河北省衡水中学滁州分校2017-2018学年高二下学期开学考试英语试卷

1、启用前绝密河北省衡水中学滁州分校2017-2018学年下学期开学考试高二英语注意事项：1你现在拿到的这份试卷是满分150分，作答时间为120分钟 2答题前请在答题卷上填写好自己的姓名、班级、考号等信息3请将答案正确填写在答题卡上第I卷（选择题）第一部分：听力 （共两节，满分30分）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。例：How much is the shirt?A. £19.15.B.

2、 £9.18.C. £9.15.答案是C。1. What is the man doing? A. Offering help B. Expressing thanks C. Asking for information2. When will the equipment arrive? A. On Tuesday B. On Wednesday C. On Thursday3. Where will John go first after school? A. The library B. The lab C. His home4. What course did the

3、 woman take before? A. Art B. Maths C. History 5. What did the man do last weekend? A. Stayed at home B. Left for London C. Visited his sister.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，并标在试卷的相应位置。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

4、题。6. Where is the man going?A. To the park.B. To the hospital.C. To the cinema.7. How does the woman advise the man to travel?A. On foot.B. By bus.C. By car.听第7段材料，回答第8、9题。8. How often does the newspaper come out?A. Every day.B. Once a week.C. Once a month.9. Why does the man often watch Hollywood m

5、ovies?A. To improve his English.B. To become an actor.C. To learn English songs.听第8段材料，回答第10至12题。10. How does the woman go to work now?A. Taking a bus.B. Riding a bike.C. Taking the subway.11. Why does the man often drive a car?A. Its too far.B. Theres no bus.C. Its comfortable.12. What does the wom

6、an think of driving less?A. It helps the earth.B. Its good for the man.C. Its convenient.听第9段材料，回答第l3至16题。13. Whatre they talking about?A. The way to learn English.B. The summer plan.C. Tea customs.14. Why does the woman want to go to the city Bath?A. Therere many great places.B. Its famous for the

7、buildings.C. Its the home to the Olympics.15. What can we know about the tickets to Bath?A. Theyre very cheap.B. Theyre difficult to get.C. Therere many left.16. Where is the man going?A. To Brazil.B. To Austria.C. To Oxford.听第10段材料，回答第l7至20题。17. When will they visit the Forbidden City?A. On October

8、 10th.B. On October 11th.C. On October 12th.18. How long will they stay at Tiananmen Square?A. Half an hour.B. An hour.C. An hour and a half.19. Where will they go on October 11th?A. The Summer Palace.B. The Great Wall.C. The Temple of Heaven.20. What time is the flight back to New York?A. At 7:00am

9、.B. At 10:00am.C. At l:00 pm.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。AJoy Mangano was 33 and divorced. She had three kids under age 7, and was barely keeping up payments on her small two-bedroom home by working extra hours as a waitress. “There were time

10、s when I would lie in bed and think, I dont know how Im going to pay that bill,” Mangano says.But he had a special ability for seeing the obvious thing. She knew how hard it was to mop the floor. “I was tired of bending down, putting my hands in dirty water, wringing (拧) out a mop,” Mangano says. “S

11、o, There s gotta be a better way.How about a “self-wringing” mop? She designed a special tool you could twist in two directions at once, and still keep your hands clean and dry. She set out to sell it, first a few at flea markers.Then Mangano met with the media. But would couch potatoes (电视迷）buy a m

12、op? The experts on shopping TV were less than certain. They gave it a try, and it failed. Mangano was sure it would sell if theyd let her do the on-camera display. She said, “Get me on that stage, and I will sell this mop because its a great item.”So QVC, a multinational corporation specializing in

13、televised home shopping, took a chance on her. “ I got onstage and the phones went crazy. We sold every mop in minutes.”Today shes president of Ingenious Designs, a multimillion-dollar company, and one of the stars of HSN, the Home Shopping Network. Talking about the household invention, Mangano say

14、s, “It is as natural for me as it is for a parent to talk about their child.”21.What is the first paragraph mainly about?A. Manganos small home.B. Manganos work experience.C. Manganos unhappy marriage.D. Manganos hard living conditions.22.Mangano said the mop successfully with the help of .A. HSN B.

15、 QVCC. couch potatoes D. experts on shopping TV23.What does Mangano think of her invention?A. Special. B. Normal.C. Dissatisfied D. Unbelievable.24.What can we learn from the text?A. HSN is a business organization that sells goods on the Internet.B. The experts on shopping TV were confident about Ma

16、ngano's mop.C. Mangano got the idea of self-wringing mop from her own experience.D. Mangano once had to work seven days a week to support her family.BJourney to IndiaDAY 1: Arrive in DelhiToday arrive in Delhi, the national capital of India. Upon arrival at the airport, our company representativ

17、e will meet and greet you and transfer(换乘) to the hotel for check-in. Overnight at Delhi hotelsDAY 2: Delhi-Fullday tour (old & New Delhi tour)Today morning have breakfast in the hotel. At 9:30, the tour guide will meet you at your hotel and later proceed(继续前行) for a full-day guided tour in Delh

18、i starting with old Delhi visiting Raj Ghat, Jama Masjid, driving past through Red Fort. Later in New Delhi visit Humayuns Tomb. India Gate, drive past through Parliament Street & President House and visit QutubMinar. Overnight at Delhi hotelsDAY 3: Delhi-Jaipur via Fatehpur Sikri(240 km/5 hours

19、)Today morning after breakfast, drive to jaipur, the capital city of Rajasthan state. Jaipur is also known as “Pink City”. En route visit Fatepur Sikri, known as Ghost Capital. Later continue the drive to jaipur. Upon arrival, check in at the hotel.Evening free at your own activities.Overnight at ja

20、ipur hotelsDAY 4: DelhiDelhi (256 km/5 hours)Today morning after breakfast, drive back to Delhi airport. The total distance is 256 kms and you can cover it in 5 hours. Upon arrival in Delhi, board flight to onward journey.NOTE: Price starts with US $215 with:Daily breakfast and soft drinks and packa

21、ged drinking water.Elephant rides at Amber FortSunset or Sunrise visits to TajMahal.All entrance fees to the monuments and train tickets.25.On which day can you visit QutubMinar?A. DAY 2 B. DAY 1C. DAY 4 D. DAY 326.What can we learn from the schedule(安排)?A. Travelers will stay in Delhi for two night

22、sB. The whole journey covers 496 kmC. Travelers will fly to Delhi airport on DAY 4D. Travelers will be made to buy things on DAY 327.During the trip, you need to pay extra for .A. a sunrise visit to TajMahalB. elephant riding at Amber FortC. breakfast and packaged drinking waterD. visits to Chokhi D

23、hani Village ResortCMy parents grew up during the Depression(大萧条) attending small country churches. At the close of Christmas Eve services, each child was given a brown paper bag containing an apple, an orange, nuts and several chocolates.Years later, whenever Dad recalled that tradition, his eyes s

24、hone reliving the memory. My mother didnt share his enthusiasm. She always said the chocolates tasted cheap and old.Cheap chocolates or not, the paper bags with goodies were an event. Gifts of any sort during the Depression were rare, especially in large farm families with seven children.When our ch

25、ildren were young and we were home for Christmas one year, Mom and Dad gave each of the grandkids a brown paper bag holding an apple, an orange, nuts and several chocolates. When we finished the 8-hour drive home after the holiday, there was a message waiting on the phone when we walked in the door.

26、 “Your ungrateful kids left their apples and oranges in the back of our refrigerator. No more fruit for them!” Grandpa and Grandma were joking, of course, but still there was a degree of disrespect in the kids leaving behind thoughtfully chosen gifts.But the paper bag didnt have a context for our ch

27、ildren. They had never known fruit to be a scarcity(缺乏). They didnt appreciate the gift because they had never experienced the need the gift was meant to fill.The same is true of Christmas today. We dont appreciate the true gift of the season because we dont understand the need the gift was given to

28、 fill.Its not like we dont know we have needs. We know them, all rightpatience, love, self-control, strength, courage, faithfulness, forgivenessits just that we have become experts at numbing(使麻木) ourselves to our needs.The true gift of the season is a perfect fit for our every need. When a gift lik

29、e apples and oranges fits a need, there is a cheerful satisfaction. When the gift of a Christmas tree fits a need, there is the joy of Christmas.28.We know from the first two paragraphs that the authors parents .A. had different memories of the chocolatesB. were born into wealthy familiesC. had no i

30、nterest in Christmas Eve servicesD. received lots of help during the Depression29.The kids left the apples and oranges in the back of the refrigerator .A. because they wanted to surprise their grandparentsB. to show their disrespect for the family traditionC. because such gifts didnt meet their need

31、sD. to thank their grandparents for the well-chosen gifts30.What can be learned from the underline sentence?A. The kids didnt want to carry on the traditionB. The tradition didnt have the same meaning for the two generationsC. The paper bags didnt serve a useful purpose for the childrenD. The kids d

32、idnt understand the necessity of the paper bags31.What could be the best title for the text?A. The best gift everB. The Christmas traditionC. When Christmas meets DepressionD. When the gift meets the needDNewly discovered fossils(化石)in New Zealand have revealed a giant penguin(企鹅)that was as big as

33、an adult man.The creature was almost the same size and weight as professional Canadian hockey player Sidney Crosby, who plays for the Pittsburgh Penguins. Scientists estimate it was a little shorter than Crosby, at 178 centimeters (Crosby is 180 centimeters), and nine kilograms heavier.The new disco

34、very is larger than any other ancient penguin that scientists have found, says Gerald Mayr. He is with the Senckenberg Research Institute and Natural History Museum in Frankfurt, Germany. A possibly larger penguin is only known to scientists from a small piece of leg bone. That makes estimating its

35、size difficult. The largest living penguin species is the emperor penguin in Antarctica. It stands about 120 centimeters tall. Mayr and others described the giant bird in a paper released this week.The fossils are between 56 million to 60 million years old. That is almost as old as the earliest-know

36、n penguin fossils, says Daniel Ksepka, who has studied New Zealand fossil penguins but was not a part of the new study. Ksepka told the Associated Press that the new discovery shows that penguins grew very large, very quickly. They grew just after a mass extinction 66 million years ago the extinctio

37、n that is best known for killing off dinosaurs, he said.The event played a role in penguin history, as well. Before that, a non-flying seabird like the penguin would have been threatened by larger animals living in or near the water, as they competed for the same food. But after the extinction kille

38、d most of the larger animals, the ability to fly became less important. This helped penguins survive and grow. The question that remains, however, is what happened to the giant birds? Mayr said researchers believe they died out when large marine mammals, such as toothed whales and seals, showed up a

39、nd started competing with the penguins for food and safe breeding places. These newer animals may also have hunted the giant penguins.32. Sidney Crosby is mentioned in Paragraph 1 to_. A. show how big the ancient penguin was B. show the relationship between penguins and men C. tell us he is interest

40、ed in the newly discovered fossils D. tell us how famous the hockey player is33. What does the underlined word “That” in Paragraph 2 refer to? A. The limitation of researching time B. The shortage of solid evidence C. The lack of researching fund D. The absence of enough efforts34. From the passage

41、we can learn that_. A. the largest living penguin species is larger than the newly discovered penguin B. Daniel Ksepka took part in the study of newly discovered fossils C. the giant penguins survived and grew after the extinction of most larger animals D. the exact reason for giant penguins extinct

42、ion has already been found out35. The author wrote this passage in order to_. A. explain how ancient giant penguins became extinct B. inform people of newly discovered fossils of giant penguins C. teach people how to study fossils of ancient penguins D. help people know more about different ancient

43、giant penguins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。What is your favorite color? Do you like yellow, orange, red?36. Do you prefer grays and blues? Then you are probably quiet, shy, and you would rather follow than lead. You tend to be pessimist. At least, this is what psycho

44、logists tell us, and they should know, because they have been seriously studying the meaning of color preference, as well as the effect that colors have on human beings.37. If you happen to love brown, you did so, as soon as you opened your eyes, or at least as soon as you could see clearly.38. A ye

45、llow room makes most people feel more cheerful and more relaxed than a dark green one; and a red dress brings warmth and cheer to the saddest winter day.39. A black bridge over the Thames River, near London, used to be the scene of more suicides（自杀）than any other bridge in the area -until it was rep

46、ainted green . The number of suicide attempts immediately fell sharply. Perhaps it would have fallen even more if the bridge had been done in pink or baby blue.40. It is an established fact that factory workers work better, harder, and have fewer accidents when their machines are painted orange rath

47、er than black or grey.A. On the other hand, black is depressing.B. They tell us, among other facts, that we do not choose our favorite color as grow up-we are born with our preference.C. The rooms are painted in different colors as you like.D. If you do, you must be an optimist, a leader, an active

48、person who enjoys life, people and excitement.E. Light and bright colors make people not only happier but more active.F. Life is like a picture or a poem, full of different colors.G. Colors do influence our moods-there is no doubt about it.第三部分：完型填空（共15小题，每小题2分，满分30分）阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，从短文后所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D

49、)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 other day I was talking to a stranger on the bus; he told me that he had a good _ in Chicago and he wondered if, by any chance, I _ to know him . For a moment, I thought he might be _ , but I could tell from the expression on his face that he was not. He was _. I fe

50、lt like saying that it was ridiculous (可笑的) to think that out of all the millions of people in Chicago I could possibly have ever bumped into his friend. But, _, I just smiled and reminded him that Chicago was a very _ city. He nodded, and I thought he was going to be content to drop the subject and

51、 talk about something else. But I was wrong. He was silent for a few minutes, and then he _ to tell me all about his friend.His friends main _ in life seemed to be tennis. He was an excellent tennis player, and he even had his own tennis court（网球场）. There were a lot of people with swimming _, yet th

52、ere were only two people with private tennis court; his friend in Chicago was one of them. I told him that I knew several _ like that, including my brother, who was doctor in California. He _ that maybe there were more private courts in the country, than he realized but he did not know of any others

53、. Then he asked me _ my brother lived in California. When I said Sacramento, he said that was a coincidence(巧合) _ his Chicago friend spent the summer in Sacramento last year and he lived next door to a _ who had a tennis court in his backyard. I said I felt that really was a coincidence because my n

54、ext-door neighbour had gone to Sacramento last summer and had hired the house next to my brothers house. For a moment, we stared at each other, but we did not say anything.“Would your friends name happen（碰巧） to be Roland Kirkwood?” I asked finally. He laughed and said,“Yes. Would your brothers name

55、happen to be Dr Rey Hunter?” It was my _ to laugh. “Yes,” I replied.41.A. brother B. teacher C. neighbour D. friend42.A. managed B. Happened C. tried D. wanted43.A. expecting B. lying C. joking D. talking44.A. funny B. serious C. careful D. disappointed45.A. indeed B. actually C. instead D. exactly4

56、6.A. famous B. interesting C. noisy D. big47.A. began B. stopped C. refused D. failed48.A. problem B. interest C. choice D. work49.A. suit B. habit C. pools D. river50.A. people B. players C. strangers D. friends51.A. advised B. argued C. admitted D. announced52.A. how B. whether C. when D. where53.

57、A. because B. if C. then D. though54.A. doctor B. friend C. neighbour D. player55.A. chance B. pleasure C. time D. turn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所给单词的正确形式，并将答案填写在答题卡上相应的位置上。 Ive been a volunteer at Radio Lollipop since May. It is one of the best 56 (experience) that Ive had in the last few years. Radio Lollipop is an international charity organization