2016_2017学年贵州省湄江中学高二英语上学期期末测试习题.docx

贵州省湄江中学2016-2017学年高二英语上学期期末考试试题 （总分：120分，时间：100分钟）第一部分：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，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。AVictors hobby was collecting stamps. He had stamps from many countries, like England, Canada and China. On his birthday, can you guess what people gave him? Thats rightstamps.Victors favorite stamps came from France. He had almost every stamp from 1954 to 2004. He only needed one. That was a 1974 special edition. It was very hard to find.He looked for it everywhere. He asked his friends and relatives to help him. But nobody could find the stamp. It made Victor very sad. “Dont worry. Never give up,” his father said to him. “If you have enough patience, youll find it one day.”“I hope so,” Victor said. Victor also liked writing. He had a pen friend in France. They wrote to each other every month. Victors pen friend, Phillip, usually used new stamps to send letters. Sometimes, his mother gave him stamps to use. Once Phillips mother gave him a big, green stamp. It looked old. When Victor received the letter, he was very surprised. On the envelope, he looked carefully at the stamp. It was the 1974 special edition stamp. Victor was so happy. He told his sister, his mother and his father. “You see,” his father said. “You did find your stamp. So, its good to have two things in life. ”“What are they?” Victor asked. “Friends and patience.” He answered. 1. It was very difficult for Victor to find a special French stamp of _. A. 1954 B. 1974 C. 1994 D. 2004 2. Who owned the special edition stamp at the very beginning? A. Phillip. B. Phillips mother. C. Victor. D. Victors father. 3. The passage mainly tells us that _ is（are）important to people. A. a happy familyB. a good hobby C. relatives and friendshipD. friends and patience BWhen I first got an e-mail account ten years ago, I received communications only from family, friends, and colleagues. Now it seems that every time I check my e-mail，I have an endless series of advertisements and other correspondence that do not interest me at all. If we want e-mail to continue to be useful, we need specific laws that make spamming（发送垃圾邮件）a crime.If lawmakers do not do something soon to prohibit spam, the problem will certainly get much worse. Computer programs allow spammers to send hundreds of millions of e-mails almost instantly. As more and more advertisers turn to spam to sell their products，individual e-mail boxes are often flooded with spam e-mails. Would people continue to use e-mail if they had to deal with an annoying amount of spam each time?This problem is troubling individuals and companies as well. Many spam e-mails contain computer viruses that can shut down the entire network of a company. Companies rely on e-mail for their employees to communicate with each other. Spam frequently causes failures in their local communications networks, and their employees are thus unable to communicate effectively. Such a situation results in a loss of productivity and requires companies to repeatedly repair their networks. These computer problems raise production costs of companies, which are, in the end, passed on to the consumer.For these reasons, I believe that lawmakers need to legislate（立法）against spare. Spammers should be fined, and perhaps sent to prison if they continue to disturb people. E-mail is a tool which helps people all over the world to communicate conveniently, but spam is destroying this convenience. 4. What does the underlined word “correspondence” in the Paragraph l probably mean?A. messages B. ideas C. connections D. programs 5. According to the text, what is the major cause of the flooding spam?A. Companies rely on e-mail for communications.B. More people in the world communicate by e-mail.C. Many computer viruses contain spam e-mail.D. More advertisers begin to promote sales through spam. 6. According to Paragraph 3, who is the final victim of spam?A. The business. B. The advertiser. C. The employee. D. The consumer. 7. What is the purpose of the text?A. To inform. B. To educate. C. To persuade. D. To instruct.C To us, it seems so natural to put up an umbrella to keep the water off when it rains. But in fact the umbrella was not invented as protection againstthe rain. Its first use was as a shade (遮蔽) against the sun. Nobody knows who first invented it, but the umbrella was used in very ancient times. Probably the first to use it were the Chinese, back in the eleventh century BC. We know that the umbrella was used in ancient Egypt and Babylon as a sunshade. And there was a strange thing connected with its use : it became a symbol of honor and power(权力). In the Far East in ancient times, the umbrella was allowed to be used only by those in high office or by royal people such as the kings or queens.In Europe, the Greeks were the first to use the umbrella as a sunshade. The umbrella was in common use in ancient Greece, but it is believed that the first people in Europe to use the umbrella as protection against the rain were the ancient Romans. During the middle ages in Europe, the use of the umbrella almost disappeared. Then it appeared again in Italy in the late sixteenth century. And again it became a symbol of power.Umbrellas have not changed much in style during all this time, though they have become much lighter in weight. It wasnt until the twentieth century that the umbrellas for women began to be made in all kinds of colors. 8. Ancient people first used umbrellas as _. A. a symbol of honor B. protection against the sun C. a symbol of power D. protection against the rain 9. According to the passage, the umbrella was probably first used in ancient _. A. Egypt . B. Babylon C. Rome D. China 10. The underlined word royal might mean in Chinese. A.皇室的 B.富裕的 C.中产的 D.平民的 11. This passage is mainly about _. A. the sales of the umbrella B. the differences among umbrellas C. the invention of the umbrella D. the history and the use of the umbrella DScientists have announced that they have cloned(克隆) the first human embryo(胚胎). This has caused much debate round the world. On the one hand, some scientists point out that if you clone an embryo, you can produce valuable human tissues(组织)such as bone or lung tissuethat could be used to save human lives. On the other hand, many people, including some scientists, disagree and are afraid that, if mankind toys with nature in this way, we may be on our way to producing a real-life Frankensteins monster(怪物).Cloning is producing an exact copy of a plant or an animal using its cells. The first mammal to be cloned successfully from an adult cell was Dolly the sheep. She was born in 1996 and died in early 2003, at a much younger age than normal. When she was born, many people were worried that cloning would lead to more diseases in the animal world. However, in general the scientists were praised for their wonderful scientific advance.Ian Wilmut, the Scottish scientist who created Dolly, is shocked that some scientists are now considering cloning human beings. Although he researches cloning, his intention has never been to create copies of humans. Instead, he thinks research efforts should concentrate on creating new tissues and organs that can be used to cure diseases like cancer. However, some people believe that cloning humans embryos with the intention of destroying them shows no respect for human life.Even though human cloning is causing a lot of anxiety, it is good news for Faye Wilson, a 41-year-old saleswoman who cannot have a baby. “ I am anxious to have a child of my own,” she says. “I dont want to adopt someone elses childif I had the chance, I would have a cloned baby right now.”While cloning human embryos is not legal in many countries, some scientists are already pushing ahead with research in order to produce a cloned human baby. Severino Antinori, an Italian physician, has declared that he wants to be the first to clone a human being.In China, scientists have focused their efforts on cloning animals, as well as cloned tissues to be used in medical treatment. China has succeeded in producing clones of cows and goats, and continues to research ways in which cloning can benefit mankind.12. Paragraph1 is mainly about _. A. different views on cloning human embryosB. the benefits of cloning human embryosC. the disadvantages of cloning human embryosD. a live debate on human embryos13. Dolly the sheep _.A. lived as long as normal sheepB. was the first successful cloning in human historyC. caused a big problem to the scientist who cloned itD. proved to be a wonderful scientific advance14. We can learn from the passage that _.A. cloning human embryos is legal in many countriesB. China has succeeded in cloning human embryoC. the first human being was cloned by Severino AninoriD. human cloning is good news for those who cant have babies15. Whats the writers opinion towards cloning?A. positive B. negative C. unconcerned D. neutral (中立的)第二节 七选五（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。Food safety is a problem in all places around the world and people in different areas of the world prepare foods in different ways. The WHO released (发布) five simple rules for preparing food in a safe way. They call these rules the “Five Keys to Safer Food”. Key 1: Keep clean16 . People should wash their hands often before touching food and while they are preparing food. People should wash all surfaces and equipment used for preparing food. Key 2: Separate raw (生的) and cookedRaw foods should not touch prepared foods. 17 . Key 3: 18 People should cook eggs and meat especially carefully. These foods may carry more micro- organisms (微生物) than other foods. Food like soup must be boiled for at least a minute to make it be cooked completely. It is also important that people re-heat cooked food completely. Key 4: Keep food at safe temperaturesWhen people finish eating, they should keep the left food in a refrigerator below 5and shouldnt store it for too long. At room temperature, about 20, the amount of micro-organisms can increase very quickly. But temperatures above 60 or below 5 control the growth of micro-organisms. 19 . Key 5: Use safe water and raw materials 20 . Damaged or old food may develop harmful chemicals as it gets older. A. Cook completely B. This key tells about the importance of washingC. Eat healthily D. They can live where we make foodE. People should use safe water and choose fresh foodsF. They cannot grow as quickly in a very hot or very cold environmentG. People should use separate equipment and tools for touching and preparing raw foods第二部分：语言知识运用（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，掌握其大意，然后从2140题所给的四个选项（A、B、C、D）中，选出最佳选项，并在答题纸上将该选项标号涂黑。 There was once a famous king whose name was Tamerlane. Like Alexander the Great, he 21 to become the master of the whole world. So he raised a great 22 and made war on other countries. He conquered many kings and 23 many cities. But at last his army was beaten; and Tamerlane escaped alone from the field of 24 .For a long time he wandered in 25 from place to place. His enemies were 26 him. He was about to lose all hope.One day he was 27 under a tree, thinking of his failure. He had now been a wanderer for twenty days. He couldnt 28 any longer. Suddenly he saw a small object climbing up the trunk (树干) of the tree. He looked more 29 and saw it was an ant, 30 a grain of wheat as large as itself.There was a 31 in the tree only a little way above, and that was the home of the ant. “You are 32 , Mr. Ant,” he said, “but you are carrying something that is too heavy for you.” Just as he 33 , the ant lost its footing and fell to the ground. But it 34 held on to the grain of wheat. Tamerlane 35 the little insect. It tried the second time, the third time . the twentieth time but always with the same 36 . Then it tried the twenty-first time. 37 , one little step at a time, it climbed across the rough place where it had 38 so often. The next minute it climbed 39 into its home, carrying the grain of wheat. “Well done!” said Tamerlane, “youve taught me a lesson. I, too, will try, try again, 40 I succeed.” And this he did.21.A. failed B. learned C. wished D. chose22.A. party B. army C.family D. group23.A. defended B. burned C. rebuilt D. developed24.A. battle B. business C. sports D. wheat25.A. peace B. relief C. fear D. puzzlement26.A. fighting against B. caring aboutC. looking for D. calling on27.A. singing B. lying C. sleeping D. practicing28.A. grow up B. get around C. stay up D. carry on 29.A. quickly B. excitedly C. closely D. seriously 30.A. carrying B. eating C. discovering D. picking30.A. cave B. hole C. leaf D. flower32.A. hungry B. small C.smart D. brave 33.A. discussed B. explained C. spoke D. complained 34.A. still B.only C. also D. even35.A. touched B. watched C. helped D. guided36.A. goal B. method C. reason D. result37.A. Hurriedly B. Gently C. Sadly D. Slowly 38. A. stopped B. appeared C. fallen D. prepared39.A. safely B. worriedly C. freely D. calmly40.A. after B. till C. if D. because第二节（共10小题；每小题1.5分，满分15分）阅读下面材料，在空白处填入适当的内容（不多于3个单词）或括号内单词的正确形式。With the 41 （develop） of industry, air pollution is getting more and more serious. In Beijing, many people suffer different kinds of illnesses because 42 air pollution.Air pollution is caused by the following 43 : about half of the problem is caused by vehicles. There are more and more cars, buses on the roads, and they give off 44 （poison） gases. 25% of air pollution is caused by factories. Another factor is the smokers. Smoking not only does harm to their health 45 to others. 46 these, about 10%of air pollution is caused by other reasons.We should take some measures to fight 47 pollution. New fuel can be used to take 48 place of gas. We can plant more trees. If everybody realizes the 49 （important） of environment and does something to stop pollution, the problem will 50 （solve）.第三部分：写作（共两节，满分35分） 第一节 短文改错(共10小题；每小题I分，满分10分) 假定英语课上老师要求同桌之间交换修改作文，请你修改你同桌写的以下作文。文中共有10处语言错误，每句中最多有两处。每处错误仅涉及一个单词的增加、删除或修改。 增加：在缺词处加一个漏字符号()，并在其下面写出该加的词。 删除：把多余的词用斜线()划掉。 修改：在错的词下划一横线，并在该词下面写出修改后的词。注意： 1.每处错误及其修改均仅限一词2.只允许修改10处，多者(从第11处起)不计分。Many people which smoke say that smoking helps them to think better. But I strongly against smoking. First, smoking is harmfully to ones health. People who smoke may die of different illnesses and disease. Second, smoking polluted the air. People find them impossible to work well in a room full of smoke. Third, smoking wastes of much money. Its said that millions of dollars are spent treating disease