2017-2018学年甘肃省天水市一中高二上学期第二阶段（期中）考试英语试题A卷

2017-2018学年甘肃省天水市一中高二上学期第二阶段（期中）考试英语试题A卷

‎2017-2018学年甘肃省天水市一中高二上学期第二阶段（期中）考试 英 语(A卷)‎ 本试卷分为第I卷（选择题）和第Ⅱ卷（非选择题）两部分，满分100分。考试时间为90分钟。‎ 第I卷（满分50分）‎ 第一部分 阅读理解（共15小题，每小题2分，满分30分）‎ 第一节 阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。‎ A Here are some of the most influential print journalists in history.‎ John Peter Zenger This man published the New York Weekly Journal in the 1700s. He wrote honestly about the British government, and in 1735 he was arrested (逮捕). He was found not guilty, since what he wrote was based on truth. His case helped influence the American Revolution.‎ Benjamin Franklin We know that Benjamin Franklin had a lot of interests. But many people don’t realize that the inventor and founding father was also a journalist. His The Pennsylvania Gazette began in the 1730s, and Franklin used it to help get his ideas out and influence the public leading up to the American Revolution.‎ William Randolph Hearst Hearst was well known as one of the biggest publishers and journalists of his time. He started with The San Francisco Examiner, and went from there. Hearst was one of the starters of “yellow journalism”, which started a new field of journalism that used eye-catching headlines to draw the attention of readers.‎ Helen Thomas This woman is the first lady of print journalism. Helen Thomas has been a White House reporter since 1961. She is known for her bold (大胆的) questions, and for her ability to get to the heart of the matter. Thomas gained new influence and fame when George W. Bush was President for her sharp questions and comments.‎ ‎1. Why was John Peter Zenger not guilty?‎ A. He didn’t lie at all.‎ B. The police got the wrong guy.‎ C. He took part in the American Revolution.‎ D. His achievements were greater than his faults.‎ ‎2. Which role of Franklin may surprise you most?‎ A. A father. B. A leader. C. An inventor. D. A journalist.‎ ‎3. What’s the biggest feature of “yellow journalism”?‎ A. It was created by Hearst. B. Its newspapers were in yellow.‎ C. It used little tricks to attract readers.‎ D. It came from The San Francisco Examiner.‎ ‎4. Who has the most contact with the White House?‎ A. John Peter Zenger. B. Helen Thomas.‎ C. Benjamin Franklin. D. William Randolph Hearst.‎ B The number of buses, taxis and other vehicles on Kenya’s roads is growing every day. Now, the country’s first electric-powered motorbikes are coming onto the market. The bike is designed to cut down on pollution and aimed at low-income communities. Most motorbikes used in Kenya depend on gasoline, but not this new motorbike.‎ Three university students developed the new ecotran bike. It catches the sun’s energy, stores it in batteries and uses it to charge (充电) the electric motor. Robert Achoge is one of the student inventors. “Our hope is that by the fifth year, we will be able to cover the whole of Kenya with the electric motorcycle so as to protect the environment and provide affordable transport.” ‎ The students have set up a charging station for the motorbikes in Nairobi. The small battery can run for 70 kilometers when fully charged. Once the power is used up, the motorbike has to return to the station while another charged battery is connected to the bike. The U.S. African Development Foundation (ADF) is helping set up two solar-powered charging stations in the port‎ of ‎Kisumu. ‎ Each ecotran bike costs about $700. One taxi operator says the new motorbike costs less to operate than that running on traditional gasoline. “When it comes to buying gasoline, there’s no need. It’s basically good for various things. As long as you won’t take quite a heavy load (装载), you can go with it anywhere. Otherwise, it may break down halfway. But now people still have a preference to the gas-powered bikes.”‎ A Nairobi businessman Kennedy Kusimba is selling the ecotran bikes. He hopes they will become popular. “We also know they are more reliable compared to the gas-powered bikes. They are more efficient (效率高的) and they will last longer.”‎ ‎5. What has happened to the vehicles in Kenya?‎ A. Motorbikes are not allowed on the road. ‎ B. A new kind of motorbike is hitting the road.‎ C. There are fewer buses and taxis in the street. ‎ D. Traditional motorbikes don’t need gasoline any more.‎ ‎6. What do we know about the ecotran bike?‎ A. It was developed by the ADF.‎ B. It can charge itself while running.‎ C. Its energy comes from the sunlight.‎ D. It does more harm to the environment.‎ ‎7. Where does the text probably come from?‎ A. A research plan. B. An advertisement.‎ C. A business report. D. A science magazine.‎ C Have you ever had trouble sleeping in a new place? Lots of people have. Now researchers from Brown University in Rhode Island think they know why.‎ They found that one half of the brain remains more awake than the other half when people are trying to sleep in a new place. This appears a case of the brain keeping people ready for trouble in a new place, the researchers said.‎ The sleep findings were reported in Current Biology and by Brown‎ ‎University. In their report, the researchers said many people reported they had a harder time sleeping the first night at a hotel or other places outside their home.‎ They call it “first-night effect”. “In Japan, if you change your pillow, you can’t sleep,” said Yuka Sasaki, one of the report’s authors. “You don’t sleep very well in a new place. We all know about it.”‎ The researchers measured brain waves for 35 volunteers over two nights in a laboratory. The two nights were a week apart. They found during the first night the left hemisphere (半球) of the brain was more active than the right hemisphere. This was during the first deep-sleep period, the researchers said.‎ Sasaki said a lot of questions remain. Researchers did not keep measuring brain waves all night long, so they don’t know if the left hemisphere keeps “watch” all night. Or whether it “works in shifts (轮流)” with the right hemisphere later in the night. They also do not know why the extra brain activity, at least during the first phase of deep sleep, is always on the left hemisphere.‎ For some, this research may be calming. It is good to know that our brain is “looking out for us” in a new place. But it may not help with sleep. That extra brain activity, at least according to this new research, makes it harder to get the sleep people need to feel well rested in the morning.‎ ‎8. What can be learnt from the study?‎ A. Brain waves were measured in two separate days.‎ B. The left brain develops better than the right one.‎ C. The extra activity is limited to the left brain.‎ D. The left brain keeps “watch” all night.‎ ‎9. For a good sleep, the brain’s “watch” could be ______.‎ A. helpful B. necessary C. unpleasant D. irresponsible ‎10. The text aims to _________ .‎ A. give some advice to people with sleep problems B. show the real link between the brain and sleep C. call attention to the brain activity D. explain the “first-night effect”‎ 第二节 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（七选五）‎ If you enjoy reading, you should first choose a good book. _____11_____if you like comedy, get a funny book. If you like fantasy, get a book about fairy tales or fantasy. If you get a book that’s not right for you, you may lose interest in the book and won’t want to read it. ____12____If you’re thinking of buying a book, why not head to your local library and read a little part of it to see if it is worth buying?‎ Don’t force yourself to read something you’re not enjoying at all. There is a difference between giving the book a chance and being halfway through the book and still hating the story or information it depicts(描绘）. If you think you are not enjoying a book that you have picked, stop reading it, because if you keep on at it, it will put you off reading. ____13____If you find it boring because it is too hard, try an easier one. Or vice versa, if you wish to challenge yourself more.‎ ‎_______14____Think of what the characters are probably feeling and what their next moves might be before you find out what the author actually has them do.‎ Read every day. Reading makes you a lot smarter. ___15_____‎ A. Work out why you are reading. ‎ A. Try a different book that you might enjoy more. ‎ B. Make sure you have a book that’s just right for you.‎ C. Imagine in your mind the setting of what you’re reading.‎ D. Peaceful and quiet places will help you focus on the book.‎ E. Reading a small section of a book is helpful for deciding its value to you.‎ F. If you read every once in a while, you may forget about it and not continue reading.‎ 第二部分 完形填空（共20小题，每小题 1分，满分 20 分） ‎ Shopping for clothes is not the same 16 for a man as it is for a woman. A man goes shopping because he needs something. His purpose is 17 and decided in __18__. He knows what he wants, and his __19__ is to find it and buy it. All men simply walk into a shop and ask the assistant for what they want. If the shop has it in stock, the _20 can be and often is completed in less than five minutes, with hardly any chat and to everyone's __21__. For a man, slight problems may begin when the shop does not have what he wants. In that case the salesman tries to sell the customer something else --- he offers the nearest to the article _22 . Good salesman brings out such a substitute（替代品）with __23__: “I know this jacket is not the __24 you want, sir, but would you like to try it for size. It happens to be the _25 you mentioned.” Few men have __26__ with this treatment, and the 27 response is: “This is the right color and may be the right size, but I should be wasting my time and yours by trying it on.”‎ For a woman, buying clothes is always done in the __28__ way. Her shopping is not often __29__ on need. She has __30__ fully decided what she wants, and she is only “having a look round”. She is always __31__ to persuasion, willing to try on any number of things. Uppermost in her mind is the thought of finding something that everyone thinks __32_ her. Most women have an excellent sense of __33__ and are always on the look-out for the unexpected bargain. Faced with a roomful of dresses, a woman may easily spend an hour going from one rail to another _ 34__ coming across the dresses she wants to try on. It is a tiresome process, but obviously a(n) __35_one. ‎ ‎16.‎ A.experience B. effect C. price D. event ‎17.‎ A. settled B. uncertain C.changeable D. high ‎18.‎ A.detail B.advance C.hurry D.full ‎19.‎ A.reason B.need C.dream D.purpose ‎20.‎ A. deal B. argument C. result D.success ‎21.‎ A.confidence B.amusement C.surprise D.satisfaction ‎22.‎ A.asked B. appointed C. stored D. wanted ‎23‎ A.care B.skill C.attention D.interest ‎24.‎ A. price B. style C. product D.clothes ‎25.‎ A. size B. jacket C. color D.one ‎26.‎ A.experience B.money ‎ C.interest D.patience ‎27.‎ A. ordinary B. usual C.good D.most ‎28.‎ A.same B.similar C.opposite D.different ‎29.‎ A.relied B.done ‎ C.depended D.based ‎30.‎ A. already B. never C. yet D. little ‎31.‎ A. open B. ready C. easy D. hard ‎32.‎ A. performs B. expresses C. suits D. adapts ‎33.‎ A. value B. quality C. clothing D. beauty ‎34.‎ A.after ‎ B.before ‎ C.as D.by ‎35.‎ A. tiring B.boring C. enjoyable D. peaceful 第Ⅱ卷（满分50分）‎ 第一节 课文填空（共10小题，每小题1分，共10分）‎ I can still remember the moment when the space _____36_______ called us all to the capsule and we climbed in through a small ___37______.‎ Then Wang Ping _____38___ a switch on a computer screen, and a table and some chairs rose from under the floor as if by magic.‎ So we wrote an article suggesting he was ____39_____. It was a _____40______because the footballer could have ____41_____damages if we were wrong. He tried to stop us _____42_____ it but later we were proved right. ‎ For second degree burns, keep cloths cool by putting them back in a ____43_____of cold water, _____44______them out and placing them on the ____45_____ area over and over again for about an hour until the pain is not so bad.‎ 第二节 用括号内单词的适当形式填空（共5小题，每小题1分，共5分）‎ ‎46.This is the __________（type) style of music that appeals to the young.‎ ‎47.Something he___________(predict) years ago really happened, but some people think it is a pure coincidence.‎ ‎48.You can’t be in __________(possess) of the house until all the papers have been sign.‎ ‎49. The program was __________(aim) at the teenage audience.‎ ‎50. She has a ___________(prefer) for cartoons.‎ 第三节 语法填空（共10小题，每小题1分，共10分）‎ At one time,____51____(make) a film was an expensive activity only for small groups and film companies. Not only were the tools and machines expensive ___52___ also the cost of film was also far greater than most people could afford. However, modern technology has changed all that recently. ‎ New technology has really opened up the world of film-making for film fans. Now a camera does not cost much and most young people are ____53____(certain) able to pay for it. So all you need is to get one for ____54___(you). With that, you may then start your own film-making. However, film-making is _____55_____(tire) work. You probably need others to help you. ‎ ‎______56____ example, the number of actors and actress ____57____ (be) very important in your film. Of course, they may be your schoolmates, friends or family members. You don’t even need ___58___ (pay) them a cent while they are glad to be part of your job.‎ Besides, you need to make up a story. Can you write your own one? If you have good ____59____ (imagine), you can create an attractive story, ____60______ is the key to a successful film. Many world-famous film makers and producer are also good story-writers. If not,‎ ‎ perhaps you need someone else to write it for you.‎ 第四节 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。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。‎ An accident was reported in yesterday’s newspaper. Someone was badly hurt by a bottle throwing out of the window of a building. Obvious, if we look around, we will find things of this kind is common. Rubbish can be seen here or there. Such behavior will ruin ours environment if we do nothing to it. In my opinion, we should make it sure that we don’t throw rubbish around and persuading others not to do so. Besides, rule should be made to stop such behavior as some people do carelessly. Only by this way can we hope to build a good environment.‎ 第五节 写作（共15分）‎ 假定你是李华，你校英语刊物Students’ Stories拟刊登一篇有关学习急救知识重要性的短文。请你根据以下要点信息投稿：‎ 上周六你和陈辉在张贴图画时，他不慎从椅子上摔下来扭伤了脚踝，你立刻让他坐下，把腿抬高放于椅子上，进而冷敷，最后缠上绷带。‎ 注意：‎ ‎1. 词数100左右；‎ ‎2. 可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。‎ ‎____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________‎ 英语A卷答案 阅读：‎ ‎1. A。细节理解题。根据第二段的… since what he wrote was based on truth可知，因为他所写的都是基于事实的，所以他被无罪释放。‎ ‎2. D。细节理解题。根据第三段的But many people don’t realize that the inventor and founding father was also a journalist可知，很多人并不太了解富兰克林原来还是一位记者。‎ ‎3. C。推理判断题。根据第四段的… that used eye-catching headlines to draw the attention of readers可知，黄色新闻是指用一些小伎俩来吸引读者的新闻报道，比如吸引人眼球的大标题等。‎ ‎4. B。细节理解题。根据最后一段的He l e n Thomas has been a White House reporter since ‎ 1961可知应选B项。‎ ‎5. B。细节理解题。由第一段Now, the country’s first electric-powered motorbikes are coming onto the market可知，现在肯尼亚的第一批电动摩托车上市了。‎ ‎6. C。细节理解题。由第二段It catches the sun’s energy, stores it in batteries and uses it to charge the electric motor可知，ecotran bike吸收太阳能并储存在电池中，用它来给电机充电。‎ ‎7. D。推理判断题。文章主要介绍了一项新发明，最有可能来源于科学杂志。‎ ‎8. A。细节理解题。根据第五段前两句可知，研究人员分开两天测试志愿者的脑电波，时间相隔一周。‎ ‎9. C。推理判断题。从文章最后一段中的But it may not help with sleep可知，新环境下大脑保持警惕状态虽然起到一种保护作用，但是对睡眠来说，却不是件好事。‎ ‎10. D。主旨大意题。结合全文可知，本文主要解释说明了在陌生环境中第一天会睡不好的原因，这种现象即“首夜效应”。‎ ‎11-15. CFBDG 完形填空：‎ ‎16-20 AABDA 21-25 DDBBC 26-30 DBCDB 31-35ACABC 课文填空：‎ 36. stewardess 37. opening 38.flashed 39. guilty 40. dilemma ‎ ‎41.demanded 42.publishing 43. basin 44. squeezing 45. burned 单句填空：‎ ‎46. typical 47. predicted 48.possession 49. aimed 50.preference 语法填空：‎ 51. making 52. but 53.certainly 54. yourself 55. tiring 56. for 57. is 58. to pay 59. imagination 60.which ‎ 改错：‎ An accident was reported in yesterday’s newspaper. Someone was badly hurt by a bottle throwing out of the window of a building. Obvious, if we look around, we will find things of this ‎ thrown Obviously kind is common. Rubbish can be seen here or there. Such behavior will ruin ours environment if ‎ ‎ are and our we do nothing to it. In my opinion, we should make it sure that we don’t throw rubbish around and ‎ ‎ ‎ persuading others not to do so. Besides, rule should be made to stop such behavior as some ‎ persuade rules people do carelessly. Only by this way can we hope to build a good environment.‎ ‎ in better 写作：‎ One possible version:‎ Last Saturday, Chen Hui accidentally fell off a chair when he and I were putting up pictures. As a result, his ankle was sprained. Faced with this situation, firstly, I sat him down and reminded him not to put his weight on his ankle. Meanwhile, I helped him to put his leg up on the chair. After that, I took some ice and put it on that ankle to reduce the swelling. Finally, I bandaged up his ‎ sprained ankle. Three days later, he was fully recovered. ‎ Therefore, learning first-aid skills is of great importance. Not only can we save ourselves but also offer help to others.‎