高中英语人教版选修8期末质量检测二 Word版含解析

《高中英语人教版选修8期末质量检测二 Word版含解析》由会员分享，可在线阅读，更多相关《高中英语人教版选修8期末质量检测二 Word版含解析（17页珍藏版）》请在装配图网上搜索。

1、 精品资料期末质量检测(二)(时间：120分钟满分：150分)第卷第一部分：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。(Text 1)M: This cake is so delicious. Where did you buy it?W: I made it by myself. I got the recipe from my mother.(Text 2)M: When

2、 will Flight A391 leave?W: It leaves at 8：30, but you should check in half an hour ahead of time.(Text 3)W: What did Mr. Green do with his damaged car?M: He had it repaired. Look? It looks like a new one now.(Text 4)M: Here is the hotel, Amber. Do you need any help?W: No, thats quite all right. Than

3、ks a lot for the offer.M: Dont mention it. Tomorrow is Sunday. We can eat breakfast together first, and then go to my apartment.W: OK. See you tomorrow.(Text 5)M: What a sunny day! Would you like to go to the lakeside with me?W: I wish I could join you, but I have so much work to do this morning.M:

4、How about this afternoon?W: But then Ill be going out with Lily.1Who made the cake?AThe man.BThe woman.CThe womans mother.2When should the man check in?AAt 8：30. BAt 8：00.CAt 7：30.3What happened to Mr. Greens damaged car?AIt was sold. BIt was stolen. CIt was mended.4What day is it today?ASaturday. B

5、Sunday. CMonday.5What is the man doing?AGiving advice.BAsking for help.CMaking an invitation.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。 (Text 6)M: You look tired. Whats wrong, dear?W:

6、 Oh, nothing, Dad. Maybe I need more sleep.M: Youve been working so hard these days.W: What else can I do? Well be taking important exams, and everyones working hard.M: Oh, honey, life is more than taking exams. You cant learn everything all at once.W: You are so kind to understand me, but I have to

7、 work harder, or Ill regret it later.M: Thats OK, but you must get enough sleep also. And your mom and I will take better care of you.6What is the girl worrying about?AHer work. BHer exams. CHer health.7What does the man advise the woman to do?AWork harder. BDo some exercise.CHave enough sleep.听第7段材

8、料，回答第8、9题。 (Text 7)M: Hi. I got two tickets to the French painting exhibition.W: You must be kidding. How did you get them?M: I went out at 3：00 in the morning and lined up. I was surprised there were already a lot of people ahead of me.W: You deserved to get the tickets.M: If you are free tomorrow,

9、 would you like to come with me?W: Wonderful! Thank you very much.M: Dont mention it. I know youre an art lover.8When is the mans ticket to the French painting exhibition?AToday. BTomorrow.CThe day after tomorrow.9What do we know about the man?AHe is an art lover.BHe got the ticket from his friend.C

10、He invites the woman to go with him.听第8段材料，回答第10至12题。 (Text 8)W: How did it go, Steven?M: We won.W: Great! What was the score? Im guessing 31.M: No, 30.W: Your team must have played very well.M: Yes. Our boys ran faster and kicked harder even than their best player, Gary.W: Who scored the goals?M: A

11、 new player named Carl.W: Did he score all three?M: Yes. Hes an excellent football player. He ran the fastest and kicked the hardest.W: Why didnt you score any goals?M: I hurt my ankle in the first half. I had to leave the field and watch.10What kind of game was it?AIt was a football game.BIt was a

12、basketball game.CIt was a baseball game.11Who ran the fastest?AThe man. BGary. CCarl.12What do we know about the man?AHes not a good player.BHis ankle was hurt in the game.CHe watched the whole game.听第9段材料，回答第13至16题。 (Text 9)M: Hello, International Friends Club. Can I help you?W: Oh, hello. I read a

13、bout your club in the paper today, and Id like to find out a bit more about it.M: Certainly. Well, were a kind of social club for people from different countries. Its a new club. We have about 50 members now, but we are growing all the time.W: OK. Im British actually, and I came here 3 months ago. I

14、m looking for easy ways to meet people. Uh, what kind of events do you organize?M: Well, we have social get？togethers and sports events, and we also have language evenings.W: Could you tell me something about the language evenings?M: Yes. Every day except Thursday we have a language evening. We have

15、 different languages on different evenings: Monday, Spanish; Tuesday, Italian; Wednesday, German; and Friday, French. On Thursday we usually have a meal in a restaurant for anyone who wants to come.W: Well, that sounds great. I really need to practice my French.13How many members does the Internatio

16、nal Friends Club have now?AAbout 50. BAbout 30. CAbout 15.14What activity does the club have on Thursday evenings?AA sports event.BA language class.CA gettogether meal.15What days language evening should the woman go to?AFriday. BWednesday. CTuesday.16What do we know about the woman?AShe wants to fi

17、nd a job there.BShe has many friends there.CShe is new there.听第10段材料，回答第17至20题。 (Text 10)When I tell people that I paint the Golden Gate Bridge, they think I start at one end, paint to the other end, and then start again. But thats not true. We are always painting the bridge, but we have to go where

18、 the paint is in bad condition. Its a dangerous job. You have to be careful all the time. You cant work without safety equipment. And the weather gets cold up here. Sometimes its so cold that theres ice on the bridge. You have to wear warm clothes. Sometimes its windy and foggy. On foggy days, you c

19、ant see anything. The view from the top is the thing that I love about the job. On a sunny day like today, you can see from the ocean to the port and all the way to the mountains.17Whats the weather like today?AIts foggy. BIts sunny. CIts windy.18What does the man do?AHe is a painter.BHe is an engin

20、eer.CHe is a weatherman.19What does the man think of his job?AEasy. BTiring. CDangerous.20Why does the man love his job?ABecause he can stay in the mountains.BBecause he can enjoy the beautiful view.CBecause he can experience different weather.答案：15 BBCAC610 BCBCA1115 CBACA1620 CBACB第二部分：阅读理解(共两节，满分

21、40分)第一节(共15小题；每小题2分，满分30分)阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中，选出最佳选项。AMemory, they say, is a matter of practice and exercise. If you have the wish and really make a conscious effort, then you can quite easily improve your ability to remember things. But even if you are successful, there are times when your

22、memory seems to play tricks on you.Sometimes you remember things that really did not happen. One morning last week, for example, I got up and found that I had left the front door unlocked all night, yet I clearly remember locking it carefully the night before.Memory “tricks” work the other way as we

23、ll. Once in a while you remember not doing something and then find out that you did. One day last month, for example, I was sitting in a barbershop waiting for my turn to get a haircut, and suddenly I realized that I had got a haircut two days before at the barbershop across the street from my offic

24、e.We always seem to find something funny and amusing in incidents caused by peoples forgetfulness or absentmindedness. Stories about absentminded professors have been told for years, and we never get tired of hearing new ones. Unfortunately, however, absentmindedness is not always funny. There are t

25、imes when “tricks” of our memory can cause us great trouble.语篇解读：如果你想有好的记忆力，就要努力训练。有时我们的记忆力会捉弄我们，甚至会造成大的麻烦。21If you want to have a good memory, you should _.Aforce yourself to remember thingsBmake a conscious effort of practice and exerciseCnever stop learningDtry hard to remember things解析：选B细节理解题。根

26、据第一段前两句可知记忆是练习出来的，如果你有想记住某事的愿望，并且做有意识的努力，你就会提高你的记忆力，可知选B项。22Which of the following statements is TRUE according to the passage?AOne night the writer forgot to lock the front door.BOne night the writer forgot having locked the front door.CThe writer remembered to lock the door.DThe writer remembered

27、unlocking the front door.解析：选A细节理解题。根据第二段中作者的举例，上个周的一个早晨他发现门没有上锁，但他清楚地记得自己头一天晚上锁上了门，由此可知头一天晚上他忘了锁门。forget to do sth.“忘记做某事”，事实就是没做；forget doing sth.表示曾做过某事，但是忘记了；remember to do sth.“记住要去做某事”，还未做；remember doing sth.“记得曾经做过某事”，的确做过；故根据句意可知选A项。23Which can be inferred from the text?AIf you improve your

28、memory, memory cant trick you.BThe author went to the same barbershop to get a haircut.CMemory can trick people in different ways.DAbsentmindedness surely causes us trouble.解析：选C推理判断题。根据第二、三段的例子表明记忆捉弄人们的方式是不同的，可知C项正确；根据第一段最后一句可证明A项错误；第三段不能推断出是同一家理发店；根据最后两句可知心不在焉有时是可以带来趣味，有时却带来烦恼，可知D项错误。24Which of th

29、e following could be the best title for this passage?AThe Key to a Good MemoryB“Tricks” of MemoryCThe Dangers of ForgetfulnessDThe Dangers of Absentmindedness解析：选B标题归纳题。根据文中记忆捉弄人的例子以及最后一句中“tricks of our memory can cause us great trouble”可知本文主要讲的是“Tricks” of Memory。BThe discovery of a dwarfed (矮个的) “

30、human being” who lived in Flores, Indonesia (印度尼西亚), up to 18,000 years ago is changing the way we think about the human family. This “Flores Human” was three feet tall and her brain was smaller than that of the average chimp (黑猩猩), yet she and her relatives apparently lived fully human lives. They

31、seemed to have made tools, worked together to find food and cook it, and perhaps even buried the dead with ceremony.It was a major surprise to find tools associated with the new human family member. The tools are like those formerly seen only with European fossils (化石) from our own species, Homo sap

32、iens (智人), and the oldest of them were made 94,000 years ago. Homo sapiens is thought to have arrived in the island about 40,000 years ago, much too late to be responsible for the tools. If this_tiny_human made the tools, then the inside structure (结构) of its brain must have been more like our own t

33、han a chimps, despite being just a third the size of ours.This “new human” was suspected to be a dwarfed branch of Homo erectus (直立人). When creatures are separated in regions with rare resources but few enemies, being big is a disadvantage, and evolution tends to shrink them, a process known as isla

34、nd dwarfing. Could natural selection make a human smaller while keeping even improving mental ability? Quite possibly, believes Christopher Wills of the University of California.Has the “Flores Human” even shown the ability of language? “I find it difficult to imagine that people could make tools, u

35、se fire, and kill large animals without fairly advanced communication.” says Wills. Did “Flores Human” possess the basic components of human culture，such as the burying of the dead with ceremony? Emiliano Bruner of the Institute points out that Indonesias hot, wet environment is bad for fossilizatio

36、n. It is reasonable to assume, he says, that the 18,000yearold bones of the most complete Flores woman were well preserved because she was buried with special care.语篇解读：本文主要介绍了“Flores Human”的有关情况。25According to the passage, “Flores Human” _.Alived a partly human lifeBwas a branch of Homo sapiensCuse

37、d tools before Homo sapiens arrivedDhad a brain as a common chimps解析：选C细节理解题。由第二段的“It was a major surprise to find tools associated with the new human family member. The tools . be responsible for the tools.”推出C项正确。26The underlined part “this tiny human” in Paragraph 2 refers to _.Aa chimpBFlores Hu

38、manCHomo sapiens DHomo erectus解析：选B词语猜测题。结合第一段的“a dwarfed human being . This Flores Human.”可看出，this tiny human意指“Flores Human”。27This passage mainly talks about _.Athe tools made by “Flores Human”Bthe language used by “Flores Human”Cthe evolution of “Flores Human”Dthe major surprising findings about

39、 “Flores Human”解析：选D主旨大意题。本文主要讲述了关于“Flores Human”的主要发现。A、B、C项均为D项的一个方面。28According to the passage, it is believed that “Flores Human” _.Awas dwarfed by its enemiesBcould use languageCleft a lot of fossils in hot and wet environmentDreached Flores 40,000 years ago解析：选B推理判断题。由文章最后一段“I find it difficul

40、t to imagine that people could make tools, use fire, and kill large animals without fairly advanced communication.”看出，没有高级交流很难做到上述行为，说明“Flores Human”能够使用语言。CMore than 10 years ago, it was difficult to buy a tasty pineapple (菠萝). The fruits that made it to the UK were green on the outside and, more o

41、ften than not, hard with an unpleasant taste within. Then in 1996, the Del Monte Gold pineapple produced in Hawaii first hit our shelves.The new type of pineapple looked more yellowygold than green. It was slightly softer on the outside and had a lot of juice inside. But the most important thing abo

42、ut this new type of pineapple was that it was twice as sweet as the hitandmiss pineapples we had known. In no time, the Del Monte Gold took the market by storm, rapidly becoming the worlds bestselling pineapple variety, and delivering natural levels of sweetness in the mouth, up until then only foun

43、d in tinned pineapple.In nutrition it was all good news too. This nicetasting pineapple contained four times more vitamin C than the old green variety. Nutritionists said that it was not only full of vitamins, but also good against some diseases. People were understandably eager to be able to buy th

44、is wonderful fruit. The new type of pineapple was selling fast, and the Del Monte Gold pineapple rapidly became a fixture in the shopping basket of the healthy eater.Seeing the growing market for its winning pineapple, Del Monte tried to keep the market to itself. But other fruit companies developed

45、 similar pineapples. Del Monte turned to law for help, but failed. Those companies argued successfully that Del Montes attempts to keep the golden pineapple for itself were just a way to knock them out of the market.语篇解读：本文讲述了菠萝的发展历史及改良前后在颜色、口味、营养方面的变化，最后叙述了菠萝品种的改良者Del Monte想控制菠萝市场但最终失败的过程。29We lear

46、n from the text that the new type of pineapple is _.Agreen outside and sweet insideBgoodlooking outside and soft insideCyellowygold outside and hard insideDa little softer outside and sweeter inside解析：选D细节理解题。从第二段前三句中就可以找到答案。30Why was the new type of pineapple selling well?AIt was rich in nutrition

47、and tasted nice.BIt was less sweet but good for health.CIt was developed by Del Monte.DIt was used as medicine.解析：选A细节理解题。结合第二段和第三段可以看出新品种的菠萝不但口感好，而且含有丰富的维生素，还可以预防多种疾病。故选A。D项说菠萝被用作药物，是对“good against some diseases”的错误理解。31The underlined word “fixture” in Paragraph 3 probably refers to something _.Ath

48、at people enjoy eatingBthat is always presentCthat is difficult to getDthat people use as a gift解析：选B词义猜测题。“fixture”所在句子是对第三段内容的总结。第三段说改良后的菠萝很受欢迎而且销量很好，所以菠萝是购物篮中必不可少的水果之一。B项最贴切。32We learn from the last paragraph that Del Monte _.Aallowed other companies to develop pineapplesBsucceeded in keeping the

49、 pineapple for itselfCtried hard to control the pineapple marketDplanned to help the other companies解析：选C细节理解题。A、B、D项正好和文意相反；根据原文Del Monte努力想控制菠萝市场，但最终失败了。故选C。DDarwins frogs are a family of small frogs found on the southwest coast of South America. They were named after Charles Darwin, who happened

50、to see one of the two species in 1834.These creatures usually reach a size of only 3 cm in length. They are mostly green frogs, and have long, narrow noses. When threatened, they roll over and play dead until the danger has passed, looking like dead leaves. Darwins frogs are the only known species o

51、f frogs where males can get “pregnant”. They swallow their babies into their vocal sacs (声囊), protecting them from enemies until they have become fully grown. But nothing can protect them from a deadly fungus (真菌), which has helped push one of the two species of these frogs to probable extinction, a

52、nd driven a decline (下降) in the second variety, new research shows.Researchers looked at museum specimens (标本) of both species and found that the fungus started showing up in these and other frogs in the 1970s, about when populations of both began to decline, according to a study published in the jo

53、urnal PLOS ONE. One of the species, the northern Darwins frog, hasnt been seen since 1980 and is likely extinct. “The fungus is probably the main reason for the frogs disappearance，” said Marcus Rowcliffe, a researcher at the Zoological Society of London. The southern Darwins frog is still around, b

54、ut has declined faster than previously thought in recent years. The researchers found that a small percentage of them were infected with the fungus, although at lower rates than other species. This could mean that the fungus more easily kills them. They also found that populations of Darwins frogs w

55、ere lower in areas with higher rates of fungal infection. In 2007, 30 wild southern Darwins frogs were caught to be raised in Germany, but all of them died from the fungus. The International Union for Conservation of Nature, an environmental group, called the fungus the worst infectious disease ever

56、 recorded among animals with backbones.语篇解读：本文是说明文。文章主要对达尔文蛙数量下降的原因进行了简要的分析。33What can we learn about Darwins frogs? AThey usually live on dead leaves. BThey are big with long, narrow noses. CThey were named after their discoverer. DThey can be seen everywhere in the America.解析：选C细节理解题。由第一段中的“They w

57、ere named after Charles Darwin, who happened to see one of the two species in 1834.”可知，这种青蛙是以其发现者达尔文的名字命名的。34Darwins frogs are unusual because _. Aboth females and males can get pregnant Bthey eat their own babies when in danger Cmale frogs help raise the young in their mouths Dthey are the only ani

58、mals infected with thefungus解析：选C细节理解题。由第二段中的“They swallow their babies . until they have become fully grown.”可知，C项说法正确。35According to the text, the northern Darwins frog _. Asuffered greatly from a fungus Bis likely to survive the infection Chas already disappeared from the earth Dbegan to decline

59、in the early 20th century解析：选A细节理解题。由第三段中的“the northern Darwins frog . the main reason for the frogs disappearance”可知A项说法正确。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。Kids with Special NeedsKids with special needs refer to any kid who might need extra help because of medical, emot

60、ional, or learning problems. For example, disabled kids need wheelchairs. They not only need the equipment that helps them get around, but they might need to have ramps (斜坡) or elevators available. _36_ Kids with an illness would have special needs, too. _37_ Kids with sight problems might need Brai

61、lle books to read. Kids with hearing problems might need hearing aids._38_ It might be harder to do normal things like learning to read or just getting around school. The good news is that parents, doctors, nurses, teachers, and others can help. The goal is to help kids be as independent as possible

62、.Other kids also can be a big help. How? By being a friend. Kids who use a wheelchair or have lots of health problems want friends just as you do. But meeting people and making friends can be difficult. _39_ Be sure to tell a teacher if you see someone being bullied (欺侮) or teased. _40_ You might ca

63、rry the persons books or do something simple, such as asking him or her to join you and your friends at lunch. Its also important not to be “overly helpful” when no help is needed. Why? Because just like you, kids with special needs like to be as independent as they can be.Being friendly to kids with special needs is one of the best ways to be helpful. As you get to know, they may help you understand what its l