高二英语上学期期中试题129.doc

鹤岗一中20162017学年度上学期期中考试高二英语试题本试卷分第卷(选择题)和第卷(非选择题)两部分。考生作答时，将答案答在答题卡上，在本试卷上答题无效。考试结束后，将本试卷和答题卡一并交回。第卷第一部分 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。A Aava Whistler HotelStar Ratings： Location: WhistlerRooms:192Stay at the Aava Whistler Hotel (formerly Coast Whistler Hotel) and experience a great vacation. The Aava Whistler Hotel is within minutes from over a hundred shopping malls and restaurants. It also has a great number of recreational facilities，including swimming，diving and even skiing. Hotel services include 24-hour reception，laundry and room service. Guests can stay in cozy rooms equipped with air-conditioning, bathroom and television. From CN￥496 per night.Best Western Cairn Croft HotelStar Ratings： Location: East Lundys LaneRoom:l66 Relax and unwind at the Best Western Cairn Hotel. This resort-style hotel is located just minutes from the airport. At the Best Western Cairn Croft, guests can enjoy a large number of recreational facilities, including childrens activities, sightseeing and a swimming pool. Business travelers can also take advantage of spacious meeting and banqueting facilities for hosting corporate events. All rooms come with basic amenities(便利设施). From CN￥439 per night.Clarion HotelSuites Downtown MontrealStar Ratings： Location：MontrealRooms：266Conveniently located just 20 minutes from the airport, the Clarion HotelSuite Downtown Montreal is a moderately-priced three-star hotel that provides services to both business and leisure travelers. The Clarion has spacious meeting facilities and modern business centers for business travelers. It also has a sauna and whirlpool where guest can relax. All rooms come with basic amenities, including cable TV and a kitchenette. From CN￥553 per night. Delta Bow Valley HotelStar Ratings： Location：CalgaryRooms：398 The Delta Bow Valley Hotel is located a couple of blocks north of Olympic Plaza, east of James Short Park, and north-east of the Petro-Canada Centre. Apart from business and recreational services such as a business centre, fitness centre and restaurant, all rooms in the Delta come with a mini-bar and in-house movies. From CN￥l, 227 per night.1. What do all four of the hotels have in common? A. They all have a three star ratings. B. They all have the same number of rooms C. They are all close to the airport D. They all provide a room with a mini bar. 2. Which hotel offers facilities for childrens activities? A. Clarion HotelSuites Downtown Montreal B. Aava Whistler Hotel C. Best Western Cairn Croft Hotel D. Delta Bow Valley Hotel3. If you want to check in to a hotel at three oclock in the morning you can stay at _. A. Aava Whistler Hotel B. Best Western Cairn Croft Hotel C. Clarion HotelSuites Downtown Montreal D. Delta Bow Valley HotelBWhos in control of your life? Who is pulling your string? For the majority of us, its other peoplesociety, colleagues, friends, family or our religious community. We learned this way of operating when we were very young, of course. We were brainwashed. We discovered that feeling important and feeling accepted was a nice experience and so we learned to do everything we could to make other people like us. As Oscar Wilde puts it, “Most people are other people. Their thoughts are someone elses opinions, their lives a mimicry(模仿), their passions a quotation.”So when people tell us how wonderful we are, it makes us feel good. We long for this good feeling like a drug. Therefore, we are so eager for the approval of others that we live unhappy and limited lives, failing to do the things we really want to. Just as drug addicts and alcoholics live worsened lives to keep getting their fix (一剂毒品). We worsen our own existence to get our own constant fix of approval.But, just as with any drug, there is a price to pay. The price of the approval drug is freedomthe freedom to be ourselves. The truth is that we cannot control what other people think. People have their own agenda, and they come with their own baggage and, in the end, theyre more interested in themselves than in you. Furthermore, if we try to live by the opinions of others, we will build our life on sinking sand. Everyone has a different way of thinking, and people change their opinions all the time. The person who tries to please everyone will only end up getting exhausted and probably pleasing no one in the process.So how can we take back control? I think theres only one waymake a conscious decision to stop caring what other people think. We should guide ourselves by means of a set of values-not values imposed（强加）from the outside by others, but innate values which come from within. If we are driven by these values and not by the changing opinions and value systems of others, we will live a more authentic, effective, purposeful and happy life.4What Oscar Wilde says implies that _.A. most peoples thoughts are controlled by othersB. most people have a variety of thoughtsC. we have thoughts similar to those of othersD. other peoples thoughts are more important5What does the author try to argue in the third paragraph ?A. We need to pay for what we want to get.B. Changing opinions may cost us our freedom.C. We may lose ourselves to please others.D. The price of taking drugs is freedom.6In order to live a happy, effective and purposeful life, we should _.A. care about others opinions and change opinions all the timeB. guide ourselves by means of values from the outsideC. stick to our own valuesD. persuade others to accept our opinions7It can be concluded from the passage that _.A. its important to accept others opinionsB. its better to do what we likeC. we shouldnt change our own opinionsD. we shouldnt care what others think too muchCAs popular as they are globally, selfie sticks (自拍杆) are being asked to stay away from more places. Now the Palace Museum has become cautious about the device (设备), too.Museums take the leadOut of safety concern, a number of museums took the lead earlier this year to ban selfie sticks in order to protect their artworks and visitors. Several major museums in other countries have said “no” to the device, including the Romes Colosseum, the Smithsonian museums in Washington and the National Portrait Gallery in the UK. More Chinese museums are joining the international trend as well, for example, the Nanjing Museum, which took the step last week.Although the Palace Museum has not issued an official ban, the museums administration has recently warned visitors to be more careful with the device. If the device is used in crowded place or narrow area, the staff is likely to walk up and stop it. Selfie sticks are also advised to stay outside the exhibition area in the museum, as the stretchable (可伸缩的) device can be disturbing to other visitors and dangerous to the museum objects.It is still a question whether sefie sticks will be challenged in more casual occasions like amusement parks, but the Tokyo Disneyland officially bans the use of selfie stick inside the theme park area.The voicesThe Louvre museum in Paris has not yet banned selfie sticks, but an action is expected to be announced in a few weeks. A leader of the museum told a foreign media his vexation: More visitors are waving the devices high in the air, and some of them are only few centimeters away from the famous original Mona Lisa.“Museum photos are good for spreading the cultural messages, but we should pay attention to our ways,” said Cao Wei, a famous Sina Weibo blogger. “I support the museums actions on the selfie stick ban.”8. Why have lots of museums banned visitors from using selfie sticks?A. Because they are illegal devices.B. Because they may cause unsafety problems.C. Because they may do harm to visitors health.D. Because they have been forbidden in other occasions.9. What does the underlined word “vexation” mean in the passage?A. purpose. B. concern.C. determination. D. assumption.10. In the Palace Museum, visitors _.A. are never seen using selfie sticksB. are forbidden to use selfie sticksC. are warned to be careful with selfie sticksD. are allowed to use selfie sticks only in exhibition area11. In Cao Weis view, _.A. visitors shouldnt get close to the artworksB. the ban on selfie stick is necessaryC. visitors shouldnt take photos in the museumD. selfie sticks should be banned on more casual occasionsDIt seems hard to watch someone yawn（打哈欠） and not to yawn ourselves. Even reading about yawning can make you do it. Now, a new study has found why yawning has such a powerful force. Yawning when others yawn, the study suggests, is a sign of pity and a form of social connection. Kids dont develop this deeply rooted behavior until around age four, the study found. Kids with autism (自闭症) are less likely to catch yawns. In the most serious cases, they never do. Yawning might help doctors to see whether the children are developing rightly. The work could also lead to a better understanding of the ways that people communicate and connect. “Emotional infection seems to be a born thing that connects us together,” said Molly Helt, a graduate student in psychology at the University of Connecticut. “Yawning may be part of that.” Inspiration for her study came when she tried to get her own autistic son to clear his ears on an airplane. She repeatedly yawned at him, hoping he would yawn back. He never did. “The fact that autistic kids dont do it might mean theyre really missing out on that emotional connection with people around them, ” she said. “The biggest thing people try to figure out after birth is how we become humans and understand that humans have minds that are different from others, she added. Autistic people never seem to understand that.” Like infectious（有感染力的）laughter and crying, scientists have found that yawning is a shared experience that promotes social connection. Helt said it could fight stress after a period of being nervous and spread a feeling of calm through a group.12. According to the first two paragraphs, what does the new study suggest? A. Yawning is a form of communication. B. It is easy to stop yawning when you see others yawn.C. Children follow others in yawning just after they are born. D. Yawning has some mysterious force which is related to God.13. According to Molly Helt, _. A. humans differ from animals because they communicate with others B. yawning is a kind of emotional connection among humansC. emotions are infectious, but yawning is not D. yawning helps clear ears on planes14. Which of the following is NOT true about yawning? A. It is natural to yawn back if people around you yawn. B. Some kids are too young to yawn after others.C. Yawning can be used to test childrens development. D. Kids with autism yawn easily when others yawn. 15. The author implies in the last paragraph that _.A. yawning can make people feel relaxed B. it is bad manners to yawn on some social occasionsC. the more you yawn, the happier you will be D. yawning is different from infectious laughter and crying in theory 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。选项中的两项为多余选项。How to Improve Vocabulary FastYour vocabulary refers to the words in a language you are familiar with. We should learn some ways to expand it.Read every day. 16 Choose reading material that is slightly above your level and keep a dictionary with you to look up words you do not know. 17 If you do not meet with an unfamiliar word in your daily reading, use your dictionary to search for one. Learn the correct definition and pronunciation for each new word. Pronunciation is as important as definition because in order to add a word to your active vocabulary, you must be able to use it in speech. Elaborate（阐释）on the meaning of the word. Use imagery and personal relevance. If you have just learned the word “stubborn”, think about the neighbor who will not lend you his car. 18 Use your new word in speech and in writing. E-mail your sister about how your cat is stubborn about sleeping on your pillow. 19 But the more you use it, the more fluent you will become in its use. Soon it will be a regular part of your active vocabulary.Tell everyone you are trying to increase your vocabulary. Encourage them to ask you what your latest word is. 20 The more you explain the meaning of a word to someone, the more likely you are to remember it.A. Find a new word every day.B. The vocabulary can be increased.C. Your vocabulary contains the words you understand.D. The more often you read, the faster your vocabulary can grow.E. Or let them ask for the definition of a new word you have used.F. Imagine him shaking his head, and think of him as “stubborn in his refusal”.G. The first time you use a new word in speech, it may seem clumsy and forced.第二部分：英语知识运用(共两节，满分75分)第一节：完形填空 (共40小题，每小题.1.5分, 满分60分) （1）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。A woman professor was giving a lesson to her students on stress management. As she raised a glass of water, everyone in the class 21 they would be asked the “half-empty or half-full” question. 22 , with a smile on her face, she asked the students, “How 23 do you think this glass of water weighs?” Answers called out 24 from 100ml to 300ml. She quieted the students down and then replied, “It does not matter on the absolute weight. It 25 on how long you hold it. If I hold it for a minute, it is OK. If I hold it for an hour, I will have an ache in my right 26 . If I hold it for a day, my arm will feel numb. In each case, the 27 of the glass of water doesnt change, but the 28 I hold it, the heavier it becomes. Why?”Lost in 29 , all the students kept silent and listened to the professor carefully. “Our 30 and worries in life are like that glass of water. If we 31 our burdens all the time, sooner or later, we will feel exhausted, even 32 to carry on. 33 you have to do is put all your burdens down, as 34 in the evening as possible. Dont carry 35 through the evening into the night; by doing this, we can get 36 next morning and are able to move forward. More 37 than not, life gets terrible when we think too much. And the moment you 38 your burdens, youll find yourself feeling so much more relaxed.So rather than being upset and feeling 39 for yourself, start doing something about it. After all, life is too short to 40 yourself to anything that is not making you happy.21. A. wonderedB. agreedC. expected D. argued22. A. InsteadB. MeanwhileC. AnyhowD. Therefore23. A. fullB. littleC. heavyD. much24. A. repliedB. rangedC. readD. remained25. A. holdsB. callsC. takesD. depends26. A. fingerB. footC. armD. leg27. A. shapeB. functionC. sizeD. weight 28. A. betterB. longerC. deeperD. further29. A. thoughtB. ideaC. planD. class30. A. doubtsB. joysC. stressesD. surprises31. A. carryB. coverC. hideD. show32. A. uncertain B. unhappyC. unawareD. unable33. A. WhatB. ThatC. WhetherD. How34. A. lateB. earlyC. soonD. fast35. A. thisB. thatC. themD. it36. A. resetB. reviewedC. refreshedD. reminded37. A. usuallyB. commonlyC. ordinarilyD. often38. A. catch up withB. let go ofC. put up withD. take care of39. A. sorryB. satisfiedC. happyD. confused40. A. helpB. abandonC. driveD. treat（2）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。I was 14 years old. I was angry and rebellious（反叛的）, with 41 regard for anything my parents had to say, 42 if it had nothing to do with me. Like so many 43 , I struggled to escape from anything that didnt 44 my picture of the world. A “ brilliant without need of guidance” kid, I rejected any obvious 45 of love. In fact, I got angry at the 46 of the word “love”.One 47 , after an extremely difficult day, I 48 into my room, shut the door loudly and fell down onto my bed heavily. As I lay down in the privacy of my 49 , my hands placed under my pillow. There was an envelope. I pulled it out and on the envelope it said, “To 50 when youre alone.” 51 I was alone, no one would know whether I read it or not. So I opened it. It said，“Mike，I know life is 52 right now, I know you are frustrated and I know we dont do everything right. I also know that I love you 53 and nothing you do or say will ever change that. I am here for you if you ever need to talk. If you dont, thats also 54 . Just know that no matter where you go or whatever you do in your life, I will always love you and be 55 that you are my son. Im here for you and I love you-that will never 56 .love you Mom.”Every night as I went to bed, I would put my hands under my 57 , and I remember the