2018---2019学年度下学期高二期中英语试卷本试卷分第Ⅰ卷（70分）和第Ⅱ卷（50分）总分120分。
答题时间100分钟[第Ⅰ卷 (选择题）第一部分：听力（略）第二部分：阅读理解（共两节，满分40分）（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，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
AThis March is a busy month in Shanghai. There's a lot to do. Here are the highlights.Live Music-- Late Night JazzEnjoy real American jazz from Herbie Davis. The famous trum pet player. He's coming with his new 7-piece band(乐队), Herbies Heroes. Herbie is known to play well into the early hours, so don't expect to get much sleep. This is Herbies thi rd visit to Shanghai. The first two were sold out, so get your ti ckets quickly.PLACE: The Jazz ClubDATES: 15-23 MarchPRICE:¥80,¥120IIME: 10: 00 p.m. till late !IEL:6466-8736Scottish DancingTake your partners and get ready to dance till you drop. Scotti sh dancing is fun and easy to learn. Instructors will demonstra te the dances. The live bands, Gordon Stroppie and the Weef rees. are also excellent.PLACE: Jack Stein'sDATES: Every MondayPRICE:¥60, including one drinkTIME:7:00-0:00 p.mIEL:6402-1877Exhibitions---shanghai MuseumThere are 120, 000 pieces on show here. You can see the wh ole of Chinese history under one roof. It's always Interesting to visit, but doubly(加倍地) so at the moment with the Egyptian Tombs exhibition. The re are lots of mummies and more gold than you’ve ever seen before. Let usknow if you see a mummy move !PLACE: Shanghai MuseumPRICE:¥30(¥15 for students)TEL:6888-6888DATES. DailyTTME: Monday--Friday9:00 a. m.-5: 00 p. m., Weekends9:00 a.m.-9:00 p.m.Dining---Sushi(寿司) Chef in TownSushi is getting really big in Shanghai. In Japan, it’ s becomin g an art form.The most famous sushi “artist” is Yuki Kamura. She's also one of the few female chefs in Japan. She’ll be at Sushi Scene all of this month.PLACE: Sushi SceneDATES: All monthPRICE:¥200TIME: Lunch timeTEL:6690-3211For a full listing of events, see our website.21. Suppose you are going to attend an activity at 8: 00 p. m. on Saturday, which one can you choose ?A. Live Music---Late Night JazzB. Exhibitions---Shanghai MuseumC. Scottish DancingD. Dining---Sushi Chef in Town.22. Which of the following is true according to the text?A. Scottish dancing is so interesting and easy that it never tire s you out.B. The performance given by the American jazz band will not l ast quite long.C. Sushi is not popular in Shanghai as it is a kind of traditional Japanese food.D. It is more interesting to visit Shanghai Museum for the exhi bits from Egypt.23. From the text we may learn that Kamura is_________.A. an instructorB. a waitressC. a cookD. an artistBDear James,It is a beautiful day here and I am sitting under the big tree at the end of the garden. I have just returned from a long bikeride to an old castle. It seems amazing that at my age I am stil l fit enough to cycle 20 kilometres in an afternoon. It’s my birth day in two weeks’ time and I’ll be 82 years old! I think my long and active life must be due to the healthy life I live.This brings me to the real reason for my letter, my dear gran dson. Your mother tells me that you started smoking some tim e ago and now you are finding it difficult to give it up. Believe me, I know how easy it is to begin smoking and how tough it i s to stop. You see, during adolescence I also smoked and be came addicted to cigarettes.By the way, did you know that this is because you become addicted in three different ways? First, you can become physi cally addicted to nicotine, which is one of the hundreds of che micals in cigarettes, This means that after a while your body b ecomes accustomed to having nicotine in it. So when the drug leaves your body, you get withdrawal symptoms. I remember feeling bad-tempered and sometimes even in pain. Secondly, you becom e addicted through habit. As you know, if you do the same thi ng over and over again, you begin to do it automatically. Lastl y, you can become mentally addicted. I believed I was happie r and more relaxed after having a cigarette, so I began to thin k that I could only feel good when I smoked. I was addicted inall three ways, so it was very difficult to quit. But I did finally m anage.When I was young, I didn’t know much about the harmful eff ects of smoking. I didn’t know, for example, that it could do ter rible damage to your heart and lungs or that it was more diffic ult for smoking couples to become pregnant(怀孕）. I certainly di dn’t know their babies may have a smaller b irth weight or even be abnormal in some way. Neither did I kn ow that my cigarette smoke could affect the health of non-smokers. However, what I did know was that my girlfriend tho ught I smelt terrible. She said my breath and clothes smelt, an d that the ends of my fingers were turning yellow. She told me that she wouldn’t go out with me again unless I stopped! I als o noticed that I became breathless quickly, and that I wasn’t e njoying sport as much, When I was taken off the school footb all team because I was unfit, I knew it was time to quit smokin g.I am sending you some advice I found on the Internet. It mig ht help you to stop and strengthen your resolve. I do hope so because I want you to live as long and healthy a life as I have. Love fromGrandad24.The first paragraph shows James’ grandad .has nothing to do at home B.lives a healthy lifeC.is tired when returning from a long bike tripD.likes sitting in the garden25.The phrase “withdrawal symptoms” in para3 probably mea ns _______.分离症状 B.撤退现象 C.断瘾症状D.戒毒反应26. In what way did the old man try to persuade his grandson to give up smoking?A. Using scientific theoryB. His failure in loveC. His sports activityD. His own experience27. According to the letter, James’ grandad .A. didn’t give up smokingB. used to be a member of the sc hool football teamC. is lonelyD. wrote down the advice from his experienceCTeenagers’ fitness is now a major concern, to which physical exercise is very important. It reduces stress and improves fitn ess. Exercise makes your body strong, and helps you to keep the right body weight. Sports scientist Dr. Helen Lopez offers the following advice to teenagers: “ First, you need to find out your present level of fitness, Then you can design a program me that will help you become healthier.”Dr. Lopez suggests that there are three levels d fitness that n eed a change of lifestyle. “Overweight” means that the person gets very little exercise and often has a serious weight proble m. “Inactive” means that the person does not join in many phy sical activities, but is not seriously overweight. “Active” refers t o people who take part in sports and other physical activities, but do not have a high fitness level.According to Dr. Lopez, overweight teenagers should keep ac tive to keep healthy. “Ride a bike, play volleyball or basketball for a while, and go for a twenty-minute walk each day. All these will help to burn calories.” Ina ctive teenager should do similar activities, but add some bend ing and stretching exercises, such as push-ups and sit-ups, starting with twenty of each a day. “Inactive people can t ake a little more exercise than overweight people because the ir bodies are stronger.” said Dr, Lopez. The same principle ap plies to active teenagers.Dr. Lopez suggests one hour a week or more on running and other forms of intensive exercise, together with fifteen minutes a day spent on stretching and bending activities. “These are r eally important in order to prevent in jures.” Dr. Lopez said. So me weight-training and other body-strengthening exercises could also be planned in the programme in order to increase the person's strength.28. What can we learn from the passage ?A. Active people always have a high fitness level.B. Overweight people always take more exercise.C. Inactive teenagers are not seriously overweightD. Keeping fit means changing teenagers’ lifestyle.29. Which of the following statements is NOT the reason why physical exercise is important ?A. It can make the teenagers grow taller.B. It can help teena gers become healthier.C. It can help to burn up calories.D. It can make bodies stro ng.30. In order to prevent injuries, you should do some_________ ___exercises.A. WalkingB. stretching and bendingC. RidingD. weig hting--training31. What is the best title for the passage?A. Doing ExerciseB. Teenagers’ FitnessC. Different LifestylesD. Overweight TeenagersDA SHORT HISTORY OF WESTERN PAINTINGArt is influenced by the customs and faith of a people. Styles i n Western art havechanged many times. As there are so many different styles of Western art, it would beimpossible to describe all of them in such a short text. Conseq uently, this text willdescribe only the most important ones. Starting from the sixth century AD.The Middle Ages(5th to the 15th century AD)During the Middle Ages, the main aim of painters was to repre sent religiousthemes. A conventional artist of this period was not interested in showing nature and people as they really were. A typical pi cture at this time was full of religious symbols, which created a feeling of respect and love for God. But it was evident that i deas were changing in the 13th century when painters like Gi otto di Bondone began to paint religious scenes in a more real istic way.The Renaissance(15th to 16th century)During the Renaissance, new ideas and values gradually re placed those held in the Middle Ages. People began to conce ntrate less on religious themes and adopt a more humanisticattitude to life.At the same time painters returned to classical Roman and Greek ideas about art. They tried to paint people and nature as they really were. Rich people wanted to posses s their own paintings, so they could decorate their superb pala ces and great houses. They paid famous artists to paint pictur es of themselves, their houses and possessions as well as th eir activities and achievements.One of the most important discoveries during this period was how to draw things in perspective. This technique was first us ed by Masaccio in 1428. When people first saw his paintings, they were convinced that they were looking through a hole in a wall at a real scene. If the rules of perspective had not been discovered, no one would have been able to paint such realis tic pictures. By coincidence,oil paints were also developed at t his time, which made the colors used in paintings look richer a nd deeper. Without the new paints and the new technique, we would not be able to see the many great masterpieces for wh ich this period is famous.Impressionism(late 19h to early 20th century)In the late 19th century, Europe changed a great deal,from a mostly agricultural society to a mostly industrial one. Many p eople moved from the countryside to the new cities. There we re many new inventions and social changes also led to new p ainting styles. Among the painters who broke away from the traditional style of painting were the Impressionists, who lived a nd worked in Paris.The Impressionists were the first painters to work outdoors. T hey were eager to show how light and shadow fell on objects at different times of day. However, because natural light chan ges so quickly, the Impressionists had to paint quickly. Their p aintings were not as detailed as those of earlier painters. At fir st, many people disliked this style of painting and became ver y angry about it. They said that the painters were careless an d their paintings were ridiculous.Modern Art(29th century to today)At the time they were created, the Impressionist paintings w ere controversial, but today they are accepted as the beginnin g of what we call “modern art”. This is because the Impressio nists encouraged artists to look at their environment in new w ays. There are scores of modern art styles,but without the Imp ressionists, many of these painting styles might not exist. On t he one hand, some modern art is abstract; that is, the painter does not attempt to paint objects as we see them with our eye s, but instead concentrates n certain qualities of the object, us ing colour, line and shape to represent them. On the other ha nd, some paintings of modern art are so realistic that they loo k like photographs. These styles are so different. Who can pre dict what painting styles there will be in the future?32. In the Renaissance, painters__________________.A. painted religious scenes in a more realistic styleB. focused more on religion than on humansC. began to paint outdoorsD. returned to classical Roman and Greek ideas about art33. Many people hate the impressionists’ style of painting at fi rst because their paintings _____.A. very abstractB. very realisticC. the same as traditional style of paintingD. very ridicul ous34. ____ discovered how to make paintings look more real by using perspective.A. Giotto di Bondone.B. Masaccio.C. Claude Monet.D. Pablo Picasso35. When did people focus more on people and less on religio n?A. From 5th to 15th century AD.B. From 15th to 16th century.C. From late 19th to early 20th century.D. From 20th cent ury to today.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。
