天津市2016-2017学年高二英语下学期期末考试试题

1、天津市 2016-2017 学年高二英语下学期期末考试试题第卷 I.听力（共 20 小题，每题 0.5 分，满分 10 分）第一节（共 5 小题；每小题 0.5 分，满分 2.5 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 is the possible relati on ship betwee n the speakers?A. Classmates.B. Colleagues.C.Teacher and

2、 stude nt.2. What is the problem with Joan? A.She suffers from a headache.B. She has an upset stomach. C.She catches a bad cold.3. What did the speakers pla n to do?A.Go for a walk.B. Have a picnic.C. Play a game.4. Why does Jack have to work on Sun day?A. To prepare for his lecture. B. To finish hi

3、s paper.C. To support hisfamily.5. What are the speakers talk ing about?A. A crazy driver.B. New traffic rules.C. A traffic accide nt.第二节（共 15 小题；每小题 0.5 分，满分 7.5 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，各个小题将给出 5 秒钟的作答时间。每段对话或独白读两遍。听第 6 段

4、材料，回答第 6、7 题。6. Where does the con versati on most likely take place?B.In an airport.A. In a hotel.- 2 -C. I n a theater.7. How much will the man pay?A. $1,208.B. $1,218.听第 7 段材料，回答第 8、9 题。8. Where does the man like to travel most? A.The Western Un ited States.B. The Central Uni ted States.C. The So

5、uthern United States.9. Which does the woman think is the worst for travel?A. The car s breaking down.B. The traveler s getting lost.C. The phone s poor signal.听第 8 段材料，回答第 10 至 12 题。10. What has the woma n bee n busy doing? A. Los ingweight.B. Applyi ng to a uni versity.C. Prepari ng for midterm ex

6、ams.11. What should the woman do first in the man s opinion?C. $1,280.A. Sleep more.B. Eat better.12. How much coffee is advised a day?A. Two cups.B. Three cups.9 段材料，回答第 13 至 16 题。13.What does the woma n call for? A. Toapply for a job.B. To reserve a room.C. Exercise moreC. Four cups.听第- 3 -C. T o

7、order office supplies.14. How much more does DO45 cost than DO44?A. 15 poun ds.B. 45 pounds.15.What is the drawing board made of?C. 50 pounds.- 4 -16. Whyca ntthe womanorder draw ing pensand rulers now? A. The stocks are running low.B. They have bee n sold out.C. The girl in charge is abse nt.听第 10

8、段材料，回答第 17 至 20 题。17. What happened to the 2-year-old boy? A. He had a heart surgery.B. He suffered from cancer.C. He got hurt in an accide nt.18. Why did the father get a scar-like picture marked on his chest?A. To be uniq ue.B. To support his son.19. What does Mrs. Guo think of the father s move?2

9、0. What has the father refused?II.单项选择（共 15 小题，每题 1 分，满分 15 分）21._ the sun rises, all the stars in the sky disappear.-Of course not.A. Wood.B. Plastic.C. Metal.C. T o cover his scar.A. Acceptable.B. Ridiculous.C. TouchA. I nterviews.B. Don ations.C. Medical aid.A. The mome ntB. Before22. The crim in

10、al was very cunning（狡猾）forest so that he wontescape aga in.A. temporaryB. ten tative23. It is un fair that he gets very littleA. in honor ofB. in charge of24. -Will you go to Joh nC. TillD. ForWe have to make asearch of theC. tenseD. thorough_ his hard work.C. i n reward ofD. in favor ofsparty this

11、Friday?A. if in vitedB. even if in vitedC. un til invitedD. whe n invited- 5 -in the end.27. The children went home from the grammar school, their lessonsday.learning tool.,the damage would be in calculable.the rapid cha nges of society.33. -Were all the three people in the car injured in the accide

12、 nt?only the two passe ngers who got hurt.35. -You could always put the decisi ons off a little bit l on ger.25.is where he gets all his money from.A. What I ca ntun dersta nditB. That I ca ntun dersta nd itC. What I ca ntun derstandD. Which I ca ntunderstand26. Scie ntists hadthousands of chemicals

13、 before theydecided on the right oneA. worked outB. brought outC. tried outD. turned outfor theA. finishingB. finishedC. hadfiniD. were vidingen terta inment,thewebsite also turnsoutto be a helpfulA. Far fromB. Apart fromC. Instead ofD. Regardless of29.A. Should such a disaster occurB.

14、 If such a disaster had occurredC. Had such a disaster occurredD. If such a disaster should be occurred30. My camera can beto take pictures in cloudy and sunny con diti ons.A. adaptedB. adjustedC. adoptedD. admitted31. Can we begi n by discuss ing mattersout of the last meeti ng?A. aris ingB. arisen

15、C. risingD. risen32. In a time of social reform, peoplesstate of mind tends to keepwithA. packB.paceC. progressD. process-No,A. itwasB. there wereC. they wereD. there was34. Only by in creas ing the nu mber of doctors by50%properly in thishospital.A. can be the patie nts treatedB. cantheC. the patie

16、 nts can be treatedD. treated can be the patie nts- 6 -If I leave it much Ion ger,Imight miss my chanee.A. That sreas on ableadvice.B. Is ntit agoodidea?C.Doyouthinkso?D. I can 分 20 分）tagree more. III.完形填空（共 20小题，每题 1 分，满At an airport I overheard a father and daughter in their last moments together.

17、 They hadannounced her p lane s 36 and standing near the door, he said to his daughter,I love you; Iwish you eno ugh.”She said,“ Daddy, our _ 37_ together has bee n more tha n eno ugh. Your loveis _ 38_ I ever n eeded. I wish you eno ugh, too, Daddy.” They kissed good-byeand she left.He walked over

18、_39_ the window where I was seated. Standing there I couldsee he wan ted and n eeded to _ 40_. I tried not to in terfere his _ 41_, but hewelcomed me in by ask ing, “ Did you ever say good-bye to some one_ 42_ it wouldbe forever? ”“ Yes, I have, ” I replied.Saying that brought back _ 43_ I had of ex

19、pressing my love and _ 44_ forall my Dad had done for me. Recog nizing that his days were_45_ , I took thetime to tell him face to face how much he meant to me. So I knew what this man was 46_ . When Iasked why it was a forever good-bye, he said he was_ 47_ andher daughter lived much too far away. H

20、e guessed this departure might be the48before his fun eral. Whenl asked him why they said I wish you eno ugh” , he expla ined that had been_49_ from other generations.His parents used to say it to _50_ ,by which they wan ted other people to have a life filled with eno ugh_ 51_ things to support them

21、.“ I wish you eno ugh sun to _52_ your attitude bright. I wish you eno ugh rainto appreciate the sun more. I wish you eno ugh happ in ess to keep your spirit53. I wish youeno ugh pain _54the smallest joys in life appear much bigger. I wish- 7 -you eno ugh gains to55 your wantin g. I wish you eno ugh

22、“ Hellos ” to get you through the final Good-bye . ”- 8 -36. A. departureB. troubleC. flightD. accide nt37. A. storyB. lifeC. workD. relati on38. A. oneB. thatC.suchD. all39. A. acrossB. throughC. aboveD. toward40. A. shoutB. cryC. repeatD. laugh41. A. bus in essB. sile neeC. privacyD. thought42. A.

23、 knowingB. rememberi ngC. doubti ngD. imagi ning43. A. sightsB.scenesC. picturesD. memories44. A. appreciati onB. sympathyC. enjoyme ntD. affectio n45. A. fastB. terribleC. limitedD. hard46. A. meaningB. experie ncingC. won deri ngD. questi oning47. A. oldB. busyC. tiredD. weak48. A. i ntervalB. beg

24、i nningC. pauseD. last49. A. made outB. made upC. han ded overD. han ded dow n50. A. every oneB. anyoneC. nobodyD. some one51. A. funnyB. valuableC. specialD. no rmal52. A. leaveB. proveC.keepD. feel53. A. aliveB. aloneC. amazedD. ashamed54. A. even ifB. now thatC. so thatD. as if55. A. preve ntB. i

25、mproveC. satisfyD.changeIV.阅读理解（共 15小题，每题 2 分,满分 30 分）ABeco ming a teacher is one of the best ways to make a differe nee in the lifeof a child and even older students. Here are some great scholarships and grant （ 奖 学 金, 助学金）opportunities to get the ball rolling on your dreams of becoming a teacher.S

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33、s get their scholarships each year according to the Straightforward TeacherProgram ?A. FourB. Sixtee nC. EightD. Six57. The reas on why many stude nts choose to study in the state of North Caroli na is that _.A. They can pursue a long term career in educati onB. There are some good uni versities in

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36、x Blumbergin an article in The Sydney Morni ng Herald. In the lastmonth alone, 15 percent of US adults listened to a radio podcast （播客）.Thesestatistics, released by Edis on Research, show the successful evoluti on ofB. New York State ScholarshipC. Prezell Robinson ScholarshipD. Straightforward Schol

37、arshipD. The college graduates teach ing in PreK60. What is the best title of the passage?A. Dreams of Beco ming a TeacherC. Five Scholarships for TeachersB. Teach ing Scholarships and GrantsD. Five Scholarships for Stude ntsB- 11 -format. The term“podcast ” was inven ted in 2004, but the trend only

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40、thehouse doing something else. It makes completing a boring task much more enjoyableAnd its an easy way of keeping in touch with what also beenlistening to This American Life and Serial. They have a special skillto really draw you in.”Un like televisi on and music,the audio format has the pote ntial

41、to createa deep impression on readers. Blumberg says this owes to the podcasts ability“to create close relati on shipand emoti onal connection.”Sydney Uni versityundergraduate Hazel Proust, majoring in social work and arts, agrees Whenyoure listening, it feels asif the voice of the podcasts storytel

42、ler is talkingdirectlyto you.Its comforting,”said Proust.It seems the age-old traditionof verbal storytelling is very muchalive and well.61. From the first two paragraphs, we can learn thatA. traditi onal broadcast has come backB. America ns love liste ning to the radioC. podcasts have become very p

43、opular todayD. smart phones sell well because of podcasts62.The writer men ti ons Donna Jacks on mai nly totraditi onal radiobroadcaststo the present days digitalpodcastor three times a week, via iTunes.s going on in the rest ofthe world, ” she said,I mainly listento BBC podcasts, but recent ly Ive-

44、 12 -A. tell how young people relax themselvesB. expla in why young people like podcastsC. in troduce what programs podcasts prese ntD. show how popular podcasts are63.Paragraph 5 is mainly about64. What is probably the best title of the passage?B. Opinions of PodcastD. Tech no logy of PodcastCFan t

45、asies for young readers really bega n with the fairy tales of writers such as the BrothersGrimm. Of course, all the childre n who grow up readi ng these booksF and tales never, at heart, reallygrow up at all, for such wonderful stories are forever carved in their min ds. And fairy tales are as muchf

46、un to read whe n we are fifty, only for memorable reas ons, as they are whe n we are childre n.But it sobvious these days that fantasiesaren t only for the little ones.In1977, 23 years after The Lord of theRings by Tolkien was published, Terry Brookspublished his firstnovel, The Sword of Shannara. I

47、t became the first work of fictionever to appear on the New York Times Trade Paperback Bestseller List, where it remained for over fivemon ths. Follow ing the release of Tolkie ns work, earlierworks of fan tasy, like T.H. White sOnce and Future Ki ngand Eric Eddis onsTheMezentian Gate (in 1958) came

48、 out before The Sword of Shannara, but neither hadan in flue nee quite like TheSword of Shann ara. Fan tasies were truly reborn.As the popularity of fantasiesbegan to grow quickly, the film and televisionA. the in flue neeof radiosB.of podcastsC. read ersimpressi on on radiosD. peoplethe advantages

49、reacti on to theA. Return of RadioC. Features of Radiomedium- 13 -industryclimbed aboard the bandwagon. During the eighties, the fantasy/adventuremovie was born. Conanis a classic to the eighties. The lack of really good fantasy movies in the recentpast can be blamed on substa ndard special effects.

50、 However, now, in an age of post-moder n computertech no logy, the impossible is no Ion ger a concern. Since the release and popularity of TheLord of theRin gs, cin ema scree n product ion rights have bee n bought for scores offan tasy no vels, from Terry Brooks to Robert Jorda n.The future of fanta

51、sies has never looked so assured. Even children s cinema has had its ownsuccesses through the big scree n release of theHarry Potter series andthe classic Peter Pan. While there rema ins a choice to go bey ond the reality we know, there will alwaysbe fantasies.65. What can we lear n from the first p

52、aragraph?A. Children reading fairy tales never grow up.B. Fantasies are attractive to persons of all ages.C. Fan tasies appear earlier tha n fairy tales.D. The Brothers Grimm is famous for TheSword of Shann ara.66. Whywere earlier fantasy movies less attractive to people?A. The special effects in th

53、e movies are not good eno ugh.B. They are n ot good stories.C. The actors in the movies are poorly-skilled.D. There are not big theaters for them.67. What does the passage mainly talk about?A. Types of fan tasies.B. Famous fan tasy works.C. The developme nt of fan tasies.D. The popularity of fan tas

54、ies.DThe small Canadian Hemlock（铁杉）shook her branches in the wind. Westood there, in the windyChristmas tree lot, and each of us was filled with the joy of Christmas. There was no way that we wouldsayno” to the small Canadian wond _Due to my asthma（ 哮喘）Christmas had become a struggle for me. But thi

55、s year was different.Due to the wonders of modern medicine, we were looking for our first- 14 -real Christmas tree in years, a livingtree. Costly（ 昂贵的）though it was, we paidthe man.Wemade a promise to our living tree that we would keep her alive untilspring.Then we found a pot to put her in. We had

56、our tree lighted in no time. Standingback, in the living room, now darkened except for the lights of the tree, was a breathless, magical moment.Christmas came and went, all too fast. We carefully removed everyth ing.Tenderly,we moved our potted tree down into the cold basement. I would frequentlyvis

57、it the little tree. Then the needles began to drop one day. Hastily（急 速地）,my husba nd dug a huge hole in our back yard .Into the ground, with a mixture of perfect soil, went ourlittle tree, along with my hopes and dreams.Was she dead? Would she grow? Each day, with more and more bran ches lack ingn

58、eedles, our hopes flagged. After three years of drought, there was a new day forour garde ns and our little tree. One day, my husba nd and daughter shouted at me.“Come outside! ” they called.Look! It sgrowing buds! ”I hurried into the back yard. Hardly daring to hope, I searched, as my daughtergen t

59、ly guided my eyes to the tips of each tiny bran ch. There they were! Wehad ntkilled her after all. Well, a new day has daw ned（露曙光）,and my littletree and I are spreadi ng our bran ches together.68. The underlined wordwonder”in Paragraph 1 refers to_ .A. a great surpriseB. the won derful ChristmasC.

60、Canadian Hemlock s strong lifeD. the atmosphere of Christmas69. The text seemed to show that the lack of n eedles resulted from_.A. the terrible weather in the areaB. the lack of eno ugh waterC. the aut hors frequent visitsD. the place where the tree was put70. The last paragraph mainly shows that_