华中师大一附中2019—2020学年度上学期高二期中检测
英 语 试 题(含答案)
时长：120分钟 满分：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。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. Where does the conversation probably take place? A. In a library.
2. How does the woman feel now? A. Relaxed.
3. How much will the min pay? A. $520.
4. What does the man tell Jane to do? A. Delay his appointment. o’clock.
5. Why would David quit his job? A. To go back to school. friend.
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。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. What does the man want the woman to do? A. Check the cupboard.
B. Clean the balcony.
C. Buy an umbrella.
B. To start his own firm.
C. To work for his
B. Meet Mr. Douglas.
C. Return at 3
B. $80.
C. $100.
B. Excited.
C. Tired.
B. In a bookstore.
C. In a classroom.
7. What is the probable relationship between the speakers? A. Husband and wife.
B. Employer and employee. C. Shop assistant and customer. 听第7段材料，回答第8至10题。 8. Where did the woman go at the weekend? A. The city centre.
B. The forest park.
9. How did the man spend his weekend? A. Packing for a move. B. Going out with Jenny.
new house.
10. What will the woman do for the man? A. Take Henry to hospital.
B. Stay with his kid.
听第8段材料，回答第11至13题。 11. What is Mr. Stone doing now? A. Eating lunch.
B. Having a meeting.
12. Why does the man want to see Mr. Stone? A. To discuss a program. B. To make a travel plan.
leave.
13. When will the man meet Mr. Stone this afternoon? A. At 3:00.
B. At 3:30.
听第9段材料，回答第14至16题。 14. What are the speakers talking about? A. A company.
B. An interview.
15. Who is Monica Stansfield? A. A junior specialist.
B. A department manager.
16. When will the man hear from the woman? A. On Tuesday
B. On Wednesday
听第10段材料，回答第17至20题。 17. What did John enjoy doing in his childhood? A. Touring France.
B. Playing outdoors.
18. What did John do after he moved to the US? A. He did business.
B. He studied biology.
C. The man’s home.
C. Looking for a
C. Look after his pet.
C. Writing a diary.
C. To ask for sick
C. At 3:45.
C. A job offer.
C. A sales assistant.
C. On Thursday
C. Painting pictures.
C. He worked on a
farm.
19. Why did John go hunting? A. For food.
B. For pleasure.
C. For money.
20. What is the subject of John’s works? A. American birds.
B. Natural scenery.
C. Family life.
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25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。
A
Jeremy looked across the hot, grassy plain South Africa was a long way from the cool, green countryside of his hometown in Oregon.
“Ready?” Dad asked.
“Yes,” Jeremy answered. They climbed into the old truck. Jeremy seldom spent time with his father, a famous wildlife photographer. The work seemed mostly hot and boring.
As the truck ran across the rough dirt, Dad chatted with their guides, Mkhulu and Bheki. They spoke Zulu, which Jeremy couldn’t understand, though they also spoke English. He watched for animals. “There!” he shouted, pointing. Mkhulu slowed the truck. Jeremy realized he had been pointing at a rock.
As the truck jumped up and down over a ditch, there was a big crash. “Wait!” Jeremy shouted. The door had fallen off. Bheki threw the door into the back of the truck. “Now we can see better,” Dad laughed.
They stopped near a watering hole. Mkhulu said he was friends with the elephants that sometimes gathered here. Maybe they’d see some.
Before long, Jeremy felt vibrations. Elephants! A small group walked towards the water. Dad jumped out of the truck and focused his camera on the largest elephant.
Jeremy spotted a very young elephant walking between two adults. It was tiny, by elephant standards. The two elephants beside the baby kept stopping to wait for it. Jeremy watched as they neared the water. Several larger elephants Jumped in the water.
Jeremy lost sight of the baby. Where was it? Then he saw. It was in water up to its eyes. Its
mouth was underwater. It held it its trunk up above the water. The baby was in trouble. “Look!” said Jeremy. The bank was too steep for the baby. It couldn’t climb out of the water. Other elephants tried pushing it, without success.
Jeremy took the loose door from the back of the truck. Mkhulu saw what Jeremy was planning and ran to help. Together they dragged the door down to the water’s edge, Mkhulu calmed the mother elephant, gently explaining that they were bringing a ramp for the baby.
The mother knew Mkhulu and trusted him. She seemed to sense that they meant to help. Jeremy pushed the door onto the bank, angling it so the baby could walk up it to safety. The baby stepped onto the door. Its mother pushed. Three more steps, and they were up. The elephants gathered around the baby, touching it with their trunks.
“Boy, Jeremy,” Dad said. “That is one of the most exciting photo shoots I’ve ever done! I’m glad you came along.”
21. From the story, we know ________. A. Jeremy had a very strong liking for nature
B. Jeremy’s father loved taking pictures of wild animals C. Jeremy made a ramp for the baby elephant by himself D. Jeremy and his father were in the green countryside of Oregon. 22. What was the main problem in the story? A. The door fell off the truck.
B. Jeremy mistook a rock for a wild animal. C. The baby elephant got stuck in the water. D. Jeremy found his father’s work hot and boring.
23. According to the passage, how was the baby elephant saved? A. Jeremy helped save it by making a ramp. B. Mkhulu dived into the water and rescued it. C. The mother elephant pushed it out of the water.
D. Mkhulu helped Jeremy put the door into the back of the truck.
B
There are more species of beetles than any other form of life. About 380 000 species of beetles are known to exist, and more are discovered all the time. There are several theories about
why there are so many beetles, but fossils evidence shows that beetle species die out less than other animals, Beetle species exist in such huge number because beetles are true survivors. They refuse to die out.
One of the reasons beetles survive so well is their body design. Most beetle species have two pairs of wings. The front pair of a beetle’s wings are hard and thick. They are not used for flying. These protect the back set of wings and the beetle’s stomach. Instead, some species of beetles have lost the ability to fly, but they are still equipped with front wings. The wings protect the beetle’s soft parts from harm. These features help protect beetles, which makes them less likely to die out if they are faced with new predators (捕食性动物).
Beetles can also eat a wide range of foods. Beetle species live all over the world, and they have many different types of food available to them. Most beetles are omnivores. That means they eat both plants and animals. Their mixed diets help beetles adapt to many different habitats. Over the course of time, food sources, like certain plants and animals, do not exist anymore. Others spring up. The beetle survives because it can find something to eat, no matter what.
Finally, beetles are good at moving quickly over long distance. Any change in an animal’s environment can be dangerous to it. For example, many species died out during the Ice Age, when Earth’s temperature dropped for a long time. However, some species can avoid dangerous environment changes by moving to a new place. Research shows that beetles respond quickly to shifts in temperature. They can move to safer environments.
Beetles’ bodies and habits help give them an edge over other creatures. They are unlikely to die out. As a result, beetles make up nearly one quarter of all animal species. There are more types of beetles on Earth than there are types of plants. Some types of beetles that exist today were around during the Permian period of history, 284 million years ago. Beetles, clearly, are here to stay.
24. What is important about a beetle’s front wings? A. They are used to catch the prey. B. They enable the beetle to fly. C. They help the beetle move quickly. D. They protect the soft body parts.
25. How do beetles respond to changes of habitats?
湖北省华中师大一附中2019—2020学年度上学期高二期中检测(含答案)
