2017-2018学年湖北省荆州中学高二上学期期末考试 英语 Word版

2017-2018学年湖北省荆州中学高二上学期期末考试 英语 Word版

荆州中学2017～2018学年度上学期 期 末 考 试 卷 年级：高二 科目：英语 ‎ 第Ⅰ卷 本试题卷共8页81题。全卷满分150分。考试用时120分钟。‎ ‎★祝考试顺利★‎ 第一部分:听力（共两节，满分30分）‎ 做题时，先将答案划在试卷上。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。‎ 例：How much is the shirt?‎ A. £ 19.15. B. £ 9.18. C. £ 9.15.‎ 答案是C。‎ ‎1. What is the weather like?‎ A. Rainy. B. Cloudy. C. Sunny.‎ ‎2. What did the woman ask her boss for probably?‎ A. A day off. B. A pay rise. C. A vacation.‎ ‎3. Where does the conversation most probably take place?‎ A. At a theater. B. At a restaurant. C. At a bus station.‎ ‎4. Why does the man look terrible?‎ A. He got the flu. B. He studied late last night. C.He had difficulty in sleeping.‎ ‎5. What do we know about the sisters?‎ A. They are different in character. B. They have a lot in common. C. They have beautiful voices.‎ 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，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、7题。‎ ‎6. What does the man do?‎ A. A pilot. B. A scientist. C. An office clerk.‎ ‎7. What are the speakers talking about?‎ A. Their jobs. B. Their dreams. C. Their hobbies.‎ 听第7段材料，回答第8、9题。‎ ‎8. What can we learn from the conversation?‎ A. The woman is in a rush. B. It is going to rain soon. C. The traffic is heavy then.‎ ‎9. Where is the woman going?‎ A. Her house. B. The office. C. West 22nd Street.‎ 听第8段材料，回答第10至12题。‎ ‎10. What type of movies does the woman like the most?‎ A. Detective stories. B. Science fiction. C. Romantic comedies.‎ ‎11. What is the fun of detective movies said by the woman?‎ A. The exciting plot.‎ B. The eye-catching scenes.‎ C. The competition with the “detective”.‎ ‎12. What does the woman think about science fiction movies?‎ A. She doesn’t like it. B. It’s scary sometimes. C. It’s funny.‎ 听第9段材料，回答第13至16题。‎ ‎13. Why is the man upset?‎ A. He didn’t get the promotion. B. He was punished by the boss. C. He just lost a business deal.‎ ‎14. What does the woman suggest the man do?‎ A. Talk with the boss. B. Quit his job. C. Let go of it.‎ ‎15. What do we know about the man?‎ A. He got a 200,000-dollar-deal last month.‎ B. He doesn’t work hard enough.‎ C. He is too shy and nervous.‎ ‎16. What will the woman do next week?‎ A. Throw a party. B. Ask for a pay rise. C. Work in a new company.‎ 听第10段材料，回答第17至20题。‎ ‎17. What were the earliest form of the blues?‎ A. War songs. B. Work songs. C. Holiday songs.‎ ‎18. What does the name blues come from?‎ A. Happiness and Harvest. B. Anger and sadness. C. Loneliness and sorrow.‎ ‎19. What can we know about Bessie Smith?‎ A. She had made 150 records in her life.‎ B. She didn’t like to give live performances.‎ C. She died at age 43.‎ ‎20. What caused Bessie’s death?‎ A. A car accident. B. Gun shot. C. Illness.‎ 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 Cosmetic surgery (整容手术) is not something to be entered into lightly. Unfortunately, in this modern world, we have become confused by very narrow standards of beauty. Images of stars who never seem to age are seen everywhere these days. We forget the fact that most of these images are the result of super photo manipulation (处理), driven by the extremely powerful beauty industry. We are all different — why should we all look the same? Isn’t there more to life than having surgery in order to have the same boring face that everybody else wants to have?‎ ‎—Dr Elisabeth McKenna, Psychologist ‎ Yes, it’s not real! That’s what I told my friends when they started asking me about my nose job. I’d always been sensitive to my nose, but it took me a long time before I decided to go for cosmetic surgery. I took advice from several doctors and after careful consideration I finally decided to have it done. I had been saving money from my part-time job and my parents helped me out with the rest. It was quite expensive but I don’t regret a penny of it. In fact I wish I’d had it done a few years ago. I’ m sure I wouldn’t have been laughed at so much at school.‎ ‎—Debbie Caron, Student It makes me really angry to think of the millions of people who spend much money on cosmetic surgery. Surgery should be carried out for medical purposes, not vanity (虚荣心). I would rather all the money spent on cosmetic surgery was used to treat people around the world who are in need but can’t get proper medical treatment. Furthermore, there are thousands of under-qualified doctors out there who only care about getting as rich as possible as quickly as possible. They don’t care about the psychological and physical damage they do. The whole industry makes me sick. We should do something to stop it.‎ ‎—Danny Glass, Student ‎21. What does Dr Elisabeth McKenna suggest?‎ A. Don’t be fooled by “perfection”. B. Cosmetic surgery often goes wrong.‎ C. The beauty industry needs improving. D. It’s unnecessary to set new standards of beauty.‎ ‎22. What did Debbie Caron’s cosmetic surgery bring to her?‎ A. More friends. B. More worries.‎ C. More self-confidence. D. More job opportunities.‎ ‎23. How does Danny Glass feel about those who have cosmetic surgery?‎ A. They should be treated as patients. B. They hurt themselves psychologically and physically.‎ C. They can have a new start. D. They waste money and medical resources.‎ B About 150 years ago, a village church priest, Patric Bronte, in Yorkshire, England, had three lovely, intelligent daughters but his hopes fell entirely on the only male successor, Branwell, a youth with remarkable talent in both art and literature.‎ Branwell’s father and sisters saved their pennies to pack him off to London’s Royal Academy of Arts, but if art was his calling, he dialed a wrong number. Within weeks he ended up going ‎ back home, a penniless failure. ‎ Hopes still high, the family landed Branwell a job as a private tutor, hoping this would free him to develop his literary skills and achieve the success and fame that he deserved. Failure again. ‎ Still, the selfless sisters set aside their own goals, farming themselves out as teachers and governesses in support of their increasingly indebted brother, convinced the world must eventually recognize his genius. As failure multiplied, Branwell turned to alcohol, then opium, and eventually died as he had lived: a failure. So died hope in the one male — but what of the three sisters?‎ During Branwell’s last years, the girls published a book of poetry at their own expense (under a pen name, for fear of reviewers’ prejudice against females). Even Branwell might have laughed: they sold only two copies.‎ They didn’t give up. Instead, they continued in their spare time, late at night by candlelight, to pour out their contained emotion, writing of what they knew best, of women in conflict with their natural desires and social condition, in reality, less fiction than autobiography! And 19th century literature was transformed by Anne’s Agnes Grey, Emily’s Wuthering Heights, and Charlotte’s Jane Eyre.‎ But years of sacrifice for Branwell had eventually ruined their health. Emily took ill at her brother’s funeral and died within 3 months, aged 29; Anne died 5 months later, aged 30; Charlotte lived only to age 39. If only they had been highly thought of instead of sacrificed.‎ No one remembers Branwell’s name, much less of his art or literature, but the Bronte sisters’ tragically short lives teach us even more of life than literature.‎ 24. What might lead to the sad ending of the three Bronte sisters?‎ A. That to be a writer was a really tough road to go.‎ B. The social prejudice against women in those days.‎ C. Their poor family.‎ D. The failure of their brother.‎ ‎25. What does the underlined part probably mean in paragraph 2 ?‎ A. He gave a wrong call to a person. B. He shouldn’t have spent much on art.‎ ‎ C. He was not talented in art at all. D. He was actually not promising on the way of art.‎ ‎26. According to the passage, what can be inferred from the story of Branwell?‎ A. Gift is not necessarily a guarantee of success.‎ B. Gift is a burden for a person.‎ C. A person’s success is largely due to the support of his family.‎ D. Too many choices may lead to success in none.‎ ‎27. Were Patric Bronte alive, what might he regret most?‎ A. Not taking good care of his children.‎ B. Intending his son for an artist or a writer.‎ C. Putting all of his eggs in one male basket.‎ D. Sacrificing too many pennies for his son. ‎ C The end of the school year is in sight — Christmas cards, candy canes and of course, end of year reports.‎ While most parents welcome an assessment of their kids’ performance, they do not expect their own input to be evaluated. But a school in the UK is changing that. As well as assessing their students, they are dishing out grades to mums and dads. Parents that are really involved in their kids’ education are rewarded with an A, and parents that haven’t done their bit get a disappointing D.‎ The school, Greasley Beauvale Primary in Nottinghamshire, uses standard such as whether mums and dads have attended school events such as plays and parent teacher evenings to decide on the grade. The school’s principal, Donna Chambers, said that the scheme had been well received.‎ ‎“There were some critics. In spite of it, between 15 per cent and 20 per cent of parents started out in the lower categories but now that has been reduced to just two per cent,” she explained.‎ Chambers hopes that the scheme will help motivate parental involvement. “The system is important because you have got to get the parents on board from day one. That one hour initial conversation saying they could improve will make a difference to the rest of that child’s academic life”, she said.‎ But while the scheme may be well intentioned, it is likely to be connected with parent shaming. There are lots of reasons why some mums and dads might not be involved in school activities such as work commitments, looking after younger children or caring for elderly relatives.‎ And of course, being involved in your kid’s education doesn’t begin and end at school. There is a lot that goes on behind the scenes from helping with homework to keeping uniforms freshly laundered. And what about all the parents who stayed up sewing special costumes at the last minute? Surely that earns a gold star instead of a grade!‎ ‎28. What do schools usually do at the end of the school year?‎ A. Evaluating kids’ performances. B. Making Christmas cards.‎ C. Dividing candies. D. Grading parents.‎ ‎29. What does the school’s principal Chambers say about the scheme?‎ A. It uses a new way to evaluate kids.‎ B. It has gained much acceptance.‎ C. It gives parents further education.‎ D. It improves kids’ motivation for learning.‎ ‎30. What does the author think of parents being involved in kids’ education?‎ A. It adds to parents’ burden.‎ B. It brings shame to parents.‎ C. It means far more than being graded.‎ D. It increases parents’ commitment to education.‎ ‎31. What is the passage mainly about?‎ A. There is too much stress for parents about their children’s academic life. ‎ B. Parents as well as their children are on the list of the year school report. ‎ C. Parents should be involved in children’s school life. ‎ D. Whether a parent is excellent depends on the grade he gets.‎ D Scientists in Britain have managed to teach bees to pull strings(绳子) to get to food and then pass on what they have learned to others in their group一showing a high level of intelligence despite their tiny brains.‎ Researchers at Queen Mary University of London said the experiments, often used to test the intelligence of apes and birds，showed for the first time that some insects are up to the task，and can also pass skills on through several generations.‎ The findings add to the evidence suggesting the ability for “culture spread” 一 the ability to learn and pass on knowledge and skills — may not be exclusive to humans.‎ In the research, published in the journal PLOS Biology on Tuesday, the scientists were able to train 23 out of a group of 40 bees to pull strings with their legs and feet.‎ The strings were attached to discs — or artificial “flowers” 一 containing food at their center but placed under a transparent screen. The bees，spotting the food beneath the screen, learned to pull the “flowers” out by pulling the string with their legs and feet to be able to get to it.‎ From another group of bees given the chance to solve the task without any training, only two of 110 were successful.‎ Another group of bees was then allowed to observe the trained bees pulling the strings，and 60 percent of them successfully learned the skill. Finally，trained bees were put in groups，and the scientists found the technique spread successfully to a majority of the group’s worker bees.‎ Lars Chittka, a Queen‎ Mary ‎University professor who guided the project, said the team is interested in figuring out the brain processes behind the bees’ learning and teaching skills.‎ ‎32. Which of the following is the closest in meaning to the underlined word “exclusive” in Paragraph 3?‎ A. appropriate. B. unique. C. beneficial. D. widespread. ‎ ‎33. What did the researchers find about bees?‎ A. Bees learn best in insects. B. Bees are as clever as birds.‎ C. Bees are born good learners. D. Bees can be trained to learn skills.‎ ‎34. What may the research team focus on next?‎ A. What else bees can do. B. Where bees learn skills.‎ C. How bees teach others. D. How bees’ brain work.‎ ‎35. What may be the best title for the text?‎ A. Small bees, great abilities. B. Bees can learn and teach.‎ C. Bees are smarter. D. Let bees learn.‎ 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。‎ One morning last week I looked out of my study window and saw that it was a fine day. No, it was a wonderful day: the sun shone down from a sky without even a single cloud. But later that day, hard at work at my desk, I heard a loud noise on the roof. Turning to the window, I saw that the sky was now the color of charcoal. Two minutes later the rain poured, making rivers of water. ‎ ‎ 36 It’s extremely variable. Go ahead with your picnic in the local park by all means, but don’t suppose that because the sun is shining now, it will be when you open your pack of sandwiches. 37 .‎ The weather in Britain is not always bad. 38 This is one of the biggest reasons why the British talk so often about the weather. Wherever there are strangers standing or sitting close together, and talk can not be avoided. The conversation focuses on the weather: “Yes, the weather has been good, hasn’t it?” or “ 39 ”‎ The unexpected change of the weather is something that every British can agree on. 40 Even those with different opinions on everything else in the world, such as the argument in the UK about membership of the European Union, can talk about the weather without leading to a quarrel. ‎ A. It is just changeable.‎ B. That makes it a safe topic of conversation.‎ C. You’d better take an umbrella, just in case.‎ D. What shocking weather we’ve been having!‎ E. Strangers will choose to talk about the weather to break the ice.‎ F. This story will give you some idea about weather in Britain.‎ G. Are you going for a picnic?‎ 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）‎ 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，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。‎ I have written a poem called Flying Kites, in which a man 41 his son to fly a kite. After a few minutes, the child 42 drops the string and lets the kite soar(高飞). With joy in his eyes, he watches it climb until it disappears 43 . The father realizes that 44 he’ll have to loosen the string that ties him to his son. And he 45 ,“Will I release the tie as unselfishly as that?” ‎ Many years later my son, Gary, 46 he wouldn’t finish his college career. I tried to talk him out of it. But none of my reasoning made any 47 . At the end of the semester Gary moved back home. ‎ Gary‎ managed to find a job at a nursery and went at it with 48 enthusiasm. I, 49 , was deeply disappointed. What was a college professor’s 50 doing at a job that any high school dropout could perform? Then I tried to 51 him. “Look,” I said, “In a few years you’ll be at your high school reunion with 52 classmates who became doctors, lawyers, and engineers. Do you think you’ll be able to 53 that?” ‎ ‎“Yes, Dad,” he replied without 54 . Then he fixed his eyes on mine and said, “But the real question is: Can you?” ‎ Shame suddenly 55 me. I wasn’t thinking about my son; I was thinking about myself and what my friends would think. The problem wasn’t Gary’s pride; it was mine. All at once I remembered my 56 and the question it asked “ Will I release the 57 as unselfishly as that?”. At that moment I knew I had to let go. Gary was 58 enough to make his own choices. ‎ ‎ Today Gary has a successful career working for the city. I am very 59 of who he has become. 60 I let go of my pride, I’ve been able to sit back and enjoy watching him soar. ‎ ‎41. A. constructs B. instructs C. advises D. allows ‎ ‎42. A. suddenly B. sadly C. automatically D. abnormally ‎43. A. in particular B. in a way C. in place D. in the ‎ distance ‎ ‎44. A. endlessly B. eventually C. permanently D. temporarily ‎ ‎45. A. states B. guesses C. wonders D. hesitates ‎ ‎46. A. predicted B. explained C. guaranteed D. announced ‎ ‎47. A. progress B. contribution C. sense D. difference ‎ ‎48. A. little B. usual C. mild D. pretended ‎ ‎49. A. therefore B. besides C. however D. otherwise ‎ ‎50. A. daughter B. nephew C. son D. cousin ‎ ‎51. A. support B. accept C. contradict D. persuade ‎ ‎52. A. disappointed B. prejudiced C. latter D. former ‎ ‎53. A. prevent B. forget C. handle D. admit ‎ ‎54. A. hesitation B. commitment C. effect D. effort ‎ ‎55. A. transformed B. flooded C. panicked D. angered ‎ ‎56. A. job B. school C. poem D. kite ‎ ‎57. A. shame B. string C. career D. pride ‎ ‎58. A. old B. tough C. cautious D. fit ‎ ‎59. A. conscious B. guilty C. ashamed D. proud ‎ ‎60. A. Since B. When C. Although D. Unless 第二节（共10小题;每小题1.5分，满分15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。‎ ‎ ____61____ (expose) to smoking for a long time, you may find it hard to give it up. And the effects it has ____62____ you may die hard. But do you know ___63____ it is that results in such a situation? First, quantities of nicotine you get into your body___64____ (be) the source of your physical addiction. Second, your habit is to blame and you just can’t accustom ___65___ (you) to the absence of nicotine in your body. Third, most___66____ (probable), you can be mentally addicted and believe smoking makes you feel good. However, demanding as it is, you do not need to put up with the situation. Every time you feel ___67___(anxiety), just remember under no circumstances should you reach for a cigarette. It’s also suggested that help ___68____(need) if the situation is desperate. Of course, the most important is to ___69___ (strong) your resolve whenever you want to quit. And you can depend on it ___70____ you can completely get rid of it as long as you keep trying.‎ 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）‎ 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。‎ There is little doubt that whether it is human activity rather than natural phenomena that have ‎ caused global warming. It is largely due to the burning of the fossile fuels ranged from gas to oil. And almost all scientists subscribe to a view above. Besides, their attitudes towards this rise are absolute different. On one hand, some think if there is not such a rise, plants would not grow quicker and crops would not produce more. On the other hand, those opposed to the view thought that it is very serious. In their opinion, any trend in that the temperature increases by 5 degrees will lead to a catastrophe. In spite of this, that doesn’t mean we can do nothing . With our natural resources running out, we should do what we can protect our earth!‎ 第二节:书面表达（满分25分）‎ 假如你是李华。请你给你的加拿大朋友Nick写一封信，介绍你的新校园的有关情况。要点包括：‎ ‎1. 新校园位于城市东北，占地约16万平方米，兼具文化性和现代性；主要建筑包括教学楼，实验楼，图书楼，宿舍，餐厅和体育馆等等。学校设施齐备，师资优良。‎ ‎2. 你在新校园的学习生活情况。‎ ‎3. 邀请Nick来你校参观。‎ 注意：‎ ‎1. 词数：120词左右，开头已经给出，不计入总词数。‎ ‎2. 可适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。‎ ‎3. 参考词汇：校园 campus ‎ Dear Nick, ‎ How are things going? Recently we have settled into a new campus. So I’m writing with great excitement to tell you something about it.‎ ‎________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ ‎ Yours,‎ Li Hua 高二英语期末试题答案 第一部分 听力 ‎1-5 ABBBA 6-10 CBCAC 11-15 CBAAC 16-20 ABCCA 第二部分 阅读 ‎21-23 ACD 24-27 BDAC 28-31 ABCB 32-35 BDDB ‎ ‎ 第三部分 完形填空 ‎ ‎41-45 BADBC 46-50 DDBCC 51-55 DDCAB 56-60 CBADA ‎61. Having been exposed 62. on 63.what 64.are 65. yourself ‎66. probably 67.anxious 68.be needed 69.strengthen 70. that 第四部分 ‎71.去掉whether 72. have--has 73. ranged--ranging 74. a—the 75. Besides--However ‎ ‎76. absolute--absolutely 77. is--were 78.thought--think 7 9. that—which 80.can后加to Possible version:‎ Dear Nick,‎ ‎ How are things going? Recently we have settled into a new campus. So I’m writing with great excitement to tell you something about it.‎ Located in the southeast of our city, our new campus is very spacious with an area of about 16,0000 square meters. All buildings are both cultural and modern, including several teaching buildings, dormitories, a gym and a dining hall and so on. ‎ With all the first-level equipment, the most experienced teachers and the best students, I am actively preparing myself for the entrance examination about one year later. At the same time, we can participate in colorful after-class activities and social practice, which are intended for broadening our mind and developing our potential talents. So I really consider it a great honor to study here and I sincerely hope you can come to have a visit for its beauty.‎ Best wishes and looking forward to your coming!‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ Yours sincerely,‎ ‎ Li Hua