河北省香河县第三中学2017-2018学年高二下学期期中考试英语试题 WORD版含答案.doc

1、香河三中2017-2018高二年级第二学期期中英语试题本试卷满分150分，考试时间120分钟第一部分 听力 （共两节，每小题1.5分，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. Where is the woman going with her children?A. To Australia. B. To Canada. C. To Japan.2. How much should

2、the man pay?A. $ 16. B. $ 32. C. $ 60.3. What does the woman expect the man to do on Saturday?A. Help Brian move house.B. Take Brian out for the day.C. Celebrate their mums birthday.4. What does the woman mean?A. She hasnt made a decision yet.B. She will take the job right away.C. She refused the ma

3、ns offer.5. What are the speakers mainly talking about?A. A novel. B. A film. C. A writer.第二节(共15小题，每小题1.5分，满分22.5分)听第6段材料，回答第6、7题6. What will the woman do this evening?A. Attend a party. B. Visit her grandma. C. Do some shopping.7. What does the man advise the woman to do?A. Wear a necklace. B. Buy

4、 a new bag. C. Wait for her grandma.听第7段材料，回答第8、9题8. Where does the conversation take place?A. At a hotel. B. At an airport. C. At a police station.9. What does the man suggest the woman do?A. Wait where she is until tomorrow.B. Make a request for the loss.C. Give him her telephone number.听第8段材料，回答第

5、10、11、12题10. Who is the man most probably?A. The womans boss. B. The womans student. C. The womans husband.l1. Why does the woman look worried?A. She has been late for work recently.B. She is not getting on well with her boss.C. She has trouble taking her children to school.12. What does the woman t

6、hink of Alices way to deal with her problem?A. Practical. B. Strange. C. Wrong.听第9段材料，回答第13、14、15、16题13. How long will the course run this year?A. Five weeks. B. Six weeks. C. Seven weeks.14. What was the woman surprised at last year?A. The lack of courses. B. The time of course. C. The number of ch

7、ildren.15. What prevented children from outdoor activities?A. The weather. B. The assistants. C. The cost.16. What new activities can the children have this year?A. Adventure sports. B. Fun programs. C. Creative classes.听第10段材料，回答第17、18、19、20题17. What difficulty did the speaker have when starting to

8、 learn French?A. Grammar. B. Vocabulary. C. Pronunciation.18. Why did the speaker go to France?A. To settle there. B. To look for a job. C. To continue her studies.19. How did the speaker feel when she arrived in France?A. The native were not friendly.B. Her French was not enough.C. French was easie

9、r than expected.20. What is the most important in learning a language according to the speaker?A. Using it in real life.B. Mastering the grammar rules.C. Knowing more words.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。并在答题卡上将该选项涂黑。 AThe annual World Economic Forum t

10、ook place in Davos, Switzerland, in Jan 23-26, 20 18. What did Chinese entrepreneurs speak in the forum? Are there some quotable quotes for you ?Jack Ma, founder and executive chairman of Alibaba GroupI think globalization cannot be stopped-no one can stop globalization, no one can stop trade. If tr

11、ade stops, the world stops. Trade is the way to dissolve the war not cause the war,” said Ma in Davos, “Google, Facebook, Amazon and Alibabawe are the luckiest companies of this century. But we have the responsibility to have a good heart, and do something good.Richard Liu, founder and chief executi

12、ve officer of JD“Business is not only a way to make money but also a way to contribute yourself to helping people,” Liu said in a speech in Davos. “How can we face the fractured (分化的) world? Thats the topics of the Davos this year. I think a very important thing in business is cooperation. If we can

13、 unite, work together, (if) we work very closely, I think we can bring more hope to the people and we can build more trust between the people, countries and companies and partners,” he said.Jane Sun, CEO of Ctrip“Tourism is a sunrise industry. Since I entered Ctrip, every year there are new comers,

14、which, first of all, shows that tourism is booming,” Sun told Sina. com in Davos. “We invested heavily in ABC. A refers to AI, B is big data, and C is cloud computing. As we continue to expand overseas, these three will be very good weapons for us. So we think those mean opportunity, ”she said.Hu Xi

15、aoming, president of Aliyun“In 2018, people will see the development in various countries more closely connected with cloud computing. More manufacturing enterprises and financial institutions will start to use cloud. And cloud computing will increase the efficiency of technology and finance, ”Hu to

16、ld Xinhua in Davos.21. What do Chinese entrepreneurs like Jack Ma and Richard Liu focus more on?A. More huge jumps in profits. B. The joined efforts of mankind.C. Reducing production costs. D. The role of science in business.22. What is the main business of Ctrip?A. Tourism. B. The creation of AI. C

17、. Computer. D. Financial service online.23. What does Hu think will boost global economic development?A. Economy recovery. B. The World Economic Forum.C. Cloud computing. D. Financial efficiency. B “The noise made by boats of whale watching tourists may be causing communication problems for the anim

18、als，” British researchers said last week.Whale watching is a popular tourist activity in places where groups of killer whales (虎鲸) live.Every day, dozens of boats filled with tourists go to watch the beautiful animals.Unfortunately, the engines of the boats make a lot of noise, and that may be causi

19、ng problems for the whales, according to a report in the US science magazine Nature.The whales travel in groups, and communicate with each other through sonic calls that some scientists refer to as singing.The sounds of the boat engines may be creating too much background noise for the whales to be

20、able to hear each other.The researchers listened to recordings of whale calls made between 15 and 25 years ago, before whale watching became popular.These were compared to more recent recordings.They found that the animals have started to sing for longer than they used to, like a person shouting to

21、a friend across a noisy room.It is believed that the whales are trying to communicate hunting or breeding information.Scientists said that, if this is prevented, the future of the worlds whale population could be in danger. “Animals become slow in mind and repeat themselves in noisy areas，” said Vol

22、ker Deecke, a Canadian biologist.“They have to say things twice or three times in order to be understood.”The killer whales studied were living off the coast of northwestern America.The number of killer whales in this area has been falling for several years, but scientists are not sure why.24The pas

23、sage mainly tells us _.Athe problems of whale watchingBhow killer whales communicate with each otherCthe reduced population of killer whales caused by whale watchingDhearing problems of the killer whales caused by whale watching25 Now in a noisy background, the killer whales have to _.Asing in a lou

24、der voiceBsing longerCtravel in smaller groupsDget nearer to each other26Scientists believe that killer whales sing to _.Awarn each other of dangersBkeep in the same groupCsend useful informationDenjoy themselves27From the passage, we can feel that the author is _.AangryBhopefulCworried Ddisappointe

25、d C It was a hot day, and my brother Walt and I had decided that the only way to survive it would be to go swimming in a deep swimming hole across Mr. Blickezs Pasture（牧场）and through some woods.The only problem with our plan was that this pasture was guarded by a huge, mean Hereford bull（公牛）. Mr. Bl

26、ickez had told us that Elsie was the meanest bull in the town, maybe even in the county, and we believed him. But the hotter it got, the more we thought there was something fishy about his words. For one thing, we remembered Mr. Blickez liked telling tall tales; for anther, Elsie seemed like a stran

27、ge name for a bull.Finally, I talked Mom into asking permission for us to walk through the pasture, but then another problem surfaced. Mom said she would talk to Mr. Blickez if we would take our cousin Joanie along with us. Joanie was almost two years older than me and a head taller. If her teasing

28、ever got around my grade school, it would be all over for me. In fact, I still had a headache from a quarrel with her that morning. “Im not going swimming with that silly girl cousin,” I told my mom.“Either Joanie goes with, or you stay home alone,” Mom said in her serious tone（语气）. I gave in and we

29、 set out. On our way across the pasture, Walt yelled suddenly. Elsie had approached him quietly and was licking（舔）his back. Joanie and I dove under the wire fence, but while I was on the ground I looked up and saw that Elsie wasnt a big mean bull after all. She was going to keep licking my brothers

30、back as long as he stood still.We had many good days growing up and visiting our secret swimming hole guarded by the so-called “big mean bull”. And as it turned out, for a girl cousin, Joanie hasnt been too bad. Shes been one of my best friends over the years.28. Whats the meaning of the underlined

31、word “fishy” in Paragraph 2? A. Funny.B. Interesting.C. Doubtful.D. Believable.29. Whats the second problem the author had to face? A. His mother failed to ask permission for him. B. His mother insisted on his cousin going with him. C. He quarreled with his cousin and had a headache. D. His cousin m

32、ade jokes on him in his grade school.30. We can learn from the passage that Elsie . A. was his owners favorite bull B. was aggressive because of her nature C. disliked to play with little children D. was actually friendly to people31. Whats the passage mainly about? A. The bull guarding Mr. Blickezs

33、 farm. B. The story of visiting the swimming hole. C. How friendly the so-called “big mean bull” was. D. How the author changed his attitude to Joanie.D Four years ago, we asked ourselves: what if we could create a shopping experience with no waiting in lines and no checkout? Or could we create a ph

34、ysical store where customers could simply take what they want to go? Our answer to those questions is Amazon Go, where you could experience the idea of “just walk out shopping”.Amazon Go is a new kind of store with no checkout required. We created the worlds most advanced shopping technology, so you

35、 never have to wait in line. With our “just walk out shopping” experience, simply use the Amazon Go app to enter the store, take the products you want, and go! No lines, no checkout.Our checkout-free shopping experience is made possible by the same types of technologies used in self-driving cars: co

36、mputer vision, sensor fusion, and deep learning. Our “just walk out technology” automatically detects when products are taken from or returned to the shelves and keeps track of them in your virtual cart. When youre done shopping, you can just leave the store. Shortly after, well charge your Amazon a

37、ccount and send you a receipt.We offer delicious ready-to-eat breakfast, lunch, dinner, and snack options made fresh every day by our on-site chefs and favorite local kitchens and bakeries. Our selection of foodstuff ranges from bread and milk to cheeses and locally made chocolates. Youll find well-

38、known brands we love, plus special finds were excited to introduce to customers. For a quick home-cooked dinner, pick up one of our chef-designed Amazon Meal Kits, and you can make a meal for two in about 30 minutes.Our 1,800-square-foot shopping space is conveniently compact（紧凑的）, so busy customers

39、 can get in and out fast. It is located at 2131, 7th Ave, Seattle, WA, on the corner of 7th Avenue and Blanohard Street. All you need is an Amazon account, a supported smart phone, and the free Amazon Go app.Amazon Go is currently only open to Amazon employees in our testing program, and will be ope

40、n to the public soon.32. From the passage, we can learn that Amazon Go _. A. is a checkout-free storeB. sells all kinds of goods C. is open to the publicD. uses unknown technologies33. What is mainly discussed in Paragraph 3? A. When Amazon Go charges.B. How Amazon Go works. C. Where Amazon Go lies.

41、 D. What Amazon Go sells.34. Customers pay for the products from Amazon Go by _. A. paying cash at the counter B. walking out of the store C. using their Amazon accounts D. scanning smart phones when leaving35. The main purpose of the passage is to _. A. encourage people to shop online B. advise peo

42、ple to work for Amazon C. inform people of a new concept store D. tell people of the shopping experience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。 While you are travelling abroad, cultural mistakes are more serious than linguistic mistakes, which can lead to serious misunderstan

43、ding and even illfeeling between individuals. _36_Touching Someone_37_ In Mediterranean countries, if you dont touch someones arm when talking to them or if you dont greet them with kisses or a warm hug, youll be considered cold. But backslap (拍背) someone who isnt a family member or a good friend in

44、 Korea, and youll make them uncomfortable. In Thailand, the head is considered sacred never even pat a child on the head.Talking Over DinnerIn some countries, like China, Japan and some African nations, the foods the thing, so dont start chatting about your days adventures while everyone else is dig

45、ging into dinner. _38_ Its not because your group is unfriendly, but because meal times are for eating, not talking.Removing Your Shoes or NotTake off your shoes when arriving at the door of a London dinner party and the hostess will find you uncivilized, but fail to remove your shoes before enterin

46、g a home in Asia, Hawaii, or the Pacific Islands and youll be considered disrespectful. So, if you see a row of shoes at the door, start undoing your laces. _39_Once you are on the ground of a different country, remain highly sensitive to native behavior. _40_ And dont feel offended if something see

47、ms offensive like queue jumping. After all, this is a global village, and we are all very different.APersonal space varies as you travel the globe.BAsians consider removing shoes impolite at home.CNever be completely surprised by anything.DThe linguistic mistake means that someone is not fully expre

48、ssing his idea.ELook out for the following cultural mistakes and try to avoid them.FIf not, keep the shoes on.GYoull likely be met with silence.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Many years ago, three soldiers, hungry and tir

49、ed of battle, arrived at a small village. The villagers, suffering a poor harvest and years of war, quickly _4_1_ the food they owned. They met the three at the village square, _4_2_ about the lack of food.The first soldier then approached the village elders, “Your tired fields have left you _4_3_ t

50、o share, so we shall share what we have: the _44_ of how to make soup from _4_5_.”Naturally the villagers became _4_6_ and soon a fire was put to the villages greatest pot as the soldiers carefully _47_ three stones. “Now this will be a fine soup，” said the second soldier，“_4_8_ some salt and parsle

51、y (西芹) would make it more wonderful！” A woman _4_9_， crying “What luck! I remember Ive got some at home！” Off she ran, _50_ with a handful of parsley. As the pot boiled on, carrots, beef and cream had soon _51_ their way into the pot before everyone set out to _52_.The soldiers ate and danced and sa

52、ng well into the night, _53_ by the meal and their _54_ friends. The next morning, they awoke to _55_ the entire village standing before them with their best bread and cheese.“You have given us the greatest _56_，” said an elder，“and we shall never forget it.” The third soldier turned to the _57_， an

53、d said，“There is no secret but one thing is _58_： it is only by _59_ that we may make a feast.” And off the _60_ wandered, down the road to their next destination.41 A.ate upBgave away42 Chid Dsold42A.caring BthinkingCjoking Dcomplaining43A.nothing BanythingCa little Da lot44A.importance BsecretCpro

54、blem Dmatter45A.pots BbreadCstones Dcream46A.curious BscaredCworried Dcontent47A.picked up Bdropped inCchose Dcollected48A.as if Bin caseCsince Dbut49A.backed off Bbroke downCjumped up Dstepped away50A.returning BleavingCdealing Dtrading51A.fought BfeltCfound Dlost52A.work BfeastCtalk Dplay53A.refre

55、shed BalarmedCannoyed Damused54A.wellinformed BnewlymadeChardearned Dlonglost55A.keep BrecognizeCexpect Ddiscover56A.answer BhopeCgift Dadvice57A.crowd BfamilyCstrangers Dcompanions58A.funny BdoubtfulCdifferent Dcertain59A.entertaining BsharingCappreciating Ddonating60A.villagers BeldersClocals Dsol

56、diers第二节 （共10分；每小题1. 5分，满分15分） 阅读下面材料，在空白处填入1个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。 Many pieces of beautiful pottery (陶器) were discovered in Luoyang, Henan Province, 61 there were a few tombs of the Tang Dynasty, when a railway was in the process of being constructed in 1899. The pieces of pottery were either in yellow

57、, green and white colors 62 in yellow, green and brown colors. Because they were found from tombs of the Tang Dynasty, they were called “Tang tri-colored glazed pottery”. The production of glassy pottery in China 63 (date) back to ancient times. Colored glaze was usually not applied 64 the head of a

58、 pottery figure. After the base was baked, a few touches of Chinese ink 65 (paint) to represent the eyes, eyebrows and beard. The facial expression and inner world of a small statue were portrayed (刻画) most 66 (vivid). There are a great 67 (various) of Tang tri-colored glazed pottery pieces. With un

59、ique shapes, they had the rich flavor of life, 68 (cover) almost every field of life related to the dead, from models of architecture to plates, bowls and from small statues of the heavenly kings with 69 bad temper to those of beautiful noble ladies. They showed the 70 (color) social life and the sp

60、lendid culture of the Tang Dynasty.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处错误，每句中最多有两处。错误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)不计分。Last week I noticed Jack cough

61、ing on our math class. See this, I offered to take him to a clinic. There the doctor asked Jack how he had coughed sometimes for long time. Jack nodded his head immediate. The doctor then wrote a prescription with instruction on how to take the Chinese medicine. When Jack tasted the medicine, he alm

62、ost brings it up. I comforted him with an old saying “Good medicine for health tastes bitter to the mouth”. Jack managed to swallow them unwillingly. But when he had recovered three days later, he felt amazing at the effect of the Chinese medicine.第二节 书面表达 (25分) 假定你是李华。你在某论坛上看到美国高中生Peter暑假期间想到中国来旅游并

63、希望能找一个中国的高中生给他当导游。请你用英语给他写封电子邮件，内容包括：1.自我介绍；2.你的优势条件；3.希望与他同行。注意：1.词数100左右； 2.可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。Dear Peter,_Yours sincerely, Li Hua 高二年级第二学期第二次联考英语答案听力：(每小题1.5分，共30分) 1-5 CBCAB 6-10 AABCC 11- 15 CABCA 16-20 BBCBA阅读: (每小题2分共40分)（A）B A C （B）DBCD （C） CBDB （D）ABCC 七选五 EAGFC完型 (每小题1.5分，共30分)CDABC ABDCA CBA

64、BD CADBD语法填空 (每小题1.5分，共15分)61. where 62. or 63. dates 64. to 65. were painted66. vividly 67. variety 68. covering 69. a 70. colorful短文改错(每小题1分，共10分)Last week I noticed Jack coughing on our math class. See this, I offered to take him to a clinic. There the doctor in Seeingasked Jack how he had coughe

65、d sometimes for long time. Jack nodded his head immediate. The doctor then if/whether a immediatelywrote a prescription with instruction on how to take the Chinese medicine. When Jack tasted the medicine, he almost instructionsbrings it up. I comforted him with an old saying “Good medicine for healt

66、h tastes bitter to the mouth”. Jack managed broughtto swallow them unwillingly. But when he had recovered three days later, he felt amazing at the effect of the Chinese it 删除had amazedmedicine.参考范文 （满分25分） Dear Peter,Im Li Hua, a high school student in China. I m glad to learn that you want to pay a

67、 visit to China during the summer vacation and that you are in need of a Chinese student who can be your guide. I think nobody is more qualified than me. Here are the reasons for it.First, I have been learning English for many years and I can speak it fluently. Therefore, there will be no difficulty in communicating between us. Second, I have not only learned about many places of interest in China, but also traveled around these places. As a result, I know much about them and can share my knowledge with you.I hope to have a good journey with you in the near future!Yours sincerely,Li Hua