四川省泸县第二中学2017_2018学年高二英语下学期期末模拟试题.docx

2018年春期四川省泸县二中高二期末模拟考试英语试题注意事项：1答题前填写好自己的姓名、班级、考号等信息2请将答案正确填写在答题卡上第I卷（选择题 100分）第一部分 听力（共两节，满分30 分）做题时，先将答案标在试卷上。录音内容结束后，你将有两分钟的时间将试卷上的答案转涂到答题卡上。第一节 （共5 小题；每小题l.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。1How does the woman go to work?A. By car. B. On foot. C. By bike.2Where does the conversation probably take place？A. In a bank. B. At a ticket office. C. On a train.3What does the woman think of her interview？A. It was tough. B. It was interesting. C. It was successful.4What will James do tomorrow ?A. Watch a TV program. B. Give a talk. C. Write a report.5Who keeps the book now?A. Sarah. B. Jim. C. Bob第二节 (共15 小题; 每小题1.5 分，满分22.5 分)听下面6段对话。每段对话后有几个小题，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。每段对话读两遍。听第6段材料，完成下面6-7小题。6What does the woman regret?A. Giving up her research. B. Dropping out of college. C. Changing her major.7What is the woman interested in studying now?A. Ecology. B. Education. C. Chemistry.听第7段材料，回答第8-9题。8What does the man suggest doing at first？A. Going to a concert. B. Watching a movie. C. Playing a computer game.9What do the speakers decide to do？A. Visit Mike. B. Go boating. C. Take a walk.听第8段材料，回答第10-11题。10What does the woman regret?A. Giving up her research. B. Dropping out of college. C. Changing her major.11What is the woman interested in studying now?A. Ecology. B. Education. C. Chemistry.听第9段材料，完成下面小题。12When will Judy go to a party？A. On Monday. B. On Tuesday. C. On Wednesday.13What will Max do next？A. Fly a kite. B. Read a magazine. C. Do his homework.听第10段材料，回答第14-16题。14Which color do cats see better than humans？A. Red. B. Green. C. Blue.15Why do cats bring dead birds home？A. To eat them in a safe place.B. To show off their hunting skills.C. To make their owners happy.16How does the man sound at the end of the conversation？A. Grateful. B. Humorous. C. Curious.听第11段材料，完成下面第17-20小题。17Who is the speaker probably talking to?A. Movie fans. B. News reporters. C. College students.18When did the speaker take English classes?A. Before he left his hometown. B. After he came to America. C. When he was 15 years old.19How does the speaker feel about his teacher?A. Hes proud. B. Hes sympathetic. C. Hes grateful.20What does the speaker mainly talk about?A. How education shaped his life.B. How his language skills improved.C. How he managed his business well.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。AAdults understand what it feels like to be flooded with objects. Why do we often assume that more is more when it comes to kids and their belongings? The good news is that I can help my own kids learn earlier than I did how to live more with less.I found the pre-holidays a good time to encourage young children to donate less-used things, and it worked. Because of our efforts, our daughter Georgia did decide to donate a large bag of toys to a little girl whose mother was unable to pay for her holiday due to illness. She chose to sell a few larger objects that were less often used when we promised to put the money into her school fund(基金）(our kindergarten daughter is serious about becoming a doctor)For weeks, Ive been thinking of bigger, deeper questions: How do we make it a habit for them? And how do we train ourselves to help them live with, need, and use less? Yesterday, I sat with my son, Shepherd, determined to test my own theory on this. I decided to play with him with only one toy for as long as it would keep his interest. I expected that one toy would keep his attention for about five minutes, ten minutes, max. I chose a red rubber ball-simple, universally available. We passed it, he tried to put it in his mouth, he tried bouncing it, rolling it, sitting on it, throwing it. It was totally, completely enough for him. Before I knew it an hour had passed and it was time to move on to lunch.We both became absorbed in the simplicity of playing together. He had my full attention and I had his. My little experiment to find joy in a single object worked for both of us.21What do the words “more is more” in paragraph 1 probably mean?A. The more, the better. B. Enough is enough.C. More money, more worries. D. Earn more and spend more.22What made Georgia agree to sell some of her objects?A. Saving up for her holiday B. Raising money for a poor girlC. Adding the money to her fund D. Giving the money to a sick mother23Why did the author play the ball with Shepherd?A. To try out an idea B. To show a parents loveC. To train his attention D. To help him start a hobby24What can be a suitable title for the text?A. Take It or Leave It B. A Lesson from KidsC. Live More with Less D. The Pleasure of GivingBGoing green seems to be a fad(时尚) for a lot of people these days. Whether that is good or bad, we cant really say, but for the two of us, going green is not a fad but a lifestyle.On April 22, 2011, we decided to go green every single day for an entire year. This meant doing 365 different green things, and it also meant challenging ourselves to go green beyond easy things. Rather than recycle and reduce our energy, we had to think of 365 different green things to do and this was no easy task.With the idea of going green every single day for a year, Our Green Year started. My wife and I decided to educate people about how they could go green in their lives and hoped we could show people all the green things that could be done to help the environment. We wanted to push the message that every little thing counts.Over the course of Our Green Year, we completely changed our lifestyle. We now shop at organic(有机的) stores. We consume less meat, choosing green food. We have greatly reduced our buying we dont need. We have given away half of what we owned through websites. Our home is kept clean by vinegar and lemon juice, with no chemical cleaners. We make our own butter, enjoying the smell of home-made fresh bread. In our home office anyone caught doing something un-green might be punished.Our minds have been changed by Our Green Year. We are grateful for the chance to have been able to go green and educate others. We believe that we do have the power to change things and help our planet.25What might be the best title for the passage?A. Keeping Open-Minded B. Protecting the PlanetC. Going Green D. Celebrating Our Green Year26It was difficult for the couple to live a green life for the whole year because _.A. they were expected to follow the green fad. B. they didnt know how to educate other people.C. they needed to perform unusual green tasks. D. They were unwilling to reduce their energy.27What did the couple do over the course of Our Green Year?A. They sold their home-made food. B. They ignore others un-green behavior.C. They chose better chemical cleaners. D. They tried to get out of their un-green habits.28What can we infer from the last paragraph?A. The government will give support to the green project. B. Some people disagree with the couples green ideas.C. The couple may continue their project in the future. D. Our Green Year is becoming a national campaign.CSteven Stein likes to follow garbage trucks. His strange habit makes sense when you consider that hes an environmental scientist who studies how to reduce litter, including things that fall off garbage trucks as they drive down the road. What is even more interesting is that one of Steins jobs is defending an industry behind the plastic shopping bags.Americans use more than 100 billion thin film plastic bags every year. So many end up in tree branches or along highways that a growing number of cities do not allow them at checkouts(收银台). The bags are prohibited in some 90 cities in California, including Los Angeles. Eyeing these headwinds, plastic-bag makers are hiring scientists like Stein to make the case that their products are not as bad for the planet as most people assume.Among the bag makers argument: many cities with bans still allow shoppers to purchase paper bags, which are easily recycled but require more energy to produce and transport. And while plastic bags may be ugly to look at, they represent a small percentage of all garbage on the ground today.The industry has also taken aim at the product that has appeared as its replacement: reusable shopping bags. The stronger a reusable bag is, the longer its life and the more plastic-bag use it cancels out. However, longer-lasting reusable bags often require more energy to make. One study found that a cotton bag must be used at least 131 times to be better for the planet than plastic.Environmentalists dont dispute(质疑) these points. They hope paper bags will be banned someday too and want shoppers to use the same reusable bags for years.29What has Steven Stein been hired to do?A. Help increase grocery sales. B. Recycle the waste material.C. Stop things falling off trucks. D. Argue for the use of plastic bags.30What does the word “headwinds” in paragraph 2 refer to?A. Bans on plastic bags. B. Effects of city development.C. Headaches caused by garbage. D. Plastic bags hung in trees.31What is a disadvantage of reusable bags according to plastic-bag makers?A. They are quite expensive. B. Replacing them can be difficult.C. They are less strong than plastic bags. D. Producing them requires more energy.32What is the best title for the text?A. Plastic, Paper or Neither B. Industry, Pollution and EnvironmentC. Recycle or Throw Away D. Garbage Collection and Waste ControlDIn 1812, the year Charles Dickens was born, there were 66 novels published in Britain. People had been writing novels for a centurymost experts date the first novel to Robinson Crusoe in 1719but nobody wanted to do it professionally. The steam-powered printing press was still in its early stages; the literacy（识字） rate in England was under 50%. Many works of fiction appeared without the names of the authors, often with something like “By a lady.” Novels, for the most part, were looked upon as silly, immoral, or just plain bad.In 1870, when Dickens died, the world mourned him as its first professional writer and publisher, famous and beloved, who had led an explosion in both the publication of novels and their readership and whose characters from Oliver Twist to Tiny Tim were held up as moral touchstones. Today Dickens greatness is unchallenged. Removing him from the pantheon（名人堂） of English literature would make about as much sense as the Louvre selling off the Mona Lisa.How did Dickens get to the top? For all the feelings readers attach to stories, literature is a numbers game, and the test of time is extremely difficult to pass. Some 60,000 novels were published during the Victorian age, from 1837 to1901; today a casual reader might be able to name a half-dozen of them. Its partly true that Dickens style of writing attracted audiences from all walks of life. Its partly that his writings rode a wave of social, political and scientific progress. But its also that he rewrote the culture of literature and put himself at the center. No one will ever know what mix of talent, ambition, energy and luck made Dickens such a distinguished writer. But as the 200th anniversary of his birth approaches, it is possible and important for our own cultureto understand how he made himself a lasting one.33Which of the following best describes British novels in the 18th century?A. They were difficult to understand. B. They were popular among the rich.C. They were seen as nearly worthless. D. They were written mostly by women.34Dickens is compared with the Mona Lisa in the text to stress_.A. his reputation in France B. his interest in modern artC. his success in publication D. his importance in literature35What is the authors purpose in writing the text?A. To remember a great writer. B. To introduce an English novel.C. To encourage studies on culture. D. To promote values of the Victorian age.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。The running of the bulls is a nine-day traditional Spanish festivalin honor ofSaint FermininPamplona. Every year, at midday on July 6th, the Mayor of Pamplona shoots a rocket. 36 The participants are usually dressed in white and wear red neckerchiefs and belts. They open champagne(香槟酒）mostly used for sprinkling（撒）other people.37 It starts every day at eight in the morning and the runners run, sometimes wildly, sometimes less. They shoot the first rocket as a sign that the run has begun. Then they shoot the second one when the bulls are out in the streets. Six bulls which are trying to attack the participants from behind run down the 900-meter-long street with a lot of spectators. 38 All of the six bulls are going to be killed at the bullfight in the stadium.The bullfight in the stadium begins at half past six in the afternoon. First, there comes the first bull. There is also a person called “picador”.39 That makes the bull very wild and it starts to run all over the stadium. Later when the bull is tired, there comes another persona “matador” who kills it with an arrow. 40 At the end of the celebration, another rocket is shot as a sign that the bullfight is finished.A.It makes the bull very nervous.B.It is one of the greatest events in the city.C.The main event is the running of the bulls.D.He waves a red cloth in front of the bull.E.This is a sign that the celebration has started.F.The participants can get injured or even killed.G.The same thing happens with the other five bulls.第三部分 语言知识运用（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，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。When most of us get a text message on our cell phone from an unknown person, we usually say sorry, 41 number! and move on. But when Dennis Williams 42 a text that clearly wasnt intended for him, he did something 43 .On March 19, Dennis got a group text 44 him that a couple he didnt know were at the hospital, waiting for the 45 of a baby.Congratulations! But I think someone was mistaken, Dennis 46 . The baby was born and update texts were 47 quickly from the overjoyed grandmother, Teresa. In her 48 , she didnt seem to realize that she was 49 the babys photos with a complete stranger. Well, I dont 50 you all but I will get there to take pictures with the baby, replied Dennis before asking which room the new 51 were in. Much to the familys surprise, Dennis stuck to his 52 ! He turned up at the hospital 53 gifts for the new mother Lindsey and her baby boy. Lindseys husband was totally 54 by the unexpected visit. I dont think we would have randomly invited him over but we 55 _ it and the gifts.Teresa 56 a photo of the chance meeting on a social networking website 57 by the touching words: What a 58 this young man was to our family! He was so 59 and kind to do this. The post has since gained the 60 of social media users all over the world, receiving more than 184,000 shares and 61,500 likes in just three days.41A. unlucky B. secret C. new D. wrong42A. received B. translated C. copied D. printed43A. reasonable B. special C. necessary D. practical44A. convincing B. reminding C. informing D. warning45A. wake-up B. recovery C. growth D. arrival46A. responded B. interrupted C. predicted D. repeated47A. coming in B. setting out C. passing down D. moving around48A. opinion B. anxiety C. excitement D. effort49A. comparing B. exchanging C. discussing D. sharing50A. accept B. know C. believe D. bother51A. parents B. doctors C. patients D. visitors52A. dream B. promise C. agenda D. principle53A. bearing B. collecting C. opening D. making54A. discouraged B. relaxed C. astonished D. defeated55A. admit B. need C. appreciate D. expect56A. found B. selected C. developed D. posted57A. confirmed B. simplified C. clarified D. accompanied58A. pity B. blessing C. relief D. problem59A. smart B. calm C. sweet D. fair60A. sympathy B. attention C. control D. trust第II卷（非选择题 50分）注意事项：用0.5毫米黑色笔迹的签字笔将答案写在答题卡上。写在本试卷上无效。第二节（共10小题；每小题1.5分，满分15分） 阅读下面短文，在空白处填入1个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。A 52-year-old man, who spent most of his life sleeping in the park and selling copies of the Big Issue magazine 61 (help) the homeless, has enrolled（登记）at Britains illustrious Cambridge University.Geoff Edwards left school 62 a young age with two qualifications and few ambitions, then ended up homeless in the city of Cambridge after work as a field laborer dried up.The number of homeless people in Britain 63 (rise) past 300,000 so far an increase of 4 per cent on last year. Mr. Edwards said 64 (sell) the Big Issue a magazine founded in 1991 to help the homeless earn 65 living had helped give him back “a bit of self-respect”.Now Edwards is studying English literature, h