高二英语上学期期中 试题1

北京师大附中2017-2018学年上学期高二年级期中考试英语试卷考试时间100分钟，试卷满分120分。第一部分 听力理解(共10小题；每小题1分，共10分) 你将听到两段听力材料，请根据所听内容填空，每空仅填写一个词。每段听力材料读两遍。Task 1 Kazuo Ishiguro，the Japanese-born English writer，has won the 2017 Nobel Prize in 1 . The Swedish Academy made the announcement Thursday in Stockholm. Sara Danius，the academys secretary，praised Ishiguro as a very interesting writer in many ways. His best known work The Remains of the Day，which was published in _2_，tells of a man who worked as a butler，the main male servant in the home of a rich person. He looks back on a life in service to the wealthy. The book deepens into a darker story of the repressed(压抑的) _3_ and social environment of 20thcentury England. The work earned Ishiguro the Man Booker Prize. The 1993 film version of the book starred Anthony Hopkins and Emma Thompson. The choice of Ishiguro for the Nobel Prize marked a change following two years ofunconventional choices. Last year，the prize went to American singer and song writer Bob Dylan. In 2015, it went to Svetlana Alexievich of Belarus，an investigative 4 . Ishiguro was born in Nagasaki，Japan and moved to Britain with his family at the age of 5. Although he did not return to Japan until he was in his 30s，Japanese 5 were important in his first two novels A Pale View of Hills and An Artist of the Floating World.Task 2 New AustraliansToday there are more than 15 million people living in Australia. Until 1850 most of the 6 came from Britain and Ireland. Then in 1851, 7 was discovered in south-eastern Australia. 700,000 people went to Australia, most of whom were Chinese. Since then, many different groups of immigrants have gone to Australia. ItaliansGreeks1. During the 1850s and 1860s different states in Italy were fighting for 8 and some Italians were forced to leave their homelands.2. In 1891 the first group of 300 Italians went to work in the sugar-cane （甘蔗）fields of northern Australia.3. A lot of Italians are also in the fishing industry. 1. In 1830, Greeks went to work in vineyards （葡萄园）in south-eastern Australia, because their experience in making wine was very 9 . 2. Some went to work in the coalmines in Sydney. 3. Others started cafes, bars and restaurants.4. After the Second World War, 10 in Greece were very bad: little work and very poor people. Australia needed workers so Greeks went there to find a better life.第二部分 完形填空(共20小题；每题1分，共20分)阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项。 Id been travelling for long hours on a lonely country road when I had a flat tyre. So I had to stop and get the tools to 11 the problem. It certainly wasnt 12 doing this with a white shirt and suit on. Nightfall was approaching. Suddenly a car pulled 13 from behind me. A man got out and offered to 14 me. Seeing his unpleasant appearance and tattoos(纹身) on his arm. I became 15 as thoughts of robberies flashed through my mind. But 16 I could say anything he had already begun to take the tools to change the 17 . While watching him I happened to look back at his car and noticed someone sitting in the passenger seat. This had 18 me. Then，without 19 ，it began to rain. He suggested that I wait in his car because my car was unsafe. As the rain increased，getting us wet within seconds，I 20 agreed. When I settled into the back seat，a womans voice came from the front seat. “Are you all right?”She turned around to me. “Yes，I am，”I replied with much 21 when seeing an old woman there. It must be his Morn，I thought. To my 22 ，the old woman was a neighbor of the man who was helping me. “Jeff insisted on stopping when he saw you 23 with the tyre. ”“I am grateful for his help，”I said. “Me，too!”she said with a smile. He helped drive her to see her husband twice a week in a nursing home. She also said that he 24 at the church and tutored disadvantaged students. The rain stopped and Jeff and I changed the tyre. I tried to offer him money and of course he 25 it. It was shameful that I judged people by the way they 26 . As we shook hands I began to apologize for my 27 . He said，“I experience that same 28 often. People who look like me dont do nice things. I 29 thought about changing the way. But then I saw this as a chance to make a 30 . So Ill leave you with the same question I ask everyone who takes time to know me. If Jesus returned tomorrow and walked among us again，would you recognize Him by what He wore or by what He did? 11. A. find B. make C. fix D. avoid 12. A. useful B. easy C. wise D. lucky 13. A. up B. out C. on D. round 14. A. carry B. lift C. drive D. help 15. A. discouraged B. frightened C. disappointed D. astonished 16. A. when B. until C. as D. before 17. A. tyre B. suit C. expression D. shirt 18. A. embarrassed B. concerned C. discouraged D. puzzled 19. A. warning B. realizing C. knowing D. waiting 20. A. directly B. happily C. hurriedly D. unwillingly 21. A. fear B. satisfaction C. relief D. excitement 22. A. regret B. amusement C. surprise D. delight 23. A. working B. repairing C. fighting D. struggling 24. A. studied B. performed C. grew D. volunteered 25. A. refused B. kept C. ignored D. left 26. A. behaved B. spoke C. looked D. thought 27. A. selfishness B. stupidity C. weakness D. disability 28. A. life B. incident C. reaction D. change 29. A. hardly B. actually C. finally D. probably 30. A. point B. start C. remark D. comparison第三部分 阅读理解(共20小题；每题2分，共40分)阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项。A I travel a lot, and I find out different“styles”of directions every time I ask，“How can I get to the post office?” Foreign tourists are often confused in Japan because most streets there dont have names; in Japan，people use landmarks(地标) in their directions instead of street names. For example，the Japanese will say to travelers，“Go straight down to the corner. Turn left at the big hotel and go past a fruit market. The post office is across from the bus stop. ” In the countryside of the American Midwest，there are not usually many landmarks. There are no mountains，so the land is very flat；in many places there are no towns or buildings within miles. Instead of landmarks，people will tell you directions and distances. In Kansas or Iowa, for example，people will say，“Go north two miles. Turn east，and then go another mile. ” People in Los Angeles，California, have no idea of distance on the map；they measure distance in time，not miles. “How far away is the post office?” you ask. “Oh，”they answer，“its about five minutes from here. ” You say，“Yes，but how many miles away is it?” They dont know. Its true that a person doesnt know the answer to your question sometimes. What happens in such a situation? A New Yorker might say，“Sorry，I have no idea. ”But in Yucatan，Mexico，no one answers，“I dont know. ”People in Yucatan believe that“I dont know” is impolite. They usually give an answer，often a wrong one. A tourist can get very，very lost in Yucatan! 31. When a tourist asks the Japanese the way to a certain place，they usually _. A. describe the place carefully B. show him a map of the place C. tell him the names of the streets D. refer to recognizable buildings and places 32. What is the place where people measure distance in time?A. New York.B. Los Angeles.C. Kansas.D. Iowa. 33. People in Yucatan may give a tourist a wrong answer _. A. in order to save timeB. as a testC. so as to be politeD. for fun 34. What can we infer from the text? A. Its important for travelers to understand cultural differences.B. Its useful for travelers to know how to ask the way properly.C. People have similar understandings of politeness.D. New Yorkers are generally friendly to visitors.BOpen Letter to an EditorI had an interesting conversation with a reporter recently one who works for you. In fact, hes one of your best reporters. He wants to leave.Your reporter gave me a copy of his resume （简历）and photocopies of six stories that he wrote for you. The headlines showed you played them proudly. With great enthusiasm, he talked about how he finds issues （问题）, approaches them, and writes about them, which tells me he is one of your best. Im sure you would hate to lose him. Surprisingly, your reporter is not unhappy. In fact, he told me he really likes his job. He has a great assignment （分工）, and said you run a great paper. It would be easy for you to keep him, he said. He knows that the paper values him. He appreciates the responsibility youve given him, takes ownership of his profession, and enjoys his freedom. So why is he looking for a way out? He talked to me because he wants his editors to demand so much more of him. He wants to be pushed, challenged, coached to new heights. The reporter believes that good stories spring from good questions, but his editors usually ask how long the story will be, when it will be in, where it can play, and what the budget is. He longs for conversations with an editor who will help him turn his good ideas into great ones. He wants someone to get excited about what hes doing and to help him turn his story idea upside down and inside out, exploring the best ways to report it. He wants to be more valuable for your paper. Thats what you want for him, too, isnt it? So your reporter has set me thinking. Our best hope in keeping our best reporters, copy editors, photographers, artists- everyone- is to work harder to make sure they get the help they are demanding to reach their potential. If we cant do it, theyll find someone who can. 35. What does the writer think of the reporter? A. Optimistic.B. Imaginative.C. Ambitious.D. Proud. 36. What does the reporter want most from his editors in their talks? A. Finding the news value of his stories.B. Giving him financial support.C. Helping him to find issues.D. Improving his good ideas. 37. Why probably wrote the letter? A. An editor.B. An artist.C. A reporter.D. A reader. 38. The letter aims to remind editors that they should _. A. keep their best reporters at all costsB. give more freedom to their reportersC. be aware of their reporters professional developmentD. appreciate their reporters working styles and attitudesCPacing and PausingSara tried to befriend her old friend Steves new wife, but Betty never seemed to have anything to say. While Sara felt Betty didnt hold up her end of the conversation, Betty complained to Steve that Sara never gave her a chance to talk. The problem had to do with expectations about pacing and pausing. Conversation is a turn-taking game. When our habits are similar, theres no problem. But if our habits are different, you may start to talk before Im finished or fail to take your turn when Im finished. Thats what was happening with Betty and Sara. It may not be coincidental （巧合）that Betty, who expected relatively longer pauses between turns, is British, and Sara, who expected relatively shorter pauses, is American. Betty often felt interrupted by Sara. But Betty herself became an interrupter and found herself doing most of the talking when she met a visitor from Finland. And Sara had a hard time cutting in on some speakers from Latin America or Israel. The general phenomenon, then, is that the small conversation techniques, like pacing and pausing, lead people to draw conclusions not about conversational style but about personality and abilities. These habitual differences are often the basis for dangerous stereotyping （思维定式）. And these social phenomena can have very personal consequences. For example, a woman from the southwestern part of the US went to live in an eastern city to take up a job in personnel. When the Personnel Department got together for meetings, she kept searching for the right time to break in and never found it. Although back home she was considered outgoing and confident, in Washington she was viewed as shy and retiring. When she was evaluated at the end of the year, she was told to take a training course because of her inability to speak up. Thats why slight differences in conversational style-tiny little things like microseconds of pause can have a great effect on ones life. The result in this case was a judgment of psychological problems even in the mind of the woman herself, who really wondered what was wrong with her and registered for assertiveness training. 39. What did Sara think of Betty when talking with her? A. Betty was talkative.B. Betty was an interrupter.C. Betty did not take her turn.D. Betty paid no attention to Sara. 40. According to the passage, who are likely to expect the shortest pauses between turns? A. Americans.B. Israelis.C. The British.D. The Finns. 41. We can learn from the passage that _. A. communication breakdown results from short pauses and fast pacingB. women are unfavorably stereotyped in eastern cities of the USC. ones inability to speak up is culturally determined sometimesD. one should receive training to build up ones confidence 42. The underlined word “assertiveness”in the last paragraph probably means _. A. being willing to speak ones mindB. being able to increase ones powerC. being ready to make ones own judgmentD. being quick to express ones ideas confidentlyDWhen something goes wrong, it can be very satisfying to say, “Well, its so-and-sos fault.”or “I know Im late, but its not my fault; the car broke down.”It is probably not your fault, but once you form the habit of blaming somebody or something else for a bad situation, you are a loser. You have no power and could do nothing that helps change the situation. However, you can have great power over what happens to you if you stop focusing on whom to blame and start focusing on how to remedy the situation. This is the winners key to success.Winners are great at overcoming problems. For example, if you were late because your car broke down, maybe you need to have your car examined more regularly. Or, you might start to carry along with you the useful phone numbers, so you could call for help when in need. For another example, if your colleague causes you problems on the job for lack of responsibility or ability, find ways of dealing with his irresponsibility or inability rather than simply blame the person. Ask to work with a different person, or dont rely on the person. You should aecept that the person is not reliable and find creative ways to work successfully regardless of how your colleague fails to do his job well. This is what being a winner is all about-creatively using your skills and talents so that you are successful no matter what happens. Winners dont have fewer problems in their lives; they have just as many difficult situations to face as anybody else. They are just better at seeing those problems as challenges and apportunities to develop their own talents. So, stop focusing on “whose fault it is.”Once you are confident about your power over bad situations, problems are just stepping stones for success. 43. According to the passage, winners _. A. deal with problems rather than blame othersB. meet with fewer difficulties in their livesC. have responsible and able colleaguesD. blame themselves rather that others 44. When your colleague brings about a problem, you should _. A. find a better way to handle the problemB. blame him for his lack of responsibilityC. tell him to find the cause of the problemD. ask a more able colleague for help 45. When problems occur, winners take them as _. A. excuses for their failuresB. barriers to greater powerC. challenges to their colleaguesD. chances for self-development 46. Which of the following is the best title for the passage? A. A Winners Secret.B. A Winners ProblemC. A Winners Opportunity.D. A Winners Achievement.EWhen it comes to friends, I desire those who will share my happiness, who possess wings of their own and who will fly with me. I seek friends whose qualities illuminate （照亮）me and train me up for love. It is for these people that I reserve the glowing hours, too good not to share. When I was in the eighth grade, I had a friend. We were shy and “too serious”about our studies when it was becoming fashionable with our classmates to learn acceptable social behaviors. We said little as school, but she would come to my house and we would sit down with pencils and paper, and one of us would say, “Lets start with a train whistle today.”We would sit quietly together and write separate poems or stories that grew out of a train whistle. Then we would read them aloud. At the end of that school year, we, too, were changing into social creatures and the stories and poems stopped.When I lived for a time in London, I had a friend. He was in despair （失望）and I was in despair. But our friendship was based on the idea in each of us that we would be sorry later if we did not explore this great city because we had felt bad at the time. We met every Sunday for five weeks and found many excellent things. We walked until our despairs disappeared and then we parted. We gave London to each other.For almost four years I have had remarkable friend whose imagination illuminates mine. We write long letters in which we often discover our strangest selves. Each of us