安徽省肥东高级中学2017_2018学年高二英语下学期第二学段考试试题.docx

肥东高级中学2017-2018学年下学期第二学段考试高二英语第I卷（选择题 100分）第一部分 听力（共20题，每小题1.5分，共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.What does the man mean? A. He quite agrees with the woman. B. He enjoyed this mornings lecture. C. He didnt go to this mornings lecture.2.How much did the woman spend on the cap at last? A. 5 dollars. B. 15 dollars. C. 40 dollars.3.What is the manager doing? A. Writing an advertisement. B. Making a phone call. C. Having a meeting.4. Whats the time now? A. 8:00 p.m. B. 8:30 p.m. C 9:00 p.m.5.Where is the man going to plant the tree? A. By the front door. B. Behind the garage. C. At the other end of the garden.第二节 (共15小题；每题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。听第6段材料，回答6至7题6.Where does the man live now? A. In America. B. In China. C. In Canada.7.What can we learn from the conversation? A. The man is satisfied with his present life. B. The man doesnt know what he really wants. C. The woman is going to settle down in Hong Kong.听第7段材料，回答8至9题8.Where is Mr. Brown? A. He is out in another company. B. He is in a meeting. C. He is at home.9.What is Mr. Petersons telephone number? A. B. C.听第8段材料，回答第10至12题10.What was Jimmy excited about? A. The old Ghost Town. B. Virginia City C. Arizona.11.What happened when the mans family went to Phoenix? A. Jimmy was ill. B. Something was wrong with their car. C. They took the wrong way.12.How did the man feel after the vacation? A. Busy.B. Tired.C. Disappointed.听第9段材料，回答第13至16题13.What is the man looking for? A. His dog.B. His magazine.C. His history book.14.What did the man do in the drawing room? A. He talked with Tom. B. He read a newspaper. C. He painted his dog.15.Where was the mans cellphone? A. In the dormitory. B. In the drawing room. C. In the classroom.16.What is the probable relationship between the speakers? A. Classmates B. Teacher and student. C. Mother and son.听第10段材料，回答第17至20题17.Whats the goal of other American schools? A. Teaching students the usual subjects B. Helping students develop themselves.C. Helping students face the real world.18.What can we learn about American School? A. It is a small but famous school B. It has a good location. C. It offers IB classes.19.How many buildings are there on the campus? A. One. B. Two. C. Three20.Which of the following is TRUE about the English teachers? A. None of them are Americans. B. They are strict with students. C. They are educated and friendly.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。ADo you really know who you are? This is not a trick question but rather an honest understanding into the inner workings of each one of us. We usually share with our friends a piece of who we are, the piece that we want them to like or connect with. However, there is a secret, a hidden piece that doesnt want to be noticed by others.Our personal inner beliefs play a vital role in the way we think, act and live. They set us up to accept a belief and then it is the belief that separates our personal story. There are numerous people who have taken on the pain and suffering of their parents. Some have devoted their lives to living with lack; that is lack of love because they saw what they thought was love while in the crib (婴儿床) and it frightened them. Subconsciously (潜意识地) they made great efforts in their lives to avoid a similar experience.Each one of us carries around with us our inner beliefs. If one of your beliefs is one that causes you to hold back from getting the perfect job or blocking love to come to you, that belief is a negative belief and one that needs to be dealt with if you are seeking a life of joy, contentment and personal success, whether it is emotional, spiritual, financial or physical.Dont let your blocked or frozen emotions guide the way you want to lead your life. Now it is your time to finally become victorious over those past situations that have upset you during your entire life and become the winner you were born to be.21.What is the authors purpose with a question at the beginning?A. To explain who we are really.B. To introduce the main topic.C. To show the authors opinion.D. To persuade people to share inner beliefs.22.We can infer that the author believes inner beliefs _.A. shape us B. block love to comeC. shouldnt be hidden D. make us sad and painful23.What does the underlined word “it” in the third paragraph refer to?A. The love to come.B. The negative belief.C. The past painful experience.D. The life of joy, contentment and personal success.24.Which of the following is the suggestion of the author?A. Sharing our inner beliefs with others.B. Ignoring blocked or frozen emotions.C. Dealing with our negative inner beliefs wisely.D. Having a deep understanding of our inner beliefs.BA dam is a man-made structure built across a river. Most dams are built to control a rivers water flow, improve navigation and control flooding. However, some dams are built to produce hydro-electric power.Hydro-electric power is produced as water passes through a dam, and into a river below. The more water that passes through a dam, the more energy is produced. Once a dam is built, a man-made lake is created behind the dam.Electricity is produced by a kind of equipment called a turbine(水轮机). Turbines contain metal coils(线圈) surrounded by magnets(磁铁). When the magnets move round rapidly over the metal coils, electricity is produced. Turbines are located inside dams. The falling water makes the magnets go around the coils.Dams provide clean energy, but they can also harm the environment. Species that use rivers to reproduce are often hurt by dams. In the Northwest of the US, the population of fishes has dropped from 16 million to 2.5 million since hydro-electric plants were built on the Columbia River. Dams all over the world have hurt some species. The highest dam in the Unites States is located near Oroville, California. The Oroville Dam towers 230 meters and is more than a mile wide. This dam was built in 1968, 22 years after the Hoover Dam. The Hoover Dam, on the Nevada-Arizona border controls the Colorado river. It is 221 meters high and has 2.6 million hectare-meters of water.The highest dam in the world is the Nurek Dam on the Vakhsh River in Tadzikistan, a country in central Asia. This dam is 300 meters tall.25.Which of the following statements is NOT true according to the passage?A. Some dams are built for controlling a rivers water flow.B. Hydro-electric power is usually produced through a dam.C. Dams can offer energy and they are harmless to the environment.D. Generally speaking, where there is a dam, there is a man-made lake.26.The third paragraph mainly tells us _.A. how hydro-electric power is producedB. What a turbine is and how it worksC. how the magnets and the metal coils workD. how the falling water passes through a turbine27.The dam which controls the Colorado river is _.A. the Oroville Dam B. the Hoover DamC. the Nurek Dam D. the Vakhsh DamCFor every woman who feels like shes had to scale back her personal ambitions since becoming a mother, gold medal cyclist Kristin Armstrong has a message: Dont give up on your dreams.She retired after winning gold in Beijing to start a family; son Lucas arrived in 2010, but then she decided to compete again in the London Olympics. She won a gold medal at last.The decision to start training again wasnt easy. I struggled with that a lot, she told a newspaper. “At the beginning I felt selfish, I felt like, Well, Im not supposed to be thinking of myself anymore. Its all supposed to be for my kid.”She faced physical challenges of getting back into competition shape after giving birth, as well. When she started racing in the spring of 2011, she was still breast-feeding; she would nurse her son, then race, then breast-feed again after the race. Her days revolved around Lucas and training.I feel like Im able to do what I love to do and still manage a family and have that balance, Armstrong said. That you have a family or a child doesnt mean that you have to stop going after what you dream of individually.”Armstrong makes balance look easy, whether its on her bike or as an athlete-mom. But she points out that you cant have it all without making some sacrifices. For example, dont expect a neat homeher husband, Joe Savola, who she describes as her support system and her protector, says hes had to give up on trying to keep everything orderly at home and just accept that their living room has become Lucass playroom. For Armstrong, shes sacrificed time with friends who had kids around the same agethere just wasnt time.Now, she says, That sounds like fun to me. As she heads home to Boise, Idaho, shes ready to do regular mom stuff.28.After Kristin Armstrong retired, she _.A. lived an easy lifeB. moved to a new houseC. still had a great interest in cyclingD. spent much time with her kid29.It was difficult for Armstrong to make the decision to participate in the London Olympics because she_ .A. was too old to train racingB. had to give her family much considerationC. faced big physical challengesD. could not get support from her family30.In most days of 2011, Armstrong could be described as _.A. a housewife and a new momB. an athlete and a career womanC. a parent and a sportswoman D. a wife and a good mother31.We can know from the passage that it _ for Armstrong to keep a balance between her family and dream.A. was quite easy B. made her feel tiredC. surprised herself D. was a hard jobDJeri Solomon is a morning person but Jim, her husband of 11 years, is not. Early in their life, it caused a problem. “When we were planning our wedding, I wanted to have these big discussions at 8 a. m.，when I had been up for two hours and was fresh, but Jim would just be getting out of bed,” says the 46-year-old designer from Melrose, Mass. “We ended up getting into many arguments because I thought he had no interest, when really he was just still half-asleep.”The couple learned to work around their differences over the years, but their situation isnt uncommon, says Katherine Sharkey, professor at BrownUniversity. “More women tend to be larks, while men are like night owls(猫头鹰),” she says.The question is：Why? The answer lies in each persons body clock. “The body clock is about 24 hours, thanks to Earths 24-hour light-dark cycle,” Sharkey says. “But some people have a longer natural cycle, and some are shorter.” If yours is on the long side, youre more likely to be a night owl. If it runs short, youre probably an early riser. But your body clock can change over your lifetime. Theres a developmental piece-school-age children are generally early birds, while teenagers tend to be night owls, and then as they age, adults gradually turn back into morning people,” Sharkey says.Besides the clear problems with being a night owl if you have fl day job, “night owls tend to be more low-spirited, and have a higher dependence on coffee,” Sharkey says. But the news isnt all bad. A recent study in Belgium found that night owls can stay more focused as the day goes on, compared with early risers.Morning people, however, also have advantages. “Larks generally sleep better, have more regular sleep, and have more flexible characters,” Sharkey says. They also tend to be happier and feel healthier than night owls, according to a recent study from the University of Toronto.32.Jeri Solomon and her husband _.Atried to change each others sleeping habitsBoften argued about small thingsCcould not understand each otherDgot up at different times33.The underlined word “larks” in Paragraph 2 refers to birds which _.Aare sleepy at noonBstay awake all nightCsearch for food at nightDare active in the morning34.Compared with morning people, night owls _.Awork more flexiblyBfeel happy more easilyCsleep more soundly at nightDget more and more focused during the day35.What is the purpose of the text?ATo explain why we get up early or late.BTo advise every one of us to get up early.CTo tell us how to change our body clock.DTo point out morning peoples advantages.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，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。选项中有两项为多余选项。You may have grown up living with sisters and brothers, or this may be your first time sharing your living space with someone else. Having a roommate surely has its challenges. 36. Follow these tips to make sure you and your roommate keep things pleasant and supportive throughout the year.Be clear from the beginning.Maybe you hate it when someone interrupts you when you are sleeping every morning. 37., Let your roommate know about your preferences. Its not fair to expect him or her to pick up on them right away, and communicating what you need is one of the best ways to get rid of problems before they become problems.Respect your roommates things.This may seem simple，but its probably one of the biggest reasons why roommates experience conflicts. Dont you think hell mind if you borrow his shoes for a quick soccer game for all you know, you just stepped over an uncrossable line.38.Be open to change.You should expect to learn and grow and change during your time at school. And the same should happen to your roommate, if all goes well. 39.Be comfortable addressing things that unexpectedly come up, setting new rules, and being flexible to your changing environment.40.Treat your roommate like youd like to be treated. No matter what your relationship is at the end of the year, you can take comfort knowing you acted like an adult and treated your roommate with respect.A. Dont borrow, use, or lake anything without getting permission first.B. As the term progresses, realize things will change for both of you.C. Getting along well with a roommate is really a difficult job.D. Maybe you need moments to be silent after you wake up.E. You should correct your bad habits first.F. Follow the Golden Rule.G. However, it can also be a great part of your college experience.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15分，满分30分）I got my first bike in 1943. It was an old, second-hand blue bike. Bikes of any kind were very1at that time. A new bike was rarely to be seen, as2was needed to produce weapons to3our brave men and women in the fighting overseas.At ten, I was quite4 I convinced my mother I could earn enough money to be a millionaireif I only had an old second-hand bike. She laughed but5about 80 per cent of the total cost of the bike. I had6a few dollars digging gardens, cleaning snow and doing other jobs.I7Mother Id pay back the loan(借款). The day I got my bike was one of the happiest of my life. I could8earning some money-9groceries(杂货) for Clarks grocery store and packages for a small store a few block awaythis was in the Forest Hills section of Edmonton. I made a few dollars but10to start another work, as the first was proving too11to come by.My mother, another brother, Len, and I were to12Dad in Yellowknife, which was so far way that my bike couldnt be transported there. Leaving my bike was very difficult, but13had to come first. I made very little money14it, not enough to pay Mother back. We15Yellowknife in the fall of 1943. It was quite an experience for a young fellow, or anybody else for that matter.After wed been in Yellowknife for a while, I was able to16Mother for the bike loan. I got a job at the recreation centre in the Negus Mine. The17paid greatI had lots of money, but would not18another bike. The19there were made with the tailings(尾矿) from the minelots of rough rock. The new20had not been built at that time.41. A.beautiful B.expensive C.convenient D.comfortable 42.A.space B.labor C.time D.metal 43. A.raise B.contrlol C.praise D.assist 44.A.proud B.careful C.ambitious D.brave 45.A.Calculated B.contributed C.cut D.put 46.A.borrowed B.made C.hid D.wasted 47.A.informed B.persuaded C.promised D.reminded 48.A.start B.continue C.suggest D.finish 49.A.storing B.buying C.delivering D.picking 50.A.decided B.agreed C.demanded D.asked 51.A.hard B.unfair C.simple D.casual 52.A.contact B.join C.help D.miss 53.A.distance B.speed C.practicality D.meaning 54.A.donating B.sharing C.fixing D.selling 55.A.referred to B.worried about C.came across D.left for 56.A.repay B.thank C.surprise D.admire 57.A.miners B.grocers C.millionaires D.friends 58.A.return B.buy C.damage D.give 59.A.yards B.valleys C.roads D.buildings 60.A.matter B.job C.rock D.town 第II卷（非选择题 50分）第二节（共10小题；每小题15分，满分15分）My name is Tabitha,a 36-year-old mother living with my three61.(kid) in West Tennessee.I62.(lose) my job a couple of weeks ago and I am still searching for work now.The town63.I live is quite small and finding a job here has proven to be a major task.Since