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江苏省扬州中学2018-2019学年高二英语上学期期中试题
第I卷（选择题，共85分）
第一部分 听力(共两节，满分20分)
第一节（共5小题；每小题1分，满分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，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 is the North Lake like now?
A.Beautiful. B.Dirty. C.Clean. 2.What is the man doing now?
A.Cleaning the lift. B.Helping the woman. C.Smoking in the lift.
3.What did Betty do last night?
A.She attended the party. B.She did her homework. C.She talked with the man.
4.Where are the two speakers?
A.In a car. B.At a bus stop. C.In a house. 5.What’s the relationship between the two speakers?
A.Father and daughter. B.Husband and wife. C.Mother and son. 第二节（共15小题；每小题1分，满分15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段对话，回答第6~7题。 6.How old is Tina?
A.14. B.18. C.15. 7.How often does Tina go to learn the piano?
A.Every day. B.Once a week. C.Once a month. 听第7段对话，回答第8~9题。 8.What did the man ask about?
A.Planes to New York. B.Ticket booking. C.Planes to Washington.
9.How much should the man pay?
A.1500 dollars. B.2400 dollars. C.1300 dollars.
听第8段对话，回答第10~12题。
10.What does the man want to learn?
A.To teach driving. B.To drive a car. C.To repair cars. 11.Which courses will the man choose?
A.Full-time summer courses. B.Full-time winter courses. C.Weekend courses.
12.How many hours of training will he get every week?
A. 5. B. 6. C. 10. 听第9段对话，回答第13~16题。 13.Where does Rose’s father work?
A. In a computer company. B. In a restaurant. C. In a university.
14.What happened last week?
A. A computer competition was held. B. Rose failed in the computer test.
C. Rose found a job in a computer company.
15.Why does Rose want to be a computer programmer? A. Because she wants to run a restaurant.
B. Because she wants to get the first place in a competition. C. Because she wants to earn more money.
16.What does the man think of working as a computer programmer?
A.Interesting. B.Hard. C.Boring. 听第10段独白，回答第17~20题。
17.What subject did not the speaker learn at the primary school? A.History. B.English. C.Math. 18.How old was the speaker when he went to junior high school? A.12. B.13. C.14.
19.What was the speaker most interested in during his junior high school life? A.Chemistry. B.IT. C.Geography.
20.What does the speaker think of his classmates in the senior high school? A.Funny and crazy. B.Independent and amazing. C.Helpful and kind.
第二部分 英语知识运用
第一节：单项选择(共15小题；每小题1分，满分15分)
21. We went right round to the west coast by ___ sea instead of driving across ____ continent.
A. the; the B. /; the C. the; / D. /;/
22. Sam, in every way, has handled the challenge, _____ his friend_____how he’s achieved success in spite of the difficulties.
A. overcome; by B. overcoming; with C. impressed; by D. impressing; with
23. During the power transition earlier this year, analysts said, Chinese leaders tried to
demonstrate their _______ to fighting corruption. A. greed B. commitment C. rensponsibility D. motivation 24. As a champion team in the last World Cup, Germany’s football team was loaded with too much expectation from their fans in the group game ___ it lost the chance to go forward in this year’s game.
A. that B. as C. when D. where
25. Nobody believed his reason for being absent from the class ________ he had to meet his uncle at the airport.
A. why B. that C. where D. because 26. Japan's popular new prime minister, Junichiro Koizumi, now offers hope that Japan will _________ the reforms needed to boost long-term growth. A. push ahead with B. cut back on C. run out of D. put up with 27. The girl came ___________to the bus stop，only ________ the bus had gone. A. running; to find B. to run; to find C. and run; found D. running; finding
28. With age ____ experience. As you pass through life, you go through many trials. A. coming B. comes C. will come D. has come 29. — Why, Jack, you look so tired!
— Well, I ______ the house and I must finish the work tomorrow. A. was painting B. will be painting C. have painted D. have been painting
30. The medicine takes effect in the __________ stage of treatment, but the effect declines when it is taken for several months.
A. potential B. instant C. original D. initial 31.— Will it take me long to get to the Sunshine Hotel?
—No, it ______ take you long. It’s not the rush hour now.
A. shouldn’t B. shan’t C. mustn’t D. needn’t 32. It was after having her first child at a time ______ my mother was working as a lawyer _______she decided to run for governor of the state.
A.that; that B.which; that C.that; who D.when; that 33. Positive thinking puts power in our mind to act instead of staying stuck considering the circumstance or the mistake ______.
A. made B. to be made C. having been made D. had made 34. It is ______ his tremendous enthusiasm and devotion that the old teacher is respected by all his students.
A. on account of B. with regard to C. in terms of D. in reference to
35. — I’d rather have some wine, if you don’t mind.
—______. Don’ t forget that you’ll drive.
A. By all means B. Anything but that C. Take it easy D. I wouldn’t say no to this
第二节： 完形填空(共20小题；每小题1分，满分20分)
请阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
We all love our parents and turn to them when we’re in need, but would you like them to hear the __36__ you have with your friends in the school playground or lunch queue? Social networking sites, such as micro-blog, blog and the Facebook, have actually become __37__ of the school hallways(走廊), so would you add your parents as “friends” and allow them to __38__ your online __39__ and conversations with friends?
In the past the generation gap included a technology gap, where children were __40__ with latest technology and parents were left behind, content to continue their day-to-day lives as they always had because they had no __41__ to be good at new technology. __42__, more and more parents are beginning to __43__ just how important social networks are in their lives. This realization has given many parents the _44_ to educate themselves about social networking sites.
These days many people are __45__ to social networking sites because they can choose who they have around them; there’s also a certain amount of control over __46__ that we don’t get in real life. Sometimes we feel that privacy is __47__ when we must accept a “friend” request from a parent or family member.
It’s a difficult choice whether or not to allow a parent to become a part of our __48__ lives. On the one hand we don’t want to “refuse” their request because that might hurt their feelings or make them feel you have something to __49__. On the other hand if you do accept, then you could have a(n) __50__ of being watched and no longer feel __51__ to comment or communicate the way you did before.
A recent survey suggested that parents shouldn’t take it personally if their child ignores their request: “When a teen ignores a parent’s friend request, it doesn’t __52__ mean that they are hiding something, but it could mean that this