2017-2018学年安徽省淮北市第一中学高二上学期期末考试英语试题 Word版

2017-2018学年安徽省淮北市第一中学高二上学期期末考试英语试题 Word版

第一部分：听力部分：（共两节，满分30分）‎ 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。‎ ‎1. What does the woman mean?‎ A. She has bought a present for Torn B. She wants to buy something on sale.‎ C. She hasn’t decided on the gift.‎ ‎2. What are the speakers talking about?‎ A. A festival. B. A party. C. A holiday plan.‎ ‎3. Why does the man make the call?‎ A. To invite the woman to the library.‎ B. To reschedule an appointment.‎ C. To apologize for being late.‎ ‎4. What is the weather like recently?‎ A. Dry. B. Rainy. C. Nice.‎ ‎5. When will the man fly to Guangzhou?‎ A. On August 1. B. On August 2. C. On August 3.‎ 第二节（共15小题；每小题1.5分，满分22.5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、7两个小题。‎ ‎6. What is the man looking for?‎ A. A photo. B. A coat. C. A camera.‎ ‎7. Where will the speakers probably go?‎ A. A park. B. The police station. C. A clothing shop.‎ 听下面一段对话，回答第8至第10三个小题。‎ ‎8. What is the man doing?‎ A. Apologizing for being late.‎ B. Making an invitation.‎ C. Putting off an appointment.‎ ‎9. When will the speakers meet tomorrow?‎ A. At 5:00 pm. B. At 6:00 pm. C. At 9:00 pm.‎ ‎10. What kind of food will the speakers have?‎ A. Chinese food. B. Italian food. C. Korean food.‎ 听下面一段对话，回答第11至第13三个小题。‎ ‎11 .What is the relationship between the speakers?‎ A. A couple. B. Co-workers. C. Classmates.‎ ‎12. Why does the woman prefer public transportation?‎ A. It’s safer. B. It’s cheaper. C. It’s greener.‎ ‎13. How does the man usually travel?‎ A. By car. B. By bus. C. By motorbike.‎ 听下面一段对话，回答第14至第17四个小题。‎ ‎14. What sport did the woman play yesterday?‎ A. Basketball. B. Football. C. Tennis.‎ ‎15. How does the man find basketball?‎ A. Difficult. B. Interesting. C. Boring.‎ ‎16. What does the man do?‎ A. A student. B. A teacher. C. A coach.‎ ‎17. What did the man do last Sunday?‎ A. He played football.‎ B. He watched TV.‎ C. He saw a match.‎ 听下面一段独白，回答第18至第20三个小题。‎ ‎18. What is the lowest price to go to Hawaii?‎ A. £199. B .£372. C. £400.‎ ‎19. Where can people have a package holiday?‎ A. Rome. B. Bahamas. C. New York.‎ ‎20. How can people get the brochure?‎ A. Make a call at 900-9889.‎ B. Visit www.funholidays.com.‎ C. Go to funholiday@google.com.‎ 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 Every day, people come into contact with thousands of chemicals. These chemicals are said to be harmless to human health. In fact, the chemicals are considered so safe that we wash with them. We put them on our bodies and even our faces. Other chemical products are used throughout our homes.‎ By the time you walk out of your front door, you have already been exposed to thousands of chemicals. On its own, each chemical seems harmless. But in combination with other chemicals, they may become deadly. That is the finding of a two - year study by a high - profile task force of scientists. The task force was told to investigate the cancer - causing possibility of chemical mixtures.‎ Linda Gulliver was one of the 174 scientists on the task force. Their job was to study the cancer - causing potential of 85 chemicals. All 85 are said to be common in the environment.‎ Ms. Gulliver explains that chemicals have the potential or ability to form dangerous mixtures. Even simple minerals can become dangerous when mixed with chemicals found in plastics or beauty products.‎ Working in groups, the scientists explored how different chemical mixtures could lead to cancer. Ms. Gulliver’s team looked at the ability of different combinations to support the increase of malignant human cells.‎ She says the current way to identify whether chemicals cause cancer is to test them one at a time. This method leads, she adds, to a long list of supposedly “safe” chemicals. She and her team say that approach needs to change.‎ ‎“We definitely need certain research to find out what mixtures of chemicals would be more harmful than others; what groups of chemicals, when together, would produce more harmful effects. And at the moment, that is not known.”‎ An estimated one in five cancers has been linked to chemical exposure. It may turn out that the cancer -causing villain is not a single chemical at all.‎ ‎21. What effect may one single chemical have on us according to the text?‎ A. It may destroy our body. B. It may not cause danger to us.‎ C. It may let us suffer from cancer. D. It may let our body make a change.‎ ‎22. What does the underlined word “malignant” mean?‎ A. friendly B. specific C. harmful D. kind ‎23. According to the text, we can infer that the study A. is just wasting time and money B. is still in need of great efforts C. will cause panic in public D. will be resisted by the public ‎24. What is the best title for the text?‎ A. Mixtures of Safe Chemicals May Cause Cancer B. Being Exposed to One Chemical Is Safe C. How Mixtures of Safe Chemicals become dangerous D. The Real Cause For Cancer B We were on our way home from Houston one Saturday morning. We decided to stop at a local gas station to get coffee and something to snack on since it was a good hour and a half before we got home.‎ When we were done, we got back into our car and before I started it, we noticed a man standing outside in front of the building. He was a homeless man with worn clothes and it looked like he had gone in and gotten himself some coffee or something warm to drink since it was cold this time of the year. He must have not had enough money to get something to eat.‎ Then a dog walked up to the front of the building. I could tell she was a “she”, because you could tell that she had baby dogs. She was terribly in need of something to eat and I felt so bad for her. I knew if she didn’t eat soon, she and her baby dogs would not make it,‎ I and my wife sat there and looked at her. We noticed that people walked by and didn’t even pet her, like most people do when they walk by an animal in front of a store. We still did not do anything. But the homeless man, who I thought did not buy himself anything to eat, went back into the store. And what he did brought tears to me and my wife. He had gone into the store and with what money he may have had, bought a can of dog food and fed that dog.‎ This story plays a great part in our lives. You see, that was Mother’s Day weekend. And a lot of people forget that some animals are parents too.‎ It took a homeless man, to show me what I should have done. He made me a better man that day.‎ ‎25. The homeless man only had something to drink because ________.‎ A. he felt cold that day B. he was thirsty only C. the store only provided drinks D. he didn’t have enough money for food ‎26. Seeing what the poor man did for the dog, the author and his wife ________.‎ A. were puzzled B. were indifferent.‎ C. were greatly moved D. regretted they hadn’t done anything ‎27. If the homeless man hadn’t given the dog food to eat, she and her babies would ________.‎ A. not have to die B. not survive C. have to attack people D. lose their homes C ‎“Oh, my God! Did I really just send that text?” Most people have said something that they wish they could take back. And if they had paused to think about it first,‎ ‎ they probably would have acted differently. Pausing doesn’t pay off just when you speak. Scientific studies have shown that making a habit of pausing before you do something can actually have a big impact on how your life turns out.‎ In making decisions we rely on two areas of the brain. One area creates and processes emotions; the other governs logical thought. The type of decision, how we feel about it, and how prepared we are to handle it help determine which brain area has the most influence.‎ But our age also plays an important role. Thinking through the consequences of one’s actions is actually harder for teens because the area controlling logical (逻辑的) thought is not folly developed until around age 25. This is why teens often feel an intense emotional drive to act impulsively (冲动地) ---it’s how their brains are structured! Though this tendency to act without considering the outcomes can lead to problematic situations, impulsivity during the developmental years evolves because it makes teens more open to new experiences and ideas. This openness helps teens to become independent adults.‎ The key to making impulsivity work for you instead of against you is to train your brain by practicing pausing. This doesn’t mean you stop taking risks or being open to new experiences. But you won’t know if the risk is worth it until you think it through. Deciding to take a risk based on logic shows self-control, not impulsivity.‎ What are different ways to pause? You might take a deep breath, count to 10, or ask “Is this worth it?” different strategies work for different people. Whatever works for you, keep doing it! By practicing pausing, you can actually change your brain. This means that over time, pausing, instead of immediately reacting, becomes your “natural” response.‎ And with this change, people are on their way to enjoying the life rewards that come with high levels of self-control---even if they weren’t natural-born pausers!‎ ‎28. What challenges teenagers?‎ A. Giving natural response. B. Making logical decision.‎ C. Acting before thorough thinking, D. Choosing brain-training strategies.‎ ‎29. An impulsive person tends to ________.‎ A. consider or accept new ideas B. change ideas frequently C. think through a risk in advance D. show high level of self-control ‎30. According to the passage, by training one’s brain, one can ________.‎ A. stop taking risks B. fully develop one’s brain C. become more open to new experience D. reduce the influence of emotional drive ‎31. What is the best title for the passage?‎ A. Push the Pause Button B. Impulsivity Works C. Discover the Brain Function D. Crying Over the Spilt Milk D A recent study of ancient and modern elephants has come up with the unexpected conclusion that the African elephant is divided into two distinct (不同的) species.‎ The discovery was made by researchers at York and Harvard universities when they were examining the genetic relationship between the ancient woolly mammoth and mastodon to modern elephants — the Asian elephant, African forest elephant and African savanna elephant.‎ Once they obtained DNA sequences (序列) from two fossils (化石), mammoths and mastodons, the team compared them with DNA from modem elephants. They found to their amazement that modem forest and savanna elephants are as distinct from each other as Asian elephants and mammoths.‎ The scientists used detailed genetic analysis to prove that the African savanna elephant and the African forest elephant have been distinct species for several million years. The divergence of the two species took place around the time of the divergence of Asian elephants and woolly mammoths. This result amazed all the scientists.‎ There’s long been debate in the scientific community that the two might be separate species but this is the most convincing scientific evidence so far that they are indeed different species.‎ Previously, many naturalists believed that African savanna elephants and African forest elephants were two populations of the same species despite the elephants’ significant size differences. The savanna elephant has an average shoulder height of 3.5 meters while the forest elephant has an average shoulder height of 2.5 meters. The savanna elephant weighs between six and seven tons, roughly double the weight of the forest elephant. But the fact that they look so different does not necessarily mean they are different species. However, the proof lay in the analysis of the DNA.‎ Alfred Roca, assistant professor in the department of Animal Sciences at the University of Illinois, said, “We now have to treat the forest and savanna elephants as two different units for conservation purposes. Since 1950 all African elephants have been conserved as one species. Now that we know the forest and savanna elephants are two very distinct animals, the forest elephant should become a bigger priority (优先)for conservation purposes.”‎ ‎32. The underlined word “divergence” in Paragraph 4 means ________.‎ A. evolution B. separation C. exhibition D. examination ‎33. The researcher’s conclusion was based on a study of the African elephant’s ________.‎ A. population B. height C. weight D. DNA ‎34. What do Alfred Roca’s words focus on?‎ A. The conversation of African elephants.‎ B. The purpose of studying African elephants.‎ C. The reason for the distinction of African elephants.‎ D. The way to divide African elephants into two units.‎ ‎35. Which of the following can be the best title for the passage?‎ A. Naturalists’ Belief about Elephants.‎ B. Amazing Experiments about Elephants.‎ C. An Unexpected Finding about Elephants.‎ D. A Long scientific Debate about Elephants.‎ 第二节 根据短文内容，从短文后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。‎ How to Win a High School Election If you plan on running for student office, you want to know how to win a high school election. _36_ You need to consider the following key elements of an election.‎ Learn About Your School.‎ Before you can be an official for your class, you will need to know about your class and the school as a whole. You can’t make a difference if you don’t know what to change. _37_‎ Get involved before winning the election.‎ If you want to make changes to some of the rules in the schools policy, you’ll have to get official support of the school. Ask to join in on meetings with school officials. It’s also a good idea to get to know some of the parents of the students who will vote for you. You can do this by attending I PTA meetings. _38_ Ask questions and voice your opinion so you stand out.‎ Get to know your voters.‎ ‎_39_ And try to make good first impressions on them. Be careful though, you don’t want to seem fake (假装的) because then people won’t vote for you. Simply say hello and let people know you are running for whatever office you choose. If they seem interested in you, continue the conversation, if not, back off. Being pushy is another thing that will lose you votes.‎ ‎_40_.‎ Just as confidence is very important during your presentation, it also plays an important role every day. Stand tall, smile, and be friendly. Have fun with your election because students want j someone who is real and friendly.‎ A. Let yourself shine.‎ B. Meet as many high school students as possible.‎ C. While at these meetings, don’t be a passive attendee.‎ D. Get started on how to win a high school election.‎ E. Write a speech about what you would like to see changed.‎ F. Read the student guidebook about the history as well as present rules for the school G. Putting up posters and relying on your popularity isn’t enough to make sure that ‎ you will win.‎ 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）阅读下而短文，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。‎ Abraham Pais did business m the United States who often traveled around the world on business. He enjoyed his _41_ and traveling.‎ Then, after returning to the United States from a _42_ trip to the former Soviet Union, Mr Pais got sick. Because he had pushed his body to the _43_ of its strength on the trip, a change began to take place _44_ him. The material between his bones became _45_.‎ In less than one week after his return, he could not _46_. Every move that he _47_ was painful. He was not able to sleep at night. The doctors told him that they did not know how to cure Mr. Pais’ problem and he might never _48_ over the illness. Mr. Pais, however, refused to give up _49_. Mr. Pais thought that _50_ thoughts were causing bad chemical changes in his body. He did not want to take medicine to cure himself. _51_, he felt that happy thoughts or _52_ might cure his illness.‎ He began to _53_ on himself while still in the hospital by watching funny shows on television. Mr. Pais quickly found that 10 minutes of real laughter during the _54_ gave him two hours of pain-free sleep at night. _55_ the doctors could not help him, Mr. Pais left the hospital and checked into a hotel room where lie could _56_ his experiments with laughter. For eight days, Mr. Pais rested in the hotel room watching funny shows on television, reading funny books, and sleeping _57_ he felt tired. Within three weeks, he felt well _58_ to take a vacation to Puerto Rico where he began running on the beach for _59_. After a few months, Mr. Pais returned to work. He had laughed himself back to _60_.‎ ‎41. A. time B. work C. sleep D. holiday ‎42. A. boring B. pleasant C. dangerous D. tiring ‎43. A. top B. degree C. limit D. problem ‎44. A. from B. around C. beside D. inside ‎45. A. weak B. ill C. false D. painful ‎46. A. speak B. breathe C. see D. stand ‎47. A. made B. did C. took D. gave ‎48. A. look B. turn C. get D. think ‎49. A. effort B. treatment C. hope D. arrangement ‎50. A. foolish B. unhappy C. funny D. unusual ‎51. A. Instead B. However C. Therefore D. Otherwise ‎52. A. sleep B. travel C. daughter D. television ‎53. A. rescue B. operate C. try D. experiment ‎54. A. day B. week C. month D. year ‎55. A. Promising B. Deciding C. Doubting D. Recognizing ‎56. A. invent B. begin C. continue D. prove ‎57. A. until B. whenever C. unless D. so that ‎58. A. soon B, completely C. slowly D. enough ‎59. A. exercise B. illness C. rest D. pleasure ‎60. A. power B. sense C. health D. happiness 第Ⅱ卷 第三部分 英语知识运用（共两节，满分45分）‎ 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。‎ Access to electricity has always been limited for people living in Nuevo Saposoa. _61_ remote village in Peru. However, things went from bad to _62_ (bad) in March 2015 after a flood damaged the power station in the area. The villagers _63_ (force) to turn to kerosene (煤油) lamps, which are not only expensive but give off poisonous matter.‎ Fortunately, the researchers and students at the UTEC in Lima, Peru heard about it and came up with a _64_ (create) idea. They designed a lamp that can be powered by plants and soil, both of _65_ can be found in the Amazonian rainforests where the village _66_ (lie). Called Plantalamparas, the lights draws energy from a plant _67_ (grow) in the rainforests and uses it to light up an LED bulb. So far, the bulbs have ‎ been a huge success.‎ This is not the first time the students and professors of UTEC _68_ (come) up with a clever approach _69_ a problem. In 2014, _70_ (deal) with Peru’s severe air pollution they created a large advertising board that could be used as an air purifier (净化器) as well.‎ 第四部分 写作（共两节，满分35分）‎ 第一节 短文改错（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处错误，每句中最多有两处。每处错误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（∧），并在此符号下面写出该加的词。‎ 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。‎ Last week our class voted what to do about our class outing: visiting Yanghu Park or going to the Zoo. Our girls wanted to go to Yanghu Park. And since we were in the minority, we lose to the boys, who all wanted to go to the Zoo. We got the admission rate for students, which was greatly since I still had enough money to buy a brochure about the park as well as anything at the souvenir shops. The animal were scary but really amusing. As we were taking the pictures, we could see the eyes of many creatures look out at us. Most of the animals there sleep when there is sunny and wake up at night.‎ 第二节 书面表达（满分25分）‎ 假如你是艾怀依，你的美国网友David给你写信，询问近年来多次袭击中国华北的雾霾情况。请你给他写封回信，感谢他的关注，简述雾霾的危害并谈谈你的看法。‎ 注意：‎ ‎1. 词数100左右；‎ ‎2. 可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯；‎ ‎3. 开头和结尾已给出，不计入总词数；‎ ‎4. 参考词汇：雾霾smog。‎ Dear David,‎ I’m glad to receive your letter.‎ ‎____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________‎ Yours,‎ Ai Huaiyi 安徽省淮北市第一中学2017-2018学年高二上学期期末考试 英语试题答案 第一部分 听力（共 20小题；每小题 1.5 分，共 30分）‎ ‎1-5 BABAC 6-10 CABBC 11-15 BACCB 16-20 ACBAB 第二部分 阅读理解（共两节，满分40分，每小题2分） ‎ ‎21-24 BCBA 25-27 DCB 28-31 BADA 32-35 BDAC 36-40 GFCBA 第二部分 语言知识运用（共两节，满分45分）‎ 第一节 完型填空（共20小题；每小题1.5分，满分30分）‎ ‎41-60 BDCDA DACCB ACDAB CBDAC 第二节 语法填空 （共10小题；每小题1.5分，满分15分）‎ ‎61. a 62. worse 63. were forced 64. creative 65. which ‎ ‎66. lies 67. growing 68. Have come 69. to 70. to deal 第三部分 写作 （共两节，满分 35 分）‎ 第一节 短文改错 （共 10 小题；每小题 l 分，满分 10 分）‎ Last week our class voted ∧ what to do about our class outing: visiting Yanghu Park or going to the Zoo. Our ‎ ‎ on We girls wanted to go to Yanghu Park. And since we were in the minority, we lose to the boys, who all wanted to go to ‎ ‎ But lost the Zoo. We got the admission rate for students, which was greatly since I still had enough money to buy a brochure ‎ ‎ great about the park as well as anything at the souvenir shops. The animal were scary but really amusing. As we were ‎ ‎ something animals taking the pictures, we could see the eyes of many creatures look out at us. Most ‎ of the animals there sleep when ‎ ‎ 删除the looking there is sunny and wake up at night.‎ ‎ it sunlight 第二节 书面表达（满分25分）‎ I’m glad to receive your letter. Thank you for your concern about the heavy smog in North China. Now I’d like to tell you something about it.‎ Since the winter last year, the smog has occurred a lot of times, which has brought much inconvenience to our daily life and done great harm to people’s health. Many traffic accidents have happened just because of the heavy smog weather. In addition, quite a lot of flights have to be put off and a great number of people have to stay at home to avoid the poisonous air. What’s worse, many people have suffered from bad coughs, sore throats and other serious diseases caused by the smog. Personally, I think not only the government but also everyone should try to make a difference. I strongly approve of the idea that we can try to drive less and buy environmentally-friendly products. Only when everyone has the awareness can we have cleaner air.‎ Hoping to hear from you soon and share your good ideas.‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎