湖北省部分中学2015-2016学年下学期期末联考(高二试卷).pdf

湖北省部分中学湖北省部分中学 2015 2016 学年下学期期末联考学年下学期期末联考 高二英语试卷高二英语试卷 第二部分第二部分阅读理解 共两节 满分阅读理解 共两节 满分 40 分 分 第一节第一节 共 共 15 小题 每小题小题 每小题 2 分 满分分 满分 30 分 分 A There is no need to worry if you have a problem I know it may sound impractical if I m not the one in the face of problem But the only people who don t have troubles are gathered in little neighborhoods We call them cemeteries 坟墓 If you re breathing you have difficulties That s how life is But believe it or not most of your problems may actually be good for you Let me explain Maybe you know about the Great Barrier Reef running some 1800 miles from New Guinea to Australia Tour guides often take visitors to see the reef On one tour the guide was asked an interesting question I notice that the lagoon 泻湖 side of the reef looks pale and lifeless while the ocean side is lively and colorful Why is this The guide answered The coral around the lagoon side is in still water With no challenge to its survival it dies early The coral on the ocean side is always being tested by wind waves and storms It has to fight for its survival every day As it is challenged and tested it changes and grows healthy it grows strong He added That s the way it is with every living thing That s how it is with people Challenged and tested we come alive Like coral by the sea we grow Physical problems make for a stronger body Stress makes for a stronger mind So you have problems no problem Just tell yourself There I grow again 21 What does the paragraph 1 intend to tell us A Some people are lucky enough to have no problems B Problems always follow us during our lifetime C Those who are free from troubles tend to live together D Cemeteries is an ideal destination to escape problems 22 Why the lagoon side of the reef has no life A Because it hasn t got enough sunlight B Because it hardly faces any challenges C Because it looks pale and lifeless D Because the other side grows strong 23 In the writer s opinion A having physical problems means your body is strong B we should try to stay away from any troubles C problems sometimes turn out to be beneficial D the fewer things we do the less troubles we will meet 24 After reading this passage we should A regard problems as motivationB learn from the lagoon side C ignore problems and enjoy lifeD gather around cemeteries B A moment s drilling by the dentist may make us nervous and upset Many of us cannot stand pain To avoid the pain of a drilling that may last perhaps a minute or two we demand the needle a shot of novocaine 麻醉药 that deadens the nerves around the tooth Now it s true that the human body has developed its millions of nerves to be highly aware of what goes on both inside and outside of it This helps us adjust to the world Without our nerves and our brain which is a bundle of nerves we wouldn t know what s happening But we pay for our sensitivity We can feel pain when the slightest thing is wrong with any part of our body The history of torture is based on the human body being open to pain But there is a way to handle pain Look at the Indian fakir 苦行僧 who sits on a bed of nails Fakirs can put a needle right through an arm and feel no pain This ability that some humans have developed to handle pain should give us ideas about how the mind can deal with pain The big thing in withstanding pain is our attitude toward it If the dentist says This will hurt a little it helps us to accept the pain By staying relaxed and by treating the pain as an interesting sensation 感觉 we can handle the pain without falling apart After all although pain is an unpleasant sensation it is still a sensation and sensations are the stuff of life 25 Millions of nerves A control the operation of our brains B keep us sensitive to our surroundings C do us more harm than good D help us change the world 26 The sentence But we pay for our sensitivity in the second paragraph most probably means A we suffer at the expense of being sensitive B we have to pay the dentist for making us sensitive C our sensitivity costs us a great deal of money D we are blessed to be sensitive 27 According to the passage we should when dealing with the pain A follow the dentist s wordsB do what the India fakirs do C try to avoid possible sufferingsD keep a relaxed attitude C How often do you check your phone According to a study led by Nottingham Trent University in Britain the average person looks at their device 85 times a day browsing the internet or using apps Updating their status on social media platforms also made people reach for their electronic companion frequently Even the study s participants thought that was a lot this figure is twice as often as they thought they did Our phones might be shaping our behaviour more than we realise and changing the way we interact with people right next to us Do you actually look at your surroundings more than at your phone Is it rude to check your phone when someone is talking to you Sherry Turkle interviewed hundreds of college students about this She s a clinical psychologist and a professor of social studies at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology They talked about something they called the rule of three The rule has to do with being considerate to others in spite of the allure of the little flat box Turkle explains If you go to dinner with friends you don t want to look down at your phone until you see that three people are looking up in the conversation So there s a new etiquette where you don t look down unless three people are looking up in order to keep a little conversation alive Actually if you are clever enough you might use your phone as a tool to connect with people next to you How about showing them pictures stored in its memory Sharing a bit of your life with them can bring you closer together And you can also invite everyone to take a selfie with you But the best thing to deal with mobile phone addiction is to go cold turkey and leave the machine behind occasionally or just switch it off and keep it firmly in your pocket for a while Who knows life might be what happens when you are too busy staring at a small screen 28 People often check their phones may be to a browse the Internetb update status on social media c using appsd keep in touch with family members A a b c dB a b cC a c dD b c d 29 The rule of three mainly refers to A a principle to guide people how to be more considerate B a new etiquette where you must join three others in talking C a rule to forbid people to use phones in a conversation D a suggestion that you d better date with three others 30 What does go cold turkey in paragraph 5 refer to A go out to have a big turkey dinner B travel to Turkey in cold weather C give up bad habits abruptly and completely D get oneself into bad habits 31 What is the passage mainly about A The consequences of mobile phone addiction B Current condition of phone addiction and possible solution C An investigation of the use of mobile phones D Ways to relieve mobile phones addiction D A growing number of Chinese tourists are helping to save a dying Australian town after a little known tourist attraction was featured on a number of Chinese travel blogs The residents of Sea Lake a town of just 600 people in the Australian state of Victoria barely sees travelers stop at their gas station while driving by but a sudden influx of Chinese tourists is helping keep the town s economy alive The tourists come to see Lake Tyrrell a shallow salt crusted and often dry lake just out of town as it provides a stunning backdrop for photographers looking to shoot the Milky Way Local teacher Rachel Pearce says the stunning nightscape combined with the eerie appearance of stars reflected on the salt lake gives the impression you are walking among the stars The town is so isolated that no light pollution ruins the spectacular views and as it is situated in a barren 荒地 dry part of the country there are rarely any clouds to spoil the night sky The attraction s growing cult status has resulted in the town s motel rooms being full almost every night and while local farmers are suffering in a two year drought tourism is keeping the town s ailing agricultural based economy afloat Despite the popularity of the town and its attraction locals are still confused as to why their little town deserves so much attention Sea Lake s population has fallen from around 1 200 a decade ago to 600 today We re still unsure why Lake Tyrrell is such a big big tourist attraction one local says It s quite a shock 32 The best title for this passage could be A Atrend of traveling aboard B Spectacular views in a barren C Chinese tourists keep a tiny town alive D Lake Tyrrel a shock to its locals 33 The passage tells the facts about Lake Tyrrel EXCEPT that A the salt lake reflects the night sky making it more attractive B the stars reflected on the salt lake create a magical illusion C Lake Tyrrel lies out of an isolated town that has no light D Lake Tyrrel becomes such a hot spot as supportes local economy 34 What can be inferred from the passage A The gas station in this town is in poor condition B It takes time for the town to attract Chinese tourists C The town s economy is based on tourism all long D Internet platform plays a vital role in the town s popularity 35 What are local s attitudes to the popularity of the town and its attraction A conservativeB aggressiveC proudD critical 第二节第二节 共 共 5 小题 每小题小题 每小题 2 分 满分分 满分 10 分 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 有两项为多余选项 A man may usually be known by the books he reads as well as by the company he keeps for there is a companionship of boos as well as of men 36 A good book may be among the best of friends It is the same today and it always was and it will never change It is the most patient and cheerful of companions 37 It always relieves us with the same kindness amusing and instructing us in youth and consoling 安慰 us in age 38 They are by far the most lasting products of human effort Temples and statues decay but books survive Time is powerless when facing great thoughts which are as fresh today as when they first passed through their author s minds ages ago What was then said and thought still speaks to us as vividly as ever from the printed page The only effect of time has been to wash out the bad works 39 Books introduce us into the best society they bring us into the presence of the greatest minds that have ever lived We hear what they said and did 40 we sympathize 共鸣 with them enjoy with them grieve with them their experience becomes ours and we feel as if we were in some degree actors with them in the scenes which they describe A for nothing in literature can long survive but what is really good B As a proverb goes a book holds a house of gold C It does not turn its back upon us in times of hardship or distress D Books possess an essence of immortality E we see them as if they were really alive F while every book can survive the long process of history G and one should always live in the best company whether it be of books or of men GCDAE 第三部分第三部分英语知识运用 共两节 满分英语知识运用 共两节 满分 45 分 分 第一节第一节 完形填空 共完形填空 共 20 小题 每小题小题 每小题 1 5 分 满分分 满分 30 分 分 阅读下面短文 从短文后各题所给的四个选项 阅读下面短文 从短文后各题所给的四个选项 A B C 和和 D 中 选出可以 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 填入空白处的最佳选项 并在答题卡上将该项涂黑 I used to think listening is a fundamental skill that we re born with just like breathing But now I m 41 of how naive this idea is In fact many of us are not good at listening A recent poll indicated that half the teenagers in the United States believe that communication between them and their parents is 42 and further that one of the prime causes of this gap is 43 listening behavior For example one parent believed that her daughter had a severe 44 problem She was so 45 that she took her to an audiologist to have her ear tested The audiologist carefully tested both ears and reported back to the parent There s nothing wrong with her hearing She s just 46 you out A leading cause of the 47 divorce rate more than half of all marriages end in divorce is the failure of husbands and wives to 48 effectively They don t listen to each other Neither person 49 to the actual message sent by the other In 50 cases political scientists report that a growing number of people believe that their elected and 51 officials are out of 52 with the voters they are supposed to 53 Why Because they don t believe that they listen to them In fact it seems that sometimes our politicians don t even listen to themselves The following is a true story At a national legislative conference held in Albuquerque some years ago then Senator Joseph Montoya was 54 a copy of a press 55 by an assistant shortly before he got up before the audience to 56 a speech When he rose to speak 57 the horror of the assistant of his audience Montoya began For immediate release Senator Joseph M Montoya Democrat of New Mexico last night told the National Montoya read the entire six page release instead of his speech 59 with the statement that thunderous applause repeatedly 60 his speech 41 A sick B sure C fond D aware 42 A scarce B little C rare D poor 43 A weak B insufficient C ineffective D faint 44 A speaking B expressing C hearing D listening 45 A believing B convinced C assured D doubtless 46 A turning B tuning C keeping D making 47 A rising B arising C raising D arousing 48 A exchange B interchange C react D interact 49 A relates B refers C responds D retreats 50 A similar B alike C familiar D same 51 A nominated B selected C appointed D supported 52 A connection B reach C association D touch 53 A lead B represent C defend D support 54 A distributed B awarded C handed D submitted 55 A report B release C record D rehearsal 56 A present B publish C deliver D pursue 57 A to B with C for D on 58 A surprise B amusement C astonishment D relief 59 A conclude B to conclude C concluded D concluding 60 A broke out B broke up C broke in D broke down 第第 卷卷 第三部分第三部分 英语知识运用 共两节 满分英语知识运用 共两节 满分 45 分 分 第二节 共第二节 共 10 小题 每小题小题 每小题 1 5 分 满分分 满分 15 分 分 阅读下面材料 在空白处填入适当的内容 1 个单词 或括号内单词的正确形式 The Caribbean is home to about 9 of the world s coral reefs covering cover about 50 000 km2 most of which are located locate off the Caribbean Islands and the Central American coast Among them stands stand out the Belize Barrier Reef with an area of 96 300 hectare which was declared a World Heritage Site in 1996 It forms part of the Great Mayan Reef also known as the MBRS and being over a thousand km in length is the world s second longest long It runs along the Caribbean coasts of Mexico Belize Guatemala and Honduras For the past ten years unusually warm Caribbean waters have been threatening threaten Caribbean coral reefs Coral reefs support some of the most diverse marine habitats in the world but they are fragile ecosystems When tropical waters become unusually warm for exte