2017-2018学年山西省太原市第五中学高二下学期第四次考试 英语 Word版

2017-2018学年山西省太原市第五中学高二下学期第四次考试 英语 Word版

太原五中2017—2018学年度第二学期阶段性练习 高 二 英 语 命题：齐俊高 校对：高二外语组 (2018.3.29)‎ I. 单项选择 （10分） ‎ ‎1. “Never for a second,” the boy says, “ ________ that my father would come to my rescue.” ‎ A.I doubted B. do I doubt C. I have doubted D. did I doubt ‎2. “You _______ the expensive clothes,” she said. “This is an important interview.” ‎ A. value B. deserve C. consider D. attend ‎ ‎3. Those poor and needy teenagers were excited to find a shop at the corner where they could buy 　　　 priced bikes. ‎ A. competitively B. recently C. reasonably D. affordably ‎4. He made too many mistakes in the exam. To 　　 it another way, he failed to pass the exam. ‎ A. put B. place C. set D. get ‎ ‎5. My parents always 　　　 great importance to my getting a good education. ‎ A. have B. attach C. accept D. pay ‎6. Is Barack Obama the first black man to take _____ possession of the White House as President in _____ history of the USA?‎ A. the; the     B. the; a C. 不填; the   D. 不填; a ‎7. I think 　　　 impresses me about his painting is the colors he uses. ‎ A. what B. that C. which D. who ‎8. 　　　 we understand things has a lot to do with what we feel. ‎ A. Where B. How C. Why D. When ‎9. It remains to be seen ________ the newly formed committee’s policy can be put into practice.‎ A. that              B. which C. what               D. whether ‎10. From space, the earth looks blue. This is  _______ about seventy-one percent of its surface is covered by water.‎ A. why              B. how              C. because          D. whether II. 完形填空（共20小题；每小题1.5分，满分30分）‎ As a general rule, all forms of activity lead to boredom when they are performed on a routine basis. As a matter of fact, we can see this 11 at work in people of all 12 . For example, on Christmas morning, children are excited about 13 with their new toys. But their 14 soon wears off and by January those 15 toys can be found put away in the basement. The world is full of 16 stamp albums and unfinished models, each standing as a monument to someone’s 17 interest. When parents bring home a pet, their child 18 bathes it and brushes its fur. Within a short time, however, the 19 of caring for the animal is handed over to the parents. Adolescents enter high school with great 20 but soon looking forward to 21 . The same is true of the young adults going to the college. And then, how many 22 , who complain about the long drives to work, 23 drove for hours at a time when they first 24 their driver’s licenses? Before people retire, they usually 25 to do a lot of 26 things, which they never had 27 to do while working. But 28 after retirement, the golfing, the fishing, the reading and all of the other pastimes become as boring as the jobs they 29 . And, like the child in January, they go searching for new ‎ ‎30 .‎ ‎11. A. principle B. habit C. way D. power ‎12. A. parties B. races C. countries D. ages ‎13. A. working B. living C. playing D. going ‎14. A. confidence B. interest C. anxiety D. sorrow ‎15. A. same B. extra C. funny D. expensive ‎16. A. well-organized B. colorfully-printed C. newly-collected D. half-filled ‎17. A. broad B. passing C. different D. main ‎18. A. silently B. impatiently C. gladly D. worriedly ‎19. A. promise B. burden C. right D. game ‎20. A. courage B. calmness C. confusion D. excitement ‎21. A. graduation B. independence C. responsibility D. success ‎22. A. children B. students C. adults D. retirees ‎ ‎23. A. carefully B. eagerly C. nervously D. bravely ‎24. A. required B. obtained C. noticed D. discovered ‎ ‎25. A. need B. learn C. start D. plan ‎26. A. great B. strange C. difficult D. correct ‎27. A. time B. money C. skills D. knowledge ‎28. A. only B. well C. even D. soon ‎29. A. lost B. chose C. left D. quit ‎30. A. pets B. toys C. friends D. colleagues III. 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。‎ ‎ A The Cambridge Science Festival Curiosity Challenge ‎ Dare to Take the Curiosity Challenge!‎ The Cambridge Science Festival (CSF) is pleased to inform you of the sixth annual Curiosity Challenge. The challenge invites, even dares school students between the ages of 5 and 14 to create artwork or a piece of writing that shows their curiosity and how it inspires them to explore their world.‎ Students are being dared to draw a picture, write an article, take a photo or write a poem that shows what they are curious about. To enter the challenge, all artwork or pieces of writing should be sent to the Cambridge Science Festival, MIT‎ ‎Museum, ‎265 Mass Avenue‎, Cambridge ‎‎02139‎ by Friday, February 8th.‎ Students who enter the Curiosity Challenge and are selected as winners will be honored at a special ceremony during the CSF on Sunday, April 21st. Guest speaker will also present prizes to the students. Winning entries will be published in a book. Student entries will be exhibited and prizes will be given. Families of those who take part will be included in the celebration and brunch will be served.‎ Between March 10th and March 15th, each winner will be given the specifics of the closing ceremony and the Curiosity Challenge celebration. The program guidelines and other related information are available at: http://cambridgesciencefestival.org.‎ ‎31. Who can take in the Curiosity Challenge?‎ A. School students. B. Cambridge locals. C. CSF winners. D. MIT artists.‎ ‎32. When will the prize-giving ceremony be held?‎ ‎ A. On February 8th. B. On March 10th. C. On March 15th. D. On April 21st.‎ ‎33. What type of writing is this text?‎ ‎ A. An exhibition guide. B. An art show review. ‎ C. An announcement. D. An official report.‎ ‎ ‎ B Passenger pigeons (旅鸽) once flew over much of the United States in unbelievable numbers. Written accounts from the 18th and 19th centuries described flocks（群）so large that they darkened the sky for hours.‎ It was calculated that when its population reached its highest point, there were more than 3 billion passenger pigeons — a number equal to 24 to 40 percent of the total bird population in the United States, making it perhaps the most abundant birds in the world. Even as late as 1870 when their numbers had already become smaller, a flock believed to be 1 mile wide and 320 miles (about 515 kilometers) long was seen near Cincinnati.‎ Sadly, the abundance of passenger pigeons may have been their undoing. Where the birds were abundant, people believed there was an everlasting supply and killed them by the thousands. Commercial hunters attracted them to small clearings with grain, waited until pigeons had settled to feed, then threw large nets over them, taking hundreds at a time. The birds were shipped to large cities and sold in restaurants.‎ By the closing decades of the 19th century, the hardwood forests where passenger pigeons nested had been damaged by Americans’ need for wood, which scattered（驱散）the flocks and forced the birds to go farther north, where cold temperatures and spring storms contributed to their decline. Soon the great flocks were gone, never to be seen again.‎ In 1897, the state of Michigan passed a law prohibiting the killing of passenger pigeons, but by then, no sizable flocks had been seen in the state for 10 years. The last confirmed wild pigeon in the United States was shot by a boy in Pike County‎, ‎Ohio, in 1900. For a time, a few birds survived under human care. The last of them, known affectionately as Martha, died at the Cincinnati‎ ‎Zoological Garden in September 1, 1914.‎ ‎34. In the 18th and early 19th centuries, passenger pigeons _______.‎ A. were the biggest bird in the world B. lived mainly in the south of ‎America ‎ C. did great harm to the natural environment ‎ D. were the largest bird population in the ‎US ‎35. The underlined word “undoing” probably refers to the pigeons’ _______.‎ ‎ A. escape B. ruin C. liberation D. evolution ‎36. What was the main reason for people to kill passenger pigeons?‎ ‎ A. To seek pleasure. B. To save other birds.‎ ‎ C. To make money. D. To protect crops.‎ ‎37. What can we infer about the law passed in Michigan?‎ A. It was ignored by the public. B. It was declared too late.‎ ‎ C. It was unfair. D. It was strict.‎ C A typical lion tamer (驯兽师) in people’s mind is an entertainer holding a whip (鞭子) and a chair. The whip gets all of the attention, but it’s mostly for show. In reality, it’s the chair that does the important work. When a lion tamer holds a chair in front of the lion’s face, the lion tries to focus on all four legs of the chair at the same time. With its focus divided, the lion becomes confused and is unsure about what to do next. When faced with so many options, the lion chooses to freeze and wait instead of attacking the man holding the chair.‎ How often do you find yourself in the same position as the lion? How often do you have something you want to achieve (e. g. lose weight, start a business, travel more) — only to end up confused by all of the options in front of you and never make progress?‎ This upsets me to no end because while all the experts are busy debating about which option is best, the people who want to improve their lives are left confused by all of the conflicting information. The end result is that we feel like we can’t focus or that we’re focused on the wrong things, and so we take less action, make less progress, and stay the same when we could be improving.‎ It doesn’t have to be that way. Anytime you find the world waving a chair in your face, remember this: All you need to do is focus on one thing. You just need to get started. Starting before you feel ready is one of the habits of successful people. If you have somewhere you want to go, something you want to accomplish, someone you want to become… take immediate action. If you’re clear about where you want to go, the rest of the world will either help you get there or get out of the way.‎ ‎38. Why does the lion tamer use a chair?‎ A. To trick the lion. B. To show off his skill.‎ C. To get ready for a fight. D. To entertain the audience. ‎ ‎39. In what sense are people similar to a lion facing a chair?‎ A. They feel puzzled over choices. B. They hold on to the wrong things.‎ C. They find it hard to make changes. D. They have to do something for show.‎ ‎40. What is the author’s attitude towards the experts mentioned in paragraph 3?‎ ‎ A. Tolerant. B. Doubtful. C. Respectful. D. Supportive.‎ ‎41. When the world is “waving a chair in your face”, you’re advised to_____.‎ ‎ A. wait for a better chance B. break your old habits ‎ C. make a quick decision D. ask for clear guidance D As more and more people speak the global languages of English, Chinese, Spanish, and Arabic, other languages are rapidly disappearing. In fact, half of the 6,000 - 7,000 languages spoken around the world today will likely die out by the next century, according to the United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization (UNESCO). ‎ In an effort to prevent language loss, scholars from a number of organizations — UNESCO and National Geographic among them — have for many years been documenting dying languages and the cultures they reflect.‎ Mark Turin, a scientist at the Macmillan Center, Yale University, who specializes in the languages and oral traditions of the Himalayas, is following in that tradition. His recently published book, A Grammar of Thangmi with an Ethnolinguistic Introduction to the Speakers and ‎ Their Culture, grows out of his experience living, looking and raising a family in a village in Nepal. ‎ Documenting the Tangmi language and culture is just a starting point for Turin, who seeks to include other languages and oral traditions across the Himalayans reaches of India, Nepal, Bhutan, and China. But he is not content to simply record these voices before they disappear without record.‎ At the University‎ of ‎Cambridge Turin discovered a wealth of important materials — including photographs, films, tape recordings, and field notes — which had remained unstudied and were badly in need of care and protection.‎ Now, through the two organizations that he has founded-the Digital Himalaya Project and the World Oral Literature Project — Turin has started a campaign to make such documents, found in libraries and stores around the world, available not just to scholars but to the younger generations of communities from whom the materials were originally collected. Thanks to digital technology and the widely available Internet, Turin notes, the endangered languages can be saved and reconnected with speech communities.‎ ‎42. Many scholars are making efforts to _____.‎ A. promote global languages B. rescue the disappearing languages C. search for language communities D. set up languages research organizations ‎43. What does “that tradition” in Paragraph 3 refer to?‎ A. Having full records of the languages. B. Writing books on language searching. ‎ C. Telling stories about language users. D. Living with the native speakers.‎ ‎44. What is Turin’s book based on?‎ A. The cultural studies in India. B. The documents available at Yale.‎ C. His language research in Britain. D. His personal experience in Nepal.‎ ‎45. Which of the following best describe Turin’s work?‎ A. Write, sell and donate. B. Record, repair and reward.‎ C. Collect, protect and reconnect. D. Design, experiment and report.‎ 第二节 （共3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。‎ The jobs of the future have not been invented.  46  By helping them develop classic skills that will serve them well no matter what the future holds. ‎ ‎1. Curiosity Your children need to be deeply curious. 47  Ask kids, “What ingredients (配料) can we add to make these pancakes even better next time?” and then try them out. Did those ingredients make the pancakes better? What could we try next time? ‎ ‎2. Creativity ‎ True creativity is the ability to take something existing and create something new from it.  48  There are a dozen different things you can do with them. Experimenting with materials to create something new can go a long way in helping them develop their creativity. ‎ ‎3. Interpersonal Skills ‎ Understanding how others feel can be a challenge for kids. We know what’s going on inside our own head, but what about others? Being able to read people helps kids from misreading a situation and jumping to false conclusions.  49  “Why do you think she is crying?” “Can you tell how that man is feeling by looking at his face?” “If someone were to d o that to you, how would you feel?” ‎ ‎4. Self Expression ‎ ‎ 50 There are many ways to express thoughts and ideas — music, acting, drawing, building, photography. You may find that your child is attracted by one more than another. ‎ A. Encourage kids to cook with you. ‎ B. And we can’t forget science education. ‎ C. We can give kids chances to think about materials in new ways. ‎ D. So how can we help our kids prepare for jobs that don’t yet exist? ‎ E. Gardening is another great activity for helping kids develop this skill. ‎ F. We can do this in real life or ask questions about characters in stories. ‎ G. Being able to communicate ideas in a meaningful way is a valuable skill. ‎ IV. 语法填空 (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。‎ Lantern Festival, falling in the first Chinese Lunar Month, is an important and traditional festival 51 (celebrate) by people nationwide. It is the first time that people 52 (see) the full moon in that lunar year. In old Chinese, night is called Xiao and the first lunar month is called Yuan month, 53 this festival is also called YuanXiao Festival in Chinese. It marks the end of the celebration of the Spring Festival and is also the first major festival for people 54 (observe) after Chinese New Year.‎ ‎ Like the Spring Festival, on Lantern Festival, all the family members go home ‎55 ‎‎ a reunion. In the evening, people usually watch beautiful lanterns, guess interesting and 56 (challenge) lantern riddles and perform wonderful dragon dances. Besides, it is a custom for people to eat YuanXiao, a kind of sweet dumpling, 57 is made of sweet rice flour into balls with 58 (vary) of fillings. In some places people sometimes put a coin into a certain YuanXiao when making sweet rice dumplings. It is believed that the one who 59 (happen) to find and eat the sweet rice dumpling with a coin in 60 will have good luck for the whole year.‎ V. 短文改错（共10小题；每小题1分，满分10分）‎ ‎ 假定英语课上老师要求同桌中间交换修改作文，请你修改你同桌写的以下作文。文中共有10处语言错误，每句中最多有两处，每处错误仅涉及一个单词的增加、删除或修改。‎ ‎ 增加：把缺词处加个漏字符号（∧），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。‎ Nearly five years before, and with the help by our father, my sister and I planted some cherry tomatoes (圣女果) in our back garden. Since then — for all these year — we had been allowing tomatoes to self-seed where they please. As result, the plants are growing somewhere. The fruits are small in size, but juicy and taste. There are so much that we often share them with ‎ our neighbors. Although we allow tomato plants to grow in the same place year after year, but we have never had any disease or insect attack problems. We are growing wonderfully tomatoes at no cost! ‎ ‎ ‎ 参考答案 ‎1~10 DBDAB CABDC ‎ ‎11~30 ADCBA    DBCBD   ACBBD   AADCB ‎31~ 45 ADCDB CBAAB  CBADC 46~50 DACFG ‎51. celebrated 52. have seen 53. so 54. to observe 55. for ‎56. challenging 57. which 58. varieties 59. happens 60. it 改错：1. before—ago 2. by—of 3. year—years 4. had—have 5. As a result 6. somewhere—everywhere 7. taste—tasty 8. much—many 9. but—yet或去掉but 10. wonderfully—wonderful