2017-2018学年浙江省余姚中学高二下学期期中考试英语试题 Word版

2017-2018学年浙江省余姚中学高二下学期期中考试英语试题 Word版

‎2017-2018学年浙江省余姚中学高二下学期期中考试英语试卷 选择题部分 第一部分 听力（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 ask the man to do?‎ A. Check in the bathroom. B. Take a shower. C. Read a book.‎ ‎2. What soup does the man order?‎ A. Tomato soup. B. Chicken soup. C. Onion soup.‎ ‎3. What are the speakers doing?‎ A. Waiting for a bus. B. Watching a game. C. Reading the holiday schedule.‎ ‎4. Why can’t the woman have dinner with the man today?‎ A. She had a car accident. B. Her car broke down. C. She can’t spare the time.‎ ‎5. What does the man mean?‎ A. He doesn’t like watching films.‎ B. New films won’t be on at local cinemas.‎ C. Papers often give wrong information on new films.‎ 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 题。‎ ‎6. Where does the conversation probably take place?‎ A. In a repair store. B. In a factory. C. In a store.‎ ‎7. What will the man most probably do with the player in the end?‎ A. Throw it away. B. Have it repaired. C. Return it.‎ 听第 7 段材料，回答第 8、9 题。‎ ‎8. What did Jay do every day in the hotel?‎ A. He played tennis. B. He swam. C. He played golf.‎ ‎9. What does the man think of the hotel?‎ A. Noisy. B. Expensive. C. Fine.‎ 听第 8 段材料，回答第 10 至 12 题。‎ ‎10. What does the man say about the house?‎ A. It has a small kitchen. B. It has two bathrooms. C.It has a large garden at the front.‎ ‎11. Where can the woman park her car if she rents the house?‎ A. In the front garden. B. At the back of the house. C. On the road outside the house.‎ ‎12. What will the woman do tomorrow?‎ A. Meet Mr. Roberts. B. Come round to the house. C. Discuss the details with the man.‎ 听第 9 段材料，回答第 13 至 16 题。‎ ‎13. What are the speakers mainly discussing?‎ A. Meetings. B. Personal changes. C. Their friends.‎ ‎14. Who is in charge of the new office in San Francisco?‎ A. Tom. B. Max. C. Sylvia.‎ ‎15. What does the woman mean in the end?‎ A. She is fed up with travelling. B. She is ‎ satisfied with her job.‎ C. She has applied for a transfer(调动）.‎ ‎16. What is the relationship between the speakers?‎ A. Colleagues. B. Husband and wife. C. Customer and saleswoman.‎ 听第 10 段材料，回答第 17 至 20 题。‎ ‎17. What is the first step of marketing a new product?‎ A. Researching on customers’ preference. B. Selecting a test market. C. Collecting samples.‎ ‎18. How is the cost of the testing of the products controlled?‎ A. By reducing the size of the samples. B. By keeping the test period short.‎ C. By limiting the test areas.‎ ‎19. Who usually does the testing and interview?‎ A. Experienced salespeople. B. Producers. C. Specially trained people.‎ ‎20. What does the speaker say in the end?‎ A. Everyone’s opinion is very important.‎ B. Listeners should stay after the talk to take part in a test.‎ C. Companies should try their best to test more new products.‎ 第二部分 阅读理解（共两节，满分 35 分） 第一节(共 10 小题；每小题 2.5 分，满分 25 分）‎ 阅读下列短文, 从每题所给的 A、B、C 和 D 四个选项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题纸将 该项涂黑。‎ A The Children’s Book-Show Competition is a chance for young readers to be writers.‎ Reading, it seems, is coming back in fashion, if a survey by the famous National ‎ Literacy Trust (the NLT) is true. It shows that the percentage of children who admit enjoying reading has grown for the first time in the past 8 years.‎ So it’s a good time to launch a competition that includes a shed-load of new books for schools as prizes. The Children’s Book-show Competition, backed by The Independent, is taking to the roads again from the start of next term, with a nation-wide tour of 15 big cities, featuring a line-up of a dozen children’s writers and illustrators (插图画家) aiming to persuade pupils to follow their footsteps.‎ The competition, launched by the children’s writer and illustrator Jessica Souhami, has two categories: the under-nine’s and nine to 13-year-olds.‎ Children are asked to choose their favorite fairy or folk tale and set it in an extraordinary place.‎ ‎‎ Then they are to retell it with the aid of drawings and writings-whether it is set at sea, on a distant planet, in the future or in the past. The closing date for the competition is 30th November.‎ ‎“Tell your tale in pictures and in words, ”say the organizers of the competition. “It can be in a picture book or comic-book format.”‎ The winner of each competition will receive a signed copy of a book by each of the 12 authors involved in this year’s tour, plus £150 worth of books for their school. The runners-up will receive a signed copy of Souhami’s new book.‎ ‎21. What can we know about the Book-show Competition? ‎ A. It will be held by the famous NLT. B. It will be held in different cities.‎ C. It has never been organized before. D. Children of all ages will join in it.‎ ‎22．The underlined word “backed” in Paragraph 3 means .‎ A. started B. promoted C. supported D. reported ‎23. Which of the following sentences is TRUE?‎ A. The survey by the NLT is definitely true.‎ B. The winner of each competition will receive a signed copy of Souhami’s new book. C. 12 children’s writers and illustrators are involved in this year’s tour.‎ D. The survey by the NLT shows that the number of children who enjoy reading is much larger than before.‎ ‎24. The author’s purpose of writing this passage is to .‎ A. encourage young readers to become writers.‎ B. persuade all children to join in the competition C. promote children’s books by famous writers.‎ D. introduce the Children’s Book-Show Competition B Being the head of a high school for many years, I grew tired of budget meetings, funding cuts, and many other administrative chores. I started to dream of retirement. Sitting in traffic on a weekday morning, I would find my mind wandering. I would imagine spending time with my grandchildren, quiet evenings with my wife, traveling, or rediscovering some great books. I told myself that I wouldn’t sign myself up for any committees, any classes, or anything requiring a schedule.‎ My first day of retirement came at last! I cooked a great breakfast for my wife and me, leisurely read the paper, cleaned a bit of the house, and wrote a few letters to friends. On the second day, I cooked breakfast, read the paper … On the third day, … This is retirement? I tried to tell myself that it was just the transition, that those golden moments were right round the corner, and that I would enjoy them soon enough. But something was missing.‎ A former colleague asked a favor. A group of students was going to Jamaica to work with children in the poorest neighborhoods. Would I interrupt my newly found “happiness” and return to the students, just this once? One trip. That’s all. My bags were packed and by the door.‎ The trip was very inspiring. I was moved not only by the poverty I saw but also by the sense of responsibility of the young people on the trip. When I returned home, I offered to work one day a week with a local youth organization. The experience was so positive that I was soon volunteering nearly full-time, working with students across North America to assist them in their voluntary work.‎ Now, it seems, the tables have turned. Some days I am the teacher, other days I am the student. These young people have reawakened my commitment to social justice issues by challenging me to learn more about the situation in the world today, where people are still poor and suffer because ‎ of greed, corruption and war. Most importantly, they have given me the opportunity to continue to participate in helping to find solutions. In return, I help them do their charitable projects overseas. I’ve gone from running one school to helping oversee the construction of schools in twenty-one countries!‎ ‎25. What did the writer expect to do after he retired?‎ A. To stay away from busy schedules. B. To write some great books. C. To teach his grandchildren. D. To plan for his future.‎ ‎26. Why did the writer decide to go to Jamaica?‎ A. He missed his students in that country. B. He couldn’t refuse his colleague’s favor.‎ C. He was concerned about the people there. D. He was not satisfied with his retired life.‎ ‎27. What does the writer think of his retired life now?‎ A. Disappointing. B. Troublesome. C. Relaxing. D. Meaningful.‎ C A new keyboard can tell whether you are its owner. The keyboard records information about the typing pattern and sends it to a computer program. The program then checks to see if the pattern matches the right user, If not, an alarm sounds, and the computer locks the typist out. It locks out anyone else, even if the person knows password. What's more, this device needs no batteries. It harvests all the energy it needs from the action of your typing. Besides, the keyboard is also self-cleaning and the keys are free of damage from ‎ water, oil and dirt.‎ The keys of the new keyboard are made of the same inexpensive plastic that might be found on any other standard keyboard. But instead of being smooth, the keys have millions of tiny plastic nanowires （ 纳 米 线 ） on their surface area to every key, increasing the effective contact area between the plastics and fingers. This ensures that there's enough power to run the keyboard as someone types.‎ Liming Dai, a scientist, did not work on the new keyboard, but he thinks the design could be important in getting better performance from a variety of devices. “It could also be applied to a touch screen, for instance,” Dai says. “ Then smart phones and notepads could harvest energy from the action of someone typing or drawing.”‎ ‎“Future work might make the keyboard even more useful,” Dai adds. “A later design might build tiny capacitors（电容器）onto the nanowires,” he suggests. Capacitors are little devices that temporarily store electric charges. Those might then LEDs to light a Keyboard in the dark.‎ Zhonglin Wang is a co-designer of the new keyboard. His team has build a working model of the keyboard. “If a company decides to fund（投资）its production, this keyboard could be in stores in as little as two years,” says Wang.‎ ‎28. How does the new keyboard tell whether you are its owner?‎ A. By matching the typing pattern to the right user. B. By sending alarms to a computer program.‎ C. By checking the right user's passwords.‎ D. By recording information about the typing pattern.‎ ‎29. What's Dai's attitude to the new keyboard?‎ A. Unconcerned B. Doubtful C. Positive D. Critical.‎ ‎30. What is the best title for the text?‎ A. A New Keyboard Made of Nanowires B. A New Keyboard Entirely Owned by you C. A New Keyboard’s Future. D. A New Keyboard Powered by Typing 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。选项中有两项是多余 选项。‎ The origins of football If I ask whether you want to come out and play Pasuckaukohowog or Aqsaqtuk, will you know what I am talking about? I don’t think you will, but they are very old names for a sport which is extremely popular today. 31 The origins of football can be found in every corner of the world.‎ Civilizations throughout history all played ball games and many of these can be considered forerunners of the modern game. 32 However, there is scientific evidence that suggests that ball games were played even earlier in ancient China with the name of cuju. There is evidence to show that ball games in Egypt were linked to agriculture and religious ceremonies.‎ Did you know that the Native American Indians played football? 33 It was quite often that players would finish the game with broken bones and other serious injuries. In fact the game was almost a war with up to 500 players on each side!‎ ‎ 34 So they would often disguise themselves with lots of paint to avoid being recognized.‎ The game was normally played on a sports field that was often one mile long with goals at either end. The game could last for hours and was often carried on from one day to the next.‎ During the Mid-19th century, football was played at the public schools of England with totally different rules. To unite the widely different forms of football, they came up with the rules that were known as the Cambridge Rules. 35 They allow goal kicks, throw-ins as well as forward passes and prevent running while you are holding the ball!‎ So next time when you’re playing football, be thankful that there is one universally accepted rule for playing!‎ A. Football was considered a male sport. B. They are really a set of football rules.‎ C. The players understood the violent nature of the game.‎ D. Ball games were first played in Egypt as early as 1800BC. E. The sport is football.‎ F. This game was incredibly violent at that time.‎ G. These records prove that the sport has a long tradition throughout history.‎ 第三部分 语言运用（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 A、B、C 和 D 四个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的 最佳选项，并在答题纸上将该项涂黑。‎ I felt like a good mother on that summer morning. I’d 36 up early, made a picnic lunch,‎ ‎ 37 my three-and five-year-old daughters into the car, driven to my friend’s house, packed her and her 38 into the car, and driven the hour and a half to the shore where we 39 our towels on the sands by 10 a.m.‎ Soon the girls began running. About 50 yards from us, a man, maybe 40 his late 50s, was fishing. The girls stood next to him and watched with their mouths open 41 he cast the lines. He smiled at them. They all ran back to us except my three-year-old Drew, who, 42 , just seated herself next to the white bucket where the man was 43 planning to put the fish he caught.‎ However, suddenly a 44 came to my mind. Is it dangerous for Drew to stay there with the stranger? Good moms should also teach daughters that the world is dangerous. Then, I watched them like there was a hidden 45 in the lifeguard chair filming the man as America’s Most Wanted. Every few minutes, I looked to my five-year-old to make sure she hadn’t been 46 out to sea, then back to Drew to make sure there was no 47 between her and the stranger.‎ When I looked at Drew again, she had started 48 with the man. She was probably telling him where we lived and how her father was away on 49 . He nodded. She kept talking. He nodded again, then they laughed.‎ A few seconds later, she ran back to us, with a toy fish in her hand. It must have been something 50 he used for bait( 饵). The three other girls were 51 , so they didn’t try to ‎52 how eager they were to have one.‎ Just when I was at a loss, there he was: the man, standing right next to us. He was holding three more toy fish. He handed them to each of the girls. By their 53 , I realized that he was ‎ 54 a warm-hearted man, meaning no harm at all.‎ ‎“ Thank you”, I said, realizing that yes, there is evil in this world…but there is also good, and ‎ 55 in strangers, and lessons for mothers to learn that only three-year-olds could teach them.‎ ‎36.A. settled B. woken C. risen D. turned ‎37.A. combined B. loaded C. divided D. gathered ‎38.A. daughters B. sons C. nieces D. nephews ‎39.A. expanded B. covered C. spread D. increased ‎40.A. in B. on C. at D. of ‎41.A. while B. as C. though D. if ‎42.A. otherwise B. therefore C. instead D. besides ‎43. A. Reasonably B. hardly C. merely D. probably ‎44.A. feeling B. warning C. greeting D. saying ‎45.A. recorder B. radio C. camera D. computer ‎46.A. swept B. left C. dropped D. worn ‎47.A. treatment B. contact C. agreement D. link ‎48.A. quarreling B. arguing C. debating D. chatting ‎49.A. vacation B. business C. leave D. show ‎50.A. what B. which C. that D. where ‎51.A. moved B. disappointed C. frightened D. interested ‎52.A. hide B. tell C. express D. explain ‎53.A. faces B. fingers C. arms D. tongues ‎54.A. usually B. specially C. actually D. finally ‎55.A. care B. devotion C. faith D. kindness 非选择题部分 第三部分 语言运用（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。‎ Cyclist Agustin Navarro was coming fourth in a race in Spain. But as he approached the finish line, he saw that his competitor Ismael Esteban had suffered a flat line and was running toward the finish line 56 his bike over his shoulders. Agustin Navarro slowed down and refused 57 (pass)him. Instead, he rode behind Ismael Esteban, 58 (allow) him to win the bronze medal.‎ The people standing along the way applauded for Agustin Navarro’s 59 (behave) and cheered the two men as they made it toward the finish line --- 60 , on foot; the other, on his bike. Mr. Esteban later tried to give 61 prize to Agustin Navarro, 62 he refused it.‎ Agustin Navarro 63 (praise) online for his unusual act since then. In a television interview, he told people that he didn’t want to win like that, so he braked out of respect for somebody who had been 64 (good) than himself. That’s 65 the spirit in a sport lies: respect competitors, teammates, coaches and even themselves.‎ 第四部分 写作（共两节，满分 40 分） 第一节 应用文写作 （满分 15 分）‎ 假如你是李华，请你代表学校给刚被学校聘任的英语教师 Mr. Brown 写一封信，欢迎他来 你校任教，写作要点如下：‎ ‎1. 表示欢迎；2. 学校概况；3. 工作安排；4.表达 祝愿。 注意：‎ ‎1. 词数 80 左右；‎ ‎2. 可适当增加细节，以使行文连贯；‎ ‎3. 不允许写真实校名；‎ ‎4. 开头语和结束语己为你写好，不计入总词数。‎ Dear Brown,‎ Yours sincerely, Li ‎ Hua 第二节 读后续写 （满分 25 分） 阅读下面短文，根据所给情节进行续写，使之构成一个完整的故事。‎ The eight-year-old Carol lived with her father David, Mother May and elder brother Rob. The little family happily lived in a beautiful village surrounded with beautiful nature. The village was at the foot of a mountain, with beautiful views of the snowy mountain. The family survived on growing seasonal plants and trees. Their life is totally surrounded by nature and beauty.‎ While they lived a very happy life, Carol did not love the beautiful atmosphere of the village.‎ She really wanted to move into the city and enjoy the city life. She wanted to shop, move around the city, watch movies, and eat in fantastic restaurants and cafes, etc.‎ However, there was hardly any chance that Carol’s family moved to the city as they had everything in the village.‎ One day, Carol fell asleep during the early noon and she had a sound sleep. Of course, she had a strange dream. She saw her grandmother in her dream as a fairy and her deceased grandmother granted her a wish. Carol requested her that she should love to enjoy the city life as she always desired.‎ Grandmother understood the desire of Carol, but still wanted to convince her that the peaceful village life is better than the city life.‎ She told Carol, “Baby, you cannot have access to fresh fruits and vegetables from plants as you have at your home. You cannot breathe fresh air. You cannot play with animals. You can hardly find any trees. You will not find peace as you see here! Do you still want to go to the city?”‎ Without hearing the concerns, Carol asked her grandmother to grant the wish. Grandmother granted her wish，but with a condition. Carol was told that she would ‎ only have 6 hours to spend in the city. Later, she would return to the village. Carol agreed.‎ 注意:‎ ‎1. 所续写短文的词数应为 150 左右;‎ ‎2. 至少使用 5 个短文中标有下划线的关键词语;‎ ‎3. 续写部分分为两段,每段的开头语已为你写好;‎ ‎4. 续写完成后,请用下划线标出你所使用的关键词语。‎ Paragraph 1:‎ Carol then found herself in the city with her friends.‎ Paragraph 2:‎ Carol’s brother Rob was calling her for lunch and Carol woke up.‎ 一、听力（满分 30 分）‎ ‎‎ 参考答案 ‎1-5 ABACB 6-10 CBBCB 11-15 CABCB 16-20 AACCA 二、阅读理解（满分 35 分）‎ ‎21-24 BCCD 25-27 ADD 28-30 ACB 31-35 EDFCB 三、语言运用（满分 45 分）‎ ‎36--40 BDACA 41-45 BCDBC 46-50 ABDBC 51-55 DAACD ‎56. with 57. to pass 58. allowing 59. behavior 60. one 61. the 62. but ‎63. has been praised 64. better 65. where 四、写作（共两节，满分 40 分） 第一节 应用文写作 （满分 15 分） One possible version:‎ Dear Brown,‎ Word came that you are coming to our school as a teacher and we are looking forward to your coming. As you know, our school is the top one with excellent teachers and students in this area. It lies in the center of the city with a beautiful environment.‎ On behalf of our school, I’m very glad to tell you that you’ll mainly be asked to train the students in spoken English, and develop our English corner. I’m sure we will benefit a lot.‎ We have made full arrangements for your living here and I hope you will fully enjoy yourself.‎ Yours sincerely, Li Hua 第二节 读后续写 （满分 25 分）‎ One possible version:‎ Carol then found herself in the city with her friends. Carol and her friends ‎ went to watch movies. After that they ate delicious food in a restaurant and shopped in a huge mall. Carol was happy that she had the chance to experience the life in the city. Yet at the same time, she understood that everything told by her grandmother was true in the city. There was no peace and no silence; the city life was fast and rushing. The air quality is not satisfying. She could hardly find any animal or even a tree.‎ Carol’s brother Rob was calling her for lunch and Carol woke up. She recalled what happened just now in her dream and realized that her life in the village with her family was far more wonderful than the city life. Carol understood that she was having a more joyful life. She shared her dream with her family while enjoying the fresh fruits and vegetables, and they laughed together. Carol also developed love for plants, animals and beautiful nature.‎