高二英语上学期期末考试试题3

我带领班子成员及全体职工，积极参加县委、政府和农牧局组织的政治理论学习，同时认真学习业务知识，全面提高了自身素质，增强职工工作积极性，杜绝了纪律松散陕西省西安市2017-2018学年高二英语上学期期末考试试题第一部分 听力(共两节，满分20分) 第一节 (共5小题；每小题l 分，满分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l0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.How will the woman get to Glasgow?A. By train. B. By plane. C. By car.2. What does the man mean?A. The refrigerator is too heavy.B. He cant help the woman.C. He needs to see a doctor.3. What does the man think of the lecture?A. Interesting. B. New. C. Boring.4.When will the speakers leave for the zoo? A. At 8:15.B. At 9:45. C. At 10:30.5. What are the speakers mainly talking about? A. A competition. B. A classmate. C. A team.第二节 (共15小题；每小题l 分，满分15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 makes the woman get her achievement?A. The teamwork. B. Her experience. C. Her leadership.7. How has the woman changed after the project?A. She is more competitive about her career.B. She is no longer afraid of new challenges.C. She is willing to help people in trouble.听第7段材料，回答第8、9题。8. Why does the man change their plan?A. He has to look after his sister.B. He has to prepare for his final exams.C. He will go to China in a few days.9. Where will the woman go on Sunday?A. To the cinema. B. To the zoo. C. To the museum.听第8段材料，回答第10至12题。10. How old is the man now?A. 12. B. 20. C. 50.11. What would the man like to do after finishing his college?A. Travel around the world. B. Work as a student advisor.C. Set up a restaurant.12. Where does the man plan to stay when he retires?A. In the U.S.B. In China.C. In France.听第9段材料，回答第13至16题。13. What do we know about the apartment?A. It is far from the tube. B. It is fully furnished and near a park.C. There is a computer and an old fridge in it. 14. What makes the man unsatisfied with the apartment?A. The environment. B. The bathroom. C. The kitchen. 15. How much should the man pay for the first time? A. $600. B. $1,200. C. $1,800.16. How should the man pay the rent?A. In cash.B. By credit card. C. By cheque.听第10段材料，回答第17至20题。17. What can students do if they attend the second course?A. Visit the best galleries. B. See the citys most famous buildings.C. Learn about 20th-century writers and poets.18. When are the students free?A. On Fridays. B. On Saturdays. C. On Sundays. 19. What do students need to pay extra money for?A. Meals. B. Books. C. Transport.20. What is the requirement for students to attend the course?A. Some previous knowledge of the subjects.B. Great ability to get along with others.C. A good level of English.第二部分 阅读理解（共两节，满分30分）第一节 （共10小题；每小题2分，满分20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。 A I am Henry Jekyll. I was born in the 1800s. I inherited(继承) a large fortune, a healthy body and an excellent mind. I was naturally hard-working and soon I was very successful in my job. So the outside world saw a serious, hard-working, successful doctor. Behind this quiet character, however, was a wild, fun-loving, irresponsible young man. Both of them were me. They lived together in the same body. “Was it possible,” I wondered, “to find a drug that could give each side of my character its own separate face and body?” After much thought and careful study I believed I had found the answer. I had read many scientific books and spent many hours in my laboratory, searching for the right mixture of chemicals to make my drug. At last I got everything ready.Late one night, I mixed everything together and prepared my drug. I watched the smoke rising from the liquid as its color changed from red to purple and at last to green. Then, bravely, I drank every bitter drop.I felt a violent sickness in my stomach and a terrible pain in all my bones. The room seemed to turn round and round and I trembled with fear. Then the fear and pain disappeared and a strange, sweet feeling took its place. Wild thoughts danced through my mindthe wild passions of an evil and cruel stranger. But inside myself I felt younger, lighter, more carefree than ever before. “If this is pure evil,” I thought, “I like it.” I stood there, enjoying these strange new thoughts and passions and suddenly realized that I was shorter. So I decided to go to my bedroom in my new body and take a look at myself in the mirror there. As I came into my room, I saw Edward Hyde for the first time. At that time, the good side of my character was stronger than the evil side. Henry Jekyll had his faults, but he was mostly a good, kind man. I believe that is the reason why Edward Hyde was so much smaller than Henry Jekyll. But that was not the only difference between the two men. Henry Jekyll had a kind, open, honest face. But pure evil stared out of Edward Hydes eyes. I felt no dislike, however. Indeed, I welcomed him. Edward Hyde was me, young and strong and full of life. 21. The writer wanted to find a drug to _. A. discover the right mixture of chemicals B. create separate bodies for both sides C. observe the change of the chemicals D. make himself smaller but stronger22. From the passage we can learn that the writer _. A. felt quite delighted right after taking the drug B. preferred kind Henry to pure evil Edward C. was very sick of the shorter Edward Hyde D. was satisfied with both of his bodiesBThe fight is on to get rid of air pollution in our cities. While the best solution in the long-term would be to ban fossil-fueled cars, that wont help the millions who are dying in the meantime, and so some high-tech solutions are now on the cards.In March 2016, 10 London pigeons became famous. These pigeons took to the sky from Primrose Hill in north London, wearing backpacks monitoring air pollution. Once in the air, the backpacks sent live air-quality updates to the smartphones of the Londoners below. The pigeons and their backpacks were just the latest in a series of increasingly desperate attempts to monitor and control air pollution. Londons air pollution problem has been getting worse for years, and it often rises to more than three times the European Unions legal limit. Another promising approach can be found in Beijing, after China declared a “war against pollution” in 2014. A seven-metre-high “Smog Free Tower”, designed by a Dutch scientist, Daan Roosegaarde, opened in Beijings 751 D Park in September 2016. It is a huge, outdoor air purifier. Airborne particles（颗粒）are sucked into the tower where they receive a positive charge. The particles are then caught by a negatively charged dust-removal plate and clean air is blown out of the other end. “Changing smog particles does not take much current.” Roosegaarde said. As for what to do with the collected PM waste, he has currently set up a business making jewellery out of the waste. Prince Charles owns a set of “smog free” cufflinks(袖扣). If collected on at a big scale, Roosegaarde believes it could even be used as a building material. Mexico City has an alternative solution. Looking to Nature to maximize the surface area of a building, Allison Dring, a Berlin-based architect, managed to catch light and wind from all sides. She is now making a building material by burning agricultural crop by-products in the absence of oxygen. “It means that you are actually taking carbon(碳) out of the sky, transforming it into a material, and then using it to build,” says Dring. The fight against outdoor air pollution is really just starting. Even if none of the ideas take off, at least Prince Charles cufflinks, the special building surface and pigeons wearing back-packs will have brought the issue more to the publics attention. 23. The 10 pigeons in London were used to _. A. monitor air pollutionB. warn Londoners C. update weather forecastD. promote backpacks24. What can we learn about the Smog Free Tower? A. Its power consumption is high. B. PM waste from it can be reused. C. It is built of agricultural by-products. D. It can attract light and wind from all sides.25. Whats the best title for the passage? A. When can humans get rid of smog? B. Why is technology used to fight smog? C. How are the worlds cities fighting smog? D. What makes smog a worldwide problem?26. Which of the following shows the structure of the passage? P2ISp2Sp1P3CP1P2ISp2Sp1P3CP1 A. B. C.ISp2Sp1P2CP1P2IP2P2CCP1P1Sp2Sp2Sp1Sp1 D. I: Introduction P: Point Sp: Sub-point (次要点) C: ConclusionC There are two main types of office layouts used by most companies around the world: Landscape Office and Enclosed Office. A landscape office lacks privacy, however, this office layout is more beneficial than an enclosed office for employees to improve work efficiency(效率) and productivity. Some people might desire an undisturbed workplace . According to the survey collected from a company with the two kinds of office layouts, most of managers prefer a workplace where they can concentrate on their work and make a clear thinking. However, managers that possess their own enclosed offices might have the feeling of being distant from their clerks, which leads to high pressure. Meanwhile, employees tend to be nervous when they have conversations with their managers in an obviously hierarchical(等级制的) environment. In contrast, a landscape office makes it easier and more pleasant for employees to communicate with their managers or their colleagues; this would result in speeding up work efficiency and productivity.Besides, greater interaction is beneficial for employees to build up friendship in a landscape office. This can be proved by the experiment of Brookes and Kaplan. They recorded the attitudes and opinions of 120 employees toward their enclosed office before they moved to the landscape office, and then after nine months they were tested again. The researchers discovered that those employees performed positive changes in group sociability. When people have better group sociability, they experience a better team work and efficient cooperation, which surely promotes work productivity. Some opponents claim that a landscape office would lead to the decline of the value of work satisfaction and motivation from employees. However, the result from other researchers remained controversial; in their opinion there are several factors which affect job satisfaction and motivation. 600 Canadian federal government department workers who were housed at a modern landscape office and were surveyed gave both negative and positive feedback. They admitted that they felt the sense of belonging to a team or a working community,which mainly contributes to jobsatisfaction. Motivation is also increased by a sense of responsibility for and loyalty to a team. Admittedly, there are some advantages that only enclosed offices possess. However, a landscape office can combine the features of the traditional enclosed office, for example, designing the independent meeting room to decrease noise from discussion. Although the benefits of a landscape office outweigh those of an enclosed office, which layout is better should be decided by the characteristics of the people and the type of work they do.27. What is mainly talked about in the passage?A. Colleague cooperation and its motivation. B. Group sociability and its productivity. C. Working environment and its effect. D. Office privacy and its atmosphere.28. What has the significant effect on productivity according to Paragraph 2?A. Job satisfaction.B. Relaxed atmosphere. C. Group sociability. D. Undisturbed workplace. 29. What can be inferred from the passage? A. Enclosed office leads to individual creativity. B. Different working styles in enclosed office is encouraged. C. Landscape office contributes to effective conversations.D. Frequent communication in landscape office results in high pressure. 30. What is the authors attitude towards office layouts?A. Objective. B. Casual. C. Optimistic.D. Sceptical.第二节（共5小题；每小题2分，共10分）根据短文内容，从短文后的七个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。Freshers WeekIn British universities, new students have a special name: they are called Freshers. After their A-level exams, young people in the UK often make a fresh start by going to university, which can involve leaving their family and moving to a new city. _31_Freshers Week is a chance to make lots of new friends and try out different hobbies. Most universities in the UK have a Union building: a place where students go to have fun. _32_ It also hosts various societies, including sports teams, political groups, etc. Students buy a membership to be part of a society and go to social events to meet others with similar interests. Sometimes there are quite a lot of students in lectures so it is difficult to get to know people in class. Therefore, each subject has its own club, such as the English Society and the Philosophy Society._33_ Tours of the town, creative workshops and parties are great ways to socialize with others. Sometimes famous singers come and play concerts especially for the new students of the university. There are also opportunities to go on trips to theme parks or other big cities nearby.Students often move into “halls of residence” in their first year. _34_ This is an excellent way to make friends but sometimes it can be difficult if you dont get along with your new flat-mates or if the shared area gets very messy.Freshers Week can be quite an exhausting experience because so many activities happen at once. A lot of students feel homesick when they first arrive on campus and keep themselves very busy to avoid feeling sad about leaving their family. Some students use their new liberty to drink a lot of alcohol and eat unhealthy food during Freshers Week. _35_ However, it is supposed to be the best week of your life, and it is also an opportunity to make friends. Remember that it is only the beginning of your time at university and that you have three years ahead of you. A. Usually it has shops, bars and even underground nightclubs.B. They live in apartments with their own bedrooms but share a kitchen.C. The best part of it is that you can share your interests with people around.D. In Freshers Week, lots of activities are organized for Freshers to meet each other.E. Then comes the great opportunity to make friends, join clubs and settle into university life.F. This can cause “Freshers flu”: people get ill after a week of late nights and non-stop parties.G. The first week of university life is called Freshers Week and is both an exciting and scary experience.第三部分：英语知识运用第一节：完形填空（共20小题；每小题1分，满分20分）阅读下面短文，从短文后所给各题的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。A Commitment to LifeThe snow was falling and the roads had become dangerous. The schools were dismissed early, but much to my surprise, my 36 wasnt canceled. So I went, feeling especially heroic. As far as I could see, I was risking my life to keep my 37 . Snow or no snow, I would be on time for my scheduled donation at the local 38 center.When I got there, I discovered I wasnt 39 . Four more “hero-types” were already lying back in donor chairs with lines 40 to their veins, and machines quietly pumping away to 41 their lifesaving gifts. Seeing my fellow donors honoring their own commitments, I realized why I was there. I lay back in my donor chair, ready to make a difference in the life of someone I would never 42 .To be honest, Id never really thought about why I donate. I just do it. But a few months ago, during one of my 43 donations I learned that my blood was specifically for a cancer patient and for a newborn babyboth patients needed what I would give in order to live. Ive viewed my visits to the blood center 44 ever since. My wife Karen is a 45 , too. And more importantly, she has been on the bone marrow (骨髓) list for fifteen years, ever since she signed up to provide bone marrow to a kindergartner with leukemia(白血病). That little girl died before Karens bone marrow could help her, 46 Karen was called again recently. Her test results were still on file, and it turned out she was a potential 47 for someone else. The caller asked Karen if she would still be willing to become a bone marrow donor. “Yes,” she said and then immediately began answering questions on the pages of paperwork for further testing. It was a race 48 time.I wish I could say that this 49 was won. It wasnt. The caller later thanked Karen for her participation and asked a few more questionsincluding whether or not shed 50 on the donor list. “Of course, “Karen answered. Last week Karen gave blood and next week Ill make my usual donation. Ill 51 an afternoon from my schedule and make an appointment. I dont know whose life my donation may 52 . Most likely it will be a 53 , but on any day the person needing a blood product could be you or me or maybe a loved one. It is worthwhile to 54 our time to donate. I really do feel 55 every time I donate. And I like the feeling. 36. A. meeting B. class C. appointment D. flight37. A. secretB. balance C. shapeD. word 38. A. bl