高中英语毕业班下学期开学考试试题

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，杜绝了纪律松散河北定州中学2017-2018学年第二学期高四英语开学考试第一部分：听力（共两节，20小题，每小题1分，满分20分）第一节 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. Where are the speakers?A. In a supermarket.B. In a restaurant. C. At home.2. What will the woman probably do tomorrow afternoon?A. See a doctor.B. Meet her brother. C. Watch a movie.3. How will the speakers go to the bookstore?A. By bike.B. By bus. C. By taxi.4. What does the woman suggest the man do?A. Go to France.B. Give up the program. C. Take three months off.5. What do we know about Dario?A. He feels hopeless.B. He likes Coke very much.C. He was too busy to go shopping.第二节 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。 听下面一段话，回答第67两个小题。6. What kind of room does the woman want?A. A single room.B. A double room. C. A room for three.7. How much will the woman pay per night?A. $100.B. $120. C. $150.听下面一段对话，回答第89两个小题。8. What are the speakers mainly talking about?A. The coming party.B. The house owner. C. The condition of a house.9. What was wrong with the house yesterday?A. Its pipe needed replacing.B. Its electricity went off.C. Its light was broken.听下面一段对话，回答第1012三个小题10. Where does the conversation take place?A. At Customer Service.B. At Benson Software. C. Over the phone.11. Why is the man talking to the woman?A. To place an order.B. To have CD players repaired.C. To complain about a wrong order.12. How many more CD players will be sent to the man?A. 50.B. 100.C. 150.听下面一段对话，回答第1316四个小题。13. What does the man enjoy most about the course?A. Meeting famous musicians.B. Organizing every detail of it.C. Hearing young musicians play.14. How does the man advertise the course?A. Through the Internet.B. Through the university. C. Through the TV show.15. What is required to join the course?A. Perfect performance.B. Basic English skill. C. Good looks.16. Why isnt the countryside a good choice?A. Its too spacious. B. Its too quiet. C. The transport isnt convenient.听下面一段独白，回答第1720四个小题。17. When should parents pick up their kids at the latest on Thursday?A. At 1:00pm.B. At 11:30 am.C. A 12:30 pm.18. Whats the advantage of ordering supplies from school?A. It is very convenient.B. It has a free delivery. C. It will cost much less.19. What does the community charity do?A. Help people in need. B. Look for missing things. C. Donate things to the school.20. Who will get a call the night before school starts?A. New students.B. Teachers. C. Returning students.二、阅读理解Dry Ice is a unique substance which has many uses. Essentially, dry ice is frozen CO2. The first report of what we now call dry ice came from the French chemist Charles Thilorier in 1834. In 1924, the Drylee Corporation of America named the solid form of CO2 as Dry Ice, which is what it is popularly called today.At normal atmospheric pressure, CO2changes directly from solid to gas. It skips the liquid phase（阶段）which makes regular ice wet. Frozen CO2is also much colder than regular ice. But regular ice freezes at 32 degrees Fahrenheit, CO2 changes from gas to solid at -109.3 degrees Fahrenheit. This extremely cold temperature makes it very dangerous to handle with bare hands. It can cause frostbite in a very short period of time.Dry ice has been used for a variety of purposes throughout the past century. Its primary use is to refrigerate food when electrical refrigeration isnt available. Through the process of sublimation (when CO2 changes from solid to gas), it can maintain cold food for a long time.If youve ever been to a play and seen heavy fog on the ground, it is likely that you have seen dry ice in action. This effect can be achieved because CO2 is heavier than air, so evaporated （挥发的）CO2 will sink and accumulate on the ground.Another interesting use for this substance is to bait（诱杀）insects like mosquitoes. These insects have sensors which guide them to CO2. They find the high concentration of CO2 in dry ice quite attractive.Mars has long been a mystery for human beings. We have been looking for evidence of life on Mars. In the 1960s scientists guessed that the polar ice cap of Mars was made of frozen CO2. More recent observations have shown that while the topmost layer consists of frozen CO2, the most of it is probably regular frozen water.21Frozen CO2 gets its name of Dry Ice mainly becauseA. it is very easy to make it dryB. we cant melt it and it doesnt get wetC. it looks like ice at a low temperatureD. it is solid like ice at -109.3 degrees Fahrenheit22The underlined word frostbite in the second paragraph probably meansA. the shakes caused by coldB. damage caused by freezingC. a fever caused by being coldD. a sharp pain caused by bums23According to the passage, dry ice can be used toA. freeze most of food in the next centuryB. increase the production of farmingC. make a vivid fog effect on stagesD. help to improve the environment24What does the last paragraph mainly tell us?A. Dry ice on Mars is near the polar.B. Not much dry ice has been found on Mars.C. The polar ice cap of Mars is unique.D. No frozen CO, on Mars can be melt.You may think that the story of Pygmalion (卖花女, 1913)-in which people are judged by the way they talk - is something that only existed in the days of British high society. But thanks to etiquette (礼仪) expert and author William Hanson, we realize that little has changed during the past 100 years.In a BBC radio program, Hanson released a list of common words used in British English that could reveal whether a person is “common” or “fashionable”.And yet here comes the interesting part: While some of us might go through life using fancy words, dressing in ways that make us appear more well-off than we really are, there are wealthy people in the world who try to hide their riches because they want to be seen as “normal” instead of “showy”.Beatrice, for example, is a New Yorker who inherited (继承) millions of dollars. She told The New York Times that she has a habit of removing the price tags from her clothes so her house staff dont see them and feel uncomfortable.“We dont want that Wow.” said Scott, also a New Yorker, who had just inherited over $50 million. “Were just not the type of people who wear it on our sleeve.”25What does William Hanson find?A. People failed to judge others manner.B. People meet impolite persons frequently.C. People tend to use more polite words.D. People judge others by their way of talking.26What do rich people prefer to do?A. To earn more money.B. To hide their riches.C. To think highly of their wealth.D. To judge others by their wealth.27Why did Beatrice remove the price tags on her clothes?A. To show off her fashion sense.B. To avoid making people around her uncomfortable.28What does the underlined word “it” in the last sentence mean?A. The Times magazine. B. The brand label.C. The inheritance contract. D. The price tag.The catastrophic minor planet crash that wiped out the dinosaurs 66 million years ago may not have been so destructive had it hit almost anywhere else on earth according to a new research by Japanese scientists Kunio Kaiho and Naga Oshima, who published their findings Thursday in the journal Scientific Reports. It means dinosaurs could still rule the earth and humans may never have evolved at all.The roughly six mile (10km) wide planet created a crater (坑) more than 110 miles (176km) across when it smashed into our planet. The collision released more than 1 billion times as much energy as the atomic bomb explosion which destroyed Hiroshima and Nagasaki at the close of World War .More than 75 percent of all land and sea animals, the most famous of which being dinosaurs, were wiped out as a result. Huge volumes of ash, soot and dust shot into the atmosphere, blocking as much as 80 percent of precious sunlight from reaching the surface of the planet.The pair believe the key ingredient in the extinction was the soot, which was produced when the crash lighted rocks loaded with hydrocarbon molecules (碳氢化合物分子) such as oil. However, the amount of hydrocarbon in rocks varies widely depending on their location. With this in mind, the team set about analysing places on Earth where the rocks have a high hydrocarbon molecule content.They found that only about 13 percent of the planet have such an environment, essentially meaning that the dinosaurs were unlucky when the minor planet hit in such a hydrocarbon rich area.“The catastrophic chain of events could only have occurred if the minor planet had hit the hydrocarbon-rich areas occupying approximately 13 percent of the Earths surface,” the scientists wrote in a university press release.Its a good thing for humanity, however, or else we may never have evolved in the first place.29According to the text, if the minor planet hit somewhere else on earth .A. it would wipe out dinosaursB. it would wipe out the citizens living on both Hiroshima and NagasakiC. human could rule the earthD. dinosaurs could continue to rule the earth30The atomic bomb explosion at World War II was mentioned to describe .A. the size of the minor planet B. the weight of the minor planetC. the power of the minor planet D. the history of the minor planet31Which of the following directly caused the extinction of dinosaurs?A. The hydrocarbon molecules contained in the oil.B. The rocks with a low hydrocarbon molecule content.C. The soot produced during the crash.D. The area where the minor planet crashed.三、完形填空A lot happened to me while I lived on Thirteenth Street. I _ school at Miss Marie Purkins School for Little Folks kindergarten which I loved until I broke my leg one day _ rope. And it wasnt_ a moving rope. One of the rope ends in the playground was tied to a tree, the other end to a swing set. The kids would _ on one side and take turns running and jumping over it. All the other kids_ the rope.But I had no_ I was a little short and fat anyway, and I was so slow that I was once the only kid at an Easter egg hunt who didnt get a_egg, not because I couldnt find them but because I couldnt get to them _enough. On the day I tried to jump rope but I was wearing cowboy boots to school. Like a fool I didnt_the boots to jump. My heel_on the rope, so I turned, fell and hurt my leg. I lay in_on the ground for several minutes while Daddy_over from his company to get me.I had broken my leg above the knee, and_I was growing so fast, the doctor was _to put me in a cast up to my hip. _ he made a hole through my ankle, pushed a stainless steel bar through it. And then he _it to a stainless steel horseshoe, and _ my leg up in the air over my hospital bed. For two months, I had been lying on my _feeling both foolish, waiting to return to my_. I missed my playmates so much.After I got out of the hospital, my folks bought me a bicycle, _I never lost my fear of riding without the training wheels. No wonder people say, Once bitten, twice shy.32A. valued B. left C. started D. ended33A. jumping B. stepping C. holding D. waving34A. still B. already C. even D. also35A. hold on B. check in C. try out D. line up36A. covered B. cleared C. Found D. picked37A. strength B. score C. sign D. luck38A. single B. large C. ripe D. round39A. slowly B. far C. fast D. eagerly40A. take off B. put on C. throw away D. break down41A. hid B. slipped C. pressed D. caught42A. silence B. pain C. worry D. peace43A. walked B. looked C. raced D. argued44A. because B. although C. in case D. even if45A. satisfied B. uncertain C. patient D. unwilling46A. Therefore B. Instead C. Otherwise D. Fortunately47A. separated B. compared C. exposed D. attached48A. hung B. dried C. raised D. sent49A. hand B. back C. leg D. head50A. home B. company C. school D. community51A. and B. but C. for D. so四、七选五Different CulturesThe cultures of the East and the West really distinguish each other a lot. 52 .The origin of the Eastern culture is mainly from two countries: China and India. Both of the two cultures are developed by rivers-the Yellow River in China and the Hindu River in India . 53When the two mother rivers gave birth to the Eastern culture, another famous culture was brought up on the Mesopotamian Plain -the Mesopotamian Civilization. This civilization later on developed into the cultures of Ancient Rome.54 Like the Chinese culture, the European culture also crossed waters. When the British settled down in America, their culture went with them over the Atlanta Ocean. So the American culture doesnt distinguish from the European culture a lot.At the same time, some other differences add to the cultural differences. Take the language system for example. In the East, most languages belong to the pictographic language while the Western languages are mostly based on the Latin system. Other causes like human race differences count as well. But what s more, due to the far distance and the steep areas between the East and the West, the two cultures seldom communicate until recent centuries. 55The differences are everywhere. 56 But different cultures make the world of 21st century more colorful. The cultural gap should not be the obstacle to the civilization of human being. It ought to be the motivation of our going farther.A. Let us work together to keep a variety of cultures.B. And these two are well - known as the base of the European culture.C. One important thing is to learn about other cultures.D. This is because the culture systems are two separate systems on the whole.E. They are obvious and affect peoples ways of thinking and their views of the world.F. They helped the two cultures develop for centuries and form their own styles.G. So they grew up totally in their own ways with almost no interference from the other.五、提纲类作文57假定你是李华，想要邀请外教Jim参加学校课外活动京剧脸谱艺术展。请你给他写一封电子邮件，内容包括：1. 活动的时间和地点；2. 活动内容（看展出，画脸谱）。注意：1. 词数100左右；2. 可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯；3. 开头和结尾已给出，不计入总词数。参考词汇：京剧脸谱Peking Opera facial make-up n UDear Jim,_Yours sincerely,Li Hua参考答案15 BCAAC610 CABAC 1