1、成都石室中學2017 2018 學年度下期高2019 屆半期考試英語試卷考試說明：英語考試時間共120 分鐘，滿分150 分。英語試題卷分第I 卷（選擇題）和第II 卷（非選擇題）。第 I 卷 1 至 10 頁，第 II卷 10至 11 頁。考試做答時，須將答案答在答題卡上，在本試卷、草稿紙上答題無效。第 I 卷第一部分：聽力（共兩節(jié)，滿分20 分）第一節(jié)（共5 小題；每小題1 分，滿分5 分）聽下面 5 段對話。每段對話后有一個小題，從題中所給的A、 B、 C 三個選項中選出最佳選 項，并標在試卷的相應位置。聽完每段對話后，你都有10 秒鐘的時間來回答有關小題和閱讀 下一小題。每段對話僅讀一

2、遍。1. When will the next underground arrive?A. At 1:55 B. At 2:00 C. At 2:052. What does the man like about the play?A. The story.B. The endingC. The actor3. Where does the conversation probably take place?A. On a plane.B. On a trainC. On a ship4. What s the probable relationship between the speakers

3、?A. Coach and player.B. Boss and employee C. Customer and seller.5. What are the speakers talking about?A. Surfing on the Internet. B. Sending a document via email. C.Writing an article.第二節(jié)（共15 小題，每小題1 分 , 滿分 15 分）聽下面 5 段對話或獨白。每段對話或獨白后有幾個小題，從題中所給的A、 B、 C 三個選 項中選出雖佳選項，并標在試卷的相應位置。聽每段對話或獨白前，你將有時間閱讀各個小題

4、，每小題 5 秒鐘 ; 聽完后，各小題將給出5 秒鐘的作答時間。每段對話或獨白讀兩遍。聽第 6 段材料，回答第6 、 7 題。6. What food does the woman order?A. Pork noodles.B. Roasted beef steakC. Fish salad.7. How does the woman order her food?A. By making a phone call. B. By using the Internet.C. By showing up in therestaurant.聽第 7 段材料，回答第8 、 9 題。8. How di

5、d the woman s son get injured?A. He had a car accident.B. He got hurt in a match.C. He got involved in arobbery.9. What will the man do in the next few hours?A. Do some tests. B. Get some rest. C. Take some medicine聽第 8 段材料，回答第10 至 12 題。10. What s the destination for the speakers?A. Greenwood Park.

6、B. Sweetwater Mountains. C. Nightstar Valley11. What s the purpose of the activity?A. For environmental protection. B. For a business reason.C. For physical exercise12. What probably will the man wear for the hiking?A. White T-shirt and grey pants. B. White T-shirt and brown pants. C. Grey T-shirt a

7、nd grey pants.聽第 9 段材料，回答第13 至 16 題。13. Where does the woman want to go?A. Oxford. B. Newcastle C. London14. When will the woman begin her tour?A. On July 30th.B. On August 6th.C. On August 12th.15. How much money should the woman pay for the trip in total?A. £ 700 B. £2,800 C. £3,300

8、16. What does the man remind the woman to do at last?A. Pay the money in advance.B. Get more information on the website. C. Call to confirm before departure. 聽第 10 段材料，回答第17 至 20 題。17. Which road will stay closed for over an hour?A. M16 B. M30 C. M4318. Why is North Street closed to all cars?A. The

9、snow hasn t been cleared. B. There s an accident.C. It is under repair.19. How can passengers get the latest information about trains?A. By visiting a website.B. By sticking to the radio. C. By making a call20. What is the weather going to be like in the evening?A. Snowy. B. Windy. C. Cloudy.第二部分閱讀理

10、解（共兩節(jié)，滿分40 分）第一節(jié) （共 15 小題 ; 每小題 2 分，滿分30 分）閱讀下列短文，從每題所給的四個選項（ A、 B、 C 和 D ）中，選出最佳選項，并在題卡上將該 項涂黑。AIn 2013, Eric and Winnie founded their company Dyelicious, the first kitchen trash workshop in the city.Their office is actually a small laboratory. Sometimes, they spend a whole day boiling or “ cooking

11、 ” , adding sugar, vinegar, and salt among other ingredients. In doingso, an orange peel can be turned into orange dye and a rotten pineapple might be turned into a beautiful yellow color.At the beginning, Eric and Winnie were always laughed at by local vegetable sellers when they asked for their wa

12、ste. But when the sellers saw the results of theirup-cycling, they became more supportive. Over the past five years, Dyelicious has turned more than six tons of food waste into dyes for dresses, scarves and handicrafts, turning the old saying of “ one man s trash is another man streasure ” into a re

13、ality. Turning the food into dye is a small step in alleviating（ 緩 解 ） food waste woes,but it s at least a beginning.Dyelicious sells the dyed products and teaches people how to DIY their own nice clothes and handicrafts. While running the business is definitely not easy, the group says it s worthwh

14、ile.The waste problem is a pressing issue in the city, as its landfills are expected to be full in two to three years. Eric and Winnie are trying to make a small step to change society and are hoping to gainbig improvements for environmental protection in the city.21. What does the underlined w ord

15、“ trash ” in the first paragraph mean?A. Cooking equipment. B. Food waste, rubbish of food.C. A trap, a device to catch.D. A boiling and cooking container.22. When was this passage written?A. In 2008. B. In 2009. C. In 2013. D. In 2017.23. From the passage, we can see the writer may think that.A. Dy

16、elicious is a bit too small as a kitchen trash workshopB. Dyelicious will make the clothes and handicrafts niceC. Dyelicious will make great contribution to the environmentD. Dyelicious can make a lot of money by selling its dyed productst find theAs a child, visiting the zoo was more a punishment t

17、han a treat. I didn chimps teaparties funny, nor the bird shows entertaining. Feeding time for seals was less painful, but their performances still seemed like they belonged more in a circus.And I hated circuses, especially the animal acts menteasing lions, girls balancing on elephants and monkeys p

18、laying football. I knew that every trick a circus animal did was unnatural, achieved through strict training and quite possibly cruelty.Happily, during mylifetime public attitudes and the law have changed. Circuses using wild animals are now almost extinct, and zoos have definitely evolved.Whenmy ch

19、ildren were young, I occasionally took them to our local zoo. The elephants were in tiny cages and the gorillas looked bored as they sat peeling bananas and staring at teasing visitors. Each cage had a sign which listed the animal s name and whereit came from. But, back then, there was little inform

20、ation included about the environmental challenges they faced.As a result, environmentalists and animal lovers often oppose zoos. “ Animals belong in the wild, ”is a commonand understandable complaint. But what do the animals themselves prefer?Generally speaking, zoo animals have a longer life. But y

21、ou may protest theyare not free. What? Free to be hunted and killed, free to die of hunger or thirst?Maybe sitting in a cage eating bananas isn t so bad.Nowadays, things are different due tothe work of BIAZA the British and IrishAssociation of Zoos and Aquariums. These days every zoo requires BIAZA

22、s approvalto operate, and the association sets the standards, observes conditions in zoos and develops animal-research programmes, both in the UK and abroad. BIAZA also organises the animal exchanges between zoos all over the world.Consequently, today, most zoo animals are born and raised in zoos, l

23、ive in large, comfortable enclosures and are cared for by well-trained, knowledgeable and caring zoo employees. Of course it s no substitute for living in the wild but unfortunately this isn t always possible. Meanwhile, why not visit your local zoo and decide for yourself?24. The passage is mainly

24、about.A. how zoos have improvedB. whether a zoo should be closed downC. a new environmental organisationD. the difference between zoos and circuses25. From Paragraph 2, we can guess that the writer believes circus animalsA. had much shorter lives than those in the wildB. were not treated well by the

25、ir trainersC. should have been placed in zoosD. were not as intelligent as those in zoos26. Which of the following roles are performed by BIAZA?A. Organising animal study projects and training zoo workers. B. Checking zoo conditions and arranging animal exchanges. C. Designing zoos and approving zoo

26、 operations.D. Caring for ill animals and setting zoo standards.27. Which of the following statements about zoos would the writer agree with?A. Zoo animals should be freed into the wild. B. Zoos are more popular now than in the past.C. Zoo animals are more restricted than in the past.D. Zoos now pro

27、vide caring living conditions for animals.CTaste is such a subjective matter that we don t usually conduct preference testsfor food. The most you can say about anyone s preference is that it s one person s opinion. But because the two big colacompanies Coca-Cola and Pepsi Cola are marketed so aggres

28、sively, we ve wondered how big arole taste preference actually plays in brand loyalty. We set up a taste test that challenged people who identified themselves as either Coca-Cola or Pepsi fans: Find your brand in a blind tasting.We invited staff volunteers who had a strong liking for either Coca-Col

29、a Classic orPepsi, Diet Coke, or Diet Pepsi. These were people who thought they d have no trouble telling their brand from the other brand.We eventually located 19 regular cola drinkers and 27 diet cola drinkers. Then we fed them with four unidentified samples of cola one at a time, regular colas as

30、 the one group, diet versions as the other. We asked them to tell us whether each sample was Coke or Pepsi; then we analyzed the records statistically to compare the participants choices with what mere guesswork could have accomplished.Getting all four samples right was a tough test, but not too tou

31、gh, we thought, for people who believed they could recognize their brand. In the end, only 7 out of 19 regular cola drinkers correctly identified their brand of choice in all four trials. The diet-cola drinkers did a little worse-only 7 out of 27 identified all four samples correctly.Both groups did

32、 better than chance would predict, but nearly half the participantsin each group made the wrong choice two or more times. Two people got all four samples wrong. Overall, half the participants did about as well on the last round of tasting as on the first, so tiredness, or taste burnout, was not a fa

33、ctor. Our preference test results suggest that only a few Pepsi participants and Coke fans may really be able to tell their favorite brand by taste and price.28. According to the passage the preference test was conducted in order to .A. show that a person s opinion about taste is mere guessworkB. co

34、mpare the ability of the participants in choosing their drinks C. find out the role taste preference plays in a person s drinking D. reveal which cola is more to the liking of the drinkers29. The statistics recorded in the preference tests show that.A. there is not much difference in taste between C

35、oca-Cola and PepsiB. few people had trouble telling Coca-Cola from PepsiC. people s tastes differ from one anotherD. Coca- Cola and Pepsi are people s two most favorite drinks30. It is implied in the first paragraph that.A. the competition between the two colas is very strongB. blind tasting is nece

36、ssary for identifying fansC. the purpose of taste test is to promote the sale of colasD. the improvement of quality is the chief concern of the two cola companies31. The author s purpose in writing this passage is to .A. emphasize that taste and price are closely related to each otherB. recommend th

37、at blind tasting be introduced in the quality control of colasC. show that taste preference is highly subjectiveD. argue that taste testing is an important marketing strategyDThe death of languages is not a new phenomenon. Languages usually have a relatively short life span as well as a very high de

38、ath rate. Only a few, including Egyptian, Chinese, Greek, Latin, have lasted more than 2,000 years.What is new, however, is the speed at which they are dying out. Europe s colonialconquests caused a sharp decline in linguistic diversity, eliminating at least 15 percent of all languages spoken at the

39、 time. Over the last 300 years, Europe has lost a dozen, and Australia has only 20 left of the 250 spoken at the end of the 18th century. The rise of nation-states has also been decisive in selecting and consolidating national languages and sidelining others. By making great efforts to establish an

40、official language in education, the media and the civil service, national governments have deliberately tried to knock out minority languages.This process of linguistic standardization has been pushed by industrialization and scientific progress, which have imposed new methods of communication that

41、are swift, straightforward and practical. Language diversity came to be seen as an obstacle to trade and the spread of knowledge. Monolingualism became an ideal.More recently, the internationalization of economic markets, the spread of information by electronic media and other aspects of globalizati

42、on have intensified the threat to “ small ” languages. A language not on the Internet is a language that “ no longer exists ” in the modern world. It is out of the game.The serious effects of the death of languages are evident. First of all, it is possible that if we all ended up speaking the same l

43、anguage, our brains would lose some of their natural capacity for linguistic inventiveness. Wewould never be able to figure out the origin s of human language or resolve the mystery of “ the first language ” . As each language dies, a chapter of human history closes.Multilingualism is the most accur

44、ate reflection of multiculturalism. The destruction of the former will unavoidably lead to the loss of the latter. Imposing a language without any links to a people s culture and way of life stifles the expression of their shared genius. A language is not only used for the main instrument of human c

45、ommunication. It also expresses the world vision of those who speak it, their ways of using knowledge. To safeguard languages is an urgent matter.32. Which of the following does not contribute to the death of languages?A. Colonial conquests of EuropeB. The boom of human populationC. Advances in scie

46、nce and industrializationD. The rise of nation-states33. The serious effects of the death of languages include all EXCEPT that_.A. People would fail to understand how languages originatedB. Language diversity would become an obstacle to globalizationC. Monolingualism would lead to the loss of multic

47、ulturalismD. Human brains would become less creative linguistically34. The underlined word “ stifles ” in the last paragraph probably means “ ”.A. indicates B. fuels C. imposes D. kills35. What i s the author s purpose of writing this passage?A. To explain the reasons why languages are dying out.B.

48、To warn people of the negative aspects of globalization.C. To call people s attention to the urgency of language preservation.D. To argue how important it is for people to speak more languages.第二節(jié)（共5 小題；每小題2 分，滿分10 分） 根據(jù)短文內(nèi)容，從短文后的選項中選出能填入空白處的最佳選項。選項中有兩項為多余選項。By 2025, water shortage will be a big pro

49、blem for about 1.8 billion people. In a world where water resource is increasingly short, nations cannot afford to waste it.36. After we use water in our homes and businesses, it is washed away, and takes many valuable resources with it.Waste water is rich in carbon and nutrients. 37 A number of nat

50、ionsand major cities have already built waste water treatment plants. They can effectively recover nutrients and bioenergy, and produce “ new water ” that can be reused. But more than 80% of all waste water still currently flows into natural ecosystems, polluting the environment and taking valuable

51、nutrients and other recoverable materials with it.38 Thisis still better than the situation in smaller cities. In LatinAmerican countries, those living in small and medium sized cities at most treat it in the form of septic tanks （化糞池 ） thatlack regular and proper maintenance.Imagine that outside on

52、e of these small cities lies a lovely piece of land on thesurface which is pleasingly built and provides habitats for local wildlife. Beneaththe surface is a wetland that treats waste water and produces energy. The energy produced saves families from having to use firewood collected in the wild. Thi

53、s is not a dream project. 39A team of scientists have been looking into the potential of constructed wetland environments. Having analyzed 800 examples of biomass in more than 20 countries, they found that, depending on climate and the type of plant used in the construction of this type of wetland,

54、up to 45 hectares of land could be irrigated（ 灌溉 ） with waste water.40A But that is exactly what we do.B This can provide easy access to clean water.C There is no longer any good reason to waste any type of water.D A constructed wetland environment is already in practice on a small scale. E This wou

55、ld reduce the need for fresh water for irrigation and energy for pumping. F Ifcollected and treated properly, it could provide“ new water ” , fertilizer, andenergy.G Although waste water systems in large cities are effective, the whole procedure usually costs much.第三部分英語知識運用（共兩節(jié)，滿分45 分）第一節(jié)完形填空（共20 小

56、題；每小題1.5 分，滿分30 分） 閱讀下面短文，從短文后各題所給的四個選項（A、B、C和D）中，選出可以填入空白處的最佳選項，并在答題卡上將該項涂黑。The oldest person I know is a granny in a nursing home I often visit. She is the oldest member, aged 109. Born in the Qing Dynasty, Little Granny has bound （裹 住 ） 41, which remind me of how women were badly 42 a century ago

57、. Bymerely looking at her feet, you would never 43how powerful her grip is. One day as I came near to say hello, she grabbed my hand.44 I felt only skin and bones, her grip was much45 than one wouldhave expected from someone at herage.Such are the hands that 46 fivechildren. She was 33 when her husband was47 in the Anti-Japanese War. I can imagine how hard it was for her. No 48 her grip is so strong. She had to be strong, or else she wouldn t have been ableto 49 the toughness and difficulties.She lives in a nursing home not because her 50 d