湖南省长沙市麓山国际实验学校2018-2019学年高二英语上学期开学摸底考试试题
湖南省长沙市麓山国际实验学校2018-2019学年高二英语上学期开学摸底考试试题第I卷第一部分 听力（共两节，满分 20 分） 做题时，先将答案标在试卷上。录音内容结束后，你将有两分钟的时间将试卷上的答案转涂到答题卡上。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 will the speakers do on Saturday? A. Go to work.B. Eat brunch.C. Go to the gym.2. When did the man hurt himself? A. A few weeks ago.B. A few months ago.C. A few years ago.3. Where does this conversation take place? A. In a bookstore.B. In a library.C. In a classroom.4. How does the woman sound? A. Nervous.B. Sad.C. Angry.5. What are the speakers mainly discussing? A. Their exam schedules.B. Their recent sleep habits.C. Their physics exam results.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段材料，回答第6、7题。6. What does the man like most about reusable bags? A. They are free.B. They have a variety of uses.C. They are lighter and easier to carry. 7. What discount do shoppers receive if they use reusable bags?A. 10% off.B. 3% off.C. 10 cents off.听第7段材料，回答第8至10题。8. Why doesnt Brad like online shopping? A. He doesnt like to plan.B. He doesnt like to stay at home waiting.C. He doesnt want his packages stolen.9. What does Brad advise Sally to do?A. Go to the store.B. Clean the house. C. Keep track of her package.10. How is Sally related to Brad? A. Shes his mom.B. Shes his employee.C. Shes his sister.听第8段材料，回答第11至13题。11. In the beginning, what does the woman think George is doing?A. Reading.B. Coloring.C. Writing.12. Why are some of the texts marked in green? A. They are the main ideas.B. They are important details.C. They are a bit more difficult.13. According to George, why is active reading useful? A. It helps students learn new words.B. It shows students what they already know.C. Its a good learning method for both slow and fast students.听第9段材料，回答第14至17题。14. Who will know about the move tonight?A. Lily.B. Katie.C. Jason.15. According to the woman, what is much better in France? A. The food.B. The weather.C. The schools.16. What does the man hope to do about his family? A. Bring them to France.B. Leave them in America.C. Visit them in a few months.17. What is the relationship between the speakers? A. Boss and secretary.B. Family members.C. Co-workers.听第10段材料，回答第18至20题。18. What is the most important requirement for this job? A. Experience.B. Creativity.C. Energy.19. What do children do in the morning? A. Go hiking.B. Write short essays.C. Report to the leaders.20. When is the application due?A. In late April.B. In mid-May.C. In early July.第二部分 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和D）中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。AWhen we think of flavor (味道), it is our noses and taste buds (味蕾) that we think of first. Isnt it natural that taste and smell are the main senses when we enjoy food and drink? Well, perhaps not. “Now we are beginning to understand that flavor depends on parts of the brain that involve not only taste, smell and touch, but vision. These signals, plus our emotions and past experiences, result in perception (感受) of flavors, and decide whether we like or dislike foods.” “Years ago, flavor was a table with two legs taste and odor，” Terry E. Acree, PhD, told National Geographic.A good example of “the first bite is taken with the eye” is that if we were shown two plates of strawberries, one red and the other pinkish, the majority of us would be attracted to red because “it signals ripeness, sweetness and calories”， explained The Guardian.The findings of a German study seem to back this up. Its subjects said wine tasted 50 percent sweeter if drunk under red light, rather than under blue or white.In a study released in midDecember, scientists found that the color of your coffee mug can change the way your coffee tastes, reported The Washington Post. And it is not just the color of the food that matters. Specifically, the white mug was associated with a more “intense” (or bitter) tasting cup of coffee, and the clear glass mug was not. The blue mug, meanwhile, was “kind of an intermediate (中等的)”， Charles Spence, head of the research laboratory at Oxford University, told the newspaper.The opposite was true for perceived sweetness those who took part tasted less sweetness when drinking from the white mug than they did when drinking from both the blue and clear glass mugs.Its also possible that certain colors are associated with certain experiences. In the case of coffee, the researchers believe the color brown might be something people associate with bitterness. “The white mug may have affected the perceived brownness of the coffee and this, in turn, may have affected the perceived intensity (and sweetness) of the coffe
