2018-2019高二英语下学期期中试卷（有答案湖南）

2019年上学期衡阳市八中高二期中考试英语试题（考试时间：120分钟   总分：150分）注意事项：1、本试卷共分两部分，第卷为选择题，第卷为非选择题。 2、所有试题的答案均填写在答题纸上，答案写在试卷上的无效。第I卷第一部分 听力（共两节，满分30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纸上。第一节(共5小题；每小题1.5分，满分7.5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 woman be doing this afternoon?A.  Stay at home.        B.  Go to visit her friends. C.  Go to the Olympic Games. 2.  What happened to the boy today at school?A.  He fought with someone.  B.  He didn't join in the fight.    C.  He made a big fire. 3.  Where does the conversation probably take place?A.  Inside a cinema.           B.  In a ticket office.           C.  Outside a cinema. 4.  What is true about the woman?A.  She likes math now.   B.  She is very good at English.   C.  She thinks the man is funny. 5.  What happened to the woman?A.  She wanted to take the 6：00 flight.        B.  She misunderstood the man.C.  She changed the reservation to 7：00. 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.  How many times has the man made dumplings?A.  Twice.                 B.  Once.                     C.  Never. 7. What does it need to make good dumplings according to the woman?A.  Practice.                   B.  A secret recipe.              C. Talent. 听第7段材料，回答第8、9题。8. Why didn't the woman see all of the collections at the museum?A. The museum is too large.    B. Only the jade exhibit was open. C. She spent too much time at one exhibit. 9.  What did the woman like the most?A. The primitive tools of Peking Man.      B. The jade collection from the earliest time period. C. The artistic' works from the Qing Dynasty. 听第8段材料，回答第10至12题。10. What did the man do last night?A. He watched a sports program on TV.     B. He invited the woman to see a show. C. He went to the stadium to watch an NBA game. 11. How did the woman describe basketball?A. A very fast game.           B. A dull game.               C. Too complicated. 12. Why did the man ask the woman the last question?A. He wanted to take her to a movie.       B. He wanted to take her to an NBA game. C. He wanted to change the topic of their discussion. 听第9段材料，回答第l3至16题。13. Why did the man stop the woman?A. To ask her for directions.      B. To give her a ticket for speeding. C. To warn her about the kids in the street. 14. What was the speed limit where the woman was driving?A. 40 mph.                   B. 35 mph.                   C. 25 mph. 15. What will happen if the woman goes to traffic school?A. She won't have to pay a fine.           B. She won't have to go to court. C. Her insurance won't become more expensive. 16. What do we know about school zones?A. They are more dangerous than other areas.     B. People are more likely to get tickets there. C. There are sometimes children there even on weekends.听第10段材料，回答第17至20题。17. What is the main focus of the study?A. How to eat chocolate without gaining weight.   B. The health benefits of eating chocolate. C. The effects of eating chocolate on happiness. 18. Who reported the best results?A. People who ate no chocolate at all.           B. People who ate a tot of chocolate every day. C. People who ate a moderate amount of chocolate every day. 19. What did the researchers say about the study?A. There is still a lot of work to be done.         B. Milk chocolate was used in the experiment. C. Eating too much chocolate had no positive impact on health. 20. Who  might appreciate this news report most?A. People who want to change their diet.          B. People who exercise regularly. C. People who already eat chocolate fairly often. 第二部分 阅读理解(共20小题，每小题2分，满分40分)第一节  阅读下面四篇文章，然后从题中所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出每个问题的最佳选项，并将答题卡上相应题目的答案标号涂黑（本节共15小题，每小题2分，满分30分）AWe like people who look like us, because they tend to have personalities similar to ours. And, a new study suggests, the longer we are with someone, the more similarities in appearance grow.Researchers set out to study why couples often tend to look like one another. They asked 11 male and 11 female participants to judge the age, attractiveness and personality of 160 real-life married couples. Photographs of husbands and wives were viewed separately, so the participants didnt know who was married to whom.The tests participants rated men and women who were actual couples as looking alike and having similar personalities. Also, the longer the couples had been together, the greater the similarities. The researchers guess that the sharing of experiences might affect how couples look.“The idea that there is a connection between appearance and personality might seem strange at first, but there could be biological reasons for a link.” said the study member Tony Little from the Uni