湖北省宜昌金东方高级中学高二英语上学期期末考试试题.doc

宜昌金东方高级中学2016年秋季学期期末考试高二英语试题本试题卷共8页，四大题72小题。全卷满分150分，考试用时120分钟。祝考试顺利第一节（共5小题；每小题1.5分，满分7.5分）请听下面5段对话，选出最佳选项。1. where does the conversation probably take place? a. in a classroom.b. in a studio.c. in a pub.2. when did the woman buy the camera? a. today.b. yesterday.c. the day before yesterday.3. what does the woman probably do? a. a teacher.b. a doctor.c. a nurse.4. whats the time now? a. 8:00 pm.b. 8:30 pm.c. 9:00 pm.5. where is the man going to plant the tree? a. by the front door. b. behind the garage. c. at the other end of the garden.第二节（共15题；每小题1.5分，满分22.5分）请听第6段材料，回答第6、7题。6. where does the man live now? a. in america.b. in china.c. in canada.7. what can we learn from the conversation? a. the man is satisfied with his present life. b. the man doesnt know what he really wants. c. the woman is going to settle down in hong kong.请听第7段材料，回答第8、9题。8. where is mr. brown? a. he is out in another company. b. he is in a meeting. c. he is at home.9. what is mr. petersons telephone number? a.b.c.请听第8段材料，回答第10至12题。10. what are the two speakers going to do tonight? a. continue to work in the office. b. go to see a movie. c. watch a peking opera.11. where will the two speakers have dinner? a. in a restaurant.b. at the hotel.c. in the office.12. what can we learn from the conversation? a. the peking opera is on for the first time. b. there is an interesting movie on in the cinema. c. the two speakers are too busy to go out for fun.请听第9段材料，回答第13至16题。13. what happened to alfred? a. he spent all his money on online games. b. he lost contact with friends and families. c. he failed the math test again.14. why is it easy for people to get addicted to online games according to the man? a. because playing online games is not like real life. b. because playing online games can help them relax. c. because playing online games makes them more popular.15. what will the two speakers do next? a. talk to alfreds teachers. b. find alfred and have a talk with him. c. go to alfreds home and talk to his parents.16. what is the probable relationship between the two speakers? a. classmates.b. neighbours.c. workmates.请听第10段材料，回答第17至20题。17. where did the speaker take a journey last year? a. in southwest africa.b. in southeast africa.c. in southwest asia.18. how long was the speakers journey? a. four and a half days.b. five days.c. five and a half days.19. how many hours did the speaker walk every day? a. five. b. three.c. two.20. what did the speaker think of her journey? a. it was hard and she would never go there again. b. it was happy and she made a lot of friends. c. it was hard but it raised her confidence.第二部分阅读理解 （共两节，每小题2分，满分40分）第1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。a i was a bit of a bookworm as a child. for every car journey, day trip or family holiday, many books were always packed to keep me busy. since then, ive continued reading all kinds of books but ill always love my childhood favorites. the curious incident of the dog in the night-timemark haddon this childrens mystery novel is interesting, exciting ,thought-provoking（发人深思的）, sad and happy all at the same time. the main character is a 15-year-old boy who has autism（自闭症）.the book gives you a window into his world, his thoughts, his hopes and his dreams. its easy to read and both kids and adults love it. a must-read in my opinion. secret sevenenid blyton if you love adventures, this one is for you. the secret seven are a group of child detectives who make it their duty to solve crimes. they have many adventures along the way. its a fun book that you wont want to stop reading. and in fact, there is more than one book. theres a series of books about the secret sevens adventures so if you like the first one, youre in luck! matildaroald dahl its now a film and show at the theatre, but we cant forget the original book. matilda is about a loveable little girl who is very clever and, like me, loves to read. she goes to school and meets the very scary miss trunchbull who tortures (折磨) children, but thankfully makes friends with a kind teacher. the book will have you crying one moment and laughing the next. the lion, the witch and the wardrobec.s. lewis as a kid i read the book ,watched the film and listened to the tape. i really couldnt get enough of the book. its an exciting story set in a magical land called narnia. when youre reading it, youll feel like youre really there. youll get caught up in the adventures of the four children and the characters they meet. i cant rate it highly enough.21. which book tells an autistic teens story? a. matilda. b. secret seven. c. the lion, the witch and the wardrobec.s. lewis. d. the curious incident of the dog in the night-timemark haddon.22. what do we know about secret seven? a. it is scary but moving. b. it consists of many stories. c. its extremely popular with adults. d. its characters are strange but lovely.23. what do matilda and the lion, the witch and the wardrobe have in common? a. both are adventure-themed. b. both have stage adaptations. c. both are based on true stories. d. both have been adapted for the cinema.b imaging walking through the park on a sunny day. you look up to see a spider twice the size of your head. it looks so real that it seems to be moving down its web toward you. before you scream and run away, look closer. that 50-pound spider is a wood sculpture, made by artist david rogers. it is one of 14 bugs （虫子）david has on display in parks and gardens around the united states. davids collection is called big bugs. it includes three monster ants. each one is 25 feet long. thats almost as long as a school bus! some of david other bugs are all big enough to sit on. david hopes his huge sculptures will help us to stop and notice bugs. we may not see them working. sometimes we may not even want them around. but david points out that bugs are an important part of nature. they make the soil a better place for plants to grow, they pollinate flowers, they eat other insects, and they are food to many creatures. as a child, david did not get the best grades. he was not even the best painter. but he loved to make things. using only sticks and string(绳), he would build tiny villages small enough for an insect. one day when he was older, he saw a bent tree that reminded him of the backbone of an animal. he decided to form a giant beast by adding more braches. the result was a dinosaur named goliath, his first large sculpture. david has also made sculptures by welding(焊接) metal. by joining together old car parts, he made a housefly and a dragonfly. does this sound like fun to you? good newsdavid believes theres an artist in everyone. of course, you probably wont start out by making a 25-foot ant. it took david years to come up with his huge bugs. but as david says, “theres no right or wrong way to express yourself with art. let your imagination run free.”24. what do we know about the spider mentioned in the first paragraph? a. it is almost as long as a school bus. b. it is a newly-discovered species. c. it is davids favorite animal. d. it is actually a wok of art.25. whats the purpose of davids bug display? a. to show his artistic talent. b. to raise money for local parks. c. to teach others how to sculpture. d. to call public attention to insects.26. what did david mainly use to make his sculpture called goliath? a. metal.b. wood. c. real bugs.d. sticks and string.27. to be an artist, what does david think is very important? a. having good grades. b. being good at drawing. c. expressing yourself correctly. d. making full use of your imagination.cwhere have all the bicycles gone? getting that first two-wheeler used to be one of childhoods most exciting moments. it meant an expansion of the childs world. the opportunity to travel beyond ones street and meet friends at the playground, ball field, or just go to someones house on your own was an exciting new stage of independence. it also meant lots of exercise.but bicycle sales are decreasing. now, less than half of the children aged 711 regularly ride a bike. this is a serious change in the culture of our childrens lives.but it is not just the crazy schedule of parents or the increased temptation of “screens”- tv, video games, computers-to play with. another factor is playing a bigger role in the narrowing world of children. surveys indicate parents fear that if they allow their children to roam ( 闲逛) freely about the town, those children may be abducted (诱拐) by strangers. school playgrounds are no longer safe places to hang out. the woods are no longer a great place to explore.parents couldnt be more wrong. in fact, there are only 100-130 stranger abductions a year in the u.s. besides, 75% of all abductions are carried out by people the child knows, most of which are done by divorced parents who are upset about custody (监护) arrangements. you and your child are three times more likely to be hit by lightning at a soccer game than your child is likely to experience a stranger abduction!children running free are very safe. not only safe, but these children are learning to make creative use of their time, being physically active, and improving their social skills. now what more could you ask for?dont just shake your head and smile, as many parents do today, when your child tend to use instant messaging to talk to her friend next door. turn off the computer and send her next door! consider it a pleasure to yell down the street or call a friend to find your child at dinnertime. lets make bicycles something special for children once again.28. what is mainly talked about in paragraph 1? a. the benefits of riding bicycles b. different forms of exercise c. the causes of the disappearance of bicycles d. exciting moments in childhood29. children hardly ride bicycle today mainly because _. a. there are few safe places for them to ride b. they have a very busy schedule at school c. they prefer to spend time in front of screens d. their parents are worried about their safety30. the underlined sentence in paragraph 4 is intended to_. a. tell readers bad weather is a great danger to children b. stress an unhappy marriage does great harm to children c. explain there is little chance of a childs being abducted d. warn children of the danger of watching foot-ball games31. the purpose of the passage is to _.a. call on people to ride bicycles b. advise parents to let their children ride morec. change parents attitude towards riding bicycles d. encourage children to play outdoors mored scientists have been working to grow meat “in vitro,” or in a laboratory, for many years. in the laboratory, the mix cells from a horse and a pig. they feed the cells to help them increase in number and grow into a small piece of meat. right now, the meat that scientists have made is very small and looks gray because in vitro meat does not need blood to grow. but this is not its only problem. it takes a long time for the meat to grow and scientists do not know how to make a large amount. it also costs a lot of money to make in vitro meat. making enough for one meal would cost $250,000. although producing in vitro meat has many problems, scientists continue to work because in vitro meat would have many advantages. since we have 7,000,000,000 people on the planet to feed, in vitro meat can help lower the need for the earths resources. besides, “moving the production of meat from farms to laboratories would help cut down the huge amount of harmful gases produced by farm animals,” says reporter nick collins. in vitro meat could solve many of the problems of animal meat. but can humans eat this in vitro meat? scientists do not know if it even tastes like real meat. because of food research laws, they are not yet able to taste their meat. but they hope someday people can buy it in their local market. they say it is real meat and it is just made in a different way. a lot of people are still worried about in vitro meat. however, it will be years before the meat is ready to sell. kate shepard, a writer for mother jones magazine, says, “it will require hard testing before it can be fed to humans. it is still such a new idea that we do not know yet what health problems it may have. right now, there are no rules for in vitro meat.”32. what are the scientists trying to find out their experiment? a. how to get a new kind of animal. b. how to make a new kind of meat. c. how to make animal meat taste better. d. how to greatly increase animals numbers.33. whats paragraph 2 mainly about? a. the ways to improve the experiment. b. the bad influence the experiment brings. c. the problems scientists face in the experiment. d. the difficulty in collecting money for the experiment.34. what does nick think of in vitro meat? a. it stops peoples cruelty to animals. b. it is environmentally friendly. c. it is against the rules. d. it worries him a lot.35. according to scientists, in vitro meat _. a. is safe to eat b. tastes like real meat c. may be successful in the future d. will soon be available on the market第2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。how to stay focused if you are among those who easily get distracted(分心的) and are unable to make your way back to studies, the following simple study tips may help you stay focused. set study goals. first things first. start with the basics and set your study goals. ask yourself why you are here, at university, possibly (like me) having travelled across the country for this opportunity. having fun is certainly one answer, but not the primary one. 36 make a study timetable. once you know what you want, the next step is to prepare a weekly study timetable. your timetable could include the time you should go to bed, the time you should have your meals, and, most importantly, the time you should spend on studies. there is no hard and fast(非遵守不可的) rule. 37 but please try to stick to your study timetable as best as you can.38 i am not asking you to give up all your social activities. 39 if someone is asking you to go with them to hang out at the mall when you know you should be studying, tell them youre busy and let them know when would be a better time. stay focused on your priorities(优先的事)40 no one else is going to stop you from doing what you want, but youre the one who will face the consequences if you fail to meet your goals. remember you are at school for a reason, and if that reason is lost nothing else will fit well in the equation.a. learn to say no.b. self-help is the key here.c. but you have to take some brave steps.d. knowing your aims completes half the job.e. remove anything that can distract you from your work.f. you will find youre feeling more confident about your studies.g. you should of course allow some flexibility depending on how things go.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，从短文后各题所给的四个选项（a、b、c和d）中，选出可以填人空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。on a warm monday, jenny neilson bought a sandwich and parked her car under some trees. rolling down the windows to 41 in fresh air, she settled back to enjoy her lunch. suddenly she _42_ a big bald man running through the parking lot. before she came to _43_ what would happen, the man was there, shouting through her window, “get out!” neilson _44_.pulling open her door, the man seized her _45_ the neck and hair, and threw her out of the car onto the ground. she screamed, _46_ her purse and the keys.two reporters of the local newspaper, robert bruce and jeff jackson, just outside their office building on a _47_, heard the screams and began running.when they _48_ neilsons car, the attacker had jumped into the drivers seat and was_49_ searching for the keys. bruce opened the door, and he and jackson dragged the man out. the attacker _50_ back. but even in his cornered panic, he was no _51_for the two athletic men.reggie miller, a worker of the local newspaper, heard the screams, too. he rushed back to the office to _52_ the police, and then ran back with some plastic ropesused to tie up newspapers.with his arms _53_ tight behind him, the prisoner looked up and said _54_, “i hope you guys feel good about yourselvesyou just caught one of the most wanted men.” they_55_ him and waited for the police.later, bruce and jackson were shocked to learn the man was the _56_ carjacker (劫车者)and suspected murderer, whose _57_ but with a full head of hairhad been recently printed in their own newspaper.neilson considers herself lucky _58_ she suffered injuries. she believes the story might have had a _59_ ending if those good people had not come to her aid. “unfortunately,” she said, “many people would _60_ have done what they did, and that the real truth.”41. a. bring b. letc. gatherd. send42. a. recognized b. watchedc. noticedd. met43. a. realize b. understandc. imagine d. conclude44. a. escaped b. struggledc. refused d. obeyed45. a. by b. aroundc. with d. on46. a. burying b. forgettingc. offering d. grabbing47. a. trip b. visitc. break