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1、.养正中学养正中学 2017201720182018 学年下学期高二英语期中考试题学年下学期高二英语期中考试题第第 I I 卷选择题卷选择题 共共 100100 分本试卷分第分本试卷分第 I I 卷选择题和第卷选择题和第IIII 卷非选择题两部分。共卷非选择题两部分。共150150分。考试时间分。考试时间 120120 分钟。分钟。第第 I I 卷卷选择题 共 100 分第一部分第一部分 听力共两节听力共两节,满分满分 30 30 分分做题时,先将答案标在试卷上,录音内容结束后,你将有两分钟的时间将试卷上的答案转涂到答题卡上。第一节共第一节共 5 5 小题；每小题小题；每小题 1.51.5 分
2、分,满分满分 7.57.5 分分听下面 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。例：How much is the shirt?A.19.15.B.9.18.C.9.15.答案是 C。1.Where does the conversation probably take place?A.At a coffee shop.B.At a theatre.C.At a hotel.2.Why do people prefer traditional
3、 food?A.It is delicious.B.It does good to people.C.It is cheapand convenient.3.What does the man suggest the woman do?A.Open the door carefully.C.Fix the door in time.4.What can we learn about the man?A.He is a boss.B.He is a clerk.C.Hes unemployed.B.Have John fix the lock.5.Whats the most important
4、 clue according to the inspector?A.The dog hairs.type.第二节第二节 共共 1515 小题；每小题小题；每小题 1.51.5 分分,满分满分 22.522.5 分分B.The victims coat.C.The murderers blood.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。听下面一段对话,回答第 6 和第 7 两个小题。6
5、.What did the man do?A.He forgot to take the womans order.B.He wrote down the wrong order.C.Hemistook the table.7.What is the woman like?A.Kind.B.Mean.C.Rude.听下面一段对话,回答第 8 和第 9 两个小题。8.Why does the man apologize?A.He ran into the woman.B.He was late for the appointment.C.He couldnt offer help to the
6、woman.9.What will the man do next?A.Go shopping.B.Take the bus.C.Pack some bags.听下面一段对话,回答第 10 至 12 三个小题。10.How does the woman feel right now?A.Surprised.B.Upset.C.Cheerful.11.What will the woman have to pay for?A.Her plane ticket.12.What day is it today?A.Wednesday.B.Thursday.C.Friday.B.Her meals.C
7、.Her hotel fees.听下面一段对话,回答第 13 至 16 四个小题。13.Why does the man see the doctor?A.He catches a cold.B.His wife is sick.C.He feels tired.14.What did the man do with the cold six months ago?A.He saw a doctor.B.He just stayed at home.C.He continued to work as usual.15.What causes the mans problem according
8、 to the doctor?A.His job.B.His wife.C.His operation.16.What will the man do tomorrow morning?A.Take an English test.B.Leave the hospital.C.Doafurtherexamination.听下面一段独白,回答第 17 至 20 四个小题。17.What is common about public schools in most developed countries？A.They are paid by the government.B.They are no
9、t as good as private ones.C.They are paid by parents.18.What attracts teachers to private school most?A.High wages.B.Low pressure.C.Pleasant environment.19.What do parents think of the competition?A.Fierce.B.Helpful.C.Unfair.20.What can we learn from the passage?A.A few countries have private educat
10、ion.B.Public schools are better equipped.C.Children have different opinions in choosing schools.第二部分第二部分 阅读理解共两节阅读理解共两节,满分满分 4040 分分第一节第一节 共共 1515 小题；每小题小题；每小题 2 2 分分,满分满分 3030 分分阅读下列短文阅读下列短文,从每题所给的四个选项从每题所给的四个选项A A、B B、C C、和、和D D 中中,选出最佳选项选出最佳选项,并在答题卡上将并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。该项涂黑。A AWelcometoInspire21!Ouraimi
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15、ate.Thank you again!21.What does Inspire 21Inspire 21 do?A.It encourages people to use inspiring words.B.It offers books and movies with a happy ending.C.It collects both true stories and untrue messages.D.It provides short stories for people to read and share.22.Which of the following words has the
16、 closest meaning to the underlined wordinspiringinspiring?A.Uplifting.B.Unique.C.Accurate.D.Humorous.23.What are the readers expected to do in the last paragraph?A.Reuse inspiring stories.B.Write more true stories.D.Keep the inspiring storiesC.Help to give credit to unknown authors.more accurate.B B
17、Eighteen years ago,Terry Grahl,was pregnant with her fourth child.Money wasvery tight,Terry recalls.So when her mom called to ask if shed like to go shoppingat the local fabric store for the coming Christmas,she couldnt say no becauseshe knew she badly needed some fabrics to make new clothes for her
18、 children.I remember.walking around,gazing at all this beautiful fabric,wondering whether there isanything cheap that I could afford.And I could still get some money left to buyChristmas gifts for my family.Well,Terrys mom must have known what Terry was thinking.Smiling kindly,shewhispered to Terry,
19、You pick any fabrics you like.Its your Christmas gift fromme.Terrys eyes were filled with tears as the cart began to overflow with manyfabrics,but not because Terry was planning on making herself a pretty dress or apair of curtains for the kitchen.Rather,Terrys moms kindness had inspired someholiday
20、 gift ideas in Terry,and it didnt take long for Terry to figure out whatshe was going to do with all that fabric.I was going to make my first quilt,she explains.Every night I wouldwork on this queen-size quilt.With every stitch,I thought about all that mymom had done for me over the course of my chi
21、ldhood,during which we were alwaysbattling homelessness,but Mom somehow managed to fill our lives with love and makeeverything okay.On Christmas Day,five days after her baby girl was born,Terry handed her moma gift box.Inside was the quilt she had sewn,from the fabric her mother had givenher as a gi
22、ft.24.What do we know about Terry eighteen years ago?A.Terry made a living by making clothes.B.Terry had a bad relationship with her mom.C.Terry and her family lived a hard life at that time.D.Terry often went shopping at the local fabric store.25.Which of the following words best describes Terrys m
23、om?A.Strict.Considerate.26.What made Terry change her idea about Christmas gifts?A.The value of the fabric.family.C.The memory of her childhood.B.Critical.C.Faithful.D.B.TheresponsibilityforherD.The endless love from her mother.27.W hat is the best title for the text?A.A Christmas DayC.Colorful Fabr
24、icsB.The First QuiltD.Hard ChildhoodC CPhil White has just returned from an 18,000mile,aroundtheworldbicycle trip.White had two reasons for making thisepicepic journey.First of all,he wanted to usethe trip to raise money for charity,which he did.He raised 70,000 for the Britishcharity,Oxfam.Whites s
25、econd reason for making the trip was to break the worldrecord and become the fastest person to cycle around the world.He is still waitingto find out if he has broken the record or not.White set off from Trafalgar Square,in London,on 19th June 2004 and was back299 days later.He spent more than 1,300
26、hours in the saddle and destroyedfour sets of tyres and three bike chains.He had the adventure of his life crossingEurope,the Middle East,India,Asia,Australia,New Zealand and the Americas.Amazingly,he did all of this with absolutely no support team.No jeep carrying food,water and medicine.No doctor.
27、Nothing!Just a bike and a very,very long road.The journey was lonely and desperate at times.He also had to fight his way acrossdeserts,through jungles and over mountains.He cycled through heavy rains andtemperatures of up to 45 degrees,all to help people in need.There were other dangersalong the roa
28、d.In Iran,he was chased by armed robbers and was lucky to escape withhis life and the little money he had.The worst thing that happened to him was havingto cycle into a headwind on a road that crosses the south of Australia.For1,000 kilometres he battled against the wind that was constantly pushing
29、him.Thispart of the trip was slow,hard work and depressing,but he made it in the end.NowMr.White is back and intends to write a book about his adventures.28.When Phil White returned from his trip,he .A.broke the world recordC.destroyed several bikesB.collected money for OxfamD.travelled about 1,300
30、hours29.What does the underlined word epicepic in Paragraph 1 most probably mean?A.Very slow but exciting.B.Very smooth but tiring.C.Very long and difficult.D.Very lonely and depressing.30.During his journey around the world,Phil White .A.fought heroically against robbers in IranB.experienced the ex
31、tremes of heat and coldC.managed to ride against the wind in AustraliaD.had a team of people who travelled with him31.Which of the following words can best describe Phil White?A.Imaginative.Determined.D DRunners who meet visual and auditory distractions may be morelikely to suffer leg injuries,accor
32、ding to a research by the Association of AcademicPhysiatrists in Las Vegas.Runners often seek distractions from the task at hand.Whether it is music,texting,daydreaming,taking in the sights,or propping a bookup on the treadmill,more often than not a distraction is welcome.But,researchers from the Un
33、iversity of Florida have recently discovered that thosedistractions may lead to injury.Daniel Herman and his team conducted a research on the effect of visual andauditory distractions on 14 runners to determine what effect,if any,thesedistractions would have on things such as heart rate,how much a r
34、unner breathes perminute,how much oxygen is consumed by the body,the speed in which runners applyforce to their bodies,and the force the ground applies to the runners bodies whenthey come in contact with it.The runners were all injury-free at the time of the study and ran 31 miles eachweek.Dr.Herman
35、s team had each participant run on a treadmill three separate times.The first time was without any distractions.The second time added a visual distraction,during which the runners concentrated on a screen displaying different letters indifferent colors with the runners having to note when a specific
36、 letter-colorcombination appeared.The third time added an auditory distraction similar to thevisual distraction,with the runners having to note when a particular word was spoken.B.Punctual.C.Modest.D.by a particular voice.When compared to running without distractions,the participants had fasterappli
37、cation of force to their left and right legs,called loading rate,with auditoryand visual distractions.They also experienced an increased amount of force from theground on both legs,called ground reaction force,with auditory distractions.Finally,the runners tended to breathe heavier and have higher h
38、eart rates with visual andauditory distractions than without any distractions at all.Running in environments with different distractions may unfavorably affectrunning performance and injury risk,explains Dr.Herman.Sometimes these thingscannot be avoided,but you may be able to minimize potentially cu
39、mulative effects.For example,when running a new route in a chaotic environment such as duringa destination marathon,you may want to skip listening to something which may requiremore attentionlike a new song playlist.Dr.Hermans team will continue to investigate the potential relationshipbetween distr
40、acted running and leg injuries,and any effect this relationship hason different training techniques that use auditory or visual cues.32.Paragraph 2 tells us the research _.A.process B.questions C.results D.reflection33.Based on the research,runners with auditory distractions tended to _.A.breathe he
41、avier and have lower heart rates B.gain a faster speed with slower loading rates C.apply more force with less oxygen consumption D.get an increased amount of ground reaction force34.What can we infer from the passage?A.Running with distractions becomes uncommon nowadays.B.Listening to a new song whi
42、le running guarantees performance.C.Runners are advised to minimize distractions in a destination marathon.D.Runners are more likely to get injured in an environment without distractions.35.What is probably the next task for Dr.Hermans team?A.What determines training techniques.B.What effective ways
43、 can cure leg.injuries.C.Why runners use auditory and visual cues.D.How distractions should be usedin training.第二节：第二节：共共 5 5 小题；每小题小题；每小题 2 2 分分,满分满分 1010 分分根据短文内容,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。If something that youre doing doesnt challenge you,then it doesnt changeyou.We all need some normal s
44、tress in our lives,after all.36 So challenge thefollowing limits:1.Find out what youre scared of and do it continuously.If youre asalesman,and youre scared oftalking to people personally or overthe phone,now,instead of being scared and thinking youll fail,spend at leastfive minutes a day to pick up
45、the phone and make a call.37 But dont stop on thefirst try!Eventually,you can look at fear in the eyes and say,Go on,Im not scared!2.38 .Make sure this hobby is not linked to your career,you have to relax and relieveyour stress while performing this.Some examples might be cooking,sewing,paintingand
46、so on.Apart from helping you challenge yourself,taking a class for your hobbymay also give you extra income.3.Set aside at least nine minutes a day for physical exercise.39 A simple 9-minute run around your neighborhood can do wonders for yourself.Exercise can not only help you maintain your regular
47、 weight,but also make you feelbetter about yourself.4.Travel and allow yourself to be interested in new people.Dont just limit yourself to your fellow travelers-try to connect with theservice staff.You never know what kind of people theyre going to be.Get out ofyour house or go Online right now to b
48、ook your class.40 .A.You should do it continuously.B.Someone may hang up on you.C.You dont need to go to the gym.D.Running in the gym may be a better choice.E.Start to travel now and learn to challenge yourself.F.Take a class for a hobby youve been wanting to develop.G.You can never see any improvem
49、ent if you stick to your comfort zone.第三部分第三部分:完形填空共完形填空共 2020 小题；每小题小题；每小题 1.51.5 分分,满分满分 3030 分分阅读下面短文阅读下面短文,从短文后各题所给的四个选项从短文后各题所给的四个选项A,B,C,DA,B,C,D 中中,选出可以填入空白处的最选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项佳选项,并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。Fifteen years spent in the field of education has provided me with many treasuredmoments.One
50、 of the most unforgettable 41 when I was teaching second grade 10years ago.In May I decided to plan something special for the children:a Mothers Day tea.I gathered the students and 42 discussing how to 43 our mothers.Wepractised singing songs,memorized poems and wrote cards.We decided to hold our te