高二上期末考试 英语试题.docx

20152016学年（上）期末考试高2017级英语试题考试说明：1.考试时间120分钟 2.试题总分150分 3.试卷页数11页第卷 (满分100分)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。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. Where does the man want to put the painting? A. In the kitchen.B. In the living room.C. In the front hallway.2. What does the woman recycle? A. Glass.B. Paper.C. Plastic.3. What type of film does the woman prefer? A. Romance films.B. Comedies.C. Dramas.4. Where will the woman go on Saturday? A. To a theater.B. To the seaside.C. To a shopping mall.5. What is wrong with the mans eyes? A. He cant see colors well.B. He cant see black and white.C. He can only see things far away.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，你将有时间阅读每个小题，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。听下面一段对话，回答第6、7题。6. Where does the man usually write? A. In libraries.B. At home.C. In cafs.7. What are the speakers probably discussing? A. A new book.B. The mans new article.C. How to write a good novel.听下面一段对话，回答第8、9题。8. Why was the man late for school? A. He almost hit a dog.B. He was hit by another driver.C. He spilled breakfast on himself.9. What did the woman make for the man? A. Some beefB. Some fried chicken.C.Some French onion soup.听下面一段对话，回答第10至12题。10. Where does the man want to live? A. In Rome.B. In Venice.C. In New York.11. What does the woman want to be in ten years? A. A pilot.B. A doctor.C. A lawyer.12. What are the speakers talking about? A. Their college life.B. Their future plans.C.Traveling around the world.听下面一段对话，回答第13至16题。13. When does the conversation take place? A. On Sunday.B. On Saturday.C. On Friday.14. How does the woman feel about the news? A. Confused.B. Disappointed.C. Understanding.15. What does the man say about his dog? A. She had a short life.B. She died of natural causes.C. She should get better soon.16. What does the woman offer to do? A. Call the man more often.B. Cook something for the man.C. Invite the man to another party.听下面一段独白，回答第17至20题。17. Who might the speaker be? A. A doctor.B. A patient.C. A medical secretary.18. What does the speaker want Ms. Brown to do? A. Call back when she can.B. Get some tests as soon as possible.C. Come back to the office right away.19. According to the speaker, what is enough to deal with a bad sunburn for mostpeople?A. Put on sun cream.B. Go to the hospital.C. Take some medicine.20. What is the speakers advice? A. Drink a lot of water.B. Dont go outside at all.C. Drive as little as possible.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）AEvery year, when Mothers Day cards show up in the stores, I remember the woman who brought me into this world.She died nearly twenty years ago of lung cancer after smoking for most of her seventy years. A few months later, I was in a grocery store picking out a Mothers Day card when suddenly I realized I had no one to send it to.I drove home, ordered a pizza for dinner and started a new Mothers Day tradition: Remembering my mother. Its not as easy. Id rather mail a card or make a phone call.Each Mothers Day, I pick a different theme, a different part of who she was that I want to recall. This time its some of the things she said. For example:“You will have children one day and you will know how I feel.” It was a threat more than a promise. She was right. I did and I do.“Pretty is as pretty does(行为美才是真正的美).” Im still working on that one.When I was a teenager and I dared to suggest that she shoulddo something interesting, she replied: “I work five days a week, clean my house on Saturday, go to church and visit my mama every Sunday. I dont need anything interesting. I need help.”One Christmas, when we fell on hard times she said: “Life is a bank. Sometimes you give, other times you take. Either way, its all the same bank. But try to remember how hard it is to take, because one day, you will do the giving.”The last thing she said that I cant forget: “You dont know what youve got until its gone.”I remember my mother. And some day, when Im gone, I hope my children will remember me. But in the meantime, Ill gladly take a card or a phone call. 21. What new Mothers Day tradition has the author started?A. Ordering a pizza as if her mother were there.B. Choosing one aspect of her mother to remember.C. Remembering her mothers suggestions.D. Recalling what her mother said.22. We can infer from the quotes(引语) that her mother _.A. was careless but humorousB. often worried about, and got angry ather childrenC. was wise and hardworkingD. liked to use famous quotes to scare her children23. What is the main purpose of the text?A. To tell us how the writer remembers her own mother.B. To remind us that life is a bank.C. To give suggestions on how to celebrate Mothers Day.D. To tell us to treasure every chance to honour mothers day.24. What is the best title of this passage?A. My MomB.Celebrate Mothers DayC. Cherish every chanceD.Remember MomBNo matter what the romantic poets would like to write, the natural world is not always a friendly place. It is full of dangerous creatures, and some of the most dangerous are the smallest: the bacteria (细菌), viruses (病毒) and parasites (寄生虫) that kill millions of people every year.But it is possible, with a bit of luck and a lot of hard work, to turn nature against itself in order to help humans. And that is why Tu Youyou, an 84-year-old researcher at the China Academy of Traditional Chinese Medicine, was given the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine on Oct 5. She is the first Chinese citizen (公民) to win a Nobel Prize in science.Tu discovered a new drug for malaria (疟疾). The disease infects (感染) around 200 million people and kills about half a million people each year, according to the Economist. Tu shared the prize with Irish-born William Campbell and Satoshi Omura of Japan for discovering a new drug to treat parasitic diseases.Tu was originally trained in traditional Chinese medicine. In the late 1960s, during the Cultural Revolution (1966-76), Tu and her colleagues joined a government project to find a new malaria drug. They made 380 herbal extracts (草药提取物) from 200 recipes, which came from traditional Chinese medical books. The team then tested them on malaria-infected mice. That was when Tu became interested in an extract of a plant called sweet wormwood (qinghao).According to an ancient Chinese medicine book, the qinghao plant was once used to treat malaria. However, the extract they made in the lab didnt work very well. Tu thought that the effective ingredient in qinghao was being destroyed by high temperatures. So she tried to make the extract with an ether (乙醚) that has a much lower boiling point than water.In 1971, after failing more than 190 times, Tu finally made an extract that was 100 percent effective against malaria parasites. The extract was called qinghaosu, later renamed artemisinin. 25. According to this passage, which of the following is NOT true?A.Tu is the first Chinese citizen to win a Nobel Prize in Science.B. It is no reason other than a lot of hard work that leads to Tus success.C.Tu shares the prize with two other persons.D.Traditional Chinese medicine contributes a lot to Tus success.26. The right order of the following sentences is _.a. Tu discovered a new drug for malaria.b. Tu joined a government project to find a new malaria drug. c. The 200 recipes, from which the herbal extracts came from, were written down in traditional Chinese medical books.d. Tu tried to make the extract with an ether.A.cbad B. bcda C.cbda D. bcad 27. What is the underlined worditself most likely to refer to?A.Nature is the enemy of humans.B.The drug extract qinghaosu comes from many natural herbal plants.C. The natural world is full of dangerous creatures that kill millions of people every year.D.Nature is our friend who can help us.28. What is the authors attitude toward Tus research and success?A.proud B. admirable C. negative D. objectiveCThe family planning policy was introduced in the 1970s to control the fast-growing population. The policy limits most urban couples to one child and rural couples to two at most.The situation is about to change. The news released on Oct 29 after the Fifth Plenary Session (全体会议) of the 18th Communist Party of China Central Committee said that all couples will be allowed to have two children.Right now, China has one of the worlds lowest birth rates at about 1.2, according to Xinhua. It means that on average, a Chinese woman gives birth to 1.2 children in her lifetime. The two-child policy is expected to help increase the birth rate and control the aging population.It will also help to solve an imbalance between boys and girls, Lu said. The situation is serious in China, with roughly 116 boys born for every 100 girls, according to Xinhua. When a second child is allowed, the traditional preference for boys is expected to be less of a problem.Chinas economy will also benefit from the policy. Chinas rich labor resources have helped the countrys economic growth since 1978. However, the current low birth rate means there are fewer adults of working age.Chinas labor force, people aged 16 to 59, reached a peak of 940 million in 2012, and decreased to 930 million in 2014. It is estimated that the labor force will decrease by about 29 million in the decade ending in 2020.The new policy will make the working-age population decrease more slowly, Yuan Xin, a professor at Nankai University, told China Daily.“Consumption and investment started by the two-child policy will help the struggling Chinese economy to stabilize (稳定),”James Liang, an economics professor at Peking University, told China Daily.But no one is sure how long China will have to wait before seeing these effects, as rising costs in big cities have made Chinese couples less willing to have extra children. 29. According to the passage, which of the following is increasing?A. The aging population B. the working age population C. Chinas labour force D. the birth rate 30. Which is the positive factor to Chinas economy?A.Fewer adults of working age.B. The low birth rate.C.Rich labour resourcesD. Large aging population31. All the following are the advantages of the two-child policy EXCEPT_.A.To make the working age population decrease more slowly.B.To help the struggling Chinese economy to stabilize.C.To help increase the birth rate and control the aging population.D.To completely change peoples preference to boys.DIn a busy world in which people struggle with their to-do lists, it would be nice to have a personal assistant to help out. So what about a robot secretary?Recently Chinese search giant Baidu showed off its artificial intelligence assistant at the companys Baidu World conference in Beijing.According to Baidu CEO Robin Li, the new digital assistant called Duer, can help users place restaurant orders, buy movie tickets and book flights by looking at their internet search history, location, and other data.Duer has been added to the Baidu Android search app shared by millions of smartphone users across China. The company is considering the possibility of developing an independent app or even a Duer robot. Baidus achievement is an example of the rise of virtual(虚拟的) assistant software that copies the skills of human secretaries. Apple, with its Siri service, is a leader in this area. Other high-tech firms have also been catching up with similar products, such as Google Now(Google, 2012), Cortana (Microsoft,2014), and Echo(Amazon, 2014). The virtual secretaries offered by the tech giants are part of their wider efforts to master artificial intelligence and, in particular, “machine learning”. With a stronger ability to deal with large amounts of data and recognize patterns, future machines are getting better at what they do. Voice recognition is also improving quickly. Two years ago, Google Now used to miss around 25 percent of words spoken, but today it only misses 8, according to Googles Aparna Chen.As virtual assistants become popular, the future of the consumer Internet is likely to look different: instead of typing keywords into search engines, future users can enjoy a more personalized service. Meanwhile, individual apps will also be taken over by powerful software assistants. 32. What can Duer do according to Robin Li?a. Do what human secretaries can.b. Place restaurant orders.c. Give information about history.d. Book flights and buy movie tickets.Aa c dB. b dC. a bD. b c d33. How many virtual assistant soft wares are mentioned in this passage?A. 2B. 3C. 4D. 534. What developments have artificial intelligence services gone through?A. They have gotten better at recognizing patterns and voices.B. They have mastered learning skills like human beings do.C. They have become able to think like human beings do.D. A software assistant that is more powerful than Siri has been designed. 35. What will be a future trend in the consumer Internet?A. Powerful software assistants.B. Individual apps.C. Websites with search engines.D. Robots with artificial intelligence.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放入空白处的最佳选项。选项中有两项为多余选项。Have you ever heard of homecoming? Its a tradition celebrated every year in the US. At homecoming, a school or university welcomes back former students or alumni (校友).36 It means, “coming home”.This is a time when everyone can get together. 37 There are events that encourage school spirit all throughout homecoming week, which leads to the big day on Friday.A major activity that most students will take part in is choosing the homecoming king and queen. 38 This is a group of boys and girls who represent (代表) school spirit. At the end of the week, students vote for a boy and a girl to be the king and the queen.Then its time for the football game, the main event of homecoming week! 39Almost everyone from school goes to the game: students, parents, teachers, and alumni visitors. If they win everyone is very happy.40 Students dress up, and some might even bring a date to go with them. After the dance, homecoming is officially over, and everyone cant wait for next year!A. Students get to pick who will be on homecoming court early in the week.B. The tradition began more than 100 years ago in the United States.C. The last event is the homecoming dance. D. Homecoming usually lasts a week and happens in the fall.E. That is where the name comes from.F.The football team faces a lot of pressure to do well for the big crowd.G. Homecoming week was not just about fun, but also a chance to try out newthings. 第三部分英语知识运用 (共两节，满分45)第一节 完形填空 (共20小题;每小题15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。Years ago, when I arrived to speak at a high school in Manhattan, I heard a lot about a student called Wild Man. Long-haired, plate-throwing Teachers and students thought 41 of him. Unlike Wild Man, there was a student who had been a 42 to everyone. Jayden was a kid who helped with all the games and dances. But he had a 43, and for years Jayden had been in a wheelchair controlled by 44, moving from class to class.A month before I arrived, Jaydens condition got worse and he 45 an electric wheelchair to stay at school. 46 it, he would have to leave school.It turned out Jayden couldnt 47 the new electric chair, so his only 48 was to check out. When the day of Jadens 49 came, all the teachers and students got together in a hall. Jayden 50 it was his last day at school.The student president was introduced and he then 51 everyone when he introduced Wild Man. Without saying a word, Wild Man 52 Jayden and brought him to the center of the stage. Wild Man then 53 himself and disappeared to the backstage. Seconds later, he reappeared driving a new and shiny electric wheelchair. After 54 Jayden in the chair, he showed Jayden how to use it and let Jayden 55 around the stage. With tears streaming from their faces, two thousand teachers and students 56 and clapped for five minutes.Were they just 57 Jayden and the fact that he could now 58 in their school? No, they were also cheering up for Wild Man, who got Jayden a new 59 by collecting money from his friends.So, its 60: we shouldnt judge a book by its cover.41.A. muchB. badlyC. nothingD. highly 42.A. mirrorB. winnerC. friend D. problem43. A. dreamB. chanceC. diseaseD. question44. A. computersB. the mouthC. the teacherD. hands45. A. neededB. bought C. borrowed D. designed46. A. ExceptB. BesideC. WithoutD. Beyond47. A. afford B.stop C. use D. drive48. A. pityB. wish C. choiceD. advice49. A. teaching B. leavingC. returnD. visit50. A. promisedB. decided C. rememberedD. thought51. A. surprisedB. trustedC. welcomedD. protected52. A. talked abouB. threw awayC. laughed atD. walked to53. A. askedB. excused C. introducedD. enjoyed54. A. discoveringB. controllingC. placingD. freeing55. A. run B. move C. dance D. play56. A. stood up B. rushed inC. sat backD. woke up57. A. waiting for B. feeling sorry for C. making fun of D. cheering for58. A. remain B. help C. appear D. start59. A. bookB. seatC. life D. chair60. A. greatB. trueC. stupid D. sad第II卷 (满分 50分)第三部分 英语知识运用（共两节，满分45分） 第二节（共10小题；每小题1.5分，满分15分） 阅读下面材料，在空白处填入适当的内容（1个单词）或括号内单词