黑龙江省牡丹江市第三高级中学2018-2019学年高二上学期期中考试英语试题.doc

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2018-2019学年度第一学期期中试题
英语学科试卷
考试时间：120分钟 分值：150分
本试卷分第Ⅰ卷（选择题）和第Ⅱ卷（非选择题）两部分。
第Ⅰ卷（选择题 共100分）
第一部分：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、D中选出最佳选项。
A
My boss’s daughter was studying in the Philippines. He asked me if my husband and I could take care of her. He thought his daughter would be able to improve her English communication skills in this way.
After days of thinking, we agreed. He then brought her here and left after 3 days. I thought that my boss’s daughter was well-mannered, but that was wrong.
After a month of staying in the Philippines, she started to show her true colors. When my husband asked her what she wanted for breakfast, she answered him in a rude way. From then on, we experienced fights at home. There was a time when we didn’t talk to her for a week as a punishment of not being good to us. What I hated most was that she didn’t care about other people’s feelings. She ate ahead of us when we were still working and didn’t leave anything for us. So we had to separate her food from ours to avoid such a problem.
The worst thing about her was that she shouted at us. I was wondering if she did this to her parents. We told this to her parents, but unfortunately I didn’t think that solved the problem. This situation lasted for almost 8 months. Our patience (耐心) was tested during that time.
We tried to teach her everything we could to make her a better person, but I guess 8 months may not be enough. We even tried to understand her and adjust (调整) for her, but it didn’t work . I just hope that she learned something from us and from other Filipinos.
1. This passage is mainly about the writer’s experience of .
A. trying to please her boss
B. changing a girl’s bad behavior
C. dealing with a teenage girl staying in her house
D. improving her communication skills
2. Why did the boss want his daughter to stay with the writer?
A. Because he was too busy to take care of his daughter.
B. Because he wanted his daughter to take a holiday there.
C. Because he wanted the writer to teach his daughter good manners.
D. Because he wanted his daughter to improve her English in this way.
3. What do the examples in Paragraph 3 tell us?
A. The writer and her husband were careless.
B. The daughter wasn’t behaving well.
C. The writer and her husband hated children.
D. The daughter tried her best to make others happy.
4. The underlined word “that ” in Paragraph 4 refers to .
A. being patient with her B. her parents punishing her
C. asking her parents about her D. telling her parents about her behavior

B
Why do men die earlier than women? The latest research makes it known that the reason could be that men’s hearts go into rapid decline when they reach middle age.
The largest study of the effects of ageing on the heart has found that women’s longevity may be linked to the fact that their hearts do not lose their pumping power with age.
“We have found that the power of the male heart falls by 20-25 percent between 18 and 70 years of age,” said the head of the study, David Goldspink of Liverpool John Moores University in the UK.
“Within the heart there are millions of cells that enable it to beat. Between the age of 20 and 70, one-third of those cells die and are not replaced in men,” said Goldspink. “This is part of the ageing process.”
What surprises scientists is that the female heart sees very little loss of these cells. A healthy 70-year-old woman’s heart could perform almost as well as a 20-year-old one’s.
“This gender(性别) difference might just explain why women live longer than men,” said Goldspink. They studied more than 250 healthy men and women between the ages of 18 and 80, focusing on healthy persons to remove the confusing influence of disease. “The team has yet to find why ageing takes a greater loss on the male heart,” said Goldspink.
The good news is that men can improve the health of their heart with regular exercise. Goldspink stressed that women also need regular exercise to prevent their leg muscles becoming smaller and weaker as they age.
5. The underlined word “longevity” in the second paragraph probably refers to “______”.
A. long life        B. health C. ageing D. effect
6. The text mainly talks about ________.
A. men’s heart cells B. women’s ageing process
C. the gender difference D. hearts and long life
7. According to the text, the UK scientists have known that ________.
A. women have more cells than men when they are born
B. women can replace the cells that enable the heart to beat
C. women never lose their pumping power with age
D. the female heart loses few of the cells with age

C
When I was about 12, I had an enemy, a girl who liked to point out my shortcomings. Week by week her list grew: I was very thin, I wasn’t a good student, I talked too much, I was too proud, and so on. I tried to hear all this as long as I could. At last, I became very angry. I ran to my father with tears in my eyes.
He listened to me quietly, then he asked. “Are the things she says true or not? Janet, didn’t you ever wonder what you’re really like ? Well, you now have that girl’s opinion. Go and make a list of everything she said and mark the points that are true. Pay no attention to the other things she said.”
I did as he told me. To my great surprise, I discovered that about half the things were true. Some of them I couldn’t change (like being very thin), but a good number I could—and suddenly I wanted to change. For the first time I go to a fairly clear picture of myself.
 I brought the list back to Daddy. He refused to take it. “That’s just for you,” he said. “You know better than anyone else the truth about yourself. But you have to learn to listen, not just close your ears in anger and feeling hurt. When something said about you is true, you’ll find it will be of help to you. Our world is full of people who think they know your duty. Don’t shut your ears. Listen to them all, but hear the truth and do what you know is the right thing to do.” Daddy’s advice has returned to me at many important moments. In my life, I’ve never had a better piece of advice.
8. What did the father do after he had heard his daughter’s complaint?
A. He agreed with her "enemy".
B. He let her continue to put up with her "enemy".
C. He told her not to pay attention to what her "enemy" had said.
D. He told her to write down all her "enemy" had said about her.
9. What does “Week by week her list grew” mean?
A. Week by week she discovered more shortcomings of mine and pointed them out to me.
B. She had made a list of my shortcomings and she kept on adding new ones to it so that it was growing longer and longer.
C. I was having more and more shortcomings as time went on.
D. Week by week, my shortcomings grew more serious.
10. Which of the following can we know from the passage?
A. The "enemy" thought the writer was pretty.
B. The "enemy" thought the writer studied hard.
C. The writer is grateful to her father.
D. The writer and her "enemy" became best friends at last.
11. Which do you think would be the best title for this passage?
A. Not an Enemy, but the Best Friend B. The Best Advice I’ve Ever Had
C. My Father D. My Childhood

D
Dick lived in England. One day in January he said to his wife, "I'm going to fly to New York next week because I've got some work there." "Where are you going to stay there?" his wife asked. "I don't know yet." Dick answered. "Please send me your address from there in a telegram (电报)," his wife said. "All right," Dick answered.
He flew to New York on January 31st and found a nice hotel in the center of the city. He put his things in his room and then he sent his wife a telegram. He put the address of his hotel in it.
In the evening he didn't have any work, so he went to a cinema. He came out at nine o'clock and said, "Now I'm going back to my hotel and have a nice dinner."
He found a taxi and the driver said, "Where do you want to go?" But Dick didn't remember the name and address of his hotel.
"Which hotel are my things in?" he said, "And what am I going to do tonight?" But the driver of the taxi did not know. So Dick got out and went into a post office. There he sent his wife another telegram, and in it he wrote, "Please send me my address at this post office."
12. Dick flew to New York because ___.
A. he went there for a holiday B. he had work there
C. he went there for sightseeing D. his home was there
13. Why did his wife want a telegram from him?
A. Because she wanted to go to New York, too
B. Because she didn't know his address yet
C. Because she might send him another telegram
D. Because she couldn't leave her husband by himself in New York
14. Where did Dick stay in New York?
A. In the center of the city. B. In a restaurant.
C. In a hotel. D. At his friend's house.
15. Who would send him the name and address of his hotel?
A. The manager of his hotel. B. His wife.
C. The taxi driver. D. The police office.
第二节 （共5小题；每小题2分，满分10分）
根据短文内容，从短文后的七个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。
Maybe you are an average student. You probably think you will never be a top student. This is not necessarily so, however. Anyone can become a better student if he or she wants to. Here’s how:
_16_ When you plan your week. You should make a list of things that you have to do. After making this list, you should make a schedule of your time. Decide on a good, regular time for studying. Of course, studying shouldn’t occupy all of your time. _17_
Find a good place to study. Look around the house for a good study area. Keep this space free of everything but study materials. No games, radios, or television.
Make good use of your time in class. _18_ Listening carefully in class means less work later. Taking notes will help you remember what the teacher says.
Study regularly. When you get home from class, go over your notes. Review the important points that your teacher is going to discuss the next day, read that material. _19_
Develop a good attitude towards tests. The purpose of a test is to show what you have learned about a subject. The world won’t end if you don’t pass a test, so don’t be over-worried.
_20_ You will probably discover many others after you have tried these.
A. Don’t forget to set aside enough time for entertainment.
B. There are other methods that might help you with your studying.
C. Take advantage of class time to listen to everything the teacher says.
D. No one can become a top student unless he or she works hard.
E. Plan your time carefully.
F. A weekly schedule may not solve all your problems.
G. This will help you understand the next class.

第二部分：英语知识运用（共二节，满分75分）
第一节：完形填空（共40小题，每小题1.5分，满分60分）
A
阅读下面短文, 从短文后所给各题的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。
I ran into a stranger as he passed by. “I’m so sorry!” was my reply. Then he said, “Excuse me too… I wasn’t 21 watching for you.” We were very polite, this stranger and I. Then we went 22 our way after saying goodbye.
But at 23 , a different story is told. How we treat our loved ones, young and old. Later in the kitchen, as I 24 the meal, my daughter walked up to me, very still. When I turned, I 25 knocked her down. “Get out of the way!” I shouted with a frown (皱眉). She stepped away silently, with her little heart 26 . I didn’t realize how rudely I had spoken.
That night, when I lay 27 in bed, God’s quiet voice spoke to me and said, “While 28 with a stranger, you are calm and polite, but with those you love, you are QUICK to excite… Go look around on the kitchen floor, you’ll find some flowers there by the 29 . Those are the flowers she brought for you. She 30 them herself — pink, yellow, and your favorite blue. She stood there quietly and you never saw the 31 in her eyes.”
By this time, I felt sad and small and now my own tears began to fall. I quietly went and knelt (跪) by her 32 . “Wake up, my dear” I said. “Are these the flowers you picked up for me?” She smiled, “I found them out by the tree, I 33 them in a napkin（纸巾）, just for you. I knew you’d like them, especially the 34 .” I said, “I am so sorry that I missed them today… And I 35 have fussed (大惊小怪) at you that way…”
And she whispered, “Mommy, that’s OK… I still love you 36 .” I hugged her and said, “I love you, too and I LOVE the flowers.”
Do you know that: if you die tomorrow, the 37 you are working for could easily replace you in a matter of days. But the family you leave 38 will feel the loss for the rest of their lives. And come to think of it, we pour ourselves more into our 39 than into our families--- an unwise investment (投资) indeed.
Remember that 40 = (F)ATHER + (A)ND + (M)OTHER + (I ) + (L)OVE + (Y)OU.
21. A. even B. ever C. just D. right
22. A. to B. in C. on D. for
23. A. school B. work C. office D. home
24. A. cooked B. had C. ate D. took
25. A. already B. hardly C. rudely D. nearly
26. A. lost B. missed C. broken D. beaten
27. A. asleep B. awake C. afraid D. alive
28. A. dealing B. meeting C. going D. talking
29. A. floor B. kitchen C. door D. window
30. A. grew B. bought C. picked D. fetched
31. A. tears B. expressions C. smiles D. joy
32. A. desk B. bed C. body D. knees
33. A. covered B. wrapped C. put D. help
34. A. pink B. yellow C. blue D. black
35. A. needn’t B. shouldn’t C. mustn’t D. can’t
36. A. indeed B. besides C. anyway D. anything
37. A. company B. country C. place D. state
38. A. for B. with C. behind D. to
39. A. books B. loss C. meal D. work
40. A. RESPECT B. WARMTH C. FAMILY D. FRIEND

B
The whole family objected strongly when I said I was going to Europe over the Christmas holidays with a college friend of mine. Mother said that 41 there was going to be a family reunion, I really ought to 42 . Although I always 43 these occasions, nobody could persuade me to 44 my mind.
A week before Christmas, my friend and I 45 to Madrid and then travelled by train through Spain, France and Germany. On Christmas Eve we arrived 46 a small town in southern Germany and were greatly 47 to find so much activity in the town. The streets were crowded with people, and the shops were full of all kinds of 48 things. We walked around for hours and just before the midnight we went to listen to Christmas 49 sung by children around the 50 lighted tree in the main square. We returned to our 51 late that night, looking forward to th