浙江省杭州市萧山区第八高级中学2018-2019学年高二英语上学期期末模拟试题

浙江省杭州市萧山区第八高级中学2018-2019学年高二英语上学期期末模拟试题第一部分听力（共20小题，共30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，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 does the womanprefer to doA.Find aquiet placeB.Check in at thehotel C.Avoid thetraffic jam

2.who isprobably the manA.An exhibitionvisitor B.a ticketcollector D.a policeman

3.what subject does theboy showlittle interest inA.Biology B.math C.physics

4.what is the speakers opinion about thefilmA.It makesthem puzzled.B.It isn,t worthwatching.C.It has a surprisingending.

5.where doesthe conversationprobably takeplaceA.At homeB.onaplane C.at anewspaper stand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，并标在试卷的相应位置听每段对话或独白前，你将有5秒钟的时间阅读各个小题；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下面一段材料，回答第6和第7题

6.What willthe speakersdo nextSaturdayA.Buy anew carB.travel toChina C.look atsome photos

7.What,stherelationship betweenthe speakersA.Neighbors B.a coupleC.fellow workers听下面一段对话，回答第8和9两个小题

8.How longhas therestaurant servedbreakfastA.About6years B.about16years C.about60years

9.What wi11Betty probablytry achievea bodyshape thatis nolonger consideredhealthy.Men wouldwearwoolen shawlsacross theirshoulders.It ishard toimagine that they wouldbe seenas attractivein the21st century.Nowadays,in thewestern world,one inevery tenpeople has a tattoosor aform ofbodyart.In thepast,some culturesused tattoosas anaddition tocostumes,to showfamily associationsorto markcriminals sothat theycould easilybe recognized.In contemporarysociety,culture remainsa majorpart indetermining ourideas of beauty.In somecountries,young womenfollow slimmingdiets tolose extrakilos inpreparation for their weddingday.In othercultures,looking thinfor ahusband-to-be isnot whata womandesires atall一rather,lookinga littleoverweight isconsidered moreattractive.With theinfluence ofhistory,society andculture,there areno precisecriteria whichcan beused tojudgewhat isbeautiful.Life longcommitment and,indeed,the survival of societyitself relyon peopleseeingbeauty indifference anddepth.The humanrace wouldsoon dieout ifwe couldonly seebeauty withinaset oflimited criteria.Physical beautymust alsobe accompaniedby anattraction tosomething deeperwithin a person.Thisparticular kindof attractionis foundin awide rangeof personalqualities,e.g.kindness,warmth,a healthyconscience,etc.judging theappeal ofapersons inner beauty is much moresubjective.It takesmorethan acasual glanceto appreciateand itismuchmore importantthan physical beauty.Beauty,therefore,has morethan onedimension.We areinfluenced byour culture,our biologyand ourtimein historyto noticephysicalbeautyquickly and easily,but itis innerbeauty thatrequires ustotruly see.Beauty iscertainly in the eyeof thebeholder.复习卷答案听力1-5ABACB6-10CBBCA11-15CCBAC16-20CBCAB阅读A——CAD B——ADC C--ABDC7选5--CFBDG完形36-40DBBAC41-45ADBCC46-50ADDAA51-55CBDCB语法填空

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65.be needed写作应用文Dear Leslie,I mwriting totell youabout mynext teachingplan.Here issome relevantinformation.The lessonwill bein thesame place,Room201,but noton Saturdayas usual,since I11have toparticipatein asporting activitythat day.So lets makeit threeo clockon Sundayafternoon.I dlike tointroduce toyou paper-cutting,a traditionalart formpopular amongChinese people.You dbetter learnabout itsbrief historyin advance,which willsurely helpyou betterunderstand Chineseculture.If youhave anyother question,please contactme.Yours,Li Hua概要There isno fixedstandard of beauty.（要点一）Our ideasofbeauty change across time andcultures.（要点二）In fact,beauty indifference anddepth contributesto thesurvivalofsociety.（要点三）Whilephysical beautycan benoticed quicklyandeasily,innerbeautyis moreimportant butis moredifficultto trulysee.（要点四）As beautyhas morethan onedimension,it doeslive in the eyeof thebeholder.（要点五）A.Fried eggsB.fruit saladC.French toast听下面一段对话，回答第10—12小题

10.Who isgetting marriedA.Judy B.Grace C.Clara

11.What willthe mango foron SaturdayA.A birthdayparty B.a weddingC.a picnic

12.What doesthemansuggest thewoman doA.Attend the wedding alittle lateB.Call herbest friendto saysorryC.Go to theweddingand theparty听下面一段对话，回答第13-16题

13.What programwas putoff tonext weekA.Some newsreports B.a talkshow B.a footballgame

14.Who wasbadly injuredA.The teacherB.the busdriver C.the truckdriver

15.How manystudents gothurt in the accidentA.20B.18C.

216.What causedthe accidentA.Drunk drivingB.bad weatherC.speeding听下面一段对话，回答第17—20题

17.What canwe seein Johns photoA.A rainstormB.a monkeyC.a sleepinglion

18.How muchwill JohnreceiveA.$100B.$500C.$

100019.What canwe learnabout Ben,s photoA.It wastaken inAfrica.B.It happenedby accident.C.It was in blackand white.

20.What isthe speakers advicein theendA.Entering nextmonth scontest.B.Checking backfor more information.C.Being carefulwhile takingpictures.第二部分阅读理解（共两节，满分35分）第一节（共10小题；每小题

2.5分，满分25分）阅读下列短文，从每题所给的A、B、C和D四个选项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题纸上将该项涂黑AColumbia Universitys Mailman School ofPublic Healthrecently e-mailed goodnews to277applicants.The e-mails saidthe IvyLeague schoolis delightedto welcomethe277applicants toits graduateprogramin publichealth.But less than onehour later,the applicantsreceived anothere-mail sayingthe acceptancee-mails weresent bymistake.Julie KornfeldistheMailmanSchools vicepresident foreducation.She apologizedfor themistakeand saidthe schoolis workingto make sure“this mistakewill nothappen in the future”.She saidtheschool regretsthe“stress andconfusion causedby thismistake”.This iffar fromthe firsttime acollege hassent out“acceptance”notices bymistake.Last year,the StateUniversity ofNew Yorkat Buffaloe-mailed5,000mistaken acceptance notices.The schoolquicklycorrected theinformation.The applicantswere toldthey werestill beingconsidered for admission,butthat nofinal decisionhad beenmade.TimeMagazinekeeps alist ofcolleges thatmistakenly tellstudents theywere accepted.In2014,JohnHopkins University in Baltimoresent outacceptancenoticesto300applicants.That cameasasurprise.Earlier,the studentswere toldtheir applicationshad beenrejected.The universityquickly sentoutanother noticesaying,regrettably,that the first rejectionletter wascorrect.Anna Iveyis acollege admission,s adviserand aformer collegeadmission sofficer.She saidcollegeofficials“live infear“of makinga mistakeon somethingas importantas admissionto astudent sdreamschool.But collegeadmissions requireenough humandata entry,so itisn tavoided producingmistakes,Ivey said.Though suchmistakes happenmaybe1percent of the time,Ivey said,It sa100percent failureratefor that applicant whogets thewrong letter.

21.How mightthe5,000applicants of the StateUniversity ofNew Yorkfeel whenreceiving the seconde-mailA.Angry andhopeless B.anxious andpuzzledC.Disappointed buthopeful D.acceptable andreasonable

22.Why didJohns HopkinsUniversityinBaltimore senda thirdletterA.To denythe secondletter B.to explain thesecondletterC.to givedetails tothe firstletter D.to makean apologytothe applicants

23.What didAnna Iveythink of the mistakesmade byuniversitiesA.They arefair totheapplicants.B.These mistakesare notforgivable.C.TheseC.These mistakesshould havebeen avoided.D.There existspossibility to make mistakes.BWhat willour worldbe likein2050There aretwo featuresin thegrowth ofworld population.First,the annualincrease inpopulation in15European countries,inthepast fewyears,has beenonly300,

000.The UnitedNations estimate（估计）that by2050,the populationof Europeancountries willdecrease fromthe current

0.72billion to

0.63billion.Second,the populationin developingcountries isgrowing rapidly.By2050,the populationofAfrica isexpected toreach

1.8billion,

0.9billion morethan itscurrent population.A recentresearch reportpublished by the UnitedNations indicatesthat itis quitepossible thattheEarth s temperature isrising wellabove theprevious estimate.The Antarcticice sheet,which contains90%of the world sice,has lostsignificant massinthepast fewyears.The discoverycomes asa surprisetoscientists,who thoughtthatthe continent wouldgain icethis centurybecause ofincreased snowfallina warmingclimate.A researchteam fromthe Universityof Coloradoused satellitedata toestimatethat theice sheetwill loseup to48cubic milesby

2050.Africa srivers facegreat changethat willleave aquarter of thecontinentseverely shortof waterbythe middleofthecentury,according to a globalwarming studypublished today.Even modestdecreasesin rainin westernAfrica willsee riverslose asmuch as80%of theirwater anda riseof whatthescientistscall waterrefugees（难民）”.“In thoseareas wherethereis alreadya watershortage,it sgoing tohave adestructive（破坏性的）effect,“the studysays.If youre alreadywalking5km tothe neareststream（小溪），by2050,its goingtomean walking30km ormoving yourwhole householdcloser tothe watersource.”

24.What surprisesthe scientistsaccording toParagraph3A.The Antarcticis sheethas decreased.B.The Earthstemperatureis goingdown.C.Global warmingis destroyingthe Earth.D.Snowfall increasesintheAntarctic area.

25.What doesthe underlinedsentence inthe lastparagraph stress04/11A.The illfate ofAfrica srivers.B.The importanceof doingexercise.C.The hardlife ofthe Africanrefugees.D.The seriousnessofthewater problem.

26.What wasthe mostpossible feelingoftheauthor when he wrotethis textA.Happy B.Angry C.concerned D.calmCThe engineerCamilla Olivettiwas40years oldwhenhestarted the company in

1908.At hisfactory inIvrea,he designedand producedthe firstItalian typewriter.Today thecompany,s headoffice isstillin Ivrea,near Turin,but thecompany ismuch largerthan itwasinthose daysand thereare officesallaround the world,By1930there wasa staffof700and thecompany turnedout13,000machines ayear.Some went to customersin Italy,but Olivettiexported more typewriters toother countries.Camillo sson,Adriano,started workingfor thecompany in1924and laterhe becamethe boss.Heintroduced astandard speedfortheproduction lineand heemployed technologyand designspecialist.The companydeveloped newand bettertypewriters and then calculators（计算3附.In1959it producedtheELEA computersystem.This wasthefirst mainframe（主机）computer designedand madeinItaly.After Adrianodied in1960,thecompanyhad aperiod of financial problem.Other companies,especiallythe Japanese,made fasterprogress inelectronic technologythan theItalian company.In1978,Carlo deBenedetti becamethe newboss.Olivetti increasedits marketingand servicenetworksand madeagreements with other companiesto designand producemore advancedoffice equipment.Soon itbecameone oftheworlds leadingcompanies ininformation technologyand communications.There arenowfive independentcompanies inthe Olivettigroup一one forpersonal computers,one forother officeequipment,one forsystems andservice,and twofor telecommunications.

27.From the text welearn thatA.by1930Olivetti produced13,000typewriters ayearB.Olivetti earnedmoreinthe1960sthaninthe1950sC.some of Olivetti s700staff regularlyvisited customersin ItalyD.Olivetti setup officesin othercountries fromthe verybeginning

28.What wasprobably thedirect resultof Olivettis fallingbehind inelectronic technologyA.Adriano sdeathC.Its fasterprogress D.Its agreementswithothercompanies.

29.What dowe knowabout OlivettiB.A periodoffinancialproblemsA.It producedthe besttypewriter intheworld.B.It designedthe worldsfirstmainframecomputer.C.It exportedmoretypewritersthan othercompanies.D.It hasfive independentcompanies withits headoffice inIvrea.

30.The besttitle forthetextwould beA.The Originof Olivetti.B.The Successof Olivetti.C.The Historyof OlivettiD.The ProductionofOlivetti.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选项中有两项为多余选项How toGrow HouseplantsHaveyou everkilled abeautiful houseplantAre youstill killingbeautiful houseplants_31_Well,look nofurther,just followthese step-by-step instructionsand your plant killingdays willbe over.First ofall,buy aneasy-to-grow plant that cansurvive.If youneed adesert cactus（仙人掌）fora starterplant,that sfine.

32.Next,makesure your plantsgets enoughsunlight.33_.The windowwill actasaprism andfry your plant.What youwant todo ishave awindow witha lightcurtain.It shouldbe transparent（透明的）・In thatwayyourplantgets itsneeded sunlightbut itwon,t bedestroyed.34___.If you give itthe amountof waterfor adifferent plant,you couldover-water orunder-water it.If you know thateverything needswater tosurvive,that sgreat,but youmust alsoknowthat ifyougivesomething toomuch wateryou willkill it.Same thinggoes forplants.Finally,you willwant toprune（修剪）yourplantweekly.If youdon t,then theplant mightbecomeunhealthy orunattractive,and sometimeseven both.You coulduse toolsor yourhands.

35.This makesfor agreat fertilizer,too,andthenyou wont haveto buyfertilizer atthe store.A.Not everyonehas agift forgrowing plants.B.However,never placeit nexttoaglass window.C.Are youlooking fora wayto solveyour problem06/11D.Water yourplant asinstructed forthat specificplant.E.Does itprefer brightlight orordinary roomtemperaturesF.Just makesureyouhave aplantthatyouknowyou cantake careof.G.When youremove thedead leavesfrom yourplant,put theminthesoil.第三部分语言运用共三节，满分45分第一节完形填空共20小题；每小题

1.5分，满分30分阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的A、B、C和D四个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题纸上将该项涂黑We oftensee thefinal productof someones workand immediatelyjump toa conclusion.We maysay,“Theperson who_36this hasit alltogether.We maynever_37_thataparticular workof artwas producedbysomeone wewould calltoo_38__________________________________todosuch athing.Stephen J.Cannell1941一—2010was convincedthat he was an39bythetime hewas eleven.Raisedin awealthy family,he attendedprivate schoolsbut40classes almostevery yearand hadto repeatthreegrades.Uis poorperformance was not causedby_41_young Stephenworked fairlyhard.He wasfound tohavedyslexia,a conditionthat makesit difficultfor someoneto readand spell.Many thoughtit_42_that Stephenwould everbe beable toperform anythingbut themost_43jobs.But Stephenwas unwillingto_44and foundthe determinationtomakeit throughcollege.He thenwenttowork forhis fatherJs designcompany inCalifornia._45_he hadtrouble puttingthingson paper,he hada dreamof_46_foraliving.Encouraged byhis wifeto realizehis dream,Stephen begantowrite fortelevision.Although he_47_that hewas uscaredto death”,Stephen48and finallypennedhis firstsuccessful series,TheRockfordFiles.49that wereBaretta,,BaaBaaBlackSheep,and others.50_,he becomean internationallyknown producerand writer,showing thathewasalso an51_.He stoodasan exampleto thosewho wouldnot letdisabilities standin theirway of

52.Stephen didnot justfocus onpersonal

53.He wasa devotedspokesperson fordyslexia andsupporterof childrenand adultswith______________________54_disabilities.When weovercome apersonal55_,we oftenend upwith greatskills inthat area.

36.A.saw B.experienced C.knew D.created

37.A.doubt B.think C.worry D.forget

38.A.young B.disabled C.busy D.anxious

39.A.loser B.pioneer C.star D.artist

40.A.gave B.attended C.failed D.missed

41.A.laziness B.loneliness C.tiredness D.sadness

42.A.amazing B.acceptable C.clear D.impossible

43.A.dangerous B.basic C.promising D.stressful

44.A.set offB.go offC.give upD.show up

45.A.Now thatB.As ifC.Even thoughD.Ever since

46.A.writing B.travelling C.playing D.acting

47.A.proved B.decided C.hoped D.admitted

48.A.waited B.improved C.appeared D.continued

49.A.Following B.Without C.Including D.Upon

50.A.Eventually B.Suddenly C.Constantly D.Exactly

51.A.stranger B.director C.overcomer D.partner

52.A.happiness B.success C.research D.equality

53.A.habits B.problems C.skills D.achievements

54.A.talking B.moving C.learning D.working

55.A.fear B.weakness C.crisis D.tragedy第二节共10小题每小题

1.5分，满分15分阅读下面材料，在空白处填入适当的内容1个单词或括号内单词的正确形式Albert Einsteinwas oneof56greatest scientistsintheworld.He developedmany theoriesorideas.These theoriescontributed greatly_57________people sunderstanding ofthe universe.Albert Einsteinwas bornin Ulm,Germany,on March14,

1879.He didntdowell inschool,but hewas_58interestinmathematics andscience.While atcollege,he studiedphysics andmath.After graduation,he workedinagovernment office.At thesame time,he continuedstudying physicson59he own.In1905Einstein causeda stirby60_publish fivemajor researchpapers.One ofthese paperscontained_61complete newideas aboutthe“properties”of light光的性质.Einstein62receive theNobel PrizeforPhysics in192,mainly forthe workin thispaper.In anotherpaper,Einstein putforward thespecialtheory ofrelativity,63changed howscientists thoughtabout energyand matter.During WorldWar II Einstein advisedthe UnitedStates_64build nuclearweapons核武器・He feltthatthese weaponsmight__________________65need todefeat theNazis.However,after WorldWarIIEinsteintried toprevent anyfuture useof atomicweapons.Einstein diedin Princeton,New Jersey,on April18,

1955.第四部分写作满分40分第一节应用文写作满分15分假定你是李华，正在教你的英国朋友Leslie学习中国文化请你写封邮件告知下次上课的计划，内容包括1时间和地点；2内容:学习剪纸paper-cutting；3课前准备简要了解剪纸的历史注意

1.词数80左右；

2.可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯第二节概要写作满分25分阅读下面的短文，根据其内容写一篇60词左右的概要In1878,when MargaretWolfe Hungerfordwrote uBeautyis inthe eyeofthebeholder”,she wasstatingthat therewasnoconsistent neverchangingviewon beauty.Standards ofbeautychangeacrosstimeandcultural groups.Traditions andfashions,like societyitself,change andadapt withtime.So itis reasonablethat ourideasofbeautychange aswell.In19th-century Europe,women usedto wearcorsets to。