吉林省延边第二中学2018_2019学年高一英语下学期期中试题

延边第二中学2018—2019学年度第二学期期中考试高一英语试卷注意事项：答案必须写在答题卡上，答在试卷上无效。

本试卷分第Ⅰ卷（选择题）和第Ⅱ卷（非选择题）两部分，本试卷满分120分。

考试时间120分钟。

第Ⅰ卷（选择题共75分）第一部分：听力理解（共20小题，每小题1分，共20分）第一节：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。

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 colour does the woman prefer?A. Yellow.B. Blue.C. Pink.2. What will the woman do first?A. Ask for advice.B. Send the e-mail.C. Type the paper.3. What is the man doing now?A. Returning books.B. Borrowing books.C. Reading books.4. What will the weather be like in the afternoon?A. Cloudy.B. Sunny.C. Rainy5. What gift will the woman probably get for Mary?A. A music recording.B. A film ticket.C. A school bag.第二节：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。

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段材料，回答第6、7题6. What is the new plant built for?A. Producing trucks.B. Dealing with rubbish.C. Recycling waste paper.7. What does the man think of the plant?A. Useless.B. Modern.C. Environment-friendly.听第7段材料，回答第8、9题。

8. What is the probable relationship between the speakers?A. Neighbours.B. Wife and husband.C. Deliveryman and customer.9. When does the woman usually get to her office?A. At 10 a.m.B. At 3:30p.m.C. At 4: 15 p.m.听第8段材料，回答第10至12题。

10. What are the speakers talking about?A. Julie’s vacation.B. Cities in Canada.C. British customs.11. What does Julie dislike about her city?A. The food.B. The tourists.C. The weather.12. Where are the speakers going next?A. To the office.B. To the park.C. To the museum.听第9段材料，回答第13至16题。

13. Why will Sara move out from her aunt’s?A. Her cousin will use the room.B. She will study in Singapore.C. She argues with her aunt a lot.14. How long has Sara been in Australia?A. One year.B. One year and a half.C. Two years.15. When will Sara's cousin arrive in SydneyA. On September 7thB. On September 8thC. On September 9th16, Who would Sara like to live with?A. A family.B. A couple.C. A single woman.听第10段材料，回答第17至20题。

17. What does the speaker want to do?A. Get the students to know about Waiz.B. Tell something about the flying lessons.C. Introduce Dreams Soar to the students.18. What was Waiz's dream when she was young?A. To be a pilot.B. To be a housewife.C. To be a teacher.19. Who does Waiz want to help through her programme?A. Boys who love flying.B. Girls who have dreams.C. Teens who escaped the war.20. What will Waiz do on Friday?A. Make a speech.B. Visit the school.C. Talk with the students.第二部分：阅读理解（共20小题，满分35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。

AWelcome to the Civic Art Museum’s Exhibit of West African Art, showing pieces from our collections.BackgroundThe peoples of West Africa, including the Yoruba, the Dogon, the Igbo, and the Akan, have a long art tradition. Tribes (部落) in the area have developed different styles of art and architecture that are suited to the climate and available materials and based on their traditions.Gallery A: Photographs of Traditional West African Architecture(建筑)This section shows historical and contemporary photog raphs of traditional West African architecture. Of particular interest are the photographs of the Dogon village. The design of the Dogon village is based on the human figure. Certain types of buildings are placed in particular areas according to the Dogon’s complex philosophical(哲学上的) tradition. For example, the men’s houses are placed in the “head” of the village, the leader’s house is in the “chest,” and the women’s houses are in the “hands.”Gallery B: West African MasksThe art of mask making is well developed in West Africa. Masks are important to West African traditions and have clear social, political, and economic roles. However, most masks are worn only at particular times or on special occasions. For example, among the Dan and the Kota, certain people wear special masks to show their powerwhen they act as judges and policemen within the community. Among the Bambara of Mali, headdresses are worn during planting and harvest celebrations.Gallery C: West African SculpturesWest African sculptures are made from materials such as metal or wood. They are based on tribal traditions and quite different. The Dogon are especially known for making figures of ancestors. They believe their ancestors, called Nommo, came down from the sky at the beginning of time. Nommo figures are often shown with their hands reaching out to the sky. The collection contains several wonderful examples of Nommo sculptures.21. What is special about Dogon houses?A. They are shaped like human beings.B. They are designed by the village leader.C. They are grouped according to tradition.D. They have many photographs inside them.22. West African masks ________.A. have recently developedB. play many different rolesC. are mainly worn at harvest timeD. show the everyday life of the Dan23. What do we know about the Dogon people?A. They are afraid of Nommo figures.B. They make statues of their ancestors.C. They believe they will return to the sky.D. They straighten their arms to show respect.BHave you ever caught yourself saying, "I hate small talk! " the minute you walk into a party? If so, you might be an introvert(内向的人). Introverts hate to chat about "small" subjects with people. They are fine when you talk one on one but seem to get lost in the crowd when there's a group around.If you are talking to an introvert, you might find that your first few conversations go one of two ways. Either they’ll seem to get bored and not say much or they’ll seem to skate over small talk in favor of more in-depth topics. What you need to know is that the introvert is not being rude. It is just that they don’t like small talk. Here’s why.Small talk serves as a gateway toward deeper conversation. Some introverts don’t realize that small talk will actually help them g et to the bigger topics. You don’t need to stay on small talk forever. However, sometimes introverts feel that even the short amount of time it takes to get into the real conversation is a waste of time. Small talk is very fast. Someone says something and this should be followed up with a quick response. But introverts like to chew on their words before saying them aloud. Before they answer, they'll mull over different thoughts.Small talk by its very nature invites more people to join in. The more people who join the conversation, the more the introvert will tend to step back. As a result, they’ll be quiet. Small talk is about throwing out subjects in the hope that one or more of them can be turned into a common point of interest.The listening involved with small talk is not in-depth. The purpose is about listening "lightly" so you can figure out the right topics to spend some time on. Introverts tend to be great listeners, but they use active listening rather than light listening. This makes them wonderful friends, but can also make it difficult for new people to understand why they're so quiet.24. How do introverts respond to a chat?A. They try to avoid it.B. They get excited about it.C. They give it their full attention.D. They focus on unimportant topics.25. What do we know about small talk?A. It goes slowly.B. It costs people a lot of time.C. It contributes to deeper topics.D. It provides much useful information.26. What does the underlined p hrase “mull over” in Paragraph 3 probably mean?A. Give up.B. Forget about.C. Write down.D. Think over.27. How can we become a good talker in small conversations?A. Figure out the deep meaning of questions.B. Think twice before answering questions.C. Try to find shared topics.D. Be a quiet listener.CYour chair is your enemy.It doesn’t matter if you go running every morning, or you’re a regular at the gym. If you spend most of the rest of the day sitting, you are putting yourself at increased chance of heart disease, cancers and an early death. In other words, even if you exercise energetically, sitting for long periods is bad for you.So what’s wrong with sitting? One is that sitting is one of the most pass ive things you can do. You burn more energy by chewing gum than you do sitting still in a chair. Compared to sitting, standing in one place is hard work. To stand, you have to tense your leg muscles, and the muscles of your back and shoulders. While standing, you often change from leg to leg. All of this burns energy.For many people, weight gain is a matter of slow increase. Thus, a little more time on your feet today and tomorrow can easily make the difference between remaining thin and getting fat. So p art of the problem with sitting a lot is that you don’t use as much energy as those who spend more time on their feet. This makes it easier to gain weight, and makes you more likely to suffer from the health problems that fatness often brings.Some people have advanced solutions: replace your sit-down desk with a stand-up desk. Make sure that your television can only operate if you are practicing on an exercise bike. Replace your office chair with a therapy(治疗) ball: this uses more muscles and more energy than a normal chair, because you have to support your back and work to keep balanced. But whatever you choose, know this. It is clear: be careful of your chair.28. The main purpose of writing this passage is to __________.A. suggest sitting less.B. advise exercising often.C. avoid gaining weight.D. escape standing more.29. From this passage, we know that _________.A. less exercise will reduce the chance of having disease.B. taking exercise regularly but sitting more will do good.C. standing burns nearly as much energy as sitting still does.D. energy-burning activities may help you enjoy good health.30. The underlined word “This” in Paragraph 4 refers to __________.A. gaining weight.B. burning energy.C. sitting too much.D. standing more.31. A therapy ball is mentioned in the last paragraph to _________.A. tell us to walk while working in the office.B. suggest a way to settle the sitting problem.C. support our back and keep us balanced.D. provide a better cure for our backache.DA British-designed electronic newspaper which is made of plastic and no larger than a table mat(垫子) is to enter the market next year. The new newspaper was invented by Cambridge University scientists. They came up with the idea of replacing silicon chips with plastic ones. It is being developed by Plastic Logic, a company based in Dresden, Germany."It looks just like a table mat, and is as light as a magazine. But you can download hundreds of newspapers at the touch of a button, and read them quite safely," the BBC reported on its website.The plastic paper is produced in a safe "clean room" at the Plastic Logic factory, which opened last month as the world's first plastic-electronics factory. Every part of the product, from the screen to the electronics, is made of plastic. And it is described by engineer Dean Baker as "top quality". Baker says the plastic newspaper could help solve the problem of waste material associated with traditional newspapers. "There's a huge amount of waste. We have paper distributed（分发）all over the country each day and then thrown into the bin. This doesn't need to happen any more. All of the copies could be made electronically and stored on a single reader with the appearance of paper." he says.People can expect to see the plastic newspaper next year, the BBC says32. According to the first paragraph, the electronic newspaper .A. is made of silicon chipsB. is smaller than a table matC. was designed by more than one personD. was developed by a company in England33. What's special about the electronic newspaper compared with traditional ones?A. It looks like a table matB. It's as light as a magazine.C. People can download and read lots of newspapers on it.D. People can receive the BBC report at the touch of a button.34. What can we learn about the electronic newspaper from the last two paragraphs?A. It will save a huge amount of paper.B. It will be harder to distribute than before.C. It will have no visual appearance.D. It will produce a huge amount of plastic waste.35. What's people's attitude towards the electronic newspaper according to the BBC?A. Hopeful.B. Doubtful.C. Disappointed.D. Worried第二节（共5小题；每小题1分，满分5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, 选项中有两项为多余选项。