2017-2018学年湖南省冷水江市第一中学高二上学期期中考试英语试题

2017-2018学年湖南省冷水江市第一中学高二上学期期中考试英语试题

‎2017-2018学年湖南省冷水江市第一中学高二上学期期中考试英语试卷 时量：120分钟 分值：120分 ‎ 命题：康才桂 审题： 颜文娟 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。‎ ‎1. What do the two speakers think of the rain?‎ A. It is timely. B. It will stop soon. C. It is unwelcome.‎ ‎2. How old is the woman’s bicycle probably?‎ A. One year old. B. Three years old. C. Four years old.‎ ‎3. What is the woman most probably going to do?‎ A. Have a break. B. Continue with the work. C. Go home.‎ ‎4. What impressed the man most in Australia?‎ A. The sea. B. The beautiful beaches. C. The beautiful cities.‎ ‎5. Why didn’t the woman call the man yesterday?‎ A. She lost her cellphone. ‎ B. Her cellphone was power off.‎ C. Her teacher took her cellphone away.‎ 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。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. Why won’t the boy play baseball with the girl?‎ A. He has to help his mother. ‎ B. He has to go back home.‎ C. He has promised to paint his house.‎ ‎7. What can the girl do to help the boy?‎ A. Pack his clothes. B. Pack his little things. C. Pack his books.‎ 听第7段材料，回答第8、9 题。‎ ‎8. Whom is the party for?‎ A. Lisa B. Jane C. Ted ‎9. Where will the party be held?‎ A. At a pizza shop B. At a night club. C. At the man’s.‎ 听第8 段材料，回答第10至12题。‎ ‎10. How long will the woman stay in Australia?‎ A. Three weeks. B. Two weeks. C. One week.‎ ‎11. How will the woman go to Australia?‎ A. By plane. B. By sea. C. By train.‎ ‎12. What happened when the man was on his way to China?‎ A. The engine caught fire. ‎ B. The runway caught fire. ‎ C. The pilot fell asleep.‎ 听第9 段材料，回答第13至16 题。‎ ‎13. Where does the conversation take place?‎ A. At Philip’s home. B. On the phone. C. In a gym.‎ ‎14. Why will the woman miss the golf in Houston?‎ A. She will be on business abroad. ‎ B. She will be busy in working.‎ C. She will be having her holiday.‎ ‎15. When is the US Open Running?‎ A. From April27 to April30. ‎ B. From April15 to May15. ‎ C. From June15 to June18.‎ ‎16. What would be wonderful to the two speakers?‎ A. Watch the game together. B. Be on a vacation C. Go to the USA.‎ 听第10段材料，回答第17至20 题。‎ ‎17. What is the advantage of online education?‎ A. The set time of courses. B. Degrees offered easily. C. The independence.‎ ‎18. When did the University of Phoenix begin offering degrees online?‎ A. In 1989. B. In 1993. C. In 2000.‎ ‎19. Which university offers a master’s degree of business administration?‎ A. The University of Phoenix. ‎ B. Cardean University. ‎ C. Jones International University.‎ ‎20. What do educational advisers advise at last?‎ A. Making sure you like the program you enter.‎ B. Making sure you work is related to the program you learn.‎ C. Making sure your country recognizes the program you choose.‎ 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。‎ A There was a story many years ago of a school teacher Mrs. Thompson. She told the children on the first day that she loved them all the same. But that was a lie. There in the ‎ front row was a little boy named Teddy Stoddard. He didn’t play well with the other children and he always needed a bath. She did not like him.‎ Then Mrs. Thompson got to know that Teddy was actually a very good boy before the death of his mother. Mrs. Thompson was a shamed of herself. She felt even worse when, like all her other students, Teddy brought her a Christmas present too. It was his mother’s perfume（香水）。‎ Teddy said, “Mrs. Thompson, today you smell just like my Mom used to.” After the children left she cried for at least an hour. On that very day, she stopped teaching reading, writing and math. Instead, she began to teach children.‎ Mrs. Thompson paid particular attention to Teddy. The boy’s mind seemed to come alive. The more she encouraged him, the faster he improved. By the end of the sixth grade, Teddy had become one of the smartest children in the class.‎ Six years went by before she got a note from Teddy. He wrote that he had finished high school, third in his class, and she was still the best teacher he ever had in his whole life. He went to college. Mrs. Thompson got two more letters from him with the last one signed, Theodore F. Stoddard, M. D.（医学博士）.‎ The story doesn’t end there. On his wedding day, Dr. Stoddard whispered in Mrs. Thompson’s ear, “Thank you, Mrs. Thompson, for believing in me. You made me feel important and showed me that I could make a difference.”‎ Mrs. Thompson, with tears in her eyes, whispered back, “Teddy, you have it all wrong. You were the one who taught me that I could make a difference. I didn’t know how to teach until I met you.”‎ ‎21. What did Mrs. Thompson do on the first day of school?‎ A. She made Teddy feel ashamed. ‎ B. She asked the children to play with Teddy.‎ C. She changed Teddy’s seat to the front row.‎ D. She told the class something untrue about herself.‎ ‎22. What did Mrs. Thompson find out about Teddy?‎ ‎ A. He often told lies. B. He was good at math.‎ C. He needed motherly care. D. He enjoyed playing with others.‎ 23. In what way did Mrs. Thompson change?‎ A. She taught fewer school subjects. B. She became stricter with her students. ‎ C. She no longer liked her job as a teacher. ‎ D. She cared more about educating students.‎ ‎24. Why did Teddy thank Mrs. Thompson at his wedding?‎ A. She had kept in touch with him. B. She had given him encouragement.‎ C. She had sent him Christmas presents. D. She had taught him how to judge people.‎ B Something in chocolate could be used to stop coughs and lead to more effective medicines, say UK researchers.‎ Their study found that theobromine, found in cocoa, was nearly a third more effective in stopping coughs than codeine, which was considered the best cough medicine at present.‎ The Imperial College London researchers who published their results online said ‎ the discovery could lead to more effective cough treatment. “While coughing is not necessarily harmful(有害的) it can have a major effect on the quality of life, and this discovery could be a huge step forward in treating this problem,” said Professor Peter Barmes.‎ Ten healthy volunteers(志愿者) were given theobromine, codeine or placebo, a pill that contains no medicine, during the experiment. Neither the volunteers nor the researchers knew who received which pill. The researchers then measured levels of capsaicin, which is used in research to cause coughing and as a sign of how well the medicines are stopping coughs.‎ The team found that, when the volunteers were given thebromine, the capsaicin needed to produce a cough was around a third higher than in the placebo group. When they were given codeine they need only slightly higher level of capsaicin to cause a cough compared with the placebo.‎ The researchers said that theobromine worked by keeping down a verve activity (神经活动), which cause coughing. They also found that unlike some standard cough treatments, theobromine caused no side effects such as sleepiness.‎ ‎25. According to Professor Barnes, theobromine ________.‎ A. cannot be as effective as codeine B. can be harmful to people’s health C. cannot be separated from chocolate D. can be a more effective cure for coughs ‎26. What was used in the experiment to cause coughing?‎ A. Theobromine B. Codeine C. Capsaicin D. Placebo ‎27. We learn from the text that volunteers in the experiment ________.‎ A. were patients with bad coughs B. were divided into three groups C. received standard treatments D. suffered little side effects ‎28. Which of the following would be the best title for the text?‎ A. Codeine: A New Medicine B. Chocolate May Cure Coughs C. Cough Treatment: A Hard Case D. Theobromine Can Cause Coughs C When her five daughters were young, Helene An always told them that there was strength in unity(团结). To show this, she held up one chopstick, representing one person. Then she easily broke it into two pieces. Next, she tied several chopsticks together, representing a family. She showed the girls it was hard to break the tied chopsticks. This lesson about family unity stayed with the daughters as they grew up.‎ Helene An and her family own a large restaurant business in California. However, when Helene and her husband Danny left their home in Vietnam in 1975, they didn’t have much money. They moved their family to San Francisco. There they joined Danny’s mother, Diana, who owned a small Italian sandwich shop. Soon afterwards, Helene and Diana changed the sandwich shop into a small Vietnamese restaurant. The five daughters helped in the restaurant when they were young. However, Helene did not want her daughters to always work in the family business because she thought it was too hard.‎ Eventually the girls all graduated from college and went away to work for themselves, but one by one, the daughters returned to work in the family business. They opened new restaurants in San Francisco and Los Angeles. Even though family members ‎ sometimes disagreed with each other, they worked together to make the business successful. Daughter Elizabeth explains, “Our mother taught us that to succeed we must have unity, and to have unity we must have peace. Without the strength of the family, there is no business.”‎ Their expanding business became a large corporation in 1996, with three generations of Ans working together. Now the Ans’corporation makes more than $20 million each year. Although they began with a small restaurant, they had big dreams, and they worked together. Now they are a big success.[]‎ ‎29. Helene tied several chopsticks together to show _________.‎ A. the strength of family unity B. the difficulty of growing up C. the advantage of chopsticks D. the best way of giving a lesson ‎30. We can learn from Paragraph 2 that the An family _________.‎ A. started a business in 1975 B. left Vietnam without much money C. bought a restaurant in San Francisco D. opened a sandwich shop in Los Angeles ‎31. What can we infer about the An daughters?[]‎ A. They did not finish their college education.‎ B. They could not bear working in the family business.‎ C. They were influenced by what Helene taught them.‎ D. They were troubled by disagreement among family members.‎ ‎32. Which of the following can be the best title for the passage?[]‎ A. How to Run a Corporation B. Strength Comes from Peace C. How to Achieve a Big Dream D. Family Unity Builds Success D We all know the names of certain famous male inventors throughout history, from Galileo to Alexander Graham Bell to Steve Jobs. Do you know the outstanding ladies listed below?‎ Margaret Knight（1838—1914）‎ Margaret Knight was nicknamed “the lady Edison” for her productive inventions which included a safety device for textile looms, shoe manufacturing machines, a rotary engine and internal combustion engine(内燃机), among many others, Knight received 27 patents in her lifetime.‎ Josephine Cochran(1839—1913)‎ Cochran, a wealthy woman who often entertained, wanted a machine that could wash dishes faster than her servants , and without breaking them. When she couldn’t find one, she built the first dishwasher herself in 1886. She received a patent for her famous invention and started a company to sell her invention to restaurants and hotels.‎ Katharine Burr blodgett(1898—1979)‎ Katharine Blodgett was the first woman to receive a Ph. D. in physics at England’s Cambridge University and the first woman hired by General Electric. Her most influential invention was non-reflective glass, which today is still essential for eyeglasses, car windshields and computer screens.‎ Stephanie Kwolek(1923—2014)‎ In 1965, Stephanie Kwolek created an unusually lightweight and durable new fiber which was later developed by a chemical company DuPont into the synthetic ‎ Kevlar(凯夫拉尔纤维), used in everything from military helmets and bulletproof vests to work gloves, sports equipment, and building materials, Kwolek was awarded the National Medal of Technology for her research on synthetic fibers and was admitted into the National Inventors Hall of Fame in 1994.‎ ‎33. Why was Margaret Knight nicknamed “the lady Edison”?‎ A. She was married to Edison B. She lived the same age as Edison.‎ C. She made many inventions like Edison.‎ D. She made similar inventions to Edison’s.‎ ‎34. What did Cochran invent the dishwasher for?‎ A. To make a fortune. B. To entertain more guests.‎ C. To receive a patent. D. To wash dishes more effectively.‎ ‎35. Who contributed a lot to military needs?‎ A. Stephanie Kwolek B. Josephine Cochran ‎ C. Margaret Knight D. Katharine Burr Blodgett 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。‎ Easy Ways to keep Your Brain Sharp Everyone is forgetful, but as we age, we start to feel like our brains are slowing down a bit—and that can be a very annoying thing. 36 Read on for some techniques worth trying.‎ ‎1. 37__‎ ‎ People who regularly made plans and looked forward to upcoming events had a 50 percent reduced chance of Alzheimer’s disease (早老性痴呆症), according to a recent study. 38___ Something as simple as setting a goal to have a weekly coffee date with a friend will do. There’s evidence that people who have a purpose in life or who are working on long or short-term goals appear to do better, In other words, keep your brain looking forward.‎ ‎ 2. Go for a walk.‎ ‎ Mildly raised glucose(葡萄糖) levels can harm the area of the brain that helps you form memories and physical activity can help get blood glucose down to normal levels. In fact, exercise produces chemicals that are good for your brain. 39__‎ ‎ 3. Learn something new.‎ ‎ Take a Spanish class online, join a drawing club, or learn to play cards. A study found that mental stimulation(刺激)limits the weakening effects of aging on memory and the mind, But the best thing for your brain is when you learn something new and are physically active at the same time. 40__ Or go dancing with your friends.‎ A. Focus on the future.‎ B. This can be especially harmful to the aged.‎ C. It should be something like learning gardening.‎ D. So take a few minutes each day to do some reading.‎ E. But don’t worry if your schedule isn’t filled with life-changing events.‎ F. Luckily, research shows there is a lot you can do to avoid those moments G. In other words, when you take care of your body, you take care of your brain.‎ 第三部分 英语知识运用（共两节，满分30分）‎ 第一节 完形填空（共20小题；每小题1分，满分20分）‎ One of Mark Twain’s classic novels is The Adventures of Tom Sawyer. It is set in a small American 41 in the 19th century. The people in this town are very traditional and 42 a quiet life. ‎ The story is about a boy called Tom Sawyer, who lives with his aunt Polly. He is often in 43 with his aunt. Aunt Polly is very kind, 44 Tom thinks she is always trying to control him.‎ Tom is different from 45 children in the town. He loves adventure. He does a lot of bad things, but he never really 46 anyone. He tries very hard not to go to school, and often jumps 47 his bedroom window at night to meet his friends. He is very clever. One day, Aunt Polly asks him to do some painting, and he 48 to get all the boys in the town to do the work for him by inventing a new 49 game. It is these little stories 50 make readers want to keep reading the novel, but it is the adventures that 51 the most important part of the book. ‎ Tom’s best friend is Huck Finn, a boy who has no home. In one adventure, they spend the night outside, and they see a man kill another man 52 . Later in the book, Tom, Huck and another boy decide to leave the town 53 they think that life there is too boring. They 54 to an island in the middle of a river. They 55 fires, catch fish and sleep under the stars. They also make a 56 to travel up and down the river. 57 seeing the boys for days, the people in the town think that they have died. One day, when Tom comes back to his aunt’s house to leave a letter 58 that he is not dead, he hears his aunt talking about his funeral(葬礼). 59 Tom has an idea. On the morning of their funeral, the boys run back into town and 60 their own funeral before telling everyone that they are still alive.‎ ‎41. A. country B. village C. town D. house ‎42. A. spend B. pass C. live D. own ‎43. A. trouble B. silence C. peace D. war ‎44. A. and B. but C. Still D. as ‎45. A. another B. others C. the others D. the other ‎46. A. damages B. destroys C. ruins D. hurts ‎47. A. out of B. into C. onto D. in front of ‎48. A. tries B. fails C. manages D. struggles ‎49. A. fighting B. painting C. touring D. sailing ‎50. A. which B. that C. what D. where ‎51. A. is B. was C. are D. were[]‎ ‎52. A. in charge B. in advance C. in the long term D. in the dark ‎53. A. because B. while C. even though D. if ‎54. A. run into B. run away C. run after D. run out of ‎55. A. catch B. set C. make D. put ‎56. A. bike B. boat C. camel D. cage ‎57. A. By B. Upon C. At D. Without ‎58. A. speaking B. telling C. saying D. meaning ‎59. A. Then B. Besides C. Also D. Lastly ‎60. A. join B. present C. participate D. attend 第二节（共10分；每小题1分，满分10分） ‎ 阅读下面短文，在空白处填入1个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。‎ ‎61 we all know，everyone has a dream．I 62___(dream) of being a doctor since I entered the primary schoo1．Nowadays with modern life 63 (go) rapidly，many people suffer 64 different kinds of diseases，both mentally and physically．As a result，doctors are in great need at home and abroad．My dream is to become 65 successful doctor and help to save people’s __66___(life)．Although to be a good doctor67 (be) very difficult. I will do whatever I can 68 (help) everyone stay healthy．To make my dream come true，I have told myself over and over again that I'll concentrate more 69 studies．After all, ____70__by working hard can one succeed．‎ 第四部分 写作（共两节，满分30分）[]‎ 第一节 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：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：在错的词下面画一横线，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。‎ Dear Xiao Ming,[]‎ I am a editor of English Corner. I’ve received your letter ask meto give you some advice on how to learn English well. First of all, I suggest you should read English word, sentences and short articles loud every morning. Meanwhile, you should try to memorize as much useful sentences as possible and recite some short passages as well. Moreover, it suggested that you read a great variety of books after school. Last but not least, a certain amount of time should be spent in listening exercises. As long as you can make good use of your spared time to learn English, surely, you will make rapid progress. Just as the saying going , “Where there is a will, and there is a way.” If you stick to your dream and study hardly, I’m sure you will be successful in your English study.‎ Yours,‎ Li Hua 第二节 书面表达（满分20分）‎ 假如你是某英语报社“烦恼和我说”栏目的编辑Mary, 收到中学生Mike的来信。请你阅读这封信后，给他回信。词数120左右。‎ Dear Ms Mary,‎ Though living in a wealthy family, I don’t feel as happy as other boys because I’m forbidden to do what I want to, such as surfing the Internet, playing with my friends, buying what I want, and so on. My parents ask me to study all day. I feel they are too hard on me. I often feel upset as I have no freedom. What shall I do? I would greatly appreciate it if you could give me some advice.‎ Yours,‎ Mike 回信应包括以下两个要点：（1）简述自己类似的经历；（2）提出至少两条建议。‎ 高二英语答案 ‎1 - 5 CBABC 6 - 1 0 ACCCB 11 - 15 AABAC 16 - 2 0 ACABC ‎21-24 DCDB 25-28 DCBB 29-32ABCD 33-35 CDA ‎36-40 FAEGC 41-45 CCABD 46-50DACBB 51-55CDABC ‎56-60 BDCAD ‎61 As 62 have dreamed/dreamt 63.going 64 from 65 a ‎ ‎66 lives 67 is 68to help 69 on 70 only 短文改错 ‎1. 第一句a改为an 2. 第二句中ask改为asking ‎3. 第三句中word改为words 4. 第四句中much改为many ‎5. 第五句中在suggested前添加is 6. 第六句中in改为on ‎7. 第七句中spared改为spare 8. 第八句中going改为goes ‎9. 第九句中去掉and 10. 最后一句中hardly改为hard ‎ 书面表达 Dear Mike,‎ I can understand how you feel. When I was young, I had the same experience as you do. But after I talked with my parents heart to heart, we had a better understanding of each other. So try to communicate with your parents to let them know that you are old enough to manage your own business well. To understand them better, always put yourself in their position. Don’t you think that all parents in the world love their children even though they are sometimes strict and serious? If you can spend your time and money more wisely, I am sure that your parents will trust you and you will enjoy more freedom.‎ By the way, it’s understandable that your parents ask you to put your studies in the first place.‎ I hope my advice is helpful for you.‎ ‎ Yours,‎ ‎ Mary