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2016-2017学年第二学期期末考试高二英语试题第一卷二、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、d)中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。ainspiring young minds!toknow magazine is a big hit in the world of childrens publishing, bringing a unique combination of challenging ideas and good fun to young fans every month.what is so special about toknow magazine? well, it has no ads or promotions insideinstead it is jam-packed with serious ideas. toknow makes complex ideas attractive and accessible to children, who can become involved in advanced concepts and even philosophy（哲学）and they will soon discover that toknow feels more like a club than just a magazine.whats inside? every month the magazine introduces a fresh new topic with articles, experiments and creative things to make the magazine also explores philosophy and wellbeing to make sure young readers have a balanced take on life.sounds too good to be true?take a look onlineevidence shows that thousands of teachers and parents know a good thing when they see it and recommend toknow to their friends.happy birthday all year!what could be more fun than a gift that keeps coming through the letterbox every month? the first magazine with your gift message will arrive in time for the special day.subscribe nowannual subscription europe 55 rest of world 65annual subscription with gift pack includes a mammoth map, a passport puzzle booklet, and subscription europe 60 rest of world 70refund policythe subscription can be cancelled within 28 days and you can get your money back.21. why is toknow a special magazine?a. it entertains young parents.b. it provides serious advertisements.c. it combines fun with complex concepts.d. it publishes popular science fictions.22. how much should you pay if you make a 12-mouth subscription to toknow with gift pack from china?a. 55. b. 60. c. 65. d. 70.23. subscribers of toknow would get .a. full refund within 28 daysb. free birthday presents c. membership of the toknow clubd. chances to meet the experts in personbtoo good to go is a smartphone app which allows restaurants to sell food that would otherwise be thrown away at discount prices from as little as2 and a maximum of 3.80, ever if the meals are sold from the very finest restaurants in the country. originally created in denmark and launched in brighton and leeds in june, the service has recently been introduced in the united kingdom by a couple of young entrepreneurs（企业家）.millions of tons of food are thrown in the trash every year, with restaurants accounting for a large part, so eco-entrepreneurs chris wilson and jamie crummie came up with the good idea to stop food waste. using too good to go not only helps restaurants save expense, but gives people in need the chance to order fancy dishes at low prices.too good to go is very convenient for users. restaurants make food available on the too good to go app and website. people can look through the available dishes on the smartphones, pay for them using credit card and pick them up at a set time, an hour before closing time.although too good to go does take a fee from restaurants for each sale, its creators say the end goal is to use it for restaurants to solve their waste management problem, rather than making a profit. wilson claims, the idea is that restaurants stop producing the extra food so they dont need to throw it away in the trash, and we really want to put ourselves out of business by stopping food waste.birmingham has become the latest city where restaurants can reduce food waste to the lowest limit by working with the too good to go social enterprise app.24. where was too good to go originally launched?a. in denmark. b. in brighton. c. in birmingham. d. in the us.25. whats the app intended to do?a. make a profit by selling food on the website.b. allow restaurants to sell foods at low prices.c. help restaurants to deal with leftover food.d. call on restaurants to save food and money.26. how did the creators of the app make profits?a. by selling copies of the app. b. by taking a fee from buyers.c. by getting donations from entrepreneurs. d. by charging restaurants for each sale.27. what can we infer from the text?a. people can pay less money for a rich meal.b. the app is mainly designed to help the poor.c. dishes can be sold to make a lot of profits.d. people can get their ordered food at home.cjumping off random cliffs(悬崖) into the sea is not clever. however, as a sport, coasteering uses local experts to help groups travel around the coast so they can then jump safely and have a lot of fun in the process. but coasteering is also so much more than cliff jumping.a usual days coasteering will involve swimming, climbing, scrambling(攀岩) and cliff jumping. all trips begin with a safety brief and equipment check. you will be equipped with a helmet, wetsuit and life vest. you will need to wear some old sneakers you dont mind getting wet.from here it could be a short swim to the first jump site. following an instructor, you swim through rock pools, around rough rocks and right up to the next jump spot. a brief climb and youll be standing on the edge wondering, “why the hell did i agree to this?” then, and to the yell of your friends, youre leaping in, with a smile thats guaranteed to last the rest of the day.coasteering is certainly more than cliff jumping. if ever a sport could claim to be confidence building, this is it. and its also a perfect activity for groups of friends or for adventurous families who want to explore the coast. many companies offer daily trips, so even if you are on your own or a couple you can join in with a large group. companies use trained guides with much knowledge of local tides and weather conditions. these people lead the show and are qualified lifesavers as well.coasteering is already popular around the uk. at least now you wont have to ask “what is coasteering?” if someone you know gives it a go.28. what is coasteering?a. a daily sightseeing tripb. a non-expert guided divingc. a cliff and water based sportd. a group activity of climbing29.what is the benefit of coasteering?a. enriching lifesaving experienceb. developing independencec. improving guiding skillsd. building confidence30.what can we infer from the underlined sentence in paragraph 3?a. you felt scared and regretfulb. you became totally tiredc. you discovered your potentiald. you gained complete relief31.what is the authors purpose of writing the text?a. to organize coasteeringb. to introduce coasteering c. to advertise spots for coasteeringd. to train coasteering-loversdtwenty years ago, the following news item probably wouldnt have made much sense to most americans.muslims in iran went to the streets today to support an ayatollahs call for a revolution. meanwhile, in israel, palestinian leaders urged support for the intifada. leader strugglethese words come from arabic, a language with which few americans are familiar. yet by 1990 these words were routinely used in both broadcast and print news. how did these words find their way into english?like all existing languages, english is continually changing. the adoption of foreign words into english vocabulary, called borrowing, is anything but a new phenomenon. in fact, its been going on from the time the language first began to take shape around a. d. 450. english has been borrowing words from the conquered(被征服者), trading partners, immigrants, and a variety of other sources.so when the events in the middle east commanded the worlds attention during the latter part of the twentieth century. english simply borrowed the words it needed to describe what was happening in that area. the more often such words were used, the less “foreign” they sounded. eventually, these borrowed words came to be used routinely in speech and writing.borrowed vocabulary from foreign language is not the only source of new words in english. as fresh ideas evolve and innovative technology are developed, new english words are created to describe them. these words may be words borrowed(wb) from other languages, existing words taking on new meanings(ewnm), acronyms, blends, compounds, or newly coined words, as the following examples and the chart show.kwanzaborrowed from swahili: seven-day african-american cultural festivalrapold word, meaning to knock quickly, taking on a new meaning; a form of musicaidsacronym for acquired immune deficiency syndromeexercycleblend of existing words: exercise + bicycleskateboardcompound of existing wordscellulitenew word for fatty deposits on the hips and legs, coined in 1971in the next four lessons, youll be introduced to some of the history and mechanisms (体系) that have shaped and continued to influence the language we use. whether the words we speak are borrowed or created, they show a vital feature of english -adaptability. english is alive.32. what does the word “commanded” in the fourth paragraph probably mean?a. drewb. instructedc. controlledd. ordered33. the word “brunch” may belong to an example of _.a. wbb. blendsc. acronymsd. compound34. where does this text probably come from?a. a cultural section of a newspaperb. a language book reviewc. a language lesson bookd. a language course advertisement35. which of the following can best cover the main idea of the passage?a. the language in the media is changingb. english has been borrowing wordsc. english is a living languaged. a new phenomenon appears in english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。since the day of its birth, the united nations has been the subject of much debate. _36_others think that it is too weak. we can better understand this debate if we learn more about the u.n and its history.the u.n. was started for two reasons. first, when the idea was born, people all over the world were tired of war. they felt that there must be peaceful answers to the worlds problems. _37_the second reason was that modern science had developed new bombs and airplanes. _38_national borders were beginning to lose their meaning. science would develop even more dangerous weapons in the future. only an international organization would be able to control modern science. franklin d.roosevelt,u.s. president at the time, believed that the allies（同盟国）should plan for peace before the war ended. on december 1st, 1943, roosevelt, britains winston churchill and joseph stalin from soviet union agreed to start an organization for world peace. _39_during the next year and a half, the idea of such an organization was debated around the world. then came the big day. on april 11, 1945, the first international meeting of the united nations took place in san francisco. the goal of the meeting was to write the u.n. charter（宪章）. all of the fifty-one nations at the meeting had their own ideas to offer for the charter. _40_ every nation present voted for the charter. no one voted against it.a. the u.n.charter is a beautiful piece of writing.b. after a long debate, a final charter was agreed upon.c. even the smallest country on earth can have its voice heard.d. they asked all countries, large and small, to join the organization.e. these weapons made it almost impossible for a country to defend itself.f. some people attack the organization because they think it is too powerful.g. they also felt that only an international organization could keep world peace.第三部分 语言知识运用（共两节，满分45分）第一节（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a、b、c和d四个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。for a long time gabriel didnt want to be involved in music at all. in his first years of high school, gabriel would look pityingly at music students, _41_ across the campus with their heavy instrument cases, _42_ at school for practice hours _43_ anyone else had to be there. he swore to himself to _44_ music, as he hated getting to school extra early._45_, one day, in the music class that was _46_of his schools standard curriculum, he was playing idly（随意地）on the piano and found it _47_ to pick out tunes. with a sinking feeling, he realized that he actually _48_ doing it. he tried to hide his _49_ pleasure from the music teacher, who had _50_ over to listen. he might not have done this particularly well, _51_ the teacher told gabriel that he had a good _52_ and suggested that gabriel go into the music store-room to see if any of the instruments there _53_ him. there he decided to give the cello（大提琴）a _54_. when he began practicing, he took it very _55_. but he quickly found that he loved playing this instrument, and was _56_to practicing it so that within a couple of months he was playing reasonably well.this _57_, of course, that he arrived at school early in the morning, _58_ his heavy instrument case across the campus to the _59_ looks of the non-musicians he had left _60_.41. a. travellingb. struggling c. pacing d. marching42. a. rising upb. coming up c. driving up d. turning up43. a. before b. after c. until d. since44. a. betray b. accept c. appreciate d. avoid45. a. therefore b. however c. thus d. moreover46. a. part b. nature c. basis d. spirit47. a. complicated b. easy c. confusing d. safe48. a. missed b. disliked c. enjoyed d. denied49. a. transparent b. obvious c. false d. similar50. a. run b. jogged c. jumped d. wandered51. a. though b. but c. because d. so52. a. ear b. soundc. heart d. voice53. a. occurred to b. took to c. appealed to d. held to54. a. change b. chance c. mission d. function55. a. seriouslyb. proudlyc. casuallyd. naturally56. a. devotedb. usedc. limitedd. admitted57. a. provedb. showedc. stressedd. meant58. a. pushingb. rushingc. liftingd. dragging 59. a. admiringb. pityingc. annoyingd. teasing60. a. overb. asidec. behindd. out第二节（共10小题；每小题1.5分，满分15分）阅读下面短文，在空白处填入1个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。when i was a university student, i _61_ (attract) by the chinese culture. so i got a job as a teacher in wuhan three years ago. _62_(think) back, i realize it was the students i met in the first year and chinese university life in general _63_ gave me the deepest impression.during my school days, i would rarely give up my spare time to any activity _64_(connect) with study. unless exams were approaching, having fun or perhaps a part-time job would take _65_ my weekends. my chinese classmates, on the other hand, seemed to spend their entire waking hours _66_(study). i understand that competition in chinese universities is extremely fierce. nevertheless, their energy and motivation put me to shame.my first year in china was also my first year as a teacher. it was challenging _67_rewarding. one thing i know for certain is that my year in wuhan changed me for the _68_ (good). thanks to the politeness and _69_(warm) of chinese students, i overcame my fear of speaking in public and became more self-confident. most _70_ (important), i met dozens of nice people and made many excellent friends.第四部分 写作（共两节，满分35分）第一节 短文改错（共10小题；每小题1分，满分10分）假定英语课上老师要求同桌之间交换修改作文，请你修改你同桌写的以下作文。文中共有10处语言错误，每句中最多有两处；每处错误仅涉及一个单词的增加、删除或修改。增加：在缺词处加一个漏字符号（），并在其下面写出该加的词。删除：把多余的词用斜线（）划掉。修改：在错的词下划一横线，并在该词下面写出修改后的词。注意：1. 每处错误及其修改均仅限一词；2. 只允许修改10处，多者（从第11处起）不计分。our life journey cant always be smoothly. we are bound to meet with difficulties. last year, i moved to a different city with my parents. top student as i had been ago, i always fall behind my new classmates however hard i tried. i was so upset that i nearly lost my heart. fortunately, my friend xiao ming noticed my discouragement but encouraged me not give up. inspiring by him, i gradually cheered up and began to make progresses. i was very grateful for him. it was his help which made me a confident and successful