2017-2018学年安徽省滁州市定远县育才学校高二（实验班）下学期期中考试英语试题 Word版

2017-2018学年安徽省滁州市定远县育才学校高二（实验班）下学期期中考试英语试题 Word版

定远育才学校2017-2018学年下学期（实验班）期中考试 高二英语试题 考生注意：‎ ‎1.本卷分第I卷和第II卷，满分150分，考试时间120分钟。答题前，先将自己的姓名、准考证号填写在试题卷和答题卷上。‎ ‎2.选择题的作答：每小题选出答案后，用2B铅笔把答题卷上对应题目的答案标题涂黑。‎ ‎3.非选择题的作答:用签字笔直接答在答题卷上对应的答题区内。‎ 第一部分 听力（共两节，满分30分）‎ 做题时，先将答案标在试卷上。录音内容结束后，你将有两分钟的时间将试卷上的答案转涂到答题卡上。‎ 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 time is it now?‎ A 9:10 B.9:50 C.10:00‎ ‎2. What does the woman think of the weather?‎ A. It’s nice. . It’s warm. C. It’s cold.‎ ‎3. What will the man do?‎ A. Attend a meeting B. Give a lecture C. Leave his office ‎4. What is the woman’s opinion about the course?‎ A. Too hard B. Worth taking C. Very easy.‎ ‎5. What does the woman want the man to do?‎ A- Speak louder B. Apologize to her C. Turn off the radio.‎ 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。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．How did Alice feel about the trip at the very beginning?‎ A. Excited. B. Worried. C. Disappointed.‎ ‎7．What is Ann going to do next?‎ A. Learn to swim by herself.‎ B. Watch a cartoon with Alice.‎ C. Go to the beach with her friends.‎ 听第7段材料，回答第8、9题。 ‎ ‎8．Why did the man go to New Zealand last year?‎ A. To do business. B. To go sightseeing. C. To attend a wedding.‎ ‎9．When is the man leaving for Australia?‎ A. On June 10th. B. On June 14th. C. On June 17th. ‎ 听第8段材料，回答第10至12题。‎ ‎10．Why is the woman training so hard?‎ A. To keep fit. B. To break the record. C. To win a competition.‎ ‎11．Who was the champion of the distance race last year?‎ ‎ A. Emily. B. Betty. C. John.‎ ‎12．What are the speakers mainly talking about?‎ A. The school sports meet. B. Tricks to win a race. C. Great distance runners.‎ 听第9段材料，回答第13至16题。 ‎ ‎13．What does the woman want to do in the Academic Skill Center?‎ A. Interview a tutor. B. Share academic skills. C. Get academic guidance.‎ ‎14．Who can recommend the tutors to the Center?‎ A. Their headmasters. B. Their parents. C. Their teachers.‎ ‎15．What do we know about the tutors?‎ A. They volunteer to help. ‎ B. They get paid by the term.‎ C. They’re graded by their performances.‎ ‎16．What are the speakers going to do?‎ A. Make a schedule. B. Turn to the Center. C. Apply for the job.‎ 听第10段材料，回答第17至20题。 ‎ ‎17．What kind of communities do Cohousing communities aim to build?‎ A. Private and clean. ‎ B. Safe and diverse. ‎ C. Constructive and cooperative.‎ ‎18．What is good about the Cohousing?‎ A. It challenges family values. ‎ B. It offers social activities. ‎ C. It provides special dinner for kids.‎ ‎19．What do people do in the common house?‎ A. They often cook and eat together.‎ B. They tell each other their secrets.‎ C. They play games with their kids.‎ ‎20．How is the meal program planned?‎ A. By the nutrition. B. By the personal diet. C. By the number of people.‎ 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 People are being lured(引诱)onto Facebook with the promise of a fun and free service without realizing they’re paying for it by giving up large amounts of personal information. Facebook then attempts to make money by selling their data to advertisers that want to send targeted messages.‎ Most Facebook users don’t realize this is happening. Even if they know what the company is up to, they still have no idea what they’re paying for Facebook, because people don’t really know what their personal details are worth.‎ The biggest problem, however, is that the company keeps changing the rules. Early on, you could keep everything private. That was the great thing about Facebook—you could create your own little private network. Last year, the company changed its privacy rules so that many things—your city, your photo, your friends’ names—were set, by default(默认), to be shared with everyone on the Internet.‎ According to Facebook’s vice-- president Elliot Schrage, the company is simply making changes to improve its service, and if people don’t share information, they have a “less satisfying experience.”‎ Some critics think this is more about Facebook looking to make more money. Its original business model, which involved selling ads and putting them at the side of the page, totally failed. Who wants to look at ads when they’re online connecting with their friends?‎ The privacy issue has already landed Facebook in hot water in Washington. In April, Senator(议员) Charles Schumer called on Facebook to change its privacy policy. He also urged the Commission to set guidelines for social-networking sites. “I think the senators rightly communicated that we had not been clear about what the new products were and how people could choose to use them or not to use them,” Schrage admits.‎ I suspect that whatever Facebook has done so far to invade our privacy, it’s only the beginning, which is why I’m considering deactivating(撤销)my account. Facebook is a handy site, but I’m upset by the idea that my information is in the hands of people I don’t know. That is too high a price to pay.‎ ‎21.What do we learn about Facebook from the first paragraph?‎ A. It is website that sends messages to targeted users B. it makes money by putting on advertisements C. It provides loads of information to its users D. It profits by selling its users’ personal data ‎22.Why does Facebook make changes to its according to Elliot Schrage?‎ A. To provide better service to its users B. To follow the Federal guidelines C. To improve its users’ connectivity D. To expand its scope of business ‎23.What does Senator Charles Schumer advocate(主张)?‎ A. Setting guidelines for advertising on websites B. Banning the sharing of users’ personal information C. Removing ads from all social—networking sties D. Formulating (制订)regulations for social—networking sties ‎24.Why does the author plan to cancel his Facebook account?‎ A. He is dissatisfied with its current service B. He doesn’t want his personal data abused C. He finds many of its users untrustworthy D. He is upset by its frequent rule changes B A new study reported in a medical magazine concludes that even smokers who reach their 70s are likely to live longer if they stop smoking. Researchers say that they have got some of the strongest evidence (证据) that it's never too late to stop smoking.‎ The study was based on a five-year follow-up of 7, 178 people over the age of 65 who lived in Boston, New Haven and Washington counties in Iowa. The report showed former smokers ran about the same risk of death from heart disease as those who never smoked. Women who stopped smoking faced about the same cancer-death risk as those who never smoked, but men who gave up smoking still had a 50% higher risk. The men's extra risk of cancer largely disappeared if they had not smoked for more than 20 years. The discovery does not agree with the widely-known belief that by the time smokers reach old age, their habit has already hurt them, and those who continue to live healthily are probably immune (有免疫力的) to the dangers of cigarettes.‎ ‎25.The conclusion of the new study is that _________.‎ A. one can plan to give up smoking at any age for the sake (理由) of one's health B. it's late to stop smoking when one is getting old C. it's no use for young people stopping smoking D. smokers over the age of 70 are expected to live longer ‎26.A former smoker is a person who _________.‎ A. smokes once in a while B. is going to give up smoking C. used to smoke D. smokes a lot ‎27.Which of the following statements is NOT TRUE according to the passage?‎ A. Women who stop smoking face about the same cancer-death risk as non-smokers.‎ B. Men who stop smoking are facing the same risk of death from cancer as non-smokers.‎ C. Women who stop smoking face about the same cancer-death risk as men who gave up smoking 20 years ago.‎ D. Men who stop smoking face about the same risk of death from heart trouble as non-smokers.‎ C Parents play a very important role in children’s development, but that doesn’t mean that parents should spend all their money in educating their children. Or else, it would be unfair to them. However, some modern Chinese parents often send their children to the best schools or even abroad to England, the United States or Australia without caring about the money. They also want their children to take extra-course activities where they will learn a musical instrument or ballet or other classes which will give them a head start in life. The Chinese believe that the more expensive an education is, the better it is. So the parents will spend an unreasonable amount of money on education. Even poor couples will buy a computer for their son or daughter.‎ However, what most parents fail to see is that the best early education they can give their children is usually very cheap.‎ Parents can see that their children’s skills vary, skilled in some areas while poor in others. What most parents fail to realize though, is that today’s children lack self-respect and self-confidence.‎ The problem is that parents are only educating their children on how to take multiple-choice tests and how to study well, but parents aren’t teaching them the most important skills they need to be confident, happy and clever.‎ Parents can achieve this by teaching practical skills like cooking, sewing and doing housework.‎ Teaching a child to cook will improve many of the skills that he will need later in life. Cooking demands patience and time. It’s an enjoyable but difficult experiment. A good cook always tries to improve his cooking, so he will learn to work hard and gradually to finish his job successfully. His result, a well-cooked dinner, will give him much ‎ satisfaction and a lot of self-confidence.‎ Some old machines , such as a broken radio or TV set that you give your children to play with will make him curious and arouse his interest. He will spend hours looking at them, trying to fix them; your child might become an engineer when he grows up. These activities aren’t merely teaching a child to read a book, but rather to think, to use his mind. And that is more important.‎ ‎28.According to this passage, there are some problems with _________.‎ A. the Chinese children’s skills B. the education system of China C. the Chinese parents’ idea of educating their children D. the Chinese children’s hobbies ‎29.The writer of this passage seems to agree that parents in China _______.‎ A. are too strict with their children B. are too rich to educate their children C. are too poor to educate their children D. have some problems in educating their children correctly ‎30.We can conclude that cooking at home helps children_________.‎ A. benefit from it and prepare themselves for the future B. learn how to become strong and fat C. learn how to serve their parents D. make their parents believe that they are clever ‎11.The last paragraph shows that_________.‎ A. broken radios and television sets are useful B. an engineer must fix many broken radios C. one’s curiosity may be useful for his later life D. a good student should spend much time repairing radios D Farming is moving indoors，where the sun never shines，where rainfall is irrelevant and where the climate is always right.The perfect crop field could be inside a windowless ‎ building with controlled light，temperature，wetness，air quality and nutrition.It could be in a New York highrise or a sprawling complex in the Saudi desert.It may be an answer to the world's food problems.‎ The world already is having trouble feeding itself.Half the people on Earth live in cities，and nearly half of those－ about 3 billion－are hungry or illfed.Foodprices，currently increasing，are buffeted by dryness，floods and the cost of energy required to plant，harvestand transport.And prices will only get more unstable.Climate change makes longterm crop planning uncertain.Farmers in many parts of the world already are using water available to the last drop.And the world is getting more crowded：by midcentury，the global population will grow from 6.8 billion to 9 billion.‎ To feed so many people may require expanding farmland at the expense of forests and wilderness，or finding ways to completely increase crop output.‎ Gertjan Meeuws has taken the concept of a greenhouse a step further，growing vegetables and house plants in enclosed (封闭的) and regulated environments.In their research station，water flows into the pans when needed，and the temperature is kept constant.Lights go on and off，creating similar day and night，but according to the rhythm of the plant.‎ A building of 100 square meters and layers (层) of plants could provide a daily diet of 200 grams of fresh fruit and vegetables to the entire population of Den Bosch，about 140,000 people.Their idea isn't to grow foods that require much space，like corn or potatoes.‎ Here sunlight is not only unnecessary but can be harmful.Plants need only specific wavelengths of light to grow.Their growth rate is three times faster than under greenhouse conditions.They use about 90 percent less water than outdoor agriculture.And city farming means producing food near the consumer，and there's no need to transport it long distances.‎ ‎32.What can we mainly learn from Paragraph 2?‎ A. The climate is worse and worse.‎ B. The city people live a hard life.‎ C. The world has difficulty feeding its people.‎ D. The world's population is increasing fast.‎ ‎33.Which of the following is true of the environments in the research station?‎ A. The temperature is often changed.‎ B. Sunshine is in great need for plants.‎ C. Day and night depends on plants.‎ D. Air quality is controlled by plants.‎ ‎34.It can be inferred from the text that Gertjan Meeuws's farming________.‎ A. helps save sea water a lot B. is highly adaptable C. resembles greenhouse agriculture D. suits the production of corn ‎35.What is the text mainly about?‎ A. Development of indoor farming.‎ B. Great Revolution in farming.‎ C. Advantages of indoor farming.‎ D. Sunless，rainless indoor farming.‎ 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，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。选项中有两项为多余选项。‎ Taking a math test can be pretty stressful. Even if you know the material, you can still get the problem wrong. Knowing how to go through your math test and check your work can save you from handing in a test full of mistakes that can be avoided. 36.‎ Write it out You can also check a math problem by writing everything out on paper. 37. Writing out math problems reduces your chances of missing anything to the lowest possible level, which is a common cause of incorrect answers.‎ ‎38.‎ Make sure your answers work by doing the opposite procedure of what your problem calls for, including the answer you got the first time around. In other words, you would ‎ use the opposite of this addition problem—subtraction (减法)—to determine whether or not your answer is the correct one.‎ Plugging in You may find that a variable(变量) isn’t good enough or have a problem where you have to solve for a variable. 39. This is the only real way to assure yourself that the answer you’ve found is correct.‎ Check for a reasonable answer ‎40. For example, if you get an answer in the millions and you know it should be in the thousands, you’ve likely misplaced a point. Go back through the work on your paper to make sure all of your formulas and calculations are correct. If everything looks okay, do the problem again and compare the result of the second try to what you’ve got on the first try.‎ A. Do the opposite B. Correct the answers C. Plug the variable in the equation (方程) to check it out.‎ D. Therefore you’ll improve your grades, as well as your math skills.‎ E. It also helps you to figure out everything after you have already finished the test.‎ F. If the result of a problem seems to make no sense, it indicates that the answer is incorrect.‎ G. This helps you to know what information you have and what information you need to solve.‎ 第三部分 英语知识运用（共两节，满分45分）‎ 第一节 完形填空（共20小题；每小题1．5分，满分30分）‎ My son Tom taught me a beautiful lesson today. He is three years old and it is amazing watching him grow up.‎ He called out to me today saying, “Papa, sit”. That usually means ______ everything and going next to him and sitting down to play with him. I did that, as he can be ______ and will not stop calling out until I ______. He was playing with beads (珠子), pushing a string through them, which is a great exercise to help ______ fine motor skills. Then, after he finished playing with the beads, it was time to put them back in the box that ‎ they are stored in. I saw him ______ pick up each bead, look at it ______ it were made of chocolate and then placed it into its box.‎ With over a hundred beads to go, I was getting ______. “What a long time it will take! Why cannot he ______ ten beads in one go and drop them in?” said my anxious mind. I noticed that he did this with as much ______ as he had while we were playing. I didn’t see any ______ between his play and his putting away the toy. Obviously he enjoyed both.‎ Then it suddenly ______ me that this boy was enjoying the whole ______. The journey was his goal. For him the ______ was in the game and after the game, not just in the fun part. What a great perspective: to live each moment as it is the ______ moment; to do each task as it is the most awesome task. Nothing else ______.‎ Looking at how ______ my son was putting beads into the box ______ me that the process was the goal. The joy of pilgrimage (朝圣) is not in getting there but in every ______ of the journey.‎ This is what living in the NOW is all ______. Tom, my son, was showing me that it was about thoroughly enjoying every moment with ______ love and peace.‎ ‎41.A. wasting B. leaving C. taking D. preparing ‎42.A. stubborn B. careful C. helpful D. humorous ‎43.A. fell down B. turned round C. burst out D. gave in ‎44.A. highlight B. develop C. process D. identify ‎45.A. gratefully B. eagerly C. carefully D. quickly ‎46.A. as if B. even though C. in case D. in that ‎47.A. fascinated B. satisfied C. impatient D. energetic ‎48.A. package B. grab C. deliver D. replace ‎49.A. confidence B. strength C. inspiration D. involvement ‎50.A. sense B. difference C. need D. value ‎51.A. excited B. helped C. struck D. encouraged ‎52.A. process B. morning C. experiment D. design ‎53.A. victory B. challenge C. difficulty D. pleasure ‎54.A. urgent B. exciting C. perfect D. dangerous ‎55.A. matters B. happens C. disappears D. works ‎56.A. successfully B. peacefully C. responsibly D. systematically ‎57.A. guaranteed B. warned C. promised D. taught ‎58.A. plan B. destination C. step D. detail ‎59.A. for B. with C. about D. from ‎60.A. complete B. available C. additional D. precious 第二节（共10小题；每小题1．5分，满分15分）‎ Americans are proud of their variety and individuality, yet they love and respect few things more than a uniform, whether it is the uniform of 61. elevator operator or the uniform of a five-star general. Why are uniforms so popular there?‎ Among the arguments for uniforms is that most uniforms look more 62. (profession) than civilian (百姓的) clothes. People expect superior quality from a man 63. wears a uniform. The television repairman wearing a uniform tends 64. (inspire) more trust. Faith 65. the skill of a garage worker is increased by a uniform. Uniforms also have many practical 66. (benefit). They save on other clothes and laundry bills. They are often 67. (comfortable) than civilian clothes. Among the arguments against uniforms 68. (be) their lack of variety and the loss of individuality. 69. there are many types of uniforms, the wearer of any particular typeis generally stuck with it, without change. When people look alike, they will think, speak, and act 70. (similar).‎ 第四部分 写作（共两节，满分35分）‎ 第一节 短文改错（共10小题；每小题1分，满分10分）‎ ‎71.短文改错 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：在缺词处加一个漏字符号（∧），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。‎ I’m glad to hear of you. As for living at home and living in your school dormitory, I think you’d better to choose the latter. First of all, living in a dormitory will develop your ability of living independently and solve problems by yourself. Secondly, if you live there, you will find easier to share feelings with your friends; in all, you are of the same age and have common feelings towards many thing. Most important, living with your friends will improve your team spirit, that will be beneficial to your future career.‎ I hope you can consider my advice seriously and then make you final decision.‎ 第二节 书面表达（满分25分）‎ ‎72.假如你是李华，你的加拿大朋友Mike在与你同一城市的国际学校读书。你收到他的email了解到他最近因为一次考试没有考好而烦恼，请按照以下内容给Mike写一封回信。‎ ‎1.宽慰他；‎ ‎2.给予改进学习的建议（至少两点）；‎ ‎3.邀请周末去打篮球。‎ 注意：‎ ‎1.字数100字左右；‎ ‎2.可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯；‎ ‎3.开头和结尾已给出，不计入字数。‎ 参考词汇：宽慰comfort Dear Mike，‎ I’m sorry to hear that you failed in the last exam._________________________________________________‎ ‎_____________________________________________________________________‎ ‎_____________________________________________________________________‎ ‎_____________________________________________________________________‎ ‎_____________________________________________________________________‎ ‎_____________________________________________________________________‎ ‎____________________________________________________________________‎ Hoping everything will be fine with you.‎ Yours Li Hua 定远育才学校2017-2018学年下学期（实验班）期中考试 高二英语试题答案 第一部分 听力（共两节，满分30分）‎ ‎1-5 ACABC ‎6-10 ABACC 11-15 ABCCA 16-20 BCBAC ‎ 第二部分 阅读理解（共两节，满分40分）‎ ‎21- 25.DADBA ‎26-30.CBCDA ‎11-35.CCABD ‎36-40.DGACF 第三部分 英语知识运用（共两节，满分45分）‎ ‎41-45.ＢＡＤＢＣ 46- 50.ＡＣＢＤＢ 51-55.ＣＡＤＣ:Ａ 56-60.ＢＤＣＣＡ ‎61.an ‎62.professional ‎63.who/that ‎64.to inspire ‎65.in ‎66.benefits ‎67.more comfortable ‎68.is ‎69.Though/Although/While ‎70.similarly 第四部分 写作（共两节，满分35分）‎ ‎71.‎ ‎72.Dear Mike,‎ I’m sorry to hear that you failed in the last exam. But I have to remind you that nobody can win all the time. So you had better forget the unchangeable fact and focus more energy on future studies.‎ To guarantee success in the next exam, you are advised to do what I will tell you to. First, find out the real reasons why you failed the exam. Only when you know where your mistakes are, will you know how to correct them. Besides, it is wise to turn to your teachers for help. After all, they are experienced. Meanwhile, remember to strike the balance with studies and rest. Adequate sleep and proper exercise will certainly make it possible for you to keep energetic.‎ How about playing football together this weekend? Surely we will have fun.‎ Hoping everything will be fine with you.‎ Yours Li Hua Q