湖北省枣阳市育才中学高二英语上学期期中试题.doc

枣阳市育才中学2016-2017学年度高二年级秋季期中考试英语试题（时间：120分钟 分值150分） 本试卷分第i卷和第ii卷两部分，考试用时120分钟。注意事项： 1答题前，考生务必将自己的姓名、准考证号填写在本试卷相应的位置。2全部答案在答题卡上完成，答在本试卷上无效。第i卷第一部分听力(共两节，满分30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。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。1. how will the woman travel to london?a. by car. b. by bus.c. by train.2. what do we know about the man?a. he wants to eat at a restaurant.b. he has already had lunch.c. he prefers sandwiches.3. who is robert angry with actually?a. mary.b. himself.c. his sister.4. why is the man going to buy some clothes?a. summer is coming.b. he wants to have a change in dress style. c. hes going to travel somewhere. 5. what does the man want?a. a rest.b. a coffee.c. a breakfast.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. for what reason does professor johnson talk to sophie?a. she has wasted her money.b. she has decided to drop out.c. she has been absent recently. 7. what was sophie mistaken about?a. the time for mondays class.b. the date of the exam. c. professor johnsons suggestion.听第7段材料，回答第8、9题。8. what does the girl want to do?a. see a movie.b. meet her mother. c. attend a meeting.9. where will they probably have a walk?a. in the park.b. along the beach.c. on the square.听第8段材料，回答第10至12题。10. what does the male speaker do?a. he is a policeman.b. he is a salesman.c. he is a newsman.11. what did the older man look like?a. thin and average height.b. tall and dark-colored.c. tall and very thin. 12. what did the younger man wear?a. a brown shirt.b. a dark jacket.c. a black hat.听第9段材料，回答第13至16题。13. where does the woman work?a. in a restaurant. b. in a supermarket.c. in a food company.14. what will the man probably order?a. roast beef.b. green salad.c. chicken soup.15. what will the speakers do the next day?a. confirm the reservation.b. prepare lots of dishes.c. improve the service.16. what is the get-together for?a. promoting environmental awareness.b. tasting the special food in the restaurant.c. celebrating the birthday of the company.听第10段材料，回答第17至20题。17. what is the purpose of practicing a speech loudly?a. to focus on the material.b. to memorize the speech.c. to give the speech smoothly. 18. what if a speaker makes mistakes at the beginning?a. it is unlikely for him to finish the speech in time.b. he might not be able to continue easily.c. the audience may lose confidence in him.19. how should a speaker make eye contacts with the audience?a. by looking at a direction at a time.b. by looking at a particular person at one time.c. by looking at the audience all the time.20. what should a speaker avoid while giving a speech?a. having more attention on the audience.b. reading the speech to the audience. c. raising the voice and using facial expressions. 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，从每题所给的四个选项（a 、b 、c 和 d ）中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。 acan you believe your eyes? a recent experiment suggests that the answer to that question may depend on your age. martin doherty, a psychologist at the university of stirling in scotland, led the team of scientists. in this experiment, doherty and his team tested the perception(观察力) of some people, using pictures of some orange circles. the researchers showed the same pictures to two groups of people. the first group included 151 children aged 4 to 10, and the second group included 24 adults aged 18 to 25. the first group of pictures showed two circles alone on a white background. one of the circles was larger than the other, and these people were asked to identify the larger one. four-year-olds identified the correct circle 79 percent of the time. adults identified the correct circle 95 percent of the time. next, both groups were shown a picture where the orange circles, again of different sizes, were surrounded by gray circles. heres where the trick lies in. in some of the pictures, the smaller orange circle was surrounded by even smaller gray circles making the orange circle appear larger than the other orange circle, which was the real larger one. and the larger orange circle was surrounded by even bigger gray circlesso it appeared to be smaller than the real smaller orange circle. when young children aged 4 to 6 looked at these tricky pictures, they werent fooledthey were still able to find the bigger circle with roughly the same accuracy(准确性) as before. older children and adults, on the other hand, did not do as well. older children often identified the smaller circle as the larger one, and adults got it wrong most of the time. as children get older, doherty said, their brains may develop the ability to identify visual context. in other words, they will begin to process the whole picture at once: the tricky gray circles, as well as the orange circle in the middle. as a result, theyre more likely to fall for this kind of visual trick.21doherty and his team of scientists did an experiment to evaluate_.a. childrens and adults eye-sightb. peoples ability to see accuratelyc. childrens and adults brainsd. the influence of peoples age22when asked to find the larger circle,_.a. children at 6 got it wrong 79 % of the time with no gray ones aroundb. only adults over 18 got it right 95% of the time with gray ones aroundc. children at 4 got it right about 79 % of the time with gray ones aroundd. adults got it right most of the time with gray ones around23according to the passage, we can know that_.a. a smaller orange circle appears bigger on a white backgroundb. an orange circle appears bigger than a gray one of the same sizec. a circle surrounded by other circles looks bigger than its real sized. a circle surrounded by bigger ones looks smaller than its real size24why are younger children not fooled?_.a. because their brain can hardly notice related things together.b. because older people are influenced by their experience.c. because peoples eyes become weaker as they grow older.d. because they are smarter than older children and adults.it was a winter morning, just a couple of weeks before christmas 2005while most people were warming up their cars, trevor, my husband, had to get up early to ride his bike four kilometers away from home to workon arrival, he parked his bike outside the back door as he usually doesafter putting in 10 hours of labor, he returned to find his bike gonethe bike, a black kona 18 speed, was our only transporttrevor used it to get to work, putting in 60-hour weeks to support his young familyand the bike was also used to get groceries（食品杂货）, saving us from having to walk long distances from where we livei was so sad that someone would steal our bike that i wrote to the newspaper and told them our storyshortly after that, several people in our area offered to helpone wonderful stranger even bought a bike, then called my husband to pick it uponce again my husband had a way to get to and from his jobit really is an honor that a complete stranger would go out of their way for someone they have never met beforepeople say that a smile can be passed from one person to another, but acts of kindness from strangers are even more sothis experience has had a spreading effect in our lives because it strengthened our faith in humanity（人性）as a wholeand it has influenced（影响）us to be more mindful of ways we, too, can share with othersno matter how big or how small, an act of kindness shows that someone caresand the results can be everlasting25why was the bike so important to the couple?athe mans job was bike racingbit was their only possessioncit was a nice kona 18 speeddthey used it for work and daily life26we can infer from the text that _athe couple worked 60 hours a weekbpeople were busy before christmascthe stranger brought over the bikedlife was hard for the young family27how did people get to know the couples problem?afrom radio broadcastsbfrom a newspapercfrom tv newsdfrom a strangeryour school asked parents about the social development in children in the last parents meeting. here are some opinions. read following information and answer the questions.28the underlined word, “enhance”, can be replaced by _.a. spendb. improvec. expectd. handle29the underlined word, “it”, refers to _.a. social developmentb. a very early agec. ball gamed. failure30what kind of activities may be supported by the third parent for his/her children?a. playing basketball with friends.b. playing computer games.c. holding parties at home.d. watching tv alone.31which is not the advantage from social development according to these parents and headmasters opinions?a. children become more confident.b. children get skills needed to make new friends.c. children learn teamwork.d. children are afraid of making mistakes.plants are flowering faster than scientists predicted (预测) in reaction to climate change, which could have long damaging effects on food chains (链条) and ecosystems.（生态系统）global warming is having a great effect on hundreds of plant and animal species around the world, changing some living patterns, scientists say.increased carbon dioxide (co2) in the air from burning coal and oil can have an effect on how plants produce oxygen (氧气), while higher temperatures and changeable rainfall patterns can change their patterns of growth.“predicting species reaction to climate change is a major challenge in ecology,” said the researches of several u.s. universities. they said plants had been the key object of study because their reaction to climate change could have an effect on food chains and ecosystem services.the study, published on the nature website, uses the findings from plant life cycle studies and experiments across four continents and 1,634 species. it found that some experiments had underestimated (低估) the speed of flowering by 8.5 times and leafing（长出叶子） by 4 times.“across all species, the experiments under-predicted the speed of the advance for both leafing and flowering that results from temperature increases,” the study said.the design of future experiments may need to be improved to better predict how plants will react to climate change, it said.plants are necessary for life on the earth. they are the base of the food chain, using photosynthesis (光合作用) to produce sugar from carbon dioxide and water. they let out oxygen which is needed by nearly every organism on the planet.scientists believe the worlds average temperature has risen by about 0.8 since 1900, and nearly 0.2 every ten years since 1979.so far, efforts to cut emissions (排放) of planet-warming greenhouse gases are not seen as enough to prevent the earth heating up beyond（超出） 2 this century a point scientists say will bring the danger of a changeable climate in which weather extremes are common, leading to drought, floods, crop failures and rising sea levels.32what is the key information the author wants to give in paragraph 1?a. plants reaction to weather could have damaging effects on ecosystems.b. the increasing speed of flowering is beyond scientists expectation.c. climate change leads to the change of food production patterns.d. food chains have been seriously damaged because of weather.33we can learn from the study published on the nature website that _.a. plants flowering is 8.5 times faster than leafingb. there are 1,634 plant species on the four continentsc. scientists should improve the design of the experimentsd. the experiments failed to predict how plants react to climate change34scientists pay special attention to the study of plants because _.a. they can prove the climate change clearlyb. they are very important in the food chainsac. they play a leading role in reducing global warmingd. they are growing and flowering much faster than before35 what can be inferred from the last two paragraphs about the worlds temperature?a. it has risen nearly 0.2 since 1979.b. its change will lead to weather extremes.c. it is 0.8 higher in 1979 than that of 1900.d. it needs to be controlled within 2 in this century.七选五根据短文内容，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。effective time management is the primary means to a less stressful life. high school, especially during your senior year, can be frustrating. this is the time of your life when you are preparing yourself for college and real world. 36plan each day.planning your day can help you accomplish more and feel more in control of your life. write a to-do list, putting the most important task at the top. 37prioritize(按重要性排列) your weekly schedule as a student.prioritizing tasks will ensure that you spend your time and energy on those that are truly important to you. 38 friends will want to hang out with you on the weekends, but they will understand if you explain to them that you need to study or catch up on college-related work.39 keep a diary of everything you do for free days to determine how you are spending your time. look for time that can be used more wisely. for example, if you take a bus to school, you can use the time to catch up on reading. thus, you can free up some time to exercise or spend with your family or friends.get plenty of sleep, eat a healthy diet and exercise regularly.40 it will help improve efficiency so that you can complete your work in less time.a. a healthy lifestyle can improve your focus and concentration.b. how do you manage your time doing all your activities without being overly stressed?c. take a break before you need one.d. any academic studies must come first, then extra curriculum activities, and then social life.e. evaluate how youre spending your time.f. you need to try every possible means to save time.g. every daily activity should be considered seriously.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，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。请认真阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的a、b、c、d四个选项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。when asked by conan obrien if his daughters had smartphones, comedian louis ck explained that he had _replied, “no, you cant have it. its bad for you. i dont _ what you want.” this hit home for me because at the time, i was in difficult negotiations with my ten-year-old daughter _ one. and frankly, she was winning. ck added, “im not raising the _ - im raising the grown-ups that theyre going to be. so just _ the other stupid kids have phones doesnt mean that my kid has to be stupid, or _ shell feel weird.” ok, i was sold.cell phones are “toxic, especially for kids,” he said, because they dont help them learn empathy, one of the nicer human _ . when we text, the _ we get is in cold, hard text-speak. why are kids _? he asked. “because theyre trying it out. they look at another kid and go. youre fat. then they find the kids unhappy, and they think, ooh, that doesnt feel _.” there, theyve experienced empathy. texting “youre fat” allows you to bypass the pain youve caused.ck went on to explain to us that smartphones rob us of our ability to be _. kids use smartphones to _y! after all, one of the joys of being human is allowing our minds to _ . with cell phones, kids are always preoccupied. they never daydream, _ in class. and heres something else were _ out on thanks to steve jobss little device: our right to be _ . this was a right i hadnt realized i desired until ck pointed out that its yet another of the essential human emotions.“everybodys murdering each other with their cars” as they text, ck screamed, because they fear being alone. too bad theyre missing out on a life affirming experience.“i was in my car one time, and bruce springsteens jungleland came on,” he said. “and he sounds so far away. it made me really sad. and i think, ok, ive got to get the phone and write hi to 50 people. i was _ for the phone, and i thought, dont! just be sad.” so ck _ over and allowed himself to sob like a little girl _ that brand-new four-poster bed for her american girl doll. “it was beautiful. youre lucky to _ sad moments,” he said. and because he didnt fight and push it away with that little phone, because he allowed himself to be miserable, his body released endorphins(内啡肽). “and thats why i dont want to get phones for my kids.” ck said. and i suppose i dont either.41a. hardly b. simply c. voluntarily d. specially42a. reject b. care c. neglect d. separate43a. by b. from c. over d. beyond44a. children b. money c. standard d. doubts45a. after b. unless c. though d. because46a. otherwise b. nevertheless c. rarely d. moreover47a. emotions b. hobbies c. issues d. weaknesses48a. error b. response c. trouble d. danger49a. proud b. stupid c. mean d. delighted50a. upset b. awkward c. good d. crazy51a. creative b. smart c. critical d. alone52a. spare b. occupy c. value d. miss53a. focus b. wander c. make d. occur54a. even b. still c. ever d. except55a. figuring b. finding c. missing d. taking56a. capable b. accessible c. changeable d. miserable57a. reaching b. answering c. applying d. begging58a. pulled b