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会宁四中2017-2018学年度第一学期高二级中期考试英语试卷命题教师：张海娟第一部分：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）AThis year Im buying presents for 16 children, as well as my own daughter, Mia-Grace, who will be two on Christmas Day. My tree will be beautifully decorated, Im bringing the turkey to the family Christmas lunch and having an open house on Boxing Day. And the whole things only going to cost me 150. Were very careful now and we dont overspend or owe anything on credit cards. I work for an electrician and my husband Neil, 33, works in construction business. Were concerned about our jobs because our companies are quiet at the moment. Weve also been hit by rising prices, particularly food, petrol, gas and electricity. Everyone I know is worried. One of my friends husband has just gone self-employed and if he doesnt work, they have no money coming in. Christmas has been playing on my mind for the past three or four months. We decided on a budget of 150 because thats just under my weekly wage and it meant we could afford Christmas while using Neils salary for our essential bills. We quickly realized that we buy some things every year just for the sake of it. Even though we have loads of decorations, we usually buy something new for the tree but this Christmas were not going to. Weve already got our tree a big artificial one which I bought half-price in the January sales. It will last us for years.After all, no one can escape from this financial crisis(经济危机) which is spreading throughout the globe. 1. From the passage, we can infer Boxing Day most probably falls on _. A. January 20 B. May 5 C. October 24 D. December 26 2. Which of the following is TRUE about the author? A. She has bought an artificial Christmas tree at a low price. B. She has bought Christmas presents for 16 children altogether. C. Both the author and her husband are already out of work now. D. Shed like to buy a new Christmas tree for this Christmas. 3. Why can the author only spend $150 for Christmas? A. Because she and her husband have little earnings. B. Because she is always careful with money. C. Because she wants to save for the future. D. Because she is a mean womanBA quarrel at home may result in your falling ill. Dont laugh, its true. Family matters including living habits and even the way we speak have a big effect on our health, doctors say. Wang Xiaoyu, a Senior 2 girl from Xichang, Sichuan Province, fainted (晕倒) in class when she heard her classmates quarrel at the top of their voices. Quarrels between her parents also put the girl into a coma. It is because she is suffering from depression (抑郁症), caused by bad relations at home, doctors explained. “We dont get sick or stay well by ourselves,” says Dr Robert Ferrer from the US. Ferrer shows that family forces may explain up to a quarter of health problems, in his recent research. The genes you get from your family may cause illness. If one of your parents has a heart attack, your risk of being affected may double. But effects on health are not only written in our DNA. Unrelated people who live under the same roof also get similar problems. Diet, lifestyle and environment affect our health, too. Ferrers research also found that if teenagers feel they are ignored or unimportant at home they are more likely to get sick. We may never fully understand all the effects that families have on our health. But just as individual (个别的) problems can have effects on others, a small improvement can have big benefits, Ferrer said. 4. Which of the following can best explain why Wang Xiaoyu fainted in class? A. Because her classmates often quarreled in class. B. Because her parents used to quarrel. C. Because of her depression caused by bad family relations. D. Because her classmates shouted loudly at her. 5. According to Dr Ferrer, which of the following statements is TRUE? A. We get sick or stay well by ourselves. B. Only the genes we get from our family have a big effect on our health.C. Our health has nothing to do with diet, lifestyle and environment. D. Teenagers who are ignored at home get sick more easily than those who are not. 6. The underlined word “coma” in Paragraph2 probably means _. A. surprise B. faint C. tiredness D. sadness 7. The best title for this passage is _. A. Family relations. B. The reasons why we get sick. C. Family- another cause to health D. A research about health. C As a kid, I was always chubby (圆胖的). In college I started blowing up. It got out of control when I went to law school. Id made a decision a thousand times: Im going to lose weight now. But what motivated me to get serious about it was turning 30. I weighed 414 pounds. I was always tired. Some of my family members have suffered from heart disease, and I was scared. I also wanted to look better. So after my birthday, I walked into the office of a weight-loss doctor. She was very understanding. Her focus was on balanced meals and she wanted me to exercise. Walking was all I could do at first. I started by walking a few blocks and gradually increased the distance, until one weekend, I found myself saying, “Wow, this seems pretty easy.” So I started to run. I was losing nine or ten pounds a month, and I had more energy. I started to think about the New York City Marathon. For years, I watched the runners and thought, “This looks like fun, but I could never do that.” But now I realized that maybe I could. I joined the New York Road Runners. I ran a 10 K, then a halfmarathon. I still wasnt confident I could run a full 26 miles. But I told myself I was going to do it, no matter what. By my 33rd birthday, I was down to 180 pounds. I started formally training for the marathon. And on the morning of November 1, I stood on the Verrazano Bridge in Staten Island with more than 40,000 other runners, waiting for the event to start. It was unbelievable to have the audience cheering me on, handing me cups of water. And I crossed the finish line. My friends sprayed(喷洒) me with beer, as if Id won the Super Bowl. And at that moment, I knew: If I set my mind to something, nothing is impossible. 8. The underlined phrase “blowing up” in Paragraph 1 is closest in meaning to _. A. going weaker B. becoming fatter C. becoming healthier D. growing higher 9. It can be learned from the passage that the author _. A. controlled his weight at college B. was satisfied with his figure as a kid C. may have a family history of heart disease D. began to consider losing weight at 3010. What do we know from the passage? A. The marathon the author ran started on the Verrazano Bridge. B. The author formally trained for the marathon for three years. C. The author started by running when losing weight. D. The author has won the Super Bowl. 11. Which of the following proverbs can best summarize the passage? A. Practice makes perfect. B. Pride comes before a fall. C. A good beginning is half done. D. Where there is a will, there is a way.D To a large degree，the measure of our peace of mind is determined by how much we are able to live in the present momentRegardless of what happened yesterday or last year，and what may or may not happen tomorrow，the present moment is where you arealways! We allow past problems and future concerns to control our present moments so much that we end up anxious，frustrated，depressed，and hopelessWe often convince ourselves future will be better than today. John Lennon once said，“Life is whats happening while were busy making other plans” “When were busy making other plans”，our children are busy growing up，the people we love are moving away and dying，our bodies aregettingoutofshapeandourdreamsareslippingawayInshort,wemissoutonlifeMany people live as if life were a dress rehearsal for some later dateIt isntIn fact，no one has a guarantee that he or she will be here tomorrowNow is the only time we haveand the only time that we have any control overWhen our attention is in the present momentwe push fear from our mindsFear is the concern over events that might happen in the futurewe wont have enough money，our children will get into troublewe will get old and die，whateverTo struggle against fear，the best strategy is to learn to bring your attention back to the presentMark Twain said，“I have been through some terrible things in my lifesome of which actually happened”I dont think I can say it any betterPractice keeping your attention on the here and now and your efforts will pay off12The purpose of this passage is to tell readers_Apeople who are busy making plans are living activelyBhow to help others overcome fearCwe ought to learn to live in the present momentDsomeone who only enjoys the present time usually wastes his time blindly13It implies from the passage that_.Amany people know how to fight against fearBit isnt necessary to fear for futureCyou can gain more happiness by putting off your pleasureDsome people make plans for their children to improve their lives14Why are some people depressed and anxious day and night?ABecause they fear they cannot pass their testsBBecause past problems and future concerns control their present momentCBecause the people they love want to leave them aloneDBecause they make some mistakes in the past15. Whats the ideal practice to do away with fear?A. To struggle against fear. B. To bring your attention back to the past.C. To focus your attention on the current.D. To pay little attention to the present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。Ali is from a Middle Eastern country. He now stays in the USA. He smokes a lot of cigarettes every day. He has smoked for nine years. Ali says, “ I tried to quit (放弃) smoking in my hometown, but it was impossible. My parents smoke. My brothers smoke. All my friends smoke. At parties and at meetings, almost all the men smoke. Here in the United States, not as many people smoke. _16_ ”Many smokers are like Ali: they want to stop smoking. _17_ They know it can cause cancer and heart disease. But it is difficult for them to give up smoking because cigarettes have a drug in them. The drug is nicotine. People who smoke a lot need nicotine._18_ The nicotine makes him sick. In a few days, the smokers body is used to the nicotine, and he feels fine. Later, the smoker needs nicotine to keep feeling fine. Without nicotine, he feels bad. _19_ Many people who quit will soon smoke again. At a party or at work they will decide to smoke “just one” cigarette. Then they will smoke another cigarette, and another. Soon they become smokers again. _20_ A. It is very hard to quit smoking. B. It will be easier to change the smoking habit here. C. Thus nicotine makes smokers addicted to cigarettes. D. The smokers know that smoking is bad for their health. E. When a person first begins to smoke, he usually feels terrible. F. Maybe there is only one easy way to quit smoking: never start. G. But it is said that medicine is needed to stop them from smoking.第二部分 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，掌握其大意，然后从21-40各题所给的四个选线（A,B,C和D）中，选出最佳选项The ringing of the phone runs through my head, telling me someone needs help. I pick it up and 21 the routine, “Teen Lifeline, this is Amber. ” About 45 minutes later I hang up, feeling pleased because Ive 22 another teen. Volunteering at Teen Lifeline has helped me realize how to deal with my own 23 and help others.“My mom is always fighting with me. I want to run away. ” Some teens feel their 24 is a prison, rather than a place of shelter and safety. They feel parents are only there to make their lives 25 . We try to help the teens realize the danger they could be in 26 giving them advice. All we can do is to ask questions. We also try to 27 where the teens would go and how they would survive. We give them a phone number if they 28 dont want to live in their “prison”.“I dont want to 29 any more” is something we hear, and suicide（自杀）calls are some of the hardest to 30 . We try to discover why they want to take their lives and how 31 they are by asking them to rate it on a scale of one to ten. One means they are 32 suicide but havent decided how, and ten means they are always thinking about it and have a 33 . We ask them to make a promise that they will not hurt 34 . And sometimes we ask for their telephone numbers 35 we can call back to make sure that they are okay.Although many calls are about relatively 36 problems, volunteering at Teen Lifeline has helped me realize Im not the 37 person with problems, and has taught me how to 38 with my heart. I have made a 39 and saved many lives possibly even my own, 40 .21.A. setB. startC. changeD. stop22.A. contactedB. knownC. helpedD. forgiven23.A. decisionsB. opinionsC. disadvantagesD. problems24.A. homeB. schoolC. bedroomD. classroom25.A. simpleB. unusualC. terribleD. happy26.A. forB. byC. besidesD. without27.A. insist onB. advise onC. find outD. set aside28.A. evenB. stillC. almostD. mostly29.A. studyB. liveC. callD. listen30.A. carry outB. find outC. believe inD. deal with31.A. seriousB. curiousC. nervousD. ashamed32.A. acceptingB. objectingC. consideringD. performing33.A. questionB. doubtC. purposeD. plan34.A. the otherB. the restC. themselvesD. ourselves35.A. in caseB. so thatC. ifD. when36.A. smallB. importantC. normalD. typical37.A. veryB. onlyC. exactD. possible38.A. listenB. seeC. learnD. write39.A. decisionB. choiceC. promiseD. difference40.A. howeverB. thoughC. insteadD. too第II卷第二部分 英语知识运用第二节语法填空（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（不多于三个单词）或括号内单词的正确形式。Food is a hot issue in China. Eating, 41 (consider) to be an important part of each day, is far beyond simply meeting a need; 42 now, people sometimes hardly have time to enjoy their food, because they are living in a fast-paced society. They need fast food. Thats 43 Chinas fast-food market expands. The first foreign fast-food restaurant to arrive in China was called KFC, quickly followed by Pizza Hut, McDonalds and so on. With the 44 (develop) of China, foreign fast-food chains are realizing high-speed growth in China. However, being unable 45 (provide) balanced nutrition, these “junk foods” 46 (criticize) by health experts for a long time The experts also show that some foreign fast food consists 47 certain cancer-causing chemicals. 48 (actual), the Chinese diet contains many of its own 49 (tradition) fast-food dishes. Among them, dumplings, soybean milk and noodles are the most popular. Compared with foreign fast food, those are healthier. But many Chinese still enjoy the special taste and the good environment in the foreign fast-food chains. Its high time that they 50 (wake) up to the fact of the potential risks with foreign fast-food.短文改错（共10小题；每小题1分，满分10分）下文中共有10处语言错误，每句中最多有两处。错误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：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。Im a senior student and Im now in the need of your help although I cant stand the great pressure.Every day I have to have lesson at school for nine hours and take at least three to four hours doing my homework at home. Our teenagers are eager to play and enjoy ourselves, but we hardly have any time to do that we want. Besides, we dont even have enough sleep.There seem to have three cases about the overload: the pressure of