2017-2018学年江苏省扬州中学高二上学期期中考试英语试题

2017-2018学年江苏省扬州中学高二上学期期中考试英语试题

江苏省扬州中学2017—2018学年度第一学期期中检测 ‎ 高 二 英 语 2017.11‎ 注意事项：‎ ‎1、本试卷共分两部分，第Ⅰ卷为选择题，第Ⅱ卷为非选择题。‎ ‎2、所有试题的答案均填写在答题纸上，答案写在试卷上的无效。‎ 第 I 卷（选择题， 三部分， 共80分）‎ 第一部分 听力 （共两节，满分20分）‎ 第一节 （共5小题；每小题1分，满分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 does the shirt cost?‎ A. ￡19.15 B. ￡‎9.15 C. ￡9.50‎ 答案是B。‎ ‎1. How does the man plan to find a used car?‎ A. Through a car dealer. B. From the newspaper. C. On the Internet.‎ ‎2. Where is the man going?‎ A. To a park. B. To the woman’s. C. To a supermarket. ‎ ‎3. What are the speakers mainly talking about?‎ A. A writer. B. A book. C. A bookstore.‎ ‎4. What season is it now?‎ A. Spring. B. Autumn. C. Winter. ‎ ‎5. What present has the man bought?‎ A. A book. B. Some flowers. C. A pair of gloves.‎ 第二节 （共15小题；每小题1分，满分15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题。‎ ‎6. What are the speakers doing?‎ A. Reporting a match live. ‎ B. Interviewing a champion. ‎ C. Talking about a new world record.‎ ‎7. What do we know about Paul Timmons?‎ A. He breaks a world record. ‎ B. He is talented in competing. ‎ C. He isn’t in the lead all the time.‎ 听第7段材料，回答第8、9题。‎ ‎8. What is the woman probably?‎ A. A writer. B. A tour guide. C. A reporter..‎ ‎9. What is on the man’s right?‎ A. A palace. B. A park. C. A statue.‎ 听第8段材料，回答第10至12题。‎ ‎10. When did the man buy the T-shirt?‎ A. Yesterday. B. A few weeks ago. C. A couple of days ago.‎ ‎11. Why does the man want to change the T-shirt? ‎ A. He wants a bigger size. ‎ B. He prefers another color. ‎ C. He doesn’t like the style. ‎ ‎12. What will the woman do next?‎ A. Give the man’s money back.‎ B. Change the T-shirt for the man. ‎ C. Have a word with her manager.‎ 听第9段材料，回答第13至16题。‎ ‎13. What is the probable relationship between the speakers?‎ A. Wife and husband. ‎ B. Mother and son. ‎ C. Employer and employee.‎ ‎14. What does the woman advise the man to do?‎ A. Find another job. ‎ B. Buy a cheaper guitar. ‎ C. Balance the budget. ‎ ‎15. What is the man’s problem?‎ A. He can’t join a band. ‎ B. He can’t find a satisfying job.‎ C. He can’t make ends meet. ‎ ‎16. How does the man feel about the woman’s words?‎ A. Impatient. B. Embarrassed. C. Disappointed.‎ 听第10段材料，回答第17至20题。‎ ‎17. What prize did the youngest group get? ‎ A. The second prize. B. The third prize. C. The fourth prize.‎ ‎18. What should Eastside practise more?‎ A. The dance. B. The song C. The music.‎ ‎19. Why did The Storm win the first prize?‎ A. They danced wonderfully. ‎ B. The guitarist played very well.‎ C. The singer performed perfectly.‎ ‎20. What kind of person is the speaker?‎ A. Humorous. B. Boring. C. Serious. ‎ 第二部分 英语知识运用（共两节，满分35分）‎ 第一节 单项选择（共15小题；每小题1分，满分15分）‎ 从题中所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。‎ ‎21. —What do you think of the grammar book?‎ ‎—Oh, it is really _____useful reference book, which is worth reading _____second time.‎ A. a, a B. an, the C. an, a D. the, the ‎22. Only those who had tickets were ________ to the stadium for the concert given by the famous ‎ musician.‎ A. allowed B. admitted C. committed D. permitted ‎23. This special school accepts all disabled students, _______ educational level and background.‎ ‎ A. according to B. as a consequence of C. in addition to D. regardless of ‎24. The production of the factory has grown to _____ in 1999.‎ ‎ A. twice as it was B. twice what it was ‎ C. as twice as it was D. twice that it was ‎ ‎25. You should first explore your talents and get to know yourself so as to make a list of _________ you think your real interests lie.‎ A. that B. what C. where D. how ‎26. He would be in better health now _______ with too much work when young.‎ A. had he not burdened himself B. if he was not burdened C. were he not burdened D. had he not been burdened himself ‎27. —Has John ever broken his promise?‎ ‎ —No. For example, he said he would show me around his school, and _______ .‎ ‎ A. so would he B. so did he C. so he would D. so he did ‎28. When their children lived far away from them , these old people felt ______from the world. ‎ A. cut off B. cut down C. cut out D. cut back ‎ ‎29. According to Global Blue, a tax-free shopping consultancy, Chinese shoppers were said to be the biggest overseas spenders in the year 2013, each customer _________ an average of £ 1,367 per transaction.‎ ‎ A. spent B. to spend C. spending D. has spent ‎30. It is not so much the language ________ the cultural background ______ makes the film difficult to understand.‎ ‎ A. that; as B. what; as C. as; what D. as; that ‎ ‎31. You can't imagine such a well-educated gentleman ___ be so rude to an old man.‎ ‎ A. could B. should C. would D. might ‎32. I found my computer functioning much better, ________ a new operating system.‎ ‎ A. to install B. installing C. having installed D. installed ‎33. Dad promised Tom to buy him a nice gift for his birthday, beyond his imagination.‎ A. which B. the one C. that D. one ‎34.—The criminal was finally sentenced to death.‎ ‎—Just as a biblical idiom says, “_________________.”‎ ‎ A. You reap what you sow B. An eye for an eye ‎ C. See the handwriting on the wall D. Kill the fatted calf ‎35. —Did you have butterflies in your stomach at the interview?‎ ‎—______. That was my first job interview.‎ A. It depends B. Not really C. You bet D. I mean it 第二节 完形填空（共15小题；每小题1分，满分15分）‎ 请认真阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。‎ For me personally, I could write for days about many different situations where adversity (逆境) 36 my life. Now let me tell you one experience where I almost let adversity 37 . ‎ We had a glass studio, which was located 50 feet from our home. A couple of years ago we experienced an 38 winter; we had a lot of snow and ice. The weight of the ice and snow 39 the roof on our studio, taking with it one of our sources of income. 40 it did fall down,‎ ‎ we got on the roof and tried to 41 the snow and ice, but when you have 5 feet of ice and temperatures of minus 20 Celsius, it was pretty 42 to do.‎ ‎ We had a partner come in to help us try to 43 the roof by supporting. In the end, there was 44 that could be done. The roof came down. We had moved a lot of our goods and tools from the studio 45 we lost a lot also: glass, kilns, workbenches, to name only a few of the items. It was a disastrous experience.‎ Here we were in the middle of winter with our studio collapsed. We couldn't work as we had almost 46 all the material in a building we were not using. We could have done one of two things: we could simply say that we can no longer conduct our glass business. Let me tell you that this was certainly a thought that 47 our mind. Or we could find a way to get our studio back up and running. ‎ We picked the 48 option. We had a large barn that we were not using. So we renovated (翻新) the barn, redesigned our working area and today we have a nicer studio than we 49 had. If the adversity we were 50 had not happened, we probably would still be working in the old studio — a studio that was less efficient. ‎ ‎36. A. influenced B. promoted C. destroyed D. prevented ‎37. A. suffer B. escape C. work D. win ‎38. A. awkward B. awesome C. awful D. agreeable ‎39. A. limited B. collapsed C. pressed D. struck ‎40. A. Although B. Unless C. Before D. When ‎41. A. replace B. reduce C. recycle D. remove ‎42. A. worthwhile B. tough C. rewarding D. annoying ‎43. A. examine B. test C. secure D. restore ‎44. A. something B. enough C. all D. nothing ‎45. A. for B. but C. or D. so ‎46. A. displayed B. arranged C. piled D. presented ‎47. A. approached B. cleared C. crossed D. comforted ‎48. A. latter B. former C. easier D. further ‎49. A. desperately B. hopefully C. eventually D. previously ‎50. A. faced with B. concerned about C. cautious about D. aware of 第三部分：阅读理解（共15小题；每小题2分，满分30分）‎ 请认真阅读下列短文，从短文后各题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。‎ ‎（A）‎ ‎ Here comes the theatre forecast for both openings and previews. Every one of the following is definitely a visual feast. Never hesitate to take a look, and there's one special for you!‎ Amélie ‎ Phillipa Soo stars in a musical adaptation of the 2001 film, by Craig Lucas, Daniel Messé, and Nathan Tysen, about a young woman who spreads joy in Montmartre. ‎ Walter Kerr, 219 W. 48th St. 212-239-6200. In previews. Opens April 3.‎ The Antipodes ‎ The playwright (剧作家) Annie Baker returns, with a piece about storytelling, directed by Lila Neugebauer and featuring Josh Charles, Phillip James Brannon, and Josh Hamilton. ‎ ‎ Pershing Square Signature Center, 480 W. 42nd St. 212-244-7529. Previews begin April 4.‎ The Chocolate Factory ‎ Christian Borle plays Willy Wonka in this musical version of the Road Dahl book, featuring new songs by Marc Shaiman and Scott Wittman and a book by David Greig. ‎ Lunt-Fontanne, 205 W. 46th St. 877-250-2929. In previews.‎ A Doll's House II ‎ Lucas Hnath's play, starring Laurie Metcalf, Chris Cooper, Jayne Houdyshell, and Condola Rasha, picks up years after Ibsen's classic leaves off, with the return of its heroine, Nora. Sam Gold directs.‎ ‎ Golden, 252W. 45th St. 212-239-6200. Previews begin March 30.‎ Groundhog Day ‎ Tim Minchin and Danny Rubin wrote this musical version of the 1993 Bill Murray comedy, about a misanthropic (厌世的) weatherman forced to repeat the same day over and over. Matthew Warchus directs. ‎ ‎ August Wilson, 245 W. 52nd St. 212-239-6200. In previews. Opens March 30.‎ Indecent Rebecca Taichman directs Paula Vogel's play, a transfer from the Vineyard, which tells the story of the controversial 1923 Broadway production of Sholem Asch's Yiddish drama God of Vengeance. ‎ ‎ Cort, 138 W. 48th St. 212-239-6200. Previews begin April 4.‎ ‎51. Which of the following is true about the plays according to the text?‎ ‎ A. The Antipodes tells a story of passing joy to others.‎ ‎ B. The Chocolate Factory brings you some new songs with it.‎ C. Groundhog Day is a musical showing a wealthy man living a fixed life.‎ D. Indecent has been a controversial play since it was produced in 1923.‎ ‎52. What can we learn from the text about the plays?‎ ‎ A. The whole play of Groundhog Day is on at present.‎ ‎ B. The previews of A Doll's House II can be available in April. ‎ C. The Chocolate Factory is a musical version of an old drama.‎ ‎ D. Amélie is adapted from Broadway dramas produced in the 1900s.‎ ‎53. If you want to watch an original play, you can choose ________.‎ ‎ A. Amélie B. Indecent ‎ ‎ C. The Antipodes D. The Chocolate Factory ‎（B）‎ In an unmanned supermarket, a customer waits to pay. With the use of advanced digital payment technology, including biological recognition and in-depth learning, the man leaves in a minute. There’s no cashier in the store. At a large university, students use a hand-scanning machine that authorizes their entry into the gym. Those people are using “smart machines” which identify people by their physical characteristics. These new devices use fingers, hands, faces, eyes and voices. Some machines may even use smells. This new technology, called biometrics, gets information from parts of the body.‎ In the past, biometric machines were used mainly in government agencies or in prisons. But now that the cost of the technology is lower, these machines are starting to be used everywhere, from border services to schools.‎ Some people, however, are concerned that these machines will mean the destruction of ‎ personal privacy. They worry that the machines will get personal information about them. “I know it seems like these machines are invading our privacy, but actually, biometric machines help to protect it,” says Jay Tarkett, who works at a company that develops the machines. “They can be used instead of passwords on a computer, for example. They can also identify criminals at airports. So, really, they help to promote public safety, and all the information stored is kept confidential by the machine itself.”‎ Some people don’t like the idea of using fingerprints because they associate them with criminals, and feel like they are being accused of something. In addition, they don’t work for some people, such as bricklayers, who wear down their fingerprints. Yet, face recognition does work well because the subject doesn’t really have to do anything. To cash a check at a bank, for example, the customer has to do nothing more than look at a machine similar to an automatic teller. If the face matches the picture kept on file, the customer gets the money with no problems. The need to carry identification with you from place to place, then, would all but cease.‎ It has been found that the hand scan works well in the college gym. Before this machine was used, students at the college entered the gym using cards similar to credit cards. The problem was that students often lost or forgot their cards. With the hand-scanning machine, however, the problem was solved right away.‎ But the machines are still new, and there can be problems. For example, voice recognition works on the phone, but it is not precise, and can be tricked. Another constraint（限制）we notice, with machines that use face recognition in particular, is that they can be fooled if people color their hair or gain a lot of weight. However, this particular problem may be solved by a new type of technology that scans a person’s iris, the colored part of the eye. It can even identify the person from a few feet away, recognizing a customer as he or she approaches the ATM.‎ ‎54. What’s the author’s intention by presenting two examples in Paragraph 1?‎ A. To bring in the topic of the passage.‎ B. To stress how smart machines work.‎ C. To show the popularity of smart machines.‎ D. To introduce the convenience smart machines offer.‎ ‎55. What is the author’s attitude towards the new technology?‎ ‎ A. Bitter. B. Worried. C. Satisfied. D. Optimistic.‎ ‎56. What is the passage mainly about?‎ A. An introduction to biometric machines.‎ B. An advertisement for biometric machines.‎ C. A brief description of hand scanning machines.‎ D. An analysis of biometric machines’ value in economy.‎ ‎（C）‎ Many of us remember being in awe(敬畏) when we saw cloned dinosaurs running wild in the film Jurassic Park. And the idea of using technology to revive(恢复) extinct species has long fascinated not only writers and directors, but scientists as well.‎ According to The Telegraph, woolly mammoths(长毛猛犸象), which featured in the popular Ice Age animated movie series, “may walk the earth once more” now that scientists have taken another step toward realizing a long-held dream—recreating their DNA. ‎ Mammoths became extinct around 10,000 years ago. However, since the discovery of near-perfect preserved remains in Arctic permafrost(北极冻土带) in May 2013, a variety of research studies have been carried out since.‎ Geneticists from Harvard‎ ‎University analyzed DNA from the remains, looking for genes which separated mammoths from elephants, such as hairiness and ear size. They then used the results to reproduce exact copies of 14 mammoth genes. “It is the first time that mammoth genes have been alive—although so far it has only been done in the lab,” George Church, lead researcher of the project, told the Sunday Times.‎ Church then used a new technique which allows scientists to edit DNA carefully, replacing sections of elephant DNA with the mammoth genes. So “we now have functioning elephant cells with mammoth DNA in them,” he said.‎ However, Church ruled out the possibility of bringing the mammoths back to life via cloning from frozen remains. He said he “preferred to focus on rebuilding the full mammoth genome(基因组) by analyzing DNA from preserved remains and putting it into the cells of its closest living relative – the Asian elephant,” reported The Telegraph.‎ Church argued that the return of the woolly mammoth—or rather, the return of something very similar—could help bring back fragile(脆弱的) ecosystems. However, some scientists believe that bringing back the mammoth would be unethical.‎ Professor Alex Greenwood, an expert on ancient DNA, said: “We may face the extinction of African and Asian elephants. Why bring back another elephant from extinction when we cannot even keep the ones that are not extinct around?” he told the Sunday Times. “What is the message? We can be as irresponsible with the environment as we want. Then we’ll just clone things back?”‎ ‎“Money would be better spent focusing on conserving what we do have than spending it on an animal that has been extinct for thousands of years,” he said.‎ ‎57. We can learn from the article that ______.‎ A. cloned mammoths followed cloned dinosaurs to get revived B. George Church and his colleagues tried to reproduce mammoth DNA C. the technology to revive mammoth genes is already mature D. Church and his team managed to list all the genes that separate mammoths from elephants ‎58. According to Church, what is the significance of his study?‎ A. It could help prevent the extinction of the Asian elephant. B. It could help people better tell elephant DNA from mammoth genes. C. It could help bring back some extinct species and save fragile ecosystems. D. It could help bring mammoths back to life via cloning from frozen remains.‎ ‎59. The underlined word “unethical” in Paragraph 7 is closest in meaning to ______.‎ A. impractical B. misled C. unacceptable D. illegal ‎60. According to the article, Professor Alex Greenwood believes that _______.‎ A. the return of the woolly mammoth would help to balance ecosystems B. it’s more important to protect present species than to bring back extinct ones C. there is no need to worry about the extinction of African and Asian elephants at present D. it’s necessary to bring back species that are beneficial to human beings from extinction ‎（D）‎ My grandmother Rosalind Einhorn was born exactly fifty-two years before I was, on August 28, 1917. Like many poor Jewish families in New York City, hers lived in a small, crowded apartment close to their relatives. Her parents, aunts and uncles addressed her male cousins by their given names, but she and her sister were referred to only as “Girlie”.‎ During the Depression, my grandmother was pulled out of Morris High School to help support the household by sewing fabric flowers onto undergarments that her mother could resell for a tiny profit. No one in the community would have considered taking a boy out of school. A boy’s education was the family’s hope to move up the financial and social ladder. Education for ‎ girls, however, was less significant both financially, since they were unlikely to contribute to the family’s income, and culturally, since boys were expected to study the Torah while girls were expected to run a “proper home”. Luckily for my grandmother, a local teacher insisted that her parents put her back into school. She went on not only to finish high school but to graduate from U.C. Berkeley.‎ After college, “Girlie” worked selling pocketbooks and accessories at David’s Fifth Avenue. When she left her job to marry my grandfather, David’s had to hire four people to replace her. Years later, when my grandfather’s paint business was struggling, she jumped in and took some of the hard steps he was unwilling to take, helping to save the family from financial ruin. She displayed her business ability again in her forties. After being diagnosed (诊断) with breast cancer, she beat it and then devoted herself to raising money for the clinic that treated her by selling some watches. Girlie ended up with a profit that Apple would envy. I have never met anyone with more energy and determination than my grandmother.‎ When my grandmother had children of her own — my mother and her two brothers — she emphasized education for all of them. My mother attended the University of Pennsylvania. When she graduated in 1965 with a degree in French literature, she surveyed a workforce that she believed consisted of two career options for women: teaching or nursing. She chose teaching. She began a Ph. D. programme, got married, and then dropped out when she became pregnant with me. It was thought to be a sign of weakness if a husband needed his wife’s help to support their family, so my mother became a stay-at-home parent and an active volunteer. The centuries-old division of labor stood.‎ Even though I grew up in a traditional home, my parents had the same expectations for me, my sister, and my brother. All the three of us were encouraged to do well in school, do equal routine tasks, and participate in after-school activities. We were all supposed to be athletic too. My brother and sister joined sports teams, but I was the kid who got picked last in gym, despite my athletic shortcomings. I was raised to believe that girls could do anything boys could do and that all career paths were open to me.‎ When I arrived at college in the fall of 1987, my classmates of both genders seemed equally focused on academics. I don’t remember thinking about my future career differently from the male students. I also don’t remember any conversations about someday balancing work and children. My friends and I assumed that we would have both. Men and women competed openly and aggressively with one another in classes, activities and job interviews. Just two generations removed from my grandmother, the playing field seemed to be level.‎ But more than twenty years after my college graduation, the world has not evolved nearly as much as I believed it would. Almost all of my male classmates work in professional settings. Some of my female classmates work full-time or part-time outside the home and just as many are stay-at-home mothers and volunteers like my mom. This mirrors the national trend. In comparison to their male counterparts（相同能力者）, highly trained women are scaling back and dropping out of the workforce in high numbers.‎ ‎61. Why were the writer’s grandma and her sisters called “Girlie”?‎ A. They had not yet got their given names.‎ B. They were highly valued by their elders.‎ C. They were regarded as less important than boys.‎ D. They shared apparent similarities in many ways.‎ ‎62. What conclusion can we draw about the writer’s grandmother?‎ A. She was full of ideas for solving various problems.‎ B. She was an extraordinarily able and tough woman.‎ C. She benefited greatly from her family background.‎ D. She had special ways of teaching her own children.‎ ‎63. What might people think when the writer’s mother gave up her job?‎ A. It was quite normal for a woman like her to do so.‎ B. Her freedom of choice ought to be well respected.‎ C. Her job should be taken over by a younger person.‎ D. It was a real shame about her losing that good job.‎ ‎64. From the description of the writer’s own life, we can see ________.‎ A. great expectations in the students’ minds B. innocent friendship between boys and girls C. positive attitudes to work and competitions D. seeming social progress in certain aspects ‎65. By writing the passage the writer intends to reveal ________.‎ A. the necessity of women’s education B. the importance of women’s liberation C. the existence of gender discrimination D. the lives of three generations of women 第II卷（三部分；共40分）‎ 第四部分 任务型阅读 (共10小题；每小题1分，满分10分）‎ 请认真阅读下列短文，并根据所读内容在文章后表格中的空格里填入一个最恰当的单词。注意：每个空格只填1个单词。请将答案写在答题卡上相应题号的横线上。‎ When was the last time you read a book or a magazine article? Do your everyday reading habits centre around updates on the Internet? In case you are one of innumerable individuals who don’t make a habit of reading consistently you may be passing up a great opportunity: Reading has a noteworthy number of advantages and only a couple of advantages of reading are recorded below.‎ Everything you read fills your head with new bits of information and you never know when it might be useful to you. The more knowledge you have, the better- equipped you are to overcome any challenge you’ll ever face. Additionally, here’s a bit of food for thought: Should you ever find yourself in terrible circumstances, remember that although you might lose everything else — your job, your possessions, your money, even your health — knowledge can never be taken from you.‎ At the same time, the more you read, the more words you gain exposure to, and they’ll surely ‎ make their way into your everyday vocabulary. Being able to express your ideas clearly in words is of great help in any profession and knowing that you can speak to higher-ranking people with self-confidence can be a great encouragement to your self-esteem (自尊). It could even aid in your career as those who are well-read, well-spoken, and knowledgeable on a variety of topics tend to get promotions more quickly (and more often) than those with smaller vocabularies and lack of awareness of literature, scientific breakthroughs, and global events. Reading books is also vital for learning new languages, as non-native speakers gain exposure to words used in context, which will improve their own speaking and writing fluency.‎ When you read a book, you have to remember a lot of characters, their backgrounds, ambitions, history as well as the various plots that weave their way through every story. That’s a fair bit to remember, but brains are wonderful things and can remember these things with relative ease. Amazingly enough, whenever you remember something new, new synapses are formed and existing ones are strengthened. How cool that is!‎ No matter how much stress you have at work, in your personal relationships, or countless other issues faced in daily life, it all just slips away when you lose yourself in a great story. A well-written novel can transport you to other realms (领域） while an interesting article will distract you and keep you in the present moment , letting tensions drain away and allowing you to relax.‎ You Should Read Every Day Knowledge accumulation ‎◆ The more you read, the more adequately it___66___ you for various troubles in life.‎ ‎◆ Knowledge is what will stay with you ___67___.‎ Vocabulary expansion ‎◆ You can enlarge your vocabulary by reading, which may favour you in your job and make you ___68___when you talk with your leaders.‎ ‎◆ Your rich vocabulary means you are a great reader with rich knowledge, which offers you a big ___69___ over others in promotions.‎ ‎◆ Words in context will help a foreign language learner use the language ‎___70___.‎ ‎___71___ improvement ‎◆ You will try to keep in mind the ___72___ of a book while reading and that is somewhat ___73___ for your brain.‎ ‎◆ The more you try to remember, the ___74___ you will be at remembering.‎ Stress reduction ‎◆ An interesting writing will transfer your attention to its plot so that you feel ___75___ and forget about your worries.‎ 第五部分 单词拼写 (共10小题；每小题1分，满分10分）‎ ‎76. It’s bad m____________ to ask others’ salary if you are not very familiar with them.‎ ‎77. Some people think that human cloning is totally immoral, if we toy with nature, we will have to deal with the c___________.‎ ‎78. It is certain that television has greatly t____________ our lives and society.‎ ‎79. We believe that the efforts of the Chinese government and the Chinese people to protect this much-loved river will be a___________ for years to come by our future generations.‎ ‎80. Friendships between girls are usually a in shared feelings and support, but friendships between boys are based on shared activities or interests.‎ ‎81. I'll __________(确认) your appointment as soon as possible, Mr. White.‎ ‎82. The government attached great importance to the soil __________(保护，保持).‎ ‎83. Daniel Mendoza was sent to prison for failing to pay his debts and died in (贫困) in 1836.‎ ‎84. A famous actor in a highly successful play was once cast in the role of an aristocrat who had been (关押)in the Bastille for twenty years.‎ ‎85. Cooked in wine, snails are a great (奢侈品，珍品)in various parts of the world.‎ 第六部分 书面表达（满分20分）‎ 现在许多年轻人对友谊的认识存在一些误区。有些人认为能与你经常呆在一起的人便是朋友，有些人认为能经常一起吃吃喝喝的人是朋友，另一些人则认为能帮你隐瞒错误、逃避责任的人是朋友。你怎么看待这些观点？请根据以下提示，用英语写一篇短文，谈谈你对朋友的看法。‎ 朋友应该：1.诚实可信； 2. 乐于助人； 3. 相互尊重； 4. 志趣相投； 5.具有爱心 注意：1. 词数：150左右；‎ ‎ 2. 可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯；‎ ‎ 3. 开头已给出，不计入总词数。‎ ‎ Nowadays many young people have some misunderstanding about friendship. ‎ ‎_____________________________________________________________________________‎ ‎_____________________________________________________________________________‎ ‎_____________________________________________________________________________‎ ‎_____________________________________________________________________________‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ 高二英语期中检测参考答案：‎ ‎1—5 BCABA 6—10 ACBCB 11—15 BCBCC 16—20 ACCCA ‎21-25 ABDBC 26-30 ADACD 31-35 BCDBC ‎36-40 BDCBC 41-45 DBCDB 46-50 CCADA ‎51-53 BBC 54-56 ADA 57-60 BCCB 61-65 CBADC 任务型阅读：‎ ‎66. prepares/equips 67. forever/permanently 68. proud/confident 69. advantage/edge ‎ ‎70. fluently 71. Memory 72. contents 73. easy/good 74. better 75. relaxed 单词拼写：‎ ‎76.manners 77.consequences 78.transformed 79.appreciated 80.anchored 81.confirm 82.conservation 83. poverty 84. imprisoned 85.luxury 书面表达：‎ A possible version:‎ Nowadays many young people have some misunderstanding about friendship.‎ Some say they will make friends with those who can often stay with them. Some think if a person can eat out with them, he or she is a friend. Others argue that someone who can help them escape punishment when they make a mistake is a friend. ‎ Personally, I don’t agree with the above opinions. What makes a really good friend then? First, your friend must be honest. They must always tell you the truth, even when the truth might not be what you want to hear. Second , a friend should be helpful and always willing to lend a hand . Favors should be done with gladness. Next, true friends respect each other. A friend should treat you the way they want to be treated. Also, sharing some interests is pretty important when it comes to friendship. Last but not least, a friend should be kind and should love you for who you are.‎ ‎【D篇】【解析】本文节选于职场女性：桑德伯格《向前一步》中如果心无恐惧，你会做什么？本书从谢丽尔·桑德伯格的外祖母、再到她的母亲，最后再到她自己，谢丽尔·桑德伯格看到的是越来越多的女性正在退出“劳动力”的大军。‎ ‎61. 考查推理判断题。根据第一段Her parents, aunts and uncles addressed her male cousins by their given names, but she and her sister were referred to only as “Girlie”.得知作者祖母小的时候家长亲戚们叫男孩名字，但是叫家中的女孩们“Girlie”.可以推断出当时男女不平等。女孩受到歧视。故选C。‎ ‎62. 考查推理判断题。根据第三段After being diagnosed（诊断）with breast cancer, she beat it and then devoted herself to raising money for the clinic that treated her by selling some watches. Girlie ended up with a profit that Apple would envy. I have never met anyone with more energy and determination than my grandmother.得知，作者外祖母患癌症后战胜了癌症并投身于公益事业。我从没见任何一个比祖母有精力有决心的人。可以推断出祖母是一个能力超群又坚强的女性。故选B。‎ ‎63. 考查推理判断题。根据第四段It was thought to be a sign of weakness if a husband needed his wife’s help to support their family, so my mother became a stay-at-home parent and an ‎ active volunteer. The centuries-old division of labor stood.得知，在当时一个丈夫需要妻子帮助养家是虚弱的表现。因此母亲放弃工作是正常现象。故选A。‎ ‎64. 考查推理判断题。根据倒数第二段Men and women competed openly and aggressively with one another in classes, activities，and job interviews. Just two generations removed from my grandmother, the playing field seemed to be level.得知从作者的经历看世界在一些方面有进步。故选D。‎ ‎65. 考查推理判断题。根据最后一段But more than twenty years after my college graduation, the world has not evolved nearly as much as I believed it would.得知我1991年从大学毕业，1995年从商学院毕业，毕业后在我从事的每一份入门级工作中，我的同事们在性别比例上都很均衡。然而，我也发现高层领导者几乎都是男性。当时世界对女性仍然有偏见。故选C。‎ ‎【任务型阅读】【解析】还记得上次看书或是阅读杂志文章是什么时候吗？你每天是不是总关注着网络更新？如果你还没有养成定期阅读的习惯，那么就真的忽略了：阅读会有很多的好处，下面先一起看看列举出来的好处吧。‎ ‎66. 根据第二段中The more knowledge you have, the better- equipped you are to overcome any challenge you’ll ever face.你的知识储备越多，你越能更好地克服人生的挑战。主语it后缺少谓语动词，用第三人称单数。“做好准备，武装你”，填prepares/equips。 ‎ ‎67. 根据第二段中knowledge can never be taken from you .你的知识会永远跟随你。副词修饰整个句子，填forever/permanently。‎ ‎68. 根据第三段中Being able to express your ideas clearly in words is of great help in any profession and knowing that you can speak to higher-ranking people with self-confidence can be a great encouragement to your self-esteem（自尊）.你可以通过阅读扩大词汇，这样你的思路更清晰，更能清楚地表达自己，与上级交谈时自信自豪。make +宾语+形容词做宾补。填proud/confident。‎ ‎69. 根据第三段中It could even aid in your career as those who are well-read, well-spoken, and knowledgeable on a variety of topics tend to get promotions more quickly (and more often) than those with smaller vocabularies. 你读的越多，获得的词汇就越多，这样就不可避免的会增加你的日常词汇量。语言表达流利对任何职业都大有好处，有自信的与上级交流可是对自尊的大大增加，甚至对职业都是个帮助。冠词后填名词，“给你一个优势”，填advantage/edge“优势、边缘”。‎ ‎70. 根据第三段中as non-native speakers gain exposure to words used in context, which will improve their own speaking and writing fluency. 学习新语言，阅读也是个不可或缺的。这样非母语的学生才能了解语境中单词的使用，促使自己在口语和写作中更加自然流畅。副词“流利”修饰动词“使用”，填fluently。‎ ‎71. 根据第四段内容得知：本段讲的是记忆的发展。以及表格中知识、词汇、压力得知这里用名词，首字母大写。填Memory。‎ ‎72. 根据倒数第二段中：When you read a book, you have to remember a lot of characters, their backgrounds, ambitions, history as well as the various plots that weave their way through every story. ‎ 看书的时候，你需要记住一堆人物，他们的背景、野心、历史以及细微的差别，以及每个故事中他们的故事脉络和发展进程。冠词后用名词。很多内容，用名词复数形式。填contents。‎ ‎73. 根据倒数第二段中That’s a fair bit to remember, but brains are wonderful things and can remember these things with relative ease你越努力去记忆，对你的大脑越有好处，或者理解为你记忆起来越容易，填easy/good。‎ ‎74. 根据倒数第二段中That’s a fair bit to remember, but brains are wonderful things and can remember these things with relative ease你越努力去背诵，你越能更好地去记忆。这里考查the+比较级，the+比较级“越…越…”，填better。‎ ‎75. 根据最后一段中A well-written novel can transport you to other realms（领域）while an interesting article will distract you and keep you in the present moment , letting tensions drain away and allowing you to relax.好的作品能让你身临其境。让你感到放松忘掉忧伤，feel后面用形容词做表语。填relaxed。‎ 听力文本：‎ ‎(Text 1) ‎ W: Why don’t you go to a dealer to check out the used cars?‎ M: No, thanks. I’m sure I’ll find an ad in the newspaper that suits me.‎ ‎(Text 2) ‎ M: Hi, Jane. Could you give me a ride? I want to buy some food for the picnic.‎ W: OK. I’m going home but I can drop you at the supermarket.‎ ‎(Text 3)‎ M: Have you heard that Nick Hornby’s going to be at the City Nights Bookstore? ‎ W: Nick Hornby? I love his books. What’s he doing there?‎ M: Giving a talk about his new novel How to Be Good.‎ ‎(Text 4) ‎ W: Nice weather we’re having.‎ M: Yes. Isn’t it a nice surprise? At this time it’s usually much cooler and raining already.‎ W: Well, this weather will probably end soon; all the leaves on the trees are brown, and it’s been pretty cold at night.‎ ‎(Text 5) ‎ W: Is the book in this bag for Mum? I didn’t think she was interested in flowers.‎ M: I thought she’d like it — to give her some good ideas for the garden. ‎ W: I thought you were going to get those gloves I showed you in that shop last Saturday.‎ ‎(Text 6)‎ W: Here they come, Steve. It’s the final 50 metres.‎ M: Yes, and Ricky Evans is in the lead.‎ W: He sure is.‎ M: But here comes Paul Timmons! Wow! Look at him go!‎ W: It’s very close … and … It’s Timmons! Paul Timmons is the new European champion! Timmons wins gold!‎ M: A great gold medal!‎ W: … and in record time, too!‎ M: Wow! Is that a new world record?‎ W: No, but it’s a new European record!‎ M: An excellent performance by Paul Timmons!‎ ‎(Text 7)‎ W: This is the most beautiful palace in the city, but it’s not as big as the one we’ve just visited.‎ M: How many palaces are there in the city?‎ W: Three.‎ M: Just three? I thought there are more. ‎ W: On your right, you can see a statue of Paulo Pimentez.‎ M: I’m sorry. Who’s he?‎ W: He was a famous writer who lived and died in the city.‎ M: I think I saw another statue of him in the park. It was beautiful!‎ W: That wasn’t a statue of Paulo Pimentez you saw in the park. There are a lot of statues in the city. ‎ ‎(Text 8)‎ W: Can I help you?‎ M: Yes, I bought the T-shirt in the sale here a couple of weeks ago. I think it was … ‎ W: I see, yes …‎ M: And I’ve only worn it a few times, but when I looked at it yesterday I just thought, no, I don’t like it. I don’t think it suits me. The colour’s not really right for me. Do you know what I mean?‎ W: Well … um, do you have any receipt, or proof of purchase?‎ M: No, no, I didn’t keep the receipt, sorry. ‎ W: Well, we can’t normally exchange goods without proof of purchase, you see.‎ M: Oh no.‎ W: I can speak to the manager if you like, see what he says.‎ M: Well yes, if you would … because I would like to change it. ‎ ‎(Text 9)‎ M: I’m broke again. Could you lend me some money?‎ W: Broke again? Jeff, this is the third time you’ve asked me for help!‎ M: I know, I’m sorry. But my old guitar broke, and I had to buy a new one. ‎ W: Look Jeff, if you want to play in a band, that’s OK with me, but you can’t keep asking me to pay for it!‎ M: OK, OK, you’re right. But what do you think I ought to do? ‎ W: Well, I think you had better go on a budget. Make a list of all your income and all your expenses. Don’t spend more than you earn.‎ M: But my expenses are always larger than my income. ‎ W: Then maybe you should work more hours at the computer store.‎ M: I already work 15 hours a week! Maybe I should just drop out of school, work full-time, and ‎ play in the band in the evenings. ‎ W: Come on, Jeff, when I was your age …‎ M: I know, I know. When you were my age you were already married and working and going to school …‎ ‎(Text 10)‎ W: Thank you to all the competitors. I won’t say much because I know you’re all anxious to hear the results — it was a very difficult decision and I’ll start with the band which came in fourth. That’s Texas Team, who are the youngest group here today. Unfortunately, the violinist played so quietly that we couldn’t hear him. So bad luck to Texas Team. Third was Eastside. They are such good dancers they should enter for a dance competition. And with a bit more practice on the music they’ll do very well. In second place is Third Avenue. They did well, especially their young guitarist, but the singer looked so unhappy we thought maybe he didn’t want to win! Never mind — you nearly won, so better luck next time. Congratulations to The Storm who are our winners today. The singer had such a great voice that we had to give them first place. Well done.‎