湖北省荊州市公安縣高二英語上學(xué)期期中試題.doc

20172018學(xué)年上學(xué)期（高二）期中考試英語試卷考試時(shí)間：2017年11月 滿分150分 時(shí)間 120分鐘第一部分：聽力（共兩節(jié)，滿分30分）第一節(jié)（共5小題；每小題1.5分，滿分7.5分）1how does the woman usually travel?a. by plane. b. by car. c. by train.2what has the man been doing recently?a. traveling in sanya. b. playing football. c. sitting in the sun.3how does mike probably feel now?a. disappointed. b. worried. c. happy.4who kept coughing in the cinema?a. the young couple. b. the old woman. c. the little boy.5what will the man do next?a. go to see a customer. b. go to mr blacks office. c. start writing his report.第二節(jié)(共15小題；每小題1.5分，滿分22.5分)聽第6段材料，回答第6、7題。 6where is the man now?ain beijing. b .in tokyo. cin new york.7what do we know about the man?a. he doesnt like traveling around. b. he didnt like his job in tokyo.c. he likes teaching very much.聽第7段材料，回答第8至10題。 8whats the possible relationship between the two speakers?ateacher and student. bclassmates. cmother and son.9what does the woman suggest the man do?aask alice for help. bask his teacher for help. cask tom for help.10 what will the man probably do?a. join several clubs with tom and alice. b. teach tom how to solve math problems.c. teach tom spanish and learn math from him.聽第8段材料，回答第11至13題。 11when does the conference begin?aat 3：30. bat 4：00. cat 4：30.12what happened to the speakers?athere was something wrong with the taxi. bthey got stuck in a traffic jam.cthey got lost on the street.13why was the woman late last time?abecause she set off late. bbecause the traffic was bad. cbecause she had a traffic accident.聽第9段材料，回答第14至17題。 14what was the weather like last saturday?afine at first but windy later. bwindy at first but fine later. cfine at first but rainy later.15what does the woman think of the man?a. he is very kindhearted. b. he is not careful enough. c. he is very brave.16what do we know about jenny?ashe doesnt like outdoor activities. bshe loves her grandma very much.cshe doesnt like spending time with the man.17what will the man do tomorrow?ago to visit jennys grandma. bgo boating with jenny. cgo to watch a movie.聽第10段材料，回答第18至20題。 18what does the father do at wild dog research camp?ahe teaches local children. bhe studies wild animals. che cooks and keeps the camp clean.19how many tents are for camp workers?a. 5. b. 8. c. 10.20what does jack want to do when he grows up?a. to be a movie star. b. to train dogs for movies. c. to study animals in africa.第二部分：閱讀理解（共兩節(jié)，滿分40分）第一節(jié) （共15小題：每小題2分，滿分30分）abelgium is the land of music festivals. there are rock, pop, world, electronic music festivals and more, so youre sure to find a festival that suits your taste.groezrockgroezrock could be considered the opener of the festival season in belgium. this festival grew from a small event to an international festival that had 33,000 visitors in 2016. if youre into the harder stuff(東西), this is where you need to go.when? april 29-30, 2017. where? meerhout. music? punk, emo, ska and rock in all its variations. free? no.sfinks mixedsfinks is a world music festival that focuses on bringing culture together. there are also plenty of things to do besides watching the performances. good to know for families: sfinks is a kid-friendly festival, with workshops, storytelling and performances aimed at children.when? july 27-30, 2017. where? boechout. music? world. free? the festival is free; the camping is not.graspop metal meetingif groezrock doesnt seem rough enough to you, graspop metal meeting might. as the name says, this festival is all about metal, rock and punk. in 2016 the festival received 140,000 visitors who came to watch the more than 100 bands performing.when? june 16-18, 2017. where? dessel. music? metal. free? no.genk on stagegenk on stage is a pop musical with not only a lot of belgian artists, but also some international names. 80,000 people attended genk on stage in 2016.when? june 23-25, 2017. where? genk. music? pop. free? yes.21. which may start the festival season in belgium?a. groezrock.b. sfinks mixed.c. graspop metal meeting.d. genk on stage.22. what do we know about sfinks mixed?a .it enjoys worldwide popularity.b. its mainly targeted at kids.c. it combines fun with culture.d. it features certain types of music.23. where are crazy metal music enthusiasts most likely to go?a. meerhout.b. boechout.c. genk.d. dessel.buncle tom gave little vicki black a birthday gift one week before her birthday. he told her not to open it until her birthday. she knew her mother wouldnt tolerate any disrespect to the kind man who helped them out after vickis father passed away; besides, vicki didnt want uncle tom to get angry. but little vicky didnt want to just hold it and guess what was in it. after all, she looked forward to his coming to show her interesting things, like how to turn an old sock into a doll. all the day, vicki couldnt stop thinking about the gift while her teacher was giving a lecture. vicki sat still in her seat, drawing paper dolls inside the box. when school was done, she raced home. walking into the room, again, she shook the present, but she heard nothing. holding her breath, she opened the box and looked inside. seconds later, she cried. when mrs. black saw the box, she said angrily, “didnt i tell you to leave it alone?” vicki sobbed and said, “mommy, you dont understand.”“dont cry to me. you have missed everything now, just because you couldnt wait,” mrs. black accused. “what will uncle tom think now?”“uncle tom gave me nothing,” vicki cried and handed the empty box to her mother. “he played a trick on me.”mrs. black said doubtfully, “uncle tom is not like that. you must have dropped it.”vicki kept crying. only a rapid knock on the door made the house quiet. it was uncle tom. he looked at the empty box. “you have already done it? i told you to wait for your birthday.”“you didnt give me a gift.” fresh tears filled her eyes.“i try to give you something. i know your birthday is a special day. i tell myself to give you something valuable to last your whole life. i think hard and get the idea to give you an important lesson. if you open it on birthday, i see you learn. then i will make a big party to celebrate. maybe next year you listen and then you will understand the gift better.24. we can learn from the text that vicki_. a. often received gifts from her father b. liked and respected uncle tomc. was sad because of her fathers death d. uncle tom to give her a doll25. what does the underlined sentence “you have already done it” refer to? a. you have already opened the box b. you have already guessed the result c. you have already realized uncle toms purpose d. you have already known what the birthday gift was26.what kind of person is uncle tom? a. mysterious b. humorous c. thoughtful d. generous27. what did uncle tom want to teach vicki?a. how to respect others b. the value of a promise c. how to deal with gifts d. the meaning of giftsca new concept vehicle, pod was introduced by toyota and sony at the tokyo motor show. the car is intended as a four-wheeled friend. it aims to provide affection, sympathy and encouragement. like a dog welcoming its master, the car sits up, wags its tail and acknowledges its owners presence using hydraulics(液壓裝置) and a multi-colored led display panel(引擎) across the front.while on the road, the car constantly monitors the drivers mood with pulse and sweat sensors on the joystick(操縱桿). cameras focused on the eyes keep watch for any sigh of drowsiness. if a driver appears to be losing his or her cool, pod will display warnings, play soft music and blow cold air at the face. drivers are shaken awake with loud music and a shaking chair.to improve driving skills, pod compares acceleration, braking and steering with the best performance recorded by professionals. it uses this comparison to score drivers, offer advice and rank all pod owners. toyota claims that the car will eventually be able to learn its owners likes and dislikes by monitoring passenger conversations. if the car hears a favorite song being discussed, it will download the track from the internet and play it without being asked. it will also recommend restaurants that might suit the drivers taste and take photographs of passengers when they sound particularly happy.in keep with the moodiness that is the cars main selling point, pod expresses a form of road anger. if a driver brakes or swerves(轉(zhuǎn)向) suddenly, the led panel shows an angry red and the tail rises at the back.anger is one of the cars ten “emotional states”. another is sadness - a blue front with tear-shaped lights seemingly dropping from headlights - which appears after a flat tire or when gas is low.“we wanted to show that the cars can be cheerful and entertaining,” said yasunori sakamoto, part of the toyota design team. mr sakamoto said toyota has no plans to put pod on the market. sad, really.28. the underlined word “drowsiness” in paragraph 2 means _.a. fear b. boredom c. excitement d. sleepiness29. according to the text, pod can _.a. rank the restaurant nearby b. evaluate the drivers driving skillsc. have a conversation with driversd. recommend a song to passenger 30. if the new concept vehicle is running out of gas, _.a. the led panel turns redb. the tail rises at the back of the carc. the front light turn blue and look like tearsd. the car stops and shake with loud music31. what is the authors attitude towards pod?a. supportive. b. doubtful. c. pessimistic. d. tolerant.dgoldfish have pretty boring lives, so maybe its a good thing they can only concentrate for nine seconds! but according to new research, humans are becoming like goldfish. our attention span (時(shí)長(zhǎng)) is getting shorter . and its all because of technology.“we move quickly from one site to another on the web,” says doctor ted selker, a computer scientist from massachusetts, “and we are losing the ability to concentrate.” with millions of websites to choose from, the attention span of the average internet user is just seconds. there are other digital distractions (分心) too: email, instant messaging and quickie movies on websites.some people are worried about the effect on young people. “you need time to understand and think about what you read,” says julia wood, from london.“young people search the net all the time and their brains become full of useless information but there is no time to make sense of it. i am trying to persuade my pupils to read more books, so that they concentrate on one subject for longer.”other teachers are trying more unusual methods to improve students concentration. anne savan, from wales, was so worried about her students that she started playing mozart during her science lessons. she says that it had an amazing effect: “the music made them calmer, and their concentration was much better.”but not everyone believes that there is a problem. ray cole, an educational psychologist says: “on web, young people learn to make quick decisions about what is and isnt worth reading. they might look at five unhelpful websites very quickly, before stopping and reading a sixth useful website more carefully. in a world with so much information available, this is an important skill.”32 .why does the writer mention“goldfish”？a. to analyze data.b. to introduce a topic.c. to settle problems.d. to suggest a way out.33. what may cause a shorter attention span according to dr. ted selker?a. skipping around the internet.b. time to digest information.c. traditional methods of reading.d. making decisions.34. what will help students overcome a short attention span?a. receiving emails.b. texting messages.c. reading more books.d. watching quickie movies.35. what is ray coles attitude towards looking through websites quickly?a. cautious. b. unfavorable.c. skeptical. d. supportive.第二節(jié): 七選五。(共5小題；每小題2分，滿分10分)easy ways to keep your brain sharpeveryone is forgetful, but as we age, we start to feel like our brains are slowing down a bitand that can be a very annoying thing. 36 read on for some techniques worth trying.1. 37 people who regularly made plans and looked forward to upcoming events had a 50 percent reduced chance of alzheimers disease (早老性癡呆癥), according to a recent study. 38 something as simple as setting a goal to have a weekly coffee date with a friend will do. theres evidence that people who have a purpose in life or who are working on long or short-term goals appear to do better. in other words, keep your brain looking forward.2. go for a walkmildly raised glucose (葡萄糖) levels can harm the area of the brain that helps you form memories and physical activity can help get blood glucose down to normal levels. in fact, exercise produces chemicals that are good for your brain. 39 3. learn something newtake a spanish class online, join a drawing club, or learn to play cards. a study found that mental stimulation (刺激) limits the weakening effects of aging on memory and the mind. but the best thing for your brain is when you learn something new and are physically active at the same time. 40 or go dancing with your friends.a. focus on the future.b. this can be especially harmful to the aged.c. it should be something like learning gardening.d. so take a few minutes each day to do some reading.e. but dont worry if your schedule isnt filled with life-changing events.f. luckily, research shows there is a lot you can do to avoid those moments.g. in other words, when you take care of your body, you take care of your brain.第三部分 英語知識(shí)運(yùn)用 （共兩節(jié)，滿分45分）第一節(jié)：完形填空（共20小題；每小題1.5分，滿分30分）walking across campus(校園) with every pair of eyes on you can be embarrassing, especially when youre 13 years old. i looked around me in 41 of a friendly face, a smile, anything. i was quite disappointed. and i, 42 , felt somewhat foolish, walking across campus 43 with a false smile plastered (粘貼) across my face. i was simply 44 to follow the advice my mother had given me years before: when things get 45 , smile. no matter where you are, a smile will always be understood. a smile is 46 . at that very moment, however, i felt my mothers advice didnt 47 .when the teacher 48 me to the class as the “american girl”, 10 sets of hands immediately shot up. some students had 49 ; others wanted to practice their english with me. because i couldnt speak much chinese 50 , i communicated with them via（通過） gestures mixed in with 51 english and chinese. although i was 52 , i wasnt sure how much of it was 53 . it was almost as if they were 54 about me and i was being examined. 55 , who could blame them? after all, i was the first american ever to 56 the school.then, from across the room, a chinese classmate suddenly 57 at me, and my nerves were instantly 58 . though there are cultural and language 59 , we were sharing something in common. and as usual, my mother was right. a smile does make a 60 .41.a. favorb. memoryc. placed. search42.a. in turnb. in returnc. in additiond. in vain43.a. steadilyb. attractivelyc. aloned. unwillingly44.a. helpingb. tryingc. pretendingd. undertaking45.a. awkwardb. smoothc. readyd. reachable46.a. ordinary b. smallc. universald. traditional47.a. lastb. changec. existd. work48.a. ledb. introducedc. tookd. invited49.a. examinationsb. explanationsc. questionsd. thrills50.a. eitherb. oftenc. sometimesd. yet51.a. brokenb. standardc. fluentd. everyday52.a. spottedb. focused onc. ignoredd. watched out53.a. positiveb. directc. interestingd. open54.a. hopefulb. nervousc. worriedd. curious55.a. above allb. once morec. then againd. as usual56.a. attendb. leavec. studyd. explore57.a. shoutedb. smiledc. noddedd. waved58.a. feltb. touchedc. calmedd. tested59.a. similaritiesb. barriersc. linksd. connections60.a. fortuneb. noisec. deald. difference第二節(jié)（共10小題, 每小題1.5分, 共15分）閱讀下面材料, 在空白處填入適當(dāng)?shù)膬?nèi)容（1個(gè)單詞）或括號(hào)內(nèi)單詞的正確形式。once a man was walking along a beach. the sun was shining and it was a beautiful day. in the distance he could see a person 61 (go) back and forth between the surfs edge 62the beach. as the man approached, he could see there were hundreds of starfish stranded on the sand as the result of the natural 63 (act) of the tide.the man 64 (stick) by the apparent uselessness of the task. there were far too many starfish. many of them were sure to die. as he approached, the person continued the task of 65 (pick) up the starfish one by one and throwing them into the ocean.as he came up to the person, he said, “you must be crazy. there are 66 (thousand)of miles of beach 67 (cover) with starfish. you cant 68 (possible) make a difference.” the