湖北2017_2018学年高二英语下学期期末联考习题（含解析）.docx

湖北省天门市、仙桃市、潜江市2017-2018学年高二下学期期末联考英语试题本试题卷由四个部分组成。其中，第一、二部分和第三部分的第一节为选择题。第三部分的第二节和第四部分为非选择题。考试时间120分钟，满分150分。考试结束后，请将答题卡交回。第一部分 听力（共两节，满分30分）做题时，先将答案标在试卷上。录音内容结束后，你将有两分钟的时间将试卷上的答案转涂到答题卡上。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。1. 音频Who wears short hair?A. Linda. B. Rose. C. Jenny.【答案】C2. 音频What do the two speakers mainly talk about?A. Life. B. Marriage. C. Children.【答案】B【解析】此题为听力题，解析略。3. 音频How much did the speakers have to pay the hospital at last?A. Over three thousand dollars. B. Nothing. C. Only part of it.【答案】B【解析】此题为听力题，解析略。4. 音频Why did the woman get home in a hurry?A. To avoid rush hour. B. To avoid a ticket. C. To get rid of the police.【答案】A【解析】此题为听力题，解析略。5. 音频What will the man do?A. Go to a big party. B. Attend a small party. C. Wear a short coat.【答案】B【解析】此题为听力题，解析略。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。听下面一段较长对话，回答以下小题。音频6. Where did the man put the soft drinks?A. In the car. B. In the picnic basket. C. In the fridge.7. What will the woman ask Nancy to do?.A. Prepare knives and forks. B. Take some wine. C. Make the sandwiches.【答案】6. C 7. B【解析】此题为听力题，解析略。6. 此题为听力题，解析略。7. 此题为听力题，解析略。听下面一段较长对话，回答以下小题。音频8. Where are the two speakers?A. In a shop. B. At a birthday party. C. Near a swimming pool.9. What will the woman do next?A. Go home. B. Leave for another place. C. Ask for more advice.【答案】8. A 9. B【解析】此题为听力题，解析略。8. 此题为听力题，解析略。9. 此题为听力题，解析略。听下面一段较长对话，回答以下小题。音频10. Who taught the man to make coffee?A. Joan. B. Mary. C. Mike.11. When will the womans friends arrive?A. At 5:00. B. At 6:00. C. At 7:00.12. What doesnt the man need to buy?A. Sugar. B. Bananas. C. Apples.【答案】10. A 11. B 12. B10. 此题为听力题，解析略。11. 此题为听力题，解析略。12. 此题为听力题，解析略。听下面一段较长对话，回答以下小题。音频13. How many classes has the woman attended?A. 2. B. 3. C. 4.14. What did the woman think of her classes?A. Reasonable. B. Big. C. Small.15. What is the relationship between the two speakers?A. Classmates. B. Student and teacher. C. Schoolmates.16. How does the man go to class?A. In a hurry. B. At ease. C. Often late.【答案】13. A 14. B 15. C 16. A【解析】此题为听力题，解析略。13. 此题为听力题，解析略。14. 此题为听力题，解析略。15. 此题为听力题，解析略。16. 此题为听力题，解析略。听下面一段独白，回答以下小题。音频17. Whats the speed limit on American highways?A. 25 miles per hour. B. 35 miles per hour. C. 55 miles per hour.18. What does a driver see on the ticket?A. The amount of money. B. The reason to be stopped. C. The name of the police.19. Whats the result if you receive too many tickets?A. You lose the right to drive.B. You are put into prison.C. You are forbidden to drive for a while.20. Whats the advantage of driving on rush hours?A. Drivers drive their cars more carefully.B. Drivers are much safer driving there.C. Drivers get fewer tickets for speeding.【答案】17. C 18. A 19. C 20. C【解析】此题为听力题，解析略。17. 此题为听力题，解析略。18. 此题为听力题，解析略。19. 此题为听力题，解析略。20. 此题为听力题，解析略。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A、B、C和D四个选项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。AFavorite Books for KidsMe and Marvin Gardens by A. S. KingImage Source: ScholasticThis middle-grade novel is perfect for introducing kids to recycling, but with a fun science fiction story. Obe lives on his familys farmhouse that was built a hundred years ago-and now its being taken over by developers. While adventuring on the land, he discovers a creature, Marvin Gardens, which only eats plastic. Kids will love this charming story.Available from Amazon, $11.89Wrinkle in Time: A Guide to the Universe by Kari SutherlandImage Source: Disney Publishing World WideKids may get excited to see A Wrinkle in Time. While the original novel may be too hard of a read for them right now, they can dive into the fantastical world the film takes place in with this awesome guide to the characters and locations.Available from Amazon on March 6, $11.04Rivers of Sunlight by Molly Bang and Penny ChisholmImage Source: ScholasticGet kids going green with a little help from this educational picture book! Filled with excellent artwork and helpful explanations, these pages are filled with important lessons about the Earth. Kids will learn about how the sun keeps the ocean currents（流）moving and how the sun can power all living thingsits pretty amazing.Available from Amazon, $7.67How to Code a Sandcastle by Josh FunkImage Source: Penguin Random HousePearls sandcastle keeps getting ruined by puppies (who could be mad at that?). So she teams up with her Robot friend Pascal to solve the problem with code(编码). Combining the fun of building a sandcastle with the discovery of coding, a future engineer will love paging through this story.Available from Amazon on May15, $16.9921. What can kids benefit from Me and Marvin Gardens?A. Learning the skill of building farmhouses.B. Developing awareness of environmental protection.C. Enjoying natural beauty of the countryside.D. Forming the interest in exploring the secret of nature.22. What do you know about How to Code a Sandcastle?A. It describes a means of problem solving. B. It shows the work of a future engineer.C. It is the cheapest of the four books. D. It is a bit hard to read.23. Which of the following deals with the movement of water on the earth?A. A Wrinkle in Time. B. River of Sunlight.C. Me and Marvin Gardens. D. How to Code a Sandcastle.【答案】21. B 22. A 23. B【解析】本文是一篇应用文，介绍了四本孩子们喜欢的书。21. 推理判断题。根据Me and Marvin Gardens by A. S. King Image Source: ScholasticThis middle-grade novel is perfect for introducing kids to recycling, but with a fun science fiction story.可知，孩子们能从Me and Marvin Gardens中得到的好处是“提高对环境保护的意识。”故选B。22. 推理判断题。根据How to Code a Sandcastle by Josh Funk中So she teams up with her Robot friend Pascal to solve the problem with code（编码）.可知，How to Code a Sandcastle描述了解决问题的方法。故选A。23. 推理判断题。根据Rivers of Sunlight by Molly Bang and Penny Chisholm中Kids will learn about how the sun keeps the ocean currents（流）moving and how the sun can power all living thingsits pretty amazing.可知，选项中的River of Sunlight.讲述了太阳如何使地球上的水流动。故选B。BRescue officials in Poland are working quickly to clear one of the countrys highways. The roadway is covered with a sticky brown material. It is blocking cars from both directions.What is causing the mess? Milk chocolate. The problems began early Wednesday, after a huge truck carrying many tons of liquid chocolate overturned. Chocolate spilled out. It spread across six driveways of Polands A2 highway.The liquid chocolate solidified（凝固）as it cooled, causing even more difficulties. The accident happened near the western Polish town of Slupca. Bogdan Kowalski is with the fire fighters of Slupca. He told the Associated Press that “the cooling chocolate is worse than snow”.Videos published on social media showed rescuers and cleaners were trying to move the sticky brown mess with a bulldozer（推土机）.The private Polish broadcaster TVN24 reported that the driver of the truck was taken to a hospital with a broken arm. The accident happened in the morning when there was little traffic. Nobody else was harmed.The sticky situation became a hot topic on social media. Some people offered to help the clean-up workers by eating the chocolate themselves.Marlene Kukawa is a media officer for Slupea police. She told the New York Times that rescue workers needed to remove the truck from the highway first. “The cleanup”, she said at the time, “will take a few hours or more.” She added that accidents are rare in this part of the A2 highway. And, she told the New York Times, she is sure the area has never experienced something quite like a huge chocolate spill.24. What caused the traffic trouble?A. A broken-down car. B. Cars stuck on the highway.C. Serious traffic accidents. D. The liquid chocolate.25. What made the situation even worse?A. The difficulty to get rid of the chocolate. B. Fear caused by videos on social media.C. The chocolate becoming hard. D. Snow falling on the highway.26. Why did some people offer to eat the chocolate?A. To avoid wasting the chocolate. B. To reduce loss for the driver.C. To play a joke. D. To solve the problem.27. What did Marlene Kukawa think of the incident?A. It happened very rarely. B. It was the most serious accident.C. It was unexpected by other drivers. D. It was lucky that no one was killed.【答案】24. D 25. C 26. C 27. A【解析】本文是一篇新闻报道。波兰的救援官员正在迅速清理该国的一条高速公路。一辆运送液体巧克力的卡车翻车，液体巧克力倾倒在路上，阻碍了车辆的通行。24. 细节理解题。根据第二段What is causing the mess? Milk chocolate. The problems began early Wednesday, after a huge truck carrying many tons of liquid chocolate overturned. Chocolate spilled out. It spread across six driveways of Polands A2 highway.可知，是液体的牛奶巧克力导致了交通问题。故选D。25. 细节理解题。根据第一段第一句The liquid chocolate solidified(凝固) as it cooled, causing even more difficulties.可知，巧克力冷却硬化让情况变得更糟。故选C。26. 细节理解题。根据倒数第二段中Some people offered to help the clean-up workers by eating the chocolate themselves.可知，有些人主动提出帮助清理工人吃掉巧克力。倾倒在高速公路上的这些巧克力显然不能吃了，这样说，肯定是在开玩笑。故选C。27. 细节理解题。根据最后一段中She added that accidents are rare in this part of the A2 highway.可知，Marlene Kukawa认为这一事件的发生很罕见。故选A。CEven now, almost a year after their astonishing act of group heroism, the dozens of people who risked their lives to save two boys from drowning in Panama City Beach, are still remembered.The story began on July 8, 2017. Members of the Ursrey family, eight in total, were enjoying an evening together at the beach. As the sun sank lower on the horizon（地平线）, the two boysNoah, 11, and Stephen, 8took their skateboards and walked into the waves without the grown-ups noticing. When the boys were about 70 yards from shore, they realized that the ocean pulled them out to sea. After trying and failing to paddle（涉水）back, they started waving and screaming for help. But the lifeguards had clocked out for the evening.The boys had been struggling for several minutes when Brittany and Tabatha Monroe, a married couple from Georgia, wandered by. They didnt see the boys at first, but they heard them.They jumped into the water and easily reached the brothers, who were still in fairly shallow water. The woman reassured the frightened boys and seized their skateboards, telling them they would be safe and then discovered that they, too, were now in a world of trouble. They couldnt get back to shore and could barely and only occasionally hit the sandy bottom with their feet. After a few minutes, it was clear to the woman that they were all trapped in a terrible whirlpool.Then scores of tourists were walking to them, hand in hand, forming a line. Soon the first person held the womans hand. In turn, her husband and the two boys joined her. The long line moved slowly until they were back to the safety of the beach.The rescuers call it the Human Chain. But it was the deeply “human” aspect of the rescuers cooperation（合作）that made it so astonishing and successful.28. What happened to the two boys?A. They got into deep sea by chance. B. They couldnt be seen in the sea.C. They went out without supper. D. They met with danger in the sea.29. What does the underlined word “reassured” in Paragraph 4 mean?A. Saved. B. Comforted. C. Congratulated. D. Accompanied.30. Which of the following best describes the water the young couple stayed in?A. It appeared calm on the surface. B. It was very deep.C. It was mixed with sand. D. It moved fast.31. What made the four persons in the sea escape the risky situation?A. Team spirit. B. Confidence. C. Good luck. D. Bravery.【答案】28. D 29. B 30. D 31. A【解析】本文是一篇记叙文。文章叙述的是两个男孩在海上遇到危险，一对年轻的夫妇Brittany和Tabatha Monroe跳进水里去救人，告诉男孩他们将是安全的，然后发现水流的很快，他们自己也被困。最后其他游客一起组成“人链”把这四个人拉到岸上。28. 推理判断题。根据第二段中After trying and failing to paddle（涉水）back, they started waving and screaming for help.和第三段中The boys had been struggling for several minutes when Brittany and Tabatha Monroe, a married couple from Georgia, wandered by.可知，这两个男孩在海上遇到了危险。故选D。29. 词义猜测题。根据第四段中The woman reassured the frightened boys and seized their skateboards, telling them they would be safe and then discovered that they, too, were now in a world of trouble. 这名女子向受惊的男孩们保证，并抓住他们的滑板，告诉他们他们将是安全的，然后发现他们也在一个麻烦的世界里。由此推知划线词的意思是“使得到安慰”，故选B。30. 推理判断题。根据第四段中They couldnt get back to shore and could barely and only occasionally hit the sandy bottom with their feet. After a few minutes, it was clear to the woman that they were all trapped in a terrible whirlpool.可知，没多久，这对夫妇就被困，这说明水流的速度很快。故选D。31. 推理判断题。根据最后一段The rescuers call it the Human Chain. But it was the deeply “human” aspect of the rescuers cooperation（合作）that made it so astonishing and successful.可知，“团队精神”使这四个人在海上逃脱了危险的处境。故选A。DYou may be surprised to learn that English gets 30 to 45 percent of its words from French. The reason goes back to the year 1066, when Norman forces invaded（入侵）what is now Britain. The Normans were from northern France and spoke French. During the Norman occupation, French became the language of Englands rulers and wealthy class. This lasted for more than 300 years. Other people in England continued to speak English during this period.Over time, the two languages combined and shared words. Some researchers believe that about 10,000 French words eventually entered the English language. However, although English took many French words, their meanings have not always stayed the same. Sometimes the differences in meanings can be very important, and lead to funny or strange situations if the words are used in the wrong way.Take, for example, the French word college. In English, college can often be used in place of the word university, or sometimes as a school within a university. However, in French, college actually means “middle school”, or the level of schooling for students in grades five or six through eight.There are many other similar words in the two languages with completely different meanings. In English, the word chat is a verb which means “to talk casually”; but in French, the word chat is the word for an animal: a cat.If an English speaker says someone is jolly, that means they are cheerful or friendly. But in French, jolie means someone is good-looking or pleasant to look at. In any case, both are nice things to say to someone.32. What does the author stress about the French words in English?A. Their spelling forms. B. Their changes in history.C. Their puzzles for English. D. Their different meanings.33. What does a Frenchman mean if he says he likes a chat?A. He likes a kind of pet. B. He wants to have a talk.C. He hates to speak English. D. He prefers to chat in French.34. What is the French word “jolie” used to do?A. Replace “jolly” in English. B. Describe peoples looks.C. Refer to peoples happiness. D. Prove the change in French.35. What is the text mainly about?A. Comparison between two languages. B. Difficulty in grasping English.C. French words in English. D. Development of English.【答案】32. D 33. A 34. B 35. C【解析】这是一篇说明文。文章讲述了英语中存在大量法语词汇的现象。本文讲述的是“英语中的法语单词”。文中举例说明了它们不同的含义。诺曼人对英国长期的统治，给英语带来了大量的法语词汇，但意思有差别，有的差别非常大。32. 推理判断题。根据第二段中However, although English took many French words, their meanings have not always stayed the same. Sometimes the differences in meanings can be very important, and lead to funny or strange situations if the words are used in the wrong way.可知，作者对英语中的法语单词强调了它们的不同含义。故选D。33. 推理判断题。根据第三段中In English, the word chat is a verb which means “to talk casually”; but in French, the word chat is the word for an animal: a cat.可知，如果一个法国人说他喜欢a chat，他的意思是“他喜欢一种宠物。”，因为在法语里chat是cat的意思，故选A。34. 词义猜测题。根据最后一段中But in French, jolie means someone is good-looking or pleasant to look at. In any case, both are nice things to say to someone.可知，在法语中，jolie的意思是说某人长得好看或看上去是令人愉快的。无论如何，这两件事对某人来说都是件好事。由此可知划线词在法语里是用来“描述人的外表。”故选B。35. 主旨大意题。根据第一段第一句You may be surprised to learn that English gets 30 to 45 percent of its words from French.和Over time, the two languages combined and shared words. Some researchers believe that about 10,000 French words eventually entered the English language.可知，本文讲述的是“英语中的法语单词”。故选C。【点睛】概括主旨的方法是：先看首尾或各段开头再看全文找主题句，若无明显主题句，就通过关键词句来概括(如议论文中寻找表达作者观点态度的词句，记叙文寻找概括情节和中心的动词或反映人物特点的形容词)。文中出现两种或两种以上的不同观点时，务必牢记作者的观点才是体现全文中心的。本题第4小题，本文第一段是文章的主题段，指出本文主要讲的是“英语中的法语单词”。故选C。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。选项中有两项为多余选项。Compared to the history of China, the history of the United States is quite short. _36_ In 1776, 13 colonies（殖民地）located on the eastern coast of North America declared independence and fought a revolution against the British. In 1783 the colonists won the revolution and gained their independence.After the revolution, the United States bought a large section of country from Napoleon of France. This purchase doubled（加倍）the size of the United States. _37_ If he hadnt needed that money, the United States might have stayed a small country. Texas and most of what is now the southwestern part of the United States belonged to Mexico. The people of Texas fought a revolution against Mexico. _38_ Later, the United States and Mexico went to war. If Mexico had defeated the United States in that war, California and New Mexico would have been part of Mexico today.The British and the Americans both claimed the northwestern part of the country. They settled their differences with a compromise. South of the 49th parallel was the United States. North of the 49th parallel was Canada. In 1861 one half of the United States di