四川省眉山一中2017-2018学年高二英语下学期期中试题.doc

四川省眉山一中2017-2018学年高二英语下学期期中试题（满分150分，考试时间120分钟）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。1. What is the woman worried about?A. The busy work. B. The long distance. C. The bad weather.2. What do we know about the woman?A. She is always plaining. B. She knows nothing about business. C. She works quite well.3. Whom will the man probably call?A. A hotel manager. B. A travel agent. C. A news reporter.4. What are the speakers probably doing?A. Watching TV. B. Reading newspapers. C. Shopping.5. How often does Amy take her ballet lessons now?A. Once a week. B. Twice a week. C. Every two days.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。听下面一段对话，回答第6和第7两个小题。6. Where does the woman work?A. In a hotel. B. In a dry cleaners. C. In a housekeeping pany.7. How much should the man pay for the cleaning every week?A. $15. B. $30. C. $60.听下面一段对话，回答第8和第9两个小题。8. When is the busiest time for the man?A. Monday. B. Wednesday. C. Sunday.9. What must the man do in his job?A. Wear clean clothes. B. Do the washing-up every day.C. Stand up all the working hours.听下面一段对话，回答第10至第12三个小题。10. What does the man want the woman to do?A. Send the e-mails. B. Mail something for him.C. Pick up some packages.11. Why does the man ask the woman for help?A. He doesnt have any time. B. He doesnt have the addresses. C. He doesnt know the phone number.12. What will the woman probably do next?A. Call the messenger service.B. Attend a meeting. C. Have some coffee.听下面一段对话，回答第13至第16四个小题。13. At what time will the man and Tracy meet?A.6:30. B.7:00. C.7:30.14. What kind of films does the woman dislike?A. Detective films. B. Love films. C. Horror films.15. What might the man do tomorrow?A. Go to the studio. B. See a film. C. Do some reading.16. When will the woman know about the mans plan?A. Tomorrow afternoon. B. Tomorrow morning. C. Tonight.听下面一段独白，回答第17至第20四个小题。17. Where did Sidney catch the frog?A. In a local pond. B. In a rice field. C. In a small river.18. What was Sophies job in the experiment?A. To draw the lines. B. To measure the distance. C. To record the results.19. Which leg did Sidney remove from the frog at last?A. Its right front leg. B. Its left back leg. C. Its right back leg.20. What can we learn from the passage?A. Both children were good at science. B. The experiment was conducted in summer.C. Sophie was three years younger than Sidney.第二部分 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）阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。AThe management and staff are happy to wele you and will do all they can to make your stay an enjoyable one. We hope you will find the following suggestions and information of use to you.MEAL TIMESOur overnight charge includes a continental-type breakfast.Breakfast: 7:30-9:30 a. m. Lunch: 12:00-2:00 p. m.Afternoon tea: 4:00-5:30 p. m. Dinner: 7:00-9:15 p. m.Meals can be served in rooms at a small extra charge. We regret that owing to staff arrangements, meals cannot be served outside these times. In exceptional circumstances please consult one of our receptionists in advance.Light refreshments, including tea, coffee, biscuits and sandwiches, can be served in rooms between 10:00 a. m. and 11:00 p. m. except during the meal times listed above. Cold drinks are available in the room refrigerator.ROOM CLEANINGPlease hang the appropriate sign on your door handle if you do not wish to be disturbed. It will be easier for the maids if you can leave the room temporarily at any time between 9:30 a. m. and 4:00 p.m.VALUABLESWe are not responsible for the loss of money, jewellery, or other valuables unless they are kept in the safe and signed for by the manager.DEPARTURESPlease inform receptionists of your intended leaving before 9:30 a. m. of the day concerned and leave the room by noon to allow for its preparation for ining guests. If circumstances require, luggage can be left temporarily in the charge of the Hall Porter.A SPECIAL REQUEST We would respectfully suggest that in consideration of the fort of other guests, the volume ofradios and televisions should be turned down after 11:00 p. m.21. Meals can be served _.A. outside the room at 3:00 p. m. B. in the dining-room at 6:00 p. m.C. in the dining-room from 6:30 a. m. to 9:15 p. m. D. in rooms at 9:00 p. m.22. If you do not wish to be disturbed, you should_.A. close the door all the timeB. turn off all the lightC. hang a sign on the door handleD. inform receptionist not to telephone you23. Where is this notice most likely to be found?A. At restaurants. B. In shops. C. In hotels. D. In the newspapers.BOne day when I was 12, my mother gave me an order: I was to walk to the public library, and borrow at least one book for the summer. This was one more weapon for her to defeat my strange probleminability to read.In the library, I found my way into the “Childrens Room.” I sat down on the floor and pulled a few books off the shelf at random. The cover of a book caught my eye. It presented a picture of a beagle. I had recently had a beagle, the first and only animal panion I ever had as a child. He was my secret sharer, but one morning, he was gone, given away to someone who had the space and the money to care for him. I never forgot my beagle.There on the books cover was a beagle which looked identical to my dog. I ran my fingers over the picture of the dog on the cover. My eyes ran across the title, Amos, the Beagle with a Plan. Unknowingly, I had read the title. Without opening the book, I borrowed it from the library for the summer.Under the shade of a bush, I started to read about Amos. I read very, very slowly with difficulty. Though pages were turned slowly, I got the main idea of the story about a dog who, like mine, had been separated from his family and who finally found his way back home. That dog was my dog, and I was the little boy in the book. At the end of the story, my mind continued the final scene of reunion, on and on, until my own lost dog and I were, in my mind, running together.My mothers call returned me to the real world. I suddenly realized something: I had read a book, and I had loved reading that book. Everyone knew I could not read. But I had read it. Books could be incredibly wonderful and I was going to read them.I never told my mother about my “miraculous” experience that summer, but she saw a slow but remarkable improvement in my classroom performance during the next year. And years later, she was proud that her son had read thousands of books, was awarded a PhD in the literature, and authored his own books, articles, poetry and fiction. The power of the words has held.24. The authors mother told him to borrow a book in order to _.A.encouragehimtodomorewalkingB.lethimspendameaningfulsummerC.helpcurehimofhisreadingproblemD. make him learn more about weapons25. The book caught the authors eye because_.A.itcontainedprettypicturesofanimalsB.itremindedhimofhisowndogC.hefounditstitleeasytounderstandD. he liked childrens stories very much26. Why could the author manage to read the book through?A.Hewasforcedbyhismothertoreadit. B.Heidentifiedwiththestoryinthebook.C.Thebooktoldthestoryofhispetdog.D. The happy ending of the story attracted him.27. Which one can be the best title of the passage?A.TheCharmofaBookB.MumsStrictOrderC.ReunionwithMyBeagleD.MyPassionforReadingCIn its early history, Chicago had floods frequently, especially in the spring, making the streets so muddy that people, horses, and carts got stuck. An old joke that was popular at the time went something like this: A man is stuck up to his waist in a muddy Chicago street. Asked if he needs help, he replies, “No, thanks. Ive got a good horse under me.”The city planners decided to build an underground drainage(排水) system, but there simply wasnt enough difference between the height of the ground level and the water level. The only two options were to lower the Chicago River or raise the city.An engineer named Ellis Chesbrough convinced the city that it had no choice but to build the pipes above ground and then cover them with dirt. This raised the level of the citys streets by as much as 12 feet.This of course created a new problem: dirt practically buried the first floors of every building in Chicago. Building owners were faced with a choice: either change the first floors of their buildings into basements, and the second stories into main floors, or hoist the entire buildings to meet the new street level. Small wood-frame buildings could be lifted fairly easily. But what about large, heavy structures like the Tremont Hotel, which was a six-story brick building?Thats where George Pullman came in. He had developed some house-moving skills successfully. To lift a big structure like Tremont Hotel, Pullman would place thousands of jackscrews(螺旋千斤顶) beneath the buildings foundation. One man was assigned to operate each section of roughly 10 jackscrews. At Pullmans signal each man turned his jackscrew the same amount at the same time, thereby raising the building slowly and evenly. Astonishingly, the Tremont Hotel stayed open during the entire operation, and many of its guests didnt even notice anything was happening.Some people like to say that every problem has a solution. But in Chicagos early history, every engineering solution seemed to create a new problem. Now that Chicagos waste water was draining efficiently into the Chicago River, the citys next step was to clean the polluted river.28. The author mentions the joke to show_.A.horseswerefairlyusefulinChicagoB.ChicagostreetswereextremelymuddyC.ChicagowasverydangerousinthespringD. theChicagopeople were particularly humorous29. The city planners were convinced by Elllis Chesbrough to_.A.getridofthestreetdirtB.lowertheChicagoRiverC.fightagainstheavyfloodsD. build the pipes above ground30. The underlined word “hoist” in Paragraph 4 means _.A. change B. lift C. repair D. decorate31. What can we conclude about the moving operation of the Tremont Hotel?A.Itwentonsmoothlyasintended.B.Itinterruptedthebusinessofthehotel.C.ItinvolvedPullmanturningtenjackscrews.D. It separated the building from its foundation.DIt was once mon to regard Britain as a society with class distinction. Each class had unique characteristics.In recent years, many writers have begun to speak of the decline of class and classless society in Britain. And in modern day consumer society everyone is considered to be middle class.But pronouncing the death of class is too early. A recent wide-ranging study of pubic opinion found 90 percent of people still placing themselves in a particular class; 73 percent agreed that class was still a vital part of British society; and 52 percent thought there were still sharp class differences. Thus, class may not be culturally and politically obvious, yet it remains an important part of British society. Britain seems to have a love of stratification.One unchanging aspect of a British persons class position is accent. The words a person speaks tell her or his class. A study of British accents during the 1970s found that a voice sounding like a BBC newsreader was viewed as the most attractive voice. Most people said this accent sounds educated and soft . The accents placed at the bottom in this study, on the other hand, were regional city accents. These accents were seen as mon and ugly . However, a similar study of British accents in the US turned these results upside down and placed some regional accents as the most attractive and BBC English as the least. This suggests that British attitudes towards accent have deep roots and are based on class prejudice.In recent years, however, young upper middle-class people in London, have begun to adopt some regional accents, in order to hide their class origins. This is an indication of class being unnoticed. However, the 1995 pop song mon People puts forward the view that though a middle-class person may want to live like mon people they can never appreciate the reality of a working class life.32. A recent study of pubic opinion shows that in modern Britain_.A.itistimetoendclassdistinctionB.mostpeoplebelongtomiddleclassC.itiseasytorecognizeapersonsclassD. people regard themselves socially different33. The study in theUSshowed that BBC English was regarded as _.A. unattractive B. educatedC. prejudiced D. regional34. British attitudes towards accent_.A.haveashorttradition B.arebasedonregionalstatusC.aresharedbytheAmericans D. have changed in recent years35. What is the main idea of the passage?A.Themiddleclassisexpanding.B.Apersonsaccentreflectshisclass.C.ClassisakeypartofBritishsociety.D.Eachclasshasuniquecharacteristics.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。How to Be Good at SportsIf sports are something that interests you, it stands to reason that you would want to be good at them. Here are some tips that can help you bee a good player.Set ambitious but realistic goals. If you want to be great at sports, you need to set your aims high. 36 Instead, you should take a look at what you are, and figure out where you think you would like to be. Give yourself a suitable amount of time to achieve that goal.Be patient. 37 Impatient athletes tend to make poor ones. If youre not patient, youll try to jump into advanced techniques long before youre ready. Youll feel discouraged when you dont see immediate improvement.Join a sports team. Most of the sports teams are free to join. If you go to school, you should go for team tryouts when theyre happening. 38 Accept criticism. When you play sports, you will unavoidably receive criticism, whether from a coach or other players. 39 Are they angry because you missed a pass, or do they sincerely want to help you improve? In a lot of cases, you can use criticism as motivation to get better.40 A skill bee mastered when youre able to do it without thinking. Given enough time and practice, a skill will eventually fall under this category. When in a game, you wont have time to think everything through, so practice until its all automatic.A. Skills are often slow to build.B. This does not mean being unrealistic.C. You need to take most of it with a grain of salt.D. Practice until your skills bee second nature.E. You also need to be clear about what you are good at.F. If youre not in school, you can find a sports club online.G. An important reason people join sports teams is to make friends.第三部分 英语知识运用（共两节，满分45分）第一节 完形填空（共20小题；每小题1.5分，满分30分）阅读下面短文，从短文后所给各题的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。As I head down the narrow hallway of my high school, my ears are filled with the sounds of plaints. The 41 around me are constantly plaining about school. These plaints fill the 42 and make it hard to breathe. I try to mention the 43 side of our current situation in high school but am met with criticism. The feeling of 44 school has bee widespread among students worldwide. This can create a 45 educational environment. In my opinion, school is and should be fun.I dont 46 to enter such a negative environment. We should enjoy school! As students, we are so 47 to have the opportunity to attend school 48 millions of children around the world still do not have that opportunity. We should feel grateful that we are given the 49 to learn. School allows us to 50 some of the most interesting topics from science to foreign languages. High school allows students to find their 51 whether they are physics or European history. 52 , school has allowed me to find my love for debate, history, English and puters. High school has shaped me into a person of 53 interests and ambitions, even though I must 54 at 6 oclock in the morning.As students, we should 55 all the wonderful opportunities we are given in school 56 social events, meeting new friends, and learning. I have met so many 57 people in school. There is so much to be 58 in school.Lighten up and find the positive aspects of school. 59 school and everything it has 60 .41. A. teachers B. studentsC. parents D. friends42. A. ear B. roomC. water D. air43. A. special B. successfulC. bright D. lively44. A. hating B. improvingC. replacing D. ignoring45. A. specific B. frighteningC. strange D. negative46. A. plan B. adopt C. want D. need47. A. lucky B. braveC. allergic D. healthy48. A. when B. whileC. because D. though49. A. time B. reason C. money D. chance50. A. learn B. rememberC. predict D. consider51. A. lectures B. concernsC. interests D. instructions52. A. Instantly B. PersonallyC. Formally D. Basically53. A. conventional B. perfect C. lifelong D. multiple54. A. wake up B. give upC. slow downD. calm down55. A. create B. classify C. recognizeD. allow56. A. besides B. includingC. among D. regarding57. A. honest B. abstractC. delicateD. outstanding58. A. careful aboutB. curious aboutC. grateful forD. ready for59. A. Protect B. Enjoy C. Respect D. Examine60. A. offered B. promised C. gained D. possessed 第二节（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（不多于3 个单词）或括号内单词的正确形式。Without a smart phone and no connection to social media, a 43-year-old American man lives 61. _ hermit-like(隐士般的) life on a mountain in China, where hes devoted his time to 62. _ (translate) classic works of Chinese philosophy into English. His Chinese name is Dai Ling. "Ling" in Chinese means "mountain", which is a 63. _ (reflect) of his hermits life.For the past 10 years, Dai has translated Tao Te Ching, a classic text written by Laozi, one of Chinas 64. _ (influential) philosophers who lived about 2,500 years ago. Given the fact that the 5,000-word book is written in 65. _ (class) Chinese, it can be difficult to understand, even for well-educated native speakers of modern Chinese. He turns 66. _ dictionaries of ancient Chinese to understand the hidden meanings of the texts, then translates them into English. 67. _ (avoid) the influence of other authors, he did not read other translated versions of Tao Te Ching. Dai, whose dream is to translate classics of Confucianism, Buddhism and Taoism, the three major philosophy systems of China, 68. _ (finish) his translation of Tao Te Ching and it will be published soon. What drives him to e to China and learn Chinese culture? His answer 69. _ (go) back to his university days in the 1990s, 70. _ a history instructor gave him a copy of Tao T