山西省范亭中学2017-2018学年高二英语下学期期中试题.doc

山西省范亭中学2017-2018学年高二英语下学期期中试题本试题分第卷（选择题）和第卷（非选择题）两部分,总分150分,考试时间120分钟,选择题答案涂在机读卡上.第卷第一部分 听力（共两节，每小题1.5分，满分30分）第一节（共5小题,）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. How will the girls mother pay for the CD?A. In cash. B. By cheque. C. By credit card.2. What will the speakers do in the afternoon?A. Build a tree house. B. Go mountain biking. C. Play beach volleyball.3. What does the woman ask the man to do?A. Drive a car. B. Move some boxes. C. Make a phone call.4. What are the speakers discussing?A. When to watch TV. B. Whether to watch a film. C. What programme to watch.5. Why is the woman disappointed about the restaurant?A. The price is unacceptable. B. The waiter is unfriendly. C. The service is slow.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，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，各小题将给出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. What are the speakers mainly talking about?A. Weekend plans. B. A city tour. C. Japanese food.7. Where will the speaker meet on Saturday night?A. At a concert hall. B. At the womans house. C. At a Japanese restaurant.请听第7段材料，回答第8-9题。8. Where does the conversation probably take place?A. At home. B. At an airport. C. At a bus stop.9. How is the weather now?A. Rainy. B. Snowy. C. Foggy.请听第8段材料，回答第10-12题。10. Who is the Best Car Design Prize winner?A. Mr. Zarba. B. Mr. Giddings. C. Ms. Miller.11. What do we know about the Best Car Design petition?A. It was very petitive. B. There were few petitors.C. The winner will receive much money.12. Where is the Hyatt Hotel?A. On the left side of Granville Avenue. B. Opposite a department store. C. Across from a bank.请听第9段材料，回答第13-16题。13. Who is at Music Club?A. Katrina. B. Angelina. C. Sonya.14. What is Lucy doing at her club this month?A. Playing an instrument. B. Discussing short stories. C. Doing a science project.15. What does Molly think of Film Club?A. Exciting. B. Interesting. C. Boring.16. Which club does Ella most probably go to?A. Photography Club. B. Book Club. C. Dance Club.请听第10段材料，回答第17-20题。17. When should the listeners gather outside the school gate?A. At 7:45. B. At 8:00. C. At 8:55.18. What do the listeners need to do before Thursday?A. Invite their parents to the trip. B. Learn to make pizza. C. Give the speaker some money.19. What should the listeners take?A. Sandwiches. B. A pencil. C. A notebook. 20. How does the speaker actually suggest parents ask questions?A. On the phone. B. By e-mail. C. Face to face.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A、B、C和D四个选项中，选出最佳选项。ANo one knows who made the first ice cream. Some people think that water ices and milk ices may have been made by the Chinese between three thousand and a thousand years ago. In that time, the dish reached India. The Indians, in turn, many have passed on the secret to the Arabs and Persians.Marco Polo, an Italian who travelled widely in the thirteenth century, noted that he found the Chinese had long been making ices out of fruit juices and milk. From the fourteenth century on, ices becamepopular first in Venice and then throughout Italy.In 1535, when Catherine de Medeicis left Italy to marry the future King Herry II of France, she took her cooks with her. They made desserts the French had never tasted before, which was ice cream.At first ice cream was a luxury in France. Only rich people had the money to buy it. Then,in 1660, a young man from Sicily, Francisco Procopio, arrived in Paris. He opened a shop that sold ice cream at prices people could afford. Then his ice cream became so popular that other shops wereopened.About 1640, King Charles introduced ice cream to England and soon ice cream quickly becamepopular in England too.21Ice cream was unknown in France until _.A. 1535 B. 1660C. 1640 D. 177422Ice cream was introduced to England by _.A. Catherine de Medeicis B. Francisco ProcopioC. King Charles D. Marco Polo23What will be probably talked about in the next paragraphs?A. Marco Polos travel in the worldB. Development of ice cream in FranceC. Development of ice cream in EnglandD. Development of ice cream in other countries24This passage is mainly about _.A. Marco Polos travel B. the history of ice creamC. Catherines marriage D. one of Chinese inventionsBThe China Daily newspaper group is looking for English-language senior business editors, senior copy editors, copy editors and graphic designers to strengthen its international team. We offer a petitive salary package, free acmodation with utilities paid for, 90 per cent medical reimbursement, a seven-day paid leave, elevenday public holidays and a return ticket to the country of residence.Senior Business Editor You must: assist the business editor in setting goals and working on achieving them; be an excellent team person who can generate ideas and think creatively and be able to rewrite totally if needed and mentor junior staff; ideally have been working or have worked in a position of responsibility and understand what leadership entails;have had at least five years editing experience working on editing the Business Desk and be familiar with industry software.Senior Copy Editor You must:work on shifts in the Business Desk and usually have the last word before the page is sent to print;edit or rewrite copy and give snappy headlines and captions;have had at least two years editing experience working on editing desks and be familiar with industry software.Copy Editor You must:be good at editing or rewriting copy and writing snappy headlines and captions;be able to work on shifts for different pages, and usually have the last word before the page is sent to print;have two years of editing experience working on copy desks, and be familiar with industry software.Graphic DesignerYou must:have excellent skills in information graphics;be good at illustrations and freehand drawings;be experienced in newspaper or magazine layouts;have a good sense of typography;have good news judgment;be wellversed with Macintosh software, including InDesign, Illustrator and Photoshop;be fluent in English.For enquiries or to apply, write to job .25Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage?A. The employees have to pay for their own food and acmodation.B. The workers there can enjoy a seven-day leave without pay.C. The employees have the right to enjoy eleven-day public holidays.D. The senior business editors only job is to help the business editor to set goals.26How many positions need editing experience?A. One.B. Two.C. Three.D. Four.27Which can be the title of the advertisement?A. China Daily: New Employees Wanted B. China Daily: NewspaperC. China Daily: An International Team D. China Daily: The Best Working Condition28What is NOT required about Graphic Designer?A. Be well-versed with Photoshop.B. Have excellent skills in information graphics.C. Having a good sense of typography.D. Writing snappy headlines and captions.CFacial recognition is being increasingly mon in China, where it has been installed at ATM machines and KFC restaurants. Now the technology has arrived in university classrooms to track student attendance. Shen Hao, a professor with munication University of China, is using facial recognition in his six courses to keep track of the attendance of more than 300 students. Before every class, Shen activates a new attendance system installed on his tablet puter. Students stand in front of the screen one by one to have their photos taken and matched with those in the schools database. The system is based on facial recognition technology from Chinese Internet giant Baidus open AI platform. Currently, the platform has offered more than 80 different technological services to the public, helping program developers like Shen to develop their own applications. “The traditional way of tracking attendance is through a roll call. The new system saves time and reduces the workload of teachers,” said Shen. Students have joked that facial recognition is harsh as it doesnt allow for skipping classes. “But they support the technology to enter colleges,” said Cui Yuqin, a student majoring in data journalism with the university. Chinas Forward-looking Industry Institute said that the facial recognition market in China surpassed 1 billion yuan (about 150 million U.S. dollars) in 2016 and is expected to hit 5.1 billion yuan by 2021. Facial recognition technology has already been put to creative use. Beijings Temple of Heaven has used it in toilets to deter toilet paper theft. In east Chinas Jinan, traffic police installed facial scanners at intersections to catch and shame jaywalkers, and a Beijing university has used the technology to guard its dorms. Still, if you see one, stay away!29. What are the advantages of using facial recognition in college courses? a. It makes it difficult for students to skip classes.b. It helps students to attend classes easily. c. It helps save time in classes.d. It can make teachers match students names with their faces easily.e. It reduces teachers amount of work.A. abc B. ace C. bcd D. bce30. What does the underlined word “harsh” in Paragraph 6 probably mean? A. Severe. B. Easy. C. Harmful. D. Wonderful.31. What is the main idea of the text? A. Facial recognition encourages the development of modern technology.B. Chinese university uses facial recognition to track student attendance.C. Baidus open AI platform has offered facial recognition technology.D. Facial recognition technology has many advantages over traditional services.DWhen a leafy plant is under attack ，it doesnt sit quietly. Back in 1983,two scientists, Jack Schultz and Ian Baldwin, reported that young maple trees getting bitten by insects send out a particular smell that neighboring plants can get. These chemicals e from the injured parts of the plant and seem to be an alarm. What the plants pump through the air is a mixture of chemicals known as volatile organic pounds, VOCs for short. Scientists have found that all kinds of plants give out VOCs when being attacked .Its a plants way of crying out. But is anyone listening? Apparently. Because we can watch the neighbours react. Some plants pump out smelly chemicals to keep insects away. But others do double duty .They pump out perfumes designed to attract different insects who are natural enemies to the attackers. Once they arrive,the tables are turned .The attacker who was lunching now bees lunch. In study after study, it appears that these chemical conversations help the neighbors .The damage is usually more serious on the first plant, but the neighbors ,relatively speaking ,stay safer because they heard the alarm and knew what to do. Does this mean that plants talk to each other? Scientists dont know. Maybe the first plant just made a cry of pain or was sending a message to its own branches, and so, in effect, was talking to itself. Perhaps the neighbors just happened to “overhear” the cry. So information was exchanged, but it wasnt a true, intentional back and forth.Charles Darwin, over 150 years ago, imagined a world far busier, noisier and more intimate(亲密的) than the world we can see and hear. Our senses are weak. Theres a whole lot going on.32. What does a plant do when it is under attack?A. It makes noises. B. It gets help from other plants.C. It stands quietly D. It sends out certain chemicals.33. What does the author mean by “the tables are turned” in paragraph 3?A. The attackers get attacked. B. The insects gather under the table.C. The plants get ready to fight back. D. The perfumes attract natural enemies.34.Scientists find from their studies that plants can .A. predict natural disasters B. protect themselves against insectsC. talk to one another intentionally D. help their neighbors when necessary35.what can we infer from the last paragraph?A. The word is changing faster than ever. B. People have stronger senses than beforeC. The world is more plex than it seems D. People in Darwins time were more imaginative.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.As we all know, different countries have different cultures. The cultures of the East and the West really distinguish each other a lot. 36 The origin of the eastern cultures is mainly from two countries: China and India. Both of the two cultures are fostered by riversthe Yellow River in China and the Hindu River in India. 37 Then in Tang Dynasty of China, the Chinese culture gradually went overseas to Japan, mixed into the Japanese society and shaped the Japanese culture nowadays. Though a bit different from the Chinese one, it belongs to the same system.When the two mother rivers gave birth to the Eastern culture, another famous culture was brought up on the Mesopotamian Plainthe Mesopotamian Civilization. This civilization later on developed into the cultures of Ancient Greece and Ancient Rome. 38 Like the Chinese culture, the European one also crossed waters. When the British settled down in America, their culture went with them over the Atlantic Ocean. So the American culture doesnt distinguish from the European one a lot. 39 Take the language system for example. In the East, most languages belong to the pictographic language while the Western languages are mostly based on the Latin system. Other causes like human race difference counts as well. But whats more, due to the far distance and the steep areas between the East and West, the two cultures seldom municate until recent centuries. So they grew up totally in their own ways with almost no interference (干扰) from the other.The differences are everywhere. 40 But different cultures make the world of 21st century more colorful. The cultural gap should not be the obstacle (障碍) to the civilization of human being. It ought to be the motivation of our going farther.A. Let us work together to keep a variety of culture.B. And these two are well-known as the base of the European culture.C. One important thing is to learn about other cultures.D. They helped the two cultures develop for centuries and form their own styles.E. They are obvious and affect peoples ways of thinking and their views of the world.F. At the same time, some other differences add to the cultural differences.G. This is because the culture systems are two separate systems on the whole.第II卷英语知识运用（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A、B、C和D四个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。On March 28th, 2017 my mother received a call. It was from Metro Country Jail. It was my father calling her, saying that he had been put into prison 41 not having a driving license and speeding. He told my mother that he needed her 42 to get out. So the next day my mother got him a lawyer. The lawyer told my mother 43 things were going to be with my father, and that he would inform her of the things going on. When my mother and I went to 44 my father, she always tried not to 45 . She would tell him 46 things. She always said that when he 47 she would prepare his favorite dishes and that we were going to be 48 soon. Easter came, and my mother and I thought that my father would be out, but he wasnt. My brother was very sad 49 he wanted to be with my father. 50 , when we got home from the park, my mother went to the bathroom and started to cry 51 . She was there for about 10 or 15 minutes. When she came out she had a big 52 on her face and told me that everything was going to be 53 . Then she went to my 54 room and started to play with him. Suddenly, my fathers 55 called and told my mother that the judge had given my father a 56 to go home. But he had to take some classes and he also couldnt 57 .When my father came home, my mother gave him a big hug, then she said, “I 58 you that soon we were going to be together, and everything was going to be back to 59 or even better. Nothing can separate us again.”My mother is a 60 woman, and she never gave up when the hard times came.( ) 41. A. withB. onC. forD. instead( ) 42. A. moneyB. guidanceC. suggestionD. help( ) 43. A. whereB. whatC. howD. which( ) 44. A. educateB. visitC. searchD. dominate( ) 45. A. lieB. cryC. regretD. explain( ) 46. A. positiveB. variousC. strangeD. upsetting( ) 47. A. put outB. came outC. reached outD. gave out( ) 48. A. together B. wellC. hardD. high( ) 49. A. unlessB. before C. untilD. because( ) 50. A. OftenB. AlwaysC. HardlyD. Once( ) 51. A. secretlyB. eagerlyC. patientlyD. nervously( ) 52. A. expressionB. frustrationC. smileD. doubt( ) 53. A. wrongB. valuedC. sadD. fine( ) 54. A. fathersB. brothersC. sistersD. friends( ) 55. A. colleagueB. doctorC. lawyerD. assistant( ) 56. A. warningB. chance C. promiseD. license( ) 57. A. fly B. walkC. driveD. run( ) 58. A. permittedB. toldC. suggestedD. reminded( ) 59. A. normalB. usualC. monD. ordinary( ) 60. A. fortunateB. strongC. cleverD. petitive第二节 短文填空（共10小题，每小题15分，满分15分）阅读下