安徽省六安市舒城中学2017-2018学年高二英语下学期第二次统考试题.doc

安徽省六安市舒城中学2017-2018学年高二英语下学期第二次统考试题 （本试卷分四部分，共150分。考试时间120分钟。） 第一部分 听力（共两节，满分30分） 做题时，先将答案标在试卷上。录音内容结束后，你将有两分钟的时间将试卷上的答案转涂到答题卡上。第一节 （共5小题；每小题15分，满分75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. Who is the woman?A. The mans wife.B. The mans secretary.C. A shop assistant.2. What is the man doing?A. Taking classes. B. Making a phone call. C. Cleaning the room.3. What does the man think the woman should do?A. Ask the stewardess for some medicine.B. Move to another part of the plane.C. Tolerate his smoking.4. What does the woman think of the new DVD player?A. She has no idea yet. B. Its better than the old one.C. Its not as good as the computer.5. What was the man doing when he saw the accident yesterday?A. Queuing for the cinema. B. Calling the policeman. C. Seeing whether he could help.第二节 （共15小题；每小题15分，满分225分） 听下面5段对话或独白。每段对话或独白后有几个小题，从每题所给的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，你将有时间阅读各个小题，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。听第6段材料，回答第6、7题。6. Why do Frank and Peter want to cycle to work?A. Its convenient.B. Its cheap.C. Its environmental.7. How much is the Anderson bicycle?A. 65.B. 80.C. 145.听第7段材料，回答第8、9题。8. What is the man doing?A. Working in the office.B. Hanging out.C. Repairing his car.9. What is the woman going to do?A. Attend classes.B. Go shopping.C. Have lunch.听第8段材料，回答第10至12题。10. What time is it now?A. 6:45.B. 7:15.C. 7:45.11. Whats the womans attitude toward the thorough check?A. Satisfied. B. Angry.C. Scared.12. Why are the police dogs there?A. To find weapons.B. To sniff for drugs.C. To stop line-jumpers.听第9段材料，回答第13至16题。13. Where does the woman meet the man?A. At the Berlin bus station. B. At the London bus station.C. At the womans apartment.14. How long was the mans trip?A. An hour and a half. B. Nine hours.C. Nineteen hours.15. Why did the man choose to take a bus?A. To save money. B. To enjoy the country view.C. To protect the environment.16. What does the woman say about the man?A. He doesnt look well. B. He could have taken a faster bus.C. He should care more about the environment.听第10段材料，回答第17至20题。17. Where will visitors go on the first day of the tour?A. Temple Square.B. Goblin Valley.C. Arches National Park.18. What do we know about Little Wild Horse Canyon?A. Its very narrow. B. Its in northern Utah. C. It was formed from an earthquake.19. What is included in the tour?A. Entrance fees. B. Three meals a day. C. Transportation in Utah.20. How long can you make a reservation for the tour in advance?A. Four days.B. One week.C. Two weeks.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A、B、C和D四个选项中选出最佳选项。AThe islands of Malta and Gozo are brilliant for a family holiday, packed with fun places to visit whatever your childrens ages. The islands small size means everywhere is within easy reach.Sandy beaches and swimming spotsOne of Maltas best beaches for families is soft-sanded, sheltered Golden Bay. Older children can try activities such as stand-up paddle boarding, sailing or windsurfing, while the gentle slope of the beach makes it easy for younger kids to safely paddle in the sea.Eating outChildren are welcome at most restaurants, though more upmarket places often only accept older kids. There are often kids menus that tend to offer pizza, but you can always ask for a half portion (一份) of a starter dish (portions are huge in Maltese restaurants). With a wide range of cuisines on offer, children are bound to find something theyll like, Maltese food is strongly influenced by Italian cuisine, so theres pizza and pasta galore, and some kids will love the national dish-fried rabbitAccommodationTry to schedule at least a few days on Gozo as there are lots of self-catering farmhouses with pools to rent and its even easier to get around than Malta. Smaller hotels in Valletta usually only accept older children.Transport and other tipsThe easiest way to get around Malta and Gozo is to drive, but the local bus service is reliable, easy to use, and fairly inexpensive. Buses are frequent between major towns, but only roughly hourly to and from smaller places. Ferries run between Malta and Gozo, and you can take tourist boats over to Comino. 21. What can younger kids do on the islands of Malta and Gozo?A. Try windsurfing. B. Experience paddling.C. Have dinner at all restaurants.D. Live in smaller hotels in Valletta.22. What do we know about Maltese food?A. It has much to do with Italian cuisine.B. Children can always eat up a portion of dish.C. Fried rabbit is the most popular among visitors.D. Pizza is only offered to kids in Maltese restaurants.23. What transportation may be the best choice for visitors in Malta and Gozo?A. Tourist boats.B. Ferries. C. Sailing boats. D. Motor vehicles.B Lately a popular eight-floor bookstore in Hefei, Anhui舒中高二统考英语 第4页 (共10页) province, has risen to fame because it becomes the worlds first shared bookstore, in a move meant to encourage more reading among Chinese citizens.It comes to peoples attention as more than 200,000 visitors flooded the store on its first day as a shared bookstore on July 16 this year, a record high since it was reopened to the public in 2013.Some 4,000 books were brought home on the first day, T reported.Customers are allowed to borrow up to two books valued under 150 yuan per visit after registering with an app and paying the 99 yuan deposit fee（押金）.All books on sale in the bookstore are available for sharing. Returned books that are damaged are sold at a discount. The bookstore also provides a bonus for bookworms. People who finish reading 12 books in three months receive eight percent of their deposit back, and members can be rewarded one yuan for every book read.We want to bring down the cost of reading so people could read more books, Xu Xinwei, who helps run the bookstore, told T.Some parents buy a lot of books for their children, but they usually end up collecting dust as their children grow up. Similarly, some popular novels for young people also fall out of fashion, according to Xu.Books are more effectively circulated when theyre shared.24. The bookstore becomes a shared one . A. to make more money B. to make more room for new books C. to inspire more people to read D. to recommend new books25. What does the underlined phrase “risen to fame” in Paragraph 1 probably mean? A. Become well-known. B. Settled down. C. Broken up. D. Taken over.26. What can we infer from the passage? A. The bookstore was once the best in Anhui province. B. The books that are sold here cant be borrowed. C. More than 4,000 books were taken home on July 16 in 2013. D. The cost of reading can be reduced by sharing the books.27. What does the bookstore do to attract more readers? A. The bookstore encourages parents to buy more books for their children. B. The readers are allowed to borrow the books unconditionally. C. The readers who are members can receive one yuan for every book read. D. The bookstore is considering offering a bonus for anyone who likes reading.C Happy, angry, amazed these are some of the emotions we like to express these days when were sending a message on our smart phones. Thats a quick way of telling someone how were feeling. Yes, emojis have become a vital tool for communication.The emoji was first invented in Japan in the late 1990s and the word emoji comes from the Japanese words for picture and character. The number of different images has dramatically increased since then and now we have a picture for every mood or situation.So now we are giving this new creation the visual thumbs-up but have you thought why weve become so addicted to using emojis? Professor Vyv Evans has written a book called The Emoji Code, saying increasingly, what were finding is that digital communication is taking over certain aspects of face-to-face interaction.one of the reasons why emojis are so popular is that they really do enable us to express our emotional selves more effectively.Another advantage of emojis is that they are an international language they dont use words but some pictures so they can be easily interpreted whatever your native language is. However, the emojis can sometimes be misinterpreted if a friend sends you an emoji of a hammer, you may think he/she is angry when really he/she is saying he/she is clumsy!Emojis are a good way for showing similar feelings. But as linguist（语言学家）Neil Cohn says, To many, emojis are an exciting evolution of the way we communicate, but to others, they are a linguistic Armageddon（大决战）. It does show there is a lot more to our communication than words alone but does this mean the decline in traditional writing?28. How do emojis help people in communication?A. They can interpret the foreign languages.B. They will take the place of face-to-face interaction.C. People can express their emotions effectively with emoijs.D. People can express themselves clearly with emojis at any time.29. Which of the following words can replace the underlined thumbs-up in Paragraph 3?A. doubt B. praise C. ignorance D. attention30. What do you probably mean by sending your friend an emoji of a hammer?A. You are awkward. B. You need a hammer.C. He/She loses his/her temper. D. He/She should apologize to you.31. What is Neil Cohns opinion on emojis?A. They are not used by linguists.B. They will take over the traditional writing.C. They will become an international language.D. They bring convenience and challenges to language.DYelp, the San Francisco Internet company that makes reviews of restaurants and other businesses across a large part of America, is getting into the food delivery business.舒中高二统考英语 第6页 (共10页)Today, the company has announced that it has agreed to acquire Eat24, a food company that delivers food to homes on behalf of partner restaurants. Yelp is paying $134 million for the company$75 million in cash and the rest in stock. Eat24 works with 20,000 restaurants in more than 1,500 cities all over the U.S.On Yelps reviews site, you can find new restaurants to suit your tastes, and now that the company is acquiring Eat24, the idea is that it will also let you take the next step: order food to your door.“If youre looking at a restaurant, you want to be able to book that restaurant,” Yelp co-founder and CEO Jeremy said in a Tuesday interview. “If we can integrate(融入) that into the Yelp experience, it makes the site much better.”The move is just one way that some of Internets most recognizable names are branching into online food delivery to improve their existing business. Last August, payments company Square bought Caviar, a high-end quick food delivery service. And that same month, Uber tested a fast food delivery service called UberFRESH, which aimed to deliver meals from local restaurants to customers in less than 10 minutes.In each case, food delivery can provide an added source of income, and it can also help these companies push the use of their existing services. The market for food delivery is hardly small, and mobile technologies can speed up the process, potentially expanding the business even further.32. How does Yelp pay for the company Eat24? A. Totally by cheque. B. Totally in cash. C. Partly in stock. D. Only in credit.33. What can customers NOT do on the new Yelps website?A. Finding the restaurants they like. B. Booking a restaurant they like.C. Ordering food to their door. D. Enjoying much cheaper food.34. What does the underlined word “acquire” in Paragraph 2 mean?A. Bargain.B. Purchase.C. Request.D. Claim.35. From the passage, we can infer that many companies _A. begin to set up their own food branchesB. make little money from their existing businessC. begin to attach importance to food delivery marketD. give up the present business and turn to food making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。Is it necessary to learn when we are 50s, 60s or even 70s? Most people consider when they get retired, they are supposed to be completely relaxed, do something fun, or hang around. _36_. Its particularly important to the elderly.Through learning, we know how to think, how to memorize, how to ask questions and even how to interact with others. According to a study, while we are learning, the brain creates neural(神经) pathways that make us smarter. _37_. The more we learn, the more new neural pathways develop in our brains.When it comes to learning, it doesnt mean we must load ourselves with lots of knowledge. What we need to do is just learn something we like day in and day out. _38_. Everyone learns from bottom to up. If we have an interest to learn, that desire will naturally push us to move forward.As we feel worn out from learning, dont be discouraged. _39_. An old saying goes, “Birds of a feather fly together.” As long as we have partners to learn all together, our learning excitement will come alive again. On the contrary, if we dont learn, and choose to distance ourselves from others, we might be getting dumb, and slow; eventually, we lose energy, and life passion, of being bored, dumb, why dont we keep learning?_40_. More importantly, learning explores our life horizon, helps us build up our confidence; gradually, it leads us to a way of finding a sense of value and achievement in the process of learning journey.A. Its never too old to learn.B. Dont worry if we cannot learn well.C. You should set a high learning target.D. Learning makes us understand how potential we are.E. In other words, our brains are active as we learn something new.F. Look for a partner who has the same common interest as you do.G. However, the truth is that learning makes us energetic, and self-fulfilled.第三部分 语言知识运用（共两节，满分45分）第一节 （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A、B、C和D四个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。 History has some very special qualities about it. It is a 41 of what has happened in the past, and the really interesting thing is that much of history has been 42 time and again. It allows us to learn from the past, both the 43 made and the successes achieved. One of the 44 of history is that it allows us to know how famous people 45 when they were faced with challenges in their life. 46 these challenges happened at a certain time in the past or in a 47 country or culture, all of them can always teach us something 48 .Take for example the 49 of Thomas Edison and how many times he 50 while on the road to finally inventing the light bulb. He could be held out as an example of a person who 51 stopped trying. I am sure he was 52 by those difficulties but he did not let them stop him. He had a 53 and he just kept trying until he reached success. 舒中高二统考英语 第8页 (共10页)Or, think about the story of Abraham Lincoln who 54 to become President of the United States even though he suffered 55 losses. Most of us only know about his success. 56 , his life was not an easy one. His story makes us keep moving forward no matter what 57 we have in life. These true history stories will make you stop to reconsider 58 or going after your dreams even though you may not think you have the courage or the 59 for now to get what you have always wanted. They could help you make decisions and 60 when you have no idea what to do. They could inspire you to be all that you can be. ( ) 41. A. note B. record C. chance D. belief ( ) 42. A. reported B. expected C. repeated D. corrected ( ) 43. A. mistakes B. jokes C. agreements D. challenges ( ) 44. A. events B. periods C. problems D. advantages ( ) 45. A. studied B. reacted C. competed D. explored ( ) 46. A. Although B. Because C. Unless D. Whether ( ) 47. A. developed B. poor C. different D. popular( ) 48. A. clear B. simple C. special D. useful ( ) 49. A. name B. story C. position D. character ( ) 50. A. failed B. watched C. escaped D. travelled ( ) 51. A. also B. often C. still D. never ( ) 52. A. shocked B. beaten C. discouraged D. controlled ( ) 53. A. job B. dream C. duty D. power ( ) 54. A. happened B. prepared C. pretended D. managed ( ) 55. A. hearing B. weight C. personal D. slight( ) 56. A. In fact B. As usual C. In all D. After all ( ) 57. A. directions B. improvementsC. permissions D. difficulties( ) 58. A. passing by B. giving up C. setting off D. calming down ( ) 59. A. ability B. habit C. goal D. choice ( ) 60. A. introductions B. conversationsC. judgement D. impressions第二节 （共10小题；每小题15分，满分15分）阅读下面短文，在空白处填入1个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。Never Forget Why You Started At the 19th National Congress of the CPC 61 ended last month, “Never forget why you started” was a key message. And that same message 62 (apply) to everyones life.Ambitious, meaning things you want to ac