湖北省枣阳市育才中学2016_2017学年高二英语上学期期末考试试题.docx

湖北省枣阳市育才中学2016-2017学年高二年级上学期期末考试英语试题 (考试时间：2017年1月7日下午15:00-17:00)考生注意： 1本试卷分第I卷（选择题）和第卷（非选择题）两部分，共150分。考试时间120分钟。 2请将各题答案填在试卷后面的答题卡上。 3本试卷主要考试内容：高考全部内容。第I卷第一部分 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) 与mp3 142对应听下面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.When will the shoes be finished? ASunday afternoon B. Saturday afternoon CFriday morning2.Where is Jane and Bills new home? ANear a train station B. Near a bus station CNear an airport3.What time is it in fact? A.1:40 B. 1:50 C1:454.What does the man mean? ABob said nothing at the lecture B. Something is wrong with Bobs ears CBob doesnt listen to him5.What can you learn from the conversation? A. The man has all his meals in the dining-room BThe man may come from the south CThe food in the dining-room is very bad 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。听第6段材料，回答第6、7题。6.How does Jane like the skirts? A. She likes neither the prices nor the styles B. She likes the styles but does not like the prices C. She likes the prices but does not like the styles7.What people does Jane think can wear the clothes in this store? A. The women who are of her age B. The women who are older than she C. The women who are younger than she 听第7段材料，回答第8至10题。8.Why does the man decide to buy a new flat?AThe place where he lives now is too noisyBHe wants to save time on the roadCHis wife wants him to do so9.Why cant the woman lend the man too much money?A. She doesnt like the manB. She has lent her money to another friendC. Shes just bought a new flat herself10.Where do the mans parents live? AIn the countryside B. In a big city CIn a foreign country听第8段材料，回答第11至13题。11.Why did the woman want to change jobs?A. Because she needed more time to studyB. Because Park Hotel was too far away from her homeC. Because she was not satisfied with the pay12.Where did the woman get the information of applying the jobs?A. From the sign in the restaurant windowB. From a friend of hersC. From the want ad in the newspaper13.What days did the interviewer say they needed help?AAt weekends BOn Sundays CLate in the week听第9段材料，回答第14至16题。14.What is the probable relationship between the two speakers?ADirector and actress BJournalist and actressCFan and film star15.What part does the woman play? AAn old lady B. A young lady CA doctor16.What did the woman say about the play? A. Its a comedy BIts directed by herselfCIts loved by people听第10段材料，回答第17至20题。17.According to the speaker，how will students feel about the university life at its beginning?A. Disappointed and fearful B. Satisfied and hopeful C. Excited and anxious18.What will help the students to become clear about their own goals? A. Walking around the universityB. Understanding the university requirementsC. Getting used to university life19.Why does the speaker advise the students not to give up learning?A. Because learning can help them understand their own valueB. Because learning can help them improve their 1ifeC. Because learning can help them get university degrees20.According to the speaker，what is the most important for the new students?AFields of learning BResults of learning CWays of learning第二部分 阅读理解（共两节，满分40分）第一节（共15小题；每小题2分，满分30分） 阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项（A,B,C和D）中，选出最佳选项。AEvery evening, 15-year-old Rashida returns home from school, changes out of her uniform, and rushes to a neighboring farm to help her mother harvest vegetables. Her father is disabled, so the modest profit the two of them earn must cover food, clothing and other necessities for all seven children and their parents. Despite having precious little time to study, Rashida is one of the top students at her junior secondary school. But with so much responsibility on her small shoulders, she admits that it is sometimes hard for her to imagine a more promising future.Last year, Rashida was invited to join 155 other girls at Camfed Ghanas first Girls Career Camp, a program designed to inspire girls growing up in the countrys Northern Region to dream big, and to support them to pursue those dreams. “We organized this camp because we wanted to let girls know that even if they are struggling with poverty, their lives will not be defined by limitations,” says Dolores Dickson, Camfed Ghanas Executive Director.Over the course of five days, the camp led the junior and secondary school students through a range of experiences and career opportunities that were entirely new to them. Dr. Agnes Apusiga, a lecturer from the University of Development Studies, ran the workshop on goal-setting and career choices, describing the universities and training colleges in Ghana that could help them achieve their dreams. Participants then visited the University for Development Studies, where they toured the medical school and science labs. Another highlight was a workshop at the computer lab at Tamale Secondary School. Many of the girls had studied information technology from a book but had never before seen a computer.“When the girls arrived at camp, they were not ambitious, because they didnt have any idea what the world held for them,” says Eugenia Ayagiba, Project Officer with Camfed Ghana. “Many had scarcely traveled beyond their own villages.”“I think the most important thing that happened at the camp is that we opened a window of hope for a group of girls coming from backgrounds of poverty,” says Eugenia. For Rashida, who has been laughed at in the past by her schoolmates because of her fathers disability, the experience was important. “She told one of the camp mentors(辅导员) that when she is at school, she often feels like a misfit, and she prefers to keep to herself,” says Eugenia. “But at the camp, it was different. She made friends with girls who have similar struggles. She took part in every single activity, every single game. On the last day, she said to her mentor, The camp has challenged me to study hard. Now I see that there is light at the end of the tunnel.21How many are there in Rashidas family?ASeven BEight CNine DTen22Why did the camp lead the students to visit universities and training colleges?ATo show they are better than their schoolsBTo encourage them to get good educationCTo show them what they are likeDTo get them to touch the advanced equipment there23What can we infer from the passage?ARashida has become friends with her mentorsBRashidas mentors has encouraged her a lotCRashida was sad because of her fathers disabilityDRashida has had her new dream since the camp24The best title of the passage is _APoor Girls in Ghana BGirls Career CampCCamfed Ghana DStudents in Ghana Dream BigI sat with my friend in a well-known coffee shop in a neighboring town of Venice. As we enjoyed our coffee, a man called the waiter and placed his order, “Two cups of coffee, one on the wall.” We got interested and observed that he was served with one cup of coffee but he paid for two. As soon as he left, the waiter attached a piece of paper to the wall saying “A Cup of Coffee.” Similar occasions took place twice while we were there. It seemed that this gesture was quite normal at this place. However, it was something unique and confusing for us.After a few days, when we again enjoyed coffee there, a man entered. The way this man was dressed did not match the standard or the atmosphere of this coffee shop. Poverty was evident from his looks. As he seated himself, he looked at the wall and said, “One cup of coffee from the wall.” The waiter served coffee to this man with respect and dignity. The man had his coffee and left without paying. We were amazed to watch all this when the waiter took off a piece of paper from the wall and threw it in the dustbin.Now it was no surprise for us; the matter was very clear. The great respect for the needy shown by people in this town moved us to tears.Coffee is not a necessity. However, the point is that when we take pleasure in any blessing, maybe we also need to think about those people who also appreciate that specific blessing but cannot afford.Note the waiter, who gets the communication going between the affording and the needy with a smile on his face. Think about the man in need: he enters the coffee shop without having to lower his self-dignity; he has a free cup of coffee without asking or knowing about who has given this cup of coffee to him; he only looked at the wall, placed an order for himself, enjoyed his coffee and left. Besides, we need to remember the role played by the wall that reflects the generosity and care of people in this town.25What made the author interested as well as confused?A. The waiters making normal gestures.B. Customers buying coffee for the needy.C. The waiters attaching coffee orders on the wall.D. Customers paying for coffee and having it put on the wall.26The author thought the man in need was _.A. obviously poorB. not properly dressedC. not right to leave without payingD. strange to order coffee from the wall27 In the authors opinion, coffee is _.A. necessary in our lifeB. a blessing some cant affordC. respect shown for the needyD. a blessing everyone should have28The passage is mainly concerned about _.A. learning from the waiterB. buying coffee for othersC. caring more about the people in needD. analyzing the characters in the coffee shopNew research shows that kids from low-income families may be falling behind their peers because an important part of their brains is underdeveloped.Researchers from MIT s McGovern Institute for Brain Research compared the brains of 12-and 13-year-olds from rich families with the brains of their peers from lower-income families. They found that one particular area of the brainthe neocortex(新皮质),which plays a key role in memory and learning abilityis thinner in children from lower-income households.This is a crucial part of the brain for young students, who are often tested based on their ability to recall large chunks of information. Children who had a thinner neocortex performed poorly on standardized tests,researchers found.More than 90% of high-income students scored above average on a statewide math and English/Language Arts standardized test,compared with less than 60% of low-income students.Differences in cortical(脑皮层) thickness could account for almost half of the income-achievement gap in this sample,researchers wrote.“Just as you would expect, there s a real cost not living in a supportive environment. We can see it not only in test scores,in educational attainment,but within the brains of these children,”says psychological scientist John Gabrieli,a professor of brain and cognitive sciences at MIT and one of the studys authors.Since a 2011 study published by Stanford University professor Sean Reardon found that the gap between standardized test scores of high-income and low-income students has grown by about 40% since the 1960s,there s been a lot of research aimed at finding links between income and achievement, rather than race alone. The MIT study found low-income children were equally likely to have a thinner neocortex,no matter their races.Gabrieli and his co-authors can t say exactly why poor children s brains develop differently because there are too many possibilities to count.Their findings do,however,underline the importance of early intervention(干预) to ensure that low-income kids get the tools they need to succeed.29What s the function of the first paragraph?A. To list some findings.B. To give some advice.C. To do some comparisons.D. To show the main idea of the text.30What does the underlined word “crucial” in Paragraph 3 mean?A. Special. B. Important.C. Separate. D. Unknown.31What John Gabrieli says in Paragraph 4 mainly shows the importance of .A. cognitive abilityB. educational attainmentC. having developed brainsD. living in supportive surroundings32What is the main idea of the passage?A.Wealthy parents do better in raising children.B.Differences exist between poor children and rich ones.C.Poor children study harder due to their financial conditions.D.Poor children have thinner neocortex than their wealthy peers.Digital technology - email and smart phones especially-have vastly improved workers ability to be productive outside of a traditional office. Even so, most white-collar work still happens in an office. One reason is that, according to findings of a new survey (调查) of office workers conducted by Wakefield Research for the IT company Citrix, most bosses are doubtful about remote working. Half of the workers say their boss doesnt accept it, and only 35 percent say its tolerated.Skeptical bosses will likely have their doubts reinforced (加深)by the same survey, which shows that 43 percent of workers say theyve watched TV or a movie while “working” remotely, while 35 percent have done housework，and 28 percent have cooked dinner.It is true, however, that working at home makes people much more efficient (高效的), because it allows workers to take care of annoying housework while still getting their jobs done. Its much faster, for example, to shop for groceries at a quarter to three than to stand in line during the after-work rush.The fact that such practices remain officially unaccepted reflects how far we havent come as a society from the days when we expected every full-time worker to be supported by a full-time homemaker.More broadly the Wakefield survey suggests that employers may be missing a low-cost way to give workers something of value. Sixty-four percent of those survey participants who havent worked remotely would rather give up some bonus in order to get even one day a week working from home. Under such circumstances, smart firms need to find ways to let their employees have enough ability to change or be changed easily to suit a different situation to manage their time efficiently.33Why do some employers hesitate to allow remote working?A. They are used to face-to-face communication. B. They want to stick to their routine practice.C. They have little trust in modem technology.D. They fear losing control of their workers 34What seems to be most workers attitude toward remote working?A. Favorable. B. DoubtfulC. Reserved. D. Disapproving.35What does the author suggest smart firms do?A. Shorten their office hours. B. Give employees a pay raise.C. Adopt flexible work patterns. D. Reduce their staffs workload.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，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。选项中有两项为多余选项。One of the common complaints we hear from the people around us are problems they are facing. Every day and everywhere there are problems. Many times we find it hard to stay happy. When one problem is solved, another one comes up. How to solve them? The answer is that we must equip ourselves to deal with different kinds of worries by learning the three basic steps of problem analysis. The three steps are:Get the factsWhy is it so important to get the facts? Unless you have the facts, you cant possibly attempt to solve your problem intelligently. Without the facts, all you can do is wondering around in confusion. It is not an easy job to get facts. When you are worried, your emotions are riding high. 36 When trying to get the facts, you can pretend that you are collecting this information not for yourself but for some other person. 37 You can also pretend that you are a lawyer preparing to agree. Try to get all the facts both on your side and the other side of the case. You will generally find the truth lies somewhere in between. 38 Whenever you are worried, write down the questions that make you worry. And write out all the various steps you could take and then the probable consequences of each step. For example, what am I worrying about? What can I do about it? Here is what Im going to do about it. After carefully weighing all the facts, you can calmly come to a decision.Act on that decision. 39 How can you break the worry habit before it breaks you? Crowd worry out of your mind by keeping busy. Plenty of action is one of the best ways to cure worry. 40 If you know a situation is beyond your power, say to yourself: “It is so; it cant be otherwise.” Dont permit little things to ruin your happiness. Try to cultivate a mental attitude that will bring you peace and happiness.A. Analyze the facts.B. Accept what cant be avoided.C. Decide how much anxiety a thing may be worth.D. This will help you to take a cold and fair view of the evidence.E. There comes a time when you must decide and never look back.F. But here are two ideas that can help you see the facts in a clear and objective way.G. Unless you take your action, all your fact-finding and analysis is a sheer waste of energy.第三部分英语知识运用（共两节，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四个选项(A、B、C和D)中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。Uncle Bruce has been my most influential role model. I admire him because he has me into the person I am today by teaching me about respect and responsibility and that anything having takes a lot of hard work.The m