英语卷·2018届甘肃省兰州一中高二上学期期末考试（2017-01）

英语卷·2018届甘肃省兰州一中高二上学期期末考试（2017-01）

兰州一中2016-2017-1学期期末考试试题 高 二 英 语 ‎ 说明：本试卷分为第Ⅰ卷（选择题）和第Ⅱ卷（非选择题）两部分，满分100分。考试时间100分钟。交卷时只交答题卡。‎ 第Ⅰ卷 （选择题）‎ I：阅读理解：阅读下列各短文，从题中所给的A,B,C,D四个选项中选出最佳选项.‎ ‎（共10小题，每小题2分，满分20分）‎ A Everyone knows that grains of sand can be grouped together to form a pagoda. In the same way, wealth starts with a goal saving a dollar at a time, which we call the piggy bank strategy. There are lessons in that time-honored coin-saving container.‎ ‎ Any huge task seems easier when reduced to baby steps. If you wished to climb a 12,000-foot mountain, and could do it a day at a time, you would only have to climb 33 feet daily to reach the top in a year. If you want to take a really nice trip in 10 years for a special occasion, to collect the $15,000 cost, you have to save $3.93 a day. If you drop that into a piggy bank and then once a year put $1,434 in a savings account at 1% interest rate after-tax, you will have your trip money.‎ ‎ When I was a child, my parents gave me a piggy bank to teach me that, if I wanted something, I should save money to buy it. We associate piggy banks with children, but in many countries, the little containers are also popular with adults. Europeans see a piggy bank as a sign of good fortune and wealth. Around the world, many believe a gift of a piggy bank on New Year’s Day brings good luck and financial success. Ah, but you have to put something in it.‎ ‎ Why is a pig used as a symbol of saving? Why not an elephant bank, which is bigger and holds more coins? In the Middle Ages, before modern banking and credit instruments, people saved money at home, a few coins at a time dropped into a jar or dish. Potters made these inexpensive containers from an orange-colored clay called “pygg,” and folks saved coins in pygg jars. The Middle English word for pig was “pigge”. While the Saxons pronounced pygg, referring to the clay, as “pug”, eventually the two words changed into the same pronunciation, sounding the “i” as in pig or piggy. As the word became less associated with the orange clay and more with the ‎ animal, a clever potter fashioned a pygg jar in the shape of a pig, delighting children and adults. The piggy bank was born.‎ ‎ Originally you had to break the bank to get to the money, bringing in a sense of seriousness into savings. While piggy banks teach children the wisdom of saving, adults often need to relearn childhood lessons. Think about the things in life that require large amounts of money--- college education, weddings, cars, medical care, starting a business, buying a home, and fun stuff like great trips. So when you have money, take off the top 10%, put it aside, save and invest wisely. ‎ ‎1. What is the piggy bank strategy?‎ A. Setting a goal before making a travel plan.‎ B. Putting aside a little money regularly for future use.‎ C. Aiming high even when doing small things.‎ D. Paying 1% income tax at a time.‎ ‎2. The piggy bank originally was _________.‎ ‎ A. a cheap clay container B. an animal-shaped dish ‎ ‎ C. a potter’s instrument D. a pig-like toy for children ‎3. The last paragraph talks about ________.‎ ‎ A. the seriousness of educating children B. the enjoyment of taking a great trip ‎ C. the difficulty of starting a business D. the importance of managing money B Now people are walking less and less, and if they can figure out a way to avoid walking, they don’t want to walk any more.‎ I felt superior about this matter until the other day I took my car to mail a small parcel. The journey is a matter of 281 steps. But I used the car. And I wasn’t in any hurry, either, I had merely become one more victim of a national sickness: motorists.‎ It is an illness which I had thought I could not catch, for I was born in the tradition of going to places on my own two legs. At that time, we regarded 25 miles as good day’s walk and the ability to cover such a distance in ten hours as sign of strength and skill. It did not occur to us that walking was a hardship. And the effect was lasting. When I was 45 years old I raced –and beat—a ‎ teenage football player the 168 steps up the Stature of Liberty.‎ Such enterprises today are regarded by many middle-aged persons as bad for the heart. But a well-known British physician, Sir Adolphe Abrahams, pointed out recently that hearts and bodies need proper exercise and that one is more likely to have illnesses than one who exercises regularly. And walking is an ideal form of exercise--- the most familiar and natural of all.‎ It was Henry Thoreau who showed mankind the richness of going on foot. The man walking can learn the trees, flowers, insects, birds and animals, the significance of seasons, the very feel of himself as a living creature in a living world, which he cannot learn in a car.‎ The car is a convenient means of transport, but we have made it our way of life. Many people don’t dare to approach nature any more; to them the world they were born to enjoy is all threat. To them security is a steel river thundering on a concrete road. And much of their thinking takes place while waiting for the traffic light to turn green.‎ I say that the green of forests is the mind’s best light. And none but the man on foot can evaluate what is basic and everlasting.‎ ‎4. What was life like when the author was young?‎ A. people often walked 25 miles a day ‎ B. People usually went around on foot.‎ C. People used to climb the Statue of Liberty. ‎ D. people considered a ten-hour walk as a hardship.‎ ‎5. The author mentions Henry Thoreau to prove that __________ .‎ A. people need regular exercise to keep fit ‎ B. middle-aged people like getting back to nature C. walking in nature helps enrich one’s mind D. going on foot prevents heart disease ‎6. What is the author’s intention of writing this passage?‎ A. To encourage people to return to walking B. To tell people to reflect more on life.‎ C. To advise people to do outdoor activities D. To recommend people to give up driving C In the world everyone wants to have a better life. They look forward to progress, whether in their personal life or in the general society. Progress indicates a person’s ability to change the way he is living at the moment. Progress must lead a better way of doing things. All these, however, remains true only in so far as people want to accept technology and move forward by finding new and more efficient ways of doing things. However, at the back of the minds of many people, especially those who the “good old days”, efficiency comes with a price. When communication becomes efficient, people are able to contact one another no matter where they are and at whatever time they wish to. The click of a button allows people miles apart to talk or to see each other without even leaving their homes. With the communication gadgets, such as mobile phones and ipads, people often do not take the effort to visit one another personally. A personal visit carries with the additional feature of having to be in the person’s presence for as long as the visit lasts. We cannot unnecessarily excuse ourselves or turn the other person off.‎ With efficiency also comes mass production. Such is the nature of factories and the success of industrialization today. Factories have improved efficiency. Unskillful tasks are left to machines and products are better made and produced with greater accuracy than any human hand could ever have done. However, with the improvements in efficiency also comes the loss of the personal touch when making these products. For example, many handcrafts are now produced in a factory.‎ Although this means that supply is better able to increase demand, now that the supply is quick and efficient, the demand might fall because mass production lowers the quality of the handicraft and it is difficult to find unique designs on each item.‎ Nevertheless, we must not commit the mistake of analyzing progress only from one point of view. In fact, progress has allowed tradition to keep up. It is only with progress and the invention of new technology that many old products can be brought back to their old state. New technology is required for old products to stay old.‎ It is people’s attitude towards progress that causes the type of influence that technology has on society. Technology is flexible. There is no fixed way of making use of it. Everything depends on people’s attitude. The worst effects of progress will fall on those who are unable to rethink their attitudes and views of society. When we accept progress and adapt it to suit our needs, a new “past” is created.‎ ‎7. According to Paragraph 1, progress can benefit people when they are willing to _______.‎ ‎ A. change ways of living B. live a better life ‎ C. accept technology and advance steadily D. look for better methods ‎ 8. The underlined word “gadgets” is closest in meaning to _______.‎ ‎ A. messages B. barriers C. tools D. skills ‎9. The author explains “efficiency comes with a price” by _______.‎ ‎ A. using examples B. following time order ‎ C. making classification D. describing a process ‎10. What can be learned about technology from Paragraph 4?‎ ‎ A. It can destroy old traditions. B. It can be used to preserve old products.‎ C. It can lead to social progress. D. It can be used to correct mistakes. ‎ II:阅读理解七选五: 根据短文内容，从短文后所给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.（共5小题，每小题2分，满分10分）‎ If you live in the world, there are always many people around you. Some people give you a feeling of disgust, but some people make you feel comfortable when they are around. You spend an hour with them and feel as if you have known them half your life. 11 .‎ Here are several skills that good talkers have. If you follow the skills, they’ll help you put people at their ease, and make friends with them quickly.‎ First of all, good talkers ask questions. 12 . One well-known businesswoman says, “At business lunches, I always ask people what they did that morning. It’s a common question, but it will get things going. ” From there you can move on to other matters----sometimes to really personal questions. 1 3 . Second, once good talkers have asked questions, they listen to the answers. This point seems clear, but it isn’t. Your questions should have a point and help to tell what sort of person you are talking to. And to find out, you really have to listen carefully.‎ ‎ 14 . If some one sticks to one topic, you can take it as a fact that he is really interested in it. Real listening also means not just listening to words, but to tones of voice. If the voice sounds dull, then, it’s time for you to change the subject.‎ Finally, good talkers know well how to deal with the occasion of parting. If you are saying goodbye, you may give him a firm handshake and say, “I’ve really enjoyed meeting you.” ‎ ‎15 .‎ Let people know what you feel, and they may feel as if they’ve known you half their life.‎ A. These people have something in common.‎ B. If you want to see that person again, don’t keep it a secret.‎ C. And how he answers will let you know how far you can go.‎ D. You can become a popular person.‎ E. Real listening at least means some things.‎ F. It’s polite to listen to others with a smile.‎ G. Almost anyone, no matter how shy he is, will answer a question.‎ III：完型填空：阅读下面短文，从短文后所给各题的A、B、C、D四个选项中选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项（共20小题，每小题1分，满分20分）‎ Are you learning languages? When you are learning languages, what do you think is the most interesting? One of the most interesting of all studies is the study of words and word origins. Each language is 16 of several earlier languages and the words of a language can sometimes be traced 17 through two or three different languages to their 18 . Again a word from one language may pass into other languages and 19 a new meaning. The word “etiquette,” which is 20 French origin and originally meant a label, 21 a sign, passed into Spanish and kept its original meaning. So in Spanish the word “etiquette” today is used to 22 the small tags (标签) which a store 23 to a suit, a dress or a bottle. The word “etiquette” in French, 24 , gradually developed a different meaning. It 25 became the custom to write directions on small cards, or “etiquette”, as to how visitors should dress themselves and 26 during an important ceremony at the royal court. 27 the word “etiquette” began to indicate a system of correct manners for people to follow. 28 this meaning, the word passed into English. 　　Consider the word “breakfast”. “To fast” is to go for some period of time without 29 . Thus in the morning after many hours 30 the night without food, one 31 one’s fast. 　　Consider the everyday English 32 “Good-bye”. Many many years ago, people 33 say to each other on parting “God be with you.” As this was 34 over and over millions of times, it gradually became 35 to “Good-bye”.‎ ‎16. A. collected B. made C. composed D. contained ‎17. A. to B. on C. in D. back ‎18. A. ends B. backgrounds C. bases D. origins ‎19. A.. pick B. develop C. change D. choose ‎20. A. of B. with C. on D. by ‎21. A. with B. and C. or D. for ‎22. A. show B. design C. hold D. indicate ‎23. A. lays B. attaches C. binds D. gives ‎24. A. however B. moreover C. therefore D. furthermore ‎25. A. late B. lately C. later D. latest ‎26. A. respond B. prepare C. act D. follow ‎27. A. Thus B. Also C. Yet D. Nevertheless ‎28. A. After B. With C. Of D. For ‎29. A. sleeping B. working C. eating D. talking ‎30. A. for B. during C. at D. on ‎31. A. breaks B. continues C. remembers D. forgets ‎32. A. statement B. expression C. proverb D. conversation ‎33. A. would B. could C. might D. must ‎34. A. reproduced B. revised C. reviewed D. retold ‎35. A. combined B. accepted C. reformed D. shortened 第Ⅱ卷 （非选择题） ‎ I：单词拼写: 根据句意及首字母填入一个适当的词，或用括号内所给单词的适当形式填空，‎ 使句子完整（共15小题，每小题1分，满分15分）‎ ‎1. I can’t _______________(评价) his ability because I haven’t seen his work.‎ ‎2. The professor made a ______________  ( 可能引起争议的) speech. ‎ ‎3. Was Johnson ____________  （同时代的）with Shakespeare ?‎ ‎4. An ______________(合适) method must be found to deal with such situation.‎ ‎5. Some a (年青人) have become hopelessly addicted to computer games.‎ ‎6. You needn’t push the door because it can open and close ______________(自动地) .‎ ‎7. There has been serious ______________(分歧) between the two polities over the question.‎ ‎8. An a   country is always ready to start a war ‎9. We must consider a problem in all its a .‎ ‎10. No word can c my thanks to you at the moment.‎ ‎11.The population has d from 83,000,000 to less than 6,600,000.‎ ‎12. The tsunamis(海啸) smashing into India Ocean coastlines, which killed 125,000 people in 12 different ‎ countries, was a terrible c .‎ ‎13. In c of a terrible earthquake the whole city was destroyed.‎ ‎14. It’s many years since Mount Vesuvius e .‎ ‎15. Now that I am p ， I eat a good diet because I want my baby to be born healthy.‎ II：语法填空：阅读下面材料，在空白处填入适当的内容（一个单词）或括号内单词的正确形式（共10小题，每小题1分，满分10分）‎ ‎ Do you like reading? If so, you’d better go to Germany. When you walk on the streets of Germany, you can take a book; leave a book, and feel you 1 (surround ) by books. In Germany, public bookshelves are lined across 2 nation on street corners, city squares and supermarkets. ‎ In the free-for-all 3 (library), people can take whatever they want to read, and leave behind anything they want for 4 . There’s no need to register, no due date, and you can take or give as many as you want. This project is aimed at everyone who likes to read ---- without regard to age or education. It is open for 5 . Each shelf holds around 200 books and it takes about six weeks for a complete turnover, with all the old titles 6 (replace) by new ones. The public book shelves are usually cared for by local volunteer groups.‎ ‎ Germans think they should make 7 easy for everyone to enjoy 8 (read) in this “reading culture on the street”---- from old readers to kids. While most of the shelves have so far been put up in rich neighborhoods, they are 9 (plan) to put up future shelves in poor neighborhoods, _____10____ people often don’t have easy access to literature.‎ III：短文改错: 下面短文中有10处语言错误，每句最多有两处，每处错误仅涉及一个单词的增加、删除或修改，只允许修改10处，多者（从第11处起）不计分。(共10小题；每小题1分，满分10分) ‎ ‎ Now many families have their own cars. A car has been a symbol of modern society. That makes ‎ our life more comfortable. It’s also very cool and fashion, and attracts a lot of attention. But every coin ‎ has two sides. Cars make the air pollute and carelessly driving causes traffic problems. Every year many ‎ people died in road accidents.‎ ‎ I am a car fan as well. I think I will buy an environmentally friendly car in future, for that ‎ doesn’t create much pollutions. Although there are side effects, yet I believe more and more ‎ people will buy cars. So that the government should take measures to smooth the traffic, so as widening the roads and building overpasses. I still suggest everyone uses public transport during rush hours.‎ IV：书面表达:（共15分）‎ ‎（见答题卡）‎ 答 题 卡 ‎1‎ ‎2‎ ‎3‎ ‎4‎ ‎5‎ ‎6‎ ‎7[来源]‎ ‎8‎ ‎9‎ ‎10‎ ‎11‎ ‎12‎ ‎13‎ ‎14‎ ‎15‎ ‎16‎ ‎17‎ ‎18‎ ‎19‎ ‎20‎ ‎21‎ ‎22‎ ‎23‎ ‎24‎ ‎25‎ ‎26‎ ‎27‎ ‎28‎ ‎29‎ ‎30‎ ‎31‎ ‎32‎ ‎33‎ ‎34‎ ‎35‎ I: 单词拼写：（共15小题，每小题1分，满分15分）‎ ‎1. ______________ 2. _______________ 3. _______________ 4. _______________‎ ‎5. ______________ 6. _______________ 7. _______________ 8. _______________‎ ‎9. ______________ 10. ______________ 11.______________ 12. ______________‎ ‎13.______________ 14.______________ 15.______________‎ II: 语法填空（共10小题；每小题1分，满分10分）‎ ‎1. ______________ 2. _______________ 3. _______________ 4. _______________‎ ‎5. ______________ 6. _______________ 7. _______________ 8. _______________‎ ‎9. ______________ 10. ______________‎ III：短文改错: 下面短文中有10处语言错误，每句最多有两处，每处错误仅涉及一个单词的 增加、删除或修改，只允许修改10处，多者（从第11处起）不计分。‎ ‎(共10小题；每小题1分，满分10分) ‎ ‎ Now many families have their own cars. A car has been a symbol of modern society. That makes ‎ our life more comfortable. It’s also very cool and fashion, and attracts a lot of attention. But every coin ‎ has two sides. Cars make the air pollute and carelessly driving causes traffic problems. Every year many ‎ people died in road accidents.‎ ‎ I am a car fan as well. I think I will buy an environmentally friendly car in future, for that ‎ doesn’t create much pollutions. Although there are side effects, yet I believe more and more people will buy cars. So that the government should take measures to smooth the traffic, so as widening the roads and building overpasses. I still suggest everyone uses public transport during rush hours.‎ IV：书面表达:（共15分）‎ China Daily 现就“Health and Wealth, Which Is More Important”在读者中展开讨论，你现在向报社投稿，请依据下列要点写一篇短文，词数在100左右，文中必须包含以下内容，可适当添加细节。首句已给出，不计入总字数。‎ 1. 有的人认为财富比健康重要，富人受人尊重，而穷人受人歧视。‎ 2. 有的人认为健康胜于财富，健康的人才能享受生活。‎ 3. 你自己的看法。‎ ‎ Health and Wealth, Which Is More Important Some people hold that wealth is more important than health._____________________________‎ ‎—————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————‎ 兰州一中2016-2017-1学期期末考试试题 高 二 英 语 答 案 第Ⅰ卷（选择题）‎ I：阅读理解： 1—5BADBC 6—10ACCAB ‎ II:阅读理解七选五: 11—15 AGCEB III：完型填空：16----20 CDDBA 21----25 CDBAC 26----30 CABCB 31----35 ABADD 第Ⅱ卷 （非选择题）‎ I：单词拼写:1 evaluate 2. controversial 3. contemporary 4. appropriate 5.adolescents ‎ ‎ 6. automatically 7. disagreement 8. .aggressive 9. aspects 10. convey ‎ 11.decreased / declined 12. catastrophe 13. consequence 14. erupted 15. pregnant ‎ II：语法填空： 1. are surrounded 2. the 3. libraries 4. others 5. everyone ‎ ‎6. replaced 7. it 8. reading 9. planning 10. where ‎ III：短文改错: That—It; fashion—fashionable; pollute—polluted; carelessly—careless;‎ ‎ died—die; in后加the( in future—in the future); pollutions--pollution; ‎ so后去that; so—such(so as—such as); uses—use IV：书面表达（范文）： ‎ ‎ Health and Wealth, Which Is More Important?‎ Some people hold that wealth is more important than health. They think that a wealthy person will be ‎ respected in the world, while a poor person will be looked down upon by others. Therefore, a person who ‎ tries all means to make money will be considered a hero no matter whether he is in good or poor health.‎ ‎ However, the majority of people believe that health is more important than wealth. For example, a ‎ healthy scientist can achieve more success in his scientific research. Only if a person enjoys good health, ‎ can he really enjoy his life.‎ ‎ In my opinion, health is more important than wealth. Good health can bring us success as well as real ‎ happiness. Therefore, health is the most important thing that one has to treasure in the world.‎