2017-2018学年湖南省衡阳二十六中高二上学期期中考试英语试题

2017-2018学年湖南省衡阳二十六中高二上学期期中考试英语试题

‎2017-2018学年湖南省衡阳二十六中高二上学期期中考试 英 语 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 ‎ 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.How is the weather in the woman’s opinion?‎ A. Warm B. Cold C. Hot ‎2. What does the man mean?‎ ‎ A. He already has plans. B. The woman should decide ‎ C. He will make a reservation ‎3. Why did the man go to Beijing?‎ ‎ A. To visit his parents. B. To have an interview ‎ C. To receive job training ‎4. What are the two speakers talking about?‎ ‎ A. What to take up as a hobby B. How to keep fit ‎ C. How to handle pressure ‎5. What will the man do first?‎ ‎ A. Tidy his room. B. Go on a picnic.‎ ‎ C. Wear clothes 第二节 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至7题。‎ ‎6. What are the two speakers doing?‎ ‎ A. Seeing a movie. B. Having dinner. C. Making soup.‎ ‎7. What makes the man unhappy?‎ ‎ A. The woman doesn’t cook very well.‎ ‎ B. The woman seldom talks to him at dinner.‎ ‎ C. The woman watches too many commercials.‎ 听第7段材料，回答第8至9题。‎ ‎8. What is the woman going to do after dinner?‎ ‎ A. Watch TV. B. Give a speech. C. Listen to a speech.‎ ‎9. What do we know about the woman?‎ ‎ A. She feels very tired. B. She enjoys the election very much.‎ ‎ C. She likes to shake hands with many people.‎ 听第8段材料，回答第10至12题。‎ ‎10. Where is the woman from?‎ ‎ A. The UK B. America C. Russia ‎11. What do the kids ask for on Halloween?‎ ‎ A. Candy. B. Masks. C. Clothes.‎ ‎12. What will the woman do?‎ ‎ A. Buy some candy. B. Attend a party. C. Make masks.‎ 听第9段材料，回答第13至16题。‎ ‎13. What is the man reading?‎ ‎ A. A textbook. B. A magazine. C. A novel.‎ ‎14. Why are some people against kung fu novels?‎ ‎ A. They think kung fu novels are bad for teenagers.‎ ‎ B. They think kung fu novels are not useful today.‎ ‎ C. They don’t think highly of kung fu writers.‎ ‎15. What are kung fu novels considered as by some people?‎ ‎ A. Old Chinese literature. B. Modern Chinese literature.‎ ‎ C. Future Chinese literature.‎ ‎16. What does the woman think of the new textbooks?‎ ‎ A. She is indifferent (漠然，无所谓) to them. B. She is in favor of them.‎ ‎ C. She is against them.‎ 听第10段材料，回答第17至20题。‎ ‎17. How long has the woman been coughing?‎ ‎ A. Two days. B. Three days. C. Four days.‎ ‎18. What is wrong with the woman?‎ ‎ A. She has a headache. B. She is tired. C. She has got the flu.‎ ‎19. What does the man tell the woman to do?‎ ‎ A. Stay in bed for some time. B. Go around from time to time.‎ ‎ C. Come to see him tomorrow morning.‎ ‎20. Where does the conversation most probably take place?‎ ‎ A. In the street. B. In the man’s office C. At the woman’s 第二部分　阅读技能(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 EVENTS Bicycle tour and race A bike tour and race will be held on August 26 and 27 (Sat. & Sun.). At 5：30 a．m., the riders will leave Tian'anmen Square and ride the first 35 kilometers as a training leg. Then the next 55 kilometers leg, from Yanjiao to Jixian, will be the first competitive part of the tour. The riders and their bikes will then be taken from Jixian to Changli.The second racing leg of the tour will be from Changli to the seaside of Nandaihe, covering a distance of 20 kilometers. Saturday night includes the stay at Nandaihe and supper. Sunday morning is free for playing at the seaside. At noon all the people and their bikes will be taken back to Beijing.‎ Cost: 200 yuan　　Telephone: 84675027‎ Rock climbing The Third National Rock Climbing Competition will be held on August 2627 at the Huairou Mountainclimbing Training Base. More than 10 teams from Beijing, Wuhan, Dalian, Jilin and other places will take part in it. A Japanese team will give an exhibition climbing. Free for spectators(观众)．‎ Time/Date: 9—12 a．m. August 26—27‎ Telephone: 87143177, 87144850, Wang Zhenghua ‎21. If you take part in the bike tour, you will ride ______ kilometers.‎ A. 35 B. 55 C. 75 D. 110‎ ‎22. The underlined word “leg” in the first paragraph probably means “______”．‎ A. race B. practice C. part of the training D. part of the tour ‎23. What is special about the rock climbing competition?‎ A. A foreign team takes part in it.‎ B. You can watch it without paying.‎ C. You don't have to be a sportsman to take part in it.‎ D. The bus trip to the place of competition is free.‎ ‎24. Which telephone number(s) will you call, if you want to know more about the Third National Rock Climbing Competition?‎ A. Both 84675027 and 87143177. B. Both 87144850 and 84675027.‎ C. Either 87143177 or 87144850. D. 84675027. ‎ B A Blessed Teacher I remembered Ricky came back to see me ten years after he was in my class. He told me how I had inadvertently(不经意地) changed his life.‎ Ricky often gazed out the window during one of my ninth-grade history classes early in my teaching career. He was quiet, and his good grades and mild manner were why I did not move him away from the seat by the window.‎ One day, I leaned over his shoulder and quietly asked, “What are you looking at? You gaze out of this window during every class.”‎ He said, “I am looking at the band.”‎ According to Ricky, I said, “If you like the band so much that you have to look at them during this class every day, I want you to go down to Mr. Overby (the band teacher) and tell him that I sent you. Tell him that you want to be in the band. Now turn around and finish working before the bell rings.”‎ The next day Ricky went to Mr. Overby and told him I had sent him and he wanted to be in the band. He added that he did not know how to play any instrument.‎ When Ricky visited me ten years later, he thanked me for telling him to go to Mr. Overby because he fell in love with music and discovered his musical talent that had not been tapped. His musical talent resulted in him getting a scholarship to college and earning a degree that now allowed him to provide for his family. Most of all, music had brought great pleasure and satisfaction to his life.‎ After Ricky thanked me, I pointed out that he did all of the hard work it took to become the wonderfully talented person that he was. I did not make him walk downstairs to join the band,‎ ‎ practice his instrument, and get the good grades that led to his college scholarship.‎ Ricky responded that I could have yelled at him for looking out the window. Instead, I gave him an alternative that changed his whole life.‎ After he left, I thought about his words. I realized that I was teaching children with every word I said, every action I took, and with every decision I made. Ricky’s story raised my teaching bar. Most of all, I have never forgotten the lesson Ricky taught me, a blessed teacher.‎ ‎25. Which of the following words can best describe the author?‎ A. Curious and helpful. B. Independent and creative.‎ C. Tolerant and responsible. D. Courageous and professional.‎ ‎26. What did the author do when he found Ricky gazed out?‎ A. He yelled at Ricky. B. He moved him away from the seat.‎ C. He took Ricky to Mr. Overby. D. He asked Ricky to finish working first.‎ ‎27. Ricky thanked his teacher because his teacher .‎ A. encouraged him a lot B. taught him to practice the instrument C. discovered his musical talent D. made a difference in his life C Ireland has had a very difficult history. The problems started in the 16th century when English ruler tried to conquer(征服) Ireland. For hundreds of years, the Irish people fought against the English. Finally, in 1921, the British government was forced to give independence to the south of Ireland. The result in that today there are two “Irelands”. Northern Ireland, in the north, is part of the United Kingdom. The Republic of Ireland, in the south is an independent country.‎ In the 1840s the main crop, was affected by disease and about 750,000 people died of hunger. This, and a shortage(短缺) of work, forced many people to leave Ireland and live in the USA, the UK, Australia and Canada. As a result of these problems, the population fell from 8.2 million in 1841 to 6.6 million in 1851.‎ For many years, the majority of Irish people earned their living as farmers. Today, many people will work on the land but more and more people are moving to the cities to work in factories and offices. Life in the cities is very different from life in the countryside, where things move at a quieter and slower pace.‎ The Irish are famous for being warm-hearted and friendly. Oscar Wilde, a famous Irish writer, once said that the Irish were “the greatest talkers since the Creeks”. Since independence, Ireland has revived(复兴) its own culture of music, language, literature and singing. Different areas have different styles of old Irish songs which are sung without instruments. Other kinds of Irish music use many different instruments such as the violin, whistles, etc.‎ ‎28. What does the author tell us in Paragraph 1?‎ A. How the Irish fought against the English.‎ B. How Ireland gained independence.‎ C. How English rulers tried to conquer Ireland.‎ D. How two “Irelands” came into being.‎ ‎29. We learn from the text that in Ireland ________.‎ A. food shortages in the 1840s led to a decrease in population B. people are moving to the cities for lack of work in the countryside C. it is harder to make a living as a farmer than as a factory worker D. different kinds of old Irish songs are all sung with instruments ‎30. The last paragraph is mainly about_________.‎ A. the Irish character B. Irish culture C. Irish musical instruments D. a famous Irish writer ‎31. What can be the best title for the text?‎ A. Life in Ireland B. A Very Difficult History C. Ireland, past and present D. The independence of Ireland D Why Do People Blink Their Eyes?‎ People blink(眨眼) their eyes tens of thousands of times every day. Scientists have long believed blinking was an involuntary movement and served mainly to keep the eyeballs wet. But a new study suggests it has a more important purpose.‎ An international team of scientists from the University of California at Berkeley studied the blinking of human eyelids. The journal Current Biology published their findings. The team said they found that blinking “repositions our eyeballs so we can stay focused” on what we are seeing. They said that when we blink our eyelids, the eyes roll back into their sockets—the bony area that surrounds and protects the eyes. However, the researchers found the eyes don’t always return to the same position. They said this causes the brain to tell the eye muscles to reorganize our eyesight.‎ Gerrit Maus is the lead writer of the report. He serves as an assistant professor of psychology at Nanyang Technological University in Singapore. Maus said, “Our eye muscles are quite sluggish(迟缓的) and imprecise, so the brain needs to constantly adapt its motor signals to make sure our eyes are pointing where they’re supposed to. Our findings suggested that the brain measures the difference in what we see before and after a blink, and commands the eye muscles to make the needed corrections.” The researchers said that without such corrections our surroundings would appear unclear and even jumpy. They said the movement acts “like a Steadicam(摄影稳定器) of the mind.”‎ The researchers said they asked volunteers to sit in a dark room while staring at a small dot on a flat surface. They used special cameras to follow the volunteer’s blinks and eye movements. After each blink, the dot was moved one centimeter to the right. The volunteers did not notice this, but the brain did. It followed the movement and directed the eye muscles to refocus on the dot. After the dot was moved in this way 30 times, the volunteers’ eyes changed their focus to the place where they predicted it would be.‎ Professor Maus said, “Even though participants did not consciously register that the dot had moved, their brains did, and adjusted with the corrective eye movements. These findings add to our understanding of how the brain constantly adapts to changes, commanding our eye muscles to correct for errors in our bodies’ own hardware.”‎ ‎32. According to the new study, blinking eyes can ______.‎ A. serve to keep the eyeballs wet B. reposition eyeballs to stay focused C. consciously correct eye movements D. make our eyes adapt to motor signals ‎33. From the experiment, we can learn that _____________.‎ A. volunteers could see the moving dot with special cameras B. the eyeballs could stay in the place as they were predicted C. participants were aware of the dot’s movements to the right D. the brain commanded the eye muscles to refocus on the dot ‎34. The underlined word “register” in Paragraph 5 probably means ______.‎ A. realize B. refocus C. reserve D. reason ‎35. This passage shows that ______.‎ A. eye muscles are quite inactive and imprecise B. the research is of great value in the eye movement C. the brain plays an important role in seeing things clearly D. volunteers control their blinks to follow the changes of the dots 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。‎ Are you embarrassed to recite in class because you might give the wrong answer? Are you ashamed to share your ideas in a group？If you find yourself being shy about a lot of things, you need to understand that being shy is a very big obstacle(障碍) to one's success. ___36___‎ First of all, you need to discover and understand the causes of your shyness.___37___ One of the biggest reasons why people are shy is that they were branded as a shy person. Because you heard it over and over, you believed it and thought it is true. If this is the cause, you need to stop this in your mind.___38___‎ One way to stop your shyness in your mind is to focus less on your weakness.____39____We all have our own unique strength. So if speaking in front of many people isn't your strength, that's okay. Maybe the strength you're given is in writing. And if you think there still a lot for you to improve on your strengths and talents, that's okay too. ___40___‎ A. All you need to do is spending time training yourself to be a master in your strengths.‎ B. You need to dig deep and get to the roots of your shyness.‎ C. Then try to replace it with positive things in your life.‎ D. When you doubt yourself, others will doubt you.‎ E. The good thing is that you can overcome it.‎ F. Stay fearless in everything you will have to do.‎ G. Instead, focus more on your strength.‎ 第三部分 英语基础知识运用 （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）‎ 阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。‎ Joe Simpson and Simon Yates were the first people to climb the West Face of the Siula Grande in the Andes Mountains. They reached the top ___41___ , but on their way back conditions were very ___42___ . Joe fell and broke his leg. They both knew that if Simon __43___ alone, he would probably get back ___44___ . But Simon decided to risk(冒险) his ___45___ and try to ‎ lower Joe down the mountain on a rope（绳）.‎ As they __46___ down, the weather got worse. Then another ___47___ happened. They couldn’t see or hear each other and, ___48___, Simon lowered his friend over the edge of a precipice（峭壁）. It was __49___ for Joe to climb back or for Simon to pull him up. Joe’s ___50___ was pulling Simon slowly towards the precipice. ___51___ , after more than an hour in the dark and the icy cold, Simon had to __52___ . In tears, he cut the rope. Joe __53___ into a large crevasse（裂缝）in the ice below. He had no food or water and he was in terrible pain. He couldn’t walk, but he __54___ to get out of the crevasse and started to ___55___ towards their camp, nearly ten kilometers ___56___.‎ Simon had ___57___ the camp at the foot of the mountain. He thought that Joe must be ___58___ , but he didn’t want to leave ___59___ . Three days later, in the middle of the night, he heard Joe’s voice. He couldn’t ___60___ it. Joe was there, a few meters from their tent, still alive.‎ ‎41. A. hurriedly B. carefully C. early D. successfully ‎42. A. similar B. difficult C. special D. normal ‎43. A. climbed B. worked C. continued D. rested ‎44. A. safely B. unwillingly C. slowly D. regretfully ‎45. A. fortune B. time C. health D. life ‎46. A. went B. lay C. settled D. looked ‎47. A. storm B. trouble C. change D. damage ‎48. A. by choice B. by chance C. by mistake D. by luck ‎49. A. unnecessary B. impossible C. important D. practical ‎50. A. height B. strength C. weight D. equipment ‎51. A. Quickly B. Patiently C. Surely D. Finally ‎52. A. stand back B. make a decision C. take a rest D. hold on ‎53. A. fell B. jumped C. escaped D. backed ‎54. A. waited B. planned C. managed D. hoped ‎55. A. move B. skate C. run D. march ‎56. A. away B. around C. above D. along ‎57. A. headed for B. traveled to C. returned to D. left for ‎58. A. hurt B. late C. weak D. dead ‎59. A. secretly B. immediately C. tiredly D. anxiously ‎60. A. find B. accept C. make D. believe 第二节(共10小题；每小题1分，满分10分)‎ 阅读下面材料，在空白处填入适当的内容(1个单词)或括号内单词的正确形式，并将答案转写到答题卡上。‎ What makes a good student?‎ In China most teachers share this opinion that a good student is someone who gets good grades in exams. However, one teacher__61__(call) Shen Hong has a different attitude. She says _62__ hates to see her students study day and night under the pressure of exams. It is not right __63__ (judge) a student only by his grades. Shen Hong thinks a good student should have the__64__ (follow) qualities.‎ Honesty and kindness are a must for a good student. If he__65__(do)something wrong, he admits his mistake, and then will__66__(quick) apologize. A good student is always ready to help his friends__67__they are in trouble. A good student is one who __68__(focus) on his studies. He ‎ makes full use of his time to learn both in and out of class.__69__studying, he also likes sport and takes part in afterschool __70__(activity). In conclusion, he develops in an allround manner.‎ 第三节　改错(共5小题；每小题1分，满分5分)‎ 下列句子中各有一处语言错误，请把错误改正，其他部分不得改动。每处错误仅涉及一个单词的增加、删除或修改。‎ 增加：在缺词处加一个漏字符号(∧)，并在右边横线上写出该加的词。‎ 删除：把多余的词用斜线()划掉，并在右边横线上写出该词，也用斜线划掉。‎ 修改：在错误的词下划一横线，并在右边横线上写出改正后的词。‎ ‎71. Working out regularly is good for you health. 56. ____ ‎ ‎72. Tom praised by his teacher yesterday. 57. ‎ ‎73.Wei Hua made many friend in Britain last year. 58. _____‎ ‎74. Writing an English and speaking it are different things. 59. ‎ ‎75. Everyone sleeps in tents, that is very exciting. 60. ___‎ 第四部分：写作技能（共两节，35分）‎ 第一节 双向翻译 （共5小题；每小题2分，满分10分）‎ 请根据上下文内容，将文中划线部分译成汉语或者英语，并将答案转写到答题卡上。‎ Dear Toby,‎ Thank you very much for your letter. Your trip sounds exciting. 76.我迫不及待想听到非洲是怎么样。‎ Since my last letter to you, I have had a little adventure of my own. Early this month, my mother and I took a flight to Dunhuang, in the north-west of China. The desert out there was really quite amazing----77.我一生中从未见到这么多沙子！ While we were there, we arranged with a tour company to ride camels. I was very excited because this was the first time I had seen one up close. 78. We had hoped that we would get to see some other wildlife on our trip, but sadly we didn’t.‎ Since you are going to Sahara, I have some advice ---- be sure to bring a large hat and a shirt with long sleeves ----79. you’ll need to keep covered or you’ll get burnt ---- my checks were red for days after my trip. And another thing, you’ll need to keep a good supply of water with you, since it is so dry and hot. ‎ I’m sure you’ll have a nice trip. 80. I look forward to receiving your postcards!‎ Best wishes,‎ Aihua 第二节 书面表达（15分）‎ ‎81. 假如你是红星中学高三学生李华。你的英国朋友Jim得知你要参加CCTV《朗读者》节目的录制，来信询问相关情况。请你给Jim回信。内容包括：‎ ‎1）你朗读的内容；‎ ‎2）你选择上述内容的原因；‎ ‎3）上述内容对你的影响。‎ 注意：1）词数不少于100；2）开头和结尾已给出，不计入总词数。‎ Dear Jim, ‎ ‎______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________.‎ Yours,‎ Li Hua 参考范文：‎ ‎1---5 CBBCA 6---10 BBBAC 11---15 ABCAB 16---20 BBCAC ‎21．D　22．D　23．B　24．C　25. 【答案】C ‎26. 【答案】D 27. 【答案】D 28.【答案】D 29..【答案】A 30.【答案】B ‎ ‎31.【答案】C 32. 【答案】B 33. 【答案】D 34 【答案】A 35. 【答案】C ‎36. 【答案】E 37. 【答案】B 38. 【答案】C 39. 【答案】G 40. 【答案】A ‎41. 【答案】D 42. 【答案】B 43. 【答案】C 44. 【答案】A 45. 【答案】D ‎ ‎46. 【答案】 A 47. 【答案】B 48. 【答案】C 49. 【答案】B 50. 【答案】C ‎ ‎51. 【答案】D 52. 【答案】B 53. 【答案】A 54. 【答案】C 55. 【答案】A ‎56. 【答案】A 57. 【答案】C 58. 【答案】D 59. 【答案】B 60. 【答案】D ‎ ‎61．【答案】called　 62．【答案】she　 63．【答案】to judge　64．【答案】following ‎ ‎65．【答案】does　 66．【答案】quickly　 67．【答案】when / if /whenever　‎ ‎68．【答案】focuses　69．【答案】Besides　70．【答案】activities　‎ ‎71. Working out regularly is good for you health. 56. your ‎ ‎72. Tom∧ praised by his teacher yesterday. 57. was ‎ ‎73.Wei Hua made many friend in Britain last year. 58. friends ‎ ‎74. Writing an English and speaking it are different things. 59. an ‎ ‎75. Everyone sleeps in tents, that is very exciting. 60. which ‎ ‎76. I can’t wait to hear what Africa is like.‎ ‎77. I had never seen so much sand in my life.‎ ‎78. 我们原本希望在旅途中会见到一些其他的野生动物，但令人伤心的是，我们没有看到。‎ ‎79.你将需要全身被衣服覆盖，否则就会被晒伤。‎ ‎80.我盼望收到你的明信片。‎ Dear Jim,‎ How is it going? Thank you for your support on my upcoming attendance in the CCTV program The Reader. ‎ The book I have chosen is “Fu Lei’s Family Letters” in which he shared his view about art and life in order to guide his son. There are two reasons why I’ve decided to read one of his letters to the audience nationwide. Firstly, you can feel the profound fatherly love and his efforts to guide the next generation, which I believe will touch the youngsters like me. Besides, many traditional virtues, such as integrity, can be found in his works, which can inspire students like us.‎ The book has an immense influence on me. Actually, it is this book that changed me from a troubled teen to a caring son. Besides, the wisdom in the book helps me shape a positive attitude towards life and future. Thus, it came to my mind the moment I got the invitation.‎ That’s all about it. I hope my introduction can be of some help. Is there any book that also plays an important role in your life? I’m looking forward to your reply!‎ Yours，‎ Li Hua