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1、- 1 - / 23【2019【2019 最新最新】精选高二英语下学期第一次调考试题精选高二英语下学期第一次调考试题（分值： 120 分 时间：100 分钟）注意事项：1. 答卷前，考生务必将自己的姓名、考号填写在答题卡上。2. 将答案写在答题卡上，写在本试卷上无效。3. 考试结束后，将答题卡交回。第一部分：阅读理解（本大题共两节，满分 40 分）第一节（共 15 小题；每小题 2 分，满分 30 分）阅读下列四篇短文，从每小题后所给的 A、B、C、D 四个选项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该选项涂黑。Passage AGetting less sleep has become a bad

2、habit for most American kidsAccording to a new survey (调查) by the National Sleep Foundation，51% of kids aged 10 to 18 go to bed at 10 pm or later on school nights，even though they have to get up earlyLast year the Foundation reported that nearly 60% of 7-to 12-year-olds said they felt tired during t

3、he day，and 15% said they had fallen asleep at school How much sleep you need depends a lot on your ageBabies need a lot of rest：most of them sleep about 18 - 2 - / 23hours a day!Adults need about eight hoursFor most school-age children，ten hours is ideal (理想的)But the new National Sleep Foundation su

4、rvey found that 35% of 10-to 12-year-olds get only seven or eight hoursAnd guess what almost half of the surveyed kids said they do before bedtime？Watch TV “More children are going to bed with TVs on，and there are more opportunities to stay awake，with more homework，the Internet and the phone，“says D

5、rMary Carskadon，a sleep researcher at Brown University Medical SchoolShe says these activities at bedtime can get kids all excited and make it hard for them to calm down and sleepOther experts say part of the problem is chemicalChanging levels of body chemicals called hormones not only make teenager

6、sbodies develop adult characteristics，but also make it hard for teenagers to fall asleep before 11 pm Because sleepiness is such a problem for teenagers，some school districts have decided to start high school classes later than they used toThree years ago，schools in Edina，Minnesota，changed the start

7、 time from 7：25 am to 8：30 amStudents，parents and teachers are pleased with - 3 - / 23the results1.What is the new National Sleep Foundation survey on？ _ A. American kidssleeping habitsB. Teenagerssleep-related diseasesC. Activities to prevent sleeplessnessD. Learning problems and lack of sleep2.How

8、 many hours of sleep do 11-year-olds need every day？ _ A. 7 hours B. 8 hours C. 10 hours D. 18 hours3.Why do teenagers go to sleep late according to Carskadon？ _ A. They are affected by certain body chemicalsB. They tend to do things that excite themC. They follow their parentsexamplesD. They dont n

9、eed to go to school early- 4 - / 23Passage BFacial expressions carry meaning that is determined by situations and relationships. For example,in American culture the smile is in general an expression of pleasure. Yet it also has other uses. A womans smile at a police officer does not carry the same m

10、eaning as the smile she gives to a young child. A smile may show love or politeness. It can also hide true feelings. It often causes confusion (困惑) across cultures. For example, many people in Russia consider smiling at strangers in public to be unusual and even improper. Yet many Americans smile fr

11、eely at strangers in public places (although this is less common in big cities). Some Russians believe that Americans smile in the wrong places; some Americans believe that Russians dont smile enough. In Southeast Asian cultures, a smile is frequently used to cover painful feelings. Vietnamese peopl

12、e may tell a sad story but end the story with a smile. Our faces show emotions (情感), but we should not attempt to “read” people from another culture as we would “read” someone from our own culture. The fact that members of one culture do not express their emotions as openly as do members of another

13、does not mean that they do not experience - 5 - / 23emotions.Rather, there are cultural differences in the amount of facial expressiveness permitted. For example, in public and in formal situations many Japanese do not show their emotions as freely as Americans do. When with friends, Japanese and Am

14、ericans seem to show their emotions similarly.It is difficult to generalize about Americans and facial expressiveness because of personal and cultural differences in the United States. People from certain cultural backgrounds in the United States seem to be more facially expressive than others. The

15、key is to try not to judge people whose ways of showing emotion are different. If we judge according to our own cultural habits, we may make the mistake of “reading” the other person incorrectly.4.What does the smile usually mean in the U.S.?A. Love. B. Politeness. C. Joy. D. Thankfulness.5.The auth

16、or mentions the smile of the Vietnamese to prove that a smile can_.A. show friendliness to strangersB. be used to hide true feelingsC. be used in the wrong placesD. show personal habits- 6 - / 236.What should we do before attempting to “read” people?A. Figure out what they will do next.B. Find out a

17、bout their past experience.C. Understand their cultural backgrounds.D. Learn about their relations with others.7.What would be the best title for the text?A. Cultural Differences B. Smiles and RelationshipsC. Facial Expressiveness D. Habits and EmotionsPassage CThe fourth round of heavy smog that hi

18、t Beijing in four weeks has sent more people to the hospital with respiratory (呼吸的) illnesses and led to calls for laws to control the pollution. Pan Shiyi, a real estate developer，said he is planning to propose a Clean Air Act to the local government. As a representative of the Beijing Municipal Pe

19、oples Congress, he started an online survey at 9：20 am. Within three hours, more than 25,000 web users, or 99 percent of total - 7 - / 23respondents, welcomed his proposal on Sina Weibo,Chinas Twitter.They have good reasons to stand alongside Pan. The latest round of haze (雾霾) reduced visibility to

20、under 500 meters in many parts of the city. The smog has also led to a great increase in respiratory (呼吸) illnesses, particularly among children and the elderly. Anxious parents and doctors about all blame the smoggy air for the illnesses. Though most schoolchildren are home for the winter holidays,

21、 the bad air can easily move indoors. Besides, ordinary medical masks fail to provide adequate protection, so some people have turned to gas masks and respirators (呼吸器).The causes of the scary smog are rather mysterious, though experts blame excessive emissions and the mountains around Beijing that

22、trap pollution in winter, unless there is adequate wind to clear it away. Some critics have pointed fingers at Chinas top two oil firms, China National Petroleum Corp and China Petrochemical Corporation, saying the companies outdated production technologies produce large quantities of substandard,hi

23、gh-polluting gas fuel.Meanwhile, concerned Beijingers have moved their brainstorming sessions to cyberspace. If Pans proposal for - 8 - / 23a Clean Air Act is adopted, netizens say the new law should include items providing for “car-free days” in times of smog, higher standards for vehicle fuel,stri

24、cter restrictions on industrial and exhaust gas emissions, and more effective protection for the public.Beijing is not the only city that has ever lost the blue sky. Five days of thick fog caused thousands of deaths in Britain in December 1952, urging the government to pass the first Clean Air Act i

25、n 1956, which introduced smokeless zones and cleaner fuels to reduce pollution. That may provide some experience for Beijing to refer to.8.Why did Pan Shiyi started an online survey?A. To investigate (调查) the publics opinions on pollution.B. To tell people the danger of the smoggy weather.C. To call

26、 on more people to support his proposal.D. To collect supporting evidences for his proposal.9.What can we learn from the passage?A. People are clear about the causes of the smoggy weather.B. Children staying indoors will not get respiratory illnesses.- 9 - / 23C. Smog is worse for people with lower

27、resistance to diseases.D. Masks can give people protection against the smoggy weather.10.Britain is mentioned in the last paragraph to _.A. suggest Beijing should learn from other countries.B. let people know many places have this problem.C. tell people the situation in Britain is worse.D. call on t

28、he government to pass Britains Clean Air Act.11.Whats the best title for this passage?A. The Use of Gas Masks and RespiratorsB. Beijingers Call for a Clean Air ActC. Effective Protection for Blue SkyD. The Mysterious Causes of the Scary SmogPassage DThroughout the history of the arts, the nature of

29、creativity has remained constant to artists. No matter what - 10 - / 23objects they select, artists are to bring forth new forces and forms that cause change-to find poetry where no one has ever seen or experienced it before Landscape (风景) is another unchanging element of art. It can be found from a

30、ncient times through the 17thcentury Dutch painters to the 19thcentury romanticists and impressionists. In the 1970s Alfred Leslie, one of the new American realists, continued this practice. Leslie sought out the same place where Thomas Cole, a romanticist, had produced paintings of the same scene a

31、 century and a half before. Unlike Cole who insists on a feeling of loneliness and the idea of finding peace in nature, Leslie paints what he actually sees. In his paintings, there is no particular change in emotions and he includes ordinary things like the highway in the background. He also takes a

32、dvantage of the latest developments of colour photography (摄影术) to help both the eyes and the memory when he improves his painting back in his workroom Besides, all art begs the age-old question：What is real? Each generation of artists has shown their understanding of reality in one form or another.

33、 The impressionists saw reality in brief emotional effects, the realists in everyday - 11 - / 23subjects and in forest scenes, and the CroMagnon cave people in their naturalistic drawings of the animals in the ancient forests. To sum up，understanding reality is a necessary struggle for artists of al

34、l periods Over thousands of years the function of the arts has remained relatively constant. Past or present，Eastern or Western, the arts are a basic part of our immediate experience. Many and different are the faces of art, and together they express the basic need and hope of human beings. 12.The u

35、nderlined word“poetry“most probably means _ A. an object for artistic creationB. a collection of poemsC. an unusual qualityD. a natural scene13.Leslies paintings are extraordinary because _ A. they are close in style to works in ancient timesB. they look like works by 19thcentury paintersC. they dra

36、w attention to common things in life- 12 - / 23D. they depend heavily on colour photography14.What does the author suggest about the arts in the last paragraph？ _ A. They express peoples curiosity about the pastB. They make people interested in everyday experienceC. They are considered important for

37、 variety in formD. They are regarded as a mirror of the human situation15.Which of the following is the main topic of the passage？ _ A. History of the artsB. Basic questions of the artsC. New developments in the artsD. Use of modern technology in the arts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

38、能填入空白处的最佳选项。选项中有两项为多余选项。Lets say you have had a sore throat for several weeks. - 13 - / 23You have done everything you can to relieve (减轻) the pain: medicine, Vitamin C, and even chicken soup. All these things help your throat feel better for a little while, but the soreness always comes back. _16_

39、Your doctor discovers that you have tonsillitis (扁桃体炎), and that is causing your sore throat! If you have your tonsils removed, your sore throat will go away for good. Anger is a lot like that. It is great to find healthy, positive ways to deal with feelings of anger, but sometimes you really just n

40、eed to get to the root of the problem. There is no way to get rid of everything that makes us angry. _17_18_ If you can identify (确认) what exactly is making you feel angry, and then work to fix it, you may find that you get angry a lot less often._19_ Instead of giving in to your feelings, maybe it

41、is time to get some help in the subject so you can do better next time.Are you angry because your friends leave you out of things? _20_ If they cant be sensitive to your feelings, then maybe it is time to look for new friends.A. But we can deal with issues one at a time.- 14 - / 23B. What is the sou

42、rce of your anger?C. Finally, you decide it is time to see a doctor.D. Are you angry that you failed a test at school?E. Try talking to them about how it makes you feel.F. Keeping anger inside usually just makes it worse.G. Being angry can make it hard to be around other people.第二部分：英语知识运用（本大题共两节，满分

43、 45 分）第一节：完型填空（共 20 小题；每小题 1.5 分，满分 30 分）Good afternoon，everyone，Id like to introduce my friend Christy to you allChristy is a great example of how one person with_21_can make her dream a reality，so she should win the Student of the Year AwardChristy loves to ride bikesShe does not just ride along c

44、ity streets，_22_She is interested in_23_trail (小路) rides_24_Christy knew that people who love riding had to travel _25_the city to locate good bike trails，so she_26_to do somethingChristy knew that Roosevelt Park had a clean，lively creek (小溪)_27_through itTwelve miles of land around the creek was_28

45、_usedChristy decided to get together with other trail_29_to ask the city council to_30_a bike - 15 - / 23path along the unused landChristy_31_a petition (请愿书)She and other riders asked all of their biking friends if they would_32_the list，and they gathered 300 signaturesThe city council evaluated th

46、e_33_and，more_34_，agreed to allow the bike trailThe_35_took two months of work，and now Roosevelt Park has a_36_bike trailIt has many ups and downs； it is a great rideThis trail is becoming one of the communitys important_37_spotsI cant_38_with Christy when we ride together，but I am glad that she dec

47、ided to work hard to begin the_39_of the Roosevelt Park bike pathChristy_40_this award because she acted on her dream，causing a community to come togetherThank you!21. A. determinationB. satisfactionC. patienceD. permission22. A. stillB. insteadC. eitherD. though23. A. convenient B. vacantC. toughD.

48、 remote24. A. AsB. ButC. HoweverD. Since25. A. aroundB. outsideC. alongD. beyond- 16 - / 2326. A. claimedB. offeredC. decidedD. expected27. A. walkingB. goingC. comingD. running28. A. seldomB. evenC. everD. often29. A. playersB. runnersC. ridersD. passengers30. A. proveB. approveC. applyD. accuse31.

49、 A. drew upB. set upC. put upD. took up32. A. signB. callC. viewD. write33. A. demandB. invitation C. requestD. plan34. A. obviously B. importantlyC. naturally D. necessarily35. A. destructionB. organizationC. protectionD. construction36. A. interestingB. competing C. parking D. rewarding37. A. gameB. matchC. playD. exercise38. A. end upB. turn upC. keep upD. put