吉林省延边二中学年高二上学期期中考试英语试题.docx

1、吉林省延边二中学年高二上学期期中考试英语试题注意事项：答案必须写在答题卡上，答在试卷上无效。本试卷分第卷（选择题）和第卷（非选择题）两部分，本试卷满分120分。考试时间120分钟。第卷（选择题 共70分）第一部分 听力（共两节，满分10分）第一节（共5小题；每小题0.5分，满分2.5分） 听下面5段对话。每段对话后有1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. What does Lily like to do? A. Dance with the man. B. Watc

2、h a movie. C. See other people dance.2. Where might the speakers be? A. In a park. B. On a farm. C. On a beach.3. What does the man suggest the woman do? A. Repair her car. B. Rent a car. C. Get a new license.4. Why is the woman having a party? A. To celebrate her sisters birthday. B. To celebrate h

3、er anniversary. C. To welcome her sister back from college.5. What are the speakers doing? A. Playing a game. B. Cooking. C. Watching TV. 第二节（共15小题；每小题0.5分，满分7.5分） 听下面5段对话或独白。每段对话或独白后有几个小题，从题中所给出的A、B、C三个选项中选出最佳选项，并标在试卷的相应位置。听完每段对话或独白前，你将有时间来阅读各个小题，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。听第6段材料，回答第6至8题

4、。6. What do the speakers plan to do over the weekend? A. Go swimming. B. Go hiking. C. Go camping. 7. What does the man think of weather reports? A. They are always right. B. They are always mistaken. C. They arent always right. 8. What is the weather like today? A. Sunny. B. Cold. C. Rainy.听第7段材料，回

5、答第9至11题。9. When was the man supposed to check out? A. Today. B. Tomorrow. C. Two days from today.10. Who will arrive at the hotel? A. Some tour groups. B. Some conference members. C. The mans relatives.11. Which room will the man have? A. The same room.B. Another room on the second floor.C. Another

6、room on a different floor.听第8段材料，回答第12至14题。12. Why did the man call the woman? A. To remind her about his party. B. To invite her to a party. C. To ask for advice about having a party.13. When will the party end? A. At 2:00 a.m. on Saturday.B. Before midnight on Saturday.C. At 2:00 a.m. on Sunday.14

7、. What does the woman still need to know? A. The mans new address. B. What gift she should bring. C. When the party starts.听第9段材料，回答第15至17题。15. What will the man do tonight? A. Do his homework. B. Play sports. C. Attend a concert. 16. Who is Patrick? A. A violin player. B. A famous singer. C.The man

8、s classmate.17. What instrument does the man play? A. Guitar. B. Violin. C. Piano.听第10段材料，回答第18至20题。18. When did the speaker first try the snack? A. As a new parent. B. As a young adult. C. As a child.19. What can be used to make the “rocks”? A. Small pieces of chocolate.B. Big pieces of fresh fruit

9、.C. Small amounts of peanut butter.20. Who might the speaker be? A. A chef in a restaurant.B. A salesperson in a supermarket.C. A TV host.第二部分 阅读理解（共两节，满分40分）第一节 (共15小题；每小题2分，满分30分) 阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中,选出最佳选项。并在答题卡上将该选项涂黑AThe artist Grandma Moses became famous for her simple, bright, cheerfu

10、l paintings of American farm lifeHer full name was Anna Mary Robertson MosesBut she was known to everyone as Grandma Moses because she did not begin to paint seriously until in her seventiesBorn on a farm in New York, Anna had little schoolingHer days were filled with farm choresBut she often found

11、time to make picturesSoon, however, she became too busy to draw or paintAt the age of 12, she went to work as a servant for a family nearbyShe worked for other people for many yearsThen, when she was 27, she married Thomas Moses, a farmerAnd they began raising a family of their ownAnna Moses could n

12、o longer do heavy farm work with ageThen, in her seventies, she began to paint in oilsHer pictures showed things she recalled from childhood-farm scenes, ice-skating, bringing home the Christmas treeLater, she began to display her art at county fairsHer pictures recorded a way of life that was quick

13、ly passing awayPeople everywhere loved these happy scenes, and soon her paintings were shown in art galleriesGrandma Moses became famous partially on account of her age, but mainly because her approach to art was modest and simple compared to many other painters of her timeWithout formal training or

14、 even knowledge of Modernism, she relied on her own simple techniques to create her landscapes and scenesShe continued to paint almost until her death, on December 13, 1961 , at the age of 101The themes in her paintings provided the comfort of a rural life that many busy Americans treasured from the

15、ir pastThe threat of nuclear arms that appeared on television screens and in magazines had Americans starving for something moreGrandma Moses art appealed to those who had lost hope for the futureHer classic paintings still appear on TV commercials, greeting cards, and magazine and book covers21What

16、 can be inferred from the fact that Grandma Moses picked up a paintbrush? AShe had no other ways to kill time BHer friend and family suggested it CShe had had a love for painting since her childhood DShe needed to make a living by selling her paintings22The key reason for her success is _ . Aher old

17、 age Bher plain style Cher lack of training Dher modern knowledge23We can know from the passage that _ Aher paintings raised peoples hope for the future Bher paintings expressed the reality of her old age Cmany Americans were interested in purchasing art works Dpeople wanted to get comfort by rememb

18、ering grandmasBA new word has suddenly become wildly popular in China tuhao which loosely translated means nouveau riche. There have been more than 100 million references to the word tuhao on social media since early September.Its being used to describe everything from the new Peoples Daily building

19、, to expensive celebrity weddings full of bling, and the new gold-coloured iPhone.In Chinese tu means earth and hao means rich. To say someone is tuhao is to imply they come from a poor peasant background, and have made it rich quick but dont quite have the manners, or sophistication to go along wit

20、h it. Its like the term nouveau riche, says Professor Steve Tsang at the School of Contemporary Chinese Studies in Nottingham - but has even more negative meanings, suggesting a certain vulgarity(粗俗).Tuhao is actually an old word, dating back perhaps as far as the Southern Dynasty 1,500 years ago,bu

21、t it has always meant something rather different. During the communist revolution, from the 1920s to early 1950s, it was widely used to refer to landholders and gentry who would bully those beneath them.This new usage of the term took off in September after a widely-shared joke about a rich, but unh

22、appy man, who goes to a Buddhist monk for advice, expecting to be told to live a more simple life. The monk replies instead with the phrase: Tuhao, lets be friends!Chinese Internet users are highly creative in their use of language, and are constantly inventing, and re-inventing words as a way of ge

23、tting past censorship(审查) rules. But in this case, its popularity seems to be down to the fact that it expresses Chinas changing society so well many people sneer at those with wealth, but are secretly jealous.24. What is the best title of the passage?A. Tuhao, a new popular word in ChinaB. The long

24、 history of TuhaoC. The new usage of TuhaoD. Tuhao, a newly-invented Chinese word25. Which of the following may NOT be considered “tuhao”?A. A vulgar nouveau riche B. A bully landholderC. A quick-rich peasant without proper mannersD. A Buddhist monk.26. The last but one paragraph mainly tells us _.A

25、. what the new usage of the word isB. how the word becomes popular againC. why the unhappy man went to the Buddhist monkD. what advice the monk gave the unhappy man27. What does the underlined word in the last paragraph mean?A. respect B. envy C. laugh D. disbelieve CIf youd like to go sightseeing,

26、the following World Heritage Sites may be your best choices.Jiuzhaigou Valley Scenic and Historic Interest AreaThe Jiuzhaigou Valley, which lies in the northern part of Sichuan Province, reaches a height of more than 4,800 meters, with a series of different forest ecosystems（生态系统）. There you can enj

27、oy watching excellent waterfalls. Some 140 kinds of birds also live in the valley, as well as a number of endangered plants and animals, including the giant panda. For more information, please visit http:/whc.unesco.org/en/list/637.Khami Ruins National MonumentThe city of Khami, which developed afte

28、r the capital of Great Zimbabwe had been given up in the mid-16th century, is of great archaeological（考古的）interest. The discovery of objects from Europe and China shows that Khami was a major centre for trade over a long period of time. For more information, please visit http:/whc.unesco.org/en/list

29、/365.Henderson IslandHenderson Island, which lies in the eastern South Pacific, is one of the few atolls（环礁）in the world whose ecology（生态）has not been touched by human beings. It is especially famous for the ten plants and four land birds that can only be seen on the island. For more information, pl

30、ease visit http:/whc.unesco.org/en/list/487.The Old City of JerusalemAs a holy city for three different religions in the Middle East, Jerusalem has always been of great religious importance. It was given a World Heritage Status in 1981 and placed on the “List of World Heritage in Danger” the followi

31、ng year. For more information, please visit http:/whc.unesco.org/en/list/148.28What can we know about the Jiuzhaigou Valley?AIt sits at the foot of a 4,800-meter-high mountain.BIt has different forest ecosystems.CFew of Chinas endangered plants can be found there.DIn all about 140 kinds of birds and animals live there.29The discovery of some of the objects in Khami shows that the city .Ahad a very short historyBwas ruined in the mid-16th centuryCwas once Great Zimbabwes largest cityDonce played a great role as a trade center30From the pa