高二英语上学期期中试题109.doc

沈阳铁路实验中学2016-2017学年度上学期期中考试高二英语时间：100分钟 分数：120分第I卷第一部分：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)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。AOne day I was driving home with a woman. She rolled down the window, fifty feet away from the driveway and spit her gum （口香糖）out of the window. “Couldnt you just wait five seconds and put your gum where it belongs?” I asked, annoyed. She was not the only one who was gum-lazy. Consider the following. Once I brushed chewed gum under my desk, I shook with fright. At Folsom Middle School, whenever I had to walk by the gum wall next to the girls locker room, I felt totally disgusted. When I was young, I walked outside during my dance show in my ballet shoes, always stepping right on a big and juicy piece of bubble gum. I was extremely upset.The worst part of all these incidents is that a trash can is located near. But some people are too lazy to walk towards it. If you cant be a responsible gum chewer, dont chew at all. Thats all Im going to say. Take Singapore as a good example. The chewing gum ban in Singapore was placed. It bans the import and sale of chewing gum in Singapore, whether for the purpose of trade or personal chewing. However, the ban has been partly lifted with some types of gum, such as medical gum, allowable. This comes with the warning that it is sold only by a druggist, who has to take down the names of buyers. Obviously, the Singapore government gets angry at gum stuck in keyholes of mailboxes and on elevator buttons. Not only is it annoying, but chewing gum can actually do harm to the health. Most gum contains aspartame （阿斯巴甜）, a chemical sweetener（增甜剂）that the US government is now deciding whether or not it is a deadly chemical. If it is, it may cause cancer. Other studies suggest that aspartame may cause neurological（神经系统的）disorders. Therefore, aspartame is not allowed to use in the US.So just say no to chewing gum.1. What did the author think of the womans behavior? A. It was strange.B. It was unacceptable. C. It was dangerous.D. It was violent.2. According to Paragraph 2, the author _. A. stepped on a piece of gum while dancing B. cleaned gum under her desk sometimes C. was troubled by chewed gumD. often found chewed gum in her locker 3. What do we know about aspartame?A. It is proved to be a harmless chemical. B. It is the cause of many kinds of cancer.C. It is being refused by the US government.D. It is the main ingredient of chewing gum. 4. What is the main purpose of the text? A. To advise people against chewing gum. B. To criticize people who are lazy. C. To persuade people to buy medical gum. D. To make comments on the ban in Singapore.B Ask any group of teenagers in the UK what they most like to eat, and foods like pizzas, curries, pasta, burgers and chips are bound to get mentioned and many young people would probably also list hanging out at the local fast-food restaurant as one of their favorite pastimes（消遣）. But what teenagers like to eat is not necessarily what they should be eating. According to the National Diet and Nutrition Survey, far too many young people in the UK between the ages of 14 and 18 consume too much fat, sugar and salt in their diet and take in too many calories. Meanwhile their intake of starchy carbohydrates（含大量淀粉的碳水化合物）, fiber, iron, vitamins and calcium is too low.For a growing body, eating foods containing plenty of calcium, such as milk, yoghurt and cheese, is particularly important as calcium is essential for the development of healthy, strong bones. Similarly, foods that are rich in iron are good for young, rapidly developing bodies, so red meat, bread, green vegetables, fried fruit and fortified（使增强体质的）breakfast cereals（谷类食物）are also recommended. It is during our teenage years that habits of lifestyle can become entrenched（根深蒂固的）, so it is greatly important that young people are educated about what foods are good. In 2005, in order to change eating habits and open teenagers minds to new tastes, a chef named Jamie Oliver launched a “Feed Me Better” campaign. As a part of television series Jamies School Dinners, he worked with teachers and cooks in a number of schools across the UK to provide more healthy school meals. Although some teenagers and parents refused to have a try at first, the project was generally a huge success and helped to influence governmental policy on nutritional standards for school meals. No one expects to end the teenage love with fast and junk food, but, hopefully, if projects like “Feed Me Better” continue to give out the right messages, more young people will understand the importance of eating healthily. 5. From the first two paragraphs we can know that _. A. British teenagers eat too much junk food B. British teenagers need to take in more calcium C. what British teenagers like to eat is probably what their bodies need D. British teenagers should reduce their intake of starchy carbohydrates6. To build healthy strong bodies, young people need _. A. a lot of fiberB. calcium and iron C. carbohydratesD. vitamins7. According to the article, Jamie Oliver launched a campaign at schools to _. A. show off his excellent cooking skills B. teach students how to cook nutritious meals C. introduce governmental policy on nutritional standards for school meals D. draw the publics attention to the importance of nutritious school meals8. Which of the following statements is NOT TURE according to the article? A. Teenagers shouldnt eat any junk food at all. B. It is difficult to make children understand the importance of a healthy diet. C. It is OK to eat a little bit junk food, as long as you eat healthily most of the time D. Our eating habits are developed in our teenager years and then influence our lifestyle. C Two new studies suggest that modern running shoes could increase the risk of injuries to runners. One study involved sixty-eight healthy young women and men who ran at least twenty-four kilometers a week. The runners were observed on a treadmill machine (跑步机). Sometimes they wore running shoes. Other times they ran barefoot (赤脚). Researchers from the JKM Technologies Company in Virginia, the University of Virginia and the University of Colorado did the study. They found that running shoes create more stress that could damage knees, hips and ankle joints than running barefoot. They observed that the effect was even greater than the effect reported earlier for walking in high heels. The study appeared in the official scientific journal of The American Academy of Physical Medicine. The other study appeared in the journal Nature. It compared runners in the United States and Kenya. The researchers were from Harvard University in Massachusetts, Moi University in Kenya and the University of Glasgow in Scotland. They divided the runners into three groups. One group had always run shoeless. Another group had always run with shoes. And the third group had changed to shoeless running. Runners who wear shoes usually come down heel first. That puts great force on the back of the foot. But the study found that barefoot runners generally land on the front or middle of their foot. That way they ease into their landing and avoid striking their heel. Harvards Daniel Lieberman led the study. He says the way most running shoes are designed may explain why those who wear them land on their heels. The heel of the shoe is bigger and heavier than other parts of the shoe, so it would seem more likely to come down first. Also, the heel generally has thick material under it to soften landings. But the researchers do not suggest that runners immediately start running barefoot. They say it takes some training. And there can be risks, like running when your feet are too cold to feel if you get injured. The study was partly supported by Vibram, which makes a kind of footwear that it says is like running barefoot. The findings have gotten a lot of attention. But the researchers say there are many problems in the way the press has reported in their paper. So they have tried to explain their findings on a Harvard Website. 9. Whats the main idea of the passage? A. Walking in high heels could cause less serious effects than running barefoot. B. Two new discoveries encourage people to run in high heels. C. Running in shoes is partly good to runners. D. Two new studies prove running without shoes is beneficial to runners in most cases.10. Which part of our body could be injured if we run in running shoes? A. Toes.B. Hips.C. Feet.D. Legs.11. What can we learn from the passage? A. The way that we run by landing on the front or middle of our foot could avoid damaging our heel. B. We should start running barefoot in no time. C. Running in modern running shoes could cause more serious effects than running in high heels. D. We wont be injured if we run barefoot.DTigers have a unique coat. Its colors are from yellowish orange to brownish white. Each tiger has over a hundred stripes（斑纹）. These stripes are never the same in any two, just as the fingerprints are never the same in two human beings. Not only do these strips lead to a tiger looking great, but they also act as a great tool for them to mix perfectly well with the forest colors.A tiger can weigh as much as 300kg, with the male tiger weighing more than a female tiger. A tiger can be around 3.3 meters in length. Its tail is about a meter long. The tail is important in leading balance to the tiger when it is running after its prey.Tigers are natives of Asia and they usually live in forests and grasslands. Some are also found on mountainous areas. However, tigers are never far from a water body. Tigers eat animals, both small and large, which range from frogs, birds to giraffes. Tigers can eat up to 60 pounds of meat in one night. And while this is an interesting fact, what is more interesting is that they can go without food for a week at a time.Tigers usually hunt in the evening and during the night. Tigers can see perfectly well in the dark, so hunting is never a problem. When a tiger finds its prey, it will go as close to it as possible and then run after it as possible. If it is a small animal, the tiger will knock it down with its feet. Then using its teeth, it will strangle（勒死）the animals throat and break its neck. In case of larger animals, the tiger will strangle them in the beginning. When the tiger can not eat all its prey at one time, it will cover it up with leaves or other things and hide it so that it can come back and eat it later. This practice continues till the meat is gone.12. Whats the purpose of the passage?A. To show how tigers hunt.B. To call on people to protect tigers. C. To introduce the importance of tigers.D. To let readers know more about tigers.13. It is learned about tigers from the passage that _. A. almost every tiger has similar stripes B. their stripes and eyes help them hunt C. the older a tiger is, the longer its tail is D. tigers prefer hunting large animals14. The underlined word “prey” in the second paragraph means an animal that _. A. the tiger wants to kill for foodB. the tiger hates to play with C. makes the tiger angryD. prevents the tiger from hunting15. According to the passage, tigers _. A. seldom live in the mountains B. often live close to a water body C. most have a great meal every dayD. always eat up the animal after killing it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。Although problems are a part of our lives, it certainly doesnt mean that we let them rule our lives forever. One day or the other, youll have to stand up and say problem, I dont want you in my life. 16 Problems with friends, parents, girlfriends, husbands, and children the list goes on. Apart from these, the inner conflicts within ourselves work, too. These keep adding to our problems. Problems come in different shapes and colors and feelings.But good news is that all problems can be dealt with. Now read on to know how to solve your problems.Talk, it really helps. What most of us think is that our problem can be understood only by us and that no talking is going to help. 17 Talking helps you move on and let go.Write your problems. 18 When you write down your problems, you are setting free all the tension from your system. You can try throwing away the paper on which you wrote your problems. By doing this, imagine yourself throwing away the problems from your life.Dont lose faith and hope. No matter what you lose in life, dont lose faith and hope. Even if you lose all your money, family you should still have faith. 19 Your problems arent the worst. No matter what problem you get in life, therere another one million people whose problems are huger than yours. 20 Your problems might just seem big and worse, but in reality they can be removed.Go about and solve your problems because every problem, however big or small, always has a way out.A. But the truth is that when you talk about it, youre setting free the negative energies that have been gathering within you. B. When we have a problem, a pressing, critical, urgent, life-threatening problem, how do we try and solve it?C. Tell yourself: when they can deal with them, why cant I?D. Of course, weve been fighting troubles ever since we were born.E. We can often overcome the problem and achieve the goal by making a direct attack.F. Having a personal diary can also be of huge help if you dont want a real person to talk with.G. With faith and hope, you can rebuild everything that you lose.第二部分：英语知识运用 (共两节，满分45分)第一节：完型填空（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。People in the United States 21 their parents with two 22 days: Mothers Day, on the second Sunday in 23 , and Fathers Day, on the third Sunday in June.Mothers Day was proclaimed(宣布)a day for national festival 24 President Woodrow Wilson. He was the one who 25 the second Sunday in May and also began the custom of 26 a carnation(康乃馨).In 1909, Mrs. Dodd thought of the idea of a day to honor fathers. She wanted to honor her 27 father, William Smart. After her mother died, he had the responsibility of 28 a family of five sons and a daughter. In 1910, the first Fathers Day was 29 in Spokane. Senator Margaret Chase Smith helped to 30 Fathers Day as a national memorial day, in 1972.These days are set aside to show 31 and respect for parents. They raise their children and 32 them to be responsible citizens. They give love and care.The two special days are celebrated in many 33 ways. On Mothers Day people wear 34 . A red one symbolizes a living mother. A white one shows that the mother is 35 . Many people attend religious services to honor parents. It is also a day when people whose parents are dead visit the 36 . On these days families often get together at home. These are days of fun and good feelings 37 memories.Another tradition is to give cards and 38 . Children make them in school. Many people make their own presents. These are valued 39 than the ones bought in stores. It is the thought that counts. Candy makers, bakeries, telephone companies, and other 40 do a lot of business during these holidays.21. A. loveB. missC. honorD. visit22. A. ordinaryB. special C. common D. famous23. A .May B. JuneC. JulyD. April24. A. by B. with C. as D. for25. A. choseB. adapted C. adopted D. adjusted 26. A. having B. growing C. bringing D. wearing27. A. other B. one C. another D. own28. A. raising B. rising C. earning D. losing29. A. shared B. started C. celebrated D. suggested30. A. establish B. find C. announce D. become31. A. faith B. love C. belief D. pity32. A. urgeB. punishC. educateD. force33. A. different B. same C. similar D. sad34. A. roses B. cards C. carnations D. glasses35. A. dead B. sick C. healthy D. important36. A. home B. cemetery C. hotel D. park37. A. or B. but C. so D. and38. A. money B. gifts C. flowers D. wishes39. A. less B. good C. important D. more40. A. countries B. families C. stores D. organizations第II 卷注意事项：将答案写在答题卡上。写在本试卷上无效。第二部分：英语知识运用第二节 （共10个小题；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3个单词）或括号内单词的正确形式。While thousands of college students headed for warm climates to enjoy sun and fun during their week off from classes, seven local students had other plans.The Northern Essex Community College (NECC) students and one of their teachers spent part of their spring break in New York City, helping repair an area _41_ (destroy) by the hurricane.“I wanted to see for _42_ (me) what happened,” said Terry. “I couldnt imagine what it is like to lose your home and everything that you know and the _43_ (power) effect the hurricane had _44_ those people. I wanted to do something, to understand their feeling of helplessness.”The group headed into Brooklyns Red Hook district, which