辽宁省大连市旅顺口区2018_2019学年高二英语上学期期末考试试题.docx

辽宁省大连市旅顺口区2018-2019学年高二英语上学期期末考试试题（时间：120分钟 总分：150分 卷交答题卡，卷交答题纸）第一部分、阅读理解：总计40分第一节（包括4个阅读理解，共15个小题，每小题2分，共计30分） AFood festivals around the worldStilton Cheese RollingMay Day is a traditional day for celebrations, but the 2,000 English villagers of Stilton must be the only people in the world who include cheese rolling in their annual plans. Teams of four, dressed in a variety of strange and funny clothes , roll a complete cheese along a 50-metre course. On the way, they must not kick or throw their cheese, or go into their competitors lane.The chief prize of the competition is a complete Stilton cheese weighing about four kilos (disappointingly, but understandably the cheeses used in the race are wooden ones). Fiery Foods FestivalThe Hottest Festival on EarthEvery year more than 10,000 people head for the city of Albuquerque, New Mexico. They come from as far away as Australia, the Caribbean and China, but they all share a common addictionfood that is not just spicy(辛辣的) ,but hot enough to make your mouth burn, and your eyes water. Their destination is the Fiery Food and BBQ Festival which is held over a period of three days every March. You might like to try a chocolate-covered pepperofficially the hottest pepper in the worldor any one of the thousands of products that are on show. But one things for sureif you dont like the feeling of a burning tongue, this festival isnt for you!La TomatinaThe Worlds Biggest Food FightOn the last Wednesday of every August, the Spanish town of Bunol hosts Ea Tomatinathe worlds largest food fight. A week-long celebration leads up to an exciting tomato battle as the highlight of the weeks events. The early morning sees the arrival of large trucks with tomatoesofficial fight-starters get things going by throwing tomatoes at the crowd.1. In the Stilton cheese rolling competition, competitors on each team must .A. roll a wooden cheese in their own laneB. wear various formal clothesC. kick or throw their cheeseD. use a real cheese weighing about four kilos2. Where is the Fiery Food and BBQ Festival held?A. In China. B. In the Caribbean.C. In Australia. D. In New Mexico.3.The celebration of La Tomatina lasts .A. three days B. more than seven daysC. less than three days D. a half fortnight4.Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage?A. The chief prize for the Stilton cheese rolling competition is beer or port wine.B. More than 10,000 Chinese take part in the Fiery Food and BBQ Festival.C. An exciting tomato battle takes place at the beginning of La Tomatina.D. Thousands of spicy foods are on show in the Fiery Food and BBQ Festival.B DALLAS A suburban Dallas woman accused of killing her two young children told a 911 operator that she first tried to poison them because they were autistic(自闭症) and she wanted normal kids, then choked(窒息) them with a wire until they stopped moving, according to the recorded call.Irving police on Wednesday released recordings of the 911 call after Saiqa Akhter was charged with capital murder in the death of he 5-year-old son, Zain Akhter and her 2-year-old daughter, Faryaal Akhter. Police said the children were attacked at the familys apartment Monday night.In the recording released Wednesday, the woman identified herself as Saiqa Akhter and repeatedly told the operator she killed her two children. At one point, the woman hung up and the dispatcher(调度员) called her back.I killed both of them. I told you, she told the operator. Later, she explained that both children were lying motionless on the bed in the master bedroom.They are not doing anything. They are just blue and they are not taking any breaths and . their heart is not beating, she said.She told the operator she initially tried to poison the children with bathroom cleaner but they refused to drink it. When that didnt work, I used a wire on their necks, she said.When the operator asked the woman why she attacked her children, she said, Theyre both not normal, not normal. Theyre autistic. Both are autistic. Pressed further, she said, I dont want my children to be like that. . I want normal kids.Later, the dispatcher asked the woman what she was feeling. Nothing, she responded.At one point, water could be heard running in the background and the dispatcher asked what the woman what she was doing. She told the operator she was trying to wash the smell of cleaner off of her hands. The dispatcher then told the woman to go sit on a couch in the living room and wait for police.At the end of the recording, police can be heard arriving at the home.5. The woman killed her two young children by_. A. choking them B. poisoning them C. first poisoning and then choking them D. striking them with bathroom cleaner6. According to this passage, the killing happened_. A. on Wednesday B. after the woman telephoned the 119 C. on Monday morning D.on Monday night7. What can be inferred from the passage? A.The woman did not take the killing seriously. B. The womans two children were autistic. C. The woman hanged up immediately after she called 911. D. The children did not drink the bathroom cleaner.8. What would be the best title for this text? A.A Dallas Mom Killing Her Two Children B.A Woman Who Suffers From Autism C.A Woman and Her Two Children D.A Dallas Woman MurdererC Parents who help their kids with homework might feel disappointed after knowing what two researchers Angel L. Harris and Keith Robinson have found.“We need to do away with the assumption（假设）that anything parents do will help. That assumes that parents have all the answers, but actually they dont,” Harris said.“We found that when parents from various racial and socioeconomic groups regularly helped their child with homework, in most cases, it made no difference for the childs improvement in their test scores in reading, math, and their grades,” Robinson said.Could the findings simply reflect the fact that kids struggling with school ask for more homework help, thus making it look as though children who get more help do worse? No, Harris said, because the researchers measured the change in achievement among all kids, including those who performed well in school. The effect of parental homework involvement was the same across the board.“Parents tend to hold the reins when it comes to how theyre going to help with homework without asking the child,” Robinson noted. “So maybe parents could ask kids, Is what Im doing helping you? How would you want me to help? In this way, kids may benefit more from parents help.”Vicki Davis, a high school teacher, said shes seen her share of parents doing the assignments for their kids, especially writing papers, or taking charge of important and big projects. Davis expects primary school students to get help from parents because theyre still learning study skills, and she doesnt mind if older students talk “big picture” with their families about a project. But in general, parents should limit their involvement in making sure kids are completing their homework, she advised.Kerry Lyons, a mother of five in Irvington, N.Y., said the research findings are a “huge relief.” Lyons works full time, so when she gets home, her kidsthree kindergartners, one second-grader and one fourth-graderare usually done with homework.9. It was found that parental homework involvement generally .A. has a lasting effectB. has a poor effectC. has a negative effectD. has a significant effect10. The underlined part “hold the reins” in Paragraph 5 can best be replaced by “ ”.A. show upB. take controlC. watch outD. get ready11. Who does Vicki Davis want parents to help with homework?A. High school studentsB. Students who perform poorly in school C. Students who are writing papersD. Primary school students12. How did Kerry Lyons find the research findings? A. ExcitingB. SurprisingC. DisappointingD.Comforting DWithout proper planning, tourism can cause problems. For example, too many tourists can crowd public places that were also enjoyed by the inhabitants (居民) of a country. If tourists create too much traffic, the inhabitants will become unhappy. They begin to dislike tourists and to treat them impolitely. It is important to think about the people of a destination (目的地) country and how tourism affects them. Tourism should help a country keep the customs and beauty. Too much tourism can be a problem. If tourism grows too quickly, people must leave other jobs to work in the tourism industry. This means that other parts of the countrys economy will suffer. On the other hand, if there is not enough tourism, people will lose jobs. Businesses will also lose money. It costs a great deal of money to build large hotels, airports, broad roads, and other things needed by places of interest. For example, a five star tourism hotel needs as much as 50 thousand dollars per room to build. If this room is not used most of the time, the owners of the hotel will lose money. Building a hotel is just a beginning. There must be many support facilities (设施) as well, If they are not used because there are not enough tourists, jobs and money are lost.13. Which of the following has most probably been discussed in the part that goes before this passage?A. Building roads and hotels is necessary. B. Planning is very important to tourism.C. Support facilities are highly important. D. It is very important to develop tourism.14. Too much tourism can cause all these problems EXCEPT _.A. a bad effect on other industries B. pressure (压力) on trafficC. over-crowdedness of places of interest D. a change of tourists customs15.Not enough tourism can lead to _. A. happiness of the inhabitants B. a rise in price and a fall in pay C. the lower cost of support facilities D. an increase of unemployment (失业)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。 16 Stock（股票）markets in Paris. London, Tokyo, Shanghai and New York are among the largest and most well-known. The stock, also called stock exchange, is a place where people can buy or sell shares of a factory of company. And each share means certain ownership of a factory or company.17 Some are rich, who want to get more money than they have. Others are not very rich, who buy stocks to try to become rich. 18 Of course, investing（投资）money in the stock market is not the safest way to make money. No one can tell exactly whether the shares will be doing well. The factory or company may do badly. 19 The stock may go up or down for a number of untold reasons. Everyone wants the stock to go up, but sometimes even if a factory of company does a good job, the stock may still go down.No wonder going to the stock market is often compared to gambling（赌博）. 20 Factories and companies that need money are pleased that so many people are willing to gamble. Indeed, the stock market is an attractive and complex part of the business world.A If you want to make money, you can buy stocksB All are eager to make money by gambling in the stock marketCThere are stock markets in large cities in many countriesDThen the stocks will go down, and the investors will lose moneyEDifferent people go to stock marketsFSome people never buy stocksGStill others buy stocks as part of their plan to gave money第二部分 词汇(共75分)一、完形填空（共20小题；每小题1.5分，满分30分） Love is the touchstone of virtue. My parents set me a good example because they are a team, as if they were a person. Sure, they _21_, but undoubtedly any _22_ would be solved. They began their married life _23_, but they worked hard and,_24_ the years built a very successful business .They had strengths and weaknesses, but so _25_ as they worked together, you never saw weaknesses, just strengths.The biggest _26_about love and marriage my parents taught us kids was how to talk “about” your partner. Have you ever heard husbands and wives make _27_remarks about their partners? Its one things those people just seem to do. Sure, they are “only kidding” or maybe they are not. But words _28_. And words teach, whether positively or negatively. Dad always speaks of mom in positive words, _29_ does she of him.One day we were getting carpet fixed. The crew boss said, “Women will really spend your money, wont they?” Dad _30_, “Well, they were right there with you before you had any money, its a _31_to do anything for them if you possibly can.” This wasnt the answer the boss expected to hear. The crew boss _32_ one more time, “And theyll take that as far as they can, huh?” Dad responded again, “Shes the best thing that has ever happened to me. Ill do anything to make her happy.”I tried not to _33_. I knew he wanted Dad to _34_ just a little bit and say, “Yeah, I guess thats true.” But it wouldnt happen. not in a million years!My parents are retired and still enjoying their life together, just _35_ out, reading, shopping. Throughout the years,_36_ Mom would remind me I should be _37_ for someone to get married to, Id say, “Ma, I have plenty of time.” Shed _38_reply “I dont have that much time”. Dad would then look at me and say, “Hey, you _39_ all the time you need. If you marry someone just half the woman your mother is, youll have a _40_ life.”21. A. foughtB.argued C. shoutedD. agreed22. A. opinionsB. worriesC. waysD. disagreements23. A. happyB. richC. poorD. young24. A. afterB. forC.beforeD. over25. A. farB. longC. goodD. well26. A. experienceB. lessonC. memoryD. impression27. A. unnecessaryB. unkindC.unlikelyD. unsuitable28. A. helpB. treatC. workD. matter29. A. soB. as C. suchD. it30. A. listenedB. responded C. liedD. talked31. A. pityB. shameC. chanceD. pleasure 32. A. saidB. askedC. tried D. questioned33. A. shoutB. laugh C. forgetD. cry34. A. give in B. give awayC. give upD. give out35. A. stayingB. settingC. hanging D. running36. A. ifB. thoughC. howeverD. whenever 37. A. looking B. desiringC. designingD. thinking38. A. anxiouslyB.patientlyC. jokingly D. happily39. A. have B. takeC. spendD. waste40. A. sadB. great C. funnyD. stupid二、语篇填空 （共10小题；每题1.5分；满分15分）Lucy observed her birthday on September 1st, after which she made a decision to give up 41._(receive) gifts from her friends for her birthday,and instead help those 42. _need. “We were talking about Matties birthday cake and she said that she wanted a big birthday cake 43. _ no one was hungry at her party,” her mother said “She asked if it was OK 44. _ (give) food to other people.” For her party,Matties friends 45. _ (arrive) with gifts,but the packages werent filled with toys,but cans and boxes of food. Mattie,with some help,took the 46. _ (donate) of food to a food bank,47. _ food is collected and then given to the people who need it. Mattie was not the only child who 48. _ (recent) decided to give back to their community for their birthday. Matties best friend,Eliana,celebrated her 5th birthday in February and decided that she wanted to give back as well. “Its a blessing to have kids who 49. _ (be) willing to do things for others,”Elianas father said. “Im 50. _ (hope) that it will continue over time.三、单词拼写（共10个小题，每小题1分，共计10分）51.Id like to take this _(机会) to thank you everyone for your hard work on the project. 52.If youre interested, please fill in our_ (申请) form where you will also find our list of prices. 53.Though very young, he shouldered the _负担) of his family. 54.The writers name has been _ (提到,涉及) several times in this article. 55.The position has been _(空缺的) for several months now.56.Jess had been killed, and her husband was the _ (嫌疑人). 57.When I saw her yesterday, she was _ (陪伴) by her boyfriend. 58.Her classmates encouraged her to stick to it and _ (最终) she reached her goal.59.He_(拥有) a factory, five cars and 30 acres of land now. 60.Please remain modest _ (不管，不顾) your achievements.四、单句语法填空（共20个小题，每小题1分，共计20分）61.In the speech, the headmaster required that the Japanese government should make an _(apologise) to us. 62.In traditional Chinese culture, marriage decisions were often made by parents for their children, which _(definite) doesnt work now.63.It was _ (consider) of you not to watch TV while I was asleep.64.After entering high school, he felt_(regret) for the time he had wasted playing computer games and studied hard to make up for it. 65.Her son is _ (ambition)and he is determined to become a great inventor.66.Only when theories are _(combination) with practice can we know how they work.67.Keeping your body fit is _(benefit)to your mental health. 68.The survivors lay on the beach, _.(exhaustion)69.To my_（astonish),they published my book and only sent me two dollars.70.We saw _ (ab