甘肅天水一中2018-2019高二英語上學期期末試題（帶答案）

1、天水一中2017級20182019學年度第一學期第二學段考試英語試題（滿分：120分 時間：100分鐘）第I卷第一部分 閱讀理解（共兩節(jié)，滿分40分）第一節(jié) （共10小題；每小題2分，滿分30分）閱讀下列短文，從每題所給的四個選項中，選出最佳選項。AChoose Your One-Day Tours!Tour ABath & Stonehenge including entrance fees to the ancient Roman bathrooms and Stonehenge£37 until 26 March and £39 thereafter.Visi

2、t the city with over 2,000 years of history and Bath Abbey, the Royal Crescent and the Costume Museum. Stonehenge is one of the worlds most famous prehistoric monuments dating back over 5,000 years.Tour BOxford & Stratford including entrance fees to the University St. Marys Church Tower and Anne

3、 Hathaways house £32 until 12 March and £36 thereafter.Oxford: Includes a guided tour of Englands oldest university city and colleges. Look over the “city of dreaming spires(尖頂)” from St Marys Church Tower. Stratford: Includes a guided, tour exploring much of the Shakespeare wonder.Tour CW

4、indsor Castle & Hampton Court including entrance fees to Hampton Court Palace£34 until 11 March and £37 thereafter. Includes a guided tour of Windsor and Hampton Court, Henry VIIIs favourite palace. Free time to visit Windsor Castle (entrance fees not included) .With 500 years of histo

5、ry, Hampton Court was once the home of four Kings and one Queen. Now this former royal palace is open to the public as a major tourist attraction. Visit the palace and its various historic gardens, which include the famous maze (迷宮) where it is easy to get lost!Tour DCambridge including entrance fee

6、s to the Tower of Saint Mary the Great£33 until 18 March and £37 thereafter.Includes a guided tour of Cambridge, the famous university town, and the gardens of the 18th century.1.Which tour will you choose if you want to see Englands oldest university city?A. Tour A.    

7、;               B. Tour B. C. Tour C.                    D. Tour D.2.Which of the following tours charges the lowest fee on 1

8、7 March?A. Windsor Castle & Hampton Court B. Oxford & StratfordC. Bath & Stonehenge D. Cambridge3.Why is Hampton Court a major tourist attraction?A. It used to be the home of royal families. B. It used to be a well-known maze.C. It is the oldest palace in Britain. D. It is a world-famous

9、 castle.BWe didnt have a tree. My dad had as much pride as anybody, I suppose, so he wouldnt just say that we couldnt afford one. When I mentioned it, my mother said that we werent going to have one this year, that we couldnt afford one, and even if we could, it was stupid to mess up your house with

10、 a dead tree.About three days before Christmas, I was out collecting for my paper route. It was fairly late, snowing and very cold. I went to the apartment building to try to catch a customer who hadnt paid me for nearly two months. she owed me seven dollars. Much to my surprise, she was home. She i

11、nvited me in and not only did she pay me, she also gave me a dollar tip.On the way home, I walked past a Christmas tree shop and the idea hit me. The selection wasnt very good because it was so close to the holiday, but there was this one real nice tree. It had been a very expensive tree and no one

12、had bought it; now it was so close to Christmas that the man was afraid no one would.He wanted ten dollars for it, but when I told him what I had, he said he might sell it for that. I really didnt want to spend the whole money on the tree, but it was so pretty that I finally agreed. I dragged it all

13、 the way home and I tried hard not to damage it. I arrived at home at last. My heart was bursting as I announced that I had a surprise.“Where did you get that tree?” my mother exclaimed. But it wasnt the kind of exclamation that indicates pleasure. After she knew the truth, she said that I was going

14、 to end up in the poorhouse(救濟院) because I believe in stupid things like Christmas trees. My mother had never talked to me like that before and I couldnt believe what I was hearing.4. Why did the writers mother refuse a tree?A. Because she couldnt afford a dead Christmas tree.B. Because she thought

15、it was unreasonable to have a tree.C. Because she was much so proud that she felt better.D. Because she thought she wasnt very proud of herself.5. How did the writer feel when he got home?A. Upset and calm. B. Anxious and happy.C. Proud and excited. D.Sorry and confused.6. What made the shop owner s

16、ell the tree?A. His pity on the writers situation B. His desire of offering helpC. His worry of keeping the tree. D. His kindness of helping others7. What the writers mother said in the last paragraph means _.A. she was pleased B. she was angryC. she was doubtful D. she was embarrassedCIn every Brit

17、ish town, large and small, you will find shops that sell second-hand goods. Sometimes such shops deal mostly in furniture, sometimes in books, sometimes in ornaments（裝飾） and household goods, sometimes even in clothes.The furniture may often be “antique”, and it may well have changed hands many times

18、. It may also be very valuable, although the most valuable piece will usually go to the London salerooms, where one piece might well be sold for hundreds of thousands of pounds. As you look around these shops and see the polished wood of chests and tables, you cannot help thinking of those long-dead

19、 hands which polished that wood, of those now-closed eyes which once looked at these pieces with love.The books, too, may be antique and very precious; some may be rare first printings. Often when someone dies or has to move house, his books may all be sold, so that sometimes you may find whole libr

20、aries in one shop. On the border between England and Wales, there is a town which has become a huge bookshop as well. Even the cinema and castle have been taken over, and now books have replaced sheep as the towns main trade.There are also much more humble shops, sometimes simply called “junk shops”

21、, where you can buy small household pieces very cheaply. Sometimes the profits（利潤）from these shops go to charity. Even these pieces, though, can make you feel sad; you think of those people who once treasured them, but who have moved on to another country or to death.Although the British do not wors

22、hip（崇拜）their ancestors, they do treasure the past and the things of the past. This is true of houses as well. These days no one knocks them down; they are rebuilt until they are often better than new. In Britain, people do not buy something just because it is new. Old things are treasured for their

23、proven worth; new things have to prove themselves before they are accepted.8. Books found in second-hand book shops may .A.be copies of the earliest printings B. be on sale for the first timeC. never be worth very much D. never be rare9. What was the small town on the border between England and Wale

24、s famous for?A. Its sheep. B. Its bookshops. C. Its cinema. D. Its castle.10. The average British person .A. does not respect old things because they are not fashionableB. likes to build new houses simply because it is fashionable to do soC. likes to buy new things because they are fashionable.D. do

25、es not like to buy things simply because they are fashionable11. What does the underlined word “them” (Paragraph 4) refer to?A. junk shops B. profits from shops C. old things D. old housesDFrom self-driving cars to care-bots（care+robots） for elderly people, rapid development in technology has long r

26、epresented a possible threat to many jobs normally performed by people. But experts now believe that almost 50 percent of occupations existing today will be completely unnecessary by 2025 as artificial intelligence continues to change businesses.“The next fifteen years will see a revolution in how w

27、e work, and a revolution will necessarily take place in how we plan and think about workplaces,” said Peter Andrew, Director of Workplace Strategy for CBRE Asia Pacific.A growing number of jobs in the future will require creative intelligence, social skills and the ability to use artificial intellig

28、ence.The report is based on interviews with 200 experts, business leaders and young people from Asia Pacific, Europe and North America. It shows that in the US technology already destroys more jobs than it creates.But the report states: “Losing occupations does not necessarily mean losing jobs just

29、changing what people do.” Growth in new jobs could occur as much, according to the research.“The growth of 20 to 40 person companies that have the speed and technological know-how will directly challenge big companies,” it states.A 2014 report by Pew Research found 52 percent of experts in artificia

30、l intelligence and robotics were optimistic about the future and believed there would still be enough jobs in the next few years. The optimists pictured “a future in which robots do not take the place of more jobs than they create,” according to Aaron Smith, the reports co-author.“Technology will co

31、ntinue to affect jobs, but more jobs seem likely to be created. Although there have always been unemployed people, when we reached a few billion people there were billions of jobs. There is no shortage of things that need to be done and that will not change,” Microsofts Jonathan Grudin told research

32、ers.12. We can infer from the text that in the future _.A. people will face many difficultiesB. people will take up more creative jobsC. artificial intelligence will threaten people's livesD. most jobs will be done in traditional workplaces13. According to the report, _.A. people won't neces

33、sarily lose jobsB. big companies will face fewer challengesC. small companies will win against big companiesD. most people will become interested in technology14. What is the attitude of most experts in artificial intelligence and robotics to the future?A. Mixed B. Worried. C. Hopeful. D. Doubtful.1

34、5. Jonathan Grudins words in the last paragraph suggest that _.A. there will be enough jobs for peopleB. things will change a lot in a few yearsC. many people will become unemployedD. technology will totally change future jobs第2節(jié) （共5小題；每小題2分，滿分10分）根據短文內容，從短文后的選項中選出能填入空白處的最佳選項。選項中有兩項為多余選項。If anyone h

35、ad told me three years ago that I would be spending most of my weekends camping. I would have laughed heartily. Campers, in my eyes, were people who enjoyed insect bites, ill-cooked meals, and uncomfortable sleeping bags. They had nothing in common with me. 16 .The friends who introduced me to campi

36、ng thought that it meant to be a pioneer. 17 We sleep in a tent, cooked over an open fire, and walked a long distance to take the shower and use the bathroom. This brief visit with Mother Nature cost me two days off from work, recovering from a bad case of sunburn and the doctors bill for my sons fo

37、od poisoning.I was, nevertheless, talked into going on another fun-filled holiday in the wilderness. 18 Instead, we had a pop-up camper with comfortable beds and an air conditioner. My nature-loving friends had remembered to bring all the necessities of life. 19 We have done a lot of it since. Recen

38、tly, we bought a twenty-eight-foot travel trailer complete with a bathroom and a built-in TV set. There is a separate bedroom, a modern kitchen with a refrigerator. The trailer even has matching carpet and curtains. 20 It must be true that sooner or later, everyone finds his or her way back to natur

39、e. I recommend that you find your way in style.AThis time there was no tent.BThings are going to be improved.CThe trip they took me on was a rough one.DI was to learn a lot ab

40、out camping since then, however.EI must say that I have certainly come to enjoy camping. FAfter the trip, my family became quite interested in camping.GThere was no shade as the trees were no more than 3 feet tall. 第二部分：語言知識運用(共兩節(jié)

41、；滿分45分)第一節(jié): 完形填空（共 20小題；每小題 1.5 分，滿分30 分） 閱讀下面短文，從短文后所給各題的四個選項（A、B、C 和 D）中，選出可以填入空白處的最佳選項，并在答題卡上將該項涂黑。In our modern world, when something wears out, we throw it away and buy a new one. The 21 is that countries around the world have growing mountains of 22 because people are throwing out more rubbish

42、 than ever before.How did we 23 a throwaway society? First of all, it is now easier to 24 an object than to spend time and money to repair it. 25 modern manufacturing (制造業(yè)) and technology, companies are able to produce products quickly and inexpensively. Products are plentiful and 26 . Another cause

43、 is our 27 of disposable (一次性的) products. As 28 people, we are always looking for 29 to save time and make our lives easier. Companies 30 thousands of different kinds of disposable products: paper plates, plastic cups, and cameras, to name a few.Our appetite for new products also 31 to the problem.

44、We are 32 buying new things. Advertisements persuade us that 33 is better and that we will be happier with the latest products. The result is that we 34 useful possessions to make room for new ones.All around the world, we can see the 35 of this throwaway lifestyle. Mountains of rubbish just keep ge

45、tting bigger. To 36 the amount of rubbish and to protect the 37 , more governments are requiring people to recycle materials. 38 , this is not enough to solve (解決) our problem.Maybe there is another way out. We need to repair our possessions 39 throwing them away. We also need to rethink our attitud

46、es about 40 . Repairing our possessions and changing our spending habits may be the best way to reduce the amount of rubbish and take care of our environment.21. A. keyB. reasonC. projectD. problem22. A. giftsB. rubbishC. debtD. products23. A. faceB. becomeC. observeD. change24. A. hideB. controlC.

47、replaceD. withdraw25. A. Thanks toB. As toC. Except for D. Regardless of26. A. safeB. funnyC. cheapD. powerful27. A. loveB. lackC. prevention D. division28. A. sensitiveB. kindC. braveD. busy29. A. waysB. placesC. jobsD. friends30. A. donateB. receiveC. produceD. preserve31. A. adapts B. returnsC. r

48、espondsD. contributes32. A. tired of B. addicted toC. worried aboutD. ashamed for33. A. newer B. strongerC. higherD. larger34. A. pick up B. pay forC. hold ontoD. throw away35. A. advantages B. purposesC. functionsD. consequences36. A. show B. recordC. decreaseD. measure37. A. technology B. environm

49、entC. consumersD. brands38. A. However B. OtherwiseC. ThereforeD. Meanwhile39. A. by B. in favour ofC. afterD. instead of40. A. spending B. collectingC. repairingD. advertising第II卷第二節(jié)（共10小題；每小題1.5分，滿分15分）閱讀下面材料，在空白處填入適當?shù)膬热荩?個單詞）或括號內單詞的正確形式。Mr. Wang has a shop in the center of the town where all kind

50、s of cars are sold. These years he has been very successful in business. He bought a 41 (furnish) house and often holds parties. Now he is well-known in the town.But one evening, when he was dancing at a party, he 42 (call) out. There were a few policemen 43 (wait) in the room. It was easy for him 4

51、4 (understand) why they were waiting for him there. He was soon put in prison. 45 (lie) in the cold and wet ward made him sleepless until dawn. The next morning the man 46 (share) the same room asked him, “Why are you in here?”“I have a shop 47 (sell) cars, ” answered Mr. Wang. “I often buy some old

52、 cars with little money. I repair them and then give them another coat of paint and sell them at 48 high price. ”“I dont think you break the law, ” said the man.“I paid 500 dollars for a car the day before yesterday and sold it for 3,000 dollars.”“Was it a(n) 49 (steal) car?”“Even worse, ” Mr. Wang

53、said 50 (sad). “It was a police car!”第三部分 寫作（共兩節(jié)，滿分35分）第一節(jié) 短文改錯（共10小題；每小題1分，滿分10分）增加：在缺詞處加一個漏字符號（），并在其下面寫上該加的詞。刪除：把多余的詞用斜線（）劃掉。修改：在錯的詞下劃一橫線，并在該詞下面寫上修改后的詞。注意： 1. 每處錯誤及其修改均僅限一詞；2. 只允許修改10處，多者（從第11處起）不計分。What is known to all, some parents would rather their children rent houses outside the school instead of living in a dorm. There are advantages for both. Living in a dorm must strengthen relationship or cooperation between classmates. A dorm is more like a society, which enables students learn to adapt to each other,