黑龙江省双鸭山市2016-2017学年高二英语下学期期中试题（含解析）.doc

黑龙江省双鸭山市2016-2017学年高二下学期期中考试英语试卷（解析版）一、阅读理解1、阅读理解 keeping pace with teachers is a fine way to study english. teachers are experienced and their plans are systematic. but remember to work in a way that suits you. its important to learn from past mistakes as well. keep a notebook to make a record of the mistakes you makeitll help you avoid making the same ones later. the time of life may be hard，but youre not alone. you may be busy studying，but you can show your care by calling your friends or sending short messages. dont let your friendships die. its as important to live well as it is to study well. going to bed no later than 11：30 pm is vital. it puts you in the right mood for the next day. you neednt follow a special diet，but make sure you are eating nutritious meals each day. the person who plays well，studies well. having a lot of schoolwork doesnt mean having to give up other activities. playing basketball or having a talk with your classmates can relax yourself. time out is not a waste of time but helps you study more efficiently. besides taking the big exam，you have other choices for college. i took the independent enrollment exam held by peking university and some other students even were preparing to study abroad. pay attention to any relevant information you can find，whether its from school，the news media or other sources. (1)what should you do if you want to keep your friendship fresh? a、have frequent talks with them.b、always have lunch with them.c、keep connection by some ways.d、remain them at some distance.(2)the third paragraph is mainly about_ a、healthb、friendshipc、relaxationd、study(3)which one is the closest meaning to “time out” in paragraph 4? a、sleepb、pausec、continuationd、exercise(4)the passage is probably written by a(n)_ a、editorb、parentc、teacherd、student2、阅读理解 nowadays it is common that people are buying more products and services than ever before through the internet, so do americans. and experts say the popularity of online sales is likely to spread to other countries. online sales now represent as much as 10% of all retail sales in the united states. this has led traditional stores to seek new ways to keep their customers loyal. taking lynne for example, she made good use of the internet. she used the internet to buy everything she needed for her wedding and holiday gifts for her husband and daughter. other than food, 90% of her purchases were made on her home computer. “i find that, by being able to go online, choose the things that i need, and have them delivered to me right at my doorstep, i eliminate all the driving, all the crowds, all the noise of that, and i usually get a better selection.” there are a lot of people like her. experts say american online shopping hit records in both november and december.57% of americans have bought something electronically. store owners worry that this growing amount of online sales will hurt their business. cornell university marketing professor ed melaughlin says they can keep their customers by selling goods like clothing, which buyers may want to see and try on before purchasing. the stores could also offer things that are difficult to ship. besides, some stores can please customers by offering to repair electronic products. bill martin is the founder of shopper trak. his business helps stores learn about their customers. he said, “there is still a lot of emotion in the buying decision, you know, that takes place. often you need that last sense of “boy, this is exactly what i want before you are ready to part with money, and you cant always get that online. its a rather cold process.” while e-commerce worries some business owners, the only worry for delivery services is keeping up with the number of packages. ups manager dana kline says her company is very busy at this time of the year. ups is so busy that it has filled 55,000 temporary work positions during the holiday season. (1)the purpose of this passage is to tell us _. a、the challenge online owners are faced withb、the challenge ecommerce causes to traditional salesc、the difference between online sales and traditional salesd、the trouble that customers often meet when purchasing online(2)the example of lynne is mentioned in the passage to show_. a、online sales will replace traditional sales sooner or laterb、traditional stores find new ways to keep their customers loyalc、traditional stores cant offer enough food to their customersd、online business has changed many americans life(3)the underlined word “eliminate” in paragraph 2 can be replaced by “_”. a、includeb、avoidc、increased、discourage3、阅读理解 most american students go to traditional public schools. there are about 88, 000 public schools all over the us. some students attend charter schools. charter schools are self governing. certain companies operate some charter schools. they are similar in some ways to traditional public schools. they receive tax money just as other public schools do. charter schools must prove to local or state governments that their students are learning. these governments provide the schools with the agreement called a charter that permits them to operate. charter schools are different because they do not have to obey most laws that govern traditional public schools. each school can choose its own goals and decide what to teach and how to teach them in their own way. class size is usually smaller than in traditional public schools. the government strongly supports charter schools as a way to reorganize public schools, which are failing to educate students. but some education unions are against charter schools. one teachers union has just released the results of the first national study, which compared the progress of students in both traditional schools and charter schools. the results of the study show that charter school students performed worse on math and reading tests than the students in traditional public schools. some experts say the study is not fair because students in charter schools have more problems than students in traditional schools. other education experts say the study results would make charter school officials realize that they should help their students make greater progress . (1)if a company wants to operate a charter school, it must _. a、try new methods of teachingb、get the governments permissionc、obey the local and state lawsd、prove its management ability(2)whats the governments attitude toward charter schools? a、doubtful.b、unclear.c、satisfied.d、supportive.(3)what can we learn from the text? a、more students choose to attend charter schools.b、charter schools are better than traditional schools.c、students in charter schools are well educated.d、people have different opinions about charter schools.(4)what might be the best title for the text? a、charter schools in americab、public schools in americac、the government in americad、education in america4、阅读理解 if you need glasses to read this, you are among the majority of chinese students. thats because most students in china are short-sighted which means they can only see things close up and distant things will be blurry. four-fifths of high school students wear glasses and now more and more children in primary school need glasses, too. this epidemic of poor eyesight has two very simple causes: too much time spent indoors studying and too little time spent outdoors playing. reading and writing for hours and hours, sometimes in poorly lighted rooms, causes eyesight to weaken. but students have to do this because there is so much pressure on them to succeed in school. and because they spend so much time indoors at school and at home, they have less time to spend outdoors enjoying the sun. the sun, as a consequence, is important in developing good eyesight. exposure to daylight releases a chemical in the eyes that prevents, or at least delays, short-sightedness. according to a study by ian morgan of australian national university, australian children and chinese children have the same level of eyesight before they start school, but once they enter primary school, chinese children only spend about an hour a day outside, while australian children spend three to four hours each day in the sunshine. the result is that while about 40 percent of chinese primary school students need glasses, only three percent of australian children do. wearing glasses may not seem like a big deal. for some, wearing glasses can even be an opportunity to make a fashion statement. but poor eyesight at a young age can have serious long term consequences. as you get older, your eyesight can worsen and lead to things like macular degeneration(黄斑变性), a condition of the eyes for which there is no cure and which can eventually lead to blindness. with all that in mind, dont you think its time to give your eyes a break? try spending a little less time inside and go for a walk in the park, instead. its the healthy thing to do and your eyes will thank you for it. (1)what does the underlined word “blurry” mean? a、unpopular.b、unpleasant.c、unclear.d、unconscious.(2)how should the students protect their eyesight according to the passage? a、they should study less and less.b、they should stay longer outdoors.c、they should wear sun-glasses.d、they should have a longer rest in bed.(3)it can be inferred from the passage that _ is to blame for the poor eyesight of chinese children. a、the ever-worsening bad weatherb、the ever-increasing burden of studyc、the ever-decreasing sunny daysd、the ever-decreasing period of study time(4)what is the purpose of this article? a、to explain why chinese students are poor-sighted.b、to admire australian childrens good eyesight.c、to criticizethe present education system.d、to call on people to protect chinese childrens eyesight二、完形填空5、完形填空 whenever i felt disappointed i often thought of what my mother had said to me，“everything happens for the best. if you 1 ， one day something good will happen. and youll realize that it wouldnt have happened if not for that previous 2 ”as it 3 , mother was right. in 1932，i ended my college life. 4 that，i had decided to try for a job in radio，and then could work my way up to sports 5 i went to chicago and knocked on the door of every 6 ,and was turned down every time. in one station，a 7 lady told me that big stations couldnt risk hiring a person who lacked 8 “go to 9 town and find a little station thatll give you a chance，” she said. i then 10 to dixon . while there was no radio- announcing jobs in dixon，my father said montgomery ward had opened a store and wanted an athlete to 11 its sports department. since dixon was where i had played high school football， i 12 the job sounded just right for me. but i wasnt 13 my disappointment must have 14 “everything happens for the best，” mom 15 me. dad 16 me one car for me to job hunt. i 17 woc radio in davenport . the program 18 ， a wonderful scotsman named peter macarthur，told me they had already 19 a contract with another announcer. i often 20 what direction my life might have taken if id gotten the job at montgomery ward and if i didnt persist . 1. a. go onb. give upc. look upd. stayup2. a. disappointmentsb. successesc. livesd. results3. a. carried outb. looked outc. turned outd. figured out4. a. sinceb. beforec. afterd. during5. a. announcerb. athletec. hostessd. performer6. a. firmb. stationc. stored. school7. a. beautifulb. cruelc. strictd. kind8. a. moneyb. knowledgec. appearanced. experience9. a. badb. smallc. bigd. good10. a. walkedb. sawc. turnedd. added11. a. runb. buyc. selld. show12. a. refusedb. appliedc. managedd. yelled13. a. firedb. satisfiedc. fittedd. employed14. a. disappearedb. fallenc. shownd. responded15. a. remindedb. askedc. advisedd. recited16. a. lentb. offeredc. soldd. promised17. a. visitedb. passedc. triedd. poured18. a. actorb. singerc. photographerd. director19. a. designedb. knewc. signedd. resigned20. a. doubtedb. wonderedc. intendedd. expected三、七选五6、任务型阅读 we all wish we had just a bit more time. just think what you could do with an extra hour or two each day: you could finally stick to an exercise routine, or spring-clean the house, or write your novel, or learn the guitar and so on. _ but i can help you find more hours in your day for the things that really matter.1）. get out of bed earlierif you normally get up at 7: 30 a. m. , try getting up at 7: 00 a. m. that half-hour might not sound like much, but it could be time that you use to exercise, to read that book youve been meaning to finish. _2）. do the important tasks first once you get to work, get the important ones done first (not the easy ones, or even the urgent ones). you can afford to spend at least an hour working on big, important tasks rather than on all those little urgent ones. _the urgent tasks will still get done, and you wont miss the important ones.3）. reduce interruptions if colleagues have a habit of hanging around your desk to chat, or if the phone is constantly ringing, you might find that it takes you half the day to finish a simple task like writing a letter. constant interruptions dont just eat up time, they also break your concentration. when youve got a big task to focus on, let your calls go to voicemail. _wearing headphones makes it less likely that people will try to strike up a conversation.4）. _ a few minutes chatting, browsing the web, and so on, can easily turn into hours of wasted time over the course of a day. when youre working, work. if your concentration is slipping, take a proper break: go and get a glass of water, or stretch your legs a bit. and if youre facing a difficult task, try breaking it into small steps or stages so that its easier to deal with.a. or simply to get your day off to a calm and organized start.b. i cant magically make all your days 25 hours long.c. would you want me to make your day longer?d. take breaks when necessarye. if you have an office door, close it.f. if you work like this, youll usually save time.g. stay focused on your work 四、短文填空7、语法填空 i have great news to report. yesterday i _ (give) a higher position in my company with _ (high) pay . i _ (work) for my company for a number of years, and things have gone quite _ (good). first, i helped my department increase sales last year. before that, we only earned 150,000 dollars a year. we have advertised and promoted our products at trade shows , on tv and in the newspaper , _ brings about a good result. our company has become better _ (know) not only in our area but also in other cities. now, more and more _ (customer) are learning about us ; when you have satisfied customers, the news gets around. besides increased sales, ive established _ good working relationship with my colleagues. we recognize each others abilities and respect each others opinion. all my co-workers believe i have the ability _ (lead) the department in the right direction. therefore, i accepted the promotion and the pay raise, and ill do my best for my company and for my customers in the future. im sure that we _ (have) a bright future. 五、单词拼写8、in the long run, one should save money for _.(紧急情况) 9、dont let any failures _ ( 阻止，打消念头) you, for you can never tell how close you may be to victory. 10、generally speaking, when taken according to the directions, the drug has no side _ .(效果，作用) 11、to be honest, it was susans fault but lily was able to _(应负的责任) they were not calm enough and both said some really mean things. 12、i didnt say that i wanted to buy it but _(仅仅，只不过) asked for the price. 13、you should try to _ (寻找，寻求) for the information you need. 14、it is known to us that our country is _ (丰富的，充裕的) in natural resources. 15、the committee will _ (争论，辩论) whether to lower the age of club membership to 16. 16、to get more evidence, the lawyer worked hard to _ (调查) many witnesses. 17、scientists are _ (确信的，信服的) of the positive effect of laughter on physical and mental health. 六、语法填空18、he got rapid _ (promote), and ended up as a manager. 19、all the students are advised to keep a _ (balance) diet for their health. 20、it was his _ (absent) of mind during driving that resulted in a terrible accident. 21、it is something everybody can do as long as he is patient and given_ (profession) training. 22、_ (disturb) news came that an unknown disease is spreading the area. 23、_ (owe) to your help, i have made great progress. in other words, i owe my progress to you. 24、as we all know, china is _ (remark) for its china and silk. 25、as more and more cars are produced and used, the emission from their exhaust pipes contains an even larger volume of _ (poison)