worried B. excited C. moved D. shocked
55. A. reaction B. feeling C. expression D. answer
56. A. present B. promise C. hug D. ride
57. A. wildly B. tightly C. anxiously D. eagerly
58. A. progress B. effort C. encouragement D. praise
59. A. warm B. rich C. soft D. fierce
60. A. gathering B. enjoying C. preparing D. sharing
第二节 单项选择（共10小题；每小题0.5分，满分5分）
61. Don’t mention that at the beginning of the story, or it may _____ the shocking end.
A. give out B. give away C. give up D. give off
62. Sunglasses will _____ your eyes from sunlight.
A. guard B. prevent C. protect D. stop
63. John is the tallest boy in the class, _____ according to himself.
A. five feet high as tall as B. as tall as five feet high
C. as five feet high tall as D. as tall five feet high as
64. The middle-aged man is ready to risk _____ his life to save his son.
A. to lose B. lose C. lost D. losing
65. She is in a poor _____ of health, which worries her mother much.
A. state B. situation C. position D. condition
66. They stood _____ at each other as if they were enemies.
A. staring B. glancing C. glaring D. looking
67. How did it _____ that you were ten minutes late for class?
A. come down B. come true C. come out D. come about
68. Why does teaching as a career _____ so many people?
A. apply for B. attract to C. appeal to D. agree with
69. It was after he got what he had desired _____ he realized it was not so important.
A. that B. when C. since D. as
70. The car club couldn’t _____ to meet the demands of all its members.
A. assume B. guarantee C. ensure D. confirm
第三节 语篇填空（共10小题；每小题1分，满分10分）
阅读下面材料，在空白处填入1个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。
People today take lots of photos. Some photographs are really memorable. They either capture important events, such as birthday parties or weddings, 71 show beautiful places. Years later, people may look at these special photos to remember 72 past.
However, how did people record important moments without cameras long ago? Some people told 73 (story) about old times, and others wrote down 74 they
remembered. There were also a lot of people 75 (make) special drawings to help them recall important moments. Among those people were Native Americans of the Lakota tribe.
Every year, Lakota leaders decided which event was most important. A Lakota 76 (art) was then asked to draw a special picture of that event. Because each year’s picture was decided on during the winter, the drawings became 77 (know) as winter counts.
For a long time, winter counts were drawn on animal skins. Later, the drawings 78 (do) on paper. The pictures told the history of the tribe. Each year, the newest winter count was added 79 the Lakota collection of pictures from 80 (early) times. That helped people keep track of the years. Today, winter counts are important records of the Lakota’s past.
第四部分 写作 （共两节，满分 35分）
第一节 短文改错（共10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。
修改：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。
Cars are everywhere. In big city and small towns, the preferred method of transportation is the automobile. People can get to where they need to go quickly and easy, and it has given a new kind of freedom to many people who may not have experienced it ago. But is driving really the best thing for our society? I argue that it is not. First, pollution was a serious problem, and more cars only make them worse. There is just not way to reduce pollution without decrease the number of cars on the road. Second, cars are very dangerous. Traffic accidents are responsible tens
of thousands of deaths every year. Finally, cars are so expensive for most people to afford. However, that doesn’t stop low-income families from spending the most of their money to pay for the family car.
第二节 书面表达（满分25分）
假定你是李华，你们学校的外教Jerry寒假不回国，你写信邀请他去你家一起过除夕，内容要点如下：
1. 时间：2月4日；
2. 活动安排。
参考词汇：The New Year’s Eve
注意：1. 词数100左右；2. 可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。
Dear Jerry,
_________________________________________________________________________________
_________________________________________________________________________________
_________________________________________________________________________________
Yours sincerely,
Li Hua
南昌二中2018—2019学年度上学期期末考试
高二英语试卷参考答案及解析
第一部分 听力
1—5 CBBAB 6—10 CABCB 11—15 ACAAC 16—20 ACACB
第二部分 阅读理解
BCC DDCB BCDC BDCC
七选五：EAFBG
第三部分 英语知识运用
第一节 完形填空
41-60 BCDAC ABDDB ACBDA CBCAD
第二节 单项选择
61-70 BCBDA CDCAB
第二节 语法填空
71. or 72. the 73. stories 74. what 75. making
76. artist 77. known 78. were done 79. to 80. earlier
第四部分 写作
第一节 短文改错
1. city 改为 cities
2. easy 改为 easily
3. ago 改为 before
4. was 改为 is
5. them 改为it
6. not 改为 no
7. decrease改为 decreasing
8. responsible后加 for
9. so 改为 too
10. most前去掉 the
第二节 书面表达
One Possible Version
Dear Jerry,
The Spring Festival, the Chinese New Year, is around the corner. Hearing that you won’t return to your motherland, I’m writing to ask if you’d like to come to my home to celebrate the New Year’s Eve together.
The Eve of this year falls on February 4th. On this special time, family members will gather together and many conventional activities will be carried out. I wish you could come and I firmly believe you will enjoy yourself. We’ll make dumplings together and have a big dinner. We’ll also play card games and watch the Spring Festival Gala on TV. You may even get a gift from my parents.
If you’re able to come, I’ll go and pick you up at your place on the morning of February 4th.
Yours sincerely,
Li Hua
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