贵州省遵义市播州区高二英语下学期期中试题.doc

贵州省遵义市播州区2016-2017学年高二英语下学期期中试题第一部分：听力(共两节，满分30分)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。1.why does the man think he has a cold? a.he feels cold. b. he is coughing. c.he has a runny nose.2.what does the man suggest the woman wear to the party? a. jeans. b. a shirt. c. a dress.3.where does the woman want to go? a. to the post office. b. to the library. c. to the school.4.how often does the man go swimming? a. four times a week. b.five times a week. c. seven times a week.5.what do the two speakers need in the living room? a. some chairs. b. a table. c. a sofa. 第二节（共15小题；每小题1.5分，满分22.5分） 听下面五段对话或独白。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。请听第6段材料， 回答第6、7题。6. what is the womans nationality? a.chinese. b. indian. c.brazilian.7.how many boys are there in the mans family? a. three. b. four. c. six. 请听第7段材料，回答第8、9题。8. where did the woman go to college? a. in canberra. b. in auckland. c. in sydney.9. what will the man probably do next year? a. take a trip to australia. b. climb mount cook. c. visit the woman.请听第8段材料，回答第10至12题。10. what does the woman think of ms. petty? a. smart. b. unbearable. c. humorous.11. why does the man like mr. clark?a. he knows a lot of different things. b. he is easy to get along with. c. he has a good sense of humor.12.what do we know about mrs. white? a.she assigns a lot of homework on friday. b. she speaks too quietly in class. c. she sometimes forgets the mans name.请听第9段材料，回答第13至16题。13. what programs does the man like?a. news and sports. b. movies. c. music.14. when does the soccer match start?a. at 6:00 pm. b. at 7:00 pm. c. at 9:00 pm.15. what is the man?a. a player. b. a student. c. a reporter.16. why doesnt the man follow the womans advice?a. he prefers watching the asian news. b. he doesnt like romantic movies.c. he has to get up early for work.请听第10段材料，回答第17至20题。17. which of the following situations is described in the talk? a. a man talking with his wife in a restaurant. b. a man talking with his girlfirend over the phone. c. a woman talking with her boyfriend in a restaurant.18.what should people do if there are noisy customers beside them in a restaurant? a. ask them to talk in a low voice. b. stop their conversation politely. c. let the management deal with them.19. where should we never make calls according to the talk? a. on the bus. b. in a restaurant. c. in the theater.20. what is the last rule about? a. paying attention to where youre walking while making a call. b. turning off your cellphone while you are driving. c. making short conversations only when we are allowed.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。a malala yousafzai is only 16, but she has been fighting for girls education for years. when she was 11, she started blogging about the taliban takeover of her hometown of mingora, in northwestern pakistan. taliban members follow an extreme version of islam. they believe girls should not go to school.for several months, malalas school and hundreds of others in the district of swat were closed. malala spoke publicly about her desire to go to school. “all i want is an education,” she told one television broadcaster.when the pakistani government regained control, malala was able to return to class. but she continued to speak out about girls right to education. on october 9, 2012, the taliban tried to silence her. agunman boarded her school bus and shot her on the left side of her forehead. but malala survived, showing great courage and optimisim during her long recovery. during this time, malala became a symbol of the struggle for girls rights all over the world.this year, malala became the youngest person ever to be nominated(提名) for a nobel peace prize. she also released her memoir, i am malala, which tells the story of her life before and after the gunshot that nearly killed her. her book inspired a course at george washington university, in washington, d.c. the course focuses on political activism and the importance of education for girls. “ it will encourage students to get engaged in the communities and to help the malala fund directly,” said mary ellsberg, director of the universitys global womens institute.malala is now a student in birminghan, england. she continues to give voice to the millions of children around the world who do not have the opportunity to go to school.for courageously standing up for girls right to education and giving a voice to the voiceless, malala yousafzai is a nominee for tfks 2013 person of the year.21. what is the course inspired by malals book i am malala mainly about?a.how to survive from a gunshot. b. how to get engaged in communities.c. political activism and girls education. d. the importance of great courage and optimism.22. what is the right order of the events related to malala?a. she was forced out of control. b. she released her memoir, i am malala.c.she got shot on the left side of her forehead.d.she was nominated as tfks 2013 person of the year.e.she began blogging about the taliban takeover of mingora.a.e,a,c,b,d b.a,c,b,e,d c.c,a,e,d,b d.d,c,a,e,b23.which of the following words can best describe malala?a. gentle and sensitive. b. brave and determined. c. outgoing and generous. d. ambitious and competitive.bgreco-roman festivalfriday, april 28th!as a member of the group,you will take part in at leastone of the following activities.activity i: compete in an olympic eventsign up with your english teacher, and remember space is limited for each event. see the following list: hercules throw throw a football through a hoop (铁环) 20 feet away. three-headed race three people line up with touching legs tied. then they run the distance of the gym. toga-barrow race this is like a wheelbarrow race while wearing your toga (宽外袍). (runners hold their partners feet while they walk on hands.)activity ii: make greek or roman foodmrs. jones has a list of recipes (食谱) from ancient greece and rome. remember to give the food you make a unique name. for example, call your chocolate cake zeuss delight. activity iii: create a work of art for the museumbe sure your artwork reflects ancient greek or roman culture. artwork may include sculptures, paintings, drawings or models. the museum is a great place to show off your artistic talent.activity iv: perform an original play, song, or dance for the talent showrewrite your favorite greek myth (神话) using modern language, or change the words of a popular song to tell a greek or roman tale. gather your creative energy and send your ideas to your english teacher for approval. activity v: come to the toga-tying partysince the ancient greeks should inspire your dressing for the event, feel free to attend the festival in a toga. learn to tie your toga. thursday, april 27th. after school in the gym.groupnumber1:00 pm -1:25 pm1:30 pm -1:55 pm2:00 pm -2:25 pm2:30 pm -3:30 pmiactivity i; place: gymactivity iii; place: libraryactivity ii; place: cafeteriaactivity iv; place: libraryall teams! hurry! no seats reserved.iiactivity ii; place: cafeteriaactivity i; place: gymactivity iii; place: libraryiiiactivity iii; place: libraryactivity ii; place: cafeteriaactivity i; place: gym24. we can learn from activity i that _.a. players wear a toga for the football throw b. different physical competitions are offeredc. mrs. jones is the judge of the competitions d. skills in throwing are needed in these games25. which piece of art would be shown in the museum?a. a painting of ancient chinese coins. b. a model of an ancient egyptian sculpture.c. a drawing of ancient greek buildings. d. a sculpture of an ancient indian athlete.26. right after showing the artwork, group ii may go to _.a. make greek or roman food b. compete in olympic eventsc. perform at the talent show d. join the toga-tying party27. the text is most probably _.a. a poster for school activities c. an introduction to the greco-roman festivalb. a want ad for student volunteers d. a notice about arrangements for olympic eventsc dont you think your schoolbag is too heavy to bear? the e-schoolbag will free you from the weight. it is said that e-schoolbags are going to be brought into use in chinese middle schools soon. an experiment with several hundred e-schoolbags will begin in seven cities: beijing, shanghai, dalian, shenzhen, chongqing, taiyuan and shijiazhuang. and the e-schoolbags are going to cover all over china if the experiment shows to be successful. in fact, the e-schoolbag should perhaps be called an e-notebook. it is a small hand-held computers for school students.heavy schoolbags have long been a serious problem for school students. the average schoolbag of middle school students weighs up to 5 kilos. but the e-schoolbag will change everything. it is much lighter than a usual schoolbag, weighing under 1 kilo.also, it is no bigger than a usual book, but it can still hold all the things for study, such as a textbook, a notebook and exercise book. they could be made into chips that are as small as a stamp. the students can read the text page by page on the screen. they can still take notes using a special electronic pen. if they want to know the meaning or the pronunciation of a new word, or even e-mail their teachers, its just a press of a button.in some foreign countries, it is becoming common. but it is hard to tell when people will receive this new form of study. some say that e-textbooks can easily be broken, some say that it is not good to students eyesight to look at the screen for long. but only time will tell.28the e-schoolbag has many functions except _.a. it can pronounce the words. b. it can send e-mails.c. it can be used as a dictionary. d. it can phone somebody.29according to the passage, the e-schoolbags _.a. are not heavy as before but still large b. are used as an experiment in tianjinc. are made of metal d. are going to cover china if it shows to be successful30which of the following statement is true? a. all the students in china will use this new schoolbag.b. we can do a lot of work based on the programmers of the chips.c. the e-notebooks are very perfect.d. we will not make notes because the e-notebook can make all by itself.31which of the following can be the general title of the passage? _a. an experiment in china b. please change your schoolbagc. a new invention, a new schoolbag d. chipsda new pollen (花粉) study showed that drought was responsible for the extinction(消失) of civilizations more than 3,000 years ago during the bronze age.the reason behind why the civilizations in and around modern-day israel suddenly broke down more than 3,000 years ago has remained a mystery up until now. a new pollen study by tel aviv university researchers finally solved this bronze age mystery.prof. israel finkelstein showed that owing to serious climate changes, the entire world of the bronze age crumbled in a short period of time. the discovery was made on the basis of a high-resolution analysis of pollen grains taken from sediments (沉淀物) beneath the sea of galilee and the western shore of the dead sea. prof. finkelstein received support from the european research council to conduct research aimed at reconstructing ancient israel. researchers of the part of the project that dealt with climate change extracted (提取) about 60 feet of samples of gray muddy sediment from the center of the sea of galilee in northern israel. they had to drill through 1,000 feet of water and into 65 feet of the lake bed and were able to recover evidence dating over the past 9,000 years.“pollen is the most enduring organic material in nature,”explained dr. dafna langgut, a pollen researcher who carried out the actual work of sampling. “these grains tell us about the plants that grew near the lake in the past and therefore prove the climatic conditions in the region.”researchers noted a sharp decrease in mediterranean trees like oaks and pines in the late bronze age. according to study experts, this could be because of repeated periods of drought. the droughts may have resulted in long famines, forcing people to migrate from north to south.32. the underlined word “crumbled” in paragraph 3 means _.a. settled b. changed c. established d. disappeared33. prof. finkelstein conducted the new pollen study to _.a. earn some money b. recreate ancient israelc. learn more about local plants d. discover the ancient civilizations34. by conducting the study, scientists found _.a. mediterranean trees were rare in the early bronze ageb. climate change was to blame for the lost civilizationc. people in the late bronze age starved to deathd. droughts were rare during the bronze age35. the text is most probably taken from _.a. a travel magazine b. a history textbookc. a newspaper report d. an agricultural book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。how to communicate effectivelyeffective communication is a must for everyone who hopes to be successful. it helps express your thoughts and improves your career prospects (前景) as well as strengthens relationships. therefore, its necessary to work hard to improve your communication skills. 36 before you are ready to talk to a group of people, you should think about what you are going to talk about. although a printed copy of a speech may not be always necessary, highlighting a few important issues in your mind is a must. 37 and it reduces the possibilities of getting away from the main issues. choose your wordschoice of words is the most important part of any communication. simple, clear words are appropriate for the issue you are discussing. needless to say, words that could make your audience unpleasant are best kept out of the communication. most people tend to be careful about their language while at work. 38 this may hurt your loved ones beyond your imagination. body languagemany people use body language by mistake and end up making a fool of themselves. body language means keeping eye contact and using hand gestures only wherever required. 39 listen and concentratecommunication is an exchange of ideas. once you are done with your part, listen carefully to what other people plan to say. 40 get rid of all distractions (分散注意力的事物) such as a phone before you begin communication. a distraction not only disturbs your focus, but it also causes your audiences attention to wander.a. gather your thoughts b. prepare a copy of a speechc. however, when they get home they often use colorful language.d. this will help you remain focused throughout your communication.e. if you are giving a speech, it is important that you focus on that activity only.f. effective communication is a gradual process and requires efforts on your part.g. remember, there is no need to speak every word with a gesture or facial expression.第三部分：语言知识运用（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。there are so many things that we can give and receive from the world, but what gift would you give the world?one thing i would like to give to the world is_41_. i would give peace _42_ the world today is full of war. with the war _43_, many people are dying, which _44_families depressed and sad. we need to _45_ the problems that we have with war. we need to learn how to cooperate with talking, _46_using weapons(武器).there are many important aspects(方面) of world peace. the most _47_aspect to world peace is that it is a(n)_48_ of all countries. we need this because we are _49_ hundreds of people to war every day. this is one _50_ why i would give the world peace.something i would _51_from the world is time. i would ask for time because i feel we dont have_52_years in our life to do _53_we want to. as a young child you spend most of your life in school and you dont have enough good memories to _54_. as we grow older, more _55_come to us because we start to get a job and a house and start creating a family. there just isnt enough time to do all the things that we _56_.the most importan aspect of time to me is _57_it. because tiime is limited, you need to spend it carefully and _58_.this is just one thing id like to give and receive from the _59_. this is why im giving-well _60_someting more than just concentrate gifts. this year id like to bring joy to people less fortunate than me. what will you give to the world this year?41.a.timeb.peace c.hoped.love42.a.if b.becausec.whend.though43.a.taking onb.taking off c.going ond.going off44.a.leavesb.offers c.affectsd.produces45.a.keepb.dealc.cut d.fix46.a.because ofb.instead ofc.in case of d.in spite of47.a.interesting b.difficultc.usefuld. important48.a.ideab.plan c.dreamd.honor49.a.losing b.missingc.killing d. saving50.a.theory b. reasonc.excused. opinion51.a.affordb. decidec. ask d.order52.a.great b.spe