云南省云天化中学2016-2017学年高二上学期期中考试英语试题 WORD版含答案.doc

1、 云天化中学20162017学年秋季学期期中考试试卷高 二 英 语说明: 1时间：120分钟；分值：150分； 2. 本卷分、卷，请将第卷选择题答案填入机读答题卡（共5页） 第卷 选择题（三部分，共100分）第一部分：听力理解 ( 共两节，满分30分)第一节（共5小题；每题1. 5分，满分75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. When did the man visit the Yellowstone National Park?

2、A. This year. B. Last year. C. The year before last2. Where does the conversation probably take place?A. In a bookstore. B. In a library. C. In a classroom3. What do we know about Mary?A. She has never studied mathematics.B. She must be good at mathematics.C. She is probably poor at mathematics.4. W

3、hy does the man look happy?A. He has bought a new book.B. He has finished his new book.C. His poem is being published.5. What are the two speakers talking about?A. Rainforests.B. Animals. C. Weather.第二节(共15小题；每题15分，满分225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

4、个小题，每小题5秒钟；听完后，每小题将给出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7两个小题。6. Which part of the mans body is bleeding?A. The right leg. B. The left arm. C. The back.7. What will the woman do first?A. X-ray the mans back.B. Clean the mans wound.C. Give the man some medicine. 听下面一段对话，回答第8至9两个小题。8. Who is the womans

5、 watch for? A. Her father.B. Her friend.C. Her husband.9. What does the man say about the necklace? A. It is duty-free. B. It is very beautiful. C. It is very expensive.听下面一段对话，回答第10至12三个小题。10. When will the man return? A. On Wednesday.B. On Saturday.C. On Friday.11. How much will the man pay for hi

6、s journey? A. $850.B. $815.C. $425.12. What do we know about the mans journey from the conversation? A. Drinking is not allowed. B. A lunch will be served. C. He can enjoy a video program.听下面一段对话，回答第13至16四个小题。13. What does Tony probably think of the book? A. Interesting.B. Moving.C. Dull.14. What is

7、 Tony doing? A. Watching TV. B. Reading a magazine. C. Listening to the radio.15. Why wont Tony go to watch Anne Hathaways movie tonight? A. He doesnt like Anne Hathaway. B. He has to work overtime. C. He has a date with Flora.16. What do we know about the woman? A. She has big and brown eyes. B. Sh

8、e really likes Justin Biebers music. C. She has an extra ticket to the concert of Justin Bieber.听下面一段独白，回答第17至20四个小题。17. When did the speaker and Dave meet and become friends? A. When they studied in the same school. B. When they were five years old. C. When they worked in the different cities.18. W

9、hat do the speaker and Dave have in common? A. Their jobs.B. Their hobbies.C. Their taste in clothes.19. What time did the speaker and Dave plan to meet last weekend? A. At 4:00 pm.B. At 5:30 pm.C. At 6:30 pm.20. What do we know about Dave? A. He isnt a good listener. B. He is a troublemaker. C. He

10、is always late.第二部分： 阅读理解 （共20小题；每小题2分， 满分40分）第一节 阅读下列短文，从每题的四个选项（A、B、C、D）中，选出最佳选项 （共15小题，满分30分） AMy sister and I grew up in a little village in England. Our father was a struggling lawyer, but I always knew he wasspecial. He never criticized us, but usedpraiseto bring out our best. Hed say, If you

11、pour water on flowers, they flourish (茂盛). If you dont give them water, they die. I rememberas a child I said something unkind about somebody, and my father said, Any time you say something unpleasant about somebody else, its a reflection of you. He explained that if I looked for the best in people,

12、 I would get the bestin return. From then on Ive always tried tofollowthe principle in my life and later in running my company.Dads also always been veryunderstanding. At 15, I started a magazine. It was taking upa great deal of my time, and the headmaster of my school gave me achoice: stay in schoo

13、l or leave to work on my magazine. I decided to leave, and Dad tried to sway me from my decision at first,asany good father would. When he realized I had made up my mind, he said, Richard, when I was 23, my dad persuaded me to go into law. And Ivealwaysregretted it. I wanted to be a biologist,butI d

14、idnt pursue mydream. You know what you want. Go fulfill it.As it turned out, my little publication went on to become Student, a nationalmagazinefor young people in the U.K. My wife and I have two children, and Id like to think we are bringing them up in the same way Dadraised me.21. What can we know

15、 about the authors father? A. He was a specialist in law. B. He usually encouraged kids. C. He seldom looked for the best. D. He was a father without principles.22. The author left school at 15 mainly because_. A. the school forced him to B. he had a dream to realize C. he had to work for money D. h

16、is father understood him.23. The underlined phrase in Paragraph 3 can be replaced by _. A. accuse me of B. remind me of C. agree with me on D. persuade me out of24. What can be a suitable title for the text? A. My Respectable Father B. Be nice to Others C. My Happy Childhood D. Go Fulfill Your Dream

17、 B Most people agree that eating healthy food is important. But sometimes making good food choices can be tough. Now, there are apps that can help people learn about the food they eat to improve their diets.Open Table Open Table helps people choose restaurants when they want to go out to eat. Open T

18、able is a free service that shows users restaurant availability based on where and when they want to dine. Open Table users can also make reservations directly through the app or website.Epicurious Epicurious is a free app and website to help users find recipes and become better cooks. The app has m

19、ore than 30,000 recipes and can create a shopping list based on the ingredients in a recipe. The app rates recipes for popularity and other qualities and inform users about vegetables in season in different areas. Happy Cow The Happy Cow app is made freely for Vegetarians. Users can search for veget

20、arian restaurants and stores around the world. The Happy Cow app is based on the Happy Cow website, where users can discover places nearby or search using keywords.Local Eats Restaurant chains, like McDonalds, can be found almost anywhere a person might travel. But sometimes tourists want to eat lik

21、e locals. The website and app Local Eats is designed for that, which can help you find local restaurants in major cities in the US and in other countries. It lists locally owned restaurants so users can try foods from that area.Where Chefs Eat “Where Chefs Eat” is a 975-page book. Most people would

22、not want to carry that around. But there is a much lighter app version of the same name for just one dollar. Six hundred chefs provide information on 3,000 restaurants around the world on the Where Chefs Eat app. Users can also search by region, chef, or restaurant name.25. Which app can help people

23、 book a table for a meal in advance? A. Local Eats B. Happy Cow C. Epicurious D. Open Table26. Who might be interested in the app Local Eats? A. chefs B. Vegetarians C. travelers D. App designers27. What can we know from the text? A. Native Americans like dinning in McDonalds. B. Epicurious offers i

24、nformation about seasonal fruits. C. Where Chefs Eats is a name of both a book and an app. D. Happy Cow is designed for people fond of eating meat.28. This text introduces these apps to help people to_. A. save money B. go on a diet C. be better cooks D. eat healthily CAccording to a recent study ou

25、t of the University of Pennsylvanias Wharton School, men with shaved heads are considered to be more manly, powerful, and successful than those with longer hair or thinning(稀少的) hair. Besides, in some cases, they are considered to have greater leadership potential (潜力). That may explain why the powe

26、r-buzz look has become popular among business leaders in recent years.Albert Mannes, Wharton management lecturer, said he was encouraged to do the research after noticing that he was treated with more respect when he shaved off his thinning hair.Mannes did three experiments to test peoples impressio

27、n of men with shaved heads. In one of the experiments, he showed 344 subject photos of the same men in two versions: one showing the men with hair and the other showing them with their hair digitally removed, so their heads appear shaved. In all three tests, the subject report found the men with sha

28、ved heads are more dominant(占优势的) than their hairy counterparts(对应的人).The study found that men with thinning hair were viewed as the least attractive and powerful. For those men, the solution could be as cheap and simple as a shave.New York image consultant Julie Rath advised her clients to get clos

29、ely cropped when they start thinning up top. “There is something really strong, powerful and confident about laying it all bare(光秃的),” she said, describing the thinning look as kind of raunchy(不修边幅的).Not everyone needs a bare head. Rick Devine, 55, the CEO of Devine Capital Partners, advised executi

30、ve candidates attracted by their clippers to keep their hair closely cropped, rather than completely shaved. “It is way too much image risk,” he said, “The best thing you can do in a business meeting is to make your look not an issue.”32. We can learn from paragraph 1 that men with shaved heads have

31、 more chances to _. A. be liked by their leader B. become business leaders C. be laughed at by their leaders D. feel stressed from their work33. When did Albert Mannes decide to do the research? A. Long before he shaved his own thinning hair. B. When he was looked down upon because of his thinning h

32、air. C. When people treated him more respectfully after he shaved his thinning hair. D. When he noticed that others began to shave their thinning hair.34. The underlined part in Paragraph 4 probably means that the solution is to _. A. buy a pair of cheap scissors. B. have a cheap shave C. keep their

33、 thinning hair D. shave their own thinning hair35. Whats the authors attitude toward mens bear heads? A. Objective B. Negative C. Positive D. DoubtfulDA new collection of photos brings an unsuccessful Antarctic voyage back to life.Frank Hurleys pictures would be outstanding-undoubtedly first-rate ph

34、oto-journalism-if they had been made last week. In fact, they were shot from 1914 through 1916, most of them after a disastrous shipwreck(海滩), by a cameraman who had no reasonable expectation of survival. Many of the images were stored in an ice chest, under freezing water, in the damaged wooden shi

35、p.The ship was the Endurance, a small, tight, Norwegian-built three-master that was intended to take Sir Ernest Shackleton and a small crew of seamen and scientists, 27 men in all, to the southernmost shore of Antarcticas Weddell Sea. From that point Shackleton wanted to force a passage by dog sled(

36、雪橇) across the continent. The journey was intended to achieve more than what Captain Robert Falcon Scott had done. Captain Scott had reached the South Pole early in 1912 but had died with his Four companions on the march back.As writer Caroline Alexander makes clear in her forceful and well-research

37、ed story The Endurance, adventuring was even then a thoroughly commercial effort. Scotts last journey, completed as he lay in a tent dying of cold and hunger, caught the worlds imagination, and a film made in his honor drew crowds. Shackleton, a onetime British merchant-navy officer who had got to w

38、ithin 100 miles of the South Pole in 1908, started a business before his 1914 voyage to make money from movie and still photography. Frank Hurley, a confident and gifted Australian photographer who knew the Antarctic, was hired to make the images, most of which have never before been published.33. W

39、hat do we know about the photos taken by Hurley?A. They were made last weekB. They showed undersea sceneriesC. They were found by a cameramanD. They recorded a disastrous adventure34. Who reached the South Pole first according to the text?A. Frank Hurley B. Ernest ShackletonC. Robert Falcon Scott D.

40、 Caroline Alexander35. What does Alexander think was the purpose of the 1914 voyage?A. Artistic creation B. Scientific researchC. Money making D. Treasure hunting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, 并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。选项中有两项为多余选项。（共5小题；每小题2分,满分10分）Secret codes（密码）keep messages private. Banks, companies, and

41、government agencies use secret codes in doing business, especially when information is sent by computer.People have used secret codes for thousands of years. 36 Code breaking never lags（落后）far behind code making. The science of creating and reading coded messages is called cryptography.There are thr

42、ee main types of cryptography. 37 For example, the first letters of “My elephant eats too many eels” spell out the hidden message “Meet me.” 38 You might represent each letter with a number, for example. Lets number the letters of the alphabet, in order, from 1 to 26. If we substitute a number for e

43、ach letter, the message “Meet me” would read “135520135.”A code uses symbols to replace words, phrases, or sentences. To read the message of a real code, you must have a code book. 39 For example, “bridge” might stand for “meet” and “out” might stand for “me.” The message “Bridge out” would actually

44、 mean “Meet me.” 40 However, it is also hard to keep a code book secret for long. So codes must be changed frequently. A. It is very hard to break a code without the code book. B. In any language, some letters are used more than others. C. Only people who know the keyword can read the message. D. As

45、 long as there have been codes, people have tried to break them. E. You can hide a message by having the first letters of each word spell it out. F. With a code book, you might write down words that would stand for other words. G. Another way to hide a message is to use symbols to stand for specific

46、 letters of the alphabet.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） A blind boy sat on the steps of a building with a hat by his feetHe held up a41which said：“I am blind, please help” There were only a few42in the hatA man was walking byHe took some change from hispocketand 43 it into the

47、 hatHethentook the sign, turned it around, and wrote some _44He put it back so thateveryone who passed 45 would see the new words Soon the hat began to46 There were a lot more people 47 money to the blind boyThat afternoon the man who had48the sign came to seehow things wereThe boy49his footsteps an

48、d asked, “Are you the one who changed my sign this morning? What did you write?” The man said, “I just wrote the 50I said what you said but in a different way.” What he had written was: “Today is a beautiful day but I 51 see it” Do you think the previous sign and the new one were 52the same thing? O

49、f course both signs 53 people that the boy was blind54 , the first sign simply told people to help by putting some money in the hat because of his blindnessThe second sign told people that they were 55enough and able to enjoy the 56 of the day , which the boy couldnt. There are at least two 57 we ca

50、n learn from this simple story. The first is : Be 58 for what you haveSomeone else has 59 . Help where you can. The second is : Be creative. Think 60 .There is always a better way.41. A. note B. photo C. sign D. box42. A. checks B. bills C. banknotes D. coins43. A. dropped B. brought C. threw D. sli

51、pped44. A. news B. information C. words D. themes45. A. by B. away C. up D. out46. A. blow up B. fill up C. pump up D. fold up47. A. lending B. collecting C. offering D. donating48. A. found B. changed C. formed D. made49. A. heard B. sensed C. recognized D. observed50. A. truth B. story C. issue D.

52、 plan51. A. mustnt B. shouldnt C. wouldnt D. cant52. A. conducting B. expressing C. discussing D. commenting53. A. informed B. allowed C. encouraged D. absorbed54. A. Moreover B. Anyhow C. Otherwise D. However55. A. cheerful B. negative C. lucky D. unfortunate56. A. beauty B. brightness C. value D.

53、comfort57. A. theories B. titles C. means D. lessons58. A. diligent B. merciful C. grateful D. enthusiastic59. A. more B. less C. better D. worse60. A. aloud B. differently C. twice D. positively第卷 写作（共三部分, 满分50分）（答题做在在答题卡上）第一部分：语法填空(共10小题，每小题1.5分，满分15分） 阅读下面短文，按照句子结构的语法性和上下文连贯的要求，在标有1 10 的空格处填入一个适当

54、的词或使用括号中词的正确形式填空。 Recently I learned from the newspaper that normal universities（师范大学）_61_ (belong) to the Education Department would recruit（招收）some students free. As _62_ return, the students must serve as a primary school teacher for 10 years in his or her hometown. I feel that is good news for m

55、e and Ill contact the universities to get _63_ (admit). First of all, as a farmers child, my familys living condition is not so good _64_ I can not afford the high tuition of regular universities. Im so happy to get the chance _65_ (become) a college student _66 then continue my study. Secondly, ser

56、ving as a teacher is my dream since I was a child. I 67 (bring) up in a mountain village. Many of my little friends got poor education and they had to get to work as a teenager. If I become a teacher, I will devote _68 (I) to giving them better education. Lastly, our country is 69 great need of teac

57、hers, 70 (especial) in rural areas. After I graduate, Illreturn to my hometown and serve as a good teacher.第二部分：短文改错（共10小题，每小题1分，满分10分）该题要求改正所给短文中的10处错误。如有错误，则按下列情况改正：删除：该行多一个词：把多余的词用斜线（）划掉。增加：该行缺一个词：在缺词处加一个漏字符号（），并在该符号下写出该加的词。修改：该行错一个词；在错的词下划一横线，并在该词下面写出改正后的词。注意：1.每处错误及其修改仅限一词; 2.只允许修改10处,多者(从第11处起

58、)不计分。 Last night I was preparing for the coming exam while the noise from my neighbor interrupted me. The noise was so loud that I could hard put up with it any longer. But I went to my neighbors house and say to him, “Excuse me, would you please turn down the TV? Im preparing for the important exam

59、.” Heard the words, he was embarrassed. He said, “OK, I will turn them down. Im very sorry have made so much more noise. Just now, the football match was very wonderful. I was too excited to control myself. I wont do that again.” After that, I got down at my study. 第三部分：书面表达（满分25分）根据下列提示，写一篇短文，介绍你们的

60、学校。1. 位于城市西北角，2000年建成并投入使用2. 校园环境，教学设备3. 师生情况4. 全市最好学校，为很多名牌学校输送学子。注意：词数100左右云天化中学20162017学年秋季学期期中考试试卷高二英语答案一、 听力 1-5 AACCA 6-10 ABBAC 11-15 ACCBC 16-20 BBBAC二、阅读A. BBDA B. DCCD C.BCDA D. DCC 七选五: DEGFA三、 完形填空41-45 CDACA 46-50 BDBCA 51-55 DBADC 56-60 ADCBB语法填空：1. belonging 2. a 3.admitted 4. that 5.

61、 to become6. and 7.was brought 8. myself 9. in 10. especially短文改错1. while-when 2.hard -hardly 3. But-So4.say-said 5. the-an 6. Heard-Hearing7. them-it 8.在sorry have 中间添to9. 删掉more 10. at-to作文Located in the northwest of the city, the project of building our school was completed in 2000 and it was put

62、 to use in the same year. Now, there are nearly 3,000 students studying hard here, who are divided into 60 classes. Equipped with modern teaching facilities, our school has a fascinating campus covered with green trees, flowers and grass. The teachers are experienced and they all put their hearts into teaching. Many students of high quality have been educated since the founding of the school. It is now the best school in the city, sending many excellent students to such famous universities as Beijing University and Tsinghua University.