湖北剩州中学宜昌一中等“荆荆襄宜四地七校考试联盟”2017-2018学年高二英语上学期期中试题.doc

2017 年秋“荆、荆、襄、宜四地七校考试联盟”高二期中联考英语试题试卷满分：150 分考试用时：120 分钟第 I 卷 第一部分：听力（共两节，满分 30 分）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，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。例：How much is the shirt?A. 19.15.B. 9.15.C. 9.18.答案是B。1. How will the woman travel in Cairo?A. By car.B. By bike.C. By underground.2. What is Johns new home number?A. 9731 4322.B. 9731 3456.C. 9452 3456.3. What is the weather like?A. Cloudy.B. Sunny.C. Windy.4. What are the speakers mainly talking about?A. The mans health.B. The womans hometown.C. The womans parents.5. Where does the conversation probably take place?A. At a stop.B. At a caf.C. At a drugstore.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，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。 听第 6 段材料，回答第 6、7 题。6. What relation is the woman to the man?A. His teacher.B. His classmate.C. His mother.7. What will the man do next?A. Meet Randy.B. Review his lessons.C. Find a classroom.听第 7 段材料，回答第 8、9 题。8. What did the woman forget to do?A. Pass on a message.B. Write a report.C. Prepare a presentation.9. When will Mr. Lee return the Harris report?A. This morning.B. This afternoon.C. Tomorrow.听第 8 段材料，回答第 10 至 12 题。10. Who is Phyllis?A. Teds wife.B. Tanyas aunt.C. Hermans sister.11. What is Tom doing?A. Standing under a tree.B. Running after a cat.C. Taking care of a baby.12. What do we know about Sam?A. He likes drinking tea.B. Hes serving in the army.C. He has a two-month-old son.听第 9 段材料，回答第 13 至 16 题。13. Why is the man talking with the woman?A. To book a trip.B. To find a place.C. To ask for information.14. At what time will the man take the railway express?A. 9:30 a.m.B. 10:30 a.m.C. 11:00 a.m.15. What will the man do before taking the 792 bus?A. Take the 706 bus.B. Walk a few kilometers.C. Change to the 638 bus.16. At which stop will the man get on the 792 bus?A. Bayswater Shopping Center.B. North Street.C. Central Park.听第 10 段材料，回答第 17 至 20 题。17. What can the listeners borrow at the Riding Center?A. Sunglasses.B. A hat.C. A jacket.18. Where will the listeners go for a horse ride today?A. Along the river.B. Near the beach.C. On the farm.19. How much should adults pay for the horse ride today?A. $19.70.B. $27.50.C. $29.70.20. What will the listeners do next?A. Take their cameras.B. Get the horses.C. Go to the office.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，从每题所给的选项 A、B、C 和 D 四个选项中，选出最佳选项。AThe blooming of social media and interactive smartphone-based apps has proved that e-marketing is an unchangeable trend. In the case of China, the latest battlefield is beauty camera apps, which have bee an overnight hit in the West.1. MeituPicDeveloped by the Xiamen-based Meitu Inc, MeituPic is the panys flagship beauty camera app and was the first to bee a big hit among Western users. The app has drawn some 456 million users, who use it to post more than 6 billion photos every month.In addition to MeituPic, Meitu Inc has developed a series of beauty camera apps such as Beauty Plus, Poster Labs and Meipai, each specializing in facial feature improvement, video editing and many other features.2. PituTian Tian Pi Tu, is a beauty app developed by Chinas Internet giant Tencent. Similar to otherphoto-editing apps, Pitu offers a number of beautifying filters, blemish（瑕疵） removing tools and virtual makeup choices for users to choose from.Launched in 2014, Pitu has accumulated 106 million monthly active users (MAUs). While the number is not as impressive as that of Meitu s apps, some argue that the user base of Tencent s gaming products and chat applications, such as QQ and WeChat, gives Pitu great potential for further growth. According to Chinese app watchers, Pitu s target audience is younger and more individualized than that of MeituPic. 80 percent of Pitu s users are younger than 25, giving the app more room to try out more new features.3. FaceUIn contrast with most other beauty apps, FaceU, focuses more on the social feature, encouraging users to video chat with friends and even strangers while playing with its fun stickers (贴纸) andthe strategy is undoubtedly working. Launched in 2016, the app, which mainly targets female users between 15 and 35, has twice made it onto the Apple store s Chart for top apps.21Meitu Inc has developed a series of beauty camera apps except .AMeipaiBMeituPicCTian Tian Pi TuDBeauty Plus22What gives Tian Tian Pi Tu more room to grow potentially?AThe amount of Meitu Appss potential users. BUsers of Tencents gaming products and chat apps.CThe various kinds of photo-editing functions. DThe room to try out more new features.23According to the passage, what do the three Apps have in mon?AThey mainly target young users.BThey all launched in 2016. CThey specialize in photo editing. DThey are popular and hot.BEvery girl dreams and Li Xie is no exception. She has read dozens of books on how to be a ballerina. Lake is her favorite. She hopes one day her dream will e true. She has taken ballet lessons and all her teachers confirm she is a good student.One day she saw an advertisement that a famous ballerina troupe(演出团) will be performing inher hometown. Her thoughts ran wild, “I must meet up with the leader of the troupe and show himmy skills.” she murmured to herself.She dressed herself in her ballerina costume and managed to avoid the guards and hid in the dressing room. To her luck，the leader entered and she timidly knocked at the door. She bravely approached him and handed him a bunch of red roses and in her excitement the thorns(刺) prickedher hand but she did not make any plaints about the pain. The leader observed her action as shetold him her dream. “Alright, you dance and I will give you my verdict(评审意见).” But half way through the dance he stopped her and said, “Im sorry youre not good enough!” On hearing this, Li Xie ran as fast as her legs could carry her and was ashamed. She gave up her dream.Many years later, she heard that the same ballet troupe was performing in her town again. Bitter memories of the leaders unpleasant words came flooding back to her. This time she was determined to find out why the leader had told her she was not good enough when all her teachers thought otherwise.This was his reply, “I tell this to every student.” She angrily talked back, “Youve ruined my life!” Then she got a further shock, “I remember your gift of roses and how the thorns had pricked your fingers but you carried on bravely. If you only had treated ballet like that and did not give up so easily; therefore, you still deserve my verdict!”24According to the whole passage, which of the following can best describe the character of the girl?Afull of flame but stubbornBprofessional but argumentativeCchildish and narrow-mindedDeasy to quit and undetermined25According to the story, what can be inferred from the fourth paragraph?AThe girl wanted to pay the leader back for his unpleasant words. BThe girl recalled the bitter ments of the leader on her performance.CThe memories were so unbearable that the girl wanted to forget. DThe girl recognized the performance as her another chance to succeed.26The leader said “you still deserve my verdict” again at last because the leader thoughtthat .Aher ballet skills werent still good enough to win his recognitionBshe was supposed to be brave enough just like the thorny rose Cshe should learn to stick to her dreams and not to be defeated easily Dshe was not meant to be an outstanding ballerina of this troupe27What does the text mainly want to tell us?AA good medicine tastes bitter. BMore haste, less speed. CNever do things by halves.DPride hurts, modesty benefits.CTencent announced yesterday that it will limit the daily time for youngsters to play its popular King of Glory game after parents and schools in Shanghai and other areas plained their children had bee addicted to playing it.From tomorrow, children younger than 12 will only be allowed to play the game for a maximum(最大值) of one hour a day, and after 9 pm, they will be banned from logging into it, saidTencent. Those older than 12 will be able to play a maximum two hours a day.The game system will remind players the time they have been playing and young players will be forced to log out when the time is up.Tencent claimed these were the strictest measures in Chinas game industry to prevent addiction and the pany expected they would ease parents anxiety.The pany also said it had updated its system for parents to keep tabs on their children usingits games.Since February, parents can receive messages when children log in and spend money on thegame after they connect childrens game accounts with their mobile phone numbers.Now, parents can connect phones, tablets or puters that their children use to play games, so that they can keep an eye on the children even if they have several game accounts, Tencent said.Song Zhe, a father of a Shanghai high school student, weled the measures but was not sureif they would be sufficiently effective. “I like the system that could lock up the devices as children can register many accounts,” he said, “but children are so clever that they can always think out counter measures.”28What can we infer from Paragraph 2?AKids under 11 could play the game for at most 7 hours in a week. BGirls under 8 are able to log in the game at 10 pm.CThose older than 16 are able to play the game all the time.DChildren over 13 can log in the game after playing 3 hours in a day.29The underlined phrase “keep tabs on” is closest in meaning to “_ ”.Abe careful withBbe in control ofChave an eye onDkeep contact with30What can we learn about the game system according to the passage?AParents can monitor their children even if they try to register different game accounts. BParents need to connect their tablets or puters to the game accounts of their children.CParents can be reminded of the time their children have been playing the games. DParents should pay attention to their phones all the time in case they miss any message.31What did Song Zhes father think of the game system?AThe game system was absolutely weled by him. BChildren were too dull to break out of the system.CHe was uncertain about the effectiveness of the system.DChildren could register lots of accounts to unlock the devices.DVinegar is great. It makes salad, fries and dumplings taste better, and you can even clean your windows with it. And now, according to scientists, it may even help the planet s population to ease hunger.Researchers from the RIKEN Center for Sustainable Resource Science (CSRS) in Japan found that growing plants in vinegar makes them more resistant to droughts. This could mean that in the future, worries about climate change affecting the worlds supply of food will be much lower.The discovery was made after the researchers studied the Arabidopsis, a plant known for its ability to survive in dry weather. It was found that when the plant was placed in drought-likeconditions, it produced a chemical called acetate(醋酸盐) the main ponent of vinegar.After discovering this, the scientists experimented further by adding acetate to the soil of other plants, before they stopped giving them water pletely. After leaving the plants for 14 days, they found that the ones treated with acetate had survived, while the untreated plants had dried up and died. Its hoped that this simple method of survival could soon be used to help farmers in dry countries keep their crops alive.Jong Myong Kim, co-author of the study, told Popular Science magazine that hes already beenin touch with people all over the world who are interested in trying this simple and cost-effective method out for themselves from flower growing panies to amateur gardeners. Although at this point keeping thirsty plants alive isnt as easy as just pouring vinegar over them, Kim said he and his team are working on making the process as simple as possible. “Now we are trying to cooperate with some farmers, and also some panies, to make a method to apply this system.” he said.And for those of us who always forget to ask our neighbors to water our plants when we go away, hopefully this means the end of returning home from a trip to find our favorite flowers have died.32What is mentioned as a feature of the Arabidopsis?AIt produces acetate in wet conditions.BIt is mainly posed of acetate. CIt can survive in nowhere but desert. DIt can be tolerant of drought.Afind a simple way of keeping the crops of farmers alive Badd acetate to the soils of other plants to stop watering Ccheck the effectiveness of the acetate to resist drought Dtreat the dried-up plants by adding acetate to them34What is the authors attitude to the discovery?AobjectiveBUnsupportiveCindifferentDoptimistic35What may be the best title for the text?AVinegar could end hungerBVinegar keeps plants living foreverCHow to survive climate changeDAdvantages and functions of vinegar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入空白处的最佳选项。选项中有两项为多余选项。Most people learn over time, but often learning es too late to be fully useful. There are certainly many things that could have saved me from many of the mistakes and hurts I suffered over the years. 36 . I hope they may help a few of you avoid the mistakes that I made back then.1. Caring too much just puts yourself in trouble. 37 . There are only a few things that trulycount for a happy life. I wish I had known to concentrate on those and ignore the rest.2. Following the latest fashion blindly in work or in life is spiritual and intellectual suicide. 38 ; or you can be a unique individual. The choice is yours.3. 39 . The worst way to spend your time is even spreading more. People who spread unreal news are the virus-carriers of our day. Cockroaches(蟑螂) are cleaner, kinder creatures inparison.4. Hoping for the best is not always the right attitude. Maybe something will take twice as long as you plan for and produce results about half as good as you hope. 40 . Just allow for it and move on.The most efficient way of learning is to bear the above in your mind and take action now. Waiting until you can be sure of doing something exactly right means waiting forever.A. Much of what you get excited about, or anxious about, turns out not to matter.B. Killing time is bound to ruin your career and future.C. Theres no reason to be downhearted about this.D. So here are some of the things I wish I had learned long ago. E. You can be a cheap imitation of the ideal of the momentF. Listening to gossip is the quickest way to damage your relationship with others. G. There is no better way for you to learn and develop.第三部分英语知识运用（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，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。After Mum died, I began visiting Dad every morning before I went to work. He was weak and 41 slowly, but he always had a glass of freshly 42 orange juice on the kitchen table for me, along with an unsigned note 43 , “Drink your juice.” Such a gesture, I knew, was as 44 as Dad had ever been able to go in 45 his love. In fact, I remember, as a child I had questioned33The scientists experimented further in order to .Mum, “Why doesnt Dad love me?” Mum 46 , “Who said he doesnt love you?” “Well, henever tells me,” I 47 . “He never tells me either,” she said, smiling. “But look how hard he works to 48 us, to buy us food and clothes, and to pay for this house. Thats 49 your father tells us he loves us.”I nodded 50 . I understood in my head, but not in my 51 . I still wanted my father to put his arms 52 me and tell me he loved me. Dad owned and 53 a small scrap(废品)metal business, and after school I often 54 while he worked. Dad 55 scrap steel into a device that chopped cleanly as butcher chopped a rack of ribs. The machine looked like a giant pair ofscissors, with blades(刀片) thicker than my fathers body. If he didnt feed those 56 blades justright, he risked serious injury. “Why dont you hire someone to do that for you?” Mum asked Dad one night as she 57 over him and rubbed his aching shoulders with a strong smelling liniment. “Why dont you hire a cook?” Dad asked, giving her one of his 58 smiles.Many years later, during my first daily visit, after drinking the juice my father had squeezed for me, I walked over, 59 him and said, “I love