英语卷·2018届江西省南昌二中高二上学期期末考试（2017-01）

英语卷·2018届江西省南昌二中高二上学期期末考试（2017-01）

南昌二中2016—2017学年度上学期期末考试 高二英语试卷 命题人：熊 姿 审题人：涂琼玉 本试卷分第I卷（选择题）和第Ⅱ卷（非选择题）。满分为150分。考试用时120分钟。 ‎ ‎ 第I卷（共100分）‎ 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。‎ ‎1. What does the man play?‎ A. Sports. B. Musical instruments. C. Computer games.‎ ‎2. What will the woman probably do today?‎ A. Attend the wedding. B. Go over her lessons. C. Eat out with the man.‎ ‎3. What’s the man’s major?‎ A. Journalism. B. Business. C. International relations.‎ ‎4. Where does this conversation take place?‎ A. At a bus stop. B. At the railway station. C. At the airport.‎ ‎5. What does the man mean?‎ ‎ A. He has been to the restaurant many times.‎ ‎ B. He heard about the restaurant from Tom.‎ ‎ C. He intends to try a better restaurant.‎ 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，各个小题将给出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. Who says organic food tastes better?‎ A. The man. B. The woman. C. The woman’s friend.‎ ‎7. What does the woman suggest doing?‎ A. Only buying organic products. ‎ B. Trying some organic vegetables.‎ C. Asking Joe for advice about food.‎ 听第7段材料，回答第8、9题。‎ ‎8. What does the woman think of washing clothes by herself?‎ A. Troublesome. B. Fun. C. Not a big deal.‎ ‎9. Why will she take her clothes to the laundry tomorrow?‎ A. It’s too tiring to hand-wash sheets. ‎ B. She has too much work to do.‎ C. She just heard about the laundry.‎ 听第8段材料，回答第10至12题。‎ ‎10. What happened to Tony today?‎ A. He lost his job.‎ B. He was criticized by his boss. ‎ C. His vacation in summer was cancelled.‎ ‎11. How did he feel about it?‎ A. Astonished. ‎ B. Extremely angry. ‎ C. Sad but not surprised.‎ ‎12. What is he going to do?‎ A. Wait to be called back to the company.‎ B. Talk with his boss about his problems.‎ C. Start to look for a new job.‎ 听第9段材料，回答第13至16题。‎ ‎13. Where did chopsticks originate?‎ A. In Japan. B. In China. C. In Korea.‎ ‎14. What kind of chopsticks are often used by ordinary Chinese people?‎ A. Wood or bamboo ones.  B. Jade ones.  C. Plastic ones.‎ ‎15. Why did ancient kings and emperors use silver chopsticks?‎ A. To show their wealth.‎ B. To see if their food was poisoned.‎ C. To show their power.‎ ‎16. What do Chinese people think knives and forks suggest?‎ A. Violence. ‎ B. High quality life. ‎ C. Gentleness.‎ 听第10段材料，回答第17至20题。‎ ‎17. What course is English Literature 201?‎ A. A course on the works of William Shakespeare.‎ B. A course on the history of English literature.‎ C. A course on classics of English literature.‎ ‎18. When will the midterm exam be held?‎ A. After Romeo and Juliet. ‎ B. Right after Macbeth. ‎ C. During Week 6.‎ ‎19. Which of the following is NOT on the list of books?‎ A. Hamlet.‎ B. Macbeth.‎ C. A Midsummer Night's Dream ‎20. What is the talk mainly about?‎ A. Changes in homework assignments. ‎ B. The life of William Shakespeare.‎ C. William Shakespeare’s masterpieces.‎ 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，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。‎ A ‎ When I was growing up, I had an old neighbor named Doctor Gibbs. He didn't look like any doctor I'd ever known. He never yelled at us for playing in his yard, but was always very kind.‎ When Doctor Gibbs wasn't saving lives, he was planting trees. He had some interesting theories about planting trees. He believed in the principle: “No pain, no gain”. He hardly watered his new trees, an attitude which flew in the face of conventional wisdom.‎ Once I asked why and he told me that watering plants spoiled them because it made them grow weaker. He said you had to make things tough for the trees so that only the strongest could survive. He talked about how watering trees made them develop shallow roots and how, if they were not watered, trees would grow deep roots in search of water.‎ So, instead of watering his trees every morning, he'd beat them with a rolled-up newspaper. I asked him why he did that, and he said it was to get the tree's attention.‎ Doctor Gibbs died a couple of years after I left home. Every now and then, I walked by his house and looked at the trees that I'd watched him plant some 25 years ago. They were tall and strong.‎ I planted a couple of trees myself a few years ago. Two years of attending these trees meant they grew up weak. Whenever a cold wind blew, their branches trembled. Adversity seemed to benefit Doctor Gibb's trees in ways comfort and ease never could.‎ Every night before I go to bed, I check on my two sons. I often pray that their lives will be easy. But lately I've been thinking that it's time to change my prayer. I know my children are going to encounter hardship. There's always a cold wind blowing somewhere. What we need to do is to pray for deep roots, so when the rains fall and the winds blow, we won't be torn apart. ‎ ‎21. With the trees planted, Doctor Gibbs often______.‎ A. kept watering them every morning ‎ B. talked to them to get their attention C. paid little attention to them ‎ D. beat them to make them grow deep roots ‎22. What does the underlined word "Adversity" mean in the sixth paragraph?‎ ‎ A. Difficult living conditions. ‎ B. Lack of sunshine. ‎ C. Enough care or attention. ‎ D. Bad weather.‎ ‎23. Which prayer does the author wish for his sons?‎ ‎ A. Have an easy life, without too much to worry about. ‎ B. Be able to stand the rain and wind in their lives.‎ ‎ C. Have good luck, encountering less hardship in their life. ‎ D. Meet people like Dr Gibbs in the future.[来源]‎ B ‎ Almost every machine with moving parts has wheels, yet no one knows exactly when the first wheel was invented or what it was used for. We do know, however, that they existed over 5,500 years ago in ancient Asia. ‎ ‎ The oldest known transport wheel was discovered in 2002 in Slovenia. It is over 5,100 years old. Evidence suggests that wheels for transport didn’t become popular for a while, though. This could be because animals did a perfectly good job of carrying farming tools and humans around. But it could also be because of a difficult situation. While wheels need to roll on smooth surfaces, roads with smooth surfaces weren’t going to be constructed until there was plenty of demand for them. Eventually, road surfaces did become smoother, but this difficult situation appeared again a few centuries later. There had been no important changes in wheel and vehicle design before the arrival of modern road design. ‎ ‎ In the mid-1700s, a Frenchman came up with a new design of road—a base layer of large stones covered with a thin layer of smaller stones. A Scotsman improved on this design in the 1820s and a strong, lasting road surface became a reality. At around the same time, metal hubs(the central part of a wheel) came into being, followed by the pneumatic tyre (充气轮胎) in 1846. Alloy wheels were invented in 1967, sixty years after the appearance of tarmacked roads (柏油路). As wheel design took off, vehicles got faster and faster. ‎ ‎24. What might explain why transport wheels didn’t become popular for some time? ‎ A. Few knew how to use transport wheels. ‎ B. Humans carried farming tools just as well. ‎ C. Animals were a good means of transport. ‎ D. The existence of transport wheels was not known. ‎ ‎25. What do we know about road design from the passage? ‎ A. It was easier than wheel design. ‎ B. It improved after big changes in vehicle design. ‎ C. It was promoted by fast-moving vehicles. ‎ D. It provided conditions for wheel design to develop. ‎ ‎26. How is the last paragraph mainly developed? ‎ A. By giving examples. ‎ B. By making comparisons. ‎ C. By following time order. ‎ D. By making classifications. ‎ ‎27. What is the passage mainly about? ‎ A. The beginning of road design. ‎ B. The development of transport wheels. ‎ C. The history of public transport. ‎ D. The invention of fast-moving vehicles.‎ C Please excuse me if I'm a little sad today. Mark is leaving, and I'm feeling kind of sad.‎ You probably don't know Mark, but you might be lucky enough to know someone just like him. He's been the heart and soul of the office for a couple of years combining great professional skills with a sweet nature. He just wants to do his job, and to do it superbly well. And now he's moving on to an exciting new professional opportunity. It sounds like it could be the chance of a lifetime, and we're genuinely, sincerely pleased for him. But that doesn't make it any easier to say goodbye to a dear friend and trusted colleague.‎ Life has a way of throwing these curve balls(曲线球) at us. Just when we start to get comfortable with a person, a place or a situation. A terrific neighbor moves away. Someone in the family graduates. A child finds new love and loyalties through marriage. The family's bread-winner is laid off.‎ But how do we do that? A friend of mine who works for the government once told me that the answer to life's problems can be summed up in four words: "Go with the flow."‎ ‎"It's like surfing," Chris explained. "You can't organize the ocean. Waves just happen. You ride them where they take you, then you paddle(划) back out there and catch the next one. Sure, you're always hoping for the perfect wave where you can get. But mostly you just take them the way they come.‎ I'm not exactly sure, but I think Chris was saying that life is a series of events—both good and bad. There will always be life-influencing factors over which you have no control. That doesn't mean you don't keep trying to make all your dreams come true. It just means that when things come up that aren't exactly in your plan, you work around them—and then you move on. Of course, some bumps along the road of life are easier to take than others. A rained-out picnic, for example, is easier to cope with than the sudden death of a loved one. But the principle is the same.‎ We're going to miss Mark, just like you'll miss that graduate, that neighbor or that newly-wed. But rather than drown ourselves in the sadness of our parting, we'll focus on our hopes for a brighter future—for him, and for us. And then we'll go out and do everything we can to make that future happen.‎ ‎28. In Paragraphs 1 and 2, the writer tells the story about Mike to _____.‎ A. let us know his colleague B. introduce a topic ‎ C. describe his life D. praise his colleague ‎29. The leaving of Mike makes the writer feel _____.‎ A. really unpleasant B. a little disappointed C. very angry D. both happy and sad ‎30. In the writer’s opinion, one should _____ when unexpected things come up.‎ A. do as planned ‎ B. accept them and hope for a better future ‎ C. overcome difficulties and let them in control ‎ D. never give up until he succeeds ‎ ‎31. The purpose of the author in writing this passage is _____. ‎ A. to argue and persuade ‎ B. to describe and narrate(叙述)‎ C. to interest and entertain ‎ D. to comment and criticize D The Secretary-General of the U.N. has always been chosen in private meetings. But for the first time in its 70-year history, part of the selection process is taking place in public.‎ At least eight countries have announced their candidates (候选人) for the position, among whom are women, including Irina Bukova from Bulgaria, Susana Malcorra from Argentina and Helen Clark from New Zealand. 56 countries says the next U.N. chief should be a woman. There have been eight U.N. chiefs, none of whom was a woman.‎ All member states were permitted to ask the candidates questions during two hour-long meetings last week in the U.N. General Assembly (联合国大会). The candidates were also asked some of the 1,000 questions written by people on social media.‎ They were asked questions about development, how they would improve efforts to create peace and how they would protect human rights.‎ The U.N. Security Council will examine the candidates’ backgrounds. Then the 15 members will vote secretly until one person is chosen. The General Assembly will then vote on whether to ‎ accept the choice.‎ Britain, China, France, Russia and the United States are the five permanent members of the Security Council. Experts say they are likely to have more influence on who will be the new secretary-general than the 10 non-permanent nations on the council.‎ The Security Council will begin to discuss who will be named the next secretary-general in July. A new secretary-general may not be confirmed until as late as November.‎ The U.N. has a tradition of choosing its new leader from a part of the world different from its current leader. U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon is from Asia. The previous U.N. chief was Kofi Annan, who was from Africa.‎ Dan Thomas is a spokesman for the president of the General Assembly. He says there is no rule that says where a new secretary-general must come from. But most observers say the new U.N. chief will not be from Asia or Africa.‎ ‎32. What do the first two paragraphs imply?‎ A. All the Secretary-Generals of the U.N. have been chosen privately.‎ B. Women haven’t been allowed to apply for the Secretary-General.‎ C. The next Secretary-General of the U.N. might be a woman.‎ D. The process of choosing a new secretary-general is being made public.‎ ‎33. Which of the following has the final decision on who will be the next secretary-general?‎ A. The five permanent members of the Security Council. ‎ B. The Security Council.‎ C. The 10 non-permanent nations on the council. ‎ D. The current Secretary-General.‎ ‎34. Which of the following is NOT the factor affecting whether a candidate will become the next U.N. chief?‎ A. Whether he is concerned about the human right. ‎ B. Where he is from.‎ C. What his background is. ‎ D. Male or female.‎ ‎35. What is the best title of the passage?‎ A. U.N. Seeks New Secretary-General ‎ B. The First Female Secretary-General of the U.N.‎ C. A Hard Decision in U.N.’s History ‎ D. Who can be the Secretary-General of the U.N.‎ 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。‎ ‎ My mother is a diligent and kind woman. She is very busy from morning till night. As a teacher, she works hard.   36    Both my brother and I love her dearly as she loves us.‎ ‎ My mother has been teaching math at a middle school in my hometown. She goes to work early in the morning and does not return home until late in the afternoon.    37    She treats them with patience and teaches them well. For her excellent quality and very good teaching results, she has been elected as a model teacher several times.‎ ‎   38    Every day, when she comes back home from work, she sets about doing housework, sweeping the living room and bedrooms or cleaning the furniture, and putting everything in good order. She seems to be busy all the time. As she has been very busy working every day, she looks older than her age. But she looks as cheerful and happy as ever. Mother never buys expensive dresses for herself, but she often buys some inexpensive but high quality clothes for us.   39    She just eats a plain meal outside when she is too busy to cook herself. She lives a busy yet simple life, without any complaints.‎ ‎ Often she says to us, “work while you work, and play while you play. That is the way to be happy and gay. If you do not work, you will become lazy and be of no use to society”. What a piece of good advice this is!    40    This advice of hers will always serve as a guide to my behavior. My mother is great indeed, and I always feel proud of her.‎ A. She enjoys listening to classic music.‎ B. As a mother, she takes good care of us and gives us every comfort.‎ C. She loves her students and cares for them.‎ D. She never goes to expensive restaurants to enjoy meals.‎ E. My mother is hard-working and never wastes money.‎ F. I never forget it and always bear it in my mind.‎ G. Can you tell us something about your mother?‎ 第三部分: 英语知识运用(共两节，满分30分)‎ 第一节 完形填空（共20小题；每小题1.5分，满分30分）‎ 阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，从每题所给的四个选项（A、B、C 和 D）中，选出最佳选项。‎ ‎ All of us can give others a hand as long as we are willing to do so. Actually, there are some people doing kind things all the time. Spreading kindness, one good deed at a time, is Karla Gibson’s mission. “I wish everyone could join me. There are so many __41__ things going on in the world; I mean every day,” said Karla. Karla had the __42__ and sense of duty in December of 2013. The single mother of three said she tended to feel depressed around the holidays, so she __43__ to do something to cheer others up. She started a Facebook page and __44__ her good deeds each day, from feeding the homeless to giving Easter gifts to the incarcerated (囚犯). She hoped to __45__ others.  “We have to do something. Our __46__ can make a difference in someone’s day. You __47__ know when someone might be having their worst day, and then something like buying them a coffee can change their whole attitude,” Karla __48__. Karla’s greatest __49__ so far had to do with coffee. On September 27th, Karla’s birthday, she went to her local Starbucks and gave the __50__ $127 to pay for other people’s drinks. She sat at the end of the drive-through holding a __51__ that read, “Have a great day.” She ended up __52__ about 23 customers. “It was really fun. It was __53__ one of the best birthdays ever.” she said. Her kindness that day didn’t go __54__. One couple was so grateful that they surprised her with flowers and balloons to show their __55__. Karla’s acts of kindness have become a __56__ affair. Her two sons are always __57__ others. “Sometimes I’ll ask Kyle, ‘So, did you do anything extra nice today?’ and his answers are like ‘Somebody __58__ something in the hallway and I picked it up’ or ‘I held the door for someone’, that kind of thing,” said Karla. It’s because of Mom that the boys think it’s __59__ to give a hand to others. “I think it’s a great idea of hers. It’s always nice to help someone out __60__ they really need it,” said Karla’s 15-year-old son Chad. 41. A. good     B. bad         C. new       D. casual 42. A. commitment  B. appointment  C. preference   D. success 43. A. managed  B. agreed       C. hesitated   D. decided 44. A. did         B. mentioned     C. shared       D. missed 45. A. greet     B. inspire         C. introduce   D. remember 46. A. kindness  B. happiness     C. stories       D. sadness 47. A. still       B. often         C. never       D. even 48. A. whispered  B. explained     C. reported   D. replied 49. A. surprise     B. challenge     C. concern   D. moment 50. A. cashier     B. customer     C. beggar       D. secretary 51. A. mark     B. sign         C. symbol   D. flag 52. A. paying for  B. picking up     C. paying off   D. picking out 53. A. occasionally  B. usually       C. probably   D. hardly 54. A. unoccupied  B. unnoticed     C. unorganized  D. unquestioned 55. A. wisdom   B. existence     C. generosity   D. appreciation 56. A. society     B. love         C. holiday   D. family 57. A. encouraging  B. inviting     C. helping   D. affecting 58. A. dropped     B. bought         C. found       D. fell 59. A. strange     B. lucky         C. cool       D. funny 60. A. after      B. though         C. unless       D. when 第II卷 （共50分）‎ 第一节 ‎ 单词拼写（共10小题, 每小题0.5分，满分5分）‎ ‎61.He made an a______ to escape before he could be punished but failed.‎ ‎62. The weather at the moment is not _______(典型的) for July.‎ ‎63. The journalist’s work schedule is fairly f_______. He doesn’t need to go to office every day ‎ or arrive there at a certain time.‎ ‎64. It is _______ (非法的) to read other people’s private letters without permission.‎ ‎65. We must develop science to ________ (加强) our education and army.‎ ‎66. The representatives from the two countries had a heated discussion on a wide r of issues.‎ ‎67. She is  (反对) to religious education in schools.‎ ‎68. Do you plan to   (订阅) to these magazines?‎ ‎69. Amie Salmon, disabled, is attended throughout her school days by a nurse ______(任命) by her parents to guard her.‎ ‎70. We should encourage the students to develop their p____________ abilities.‎ 第二节 语法填空（共10题，每题1分，满分10分）‎ ‎ I was always told that patience, positive thinking and strong will were a sure path 71.   success. But this advice does not always work as 72.  (plan). My high school maths exam is one example. The exam, 73.________ was originally to be held in our own classroom, was changed to the library at the last minute. 74.  , this didn't bother me because maths had always been my 75.   (strong) subject of all. I patiently walked to the library, 76.   (take) my seat and did some deep breathing to help relax 77.  (I). But my mood changed quickly when I saw the first difficult question. I tried to stay positive 78.   I finally found the solution. After 79.   (solve) the problem, I felt very proud. Unfortunately, I then noticed that I had just ten 80.  (minute) left to complete the rest!‎ 第三节：短文改错（共10题，每题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，请你修改你同桌写的以下作文。文中共有10处语言错误，每句中最多有两处错误。每处错误仅涉及一个单词的增加、删除或修改。‎ 增加：在缺词处加一个漏子符号（∧），并在此符号下面写出该加的词。‎ 删除：把多余的词用（＼）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。‎ Dear Jenny,‎ ‎ How nice to hear of you! In your last letter you ask me how to keep healthy. I would like to give you some advices.‎ ‎ As we know, foods like fish, fresh fruit and vegetables is necessary for our body. And you should not eat too many meat. Instead of studying all the time, you should take physical exercise as regular as possible. For example, you can play basketball or swim after the school. What's more, have enough sleep is very important. So I advise you have at least eight hours of sleep every day but not to stay up too late. Only in this way can we keep healthy.‎ Yours, ‎ Li Hua 第四节 书面表达（满分25分）‎ ‎ 假设你是李华，你将参加国际中学生环境论坛，就雾霾天气(fog and haze weather)这一问题发表演讲。请你用英语写一篇100词左右的发言稿。要点包括：‎ ‎1．描述雾霾对人们的身体和生活造成的不良影响；‎ ‎2．建议民众和政府分别采取具体行动来维护空气质量。‎ 南昌二中2016—2017学年度上学期期末考试 高二英语试卷参考答案 听力：‎ ‎1—5 ABBCB 6—10 CBCAA 11—15 CCBAB 16—20 AACCA 阅读理解：‎ ‎21-23：CAB 24-27 CDCB 28-31 BDBA 32-35：CBDA 七选五：36-40 BCEDF 完型填空：‎ ‎41-45 BADCB      46-50 ACBDA      51-55 BACBD    56-60 DCACD 单词填空：‎ ‎61. attempt 62. typical 63. flexible 64. illegal 65. strengthen 66. range 67. opposed 68. subscribe 69. appointed 70. potential 语法填空：‎ ‎71. to 72. planned 73. which 74. However 75. strongest 76. took 77. myself 78. until(till) 79. solving 80. minutes 短文改错：‎ ‎1. of改为from 2. ask改为asked 3. advices改为advice 4. is改为are ‎ ‎5. many改为much 6. regular改为regularly 7. 去掉after the school中的the ‎ ‎8. have改为having 9. have后加to 10. but改为and 书面表达：‎ Ladies and gentlemen，‎ I feel it a great honor to have a chance to give a speech here, talking about fog and haze weather. Since the end of last year, fog and haze weather has occurred a lot in some areas of China, which has done great harm to our daily life. Many traffic accidents happened just because of the heavy fog and haze. Besides, more and more citizens have to go to see the doctor because of the serious diseases caused by the fog and haze.‎ Now that we have realized the great harm caused by the fog and haze, we should take measures to reduce fog and haze weather. The government should suggest people go to work or school with the public transportation, such as the bus and the underground. Also more trees should be planted. As for me, I will go to school by bike or on foot. Would you join us in protecting the environment?‎ Thank you.‎