内蒙古阿拉善左旗高级中学2017-2018学年高二英语下学期期中试题

1、阿左旗高级中学20172018学年第二学期期中试卷高二英语第一部分 阅读理解（共两节，满分 40 分）第一节：阅读下面短文，从每题所给的四个选项（A、B C 和 D）中，选出最佳选项。（共 15小题；每小题 2 分，满分 30）ACheck out our tsun ami facts and lear n some in teresti ng in formatio n related to these great walls ofwater that can cause so much destruct ion. Find out what causes tsun amis and rea

2、d about some recentexamples of tsun amis that have occurred around the globe. The Japa nese word for tsun ami means harbor wave. Tsunamis are somet imes referred to as tidal （潮汐的）waves but this termhas falle n out of favor because tsun amis are not related to tides. Tsun amis are huge waves of water

3、 that are usually caused by earthquakes or volca nicerupti ons. As a tsunami approaches the sh ore（ 海岸）,water may move back from the coast. If itis shallow （浅的）eno ugh the water may be pulled back hun dreds of meters. If you are in the area, youcan know that a tsunami is on the way when you see this

4、phe nomenon. Regi ons in tsun ami dan ger zones ofte n have warning systems in place togive people as much time as possible to move to a safe place. When tsunamis hit shallow water （often near the coast） they slow down but in crease inheight. An earthquake in the In dia n Ocea n off Indon esiain Dec

5、ember 2004 causeda tsun ami that killed over 200,000 people in 14 coun tries. In March 2011, the Tohoku earthquake off the eastern coast of Japan caused a tsun amithat was a major factor in the death of over 15,000 people. The tsunami waves created by the Tohoku earthquake reached heights of over 40

6、 metersin some areas, wip ing out coastal tow ns and caus ing a nu mber of nu clearaccide nts.1.How many causes of tsun amis are men ti oned in the text?A. On e.B. Two.C. Three.D. Four.2.ln the Tohoku earthquake over 15,000 people died mainly because of_.A. the earthquake itselfB. the lack of warni

7、ng systems- 2 -C. the tsun ami caused by the earthquakeD. the nu clear accide nts caused by the tsun ami3. Which of the follow ing is TRUE accord ing to the passage?A. Over 200,000 people were killed in 14 countries because of the earthquake in Dec.2004.B. Sometimes tsun amis are said as tidal waves

8、, because they are related to tides.C. The warning systems in some regions help people move to a safe place.D. If you see water move to the coast, there will be a tsunami on the way.4. The text is developed mainly by_.A. list ing some factsB. giv ing some examplesC. provid ing some nu mbersD. mak in

9、g some comparis onsBThere are robots all around us. Some do very complicated jobs like flying airplanes and drivingsubway trains. And some do one simple job. When an automatic washi ng mach ine is switched on, waterpours in. The mach ine waits un til the water is warm eno ugh for wash ing clo thes.

10、It does this by“ feedback ”（反馈）.In formati onabout what is happening is feed back into the robot to tell what to do next. Our eyes, ears and other senses are our feedback. They tell us what is going on around us. So robots are like huma n beings in twoways.They work and they have feedback.In some wa

11、ys robots are better tha n huma n bein gs. They work quickly and do not make mistakes.They do not get bored doing the same job over and over again. And they n ever get tired. So robots arevery useful in factories. They can be taught to do many differe nt jobs. First their electr onic brain must besh

12、ow n how the job is done.A pers on moves the robot s “ arms” and “ han ds” through each part of the job.The most in tellige nt robots can move and see. Their eyes are cameras. Their fin gers can feelshapes and sizes of the objects. These robots have computer brains lin ked to their eyes and fin gers

13、,which con trol their actions. The expe nsive“Times New Roman- The most i ntellige nt robots are usedin scie ntific research. They do such job as han dli ng radioactive materials.5. What does the author seem to inform you about robots?A. They should be greatly improved.B. They will probably take ove

14、r in the future.C. They are very helpful and useful to huma ns.D. They are mach ines that break dow n a lot.6. The fact that a robot n ever gets bored doing the same job means that_.A. it is very much like huma n beingsB. it can do bori ng jobs for peopleC. it will n ever bore peopleD. it will work

15、much better tha n huma n beings7. The robots used for scie ntific research_.A. are not very clever B. are very cheapC. are very big D. are very costly- 3 -8. According to the passage, which of the following statements is TRUE?A. In most ways robots are better than human beings.B. Robots have eyes, s

16、o they can see.C. Scientists sometimes do scientific research by using the intelligent robots.D. Robots can work but they have no feedback.CEdgar felt quite excited at the thought of his first swim of the summer. With the sun shining down sostrongly, the sea was certain to be warm enough. He walked

17、quickly along the sea-front towards the stepsthat led on to the sands. He smiled cheerfully at the passers-by. He had just smiled and raised his hat toan elderly lady when a man with a camera caught his arm and stopped him. Edgar heard a little buzzingnoise from the camera.“Your photograph, sir, in

18、glorious colour in just one moment if you please, ” said the man inone breath. Then the buzzing stopped, and he held the photograph in his hand and was waving it to andfro. In a moment he handed it over,and Edgar saw the bright blue splash of his shirt half filling the picture.“Seventy pence, sir, ”

19、 the man said. “It s the bargain of your holiday. ” “Seventy pence, Edgar repeated, mildly. “For this? ” He stared at the photographer.“Theyre normally eighty-five, sir,but for a single subject I make acut- price offer. It s the best value youll get in Chadwell. ”“Youll have to make a better offer,”

20、 Edgar said. It was a good photo though,he thought, so bright and clear. His hat was held high, and he was smiling broadly at the old lady,whosearm and handbag came into a lower corner. He had had no idea that he was being snapped. He thoughthe was really quite a good-looking chap.“Thats as good as

21、any studio job that would cost you pounds?” said thecameraman. “It s better in a way because it s so natural. Only seventy pence,sir.“Ive never paid so much for a snap in my life. It simply isn t worth that kind of money. It s not as ifI need the thing. Look, Ill give you twenty- five. ”“No, I can d

22、o that. Each of these instant colour shots costs me 50p thats the price of the b lankframe,so you see ”“Criminal,criminal,” Edgar broke in. “You want a profit of forty per cent.Well, not at my expense, Tm afraid. Til give you your 50p and that5s that.“Let me see,then.” The man suddenly took the phot

23、ograph out of Edgar shand. “I can t waste any more time with you. It s 70p or I keep it. ”“Keep it, ” Edgar said. He turned,looked out to the sea, and then walked quickly away.9.Why do you suppose Edgar was in Chadwell?A. It was his hometown.B. He was there on holiday.C. He was in the making of a fi

24、lm.D. He was there to have his photograph take n.10. Edgarsmiled at and raised his hat to the ladybecause _ .A. he thought he recog ni zed herB. he wan ted the photograph to be amus ing- 4 -C. she was hav ing her photograph take nD. he was feeli ng excited and cheerful11. What did Edgar think of the

25、 photo?A. He thought it made him look like a crim in al.B. He liked it but thought it was too dear.C. lt annoyed him because he hadn t expected it.D. He thought it was a barga in at the price.DSurveys of America n tee nagers find that about half of them do not get eno ugh sleep on school nights. The

26、y get an average of sixty to nin ety minu tes less tha n experts say they n eed.One reas on for this is biology. Experts say tee ns are biologically programmed to go to sleeplater and wake up later tha n other age groups. Yet many schools start classes as early as seven in themorning.As a result, ma

27、ny students go to class feeling like sixtee n-year-old Danny. He is an active tee n except in the morni ng.“ Gett ingup in the morning is pretty terrible. I m just very out of it and tired. Throughthe first and second period I can hardly stay awake,” he said.Michael Breus is a psychologist（心理学家）. Te

28、ens,he says, need to sleep eightto nine hours or even nine to ten hours a ni ght. He says sleepy tee ns can experie nee a form of depression （ 抑有 B ）that could have big effects on their gen eral well-bei ng.This depressi on can affect not just their ability in the classroom but also on the sports fi

29、eld. So what canschools do about sleepy stude nts? The psychologist says one thing they can do is start classes later inthe morning. Studies show that students can improve by a full letter grade in their first and sec on d-periodclasses.Eric Peters onis the head of St. George s School in the n orthe

30、aster n stateof Rhode Isla nd. He wan ted tosee if a thirty-minute delay （推迟）would make adiffere nee. It did. He says visits to the health centre by tired stude nts decreased by half. Late arrivals tothe first period fell by a third. And students reported that they were less sleepy duri ng the day.

31、Eric Peterson knows that cha nging start times is easier at a small, private boarding school like his. But he is hopefulthat other schools will find a way to do the same.12. Theunderlinedword “this ” in thesecondparagraph refersto _.A. children s getting up lateB. children s staying upC. childre n s

32、 not gett ing eno ugh sleepD.childre ns sleep ing habits13. Thepassagemen ti onsthe story ofsixtee n-year-oldDanny to showhow_ .A. he hates getti ng up in the morningB. tee ns can be affected by a lack of sleepC. he turns from an active boy to a tired school childD. tee ns hate school14. Thelastpara

33、graphtells- 5 -us _.A. it s not easy to change the sleeping habitsB. a thirty-minute delay in classes would make no differe neeC. students in St. George s School can be late for classD. starti ng classes later in the morni ng can be good for tee ns15. What would be the best title for the passage?A.

34、Later classes,less sleepy tee nsB. Early birds catch wormsC. Early to bed and early to riseD. Less classes,more happ in ess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中有两项为多余选项。I m 30 years old, and there are several things that life has taught me that I want to share withyou.Here are

35、 the 4 lessons that life has taught me in the past 30 years.1. Take Care of Your BodyLife is“unfairly ” biased（ 偏向的）towards people who “look good, ” likeit or not.So it s important that you do all that is in your power to look your best.16.You will live Ionger,_ and you will live happier, if you tak

36、ecare of your body; you may even get promoted faster on your job.Remember that your health is really yourgreatest wealth.2. 17._No one taught me to save when I was growing up; no one told me the importanceof saving.Fortunately I was able to learn the value of saving through reading greatbooks like “

37、The Millionaire Next Door” .What I want to teach others is to save at least twenty percent of your in come .If you are to be wealthy, you must not just earn a lot, you must save a lot.3. Think Iong-term.In high school I was thinking about college, in college I was thi nking aboutlife aftercollege .I

38、 m desig ning my life and I m making decisi ons today that willenable me to live the life I desire when I m in my 40 s, 50 s and 60 s.You haveto think long-term; you have to see the“ big picture. ” 18._4. Realize the Power of FocusFo cus, focus, focus 19. _ If you fail in this lifetime, you will fai

39、l becauseof broke n focus .If you focus on the goals that are most importa nt toyou, you will achieve them.The problem is that there are so many distract ions（分心） .20. _Winners decide to major on majors, and they even let importantthings slip,because they just focus on achieving what is critical （紧要

40、的） to theirgoals.A. The importa nee of savi ng.B. If you pla n your future properly, you will live into your pla ns.C. Save Your Mon ey.D. Noth ing is more critical tha n focus.- 6 -E. What separates the winners from the losers is that the winners learn to focus ontheir goal.F. I mean dressing nicel

41、y, working out and eating right.G. It s critical that you pursue relati on ships with in dividuals who aregood first.第二部分语言知识运用（共两节，满分 45 分）.第一节阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的四个选项（A、B C 和 D）中，选出可以填人空白处的最佳选项，并填写在答题卡上。（每小题 1.5 分，共 30 分）There was a little boy who was terribly ill. He was unable to move and had to 21_

42、all day in bed.Because his friends were nt _22_ to go n earhim,he felt quite23_and blue.There wasn t much he could do but look out of the_. As time passed,his feelings of hopeless-ness grew rapidly,25_ one day when he saw a strangeshape in the win dow. It was a penguin eati ng a san dwich.The boy wa

43、s very26. He was still trying to27_ what hadhappened, when outside the window he saw a monkey,busy blowing up a balloon.At firstthe boy asked himself what could 28_ be happening, but after a while, as morecrazy-look ing characters29_outside the win dow, he burst out laugh ing andfound it hard to30_.

44、Anyone would 31 stop laugh ing whe n see ing a pig play ing a drum,or adog 32 a pair of glasses ;and acting like a human. The little boy didnt tellanyone about th is because he didnt think anyone would33 this. Even so,those strangecharactersended up putting34_back in his heart. Soonhis 35_ improved

45、so much that he was able to go back to36_aga in.There,he talked to his classmates about all the37 things he had see n.While he was talking,he saw something38_ out of his friends school bag.Theboy asked his friend what it was, and he was so39_that fin ally his friend hadto show him what was in the ba

46、g.There, in side, were all the fan cy-dress40_ that his friend had bee nusing to cheer him up! And from that day on, the little boy always did his best tomake sure that no one was sad or Ion ely.21. A.spe ndB.takeC.costD.pay- 7 -22. A.advisedB.allowedC.accompa niedD.afforded23. A.ashamedB.sadC.embar

47、rassedD.exhausted24. A.doorB.officeC.wi ndowD.dormitory25.A. afterB.si neeC.u nlessD.u ntil26.A.surprisedB.excitedC.annoyedD.frighte ned27.A.carry outB.set aboutC.bri ng upD.figure out28.A.simplyB.obviouslyC.possiblyD.fort un ately29.A.flewB.appearedC.aroseD.practiced30.A.stayB.pauseC.stopD.sta nd31

48、.A.n everB.everC.alsoD.still32. A.bri ngi ngB.weari ngC.dressi ngD.playi ng33.A.appreciateB.arra ngeC.believeD.like34.A.aware nessB.celebrati onC.happ in essD.con gratulati on35.A.positi onB.recordC.statusD.situati on36.A. hospitalB.workC.homeD.school37.A.famousB.stra ngeC.terribleD.serious38.A. sti

49、cki ngB.spread ingC.pulli ngD.falli ng39.A.patie ntB.curiousC.cautiousD.pai nful40.A.toysB.ballsC.glassesD.books第二节阅读下面短文，按照句子结构的语法性和上下文连贯的要求，在空格处填入适当的词或使用括号中词语的正确形式填空，并将答案填写在答题卡的相应位置上。(每空 1.5 分，共 15 分)Wasti ng food has become a big problem in the developed world. While some peoplethere throw away u

50、nwan ted food, people in other41(part) of the world facefood shortages. It s an42(astonish) fact that a third of the world sfood is wasted each year, which is eno ugh43 (feed) a billi on hungrypeople.Most of the wasted food44(bury) in the Ian dfillsites.45(uni ucky), this causes gree nhouse gases wh

51、ich even tually leadto global warm ing and climate cha nge.In Denm ark, a woma n called Seli na Juul has bee n work ing hard to dealwith46 problem. She thinks people shouldn t wastefood,47 rich they are. She persuaded some supermarkets tostop48 (sell) their items ( 物品)in quantity so that people boug

52、ht onlywhat they needed. Also, she produced a leftovers cookbook and set up an education program in schools,49food waste was rather com mon. Now the effects arequite no ticeable.Clearly, we n eed to think50 (two) whe n we put someth ing in ourshopping basket, and we should make the most of the food

53、we have use up our leftovers or eve n shareour extra food with our friends and n eighbors.第三部分写作（共两节，满分 35 分）- 8 -第一节短文改错（每小题 1 分，满分 10 分）英语课上，老师要求同桌同学相互修改作文。假设以下短文为你同桌所写，请你对其进行修改。文中共有 10 处错误，每句中最多有两处。错误涉及一个单词的增加、删除或修改。增加：在缺词处加一个漏词符号（A），并在此符号下面写出该加的词。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

54、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。3 必须按答题要求做题，否则不给分。Rece ntly our class are havi ng a discussi on with holiday pla ns.We have differe ntopin io n.Some students think staying at home is both convenient or comfortable.It allows them to have a good restand spending more time with their familie

55、s.Beside,it can save money for other purposes.Others,however,thi nk differe nt.They prefer to traveli ng aroun d,so that they canenjoy beautiful sce nery and in crease our kno wledge.In my opinion,it would be much better stay at home,where I can do whatever Ilike,such as readi ng the books, watch in

56、g TV,a nd help ing my pare nts with housework.第二节书面表达（满分 25 分）假设你是李华。你的两位朋友 Tom 与 Peter 几天前产生了误会。Peter 的生日即将来临，Tom 想送他一个礼物来缓和关系，修复友情，特地发来邮件寻求你的建议。请你根据以下要点给 Tom 回一封邮件：1、礼物选择；2、你的理由； 3、其他建议。注意：1. 词数 100 左右；2开头和结尾已为你写好，不计入总词数。Dear Tom,I m glad to hear that you are considering making up withPeter._- 9 -Best wishes !Yours,Li Hua- 10 -高二英语