山西省某知名中学高二英语下学期期末考试试题2

1、沁县中学2017-2018学年度第二学期期末考试高二英语答题时间：120分钟，满分：150分第一部分 阅读理解（共两节，满分60分 ）第一节（共15小题；每小题3分，满分45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。athe nutcrackertime: may 5place: wuhan theater enjoy a fairy tale come to life with this amazing production, presented by the famous russian state ballet. the balle

2、t tells the story of a little girl who receives a nutcracker as a present on christmas eve. suddenly, it transforms into a little prince, and he takes the girl on a voyage through the land of snow. this production is a superb performance which lived up to the mystery of the charming russian classic.

3、hello sadnesstime: ongoing until may 1place: shanghai art theater this play is adapted from the 1954 french novel bonjour tristesse, written by francoise sagan when she was only 18. the story is about a 17-year-old girl, cecile, who lives with her father raymond. when raymond finally decides to sett

4、le down with a woman, cecile worries about how her life will change, and she tries to destroy the marriage. be prepared for a sad ending.rain zonetime: ongoing until june 19place: zhujiang party pier beer culture & art zone, guangzhou if you have wondered what it is like to walk in the rain with

5、out getting wet, this is an exhibition you shouldnt miss. this artistic equipment allows visitors to walk through falling water, but sensors make sure that the water stops falling wherever a person is standing. the experience will provide you with the interesting feeling that youre controlling the r

6、ain.claude monettime: may 1 to aug 31place: beijing world art museum if you are an art fan who also enjoys modern technology, you should make time for this multimedia exhibition. the high-tech art show displays about 400 copies of claude monets work and records the life of the artist himself. the ex

7、hibition takes you through monets artistic career. with the help of 3-d technology, visitors can also travel to monetshometown to see how his masterpieces were created.1. which place may satisfy a dance fan in may?a. wuhan theater.b. shanghai art theater. c. zhujiang party pier beer culture & ar

8、t zone. d. beijing world art museum. 2. what can we learn about the play hello sadness?a. its produced by a teenager. b. ceciles father treats her badly. c. its an adaptation from a novel. d. ceciles family live in harmony.3. which can you still enjoy in july?a. hello sadness.b. the nutcracker.c. ra

9、in zone.d. claude monet.4. what do the last two events have in common?a. they are exhibitions of paintings. b. they depend on modern technology. c. they are held in memory of different artists.d. they allow visitors to control the equipment. bwhen i graduated with a degree in english literature from

10、 exeter university, my head was filled with ideas about what i wanted to do next. work experience helped me narrow down my choices to a top two: publishing and teaching. the only problem was deciding which one to choose!eventually, i applied for a job at a local magazine. it was a small team so i ha

11、d the opportunity to get connected with all aspects of magazine publishing from editorial to advertising. i was promoted to assistant editor and enjoyed the mix of creativity and business skills necessary for the role.when i started to consider my next career move, my thoughts turned to educational

12、publishing. i loved working at the magazine, but i wanted to do something which combined my love of education too. i spotted the job opportunity for the cambridge university press graduate programme.the recruitment (招聘) process for the graduate programme was certainly strict, including a spoken reas

13、oning test, a personality test, a phone interview and an assessment day. the best advice i can give to anyone applying for a programme like this is to be yourself and don't be afraid to show your personality.i was excited when i found out that i'd got the job. during the programme, i got the

14、 opportunity to work on our latest digital products, travel to book fairs abroad, visit schools to meet our customers, manage our social media accounts and sign off books to be published. i received fantastic support from colleagues at the press, not just from my line manager and tutor, but everyone

15、 i met along the way.working in lots of different departments around the press helped me identify where i wanted to end up and now i have a role which fits my interests and skills, working on content development in the cambridge learning for schools team.it's been a brilliant experience and i ca

16、n fully recommend the cambridge university press graduate programme. even if it's been a couple of years since you left university, the programme is a great way to get into publishing and progress your career, so go for it!5. why did the author apply for the cambridge university press graduate p

17、rogramme?a. she desired to do something more creative and challenging.b. she wanted to do a job combined with her love of education.c. she needed different jobs to improve her business skills.d. she longed for better education to get further promoted.6. what is talked about in paragraph 4?a. advice

18、on the programme application.b. types of work in the press company.c. support of colleagues and tutors.d. experiences in changing jobs.7. what is the author's attitude towards the programme?a. cautious. b. uninterested. c. doubtful. d. supportive.cbirds enjoy a relatively slow rate of extinction

19、 but a new study suggests that rate might be severely underestimated(低估). even worse, if human actions continue, bird extinction rates could skyrocket and 12 percent of the known bird species(物种) could be dying out by the end of the century.presently there are 10,000 known bird species most identifi

20、ed after 1850 and an estimated 130 of those have become extinct since 1500, setting the extinction rate at about one species every four years.but according to stuart pimm of duke university, this rate fails to take into account three key points: the continual identification of extinct bird species f

21、rom fossil remains; numerous "missing" species not yet declared extinct; and the fact that present extinction rates were not calculated using the proper baseline date for when the species was first described.taking these points into consideration, the extinction rate is closer to one bird

22、species per year, says pimm, the leading author of the study. and the rate could be three times as high as that if not for recent bird preservation efforts.in previous centuries, bird extinctions took place mainly on islands as polynesian peoples expanded into the pacific or europeans took over the

23、americas, wiping out birds along the way.in recent years, scientists are seeing an increased number of extinctions on continents, again because of human activities. habitat destruction, introduction of invasive species, and climate change combine to harm many bird species. before human influence, th

24、e estimated rate of bird extinctions would have been only one species per hundred years, researchers estimate.bird extinction rates are slower than for most animals, mainly because humans do more harm to other species and people take special efforts to protect birds. still, if the present trends con

25、tinue, the researchers estimate that the bird extinction rate will continue to climb to as many as 10 species per year,8. the underlined word "skyrocket" in the first paragraph meansa. fly high b. appear soonc. increase quickly d. change regularly9. according to pimm, the extinction rate o

26、f birds is_.a. one species per hundred yearsb. one species every yearc. three species per yeard. ten species every year10. what can we infer from the fifth and sixth paragraphs?a. humans have started destroying bird habitat in recent years.b. humans are doing more harm to animals than to birds.mc. h

27、umans have made no effort to protect birds.d. humans are responsible for the bird extinctions.11. what might be the best title for the passage?a. humans' fighting against bird extinctionb. humans' responsibilities for bird protectionc. bird extinction rates far worse than realizedd. bird ext

28、inction occurring on islands and continentsdthere was a time when a trip to the supermarket in the united states often ended with a seemingly simple question from the cashier: “paper or plastic?” well, which type of bag would you choose?while all types of bags have some influence on the environment,

29、 it has long been supposed that paper bags are kinder. they are made from a renewable source, break down easily, burn without giving off thick smoke and can be recycled. however, the producing process behind paper bags uses more energy than that of plastic ones. how can this be true?studies show tha

30、t paper bag production requires four times as much energy as plastic bag production. and the amount of water used to make them is twenty times higher. besides, the influence on forests is very serious. it takes about fourteen million trees to produce ten billion paper bags, which happens to be the n

31、umber of bags used in the united states yearly. in terms of recycling, the idea that paper bags are more environment-friendly than plastic ones can be quickly discarded. research shows it requires about 98% less energy to recycle plastic than it does paper.even though paper bags might be more harmfu

32、l than plastic ones, plastic still seems to be considered by governments as the more harmful of the two. in ireland, for example, a tax has been introduced to discourage the use of plastic bags. people have to pay 22 cents for every plastic bag, and as a result, their use has dropped quickly.theres

33、no doubt that it makes more sense to reuse these bags. however, we dont seem to be doing that at present. that may be because they fall apart quickly. if so, cloth bags are a better choice, but still, their production also has a bad influence on the environment. so what to do? how should we answer t

34、he question of “paper or plastic?” it seems that we first need to ask ourselves one more general question: “what can i do to help the environment?”12. the questions in paragraph 1 are used to .a. express the authors doubts b. tell readers how to save moneyc. introduce points for discussion d. show t

35、he kindness of the cashier13. compared with plastic bags, paper bags .a. need more water to produce b. require less energy to recyclec. take more time to break down d. have less influence on forests14. the underlined word “discarded” in paragraph 3 probably means “ ”.a. shared b. given up c. discuss

36、ed d. put forward15. which question does the author probably hope the cashier will ask?a. paper or cloth? b. paper or plastic?c. a small bag or big one? d. a new bag or your own one?第二节 (共5小题;每小题3分,满分15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。some people get pleasure from picnics and tours. others

37、 like to discuss various topics and find pleasure in it. but the reading of books provides us with such pleasure as we do not get from any other activity.books are written by learned people. they contain the best experiences and thoughts of their writers. writers put in their books not only their ow

38、n ideas and feelings, but also what they observe and find in society. 16 if we are in a cheerful mood, our joy is increased by reading. 17 they provide us with the best advice and guidance in our difficulties. indeed, books are our best friends as they help us in our hour of need. 18they entertain u

39、s in our spare moments. good novels, books on poetry and short stories, give us great enjoyment. at times we become so absorbed in our books that we forget even our important arrangements. loneliness is no trouble for a reader. 19 they give us sound moral advice. it is through the reading of books t

40、hat we learn what to love and what to hate. the reading of good books develops and improves our character. it was the english author bacon who said that reading makes a full man. no one can question the truth of this saying. 20 some books are such that instead of doing any good, they do harm to the

41、readers. so it is the reading of good books alone that presents us the greatest benefit.a. books keep us well-informed.b. books contain grains of wisdom.c. when we are alone, books are our best friends.d. books enable us to know the best of the colorful world.e. when we are in a depressed mood, book

42、s comfort our troubled minds.f. but we cannot get full advantage from reading, if our choice is not good.g. by reading books written by great thinkers, we come in contact with their minds.第二部分 语言知识运用第一节 完形填空（共20小题；每小题2分，满分40分）阅读下面短文，从短文后所给各题四个选项（a、b、c和d）中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。in 1994 i was in the midst of

43、 a depression (抑郁症）. when i was depressed, i 21 . one day i was clearing up the rooms and found a cd covered with 22 . i wiped it off, put it in the 23 and started washing dishes. a mans voice, reading poetry, 24 my house. the sound of the speakers voice and the words of the poems reached something

44、deep inside me. i stopped and 25 i began to take poems into my 26 , not simply reading them, but developing rich relationships with the 27 i learned many by heart. they became my therapy (治疗）and 28 . those poems made me wiser and healthier.29 , in the fall of 2008, poetry 30 me in a way i had never

45、expected. i had put all my 31 in a small, local fund (基金).two months later, the leader of the fund left me a message: “the financial crisis 32 our fund particularly hard. we' ve lost everything.”i stood there, 33 .suddenly i heard a poem, 34 , called kindness in my mind. it felt like the poem ha

46、d been written for me 35 , for this exact moment, like the perfect helper 36 on the scene at the instant of an accident. kindness became my 37 i read it before going to bed, and at breakfast every morning. it reminded me that this was not a 38 , but a path to sympathy, and i was not walking alone. e

47、ven now, i 39 kindness several times a week to carry me 40 the heart of what really matters to me.21. a. ran b. slept c. cleaned d. sang22. a. dust b. paper c. clothes d. bedding23. a. drawer b. player c. washer d. fridge24. a. swept b. occupied c. decorated d. filled25. a. wept b. left c. laughed d

48、. listened26. a. home b. life c. class d. mind27. a. tunes b. rhymes c. words d. cds28. a. medicine b. food c. assistance d. attention29. a. still b. yet c. then d. soon30. a. surprised b. impressed c. warned d. rescued31. a. faith b. savings c. hope d. expenses32. a. hit b. blew c. pushed d. presse

49、d33. a. fearless b. thankless c. breathless d. defenseless34. a. by coincidence b. out of nowhere c. in the distance d. by accident35. a. immediately b. sincerely c. casually d. personally36. a. reading b. arriving c. walking d. escaping37. a. homework b. religion c. prayer d. memory38. a. mistake b

50、. lesson c. comfort d. tragedy39. a. reach for b. dream of c. refer to d. meet with40. a. for b. with c. off d. into第二节 语法填空（共10小题；每小题1.5分，满分15分）阅读下面材料，在空白处填入适当的内容1个单词或括号内单词的正确形式。recently, educators and parents become concerned about the poor performance of boys in school. the so-called “boy crisis”

51、 in education refers _41 both their academic performance and their behavior. in both areas boys results are much _42 (bad) than girls. usa data shows that boys rank behind girls in almost all areas of schooling. they earn lower _43 (grade) overall in primary school and high school. they are beh

52、ind girls in reading and writing, and 30 percent of them are in bottom quarter of standardized tests, _44(compare) with 19 percent of girls. although the causes of the “boy crisis” are not _45 (full) understood, some experts believed that the same-sex classrooms and schools may help solve the p

53、roblem. the idea is_46(remove) some of the distractions(分心) caused by the opposite sex, in order to improve students concentration and hopefully their grades. the first chinese school to experiment with this idea _47 (be) shanghai no.8 middle school, _48began “boys-only” classes in september, 2

54、012. although it is too early to tell if the reform has made _49._difference, its supporters argue that the results are _50 (promise).第三部分 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处语言错误，每句中最多有两处，每处错误仅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

55、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限一词。 2.只允许修改10处，多者（从第11处起）不计分。last summer，i was going to visit a friend in hangzhoui went to the station to buy ticketafter get it，i turned back pick up my bag from the floorto my shock，i found it had goneluckily i had all my money in my pocket，but the only clothes i