安徽省六安市第一中学2017-2018学年高二英语下学期期末考试试题

1、A. From the radio.B. From a classmate.C. From安徽省六安市第一中学 2017-2018 学年高二英语下学期期末考试试题时间：120 分钟 分值：150 分第一部分听力理解（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 1.5 分，满分 7.5 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. Wh

2、at does the man want to do first?A. Have a cup of tea.B. Watch the dolphi n showC.Seethe elepha nts.2. When does the scie nee class fini sh?A. At 8:50.B. At 10:50.C.At11:45.3. What are the speakers talk ing about?A. A cake.B. A fruitC. A drink.4. Who was abse nt from school yesterday?A. Bill.B. Cath

3、y.C. Jill.5. How will the woma n go to the party?A. By taxi.B. By train.C. Bybus.第二节（共 15 小题；每小题 1.5 分，满分 22.5 分）听下面 5 段对话或独白。每段对话或独白后有几个小题，从题中所给的A、B C 三个选项中选出最佳选项，并标在试卷相应位置。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. How did the woma n find out that her schoo

4、l was closed?- 2 -the In ternet.7. What do the speakers decide to do at last?A. Stay at home.B. Study math together.Have a sno wball fight听第 7 段材料，回答第8、9 题。8. What does the man advise the woma n to do?A. Collect the sales figures.B. Refer to Susan s files.C. Talk to David.9. What does the man want t

5、o know in the end?C.A. When the meet ing begi ns.C. What will be talked in the meeti ng.听第 8 段材料，回答第 10 至 12 题。10.Why is the woman talking with the man?A. To introduce a friend to him.C. To ask about his job.11.Where are the speakers?A. I n Germa ny.B. I n France.Brita in.B. Whowill attend the meeti

6、ng.B. To in vitehim to dinner.C.In- 3 -12.What did the man work as two years ago?A. A teacher.engin eer.听第 9 段材料，回答第 13 至 16 题。13. How long is East Market open a day?A. 5 hours.B. An officer.C.AnB. 8 hours.C.9hours.14.What does the man say about the Leather Lane Market?A. It ope ns only on weekdays.

7、B.It snearthe CastleStation.C. It s15.What does the woma n like about Brixton Market?- 4 -price.16. Where should the woman go to buy presents?A. East Street Market.B. Leather Lane Market. C. CarmenHight Market.听第 10 段材料，回答第 17 至 20 题。17. Which module will Holiday teach this term?A. Rivers.B. Industr

8、y. C.Population.18. What will be tested during the second exam?A. All four topics.B. Geographical skills.C. A project.19. How often do the students do fieldwork?A. Once a week.B. Once a month.C. Twice amonth.20. What does the speaker suggest the students do in the end?C. Finish two projects each ter

9、m.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，从每题所给的四个选项（ A B、C 和 D）中，选出最佳选项。AYou probably know who Marie Curie was, but you may not have heard of Rachel Carson.Of the outstanding ladies listed below, who do you think was the most important woman of the past 100years?Jane Addams （l 860

10、-1935）Anyone who has ever been helped by a social worker has Jane Addamsto thank. Addams helped thepoor and worked for peace. She encouraged a sense of community by creating shelters and promotingeducation and services for people in need. In 1931, Addamsbecame the first America n woma n to win the N

11、obel Peace Prize.Rachel Carso n (I 907-1964)A. The position.B. The vegetables.C.TheA.ReadB.Go to the countryside- 5 -If it weren t for Rachel Carson, the environmental movement might not exist today. Her popular1962 book Sile nt Spring raised aware ness of the dan gers of polluti on and the harmful

12、effects ofchemicals on humans and on the world s lakes and oceans.Sandra Day O Connor (1930-present)When Sandra Day O Connor finished third in her class at Stanford Law School, in 1952, she couldnot find work at a law firm because she was a woman. She became an Arizona state senator (参议员)and,in 1981

13、, the first womanto join the U.S. Supreme Court. O Connor gave the deciding vote in manyimportant cases during her 24 years on the top court.Rosa Parks (1913-2005)On December 1,1955, in Montgomery, Alabama, Rosa Parks would not give up her seat on a bus toa white passe nger. Her simple act Ian ded P

14、arks in pris on. But it also set off the Montgomery bus boycott.It lasted for more than a year, and kicked off the civil-rights movement.“Theonly tired I was, was tired of giving in,” saidParks.21. What is Ja ne Addams no ted for in history?A. Her social work.B. Her teach ing skills.C. Her efforts t

15、o win a prize.D. Her com munity backgro und.22. What was the reason for O Connor s being rejected by the law firm?A. Her lack of proper training in law.B. Her little work experience in court.C. The discrim in ati on aga inst wome n.D. The poor finan cial con diti ons.23. Who made a great contributio

16、n to the civil-rights movement in the U.S.?A. Jane Addams.B. Rachel Cars on.C. Sandra Day O Connor.D. Rosa Park.- 6 -Anki has introduced Cozmo, a little robot powered by an advanced artificial intelligence.Cozmopromises to be far more interactive （互动的） than any toy robot.Cozmo, which can lie in your

17、 hand, has a“brain ” technically its CPUthatcan process data amazingly fast. In addition Cozmo has a playful personality. Hesdesigned to react to emotions and even ask users to play with him.Cozmo is not the first interactive toy to reach the market nor is it the first robot toy. What setsCozmoapart

18、 from the other “smart toys ”play value than those toys, which can become repetitious all too quickly.Every interaction with Cozmois different, so you do notpatterns and responses typically found with other preprogrammedAnki spokesperson Peter Nguyen. Because it has functionalityplayability. Still,

19、Anki has designed this toy to be just that: a toy.advanced computerized robot. Its software is app-based.Cozmo lacks the “traditional ” human-like robot form factor of legs, arms and a head. But Cozmodoes have an OLED screen / face with blue eyes, which in fact were designed to help it connect with

20、itsuser.“I m glad my kids are already raised, ” said Roger L. Kay, analyst anEndpointTechnologies Associates.“Otherwise, they might become more antisocial if theirrelationship with Cozmo is more satisfying than those with real people,” said Kay.“ Cozmo might encourage kids to learn more about techno

21、logy or even inspire them to try programmingand similar studies,” said Charles King, analyst at Pund-IT.Yet this technology does promise to be more than a toy.“It s a pretty coolinvention and might have further applications, for example in elder care, ” suggested Kay.24. What do we know about the ap

22、pearance of Cozmo?A. It is small-sized.B. It is hand-shaped.C. It has colorful eyes. D. It looks similar to a traditional robot.is that it has greaterput up with repetitiverobots, ” explainedthat is similar to thatof video games, Cozmo also can receive regularupdates,which could extend itsIt s not a

23、n- 7 -you.CFive years ago, whe n I taught art at a school in Seattle, I used Tin kertoys as a test at the begi nningof a term to find out someth ing about my stude nts. I put asmall set of Tin kertoys in front of each stude nt, and said: the Tinkertoys.You have 45 minutes today - and 45minutes each

24、day for the rest of theweek.A few students hesitated to start. They waited to see the rest of the class would do. Several otherschecked the in structi ons and made someth ing accord ing to one of the model plans provided. Anothergroup built something out of their own imaginations.Once I had a boy wh

25、o worked experimentally with Tinkertoys in his free time. Hiscon struct ions filled a shelf in the art classroom and a good part of his bedroom athome. I was delighted at the prese nee of such a stude nt. Here was an excepti on allycreative mind at work. His presenee meant that I had an unexpected t

26、eaching assistant in class whosecreativity would infect（感染）other students.En couragi ng this kind of thinking has a dow nside. I ran the risk of los ing those25. What makes Cozmo differe nt from othersmart toysA. It avoids repetiti on.C. It can in teract with users.software.B. It is first robot toy.

27、D. It has app-based26. How might Cozmo help kids?A. By en couragi ng them to value toys.B. By excit ing their in terest in tech no logy.C. By reminding them to take care of seniors.D. By help them com mun icate with others.27. What is the best title for the text?A. A new way of in spiri ng kids.robo

28、t.B. AnadvaneC. The developme nt of toy robots.D. A playmate wan ti ng to knowMake someth ing o ut of- 8 -students who had a different style of thinking. Without fail one would declare, “ButI m just not creative. ”“ Do you dream at night when you re asleep? ”Oh, sure.“So tellme one of your most inte

29、restingdreams.” The student would tellsomething wildly imaginative. Flying in the sky or in a time machine or growing three heads. “That spretty creative. Who does that for you?“ Nobody. I do it. ”“Really -at night, when you re asleep? ”“Sure. ”“ Try doing it i n the daytime, in class, okay?”28. The

30、 teacher used Ti nkertoys in class in order to ._A. know more about the stude ntsB. make the less ons more excit ingC. raise the students interest in artD. teach the stude nts about toy desig n29. What do we know about the boy men ti oned in Paragraph 3?A. He liked to help his teacher.B. He preferre

31、d to studyalone.C. He was active in class.D. He was imagi native.30. What does the underlined word“downside” in Paragraph 4 probably mean?A. Mistake.B. Drawback.C. Difficulty.D. Burde n.31. Why did the teacher ask the stude nts to talk about their dreams?A. To help them to see their creativity.B. To

32、 find out about their sleep ing habits,C. To help them to improve their memory.- 9 -D. To find out about their ways of thinking,DIn the mid-nineteenthcentury, as iceboxesbecame increasinglycommonin American homes, there were efforts to find cheaper and morereliable sources of ice. In the eighteen-th

33、irties, scientists discovered a way to make ice, which is similar tohowa refrigerator works. In I860, there were four artificial-ice plants in the UnitedStates; in 1889, there were about two hun dred; by 1909, there were two thousa nd. Icenow came from factories, not ponds, and it was turned out in

34、three-hundred-poundblocksby loweri ng steel cans of pure water into tanks of refrigerated salted water. Kept below thirty-two degrees,the salted water did not freeze, but the water in the cans did. Those cans were then lifted from the tank,and the ice was taken out of them.The ice blocks were delive

35、red to home users, and to the fishing and chemicalin dustries. On the railroads, trains carry ing fruit and vegetables had cars at eachend filled with blocks of ice. It was a grow ing in dustry.The great trade bega n to fall away in the middle years of the twen tieth cen tury.The railroad bus in ess

36、 shra nk, and, in the immediate postwar period, block ice lostout to home refrigeratorsand then to small commercial ice machines. By thenineteen-sixties,things looked very dark. “ It was scary, ” Dan Ditmar, an ice expertin San Antonito, told me. “ Your biggest customers were cafeterias and country

37、clubs, and you d go outthere and they d say, We don t need you anymore; we ve got ice mach in es. ”Then the compa nies that survived the slump（a slump is a period whe n there isa reduction in bus in ess ） bega n in vest ing （投资）in n ewly developed ice-cube mach in es, and bythe late sixties America

38、n ice was beco ming a packaged-ice bus in ess. And packaged ice was exactlywhat the country n eeded. These were years of in creased leisure timemore barbecues, more cars, and more houses by the lake.“ Things exploded in thenineteen-seventiesfPaul Handler said. Ice cubes evolved. They became hugelypo

39、pular shoveled （铲）here and there into pic nic coolers and fast-foof sodas. They became no isier.32. What happe ned at the begi nning of the 20thcen tury?- 10 -A. Ice was mainly used on the railroads.B. There was a great n eed for iceboxes.C. Ice cubes got popular in the US.D. The ice in dustry grew

40、very last,33. What was scary accord ing to Dan Detmar?A. The slump in the block-ice market.B. The dan ger of produc ing block ice.C. The social problems in the postwar periodD. The problems caused by home refrigerators.34. What can we say about the in vestme nt in ice-cube mach in es?A. It n early d

41、estroyed the US ice in dustry.B. It helped in crease people s leisure time.C. It proved to be a huge success.D. It caused a decli ne in ice sales.35. Which can be the best title for the text?A. From ponds to factories.B. From ice blocks to icecubes,C. From iceboxes to refrigerators.D. From refrigera

42、tors toicemach in es.第二节 七选五（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 role model is a person who others look up to. A role model provides inspiration and motivation forothers. Role models send messages about their beliefsby what theydo and say. 36_Role models are self-c on f

43、ide nt and happy with who they are.If role models showthat they have great con fide nee, those who look up to them will, too. 37 They are _proud of who they are, but not overly self- con fide nt.Role models han dle stress positively.Being huma ns means hav ing to con sta ntlydeal with stress and ove

44、rcome difficulties. 38 While athletic role models may not- 11 -win every game, they attempt to survive all kinds of pressure and lear n from their mistakes whe n theyfail.39 A role model is honest and doesn t lie. A role model possesses integrity（诚实正直） and does the right thing even if no one is look

45、 ing.- 12 -分说明）about who you are. _40 He treats others in the way that he would like tobe treated and is con siderate of others. A role model does not place the blame for mistake on others; heowns up to his own shortco min gs.A. Role models are always trustworthyB. A good role model also does what h

46、e saysC. Role models have trust in being themselvesD. Here are some qualities of positive role modelsE. A role model sets a good example of how to deal with pressureF. If you want to become a good role model, follow the tips belowG. A good role model listens to others and also considers opposing poi

47、nts of view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 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。When my wife and I decided to ope n our bookstore in 2012, we were a little 41 ._The challe nges facing small bookstores were and remai n 42 . Aside from theobvious 43 in on li ne sell ing

48、, the in crease in the popularity of e-books has hada（ n） 44 effect on independent providers.The question is why a new, small-scale（小规模的）provider would 45 enter such a（n）46 market?From a pers onal view, our reas oning was sound: we wan ted to 47 our love of great books andread ing for pleasure with

49、as many 48 people as possible.Having done our homework, one thing became 49 . In order for us to succeed, wewould have to offer someth ing that none of our larger competitors already provided.And so we 50 the Willoughby Book Club. We set up our website in the summer of2012and we haven t looked back.

50、The idea of 51 is simple. Weoffer a range of book subscriptiongift packages,Role models show respect for others.How you treat others speakers volumes（- 13 -52 in three-, six- and 12-month options. Our customers 53 a package, tell usare buying it for, and we use this information to 54little about the

51、 pers on they- 14 -the （接收者） a han d-picked, gift-wrapped（包装的） book once a mon th.Wealso recently decided to 55 one new book to Book Aid Internationalgift subscription sold. These books are sent out to sub-Saharan Africa, 56 the educati onalwork there.With in four mon ths of start ingout, we won the

52、 Young Bookseller of theat the 2013 Bookseller awards.Our brief 57 from new booksellers to award receivers has been challenging and58 . The biggest thing we ve learned is that, despite the 59 facing independent providers,for everyYear awardof finding41. A. proudshocked42. A. abruptD. pote ntial43. A

53、. needD. rise44. A. immediateequal45. A. volu ntarilyD. fin ally46. A. activeD. challe nging47. A. shareD. value48. A. strong-min dedsimple-mi nded49. A. easyD. safe50. A. joi nedB. curiousC. worriedD.leftB. sig ni ficantC. dista ntB. faithC.changeB. magicalC. harmfulD.B. graduallyC. secretlyB. glob

54、alB.seekB. like-mindedB. clearB. visitedC. promis ingC. enjoyC. ope n-mindedC. possibleC. startedD.D.- 15 -there is a 60 forthen in the UKmarket. It s just a question it.- 16 -61 we know, there are three medalists in Olympic races: the gold, the silver, and the bronze ( 铜牌).Imagine what it s like to

55、 be the silver medalist. If you 62 (be) just one second faster, you couldhave won the gold! So close! You would keep comparing yourself tobe the gold winner, full 63 env _Now imagine what it s like to be the bronze medalist. One second 64 (slow),_and you wouldn t have won anything! Whoo-hoo! You wou

56、ld be thrilled that you were65 (official) an Olympic medalist,and got tostand on the winner s podium at all.51. A. successB. serviceactivity52. A. affordableB. acceptableD. available53. A. chooseB. desig nprepare54. A. sendB. readD. order55. A. passB. le ndD. return56. A. guidi ngB. followi ngD. sup

57、port ing57. A. jo urneyB. dreamattempt58. A. tiringB. rewardi ngD. in terest ing59. A. cha ncesB. dema ndsjudgeme nts60. A. prizeB. timeD. place第二节语法填空（共 10 小题；每小题 1.5阅读卜面材料， 在空白处填入适当的内容（C. developme ntD.C. reliableC. provideD.C. buyC. giveC. con ti nuingC. bus in essD.C. disappo intingC. pressuresD

58、.C. result满分 15 分)1 个单词)或括号内单词的正确形式。- 17 -You can 66 compare up or compare down and your 67 （happy） depends on where you re focusing.This is easy to understand, but hard to remember in everyday life.If you catch yourself 68（bum）with envy of an ger, thi nk like the bronze medalist, not the silver. Ch

59、angeyour focus.For example, if you buy something that is“the best ” , you may feel like a goldwinner, but when the new “ best ” _69 （come） out next year, you ll feel like thesiver. Instead, if you look at what you buy as something“surprisingly good” , itwill keep you in t he bronze mindset. Since yo

60、u re not comparing it to best, you llfeel no need 70 （keep） up with the newest thing.第四部分写作（百强校英语解析团队专供）（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）假定英语课上老师要求同桌之间交换修改作文，请你修改同桌写的以下作文。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（人），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。