2017-2018学年甘肃省白银市会宁县第四中学高二下学期期中考试英语试题 Word版

2017-2018学年甘肃省白银市会宁县第四中学高二下学期期中考试英语试题 Word版

会宁四中2017-2018学年度第二学期高二级中期考试 英语试卷 第一部分 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）‎ 阅读下列三篇短文，从每小题所给的A、B、C和D四个选项中，选出最佳选项。‎ A ‎ Below are four ads on the website.‎ Artful Experience It's an artful experience even if you're artistically challenged. Adults, teens, and children of all ages are welcome at Contemporary Art studio. We provide everything: stamps, idea books, a little coaching, and a lot of encouragement. Drop in anytime. It's creative fun for everyone to paint your own pottery（陶器）!No experience needed. Our studio will show you how. It's as easy as ‎1-2-3‎!sumplastpl@hotmail.com Chinese-English Translator This is an excellent opportunity for recent graduates looking to put their Chinese skills to use.‎ Requirements: native speaker of English; business translation experience is preferred but not a must; able to fulfill several projects on time; excellent reading skills in Chinese. If interested, please email staff@young.com or call 453-268-130.‎ Ancient Object Market Here you find a large variety of old European furniture, statues and paintings. We also offer a large selection of clocks in bronze, wood, white metal. Organizing buying tours based on the needs of our clients is something else we do. We pick you up from the airport, make hotel reservations and drive you around to the best wholesale（批发）dealers. Our email is artworkdeal@hotmail.com.‎ ‎－－－－－‎ We are delighted to offer you an efficient and reasonably priced service of high-class car rentals（租赁）with qualified drivers. Suitable for your journeys to and/or from Rome's ‎ airports or other destinations. We will be there to meet you on your arrival at the airport and drive you to your destination in complete safety and comfort. If you need the service, please call 668-556429.‎ ‎1. Contemporary Art studio is a place where .‎ A. one can enjoy many kinds of artworks B. one can make pottery by himself/herself C. one can learn how to paint on pottery D. one can improve his/her painting skills greatly ‎2. Who may be suitable for a Chinese-English translator?‎ A. An American graduate who is good at Chinese.‎ B. A Chinese graduate who majored in business.‎ C. A Chinese college student who has good English writing skills.‎ D. An American college student who is interested in English translation.‎ ‎3. If Mr.Black wants to buy a painting, he can .‎ A. send an email to sumplastpl@hotmail.com B. send an email to artworkdeal@hotmail.com C. call 453-268-130‎ D. call 668-556-429‎ ‎4. Which of the following can be the best title for the fourth advertisement?‎ A. Nice Rome trips.‎ B. Cheap Car Tours.‎ C. Airport Car Rentals With Drivers.‎ D. Flight Service To Pick You Up.‎ B The morning had been a disaster. My tooth was aching, and I’d been in an argument with a friend. Her words still hurt: “The trouble with you is that you won’t put yourself in my place. Can’t you see things from my point of view?” I shook my head stubbornly--and felt the ache in my tooth. I’d thought I could hold out till my dentist came back from holiday, but the pain was really unbearable. I started calling the dentists in the phone book, but no one could see me immediately. Finally, at about lunch time, I got lucky. ‎ ‎“If you come by right now,” the receptionist said, “the dentist will fit you in.”‎ I took my purse and keys and rushed to my car. But suddenly I began to doubt about the dentist. What kind of dentist would be so eager to treat someone at such short notice? Why wasn’t he as busy as the others?‎ In the dentist’s office, I sat down and looked around. I saw nothing but the bare walls and I became even more worried. The assistant noticed my nervousness and placed her warm hand over my ice-cold one. ‎ When I told her my fears, she laughed and said, “Don’t worry. The dentist is very good.”‎ ‎“How long do I have to wait for him?” I asked impatiently. ‎ ‎“Come on, he is coming. Just lie down and relax. And enjoy the artwork,” the assistant said.‎ ‎“The artwork?” I was puzzled. ‎ The chair went back, suddenly I smiled. There was a beautiful picture, right where I could enjoy it on the ceiling. How considerate the dentist was! At that moment, I began to understand what my friend meant by her words. ‎ What a relief!‎ ‎5. Which of the following best describes the author’s feeling that morning?‎ A. Cheerful. ‎ B. Nervous. ‎ C. Satisfied. ‎ D. Upset.‎ ‎6. What made the author begin to doubt about the dentist?‎ A. The dentist’s agreeing to treat her at very short notice. ‎ B. The dentist’s being as busy as the other dentists. ‎ C. The surroundings of the dentist’s office. ‎ D. The laughing assistant of the dentist.‎ ‎7.Why did the author suddenly smile?‎ A. Because the dentist came at last. ‎ B. Because she saw a picture on the ceiling. ‎ C. Because the assistant kept comforting her. ‎ D. Because she could relax in the chair, ‎ C By May, after three months, I had lost 22 pounds and reached my goal of 115 pounds. My friends would say “Alice, you look great!” or “How did you lose so much weight?” Those compliments made me feel good and confident.‎ Soon I dropped to 110 pounds. A few of my friends told me that I needed to stop dieting, because I was starting to look sick. They brought me a present－a bag of chocolates, which I later gave to my sister. My mom would come to my room, with tears in her eyes, and have long chats about how harmful this diet was and begged me to stop. My dad would leave worried messages on my cell phone at school, telling me that it would do serious harm to my body.‎ By mid-June, when school was coming to an end, I was down to an only alive state of 95 pounds. All of a sudden, I knew I had to do something. I guessed the number itself scared me. I recalled my doctor. He told me about a girl who was 95 pounds and was at the risk of dying. I knew I was putting my life at risk, but for what? To make those who love me worried? Was it worthwhile to be thin?‎ Now I realize that models in magazines, TV and movies are not realistic. The price to pay for the “perfect body” is living with a dangerous and sometimes deadly eating disorder. And there are more important things to think about than how thin you are.‎ ‎8. The underlined word “compliments” in Paragraph 1 probably means ________.‎ A. questions B. experiences ‎ C. understanding D. praise ‎9 Why did the author’s mother come to her room in tears?‎ A. Because the mother was deeply moved by her daughter’s friends.‎ B. Because the mother thought her daughter was brave enough.‎ C. Because the mother was sorry to have helped her daughter go on a diet.‎ D. Because the mother was worried about her daughter’s health ‎10. The author decided to stop dieting ________.‎ A. when her weight dropped to 95 pounds B. after her parents persuaded her out of it C. after she reached her goal of losing weight D. after her friends told her to stop dieting ‎11. From the text we learn that ________.‎ A. there are no models with a perfect body in real life B. it is too expensive for people to lose weight C. an unhealthy diet can lead to serious health problems D. you will be healthy as long as you stop dieting D Most times, what people accept as hope is a feeling or thought that something desired may happen. The word hope is a guarantee（保证）of happiness without a doubt. Hope in ancient Greek is “elpis” meaning “to expect or look forward with pleasure”. Orison Swett Marden says “there is no medicine as great and powerful expectation of something better tomorrow.”‎ Samuel Esson Jonah is one of the world’s most influential personalities of this century. When he was young, mining for Africans was hell on earth, because they were treated very badly and there were no key positions in the industry for them because it was believed that the black could not manage their affairs successfully. Even in the face of all these challenges and discriminations, Jonah hoped to head the industry someday. When he told his workmates and parents about his hope, he became a laughing stock. Not giving up on his hope, he worked hard toward it and at last he became president of Anglo Gold Ashanti.‎ Hope without doubt helps you to work hard until you finally achieve your aims or goals. Hope keeps one alive and also helps us persevere (坚持) to succeed. Someone may say “I’ve tried and failed several times”. As a matter of fact, failure is inevitable(无法避免的) sometimes but that doesn’t overrule your ability to succeed. The key is that you can’t give up your hope. Our history has seen many great achievers. Though they hoped they could make it, they also failed; however, they didn’t give up on their hope. They worked even harder and eventually succeeded.‎ Today when we can celebrate so many of them for their courage, remember “faith without work is dead”, so is your dream or hope. Samuel Similes says “Hope is the companion（伙伴） of power, the mother of success, for who so hopes strongly has within ‎ him the gift of miracles (奇迹).” So don’t let your hope down.‎ ‎12. What is Paragraph 1 mainly about?‎ A. What hope really means.‎ B. How to remain hopeful.‎ C. The importance of having hope.‎ D. The relationship between hope and pleasure.‎ ‎13. The author uses the example of Samuel Esson Jonah mainly to _________.‎ A. prove a lowly man can also succeed B. prove that hope can lead to success C. show the times produce their heroes D. show it’s hard for a black to succeed ‎14. According to Paragraph 3, to succeed one should _________.‎ A. acquire great ability B. try to understand history ‎ C. avoid quitting easily D. stop being overconfident ‎15. Which would be the best title for the text?‎ A. Hope is just a choice B. Keep your hope alive C. Failure breeds success D. How to achieve success 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。 ‎ Long, long ago people couldn't write and they had no books. But they had stories. People learned the stories by heart and taught new ones to one another. Sometimes it was hard to remember them all. 16 ‎ The ancient Egyptians wrote their stories on something made from papyrus (纸莎草) plants. People in other places learned to use papyrus from the Egyptians. 17 So ‎ parchment (羊皮纸), made from goatskin, later took its place.‎ In ancient China, books looked a little different. At that time, people there used ink to write on bamboo or silk. And then they invented paper. Made of trees, paper was easier and cheaper to make than papyrus or parchment. 18 Papermaking later spread to the West, but there was a big problem with these early books. Every single one had to be copied and written by hand.‎ ‎ 19 They carved (雕刻) a page of words into a piece of wood or stone. They could then print the page by spreading ink on the wood or stone and putting it against paper. But it wasn't until a German printer invented movable, metal letters that books became fast and easy to make. The letters could be used to print copy after copy, and the letters put together again and again to print different pages of words.‎ ‎ 20 Once a luxury (奢侈品) only the rich could buy, they soon became a treasure everyone could enjoy.‎ A. But papyrus grew mainly in Egypt.‎ B. It took years to finish making just one book.‎ C. Finally books could be printed by the thousands.‎ D. Things grew a little easier when writing was invented.‎ E. Its surface was smoother and better for writing on too.‎ F. Books in the West didn't change for a long time after that.‎ G. The Chinese were the first to think of a way to speed things up a little.‎ 第二部分 语言知识运用（共两节，满分45分）‎ 第一节 完形填空（共20小题；每题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、D四个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。‎ As we all know, the most valuable possessions are honesty and love. There was a story telling us about an old man. The old man wanted to retire 21 his poor health. The challenge was in deciding which son 22 take his place. As his children gathered to celebrate his birthday, the father announced his 23 . The old man took out two boxes and said to his two sons. “Each of you takes one. I want each of you to 24 it with what you believe to be the most 25 thing for our successful business. 26 your choices, I ‎ will decide who will take 27 the business,” father said. The next days the families and employees could sense the spirit of 28 between the boys.‎ It was January 1st and the family 29 to celebrate again. “Please 30 with me what’s in your box!” father said. The first son said, “It’s outside on the back of truck. The box you gave me was much too 31 .” Father walked to the window and from that distance could see all. With a deep tone of 32 , he asked the other son, “What do you have to give?” The son 33 his father the box. The old man looked inside and with great 34 looked up at his son. “It’s 35 !” father said. “Are you telling me that you have found nothing of value in our business?”‎ ‎“On the contrary,” he said. “I could not place 36 I found most valuable in a box. How does one measure the value of quality and honesty? What size box would 37 the loyalty（忠诚） of our employees and customers? How big of a room would I need for our workers who have 38 from our generous pay and health plan? Finally, father, the most valuable possessions I 39 hold are the love of you and mother.”‎ ‎ 40 was obvious what decision was made that day. There will come a time when each of us will be asked by our father to share what we value most. I hope your box is empty.‎ ‎21. A. place of B. thanks for C. due to D. in spite of ‎22. A. could B. should C. might D. would ‎23. A. experience B. retirement C. money D. knowledge ‎24. A. cover B. fill C. combine D. provide ‎25. A. valuable B. beautiful C. comfortable D. adjustable ‎26. A. Based on B. Stood for C. Protected from D. Dressed up ‎27. A. up B. over C. down D. off ‎28. A. teamwork B. achievement C. competition D. communication ‎29. A. forced B. refused C. gathered D. adjusted ‎30. A. share B. publish C. send D. write ‎31. A. small B. big C. light D. large ‎32. A. happiness B. sadness C. illness D. loneliness ‎33. A. posted B. packed C. handed D. wrapped ‎34. A. delight B. devotion C. mystery D. shock ‎35. A. terrible B. wonderful C. empty D. ugly ‎36. A. where B. what C. how D. when ‎37. A. sense B. hold C. measure D. compare ‎38. A. heard B. suffered C. learned D. benefited ‎39. A. severely B. slightly C. sadly D. luckily ‎40. A. They B. It C. You D. We 第二节 语篇填空（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。‎ How do learning habits influence learning results? It's useful and necessary to discuss learning habits. There is a famous saying "Good habits lead to good endings", 41 shows the importance of habits.‎ ‎"An apple a day keeps the doctor away", also 42 (show) a healthy habit everyday helps to build up our body. Thus, good learning habits can help us gain great learning results, high scores and abundant knowledge 43 (include).At first, learning habits form our ways of thinking and 44 (attitude) to the content of our learning. 45 (obvious), a good habit can help us to speed up to reach our destinations. As we can see, developing a good habit is so important that I would like to introduce one kind of good learning habits—keeping 46 learning diary every day. We can start the habit by 47 (write) a learning summary and remember to record something impressive and meaningful. Keep it in mind 48 gradually we can gain this good learning habit and benefit from it.‎ What's 49 (much), I find out that I still have some bad learning habits 50 well. I can only concentrate on reading for a short time, and I will conquer this problem by spending more efforts on concentration practice.‎ I believe that through my efforts, I can gain good learning results by having good habits.第四部分 写作 （共两节 满分 35） ‎ 第一节:短文改错（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。‎ As we all know, we can meet with various challenges in our life. Faced with challenges, how should we do?‎ Last month, our class climbed Mount‎ ‎Tai, that is more than 1,500 meters above sea level. Lacking exercise, I thought that this activity was great challenge for me. I felt very exhausted halfway that I wanted to give up. See this, my classmates and even some strangers encourage me. By the end, I managed to reach on the top of the mountain.‎ Therefore, don’t give up in face of challenges. If you are determined enough, it’s certainly that you can overcome it.‎ 第二节 书面表达(满分25分)‎ 假定你是李华，将于今年七月从新星外语学校毕业。你从报纸上得知B & B公司要招聘一名英文秘书，你很感兴趣。请给该公司写一封求职信，包括下列要点：‎ ‎    1. 年龄；‎ ‎    2. 学习情况及英语水平；‎ ‎    3. 兴趣和特长；‎ ‎    4. 性格特点。‎ 注意： 1. 词数100左右；‎ ‎     2. 可适当增加细节，以使行文连贯；‎ ‎     3. 开头语和结束语已为你写好。‎ Dear Sir / Madam,‎ I learned from the newspaper that your company needs an English secretary. ___‎ ‎_____________________________________________________________________‎ ‎_____________________________________________________________________‎ Sincerely yours,‎ Li Hua ‎ 考号 班级 姓名 学号 ‎ ‎………密………封………线………内………不………要………答………题…………‎ ‎………………………密………………………封……………………线……………………‎ 座位号 会宁四中2017-2018学年度第二学期高二级中期考试 英语试卷答题卡 第一部分：阅读理解（每小题2分，共40分）‎ ‎1‎ ‎2‎ ‎3‎ ‎4‎ ‎5‎ ‎6‎ ‎7‎ ‎8‎ ‎9‎ ‎10‎ ‎11‎ ‎12‎ ‎13‎ ‎14‎ ‎15‎ ‎16‎ ‎17‎ ‎18‎ ‎19‎ ‎20‎ 第二部分：完形填空（每小题1.5分，共30分）‎ ‎21‎ ‎22‎ ‎23‎ ‎24‎ ‎25‎ ‎26‎ ‎27‎ ‎28‎ ‎29‎ ‎30‎ ‎31‎ ‎32‎ ‎33‎ ‎34‎ ‎35‎ ‎36‎ ‎37‎ ‎38‎ ‎39‎ ‎40‎ 第三部分：语法填空（每小题1.5分，共15分）‎ ‎41____________42____________43____________44___________ 45_______________‎ ‎46____________47___________48___________49_____________ 50_______________‎ 第四部分：短文改错（每题1分，共10分）‎ As we all know, we can meet with various challenges in our life. Faced with challenges, how should we do?‎ Last month, our class climbed Mount‎ ‎Tai, that is more than 1,500 meters above sea level. Lacking exercise, I thought that this activity was great challenge for me. I felt very exhausted halfway that I wanted to give up. See this, my classmates and even some ‎ strangers encourage me. By the end, I managed to reach on the top of the mountain.‎ ‎ Therefore, don’t give up in face of challenges. If you are determined enough, it’s certainly that you can overcome it.‎ ‎ 第五部分：作文（满分25分）‎ Dear Sir / Madam,‎ I learned from the newspaper that your company needs an English secretary.‎ ‎________________________________________________________________________ ‎ ‎________________________________________________________________________ ‎ ‎________________________________________________________________________ ‎ ‎________________________________________________________________________ ‎ ‎________________________________________________________________________ ‎ ‎________________________________________________________________________ ‎ ‎________________________________________________________________________ ‎ ‎________________________________________________________________________ ‎ ‎________________________________________________________________________ ‎ ‎________________________________________________________________________ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎________________________________________________________________________ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎________________________________________________________________________‎ ‎ ‎ ‎________________________________________________________________________‎ ‎ ________________________________________________________________________‎ ‎ ‎ Sincerely Yours ‎ LiHua ‎