期中素养评估 （新教材）人教版（2019）高中英语必修第二册.doc

1、期中素养评估期中素养评估 (120 分钟 150 分) 第一部分 听力(共两节，满分 30 分) 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。 1How will the woman get to the airport? ABy bus. BBy taxi. CBy car. 2Whats the mans plan for tonight? ATo go out fo

2、r dinner. BTo write a work report. CTo cook some chicken. 3Whats the most probable relationship between the speakers? AClassmates. BWorkmates. CTeacher and student. 4How does the woman most probably feel now? ARelaxed. BSurprised. CWorried. 5What are the speakers most probably talking about? AA book

3、. BA newspaper. CAn experience. 第二节(共 15 小题；每小题 1.5 分，满分 22.5 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。 请听第 6 段材料，回答第 6、7 题。 6What day is it today? AFriday. BSaturday. CSunday. 7Who is the woman speaking to? A

4、A friend. BA performer. CA ticket seller. 请听第 7 段材料，回答第 8、9 题。 8Why will the man go to Germany? ATo do sight- seeing. BTo see his girlfriend. CTo visit a friends family. 9How is calling a strangers family name in Germany? ANormal. BImpolite. CFriendly. 请听第 8 段材料，回答第 10 至 12 题。 10What did the man dre

5、am of becoming as a teenager? AA writer. BA college teacher. CA successful businessman. 11How many languages is the man learning now? A1. B2. C3. 12What does the woman think of learning new languages? AUnnecessary. BImportant. CDifficult. 请听第 9 段材料，回答第 13 至 16 题。 13Who came to Davids place this morn

6、ing? AMrs Brown. BA repairman. CA TV seller. 14What did Mrs Brown do four days ago? AShe broke her TV. BShe called a TV repair shop. CShe went to the TV repair shop. 15What did David decide to do in the end? ABuy a smart TV. BAsk others to fix his TV. CWatch TV on the Internet. 16How long has David

7、had his TV? AFor eight years. BFor ten years. CFor thirteen years. 请听第 10 段材料，回答第 17 至 20 题。 17What is the text mainly about? AHow to live green. BHow to save energy. CHow to protect trees. 18What does the man suggest doing at first? ARecycling plastic bottles. BUsing reusable bottles. CBuying cheap

8、 glasses. 19Why should we buy local fruits and vegetables? AThey cost less. BIts more convenient. CIts good for the environment. 20What does Cool Earth do? AGive money to the poor. BProduce clean energy. CSave trees. 第二部分 阅读理解(共两节，满分 50 分) 第一节(共 15 小题；每小题 2.5 分，满分 37.5 分) 阅读下列短文，从每题所给的 A、B、C、D 四个选项中

9、选出最 佳选项。 A Kidssummer jobs Camp Counselor We are looking for people to join our team as a Camp Counselor at Cuyamaca Outdoor School. We connect children to science through nature in a one- week- long programme. Our Camp Counselors are energetic and supportive, and more importantly, caring team membe

10、rs who make the students life experience rich through games and storytelling. $11 per hour Teach kids engineering concepts using LEGO ! Do you enjoy taking things apart and then putting them back together? If so, then this may be your dream job! We are hiring smart, creative LEGO Engineering Instruc

11、tors to join our team. This eight- hour everyday job includes teaching daily after- school programs with some weekday morning programs and weekend birthday parties throughout the school year, and full- day camp programs during the summer. $15 per hour Teachers Aide (助手) We are looking for part- time

12、 teachers aides for our Inspire Kids preschool in Newburgh, NY. Teachers aides need to prepare materials and help children finish activities and create a safe environment. $100 per week Summer morning care giver Im looking for someone to watch my kids when I work mornings from 8 am to 3 pm (hours an

13、d days will probably change). I work part- time so my boss puts me as he needs me but you will never stay past 3 pm. I have a 7- year- old daughter, and a 5- year- old son. I am also asking you to prepare breakfast, lunch and perhaps a snack. $150 per week 21What is the most important feature of Cam

14、p Counselors? ABeing good at science. BSupporting their workmates. CBeing helpful to children. DThe ability to hold birthday parties. 22As a LEGO Engineering Instructor, every day you can earn _. A$120 B$105 C$15 D$75 23What should a summer morning care giver do? ABuy materials before class. BPrepar

15、e games for kids. CCook meals for kids. DTeach children science. B After the examination, the doctor told my parents my sight would get worse and that I would lose my sight finally. On the way home from the hospital, no one said a word. One day, would I only imagine the scenery beyond the glass rath

16、er than see it? That September，I entered middle school. Most nights I had homework that included an armful of books to read. To keep up with other children, I took great trouble to finish the task. With my nose a couple of inches from the page, I was tired easily. Whats worse, after I had read sever

17、al pages on my own, the words slipped off the pages into inky pools. However, then I did not have audio books and electric devices like kids do now. Instead, Mum volunteered to read out loud. Mum worked part- time, cleaned the house, cooked and spent time with Grandma.In spite of being so busy, she

18、showed up in my room like clockwork. She put on her reading glasses. Mum always thought those glasses made her look old. To me, she looked like a teacher. In my room, Mums voice raced with the ticking of the clock. Being forced to focus on listening，I found a way to keep my marks up and compete with

19、 the other kids. When the teacher asked a question, I raised my hand with confidence. Teachers praised me for having a good memory. Reading removed my fear for my failing sight. Reading also made me curious about other peoples challenges and how they managed. Though I could not use my eyes to fix on

20、 each passage, my mind lit up with every new book. True to what the doctor said, the worst came, but thanks to Mum, my sense of hearing now allows me to “see”. This was the most precious gift from a mother to her child. 24 Why did the author and his parents keep silent on their way back home from th

21、e hospital? ABecause they all wanted to have a good rest. BBecause what the doctor said made them worried. CBecause the author didnt do well in the exam. DBecause they focused on the scenery along the road. 25How did the author manage to get high marks? ABy listening carefully. BBy being confident.

22、CBy getting help from his classmates. DBy reading as many books as possible. 26What can we learn from the passage? AThe authors sight recovered finally. BReading made the author more sensitive. CReading made the author not worry about his sight. DThe authors mother didnt work to look after him. 27Wh

23、ich of the following could be the best title for the passage? AMy Eyesight Trouble BAn Unforgettable Experience CMy Mothers Love DWith Ears Wide Open C Not long ago, Richard Denniston found himself suffering the same pain that millions of other pet owners have faced. His little Scottish dog had a br

24、ain tumor (肿块) and would soon die. Like others who faced the problem before him, Denniston just wanted to end his pets suffering. However, he took one step further. Denniston, an expert who studies animals, collected a tiny skin sample from the dog and took it to his laboratory at Louisiana State Un

25、iversity. There he cultured it and froze it in liquid nitrogen (氮) From that idea, Denniston started Lazaron BioTechnologies, which will save pets DNA for $500, plus a monthly storage fee of $10, until cloning becomes a reality. Thanks mostly to the largess (慷慨赠与) of an anonymous(匿名的) California mul

26、timillionaire(千万富翁), that day may not be so far off. “It could happen extremely soon if everything went on well，” says Mark Westhusin, a professor leading a dog cloning team. Most experts put successful dog cloning a year to five years down the road. The cost is bound to be expensive at first, but i

27、t would eventually (最后) drop to a few thousand dollars. Since Dolly, the sheep which was first cloned in 1997, cattle, goats, mice and monkeys have been cloned in labs. Pets are likely to be next. “I really believe that the technology is going to become available for many species in the near future，

28、” Denniston says. “Certainly some of our customers are crazy，” Hawthorne says. “But far more of them are simply crazy about their animals.” 28After his pet died, Richard Denniston _. Adid something more than the ordinary pet owners Bdid as other pet owners Cdid nothing but feel very sad Dcould not h

29、elp feeling lonely without his dear pet 29The underlined word “cultured” in Para.2 probably means “_” Abought Bdiscovered Ccaught Dcultivated 30If you put your pets DNA in Richard Dennistons company for six months, youll have to pay _. A$500 B$60 C$560 D$440 31Cloning will cost people _. Aa lot of m

30、oney in five years Bmuch in the beginning and then the cost will be reduced to a thousand dollars Cmuch and then the cost will surely be reduced to thousands of dollars Dmuch at first and then the cost might be reduced to a few thousand dollars D You might think that “global warming” means nothing m

31、ore than a rise in the worlds temperature. But rising sea levels caused by it have resulted in the first evacuation (撤离) of an island nation. The citizens of Tuvalu will have to leave their homeland. During the 20th century, sea level rose 812 inches. As a result, Tuvalu has experienced lowland floo

32、ding of salt water that has polluted the countrys drinking water. Paani Laupepa, a Tuvaluan government official, reported to the Earth Policy Institute that the nation has suffered an unusually high number of fierce storms in the past ten years. Many scientists connect higher surface water temperatu

33、res resulting from global warming to greater and more damaging storms. Laupepa expressed dissatisfaction with the United States for refusing to sign the Kyoto Protocol, an international agreement calling for industrialized nations to reduce their greenhouse gas emissions (减少温 室效应气体排放), which are a m

34、ain cause of global warming. “By refusing to sign the agreement, the US has effectively taken away the freedom of future generations of Tuvaluans to live where their forefathers have lived for thousands of years，” Laupepa told the BBC. Tuvalu has asked Australia and New Zealand to allow the gradual

35、move of its people to both countries. Tuvalu is not the only country that is vulnerable (易受影响的) to rising sea levels. Maumoon Gayoon, President of the Maldives, told the United Nations that global warming has made his country of 311,000 an “endangered nation” 32The text is mainly about _. Arapid cha

36、nges in earths temperature Bbad effects of global warming Cmoving of a country to a new place Dreasons for lowland flooding 33According to scientists, the DIRECT cause of more and fiercer storms is _. Agreenhouse gas emissions in industrialized nations Bhigher surface water temperatures of the sea C

37、continuous global warming Drising sea levels 34Laupepa was not satisfied with the United States because it did not _. Aagree to reduce its greenhouse gas emissions Bsign an agreement with Tuvalu Callow Tuvaluans to move to the US Dbelieve the problems facing Tuvalu were real 35The country whose situ

38、ation is similar to that of Tuvalu is _. AAustralia BNew Zealand Cthe Maldives Dthe United States 第二节(共 5 小题；每小题 2.5 分，满分 12.5 分) 阅读下面短文， 从短文后的选项中选出可以填入空白处的最佳选 项。选项中有两项为多余选项。 A good leader is someone who is able to manage people and tasks, communicate effectively, and improve a positive team environ

39、ment. _36_ So let me give you some suggestions to help you become a good leader. Learn from books. _37_ Read biographies (传记) of great leaders from home and abroad. By reading, you can learn a lot from their experiences and find out their secrets of success. Then you will be more confident of being

40、a good leader. Learn from other good examples. There is no doubt that those leaders who are popular with the students in your school must have their advantages over others. _38_ Take an active part in the activities organised by the excellent leaders and learn from them. Then you will know the answe

41、r. _39_ Find the students that have the same interests as you have and start a club. Activities should be organised regularly in the club. When the members in your club have trouble in solving problems, you should communicate with them and find out the causes of the problems. After problems are solv

42、ed, you can share pleasure with them. As time passes by, you will get more trust like those popular leaders. _40_ In short, being a good leader needs courage and practice, so try to develop your leadership qualities by analysing your strengths and weaknesses. APractise what you have learned. BBut be

43、ing good leaders isnt easy. CSooner or later，you will be a good leader. DAsk yourself what kind of leader you want to be. EDont you want to know why they are so successful? FAs long as you keep trying, you will develop your leadership skills. GMaybe nobody teaches you how to be a good leader, but yo

44、u can learn it on your own. 第三部分 语言运用(共两节，满分 30 分) 第一节(共 15 小题；每小题 1 分，满分 15 分) 阅读下面短文，从每题所给的 A、B、C、D 四个选项中选出可 以填入空白处的最佳选项。 “5 pm, maam.” “What? My baby can no longer wait for that！” My 3 month- old- baby was very _41_. His stomach became larger and larger. Three days ago, we brought him for _42_ in

45、 hospital where I worked. I knew the _43_ of dehydration(脱水) very well because there were already countless _44_ of this case that we had met. But it was not a simple dehydration as I _45_. Everything about him suddenly became so _46_ including his laboratory results. Life saving devices were alread

46、y _47_ inside our room. I knew that his chance of _48_ became very thin. Suddenly, I was _49_ that the schedule was moved to 3pm. It would be now only in an hour. I was relived _50_ another much bigger problem arose. I didnt have the money needed. We _51_ borrowed it from a friend who was one of the

47、 two persons in my contact list that responded to me. I only had few minutes left then. Just then, my cellphone suddenly _52_ continuously. “Ms. Lucero, please fetch your money remittance( 汇 款 ) through.” And one after another, I received different _53_ telling me to get the money they sent for my b

48、aby. I had the money then in _54_ an hour! Not only for the CT Scan but for our immediate _55_ during our whole hospital stay! I was so blessed that I got so much and that my baby shall live! 41A.smart Bweak Cnaughty Dhumorous 42A.admission Bsale Cfree Dgoods 43A.danger Bprocess Cimportance Dgesture

49、 44A.steps Bpatients Ccustomers Ddealings 45A.doubted Bheld Cexpected Dappreciated 46A.stable Bpopular Cimpossible Duncertain 47A.canceled Bsuspected Crecovered Dprepared 48A.success Bsurvival Cwinning Dtour 49A.informed Bstressed Cadmitted Dcriticized 50A.and Bso Cbut Dbecause 51A.always Bjust Cstill Dalso 52A.broke Bcrashed Cslowed Drang 53A.messages Bthanks Cpreviews Dcomments 54A.as with Binstead of Cless than Dmore than 55A.responses Bneeds Creaction Denvironment 第二节(共 10 小题；每小题 1.5 分，满分