四川省成都经开区实验中学2017-2018学年高二下学期期末考试英语模拟试题 WORD版含答案.doc

1、成都经开区实验中学2016级高二下学期期末考试模拟试题英 语本试卷分第I卷（选择题）和第II卷（非选择题）两部分。满分150分。考试用时120分钟，考生作答时，将答案答在答题卡上，在本试卷上答题无效。第卷（选择题，共100分）第一部分 听力（百强校英语解析团队专供）（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。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 did the woman leave in the taxi?A. A hat

2、.B. A T-shirt.C. A sweater.2. How much did the woman pay for the dress?A. 10 dollars.B. 30 dollars.C. 40 dollars.3. What does the man often put on a Christmas tree?A. A doll.B. A star.C. An angel.4. What does Gina tell Sam to do?A. Scratch his arm even more.B. Buy some special medicine.C. Sleep with

3、 the windows shut.5. What does the man imply about the woman in the end?A. She always buys new clothes.B. She should do the laundry herself.C. She needs a new washing machine.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。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

4、话或独白读两遍。听第6段材料，回答第6、7题。6. What does the woman want the man to do?A. Put off his spring break.B. See some western art.C. Drive herto the exhibit.7. What is the relationship between the speakers?A. Mother and son. B. Brother and sister. C. Taxi driver and passenger.听第7段材料，回答第8至10题。8. Why did Teresa ra

5、ise her hand the first time?A. She had a question.B. She needed to relax her arm.C. She wanted to use the bathroom.9. What did Mr. Johnson ask the class to do?A. Turn to page 55.B. See a famous painting.C. Ask questions later on.10. When will the film be shown?A. At the end of class.B. After Teresa

6、gets back.C. In more than two minutes.听第8段材料，回答第11至13题。11. What did the man start doing two years ago?A. Teaching. B. Raising money. C. Saving wild animals.12. Why is the man tired?A. He stayed up sending emails.B. He took care of a bear all night.C. He has a lot of homework to grade.13. What does t

7、he man say about the bears at last?A. They are dirty.B. They are cool.C. They are lovely.听第9段材料，回答第14至16题。14. Why isnt Cindy studying for the test?A. She is too tired.B. She has a headache.C. She cant find her book.15. What does Bob offer to do for Cindy?A. Call her a taxi.B. Drive her to the doctor

8、s.C. Give her some hot water.16. Where does the conversation take place?A. At home.B. At a doctors.C. In a classroom.听第10段材料，回答第17至20题。17. Where is Wendy from?A. The USA.B. Italy.C. The UK.18. What are Christmas crackers? A. Toys with loud sound. B. A kind of Christmas food. C. Paper tubes with a gi

9、ft inside.19. What do all three British Christmas desserts have in common?A. They all look and taste about the same.B. They are all made out of nuts and dried fruit.C. They are all similar to the American fruitcake.20. What is the speaker mainly talking about?A. Interesting plays. B. A special Chris

10、tmas dinner. C. Christmas traditions in the UK.【答案】 15 CBCCA 610 CBBCB 1115 CBABB 1620 AACBC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。AGoogle has been collecting tons of data about smart phone(智能机) usage around the world Here are some of the most surprising and int

11、eresting facts.Android is most popular in Japan, with 55% of respondents(调查对象)using it, compared with 39% for ioS. Android is also number one in a few other countries, including New Zealand (41%/), the US(40%), and China(38%).ioS is farthest ahead in Switzerland, with 52% usage vs 23% for Android. O

12、ther countries where ios is far ahead include Australia(49% vs 25% Android), Canada(45% vs 23% Android and 23% Blackberry), and France (43%vs25%。 Android).In Egypt,windowsMobile is far more popular iOS.13% of survey respondents use the Microsoft smartphone plaform, behind Symbian (19%6) and Android(

13、14%), ios is very far down at 4%.Mobile social networking is biggest in Mexico and Argentina, where 74% and 73% of users visit a social network daily. But mobile-social is weak in Japan where 34% of users never visit a social network on their phone, and this figure rises to 41% in Brazil.Watching vi

14、deo is most popular in Saudi Arabia, with 59% of respondents doing it daily. Number two is Egypt, with 41%.Chinese users shop from their phones. 59% of Chinese users do this, compared with only 41% in second-place Egypt. Chinese users also love to write reviews. 41% of them write a review of a local

15、 business after looking it up on their smart phone. Number two, Japan, is far behind, with only 24% of respondents doing this.21. Which of the following best describes the usage of the smartphone operating systems in EgyptA. Symbian Android Windows MobileiOS.B. Android Windows Mobile iOS Symbian.C.i

16、OSAndroidSymbianWindows Mobile.D. Windows MobileiOSSymbian Android.22. In which of the following countries is mobile social networking least popular?A. Argentina.B. Jar.C. Mexico.D. Brazil.23. In which section of a newspaper can we most probably read the passage?A Health.B Environment. C. Technology

17、.D. Entertainment.【答案】 2123 ADCB Mark Twain was a great writer in the USA. When he was young, there were many interesting story about him. One day Mark Twain was asked if he could remember the first money he ever earned. He thought a long time and then said , “Yes, it was at school. I can remember e

18、verything about it . School boys in those days did not take good care of their chairs and desks. There was a rule in our school that if anyone damaged his desk or chair, he would have to pay five dollars orthe teacher would beat him in front of the whole school.” “One day I damaged my desk in some w

19、ay, I had to pay five dollars or be beaten before the whole school. My father said it would be too bad to have our family disgraced（丢脸的） in front of the whole school. He agreed to give me five dollars to hand over the teacher. But before he gave me the money, he took me upstairs and gave me a beatin

20、g.” “But as I had one beating and I decided I would take another beating at school and keep thefive dollars. So thats what I did. That was the first money I ever earned.”24. Mark Twain earned his first money _.A. when he was beaten by his father B. when he became a writerC. when he taught at a schoo

21、l D. when he was a pupil25. Mark Twains father_.A. was happy to give him the moneyB. got angry when he knew what Mark Twain had done at schoolC. said sorry to the teacher when he heard the newsD. agreed to beat Mark Twain and then give him the money26. Mark Twain was beaten_.A. at home B. both at sc

22、hool and at home C. at school D. only by his father27. Mark Twains father beat him because_.A.he wanted to teach the boy a lessonB.he didnt want the boy to be beaten by the teacherC.he didnt want to have his family disgraced（出丑）D.he didnt want to give him the money【答案】 2427 DBBC CHave you ever wonde

23、red why birds sing? Maybe you thought that they were just happy. After all, you probably sing or whistle when you are happy.Some scientists believe that birds do sing some of the time just because they are happy. However, they sing most of the time for a very different reason. Their singing is actua

24、lly a warning to other birds to stay out of their territory.Do you know what a “territory” is? A territory is an area that an animal, usually the male, claims（声称）as its own. Only he and his family are welcome there. No other families of the same species are welcome. Your yard and house are your terr

25、itory where only your family and friends are welcome. If a stranger should enter your territory and threaten you, you might shout. Probably this would be enough to frighten him away.If so, you have actually scared the stranger away without having to fight him. A bird does the same thing. But he expe

26、cts an outsider almost any time, especially at nesting（筑巢）season. So he is screaming all the time, whether he can see an outsider or not. This screaming is what we call a birds song, and it is usually enough to keep an outsider away.Birds sing loudest in the spring when they are trying to attract a

27、mate and warn others not to enter the territory of theirs.You can see that birds have a language of their own. Most of it has to do with attracting mates and setting up territories.28. Some scientists believe that most of the time birds singing is actually _.A. an expression of happiness B. an expre

28、ssion of angerC. a way of greeting D. a way of warning29. How does the writer explain birds singing?A. By comparing birds with human beings.B. By telling a birds story.C. By reporting experiment results.D. By describing birds daily life.30. What is a birds “territory”?A. An area for which birds figh

29、t against each other.B. A place where a bird may shout at the top of its voice.C. An area which a bird considers to be its own.D. A place where families of other species are not accepted.31. Why do birds keep on singing at nesting season?A. Because they want to find outsiders around.B. Because their

30、 singing helps frighten outsiders away.C. Because they want to invite more friends.D. Because their singing helps get rid of their fears.【答案】 2831. DA C BDAlibaba started taking the lead in China by connecting big Chinese manufacturers（制造商）with big buyers across the world. Its business-to-business s

31、ite,A allowed business to buy almost everything. Alibabas advantage wasnt hard to judge: size. Alibaba is just big, even by Chinese standards. Its market attracts 231 million active buyers, 8 million sellers, 11.3 billion orders a yearand Alibaba is just the middleman. It encourages people to use it

32、s marketsnot charging small sellers a percentage of the sale.If you want a quick look into the influence of Alibaba on daily Chinese life, take my experience. I moved to Beijing a year ago and quickly got tired of visiting small stores across the crowded, polluted city of 20 million people in search

33、 of new electronics, bathroom furnishings, and anything else my wife wanted. “Youre looking for what exactly? Why not try it?” My Chinese teacher asked me one day. With that, my wonderful new relationship with Alibaba began.Alibabas original business-to-business model now is second to consumer buyin

34、g. Chinese retail（零售）buying makes up 80% of Alibabas profit, and leading that group is Taobao, with 800 million items for sale and the most unbelievable selection of things youll ever find. TM is Alibabas other big site, where you can find brand name goods from Nike and Unilever near the lowest pric

35、es.What I have a hard time explaining to friends and family back in the U.S.is how China has gone beyond traditional shoppingbig-box retailers especiallyin favor of online purchases on Taobao and a few other sites. In smaller towns than Beijing, where big retailers have not yet traveled, shopping on

36、line is shopping, and shopping is Taobao.I have a list of some of my recent purchases on Taobao for a sense of how wide the marketplace is. Almost everything arrived a day or two after ordering with free shipping. Im not even a big buyer, because I need friends to help me search the Chinese-language

37、 site. When I was searching my purchase history on my Chinese teachers iPad, which helps me buy goods, I looked through with great difficulty about 10 of her purchases for every one of mine.32. Alibabas advantage mainly lies in _.A. its big sizeB. its low priceC. its not charging small sellersD. its

38、 business-to-business service33. We know from the passage that Alibaba _.A. will continue to develop.B. charges all the sellers on its site a percentage of the sale.C. acts as a bridge between the buyers and sellers.D. is of middle size among all the online sites.34. What can be inferred from the pa

39、ssage?A. Alibabas business-to-business service earns more money than retail.B. Taobao has no obvious advantage over other similar online sites.C. The authors Chinese teacher is also an online purchase lover.D. TM provides more profit than Taobao.35. What is the passage mainly about?A. Shopping onlin

40、e in China is TaoBao.B. How the author purchases online in China.C. Shopping online goes beyond traditional shopping.D. Alibaba influences peoples daily purchase in China.【答案】 3235 ACCD第二节 阅读理解七选五（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 health: Four steps for fighting stress E

41、verybody gets stressed from time to time. 36 Some ways of dealing with stress- like screaming or hitting someone - dont solvemuch. But other ways, like talking to someone you trust, can lead you to solving your problem or at least feeling better. Try taking these four steps the next time you are str

42、essed:Get support. When you need help, reach out to the people who care about you. Talk to a trusted adult, such as a parent or other relatives. 37 They might have had similar problems, such as dealing with a test, or the death of a beloved pet.Dont take it out on yourself. Sometimes when kids are s

43、tressed and upset they take it out on themselves. Oh, dear, thats not a good idea. Remember that there are always people to help you. Dont take it out on yourself. 38 39 After youre calm and you have support from adults and friends, its time to get down to business. You need to figure out what the p

44、roblem is. Even if you cant solve it all, you can solve a piece of it.Be positive. Most stress is temporary (暂时的). Remember stress does go away, especially when you figure out the problem and start working on solving it.These steps arent magic, but they do work. And if you can stay positive as you m

45、ake your way through a tough time, youll help yourself feel better even faster. 40 A.Try to solve the problem.B.Then, find a way to calm down.C.And dont forget about your friends.D.Ah, it feels so good when the stress is gone.E.Different people feel stress in different ways.F.Notice your friends fee

46、lings and find a way to help them. G.Ask for a helping hand to get you through the tough situation.【答案】 3640 ECGAD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；每题1.5分，满分30分）阅读下面的短文，从短文后各题所给的四个选项（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。In our discussion with people on how education can help them succeed in life,

47、 a woman remembered the first meeting of an introductory(介绍的) _1_ course about 20 years ago. The professor _2_ the lecture hall, placed upon his desk a large jar filled with dried beans（豆）, and invited the students to _3_ how many beans the jar contained. After _4_ shouts of wildly wrong guesses the

48、 professor smiled a thin, dry smile, announced the _5_ answer, and went on saying, “You have just _6_ an important lesson about science. That is: Never _7_ your own senses.”Twenty years later, the _8_ could guess what the professor had in mind. He _9_ himself, perhaps, as inviting his students to st

49、art an exciting _10_ into an unknown world,invisible（无形的）to the _11_, which can be discovered only through scientific _12_. But the seventeen-year-old girl could not accept or even _13_ the invitation. She was just _14_ to understand the world. And she _15_ that her firsthand experience could be the

50、 _16_.The professor, however, said that it was _17_. He was taking away her only _18_ for knowing and was providing her with no substitute(代用品). “I remember feeling small and _19_,” the woman says, “and I did the only thing I could do. I _20_ the course that afternoon, and I havent gone near science

51、 since.”1. A. artB. history C. science D. math2. A. searched forB. looked atC. got through D.marched into3. A. countB. guessC. report D. watch4. A. warningB. giving C. turning awayD. listening to5. A. readyB. possibleC. correct D. difficult6. A. learnedB. preparedC. taught D. taken7. A. loseB. trust

52、C. sharpenD. show8. A. lecturerB. scientistC. speakerD. woman9. A. describedB. respectedC. sawD. served10. A. voyageB. movement C. change D. rush11. A. professorB. eyeC. knowledge D. light12. A. modelB. senses C. spiritD. methods13. A. hearB. makeC. presentD. refuse14. A. suggestingB. beginningC. pr

53、etending D. waiting15. A. believed B. doubtedC. proved D. explained16. A. growthB strengthC. faithD. truth17. A. firmB. interesting C. wrong D. acceptable18. A. taskB. toolC. successD. connection19. A. cruelB. proud C. frightened D. brave20. A. droppedB. startedC. passed D. missed【答案】 1-5 CDBDC 6-10

54、 ABDCA 11-15 BDABA 16-20 DCBAA第卷（共50分）第三部分英语知识运用第二节（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。People have all turned to sad music to make themselves feel better at some point in their lives, 61 why does the music with double or even triple sadness help drag people out of low spirits

55、?A new study throws light on whats going on inside peoples brains when they match their music to their feelings, and it looks as if sad music can be enjoyable, rather than 62 (simple) depressing. Music of this sort can arouse positive memories in peoples life , thus 63 (lift)their mood.Psychologist

56、Adrian North from Curtin University in Australia says there 64 (existence) two groups of possible explanations for why people enjoy listening to sad music like this-one from social psychology, and the other from cognitive neuroscience(神经学).65 terms of social psychology, one idea about this is that p

57、eople will feel 66 (good) about themselves if they focus on someone whos doing even worse. Everythings going to be okay, because this person is having 67 even worse day than they are.Another idea from social psychology is that people like to listen to the very music 68 shows their present life circu

58、mstances, because this kind of music makes them feel they are understood. With their emotions 69 (share), they definitely get a certain amount of comfort. So, the 70 (conclude) againsad music does cheer people up, and it works far better than happy music, in most cases.【答案】61 but 62 simply 63 liftin

59、g 64 exist 65 In 66 better67 a 68 that 69 shared 70 conclusion第四部分 写作（共两节，满分35分）第一节 短文改错（共10小题，每小题1分，满分10分）假定英语课上老师要求同桌之间交换修改作文，请你修改你同桌写的以下作文。文中共有10处语言错误，每句中最多有两处。每处错误仅涉及一个单词的增加、删除或修改。 增加：在缺词处加一个漏字符号（），并在其下面写出该加的词。 删除：把多余的词用斜线（）划掉。修改：在错的词下划一横线，并在该词下面写出修改后的词。注意：1.每处错误及其修改均仅限一词；2.只允许修改10处，多者（从第11处起）不计

60、分。It was very cold on last Monday morning. I was walking on my way to school when I notice two street cleaners cleaning the street in the cold wind. Saw them working so hard on such a cold morning, I was deeply touching and made up my mind to do something for them.After arriving at school, our class

61、mates gathered together to discuss when we could do help the street cleaners. Some classmate suggested helping with the cleaning. Some suggested bringing any warm clothes to them while others advised getting some hot food to keep us warm. Finally we both agreed on helping with the cleaning and bring

62、ing some hot food to them.【答案】It was very cold on last Monday morning. I was walking on my way to school when I notice two street noticedcleaners cleaning the street in the cold wind. Saw them working so hard on such a cold morning, I was deeply Seeingtouching and made up my mind to do something for

63、 them.touchedAfter arriving at school, our classmates gathered together to discuss when we could do help the what tostreet cleaners. Some classmate suggested helping with the cleaning. Some suggested bringing any warm classmates someclothes to them while others advised getting some hot food to keep

64、us warm. Finally we both agreed on them allhelping with the cleaning and bringing some hot food to them.第二节 书面表达（满分25分）请阅读下面短文，并按照要求用英语写一篇150词左右的文章。One day, a mother horse told her son, “My child, will you happily go and carry this bag of wheat to the mill (磨坊) to grind it into flour?” The little ho

65、rse happily agreed without hesitation, and ran out of the house with a bag of wheat on his back. After quite a long journey, the little horse came to a river, which blocked his path to the mill. He suddenly got confused. Looking around, he saw a cow. So he asked the cow, “Auntie Cow, can you tell me

66、 whether I can cross the river?” The cow answered, “Definitely you can. The water is very shallow.” When the little horse was about to cross the river, a squirrel shouted to him, “Little horse, dont cross the river. You will drown.” The little horse didnt know what to do, so he decided to go back to

67、 ask his mother. After he told his mother everything that happened on his way, his mother said, “My child, its not enough to only listen to others; you have to give it a try by yourself, and then youll know the answer.”With those words, he walked carefully across the river. The water was neither sha

68、llow nor deep. It was just fine for him. Finally the little horse crossed the river and completed his task.【写作内容】1. 以约30词概括上文的主要内容。2. 然后以约120个词就“亲身实践”谈谈你的看法，内容包括： (1) 你读完这个故事后的感受；(2) 讲述一次你通过亲身实践学会一项技能的经历；(3) 你从这次经历中所体会到“亲身实践”的重要性。 【写作要求】1. 作文中可以使用亲身经历或虚构的故事，但不得直接引用原文中的句子。 2. 不必写标题。_.【答案】 (30字概括：the

69、example of how a little horse succeeded by trying sth. on ones own/by oneself) A little horse finally crossed the river and completed the task by trying on his own instead of taking the advice from the cow and the squirrel./ Though at first confused by the advice from the cow and the squirrel, a lit

70、tle horse managed to cross the river eventually through practice./ The passage conveys the message that practice is of vital importance by taking a little horse as an example, who managed to cross the river by trying on his own instead of following others advice blindly.（感受,亲身实践的意义）The story sets me

71、 thinking a lot. Just as a saying goes, practice is the sole criterion for testing truth. By frequent practices, our ancestors acquired a great amount of knowledge, transforming our world from a primitive society into a highly-developed one. Similarly, though we dont know what future may have in sto

72、re for us in our life or study, there is no sense in worrying about something unpredictable. Instead, we should courageously face up to challenges ourselves and overcome difficulties by trials and errors. (亲身经历: 注意时态，事例必须符合主题亲身实践的重要性）It reminds of my experience of learning to skate. I doubted whethe

73、r I was able to learn to skate because some of my friends said it was very easy while others found it quite difficult. Fortunately, my elder brother encouraged me to give it a try and so I did. Through constant practice I gradually master the skills of skating and eventually learned to skate.（重申亲身实践的重要性）From this experience, I am convinced that weshouldsticktoourbeliefandkeeppracticing, regardless ofdifferentopinionsfromothers. Only when we experience everything on our own can wediscovertruth and achieve success.