高二英语上学期竞赛试题（实验班）

我们在这里，召开私营企业家联谊会，借此机会，我代表成都市渝中工商局、渝中区私营企业协会，祝各位领导新年快乐、工作愉快、身体健康，祝各位企业家事业兴旺安徽省太和县2016-2017学年高二英语上学期竞赛试题（实验班）第I卷（共100分）第一部分听力（共两节，满分30分)第节（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 exhibition? A. Near the mans house.B. In a park.C. In a school.2. What will the woman have to do? A. Switch to another flight. B. Go to the airport immediately. C. Ask the man to have the ticket changed.3. What does the woman want to do? A. Buy a new skirt.B. Change for another skirt.C. Get her money back.4. Who is the woman most probably talking to? A. Her boss.B. An accountant.C. A policeman.5. What are the speakers talking about? A. A souvenir.B. A place.C. A trip.第二节（共15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，各小题给出5秒钟的作答时间。每段对话或独白读两遍。请听第6段材料，回答第6、7题。6. Where does the conversation probably take place? A. In a shop.B. In a grocers.C. In a restaurant.7. Why cant the man get the discount? A. He came late.B. He mistook the date.C. He didnt see the sign.请听第7段材料，回答第8、9题。8. What should the speakers do before Thursday? A. Agree on a design.B. Send the reports out.C. Finish the reports.9. How does the man feel about his teams task? A. Surprised.B. Worried.C. Bored.请听第8段材料，回答第10至12题。10. What does the man want to do? A. Put off his trip to Lisbon.B. Change a ticket to Amsterdam. C. Ask about the price of the ticket to London.11. How long does it take the man to get to Amsterdam from Liverpool? A. Two hours.B. Three hours.C. Four hours.12. What do we know about the man? A. He will leave on the morning of the 24th.B. He has to transfer to another flight. C. He will arrive in London at 7:25. 请听第9段材料，回答第13至16题。13. What happened to Darren in the February competition? A. He ran in a new event.B. He got injured.C. He came last.14. When did Darrens situation begin to improve? A. When he made a deal with a shoe company.B. When he got into the British team. C. When he started a part-time job.15. Why has Darren got fit again quickly? A. He has started to work with a new trainer.B. He has increased the time for training. C. He has changed the way of training.16. Why does Darren want to win the next competition? A. To pay for his wedding.B. To show he is fit.C. To retire early.请听第10段材料，回答第17至20题。17. Why doesnt Tony think many children will come for the whole summer? A. The course is much too expensive.B. They will be bored with the activities. C. Their parents will want to stay with them for some time.18. What should one do first to take the course? A. Pay for the course.B. Visit Tonys website.C. Send an application form.19. What does Tony remind parents to do? A. Inform his of their childrens special needs. B. Pay the full amount of money immediately. C. Choose the activities their children like.20. What do we know about the course? A. It lasts three months. B. It is aimed at teenagers. C. It consists of different activities.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。 AiD Tech campsCamp Address: 910 E Hamilton Ave. Suite 300 Campbell, California 95008，USA Phone: (888) 709-8324 This summer, encourage the excellent in your child! At iD Tech Camps, students aged 7-17 can learn to code, design video games, engineer robots, model 3D characters, build websites, and print 3D models. Campers meet new friends, learn STEM skills, and gain self-confidence.Alexa Cafestem CampCamp Address: California, Colorado, Georgia, Illinois Phone：(212) 796-8350 This summer, encourage the excellent in your daughter. At Alexa Cafe, girls aged 10-15 discover technology in a unique environment that celebrates creativity, and philanthropy(乐善好施). Girls learn engineering principles, code games, design websites, model and print 3D objects.A Water Planet Dolphin Therapy CampCamp Address：203 Greenwood Drive, Panama City Beach, Florida 32407, USA Phone: (850) 230-6030 1-week camp in Panama City Florida where children with Special Needs swim with dolphins. Water Planets dolphin therapy programs use the emotional impact of a dolphin meeting in his own environment combined with expressive art, massage, and music as a beneficial experience. iD Tech MiniCamp Address：a lot of places, California and more, USA Phone：(323) 287-5580 This summer, encouragethe awesome in your child! Weve full everyhalf-day camp session with tons of tech awesomeness. Kids aged 6-9 can discoverprogramming, game design, or robotics. And with an emphasis on creativity and exploration, every camper becomes a maker of fun.21.What number had you better dial to make your kid(s) more confident?A. (888) 709-8324. B. (212) 796-8350.C. (850) 230-6030. D. (323) 287-5580.22. Which camp is only for girls?A. iD Tech camps B. Alexa Cafestem CampC. A Water Planet Dolphin Therapy Camp D. iD Tech Mini23. What is the common advantage of the four camps?A. Low fees. B. Limiting age.C. Doing good to children. D. Focusing on skill training.B From gobbling(狼吞虎咽）down turkey to spending time with family to watching football, Thanksgiving is filled with traditions. But one of the most popularpulling the wishbonedates back centuries. The upside-down V-shaped bone is actually called the furcula(叉骨). It is a bone located between a turkeys neck and its breast. Furcula means “little fork” in Latin. All birds have a wishbone. At Thanksgiving, the tradition is for two people to hold one end of the bone, make a wish，and then tug(用力拉). The winner is the person who ends up with the bigger piece. If you believe the legend, the winners wish will come true. The practice of making a wish on a birds furcula dates back to the ancient Etruscans, a people who lived in what is today northern Italy. They believed birds were powerful and divine (非凡的）creatures. After killing a chicken, an Etruscan would leave the wishbone in the sun to dry. Passersby would pick it up, stroke it for good luck，and make a wish. That is how the furcula got the name “wishbone.”The Etruscans passed the ritual (仪式）along to the Romans. Soon，the practice of making a wish on a chickens furcula became popular in ancient Rome. According to legend，it was so widespread that there werent enough chickens or wishbones to go around. So the Romans began breaking the wishbone in two. Now, twice as many people could make wishes. Then the English picked up the tradition. In the 16th century, English settlers brought the practice to the New World. There, they found an abundance of wild turkeys. So they started using a turkey furcula for their wishes. Today a wishbone tug-of-war is as much a part of Thanksgiving as is gobbling down turkey.24. What is the best title for the passage?A. Turkey Tug-of-War B. A Lucky TurkeyC. The New World D. The Stories of Thanksgiving25. What does the fourth paragraph focus on?A. How to dry the wishbone.B. The origin of this bone-pulling traditionC. The place where the ancient Etruscans lived.D. The practice of the ancient Etruscans making a wish on a turkeys furcula.26. Why did the Romans break the wishbone in two?A. To save money.B. To protect chickens.C. To create an I-shaped wishbone.D. To give more people the chances to make wishes27. Where was a turkey tug-of-war probably served as a Thanksgiving tradition first?A. In America. B. In the UK.C. In ancient Rome. D. In northern Italy.C Cubas former leader, Fidel Castro，died at the age of 90，according to a November 25 announcement on Cuban state television. The death marks the passing of a controversial figure who made a major impact on international affairs during his long rule. The Cuban government declared nine days of official mourning. On Monday, thousands of Cubans lined up near Havanas Plaza of the Revolution to pay their final respects to their leader. On Wednesday，Castros ashes will begin a three-day journey across Cuba to Santa Ifigenia cemetery in Santiago de Cuba. Castro was born into a middle-class family on August 13, 1926. He spent his childhood alongside the laborers on his fathers plantation (种植园). In 1945, Castro entered the University of Havana as a law student. He later joined groups that sought to end dictatorships in Latin-American countries. On July 26. 1953，Castro staged an unsuccessful revolt(叛乱）against Batistas government. He and his brother Raul were captured and imprisoned for two years. After they were freed, the brothers went into exile in Mexico, On November 25, 1956，Castro set out once again to overthrow Batista. His revolution grew in strength. On New Year s Day 1959, Batista fled from Cuba. Castro took absolute power on January 8. The U.S. viewed Castros relationship with the Soviet Union as a threat. In 1961，President John F. Kennedy approved the invasion of Cuba by 1, 500 Cuban exiles. They landed on April 17 at the Bay of Pigs, but with little U. S. military support. Cuban troops smashed the attack within a few days. In October 1962，Castro confronted Kennedy during the Cuban Missile Crisis，during which he allowed the Soviet Union to place nuclear-capable missiles in Cuba. By that time, the U. S. had cut all relations with Cuba. After the Soviet Union collapsed(崩溃）in 1991，Cuba lost its economic support. To fuel the economy, the Cuban government allowed outside investment in hotels and resorts, but that created inequality. Meanwhile, Castro continued to crack down on any opposition. After undergoing intestinal surgery in 2006，Castro handed Cubas presidency to Raul. The transition of power became official in 2008.28. Where did many Cubans line up to pay their final respects to Fidel Castro on Monday?A. In Cuban Television Station.B. Near Havanas Plaza of the Revolution.C. In Santa Ifigenia cemetery.D. Along the streets of Santiago de Cuba.29. When did Fidel Castro control the power of Cuba completely?A. In 1956. B. In 1959.C. In 1991. D. In 2008.30. What did the Cuban Missile Crisis result in directly?A. Batista fled from Cuba,B. The U. S. cut all relations with Cuba.C. The U. S. viewed the Soviet Union as a threatD. President John F. Kennedy approved an invasion of Cuba.31.What is the last paragraph mainly about?A.The end of Fidel Castros Era.B. The transition of power in Cuba.C. Fidel Castros economic policies.D. The collapse of the Soviet Union.D Some of the worlds most significant problems never hit headlines. One example comes from agriculture. Food riots(暴乱）and hunger make news, but the trend lying behind these matters is rarely talked about. This is the decline in the growth in yields of some of the worlds major crops. A new study by the University of Minnesota and McGill University in Montreal looks at where，and how far, this decline is occurring. The authors take a vast number of data pointing for the four most important crops； rice，wheat, corn and soybeans. They find that on between 24% and 39% of all harvested areas，the improvement in yields that took place before the 1980s slowed down in the 1990s and 2000s.There are two worrying features of the slowdown. One is that it has been particularly sharp in the worlds most populous(人口多的) countries，India and China. Their ability to feed themselves has been an important source of relative stability both within the countries and on world food markets. That self-sufficiency cannot be taken for granted if yields continue to slow down or reverse. Second，yield growth has been lower in wheat and rice than in com and soybeans. This is problematic because wheat and rice are more important as foods, accounting for around half of all calories consumed. Corn and soybeans are more important as feed grains. The authors note that we have preferentially focused our crop improvement efforts on feeding animals and cars rather than on crops that feed people and are the basis of food security in much of the world. ” The report qualifies the more optimistic findings of another new paper which suggests that the world will not have to dig up a lot more land for farming in order to feed 9 billion people in 2050, as the Food and Agriculture Organization has argued. Instead，it says，thanks to slowing population growth, land currently ploughed (耕）up for crops might be able to revert to forest or wilderness. This could happen. The trouble is that the forecast assumes continued improvements in yields, which may not actually happen.32. Which crops are mentioned in the text?A. Rice, corn, soybeans and wheat.B. Rice, corn, wheat and peas.C. Wheat, corn, soybean and potatoes.D. Corn, wheat, tomatoes and soybeans.33. What does the author try to draw attention to?A. Food riots and hunger in the world.B. The decline of the grain yield growth.C. News headlines in the leading media.D. The food supply in populous countries.34. Why does the author mention India and China in particular?A. Their self-sufficiency is vital to the stability of world food markets.B. Their food yields have begun to decrease sharply in recent years.C. Their big populations are causing worldwide concerns.D. Their food self-sufficiency has been taken for granted.35. What does the underlined word “revert” mean in the last paragraph?A. grow worse B. put in the place of another C. gain through experience D. go back to a previous state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。 Here are five things that you should give up. Starting today, we will give up on all those things that no longer serve us，and we will embrace change. Ready? Here we go! 36 Give up on your need to blame others for what you have or dont have, for what you feel or dont feel. Stop giving your powers away and start taking responsibility for your life. Give up your limiting beliefs. Give up your limiting beliefs about what you can or cannot do, about what is possible or impossible. From now on, you are no longer going to allow your limiting beliefs to keep you stuck in the wrong place. Spread your wings and fly! A belief is not an idea held by the mind. 37 Give up your need to impress others. Stop trying so hard to be something that youre not just to make others like you. 38 The moment you stop trying so hard to be something that youre not, the moment you take off all your masks, the moment you accept and embrace the real you. you will find people will be drawn to you，effortlessly. Give up on your fears. Fear is just an illusion. It doesnt exist unless you create it. Its all in your mind. Correcting the inside and the outside will fall into place. 39 Give up your excuses. 40 Instead of growing and working on improving ourselves and our lives, we get stuck and lie to ourselves, using all kinds of excuses, excuses that 99.9% of the time，are not even real.A. Give up on blame.B. Give up complaining.C. It doesnt work this way.D. It is an idea that holds the mind.E. The only thing we have to fear, is fear itself.F. They ignore their inner voice, that inner calling.G. A lot of times we limit ourselves because of the many excuses we use.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。In the week before Christmas, one Delta airlines pilot gave a sad Arizona family a gift that no one else could.Father of three, Jay short died after a 41 with lung cancer Dec, 16th. Three days later, his family was attempting to 42 to Tennessee for the funeral scheduled for the next morning. But a 90-munite 43 at the Phoenix airport 44 them only seven minutes to make their connecting flight in Minnesota. “This was our 45 chance to say goodbye to my dad, and if we hadnt 46 the flight, we would have missed the 47 .” Jays daughter said. But when they arrived at the gate, the last plane of the day to Memphis was 48 away from the gate.“My son was 49 his arms and pleading with the pilot through the floor-to-ceiling windows.” said Marcia, “I was 50 and comforting my girls who were also in tears when the phone rang, 51 us that the pilot was returning to the gate to let us 52 the plane.” Captain Adam Cohen saw the 53 on their faces through the gates windows and decided to turn the plane around. Airline experts pointed out Cohen could have 54 gotten into trouble for the 55 decision, but Delta 56 the move instead. “This is 57 well take with us, knowing we made a 58 .” confirmed Adam. This story is an 59 that we can bring humanity back to society. Show care and it may 60 you how far that you go.41. A. competition B. symptom C. connection D. battle 42. A ride B run C fly D. drive43. A. wait B. delay C. interval D. sleep 44. A. spared B. offered C. brought D. left 45. A. last B. slight C. rare D. proper46. A. followed B. caught C. booked D. confirmed47. A. doctor B. meeting C. polite D. funeral48. A. keeping B. bringing C. pulling D. taking 49. A. raising B. waving C folding D. crossing50. A. struggling B. shouting C. crying D. praying 51. A. advising B. informing C. warning D. instructing52. A. land B. guide C. change D. board 53. A. appreciation B. satisfaction C. despera