甘肃省庄浪县第四中学高二英语下学期期末考试试题（无答案）.doc

2015-2016年高二第二学期期末考试英语试卷第一部分 阅读理解（共两节，满分40分）第1节 (共15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，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。 asharing cars to work is not unusualbut what about sharing time to raise children together? in ningbo city of zhejiang province in east china, young mothers in the same neighborhood pool their children together, and share the responsibility of being parentsspending every day together, but not families in this coastal city of east china, three mothers are trying a new way of raising their kids, by pooling them together. among the mothers are both office workers and housewives.they say they do so not just because of the tight schedulejiujius mother said, by kids pooling, we mean to create an opportunity for the kids to spend time together so that we can observe our kids, learn more about themand then we can discuss how to better bring them upthe three families have been doing so for two years, in school days and holidaystheir children have grown used to each others company,chichis mother said, my son was a bit shyweve been talking him to be more active, but he hardly changedafter joining the kids pool, suddenly we found him willing to communicate with others nowwhen we are not there, he has to rely on himself to get along with his palsgenerally, mothers speak highly about the poolingthe mothers describe the pooling as bringing the running water into a closed pondit opens a window to a different world for both kids and parentsbut there are moments when opinions differxiaoxiaos mother said, sex education for examplekids will be curious about it when they reach a certain agepersonally i want to talk with my child about it, frankly and sincerelybut the other two moms think it better not to bring it up xiaoxiaos mother says her solution is to share some parenting guidebooks with other mothers and let them make the decisionthe headmaster of the kindergarten believes such pooling activities test not only children, but also the parentsjin hongqing, kindergarten headmaster said, parents need to be tolerant and patientthey shouldnt play the blame game when kids fight with each otherits better to let the kids solve the issue by themselveswhat they can do as parents is to communicate1all the following aspects are the benefits of kids pooling except_.a. it saves time and helps relieve mothers burden.b. it allows parents to learn more about kids.c. it allows kids to learn to share and be independent.d. it offers better education than the kindergartens.2why is sex education mentioned in the passage?a. to show sometimes mothers have different opinions.b. to suggest children are sometimes curious about it.c. to explain sex education is not suitable for children.d. to indicate mothers think highly of kids pooling.3whats the writers attitude towards kids pooling?a. favorable. b. negative. c. unclear. d. doubtful.4which of the following can best serve as the title of the passage?a.kids pooling. b. chinese parenting.c. sharing children. d. sharing cars. b goldies secretshe turned up at the doorstep of my house in cornwall. no way could i have sent her away. no way, not me anyway. maybe someone had kicked her out of their car the night before. were moving house”; no space for her any more with the baby coming. we never really wanted her, but what could we have done? she was a present. people find all sorts of excuses for abandoning an animal. and she was one of the most beautiful dogs i had ever seen.i called her goldie. if i had known what was going to happen i would have given her a more creative name. she was so unsettled during those first few days. she hardly ate anything and had such an air(样子) of sadness about her. there was nothing i could do to make her happy, it seemed. heaven knows what had happened to her at her previous(以前的) owners. but eventually at the end of the first week she calmed down. always by my side, whether we were out on one of our long walks or sitting by the fire.thats why it was such a shock when she pulled away from me one day when we were out for a walk. we were a long way from home, when she started barking and getting very restless（焦躁不安的）. eventually i couldnt hold her any longer and she raced off down the road towards a farmhouse in the distance as fast as she could.by the time i reached the farm i was very tired and upset with goldie. but when i saw her licking (舔) the four puppies (幼犬) i started to feel sympathy towards them. we didnt know what had happened to her, said the woman at the door. i took her for a walk one day, soon after the puppies were born, and she just disappeared. she must have tried to come back to them and got lost, added a boy from behind her. i must admit i do miss goldie, but ive got nugget now, and she looks just like her mother. and ive learnt a good lesson: not to judge people.5how did the author feel about goldie when goldie came to the house?a. shocked. b. sympathetic. c. annoyed. d. upset.6in her first few days at the authors house, goldie .a.i felt worried b. was angry c. ate a little d. sat by the fire7goldie rushed off to a farmhouse one day because she .a. saw her puppies b. heard familiar barkingc. wanted to leave the author d. found her way to her old home8the passage is organized in order of .a. time b. effectiveness（效果）c. importance d. complexity（复杂性） conce when i was facing a decision that involved high risk, i went to a friend. he looked at me for a moment, and then wrote a sentence containing the best advice ive ever had: be bold and brave and mighty (强大的) forces will come to your aid.those words made me see clearly that when i had fallen short in the past, it was seldom because i had tried and failed. it was usually because i had let fear of failure stop me from trying at all. on the other hand, whenever i had plunged into deep water, forced by courage or circumstance, i had always been able to swim until i got my feet on the ground again.boldness means a decision to bite off more than you can eat. and there is nothing mysterious about the mighty forces. they are potential powers we possess: energy, skill, sound judgment, creative ideas even physical strength greater than most of us realize.admittedly, those mighty forces are spiritual ones. but they are more important than physical ones. a college classmate of mine, tim, was an excellent football player, even though he weighed much less than the average player. “in one game i suddenly found myself confronting a huge player, who had nothing but me between him and our goal line,” said tim. “i was so frightened that i closed my eyes and desperately threw myself at that guy like a bullet（子弹） and stopped him cold.”boldness a willingness to extend yourself to the extremeis not one that can be acquired overnight. but it can be taught to children and developed in adults. confidence builds up. surely, there will be setbacks (挫折) and disappointments in life; boldness in itself is no guarantee of success. but the person who tries to do something and fails is a lot better off than the person who tries to do nothing and succeeds.so, always try to live a little bit beyond your abilitiesand youll find your abilities are greater than you ever dreamed.9why was the author sometimes unable to reach his goal in the past?a. he faced huge risks. b. he lacked mighty forces.c. fear prevented him from trying. d. failure blocked his way to success.10what is the implied meaning of the underlined part?a. swallow more than you can digest.b. act slightly above your abilities.c. develop more mysterious powers.d. learn to make creative decisions.11what was especially important for tims successful defense in the football game?a. his physical strength. b. his basic skill.c. his real fear. d. his spiritual force.12what is the authors purpose in writing this passage?a. to encourage people to be courageous.b. to advise people to build up physical power.c. to tell people the ways to guarantee success.d. to recommend people to develop more abilities. dpeople who are slightly overweight or mildly obese(肥胖的) have a lower risk of early death than normal weight individuals(个人;个体), according to a new analysis of nearly 100 international studies.the studies, most conducted within the past decade, included about three million adults from around the world. the result of these studies by researchers at the national center for health statistics in maryland, part of the u.s. centers for disease control and prevention, shows that slightly overweight or obese people were six percent less likely to die from all causes compared to people of normal weight. but the researchers found that seriously obese individuals were still at a 30 percent greater risk of death compared to healthy-weight individuals.study lead author katherine flegal says she was not surprised that overweight people would not have a higher death risk. “because wed actually already read a lot of this literature and realized that death rates for overweight would be at least not higher than normalweight, she said. “i guess l was a little bit surprised that it was definitely lower. and l was also surprised that the lower rates of obesity didnt seem to differ from normal weight. but flegal stresses the difference in death rates appear to be small between normal-weight people and overweight and mildly obese individuals.the finding by flegal and colleagues have raised new questions about the reliability(可靠性)of the so-called body mass index or bmi, a measurement of body fat as a ratio(比例，比率)of height to weight, that has become popular in recent years among public health experts to measure potential health risks.but heymsfield warns that individuals should not conclude that its okay to put on extra kilograms, since being at a healthy weight lowers the risk for heart disease and diabetes.13katherine flegal feels surprised at the fact that_.a. obese people have higher death ratesb. slightly obese people have lower death ratesc. obese people tend to die earlyd. death rates have nothing to do with body weight14what do we learn from the fifth paragraph?a. bmi may not be so reliable.b. the study provides further evidence for bmi.c. bmi tells nothing about potential health risks.d. bmi has been much questioned recently.15what topic does the passage mainly deal with?a. technology. b. dieting. c. health. d. death.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。both men and women are living longer these days in industrialized countries. 16 in general, they can expect to live six or seven years more than men. one reason for this is biological.one important biological factor that helps women live longer is the difference in hormones （荷尔蒙）between men and women. 17 between the ages of about 12 and 50, women produce hormones that are involved in fertility(生育能力). these hormones also have a positive effect on the heart and blood flow. in fact, women are less likely to have high blood pressure or to die from heart attacks.18 theyhelpthebodydefenditselfagainstsomekindsofinfections.thismeansthatwomengenerallygetsicklessoftenandlessseriouslythanmen.thecommoncoldisagoodexample:women,onaverage,getfewercoldsthanmen.19scientistsarestillnotexactlysurehowinfluenceaging,buttheybelievethattheydo.somethinkthatawomansbodycellshaveatendency toagemoreslowlythanamans.othersthinkthatamansbodycellshaveatendencytoagemorequickly.20ahowever,women,onaverage,livelonger.b.thebiologicalfactorplaysanimportantpart.c.womenarealsohelpedbytheirfemalegenes.d.thefemalehormonesalsoprotectthebodyinanotherway.e.recentresearchseemstosupportbothofthesepossibilities.f.therefore,womenaremorehealthythanmenandcanliveabetterlife.g.hormonesarechemicalswhichareproducedbythebodytocontrolcariousbodyfunctions.第二节 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，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。 when i was 13 my only purpose was to become the star on our football team. that meant 21 miller king, who was the best 22 at our school.football season started in september and all summer long i worked out. i carried my football everywhere for 23 .just before september, miller was struck by a car and lost his right arm. i went to see him after he came back from 24 . he looked very 25 , but he didnt cry.that season, i 26 all of millers records while he 27 the home games from the bench. we went 10-1 and i was named most valuable player, 28 i often had crazy dreams in which i was to blame for millers 29 .one afternoon, i was crossing the field to go home and saw miller 30 going over a fencewhich wasnt 31 to climb if you had both arms. im sure i was the last person in the world he wanted to accept 32 from. but even that challenge he accepted. i 33 him move slowly over the fence. when we were finally 34 on the other side, he said to me, “you know, i didnt tell you this during the season, but you did 35 .thank you for filling in for 36 .” his words freed me from my bad 37 . i thought to myself, how even without an arm he was more of a leader. damaged but not defeated, he was 38 ahead of me. i was right to have 39 him. from that day on，i grew 40 and a little more real.21.a. cheering for b. beating out c. relying on d. staying with22.a.coach b. student c. teacher d. player23.a.practice b. show c. comfort d. pleasure24.a.school b. vacation c. hospital d. training25.a. pale b. calm c. relaxed d. ashamed26.a. held b. broke c. set d. tried27.a.reported b. judged c. organized d. watched28.a.and b. then c. but d. thus29.a. decision b. mistake c. accident d. sacrifice30.a.stuck b. hurt c. tired d. lost31.a. steady b. hard c. fun d. fit32.a.praise b. advice c. assistance d. apology33.a.let b. helped c. had d. noticed34.a. dropped b. ready c. trapped d. safe35.a.fine b. wrong c. quickly d. normally36.a. us b. yourself c. me d. them37.a.memories b. ideas c. attitudes d. dreams38.a.still b. also c. yet d. just39.a. challenged b. cured c. invited d. admired40.a.healthier b. bigger c. cleverer d. cooler第二部分 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）或括号内单词的正确形式。 three brothers, who worked for the same company , _41_ ( receive ) different wages due to their different attitudes towards their work, which shows right attitude is _42_great help to ones life. their different attitudes towards their work result in their different wages. from the story i can conclude that those _43_ take positive attitude towards work will _44_( reward). different attitudes lead to different results. take xiao hua and xiao li for example. they are both my classmates. not only does xiao hua pu