陕西省榆林市第一中学2017-2018学年高二英语上学期期中试题.doc

陕西省榆林市第一中学2017-2018学年高二英语上学期期中试题第一部分 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。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. When does the womans train leave?A. At 10:00 tonight. B. At 5:10 tomorrow morning.C. At 10:00 tomorrow morning.2. What does the woman want to do?A. Go out of the room. B. Let the man in.C. Open the window.3. How long has the man been waiting for the woman?A. 5 minutes. B. 15 minutes.C. 20 minutes.4. What may the speakers do this weekend?A. Watch a movie. B. Play table tennis.C. Climb a mountain.5. How will the man probably go downtown?A. By bus. B. By taxi. C. By subway.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。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。听第6段材料，回答第6、7题。6. What happened to the mans bike?A. It was hit by a car. B. It was stolen yesterday afternoon.C. It was broken when he was riding it.7. What day is it today probably?A. Friday. B. Saturday. C. Sunday.听第7段材料，回答第8、9题。8. When does the conversation probably take place?A. At night. B. In the afternoon. C. In the morning.9. What is the woman probably doing?A. Listening to the radio.B. Writing some reports.C. Watching TV.听第8段材料，回答第10至12题。10. Where does the man want to go?A. Australia. B. Singapore.C. New Zealand.11. What time will Flight 212 take off?A. At 12:30 pm. B. At 1:30 pm.C. At 2:00 pm.12. How long will the whole journey take?A. About twenty-three hours.B. About twenty-one hours.C. About nineteen hours.听第9段材料，回答第13至16题。13. Who laugh at the woman?A. Her neighbors. B. Her relatives. C. Her colleagues.14. How has the woman been trying to lose weight?A. By eating healthy food more. B. By taking some medicine.C. By eating less.15. What do we know about the woman?A. She prefers hamburgers to hot dogs. B. She wants to find a new job.C. She is really wealthily.16. What advice does the man give the woman?A. Going to a gym at regular times. B. Taking the bus one stop fewer.C. Stopping using the elevator.听第10段材料，回答第17至20题。17. Which fact of Sydney does the speaker mention?A. It has a population of less than three million.B. It is a place of natural beauty with green parkland.C. It has the worlds biggest deep water harbor.18. What date(s) back to the early nineteenth century?A. The Rocks. B. Houses in Paddington. C. The Koala Bear Park.19. How do many people like the Opera House?A. Its one of the oldest buildings in the world.B. Its one of the largest buildings in the world.C. Its one of the most outstanding buildings in the world.20. What is the temperature difference between summer and winter in Sydney?A. 8C. B. 12C. C.20C.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。ALondons transport services offer you a special experience of the city. Heres a round up of the transport choices available to you. London UndergroundThere are 11 colour-coded Underground lines. Services run regularly from around 05:00 to 00:30 (Sunday 07: 30 to 23:30) on most-routes.Visit tfl. gov. uk/tube for more information.Tip：Always stand on the right when using the escalators (电动扶梯) at Tube stations. It can get hot and busy on the Tube during peak (高峰) travel times, so you may prefer to travel outside these hours. BusesA cheap and easy way to travel around London. They generally run from 05 : 00 to 00 ： 30. Night buses operate on many major routes from around midnight to 05:00, and some operate a 24-hour service.It is not possible to pay for your London bus fare in cash. Instead, you can pay with a Visitor Oyster card, Oyster card, Travelcard or UK-issued contactless payment card. A single bus journey is l. 50 with an Oyster card or UK-issued contactless payment card.To help you get home, if you dont have enough credit on your Oyster card, you will be able to make one more bus journey.After this you will need to top up the credit on your card before you use it again. If youre your contactless payment card has been issued outside the UK, please check tfL gov. uk/contactless before you use your card to travel on our bus services. For any international transaction fees (手续费) that may apply, please check with your card issuer.For more information visit tfl. gov. uklbuses.Tip:Some bus routes are especially good for sightseeingtry routes 9, 14, 15 and 22. The New Routemaster bus featured in the James Bond film Skyfall and runs on routes 9, 11, 24, 38 and 390. If you run out of credit on your Visitor Oyster card, its easy to add more at: Touchscreen ticket machines in Tube, DLR, London Overground and some National Rail stations. Around 4, 000 Oyster Ticket Stops cross London (Find your nearest one at ticketstoplocator. tfl. gov. uk). Travel w.w.w.k.s.5.u.c.o.m Visitor Information Centres. London Overground station ticket offices.21. During the rush hour, visitors at Tube stations are advised to _.A. stand side by side B. avoid using the escalatorsC. take the tube at fixed times D. take advantage of off-peak hours22. The underlined part “top up” can best be replaced by _.A. use up B. add C. think about D. balance23. If a visitor wants to find the nearest Oyster Ticket Stop, he should visit _.A. tfl. gov. uk/tube B. tfl. gov. uk/busesC. tfl. gov. uk/contactless D. ticketstoplocator. tfl. gov. ukBA ten-year-old from Howell, Michigan is being praised as a hero thanks to his persistence (坚持) that led to saving the life of an elderly neighbor. The event happened late in an evening when Danny DiPietro was being driven home from hockey practice by his mom.Thats when the young boy noticed an open garage (车库) and a figure (身影) that he believed was a dog outside an apartment building near his house. Given the freezing cold weather, the young boy got a feeling that something was not right. But instead of dismissing it like most kids his age would have, he insisted that his mother, Dawn, find out what was going on. Dawn tried to make Danny believe that no one would leave a dog out in such cold weather, but he refused to take no for an answer.Dawn finally gave in and decided to drive to the area with the family dog and see if there was any truth to Dannys hunch (直觉).Sure enough, as she got closer to the apartment building she noticed a garage that was wide open and someone waving madly for help. Upon getting there, she realized that it was not a dog the young boy had seen, but Kathleen St. Onge. The 80-year-old had fallen down on some ice in her garage and had been lying there for two hours, unable to get up.Dawn rushed home to get her husband to help and called 911. The two then returned with some blankets to cover Ms. St. Onge, while they waited for the ambulance (救护车) to arrive. Though still in hospital, the elderly woman is recovering well and forever grateful to Danny, for following up on his hunch!24. When seeing a figure in an open garage, Danny _.A. recognized it was an old man B. thought it was a homeless dogC. realized something was wrong D. believed it was nothing important25. When Dawn got closer to the garage, she _.A. noticed the dog had gone away B. knew Dannys hunch was wrongC. found an old lady waving for help D. felt something must have been stolen26. Which of the following can best describe Danny?A. Brave and patient. B. Friendly and honest.C. Considerate and optimistic. D. Persistent and warm-hearted.27. What could be the best title for the text?A. Always follow your hunch. B. Be ready to help save the elderly.C. Unknown hero brings love and hope. D. 10-year-old saves elderly neighbors life.CAt 13, Hawa Abdulai Yorke left her familys home, in Ghana, Africa, to live with an aunt who promised to send her to school. Instead, the aunt put Yorke to work as her maid(佣人). Determined to go to school, Yorke returned home and began selling water in a nearby city to raise money for her education. However, her father spent the money she had earned on a motorcycle.Yorkers story is familiar to girls growing up in Ghana. There, a girls place is in the home. Educating girls is considered a waste of money.“It happens more than it should, where parents have money to send their girls to school but choose not to,” says Ryan Roach, a volunteer in Ghana, where nearly 55% of girls are not allowed to attend secondary school. Cultural beliefs say education is not a wise investment (投资).The White Houses Let Girls Learn is working to change this view of girls education, in Ghana and in countries worldwide. Former First Lady Michelle Obama says parents have to be persuaded that girls education is a better investment than household labor. A study shows that for every year of secondary-school education, a girls earning power increases by 18%. Today, Let Girls Learn works in 13 countries, and there are plans to expand the program. Recently, Let Girls Learn hosted a 24-hour event to e up with creative solutions for the barriers (障碍) to girls education.Yorke, now 22, is about to finish high school. Thanks to Let Girls Learn, she plans to attend college and study puter science. She says working alongside college students at the Let Girls Learn event strengthened her determination. “Im focused on my books,” says Yorke. “I know if I study hard, I, too, can go to university and live a happy life.”28. What was the attitude of Yorkers aunt towards girls attending school?A. She was against it. B. She had no idea of it.C. She was in favor of it. D. She considered it hard work.29. According to Ryan Roach, the reason for girls not receiving enough education is thatA. they are too busy to go to schoolB. their families are too poor to afford itC. there are few secondary schools for girlsD. cultural beliefs prevent girls from attending school30. What can we learn about Let Girls Learn?A. It has spread all over the world. B. It is a Ghana-based organization.C. It aims to offer free education to girls.D. It has got support from Michelle Obama31. Whats Yorkes next plan?A. To further her studies.B. To join in Let Girls Learn.C. To write some books for girls.D. To get a puter-related job.DRobots e in many shapes and sizes, but scientists in Zurich, Switzerland, have developed one new robot called Pleurobot, which looks and acts just like a salamander (火蜥蜴).To create the robot, scientists took hundreds of X-rays of real salamanders. They studied the images of these animals to see which joints (关节) and muscles the animals use as they move. Then the scientists built the Pleurobots skeleton to move just like the real thing. This makes the robots movements incredibly lifelike.According to experts, salamanders were among the first animals to develop a skeleton and nervous system that allowed them to travel on land. “By studying the modern salamander, we have a time window to the ancestors of all vertebrates(脊椎动物), including humans,” Auke Ijspeert, the designer of the robot, told scholastic News Online.Both people and salamanders have a spinal cord (脊髓). An injury to the spinal cord can result in the inability to move. Now, there is no cure for paralysis (瘫痪). Ijspeert hopes that the Pleurobot can help change that. Because these studies could help researchers develop new ways to help people who have been paralyzed by spinal cord injuries.Scientists think that the Pleurobot could also be used for search-and-rescue tasks too dangerous for humans. Because the robot is low to the ground and has a wide range of motion, it could be used to get into dangerous places, like fallen buildings, to look for survivors. Thanks to its waterproof suit, the robotic salamander could even participate in underwater missions.Experts are now working on a smaller, sturdier (harder to break) model of the Pleurobot. They expect this one to be even better suited for getting into small spaces to do dangerous work.32. What is Paragraph 2 mainly about?A. How real salamanders move. B. What the Pleurobot looks like.C. Why scientists invented the Pleurobot. D. How scientists designed the Pleurobot.33. What does the underlined word “that” in Paragraph 4 refer to?A. The shape of the spinal cord. B. The movement of robotic animals.C. The problem of spinal cord injuries. D. The way the brain controls the spinal cord.34. Which of the following can best describe the Pleurobot?A. Fashionable. B. Entertaining. C. Functional. D. Power-saving.35. The text is most probably _.A. a news report B. a research paperC. an advertisement D. an official document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人空白处的最佳选项。选项中有两项为多余选项。As is known to all, we are always consuming various foods. We have to spend large parts of our days finding, buying, cooking and eating our food. Did you ever think it might be nice to be able to make your own food like plants do? _36_ They perform a process called photosynthesis (光合作用) using light from the sun, water and carbon dioxide. The end result of this chemical reaction is sugar for the plant to “eat. The plant gives off water and oxygen._37_ Plants have special structures called chloroplasts (叶绿体) that animals don t have. These structures are filled with chlorophyll, which gives leafy green plants their green color. Their main job is to absorb light from the sun. Chloroplasts can absorb every color except green. Light makes chlorophyll active. It creates an energy that separates water out into hydrogen and oxygen._38_ Hydrogen from the water bines with carbon from the carbon dioxide we breathe out. Oxygen is sent out into the air._39_ Plants rely on the carbon dioxide that we breathe out, and we rely on the oxygen that they “breathe” out. This is one good reason for protecting plant life on Earth. Many plants can produce a constant supply of oxygen for us. We need plants in order to survive.Conservation (保护) projects around the globe are aimed at protecting our natural resources, including numerous species of plants. _40_A. Plants are producers.B. Chemical reactions take place.C. Animals cant live without water.D. People and plants make perfect partners.E. So how do plants do it, and why cant we?F. There would be too much carbon dioxide in the air.G. Our quality of life and the fresh air we breathe depend upon our green plant partners.第三部分 语言知识运用（共两节，满分45分）第一节（共20小题；每小题1.5分，满分30分）阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的A、B、C和D四个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。The sky was getting dark as we walked through the forest. My two friends and I felt hot and _41_. We were heading for a small village in northern India. The villagers were _42_ us, but we were already four hours late.As the last of the daylight _43_, we began to feel very _44_ and afraid. We tried to find our way to the village, but it was _45_ to tell which path we should follow in the darkness. All around us, strange creatures made _46_ noises as they woke up and began to hunt for food. We hoped they wouldnt want to eat us!Then George, who was in front, _47_ suddenly. He ran towards us rapidly, pointing at a large, dark shape moving through the trees. We could _48_ the black stripes (条纹) and shining yellow eyes of the most dangerous animal in the _49_ We stared at the tiger, too _50_ to move.After a few seconds that felt like hours, there was the sound of branches (树枝)breaking, and the tiger jumped at us, roaring (咆哮) loudly. We _51_, because we were sure it would kill us._52_, though, the tiger stopped and then I noticed that it had six legs, two of them _53_!The “tiger” stood up, and a young man 54 the striped skin covering his head and shoulders. “Hello!” he said, smiling broadly. “Im Abi from the village. When you didnt _55_. we were worried, so I came to _56_ you,” he explained. “Its traditional for us to _57_ the tiger skin to greet new guests. and I couldnt help playing a trick on you! I hope you dont _58_.”Recovering from the _59_, we began to laugh. We followed Abi to his village, where the villagers gave us a warm _60_.41. A. cold B. angry C. hurt D. tired42. A. expecting B. doubting C. accepting D. believing43. A. broke B. continued C. approached D. disappeared44. A. busy B. lost C. dirty D. hot45. A. simple B. safe C. hard D. popular46. A. funny B. impolite C. terrifying D. encouraging47. A. started B. stopped C. smiled D. changed48. A. see B. forget C. miss D. imagine49. A. zoo B. forest C. garden D. house50. A. excited B. puzzled C. ashamed D. frightened51. A. laughed B. begged C. shouted D. argued52. A. Immediately B. Unluckily C. Secretly D. Strangely53. A. local B. human C. guestsD. tigers54. A. tried on B. took off C. threw away D. brought out55. A. wait B. follow C. arrive D. leave56. A. look for B. look after C. look at D. look to57. A. send B. wear C. cut D. wave58. A. mind B. fail C. work D. remember59. A. pain B. injury C. shock D. accident60. A. heart B. feeling C. wele D. invitation第二节（共10小题；每小题1. 5分，满分15分）阅读下面短文，在空白处填入1个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。In science fiction, space _61_ (describe) as a silent, empty place but things are different. In fact, all of the equipment _62_ (use)to keep a space station functioning can be so noisy _63_ the astronauts working there cannot talk with one another _64_ (easy) they have to shout. The high levels of sound may affect their work, and can sometimes even mean that they are _65_ (able) t