2017-2018学年广西南宁市第二中学高二上学期末期考试英语试题（Word版）

2017-2018学年广西南宁市第二中学高二上学期末期考试英语试题（Word版）

广西南宁市第二中学2017-2018学年高二上学期期末考试 英语试卷 第一卷 第一部分 听力（共两节，满分30分）‎ 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. When does the woman usually get home from work?‎ A. About 6:30.‎ B. About 7:30.‎ C. About 8:30.‎ ‎2. Which sweater will the man take?‎ A. The red one.‎ B. The blue one.‎ C. The yellow one.‎ ‎3. How will the man pay?‎ A. In cash.‎ B. By credit card.‎ C. By traveler’s check.‎ ‎4. Where are the woman’s keys?‎ A. In her pocket.‎ B. On the floor.‎ C. On the table.‎ ‎5. What will the man probably do tonight?‎ A. Read Chapter 4.‎ B. Study in the library.‎ C. Watch the football match.‎ 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。听完每段对话或独白前，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 is the relationship between the two speakers?‎ A. Travel agent and customer.‎ B. Husband and wife.‎ C. Boss and secretary.‎ ‎7. When will the meeting end?‎ A. At 3:00 pm.‎ B. At 5:00 pm.‎ C. At 6:30 pm.‎ 听第7段对话，回答第8至10题。‎ ‎8. Where is the foreign language section?‎ A. In Row 3.‎ B. In Row 5.‎ C. In Row 7.‎ ‎9. What does the man decide to borrow?‎ A. Novels.‎ B. Biographies.‎ C. Magazines.‎ ‎10. How many books can a student borrow at a time?‎ A. 2.‎ B. 3.‎ C. 5.‎ 听第8段材料，回答第11至13题。‎ ‎11. Why does the man make the call?‎ A. To ask for information.‎ B. To make an appointment.‎ C. To send out an invitation.‎ ‎12. What sport is the man interested in?‎ A. Football.‎ B. Basketball.‎ C. Swimming.‎ ‎13. On what days is the sports center closed?‎ A. Mondays.‎ B. Fridays.‎ C. Sundays.‎ 听第9段材料，回答第14至16题。‎ ‎14. When did the woman arrive?‎ A. Friday.‎ B. Saturday.‎ C. Sunday.‎ ‎15. What major did the man choose in the end?‎ A. English.‎ B. Biology.‎ C. History.‎ ‎16. What suggestion does the man give on reading the books?‎ A. Making notes.‎ B. Skimming first.‎ C. Reading word by word.‎ 听第10段材料，回答第17至20题。‎ ‎17. When did the magician first perform professionally?‎ A. In 1972.‎ B. In 1968.‎ C. In 1964.‎ ‎18. What made the magician world famous?‎ A. His teaching job.‎ B. His global tour.‎ C. His TV show.‎ ‎19. Which does the magician think is his greatest achievement?‎ A. Project Magic.‎ B. Box office records.‎ C. The Magic of ABC.‎ ‎20. How is the magician different from other magicians?‎ A. He started his career early.‎ B. He believes in wonder.‎ C. He practices hard.‎ 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 Signing up for a digital TV service provides you with access to over 200 channels from all over the globe. However, television today is dominated by adult language, making it hard for concerned families to find channels suitable for young eyes. Therefore, most movie channels are automatically removed form the list of TV channels for an entire family. The following are some good ones based on popularity on a global scale. ‎ Discovery Channel ‎ Discovery and its many channels can be considered as the founding father of informative channels on television. What National Geographic does in a scholastic(学术的) manner, Discovery tries to do in an entertaining manner—educating the masses about anything and everything. ‎ Fox Family ‎ Finding a movie channel that broadcasts pictures suitable for teenagers and kids alike is very difficult unless your service operator offers you Fox family movies. This channel screens most movies before it broadcasts them, ensuring that no movie shows unacceptable material for young eyes. ‎ Nickelodeon ‎ A channel very similar to Cartoon Network, it mostly shows US programs. However, t heir shows are sometimes a bit more mature for younger kids and better suited to kids aged 5and up. ‎ ABC Family ‎ ABC started the ABC family channel in an attempt to introduce family-centered shows and serials to the public in the USA. The need for this channel was felt after ABC observed the lack of proper family type US channels. ‎ Living If traveling is a family hobby and better living is the motto then there is no better channel than Living. Kids can see never-seen-before sights, learning about new places while adults can practice their cooking and learn amazing things about motorbikes. ‎ ‎21. According to the text, most channels offered by a digital TV service ______. ‎ A. can keep people away from TV violence ‎ B. are welcomed by families with small children ‎ C. are concerned about the proper use of language ‎ D. are unsuitable for the whole family to watch together ‎ ‎22. Which of the following can best describe Discovery Channel? ‎ A. Relaxing. ‎ B. Touching. ‎ C. Commercial. ‎ D. Professional. ‎ ‎23. If people want to know about what a traditional family is like, they can choose ____. ‎ A. Fox Family ‎ B. Nickelodeon ‎ C. ABC Family ‎ D. Living B It was a village in India. The people were poor. However, they were not unhappy. After all, their forefathers had lived in the same way for centuries.‎ Then one day, some visitors from the city arrived. They told the villagers there were some people elsewhere who liked to eat frog’s legs. However, they did not have enough frogs of their own, and so they wanted to buy frogs from other places.‎ This seemed like money for nothing. There were millions of frogs in the fields around, and they were no use to the villagers. All they had to do was catch them. Agreement was reached, and the children were sent into the fields to catch frogs. Every week a truck arrived to collect the catch and hand over the money. For the first time, the people were able to dream of a better future. But the dream didn’t last long.‎ The change was hardly noticed at first, but it seemed as if the crops were not doing so well. More worrying was that the children fell ill more often, and, there seemed to be more insects around lately.‎ The villagers decided that they couldn’t just wait to see the crops failing and the children have to use the money earned to buy pesticides(杀虫剂) and medicines. Soon there was no money left.‎ Then the people realized what was happening. It was the frog. They hadn’t been useless. They had been doing an important job—eating insects. Now with so many frogs killed, the insects were increasing more rapidly. They were damaging the crops and spreading diseases.‎ Now, the people are still poor. But in the evenings they sit in the village square and listen to sounds of insects and frogs. These sounds of the night now have a much deeper meaning.‎ ‎24. From paragraph 1 we learn that the villagers __________.‎ A. worked very hard for centuries B. dreamed of having a better life C. were poor but somewhat content ‎ D. lived a different life from their forefathers ‎25. Why did the villagers agree to sell frogs?‎ A. The frogs were easy money.‎ B. They needed money to buy medicine.‎ C. They wanted to please the visitors.‎ D. The frogs made too much noise.‎ ‎26. What might be the cause of the children’s sickness?‎ A. The crops didn't do well.‎ B. There were too many insects.‎ C. The visitors brought in diseases.‎ D. The pesticides were overused.‎ ‎27. What can we infer from the last sentence of the text?‎ A. Happiness comes from peaceful life in the country.‎ B. Health is more important than money.‎ C. The harmony between man and nature is important.‎ D. Good old day will never be forgotten.‎ C Payment platforms run promotions to boost WeChat and Alipay, two major online payment platforms in China, and call for consumers to go cashless and cardless in their daily life in August. Cashlessness is a new Chinese characteristic. In a recent report by Tencent, the Chongyang Institute for Financial Studies at Renmin University of China, and French market research firm Ipsos, 84 percent of Chinese were “comfortable” going out with only mobile phones, no cash. ‎ Gao Jingwen, in her 20s, can hardly recall when she last paid in cash. “I do not need cash in a restaurant, seeing a doctor, paying electricity and water bills. I cannot think of any place I cannot pay with my smartphone,” she says. The new payment pattern has won over Chinese consumers with its convenience and flexibility, squeezing the market share of card and cash payments. It has also helped improve the outdated, time-consuming services at government offices and public sectors(部门). ‎ Alipay or WeChat? This is the question often asked when a purchase is made in China. Cards and cash, the once major purchasing methods, have become a second option in less than half a decade. “Mobile payment companies were worried about their future just four years ago, but the spread of technology has gone beyond the imagination of almost everyone,” says Li Gang, a professor at the Tencent Research Institute. ‎ Data from the People's Bank of China showed a total of 157 trillion yuan of payments were made on mobile devices in China last year, more than 200 times that in the United States in the same period. The figure is expected to continue expanding by 50 percent each year, it said. It is no accident that mobile payment has expanded so fast in China. According to a report by eMarketer, China's lack of “credit card culture” has somewhat fueled the popularization of mobile payments, especially in small cities and underdeveloped areas. ‎ Both the internet giants have actively expanded their services overseas since last year.‎ ‎ Alipay can be used in several hundreds of thousands of shops in over 70 countries, while WeChat has landed in 19 countries and regions, including Japan, Thailand and Republic of Korea－most popular destinations among Chinese tourists. “The door to a new world has opened, and a promising future awaits,” Jia says. ‎ ‎28. Most people choose to pay with phones not because it is ______. ‎ A. flexible ‎ B. time-saving ‎ C. convenient ‎ D. comfortable ‎ ‎29. From the data given by the People’s Bank of China, we can learn ______. ‎ A. Mobile payment is not popular in the United States. ‎ B. People in China are unwilling to use cards and cash. ‎ C. Mobile payment has a bright future in China. ‎ D. 2018 will see about 200 trillion in mobile payment. ‎ ‎30. The underlined word “fueled” in the last paragraph but one means ______.‎ A. tightened ‎ B. increased ‎ C. flowed ‎ D. obtained ‎ ‎31. Which of the following can be the best title for the text? ‎ A. The Internet giants expand their services overseas ‎ B. Mobile payment witnesses a boom in China. ‎ C. Payment platforms run promotions a lot. ‎ D. Payment pattern opens a door to the world.‎ D 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 Barnes. ‎ Ten healthy volunteers 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 medicine is stopping coughs. ‎ The team found that, when the volunteers were given theobromine, the capsaicin need to produce a cough was around a third higher than in the placebo group. When they were given codeine they need only slightly higher levers 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.‎ ‎32. 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 ‎33. What was used in the experiment to cause coughing? ‎ A. Theobromine. ‎ B. Capsaicin. ‎ C. Codeine. ‎ D. Placebo.‎ ‎34. We learn from the text that volunteers in the experiment _____.‎ A. were patients with bad coughs ‎ B. received standard treatments C. were divided into the three groups ‎ D. suffered little side effects ‎35. 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 ‎ B. Theobromine Can Cause Coughs 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。‎ People have always wanted to know what our future will look like. Then, how can we? 36 The world has changed a lot in the last 150 years, but we humans are driven by the same basic needs as we were 150 years ago, such as food, sleep, the feeling of being appreciated and loved. 37 No. In addition, generally speaking, the inventions for the last 150 years have been a human effort for freedom and communication, to be able to get in control of the time and world. Since there is still much to do in this area, this will be focus at least for the next 150 years.‎ But why do we need to predict the future? Predicting the future is important for two reason: First, we need to start to think about what kind of future we would like for ourselves and to pass on to the next generation. 38 ‎ How about the virtual worlds? It might be in the future to experience the sand between your toes, and hear the waves, just lying in your bed at home. 39 So, even if a great invention is there for an affordable price, it’ll never take the place of the common experience if it is not real.‎ ‎ 40 What we’ll see in the next 50 years is the transition(过渡) from an oil-dependent society to a new society. Here there’ll be new medicine, continued exploration of space, challenges in the climate change, and new inventions that make life a little easier.‎ A. So what will the future look like then?‎ B. Will this change in the next 150 years?‎ C. Predicting the future can help us in many ways.‎ D. However, you’ll never get the feeling of being there.‎ E. Well, to understand the future, you must know the past.‎ F. However, no matter how real the experience will feel, it doesn’t happen for real.‎ G. Then we need to know what decisions we need to make that will give the best result in the future.‎ 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，从短文后所给各题四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。‎ Once upon a time there was one storyteller. After getting 41 of telling old fabricated stories, he left his house ‎ ‎ ‎42 ‎‎ a real life story.‎ He reached a village and took a cottage for rent. After wandering in the village throughout the month, he couldn't 43 one. 44 , he decided to stop his search.‎ The next day, while sitting in the cottage, he 45 heard a voice—a woman was yelling(吼叫) 46 someone. The voice was coming from the big wall behind his cottage. He tried to hear the conversation; it 47 like the woman was abusing(辱骂)her daughter-in-law. The storyteller didn't like it 48 he was happy to finally get his story.‎ Listening to the conversations each day he 49 them to his story. 50 he couldn't see the characters of his story, he started 51 the mother-in-law, as she seemed to be a villain(坏人). ‎ Now it was time to 52 the end of the story. But before he did, the storyteller wanted to 53 the characters once with his own eyes, so he climbed up the wall. There he saw the mother-in-law sitting in a wheelchair. It seemed she was disabled and that the daughter-in-law was resting nearby. He saw the old lady trying to get some food lying on the table near her chair. But because of her 54 , she couldn't 55 it and it looked like the daughter-in-law was enjoying the old lady's 56 . Suddenly the old lady fell from the chair and started abusing her daughter-in-law.‎ The storyteller went back and quickly changed the 57 of the story. He was surprised at 58 different it was compared to what he originally thought it would be. ‎ Truly he had found both a real life 59 ; never judge a situation 60 you know all the aspects well.‎ ‎41. A. doubtful B. tired C. frightened D. upset ‎42. A. in place of B. be fond of C. in search of D. in need of ‎43. A. find B. design C. explore D. request ‎44. A. Excited B. Unfortunate C. Unsatisfied D. Disappointed ‎45. A. frequently B. suddenly C. naturally D. personally ‎46. A. in B. on C. off D. at ‎47. A. tasted B. looked C. felt D. sounded ‎48. A. so B. and C. but D. as ‎49. A. added B. showed C. reported D. expressed ‎50. A. So that B. Ever since C. Even though D. In order to ‎51. A. supporting B. watching C. admitting D. hating ‎52. A. finish B. tell C. publish D. change ‎53. A. interview B. experience C. see D. introduce ‎54. A. disagreement B. condition C. shortcoming D. identity ‎55. A. judge B. reach C. stand D. beg ‎56. A. entertainment B. problem C. weakness D. helplessness ‎57. A. ending B. beginning C. purpose D. clue ‎58. A. why B. how C. where D. what ‎59. A. decision B. experience C. intelligence D. lesson ‎60. A. if B. for C. unless D. as 第二卷 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（每空1词）或括号内单词的正确形式。‎ We think that life in Chinese high school is an adventure in which we have to survive mountains of homework and exams. Yet would it be __61__ (surprise) if I tell you that high school life in the US is almost as stressful and demanding as it is in China?‎ In US high school, everything __62__ (record) and graded, including your grades on quizzes, tests and final examinations. Failing __63__ (turn) in your homework on time will directly affect your grade for a certain course. Perhaps contrary to __64__ we used to think of the US high school students, they pay great attention to their __65__ (academy) performance to try to get ‎ into distinguished university. __66__, they'll be disappointed after graduation from high school.‎ Like university students, the US high school students have the __67__ (free) to choose the courses that most interest __68__ (they). Even a 9thgrader can sit __69__ the same classroom as 12thgraders. But this also means he or she has to work very hard, because the teacher will not treat him or her differently just because he or she is a few years __70__ (young).‎ 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限一词;‎ ‎ 2.只允许修改10处，多者（从第11处起）不计分。‎ My school holds a sports meeting in every October. We all looked forward to it, for it is a time for us to reduce stress and it always brings us lots of unforgettable memories. It usually last for three days, during which time we have no classes. All the student go to the playground to watch or joining in games. The part I like most is the relay race. With race going on, our excitement grows. All of them yell out “come on” to the athletes, watching them competing aggressive. The most breathtaking moment is that the athletes are getting to the finishing line. Somebody can tell who is the winner until the last minute.‎ 第二节 书面表达(满分25分)‎ 假如你是晨光中学的学生李华，为促进中澳文化交流，学校要在3月20日迎接一个澳大利亚学生团的来访。你要通过电子邮件向澳大利亚学生团团长怀特先生做一个参观活动的安排简介。请根据下面提示，写一篇英语邮件。‎ ‎1.说明写信的事由。‎ ‎2.提出活动安排：8:30在校门口列队欢迎；9:00观看艺术表演，参加学生社团活动；11:00在操场进行和澳大利亚学生代表队的篮球比赛。‎ ‎3.表达欢迎之意。‎ 要求：‎ ‎1.词数100左右；‎ ‎2.可以适当增加细节，使行文连贯。‎ Dear Mr. White,‎ ‎ How are you? ‎ ‎______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ ‎ ‎ Best wishes!‎ ‎ Yours sincerely,‎ Li Hua 广西南宁市第二中学2017-2018学年高二上学期期末考试 英语试卷答案 第一部分：听力参考答案：‎ ‎ 1----5 AAABC 6----10 CACBA 11---‎-15 ABAAC 16----20 BBCAB ‎ 第二部分：阅读理解参考答案（共20小题；每小题2分，满分40分）‎ A篇21-23 DAC B篇24-27 CABC C篇28-31 DCBB ‎ D篇32-35 DBCB 七选五EBGFA 第三部分 英语知识运用（共两节，满分45分）‎ 第一节 完形填空参考答案 ‎41—45BCADB 46—50 DDCAC 51—55 DACBB 56—60 DABDC 语法填空（共10分；每小题1.5分，满分15分）‎ ‎ 阅读下面内容，在空白处填上适当的内容或括号内单词的正确形式。‎ ‎61.surprising　此处是现在分词作形容词，意为“令人吃惊的”，符合语境。‎ ‎62.is recorded　everything和谓语record之间构成逻辑上的动宾关系，且表示客观情况，故用一般现在时的被动语态，即is recorded，与graded呼应。‎ ‎63.to turn　fail to do sth.意为“不能做某事”，为固定搭配。‎ ‎64.what　空处引导宾语从句，在从句中作宾语，表示物的概念，故填what。‎ ‎65.academic　修饰名词应用形容词，故用形容词academic修饰名词performance，作定语。‎ ‎66.Otherwise　根据语境可知，此处表示否则他们高中毕业后就会感到失望，故用副词otherwise，意为“否则”，作状语。‎ ‎67.freedom　由定冠词the可知，此处应用名词，即freedom。‎ ‎68.them　此处应用宾格形式，作动词interest的宾语，故填them。‎ ‎69.in　in the classroom意为“在教室里”，符合语境，故填in。‎ ‎70.younger　根据上文可知，9年级和12年级的学生比较，自然是年轻一些，故用形容词的比较级形式，即younger。‎ 第四部分：写作(共两节，满分35分)‎ 短文改错(共10小题；每小题l分，满分l0分)‎ 第一节 第一句：去掉in 第二句：looked→look 第三句：last→lasts 第四句：student→students; joining→join 第六句：race前加the 第七句：them→us; aggressive→aggressively 第八句：that→when 第九句：Somebody→Nobody 第二节 书面表达（满分25分）‎ ‎【范文】‎ Dear Mr. White,‎ How are you? I’m Li Hua, chairman of the Students’ Union in Chengguang‎ ‎High School. Our school will welcome your coming to promote the cultural exchange between China and Australia. In order to make sure that everything goes very well, I’d like you to know about the activities we’ve arranged.‎ Your visiting will be on March 20. We will meet you all at the school gate at 8:30.Then at about 9:00 we will take you to the lecture hall where you can watch the art performance by our schoolmates and take part in all kinds of afterschool activities. And after that, at 11:00, there will be a basketball match between you and me in the playground.‎ What do you think of it? I sincerely hope that you will have a good time in our school. We are pleased to welcome you.‎ Best wishes!‎ ‎ Yours sincerely,‎ ‎ Li Hua