英语卷·20178届湖南省永州市第四中学高二上学期期末考试（2017-01）

英语卷·20178届湖南省永州市第四中学高二上学期期末考试（2017-01）

‎ 2016年下期永州市第四中学期末综合质量检测 英语（试题卷）‎ 注意事项：‎ ‎1.本卷共72题，满分150分，考试时间为12分钟。请考生注意考试时间，开考前15分钟，考生禁止进入考室，监考老师回收试卷。‎ ‎2.请考生遵守考室秩序，发卷后注意检查试卷是否完整，如果妨碍答题现象请立即通知监考老师。‎ 一.听力。（已省略）‎ 二.阅读理解。（共40分）‎ 第一节 阅读下面的文章，从A、B、C、D四个选项中选出最佳选项。‎ A Martin was returning to work in his London office after spending two weeks with his brother in New York．He was coming back with a heavy heart．It was not just that it was the end of a wonderful holiday； it was not just that he invariably suffered badly from jet lag（时差）； it was that Monday mornings always began with a team meeting and，over the months，he had grown to hate them．‎ Martin was aware that colleagues approached these meetings with hidden agenda（会议议程）； they indulged in （沉溺于）game playing； and he knew that people were not being honest and open．The meetings themselves were bad enough﹣there was all the moaning afterwards at the meeting like"I could have improved on that idea，but I wasn't going to say"．‎ As this morning's meeting began，Martin prepared himself for the usual dullness and boredom．But，as the meeting progressed，he became aware of a strange background noise．At first，he thought that he was still hearing the engine noise from the aircraft that had brought him back to London．But，as he concentrated on the noise，it became a little clearer．‎ He realized，to his amazement，that he could actually hear what they were thinking at the same time as they were speaking．What surprised him，even more than the acquisition（获得）of this strange power，was that he discovered that what people were saying was not really what they were thinking．They were not making clear their reservations．They were not supporting views which they thought might be popular．They were not contributing their new insights．They were not volunteering their new ideas．‎ Martin found it impossible not to respond to his new knowledge．So he started to make gentle interventions，based more on what he could hear his colleagues thinking than on what he could hear them saying．"So，John，are you really saying…""Susan，do you really think that？""Tom，have you got an idea on how we could take this forward？"They looked at him，puzzled．In truth，he felt rather proud of his newly﹣acquired talent．‎ As the meeting progressed，it was clear to him that each member of the meeting was learning how to hear the thoughts of the others．The game playing started to fall away； people started to speak more directly；views became better understood； the atmosphere became more open and trusting．‎ The meeting ended．As people left the room，Martin found that he could still hear what they were thinking．"That was the best meeting we've ever had．""All meetings should be like that．""In future，I'm going to say what I think"．‎ ‎21．It is known from the first paragraph that Martin　　．‎ A．just came back from his business trip in New York B．was found to suffer from a serious heart disease during the trip C．had a good time during his fortnight's stay in New York D．didn't like his work in his London office ‎22．Why did Martin hate his company's team meeting？　　‎ A．Because it had to be held every Monday morning．‎ B．Because he was tired of hosting such a meeting．‎ C．Because he couldn't control the meeting that was out of order．‎ D．Because the meeting atmosphere wasn't open and trusting．‎ ‎23．The underlined part"his newly﹣acquired talent"in Paragraph 5means that he could　　．‎ A．still hear the engine noise of the plane though he was back B．clearly hear what the members of the meeting were saying C．actually control the thoughts of the members of the meeting D．express what the meeting members were thinking based on their words and their thoughts ‎24．What do we know about this Monday morning's meeting from the passage？　　‎ A．Martin made people say what they were thinking immediately the meeting began．‎ B．Martin was angry at the dullness of the meeting at the beginning of the meeting all the time．‎ C．Martin led people to express their real thoughts with the meeting progressing．‎ D．Many members of the meeting played games and told lies at the meeting all the time．‎ B Hundreds of Chinese officials are to be sacked or demoted(降职) for their part in a vaccine scandal that has added to discontent at poor oversight of food and drug safety, especially relating to children.‎ Xinhua, the state news agency, said late on Wednesday that 357 officials are to face punishment, with 192 criminal cases already filed and 202 people detained(拘留)after improperly stored or transported vaccines were sent to 59 health institutions.‎ This is the latest in a string of food and drug safety scandals in a country where parents often import products for infants and babies from overseas to ensure quality. Many remember with fear the 2008 milk powder scandal, in which infant formula laced with melamine(三聚氰胺)caused at least six deaths and 300,000 children to fall ill.‎ Beijing last month made public an illegal operation in eastern Shandong province in which a hospital pharmacist and her daughter traded $88m in vaccines that may have been compromised because they were expired or improperly stored or transported.‎ The China Food and Drug Administration said, however, that the vaccines posed no greater than the normal risk to patients. “We don’t see that the vaccines’ effectiveness has been reduced,” added the health watchdog in a report.‎ Nonetheless, health officials fear a backlash against Chinese-manufactured vaccines, which already have a reputation for being more dangerous than those made overseas.‎ Wang Yuedan, deputy director of Peking University’s immunology department, said the key to evaluating risks is to check whether package seals are broken or for pollution with micro-organisms. “The vaccines in theShandong case don’t have those problems,” he said.‎ Those vaccines had been subject to higher than normal temperatures that could have lowered their effectiveness and reduced their protective value. But the official investigation showed the vaccines “are still effective”, he said.‎ Beijing, which publicized the affair almost a year after it was exposed, and several years after it started, appeared eager to show commitment to crack down on abuses by announcing the action, political analysts said.‎ The CFDA said a system was being set up to track vaccines from production to use.‎ The World Health Organization warned the scandal could endanger China’s public health gains if parents become distrustful of vaccines. It also expressed confidence in Chinese vaccines, saying public immunization campaigns had erased polio(小儿麻痹症) and sharply reduced cases of hepatitis B(乙肝)and measles.‎ ‎24. According to Wang Yuedan’s opinion, the vaccines in Shandong ______.‎ A. were polluted by micro-organisms.   B. were resistant to high temperature.‎ C. decreased their value of protection    D. were still effective ‎25. What’s the WHO’s attitude toward Chinese vaccines?‎ A. Indifferent     B. Skeptical      C. Objective     D. Hopeful ‎ ‎26. The passage is most probably from a ______.‎ A. scientific research   B. medical journal   C. law document   D. news report C We have seen that humor and laughter positively influence our body in many ways, but little research has been done on whether a better sense of humor actually helps keep you from getting sick. However, since people with a better sense of humor have higher IgA levels, and since research has shown that those with higher levels of salivary(唾液的) IgA are less likely to get colds or be infected with Streptococcus, humor should reduce the frequency of colds.‎ The only study to directly examine this question found that the impact of one’s sense of humor upon colds depends on the kind of sense of humor you have. It was only individuals whose sense of humor took the form of seeking out and appreciating humor who had fewer and less severe colds/flu than their low humor counterparts. Surprisingly, those whose sense of humor took the form of initiating humor more often did not have fewer or less severe colds/flu. The researchers argued that being a person who likes to tell jokes or otherwise initiate humor takes them into more frequent contact with other people, which serves to expose them to infectious agents more often, robbing them of the advantage that a more active sense of humor otherwise offers. Obviously, more research is required to clear up this confusing picture.‎ The importance of active use of one’s sense of humor in producing humor’s health benefits was confirmed in another study in an unusual way. It found that among a group of mothers with newborn infants, those who actively used humor to cope with the stress in their lives had fewer upper respiratory infections and their infants also had fewer infections. This seemed to be because these mothers had higher levels of immunoglobulin A (免疫球蛋白A) in their breast milk.‎ Among adults, if we look at bodily symptoms alone, independent of any diagnosed illness, there is some evidence that individuals who have more negative reactions to humor report more bodily symptoms and complaints. Students complaining of cardiovascular(心脏血管的) symptoms and gastroenterological (肠胃病的) symptoms also have been shown to have this more negative reaction to humor.‎ ‎28. What does the passage mainly talk about?‎ A. People with a good sense of humor get sick less often.‎ B. Humor can reduce the frequency of colds / flu.‎ C. Any form of humor can prevent people from getting sick. ‎ D. Humor can treat illness.‎ ‎29. According to the passage, IgA is _______.‎ A. a medicine                              B. enzyme                             C. factor                           D. measure ‎30. Why do newborn infants whose mothers use humor to deal with stress have fewer infections?‎ A. Because they don't often get upper respiratory infections.‎ B. Because they are stronger since they were born.‎ C. Possibly because of the higher levels of immunoglobulin A in their breast milk.‎ D. Because their mothers take better care of them.‎ ‎31. Students with some bad bodily symptoms show ___________ towards humor.‎ A. a positive attitude                B. a negative attitude             C. a neutral attitude                 D. an unclear attitude D It is natural that young people are often uncomfortable when they are with their parents. They say that their parents don’t understand them. They often think that their parents are out of touch with modern ways, that they are too serious and too strict with their children, and that they seldom give their children a free hand.‎ It is true that parents often find it difficult to win their children’s trust and they tend(倾向) to forget how they themselves felt when young.‎ For example, young people like to act on the spot without much thinking. It is one of their ways to show that they have grown up and they can face any difficult situation. Old people worry more easily. Most of them plan things in advance, at least in the back of their minds, and do not like their plans to be upset by something unexpected.‎ When you want your parents to let you do something, you will have better success if you ask before you really start doing it.‎ Young people often make their parents angry with their choices in clothes, in entertainment and in music. But they do not mean to cause any trouble; it is just that they feel cut off from the older people’s world, into which they have not yet been accepted. That’s why young people want to make a new culture of their own, and if their parents don’t like their music or entertainment or clothes or their way of speech, this will make the young people extremely happy.‎ A. Because they want to try on something new and look different from the older.‎ B. Because they try to get their parents to be proud of them.‎ C. Because they want to give their parents a big surprise.‎ D. Because they want to test whether they are cleverer than old people.‎ ‎34.According to the text, young people want to make a new culture of their own, because _________.‎ A. they feel they are cleverer than old people B. they do not want to get into trouble with their parents C. they don’t feel they belong to the world of the old people D. they want to show the new is better than the old ‎35.If a young man intends to control his own life, it’s better for him to __________.‎ A. do everything according to his own wish             ‎ B. hold himself responsible for everything he does C. do everything beyond his parents’ control             ‎ D. do everything the way his parents do 第二节 阅读下面的文章，从所给的七个选项中选出最符合题意的一项。‎ Real-life Room Escape Games Real-life room escape games are a type of physical adventure game in which people are locked in a room with other participants and have to use the things in the room to settle a series of puzzles, find clues (线索), and escape the room within a set time limit.‎ The games are based off Escape the Room video games, such as Crimson Room and QP-Shot, created by TAKAGISM Inc. by Toshimitsu Takagi in 2005, in which the player is locked inside a room and must explore his or her surroundings in order to escape.   36  Other inspirations include adventure board games and movies. Real-life room escape games are becoming popular in the United States, Japan, and China.   37  For example, some games require you escape prison cells while others require you escape space stations.‎ ‎  38  Soon, they were exported to North America, Asia and Australia. Examples include the two pioneer companies Hint Hunt and Adventure Rooms.‎ The games were so successful that new locations began opening up across China, in cities big and small, according to Want China Times. In the southern city of Shenzhen, for example, the first escape game location opened last August.   39  “These real-life escape games can help those who stay at home on their computers and iPads all day to experience real social circles,” Tian Xiaochuan, who owns two room escape game stores in Jinan, told Want China Times.‎ Earlier this year, The South China Morning Post said the real-life escape games are a hit among “highly stressed students and overworked young professionals.”   40  Some players get so involved that they tear down equipment or decorations inside their “prisons”, as Zhu Yumeng, chief operating officer of Beijing room escape game store Taoquan told China Daily.‎ ‎    A. Each game adds local themes to settings.‎ ‎    B. And seven new game locations quickly followed.‎ ‎    C. They should also be brave enough to face their fears.‎ ‎    D. Sometimes the excitement becomes a bit much, though.‎ ‎    E. Weekend or day event escape games have been held in some stores.‎ ‎    F. Permanent real life escape games in a fixed location were first opened in Europe.‎ ‎    G. Players must be observant and use their critical thinking skills to escape the room.‎ 三.语言知识运用（两部分，共45分）‎ 第一节 阅读下面的文章，从A、B、C、D四个选项中选出符合短文的选项。（每题1.5分，共30分）‎ More Than I Had Dreamed Of From the time I was seven, I had a dream of becoming a member of the Student Union. I always ___41___my school leaders for taking responsibility for all of us. So I dreamed of being a leader.‎ Years flew by, and soon I was able to take part in the elections（选举）, ___42___I would win. But the reality struck that I hadn’t had a chance. I wasn’t pretty. Girls across the school hardly knew me. I just did not have what it took to ___43___a school election. I was ___44___.‎ As I cried in my room that evening, I ___45___took a deep breath and decided I wouldn’t stop dreaming. I decided that I would ___46___for elections again in my final year at school—and I would win.‎ I recognized that my ___47___had a lot of advantages. What strengths did I have? I had good grades, and I was ___48___and helpful. And my biggest ___49___was the faith（信念）I had. I would not allow my ___50___appearance to hold me back from putting my best foot forward. That evening, I ___51___my election plans for the next year.‎ I realized that girls would have to get to know me and recognized that I had the_52__ to speak for them. I loved making friends and I liked being helpful, __53__ I decided that perhaps I could use these qualities to work to my advantage. In order to learn how to give a great election __54__, I also took a course on successful public speaking.‎ The day after the election, when the head teacher announced I won the second highest number of votes(选票), the students__55__ . That joy on the faces of all my friends showed me that my success was __56__ theirs.‎ Suddenly, I realized that I had ___57___much more than I had dreamed of. I had made many new friends and had helped people ___58___the way. I had won the ___59___and love of my schoolmates and they knew me as somebody who would stand by them. I was able to put a smile on their faces and ___60___their day.‎ ‎41. A. admired                  B. remembered                  C. praised                   D. believed ‎42. A. hoping                  B. planning                  C. guessing                  D. judging ‎43. A. have                  B. lose                  C. hold                   D. win ‎44. A. content                  B. upset                  C. surprised                  D. confused ‎45. A. gradually                  B. immediately                  C. suddenly                   D. personally ‎46. A. pay                  B. run                  C. speak                   D. wait ‎47. A. competitors                  B. teammates                  C. coaches                   Dschoolmates ‎48. A. outspoken                  B. curious                  C. direct                   D. friendly ‎49. A. problem                  B. strength                  C. worry                   D. dream ‎50. A. young                  B. public                  C. special                  D. ordinary ‎51. A. began                  B. discussed                  C. announced                 D. changed ‎52. A. support                  B. necessity                  C. ability                    D. permission ‎53. A. but                  B. and                  C. so                  D. or ‎54. A. broadcast                  B. speech                  C. performance               D. promise ‎55. A. nodded                  B. gathered                  C. cheered                   D. argued ‎56. A. only                  B. still                  C. almost                   D. also ‎57. A. achieved                  B. controlled                  C. devoted                   D. developed ‎58. A. by                  B. to                  C. in                  D. along ‎59. A. mercy                  B. acceptance                  C. election                   D. fame ‎60. A. enrich                      B. widen                          C. brighten                         D. expand 第二节 阅读下面的文章，在空处填上括号内单词的正确形式或1个单词。（每题1.5分，共15分）‎ As I am getting older, I find a terrible problem that my memory is getting even   61  (bad). I always forget   62  (do) what I have exactly done. What’s wrong with me? I think I shouldn’t have been so forgetful just  63  I’m not old enough to forget things. It must be horrible if the situation   64  (continue) in the next years. Now, I have to take a note   65  (avoid) missing something I should do. However, several years ago, I took great   66  (proud) in my good memory because I would keep something in my mind easily. That’s   67 I don’t think study was a problem when I was in high school.‎ Perhaps, recently I was busy   68  some little things both in family and work so I was   69 (complete) tired. But meanwhile I had to admit that time had taken away my energy not only physically but also mentally. No matter who you are or how strong you are, you’re certain to be weak in front of   70  (nature) law.‎ 四.写作技能（两部分，共35分）‎ ‎71.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（^），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：在错的词下画一横线，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。‎ A discussion about hiking had been held in our class. Some students think that hiking during vacations can make people feel healthier, fresher or more harmonious with the nature. They find themselves deep attracted by the beauty of nature. They can also be relaxing by walking in deep mountains. But nowadays some hikers even begin to explore the places people have ever been to, and accidents have happened now and then because a poor knowledge of hiking. Some hikers even lost their life. The other students in our class think it not safe to organize so dangerous activities. They make suggestions what laws should be passed and hikers should be trained before they attend the activities.‎ ‎72.书面表达（共25分）‎ 假如你是李华，最近收到美国朋友Peter的信，他在信中讲到了高中生活中印象最深的活动，并询问你是否愿意跟他分享给你印象最深的活动。请你写一封回信。内容应包括：‎ ‎1. 简述给你印象最深的活动；‎ ‎2. 谈谈活动的启发和影响。‎ 注意：‎ ‎1. 词数100左右；2. 信的开头和结尾已为你写好。‎ ‎   Dear Peter,‎ Thank you very much for your letter of March 20. It is kind of you to share the activity that has impressed you most. __________________________________________________________________________________________________ Yours sincerely ‎                                                                      Li Hua  ‎ ‎2016年下期永州四中高二年级期末考试 英语参考答案 ‎21-24.CDDC 25-27.CDD 28-31.ABCB 32-35.DACB 36-40.GAFBD ‎41-45.AADBC 46-50.BADBD 51-55.ACCBC 56-60.DADBC ‎61. worse 62. doing 63. because 64. continues 65. to avoid ‎66. pride 67. why 68. with 69. completely 70. Natural ‎71.A discussion about hiking had been held in our class. Some students think that hiking during ‎                           has vacations can make people feel healthier, fresher or more harmonious with the nature. They find ‎                                        and                    去掉 themselves deep attracted by the beauty of nature. They can also be relaxing by walking in deep ‎          deeply                                          relaxed mountains. But nowadays some hikers even begin to explore the places people have ever been to,‎ ‎                                                                      never and accidents have happened now and then because ∧a poor knowledge of hiking. Some hikers ‎                                              of even lost their life. The other students in our class think it not safe to organize so dangerous ‎            lives                                                  such activities. They make suggestions what laws should be passed and hikers should be trained before ‎                            that they attend the activities.‎ ‎72.‎ Dear Peter,‎ Thank you very much for your letter of March 20. It is kind of you to share the activity that has impressed you most. When it comes to what school activity has impressed me most, I can’t help remembering the healthy life month. This school activity calls on us to protect our physical health.‎ I benefit a lot from it. To begin with, it has informed me that physical health is most precious to us. What’s more, it holds varieties of health clubs, which give me numerous tips on how to keep our fitness. Last but not least, by taking part in this activity, I have developed some good living habits.‎ I have learned a lot from the healthy life month. If it had not been for the activity, I could not have enjoyed my health.‎ Yours sincerely Li Hua