河南省中原名校即豫南九校2017_2018学年高二英语下学期第一次联考试题

1、河南省中原名校（即豫南九校）2017-2018学年高二英语下学期第一次联考试题(考试时间: 100分钟 试卷满分:120分)第一部分 略第二部分 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，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑AMy mother is a kind and gentle woman. She is very busy from morning till night. As a teacher she works diligently (勤奋地) and efficiently. As a

2、mother, she takes good care of us and gives us every comfort. I have an elder brother. He and I both love her dearly, as she loves us. My mother has been teaching maths at a middle school in my hometown. She goes to the school early in the morning and does not return home until late in the afternoon

3、. She loves her students and cares for them. She treats them with patience and teaches them well. For her excellent qualities and very good teaching results, she is always praised and respected by both her students and colleagues alike. And she has been chosen or elected as a model teacher several t

4、imes. My mother is a thrifty and industrious (勤劳的)woman. She never buys expensive or beautiful dresses for herself; she goes occasionally to buy some inexpensive and high-quality clothes for us. She never goes to big restaurants to enjoy expensive meals. She only eats a cheap meal outside when she i

5、s too busy. She lives a busy yet simple life, without any complaints. As soon as she comes back from school, she sets about doing housework; sweeping the living room and bedrooms or cleaning the furniture, and putting everything in good order. Besides, she prepares nice dishes for us to eat. She see

6、ms to be on the go all the time. As she has been very busy working hard every day, she looks older than she really is. Her face is wrinkled, and her hair has turned silver white. But she looksas cheerful and happy as ever. Often she says to us, “Work while you work, and play while you play.” What a

7、good piece of advice this is! I never forget it and always keep it in my mind. This advice of hers will always serve as a guide to my action. 1. The mother is always praised and respected by the students and other teachers, because .A. she cares for her studentsB. she has good qualities and is good

8、at teachingC. she loves her students and treats them with patienceD. she has been chosen or elected as a model teacher several times2. The third paragraph mainly tells us that the authors mother .A. seems to be on the go all the timeB. cares much about her childrenC. is a thrifty and industrious wom

9、anD. never buys expensive or fancy dresses for herself3. What does the mother mean by saying the words in the last paragraph?A. You should concentrate on anything you are doing. B. You should play all the time. C. You should work and play at the same time. D. You should work all the time. 4. What do

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15、uty, fashion, fitness, entertainment, and relationships. http:/www. magazine pricesearch. com/ detail/ seventeen. html5. If Mr. Smith, a business man, wants to buy a magazine about his career, he may pay .A. $24.00B. $29.99C. $36.00D. $38.006. For Nick Magazine what is special is that it .A. has thr

16、ee typesB. has many jokes for childrenC. sees the world in a childs eyeD. involves many professional areas7. What information is contained in all of the magazines?A. Entertainment. B. Sports. C. News. D. Fashion. CLast year, Claire Noble-Randall woke up at 5:30 am every morning. She had to catch two

17、 buses to arrive in time for first-period chemistry at Ingraham High School in Seattle, US. Ingraham starts at 8 am, but Noble-Randall often didnt get to sleep until after midnight. “It was really hard not to fall asleep in class,” she said. Her mom solved the problem this year when she discovered t

18、hat other parents had hired a private city tour bus to take their children to the school. “Now, she leaves the house at a much more reasonable time 7:10 in the morning. to catch the little tour bus at 7:23 am,” said her mother, Noelle Noble.That may be one way to help students get more sleep. But mo

19、re than 3,300 people have signed an online petition (请愿) looking for a better solution from the Seattle school district. Those who have signed the petition want all high schools and middle schools to start no earlier than 8:30 am. Most of Seattles high schools and middle schools start at 8 am or ear

20、lier. Later start times for teenagers is an idea that some parents around the nation, have wanted for years. Theyve provided plenty of scientific evidence that teenagers tend to be night owls and delayed start times improve their health, mood, attention, and, in some cases, learning. But attempts to

21、 delay start times for teenagers havent worked. Coaches dont want late dismissals (放学) cutting into sports practices; community groups dont want to wait longer for gyms and fields and before- and after-school programs don t want to change their schedules. This time, however, theyve got Seattle Schoo

22、l Board. President Sharon Peaslee on their side. She herself is the mother of two high school students. Peaslee hopes other board members will pass her plan calling on the district to find a way to make the changes. 8. How did Noble-Randal solve her problem of early classes?A. She quit first-period

23、classes. B. She found a faster way to the school. C. She took a private city tour bus to the school. D. Her family moved to a house near the school. 9. People who signed the online petition want schools to . A. provide a school bus serviceB. delay school start timesC. improve the quality of lessonsD

24、. stop students from falling asleep in class10. Why did parents attempts to change school start times fail?A. Not enough people signed the petition. B. No scientific evidence could support their idea. C. It would influence the schools schedules. D. It would influence many out-of-school activities. 1

25、1. What can we infer from the article?A. More parents will hire a private bus for their children. B. Seattle schools plan to change their schedules next year. C. There will be less after-school activities and programs. D. There is now a higher chance of delaying school start times. DSilvia Maier wor

26、ks at the University of Zurich, Switzerland. She and her colleagues invited 51 young men into the lab for 3 hours of tests. They showed each man 180 food items on a computer. Each time, they asked the men to judge how healthy, tasty and appealing the food was. Then the researchers stressed out 29 of

27、 the men. They did this by asking each to put one hand in ice water for three minutes. If the water was too unpleasant, the volunteers could remove their hands, but must continue looking into a video camera. The men were also encouraged to put their hands back into the cold water. All the while, a r

28、esearcher watched and videotaped the ordeal (考验). Another 22 men held one hand in warm water. They were not videotaped. Afterward, the researchers showed each man a series of two food items. They did this 210 times. And before making choices, the men were told to choose the healthier of the two item

29、s. When the testing was over, the scientists gave the volunteers a snack. Each man got one of the items he had said that he preferred. Despite being coached to choose healthy foods, the stressed men proved more likely to pick the less healthy. The researchers also performed brain scans of the volunt

30、eers. It showed what part of the brain was active as they made their choices. “Our findings indicate that stress affects the decision making,” Maiers team concluded. And it does this by changing two brain pathways. One affects sensory information, such as taste. The other affects a persons ability t

31、o make decisions such as eating what is good for us. More studies will be needed to confirm the new findings. But the early signs suggest that stress not only makes junk food more appealing, but also weakens the brains ability to resist eating it. 12. How did the scientists mainly get the result?A.

32、By doing experiments. B. By asking questions. C. By conducting surveys. D. By secret observations. 13. The cold water used in the experiment may make men feelA. pleasantB. frightenedC. relaxedD. stressed14. Why did the scientists scan the brains of the volunteers?A. They wanted to find the IQ of the

33、m. B. They wanted to observe the activities of their brains. C. They wanted to discover the potential disease of them. D. They wanted to know the health conditions of them. 15. What does the last paragraph imply?A. The new Swiss study is the final conclusion. B. Stress may increase self-control in e

34、ating. C. Stress makes junk food more attractive. D. It is easy for stressed people to resist tasty foods. 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。A students life is never easy. And it is even more difficult if you will have to complete your study in a foreign land. 16 The fol

35、lowing are some basic things you need to do before even seizing that passport and boarding on the plane. Knowing the country. You shouldnt bother about researching the countrys hottest tourist spots or historical places, You wont go there as a tourist, but as a student. 17 Most importantly, read abo

36、ut their laws. You surely dont want to face legal problems, especially if youre away from home. 18Dont expect that you can graduate abroad without knowing even the basics of the language. Before leaving your home country, take online lessons to at least master some of their words and sentences. This

37、 will be useful in living and studying there. Doing this will also prepare you in communicating with those who cant speak English. Preparing for other needs. Check the conversion(兑换) of your money to their local currency. 19 The Internet or your intended school will be very helpful in finding an apa

38、rtment and helping you understand local currency. Remember, youre not only carrying your own reputation but your countrys reputation as well. If you act foolishly, people there might think that all of your countrymen are foolish as well. 20A. Packing your clothes. B. Studying their language. C. That

39、 would surely be a very bad start for your study abroad program. D. Going with their trends will keep it from being too obvious that youre a foreigner. E. Set up your bank account So you can use it there, get an insurance and find an apartment. F. Itll be helpful to read the most important points in

40、 their history and to read up on their culture. G. A lot of preparations are needed so you can be sure to go back home with a diploma and a bright future waiting for you. 第三部分 语言知识运用(共两节，满分45分)第一节 完形填空(共20小题; 每小题1. 5分, 满分30分)阅读下面的短文，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，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。The wisdom my 77-

41、year-old father has passed on to me came more through osmosis(潜移) than lectures. My dads 21 shines through all my life. Old age hasnt 22 him, mainly because he doesnt think almost-80 is old. He had ever trained for a charity 23 across the Hudson River in New York. He wore his custom-fitted diving su

42、it, but he still got so 24 . We warmed him and wrapped him in a sleeping bag. “Oh, 25 . It isnt that bad,” hed say, “I am fine.” He always is. He did 26 the Hudson swim a month later. If you ask my father whether or not his life has been hard, he will say he is 27 . He means the kind of happiness th

43、at comes from 28 a well-cooked family meal, taking a good long run or growing a perfect tomato. Did I mention that he used to run marathons before his knee replacement surgery? Hes the only one 29 convinced me I could do it, too. “Anyone can run a marathon,” he said, “ 30 you keep training.”My fathe

44、r was born in 1933. His childhood took a 31 at the beginning of World War II. His father joined the French Army and was 32 by the Germans and spent the war in a prison camp. My dad and his mother and sister were shipped off to New Jersey to live with relatives. His mother 33 from depression, and Dad

45、 went to a boarding school in New England from the sixth grade on. Yet in all Dads dinner table 34 , there have been many times when he turned them into 35 stories. After a family dinner the other night, my father advised us to try the skydiving 36 “Sixty-five seconds of falling,” he said. “ I 37 it

46、. I should have been a paratrooper (伞兵)!”He loves getting cards in the mail, and usually Im 38 , so instead I call him on Fathers Day. But this year Ive 39 to be early for once. I want to let him know how much he 40 to me. Dad, thank youfor all of it and mostly for your long faith that everything wi

47、ll be OK.21. A. abilityB. gentlenessC. optimismD. humor22. A. comfortedB. slowedC. punishedD. accused23. A. swimB. donationC. volunteerD. activity24. A. warmB. sadC. calmD. cold25. A. come outB. come backC. come overD. come on26. A. completeB. stopC. delayD. celebrate27. A. ordinaryB. youngC. disabl

48、edD. lucky28. A. destroyingB. containingC. sharingD. buying29. A. whomB. whichC. whatD. that30. A. as long asB. as far as C. thoughD. because31. A. stepB. turnC. sighD. dream32. A. killedB. caughtC. drivenD. fired33. A. resultedB. trappedC. sufferedD. separated34. A. jokesB. mannersC. storiesD. news

49、35. A. foolishB. greatC. shortD. terrible36. A. chanceB. adventureC. visitD. movement37. A. lovedB. hatedC. usedD. assessed38. A. lateB. earlyC. noisyD. quiet39. A. refusedB. permittedC. allowedD. decided40. A. occursB. possessesC. meansD. proves第二节(共10小题; 每小题1.5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

50、形式。The story happened in ancient times. A king was so clever that he thought of a good way to test 41his men were reliable. One day, he had a huge rock 42 (place) on a roadway at night. Then he hid 43(him) nearby and watched carefully to see if anyone would remove the big rock. Some 44 (wealth) busi

51、nessmen and high officials came by, but they simply walked around it. Many of them even loudly blamed the king for not keeping the roads clear, but none of them would bother 45 (get) the big stone out of the way. Then a villager came along carrying a load of vegetables. On 46 (approach)the big rock,

52、 he stopped and laid down his burden, trying hard to move the stone to the side of the road. After much pushing, he 47 (final) succeeded. As the villager picked up his load of vegetables, he noticed a purse lying in the road where the rock 48 (be). The purse contained many gold coins and a note from

53、 the king, saying that the gold was for the person 49 removed the huge rock from the road. The villager learned a valuable lesson that many others would never understand: Every obstacle presents 50 opportunity to improve ones condition. 第四部分 写作（共两节，满分35分）第一节:短文改错(共10小题;每小题1分，满分10分) 假如英语课上老师要求同桌之间交换修

54、改作文，请你修改你同桌的以下作文，文中共有10处语言错误，每句中最多有两处。每处错误仅涉及一个单词的增加，删除或修改。 增加:在缺词处加一个漏字符号(/),并在其下面写出该加的词。 删除:把多余的词用斜线()划掉。 修改:在错的词下划一横线，并在该词下面写出修改后的词。 注意:1.每处错误及其修改均仅限一词: 2.只允许修改10处，多者(从第11处起)不计分。When I was a very young children, my father created a regular practice| remember well years late. Every time he arrived home at end of the day, wed greet her at the door. He would ask who we was and pretend not to knowing us. Th