常州市2017学年高一年级(下)期末统考英语试卷

1 常州市常州市 2017 学年高一年级 下 期末统考英语试卷学年高一年级 下 期末统考英语试卷 2017 年年 6 月月 第一卷第一卷 选择题 共选择题 共 74 分 分 一 听力 共 20 小题 每小题 1 分 满分 20 分 略 二 单项选择 共 10 小题 每小题 1 分 满分 10 分 21 Good news never goes beyond the gate bad news spreads far and wide A when B as C while D before 22 Walking for half an hour every day will help you keep fit As an added you won t suffer from lack of sleep A favor B bonusC award D promise 23 Chinese web novels enjoy great popularity with many people among are a large number of foreign readers A which B what C them D whom 24 Social media such as WeChat and Sina Weibo are as Amazon has reported readers are encouraged to share reading experiences A where B which C what D when 25 He computer games the whole Sunday morning I think he should have helped with some cleaning A has played B has been playing C was playing D had played 26 I m afraid I won t have the chance to go to the concert Don t worry You have the ticket for it I promise you A shall B would C may D should 27 Some Olympic sports judged to have become less popular have to new sports which are more popular 2 A make use of B make way for C take charge of D take control of 28 It was the Silk Road a trade route promoted the East West culture and economic exchange A 不填 B but C where D that 29 Alice sat down on the floor and began to cry A Unhappy and tired B Unhappily and tired C Unhappy and tiredly D Unhappily and tiredly 30 Oh I can t make up my mind whether to accept the job offer Why not You need a job A Don t hesitate B Take your time C Take your turn D Don t worry 3 完形填空 共 15 小题 每小题 1 分 满分 15 分 When I was younger I was interested in stories of magic I eagerly read books where wizards 魔法师 31 the powers of darkness in strange worlds I felt joyful when they brought peace and happiness to their lands I 32 wished for magical powers for myself I wanted to be able to magically make my problems 33 and to control this world that so often controls us As I got older 34 I realized that there was no such thing as magic and the 35 reality of life set in I 36 through a long period of poverty 贫穷 I felt sadness and sorrow when both of my sons 37 Autism 自闭症 I still sometimes daydreamed of magic but 38 even that faded away Then one day I am not sure 39 I began to discover a different kind of magic This magic grew 40 in my heart soul and mind day by day and year by year This magic was called 41 This magic connected me to God because God is love It also connected me to my own highest 42 and to all of the other souls in this world It didn t reduce my poverty but it made every day of my life feel 43 It didn t 44 my sons Autism but it helped me see them as the beautiful loving and joyful souls that they 45 are It didn t 46 me a wizard but it helped me to 47 the darkness of this world with my own light 3 There is such a thing as magic 48 each one of us May you choose it 49 it and live in it every single day of your life May you use it to help others to heal this world and to build a 50 to Heaven 31 A had B battled C lost D balanced 32 A secretly B quietly C slightly D simply 33 A come down B fall out C roll up D go away 34 A moreover B therefore C meanwhile D however 35 A unfair B social C bitter D virtual 36 A struggled B wondered C hesitated D survived 37 A recovered from B suffered from C resulted in D ended in 38 A at times B on time C in time D with time 39 A why B when C where D how 40 A clearer B crazier C trickier D stronger 41 A love B joy C health D luck 42 A self B opinion C status D spirits 43 A longer B busier C richer D harder 44 A treat B prevent C cure D cause 45 A hardly B nearly C likely D truly 46 A offer B make C change D bring 47 A gather B cover C tolerate D brighten 48 A in B on C around D before 49 A have B take C share D find 50 A future B destination C bridge D solution 四 阅读理解 共 12 小题 每小题 2 分 满分 24 分 4 A It is a world where the closest feelings and desires can be expressed with a single emoticon 情 感符号 And it seems the quick nature of social media and texting is having an impact on English language as the words we most frequently use are getting shorter Helen Newstead the head of language content at Collins said most of the words of the year 2016 are used by or related to the younger generation born towards the end of the last century Their contribution to the constant evolution of the English language should not be ignored Ms Newstead put the changing nature of language down to social media where space is often small and messages are sent in a hurry She told the Telegraph I think because so many of our communications are by social media there is a lot more sharing and words come to light a lot quicker than they used to The Collins list is put together by a panel of lexicographers and experts who look at terms that are becoming increasingly used There are around 4 5 billion words in the Collins Corpus but between 10 and 12 are picked for the final list 2016 Collins Words of the Year Brexit The withdrawal of the United Kingdom Union Dude food Junk food considered particularly appealing to men Hygge A concept of creating a comfortable atmosphere that promotes well being Jomo joy of missing out Pleasure gained when one decides to refuse a party invitation without any fear of missing the event Mic drop the act of pretending to drop a microphone after speaking Sharenting The habitual use of social media to share news and images of one s children Snowflake generation Young adults who are more likely to become angry than previous 5 generations Throw shade To publicly show contempt 轻视 Trumpism The policies advocated by the US politician Donald Trump Uberization A business model where services are offered directly to customers usually by mobile technology 51 Which of the following words best describes the situation You re enjoying what you re doing instead of constantly checking social media to see what everybody else is doing A sharenting B hygge C jomo D uberisation 52 Which of the following is related to politics A mic drop B Trumpism C throw shade D sharenting 53 These factors contribute to words getting shorter except A limited space in social media B the hurry to send texts C the younger generation D evolution of English B Scientists said they have found evidence of a giant planet far out in our solar system In a statement the California Institute of Technology Caltech said this planet travels a strange highly elongated orbit in the distant solar system The discovery was made by two researchers at Caltech Konstantin Batygin and Mike Brown They used mathematical modeling and computer simulations 模拟 to find the planet So far there have not been any direct observations of the planet My jaw hit the floor said astronomer Mike Brown the moment he realized there might be a ninth planet 6 The scientists said it would take this planet 10 000to 20 000 years just to make one full orbit around the sun The new planet called Planet Nine has a mass about 10 times the size of Earth It is believed that the planet orbits or travels around the sun from a great distance The planet Neptune s average distance to the sun is about 4 5 billion kilometers But Planet Nine could be 20 times farther away from the sun than that While they did not get a picture of Planet Nine yet the scientists say they are using the biggest and best telescopes on Earth to try to find it Brown and Batygin reported their finding in The Astronomical Journal They say that this new planet is so large that there should be no doubt that it is a true planet once they confirm it Robert Massey is with the Royal Astronomical Society in London He told AFP that planets have been predicted before and then were not found But he said the work of the these researchers is definitely worth following up It would be a really exciting thing to find At the moment it s simply a prediction 预测 54 What does the underlined sentence in Paragraph5 mean A He felt quite shocked B He felt on the floor C He made a public speech D He went on observing 55 What can we know about Planet Nine from the text A It could be the ninth planet discovered since ancient times B It could be about 10 times as large as the earth C It could travel around the Earth on a special orbit D Its distance to the sun could be about 90 billion kilometers 56 What s Robert s attitude towards the discovery of Planet Nine A doubtful B unclear C worried D supportive 7 57 What s the best title for the text A The discovery of the largest planet B The prediction of a ninth planet in solar system C Attitudes to Planet Ninth in the solar system D Values of finding Planet Ninth in the solar system C I was in the garden with Augie My four year old grandson watching the bees Bees make honey I said After a pause Augie replied How do they make the honey There is nothing like a child s question for exposing the limits of a grandmother s wisdom Actually Augie I don t know I said But Grandma you have your phone he said For Augie a smart phone is as natural as the bees and holding one is almost equal to knowing I Googled How do bees make honey There were dozens of videos explaining it Augie and I learned that worker bees produce an enzyme 酵素 which changes nectar 花蜜 into dextrose then beat their wings to thicken the nectar into honey It s kind of hard to see the bees I said Why don t we watch it on the big computer Augie said For the next hour we sat inside bee surfing There were a lot of beekeeper selfie videos best of which was a BBC documentary about the waggle dance the remarkable communication system that allows bees to give one another directions to the places where they ve found nectar Most of my own children was spent reading books forgetting the world around me Over time reading controlled my brain as large areas once dedicated to dealing with the real world adapted to dealing with the printed word This didn t limit my development but it didi leave me with some illusions 错觉 my idea of romantic love surely came from novels 8 Many parents worry that screen time will harm children s development but recent research suggests that most of the common fears about children and screens are unfounded There is one exception looking at screens that emit blue light before bed really does disturb sleep in people of all ages The new guidelines emphasize that what matters is content and context what children watch and with whom Each child after all will have some hundred thousand of conscious experience before turning sixteen Those hours can be like the wonderful ones that Augie and I spent together bee watching or they can be mindless and that s true whether those hours are occupied by apps or TV or books or just by talk New tools have always led to panic Socrates thought that reading and writing would have disastrous effects on memory the novel the telegraph the telephone and the television were all declared to the End of Civilization particularly in the hands of the young Part of the reason may be that adult brains require a lot of focus and effort to learn something new while children s brains are designed to master new environments naturally Advanced technologies always seem disturbing to the adults attempting to master them and obvious to those children like Augie Like the bees we live by the reports of others Unlike the bees We can invent new worlds constructing them out of apps or TV or books Sometimes those worlds confuse at other times they tell us something inspiring When Augie s father got home Augie rushed to meet him in excitement Daddy Daddy look he said reaching for the phone Do you know how bees make honey I ll show you 58 What can be learnt from the dialogue between the author and Augie A The author felt embarrassed about not knowing the answer B Augie turned to the smartphone for answers instead of using his head C They gained a lot of information about bees on the Internet D Children are more creative and quicker in thinking than old people 59 The author mentions her childhood experience in Paragraph 8 in order to A introduce the theme of the passage 9 B compare her childhood with Augie s C Analyze the good effects of reading D show great technological changes 60 Which of the following statements might the author agree with A What children watch or read is harmless to their development B The new tools like apps harmed the progress of civilization C It s worrying that apps and books may have bad information D It takes children less energy to learn new technologies than adults 61 What does the underlined sentence in the last paragraph imply A Humans communicate in the same way as bees B Humans can build up more form what they read C Humans depend on news reports for information D Apps or books open a confusing world to people 62 What does the author mainly want to say with this article A Technologies bring more confusion than inspiration to people B Screen time keeps the children from thinking independently C Screen time doesn t necessarily harm children s development D Technologies will open up new worlds to old people and children 第二卷第二卷 非选择题 共非选择题 共 46 分 分 五 阅读文章 回答问题 共 5 小题 每小题 1 分 满分 5 分 10 You travel thousands of miles to experience new cultures The peer to peer or sharing economy 经济 movement makes it possible for travelers to live locally by staying in other people s homes driving their cars eating in their kitchens and so on seeing a new destination through their eyes Why share After the economic downturn people developed new ways to make money by sharing resources they already had such as house vehicles and skills while this movement has mobilized an army of micro entrepreneurs 小型企业家 it has also resulted in traveler benefits ranging from practice savings and convenince to enriching authentic experience It also supports local communities This travel style has grows rapidly and become more accessible in recent years through the use of the Internet and social media both of which help connect travelers with hosts and services Share a house The style of staying in others private houses has exploded over the past few years mainly thanks to Airbnb an online community marketplace for homelowners and travelers that was started in 2008 Compared with booking a hotel house sharing can make a vacation more affordable and add convenience You can save on food bills by not eating at a restaurant for every meal and there are no early check in or checkout rules besides you get to meet people often friends of the exchange partner Share a ride Once you ve booked stay in a stranger s home the next natural step into the peer peer world is driving a stranger ear which has appeal for travelers wanting to save money and get more personalized 个性化的 service when they hit the rode Typically car sharing involves renting cars for short periods of time often by the hour This helps lkeeo unnecessary cars off the road making things a little easier on the environment In recent years it has expanded to meet the longer term needs of travelers who can rent directly from car 11 owners for a day making full use of underutilized 不常使用的 cars Share a Meal Houses and cars aren t the only things up for sharing People long for authenntic experiences through food And plenty of new websites are making it easier to connect passionate cook and grandmothers with hungry travellers who want to share home cooked meals with locals in just about any destination around the world This social dining sites through which you call book meals or cooking classes in someone s private kitchen fill the need of travelers who have become dissatisfied with food available at tourist restaurants and want more memorable meals that reflect the local culture IntroductionSharing economy 63 travelers to experience new cultures locally 64 to share Travelers connect with hosts and service through the Interner and social media 65 economy forced people to share what belonged to them to make money Why to share Sharing can bring people many 66 encourage micro entrepreneurs provide travelers with 67 convenient and authentic service and experience 68 local communities Share a house Rencent years have seen the styles of housing sharing 69 thanks to Airbnb Staying in a stranger s home enables travelers to spend less on food 70 the trouble of checking in and out and make new friends What to share Share a ride Travelers can rent cars for a short time or longer saving money 12 and 71 environment Share a meal Travelers share home cooked meals with locals to meet their needs of 72 local dietary culture 六 单词拼写 共 5 小题 每小题 1 分 满分 5 分 根据句意及首字母或中文提示 完成或写出相应的英语单词 73 Online shopping is convenient and time saving a to more customers than physical stores 74 He got seriously i when he fell off a cliff and landed on a snow slope 75 We live in an age of information and whatever happens may be spread 全国 through the interest within hours 76 Breathing in polluted air on busy roads is as harmful as 被动 smoking ten cigarettes a day 77 The cash for trash program is adopted by companies that 促进 waste sorting among householders 七 语篇能力考查 共 3 小题 每小题 2 分 满分 6 分 It s tough it hurts and yet more than two million of us in the UK run at least once a week Of course some people run to lose weight or to get fit and these are great reasons Running is also easy to do it s cheap and you can do it when you want All these factors certainly contribute to the fact that running is one of the most popular sports in the UK But for many of those two million runners the real reason we run is more intangible 无形的 than weight loss or fitness Many runners become interested in times They try to break the 40 minute barrier for the 10K or run under four hours for the marathon Yet really these times are almost meaningless And as soon as they are achieved another target is thrown out almost immediately 13 The times are only the carrots we put in front of ourselves But why do we put them there Nobody ever gives a wise answer Deep down we all know the answer Running brings us joy Watch small children when they are excited at play and mostly they can