安徽省2017-2018学年高二英语上学期期中试题

1、安徽省 2017-2018 学年高二英语上学期期中试题时间：120 分钟 满分：100 分、听力（共两节，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，从题中所给的选项，并标在试卷的相应位置。听完每段对话后，你都有阅读下一小题。每段对话仅读一遍。1. What are the two speakers mainly talking about?A. The TV n ews.B. Goi ng hiki ng.2. How much do two tickets cost?A. $2.40.B.$17.60.3. Where

2、 will the woma n go this eve ning?A. Her sister s.B. The station.4. What sport does the man like best?A. Basketball.B. Football.5. What does the man think of the book?A. Not bad.B. Worth readi ng.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，从每题所给的 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

3、，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，回答第 6、7 题。/6. Where does the con versati on probably take place?A. In a hospital.B. At the accide nt spot.C. At thewoman s home.7. What can we know about the woma n?A. Her car broke dow n halfway.B. She was n early killed by the tree.C.

4、She was injured in an accide nt. 听第 7 段材料，回答第 8 至 9 题。8. What happe ned to the man?A. He gave up mathematics.C. He lost his MP4.9. What mainly worries the man?A. Whether he can get school fees for next year.B. How to get along well with his classmates.C. How to apply for a scholarship or loa n. 听第 8

5、 段材料，回答第10 至 12 题。10. Which n ewspapers did the woma n order?A.Guardia nandBus in ess Weekly.Mirror.C.MirrorandBusiness Weekly.l0 秒钟的时间来回答有关小题和C. The weather.C.$20.00.C. The theater.C. Tennis.C. Not good eno ugh.B. He failed his exam.B.Guardia nand11. Which sect ion does the woma n like?3A. I n a ho

6、tel.B. I n a restaura nt.C. In a supermarket.18. Why did the fire cause greater injuries and deaths?A. Outside fire escapes were very n arrow.B. The lift was not working for power failure.C. The alarm and the water systems failed then.19. How many passe ngers should the bus no rmally carry at most?2

7、0. What can we learn from the speaker?A. The driver s carelessness caused the bus accident.B. A cigarette-e nd caused the great fire.C. Ambula nces （救护车） were in time to arrive to save the injured.二、阅读理解（共两节， 20 小题；每小题 1.5 分，满分 30 分）第一节（共 15 小题；每小题 1.5 分，满分 22.5 分）ASome people will do just about any

8、thing to save money. And I amone of them. Take my family s lastvacation.It was my six -year- old son s winter break form school,and we were heading home from Fort Lauderdale after a week-long trip. The flight was overbooked, andDelta, the airli ne, offered us $400 per pers on in credits to give up o

9、ur seats and leave the n ext day. Ihad meeti ngs in New York, so I had to get back. But that did nt mean my husba nd and my son could ntstay. I took my nine-month-old and took off for home.The next day, my husband and son were offered more credits to take an even later flight. Yes, I encouraged okay

10、, ordered them to wait it out at the airport, to earn more Delta Dollars. Our totaltake: $1,600. Not bad, huh?Now some people may thi nk rm a bad mother and not such a great wife either.A. The tech no logy section. sect ion.B. The fashion and styleC. The n ati onal sect ion.12.What is the man s majo

11、r?A. Computer scie nee.B. Political scie nee.听第 9 段材料，回答第 13 至 16 题。13.What is the probable relati on ship betwee n the speakers?A. Husba nd and wife.B. Teacher and stude nt.C. Business.C. Old schoolmates.14. What do we know about the man?A. He has started his own bus in ess. college.C. He studied a

12、dvertis ing in college.15.What was the woman s plan ?A. To travel around the world.housewife.C. To have three childre n.16. How may the woma n feel at the end of the con versati on?A. Very satisfied with what she is. disappo in ted.C. More tha n excited.听第 10 段材料，回答第 17 至 20 题。17.Where did the fire

13、break out?B. He got married afterB. To be a goodB. A littleA. 75.B. 65.C. 50.4But as a big-time bargain hunter, I know the value of a dollar. And these days, a good deal is someth ingfew of us can afford to pass up.5BIt is hardly surprising that clothing manufacturers（ uniformstandards for different

14、 features of clothes. What seems strange, however, is that the standardused for women is the opposite of the one for men.Take a lookat the way your clothes button. Men s clothes tend to button from the right, andwomen s from the left. Considering most of the world s population-men andwomen-are right

15、- handed, the men s standard would appear to make more sense（更有道理） for women. So why do women s clothes button from the left?History really seems to matter here. Buttons first appeared only on the clothes of the rich in the17th century, when rich women were dressed by servants. For the mostly right-

16、 handed servants,having women s shirts button from the left would be easier. On the other hand, having men sshirts button from the rightmade sense,too. Most men dressed themselves, and a sword（剑） drawn from the left with theright hand would be less likely to get caught in the shirt.Today womenare se

17、ldom dressed by servants, but buttoning from the left thestandard for them. Is it interesting? Actually, a standard, once it is set, resists change. At atime when all women s shirts buttoned from the left, have been risky for any singlemanufacturer to offer women s shirts that from the right. After

18、all, women had grown so used to shirtswhich buttoned from the left and would have to develop new habits and skills to switch. Besides, somewomen might have found it socially awkward toappear in public wearing shirts thatbuttoned from the right, since anyone who noticed that would believe they were w

19、earing men s shirts.25. What is surprising about the standard of the clothing industry?A. It has been followed by the industry for over 400 years.B. It is different for mens clothing and women s.C. It woks better with men than with women.Ive made a living looking for the best deals and exposing（揭露）

20、the worsttricks. I have been the consumer reporter of NBCsTodayshow for over a decade.I have written a couple of books including one titledTricks of the Trade: A Consumer Survival Guide.And I really do what I believe in.I tell you this because there is no shame in getting your money s worth. Ialso t

21、ightfisted when it comes to shoes, clothes for my children, and expensive restaurants. But Iwouldnt hesitate to spend on a good haircut. It keeps its longer, and its the first thing people notice. AndI will also spend on a classic piece of furniture. Quality lasts.21. Why did Delta give the authors

22、family credits?A. They had early bookings.B. They took a later flight.mshapeC. Their flight had been delayed.cancelled.22. What can we learn about the author? A.She is interested in cheap promise （折衷） .C. She is very strict with her children.deal.23. What does the author do?A. Shes a teacher.C. Shes

23、 a businesswoman.24. What does the author want to tell us? A.How to spend money wisely. C. How toexpose bad tricks.D. Their flight had beenB. She seldom makes aD. She rarely misses a goodB. Shes a housewife. D.Shes a media person.B. How to reserve airline seats. D.How to make a business deal.生产商 ） f

24、ollow certainis stillit wouldbuttoned6D. It fails to consider right-handed people.726. What do we know about the rich men in the 17th cen tury?A. They ten ded to wear clothes without butt ons. from the left.C. They were mostly dressed by serva nts. the historical matters.27. Women s clothes still bu

25、tt on from the left today becauseA. customs are hard to cha ngeB.follow sta ndardsC. moder n wome n dress themselvesD. usingfor wome n28. The passage is mainly developed byB. making comparis onsD.following the time orderCI know what you re thinking: piz za? For breakfast? But the truth is that you c

26、an have last night s leftovers in the a. m. if you want to.I know lots of womenwho skip breakfast, and they have a ton of differentexcusesfor doing it . Some say they don t have time. others think they re “saving ” calories, still others justdon t like breakfast food .But the bottom line is that eat

27、ing in the morning is very important when you re tryi ng to loseweight. “ Eat ing just about anything from 300 to 400 calories would be better than nothing at all, ” saysKatherine Brooking,R., D., who developed thesuper- easy eating plan for this year s “ SELF CHALLENGE And even pizza can be healthy

28、 if it sloaded with vegetables, and you stick to one small piece.Breakfast is one meal I never miss, and the same goes for most weight loss success stories.Research shows that eati ng breakfast keeps you from overeat ing later in the day. Researchers at theUniversityof Southern California found that

29、 breakfastskippers have a bigger cha nee of gaining weight tha n those who regularly have a morni ng meal.So eat someth ing in the morning, anythin g. I know ple nty of friends who end up having nobreakfast at all, and have just coffee or orange juice. I say, try heating up last night s leftovers-it

30、 may sound crazy, but if it works for you, do it!I find if I tell myself, “You can always eat it tomorrow, ” I put away the leftoversin stead of eati ng more that ni ght. Try ityou may save yourself some pre -bedtimecalories. And watch your body gain the fat-bur ning effects.29. What can we infer fr

31、om the text?A. Work ing wome n usually have breakfast in a hurry.B. Many people have wrong ideas about breakfast.C. There are some easy ways of cook ing a meal.D. Eati ng vegetables helps save en ergy.30. Accord ing to the last paragraph, it is importa nt to_ .A. eat someth ing for breakfastB. be ca

32、reful about what you eatC. heat up food before eati ng itD. eat calorie-c on trolled food31. The text is written main ly for thoseA. who go to work early C. whowant to lose weight南极洲),a huge shelf of ice meets the ocean.At the un derside of the shelf there lives a small fish, the An tarctic cod.For

33、forty years scie ntists havebee n curious about that fish. How does it livewhere most fish would freeze to death? It must have some secret. The An tarctic is not a comfortableplace to work and research has bee n slow. Now it seems we haveB. They drew their swordsD. They were interested inmanufacture

34、rs shouldmeri s style is improperA. an alyz ing causesC. exam ining differencesB. who stay up lateD. who eat before sleepDFar from the land of An tarctica (8an an swer.Research was begu n by cutt ingholes in the ice and catchi ng the fish.Scien tistsstudied the fish s blood and measured its freezing

35、 point.The fish were taken from seawater that had a temperature of -1.88 C and manytiny pieces of ice floating in it. The blood of the fish did not begin to freeze un til its temperature waslowered to-2.05 C. That small differe nee is eno ugh for the fish to live at the freez ing temperature of the

36、ice-saltmixture.The scien tists next research job was clear: Find out what in the fish s blood kept it fromfreezing. Their search led to some really strange thing made up of a protein（蛋白质）n ever before seen in the blood of a fish.When it was removed, theblood froze at seawater temperature. When it w

37、as put back, the blood aga in had its an tifreeze qualityand a lowered freez ing point.Study showed that it is an unu sual kind of prote in. It has many small sugar molecules （分子）held in special positions within each big protein molecule. Because of its sugar content, it is called aglycoprotein. So

38、it has come to be called the an tifreeze fish glycoprote in, or AFGP.32. What is the text mai nly about?A. The terrible conditions in the Antarctic.B. A special fish livi ng in freez ing waters.C. The ice shelf around An tarctica.D. Protecti on of the An tarctic cod.33. Why can the An tarctic cod li

39、ve at the freez ing temperature?A. A special prote in keeps it from freez ing.B. It loves to live in the ice-salt mixtureC.The seawater has a temperature of -1.88 C.D.Its blood has a temperature lower than -2.05 C.34. What does the underlined word“it ” in Paragraph 5 refer to?A. A type of ice-salt m

40、ixture.B. Sugar molecule.C. Fish blood.D. A newly found protein.35. What doesglyc o-in the un derl inedword “ glycoprote in ”in the lastparagraph mean?A. iceB.sugarC. bloodD. molecule第二节（共 5 小题；每小题 1.5 分，满分 7.5 分）根据短文内容，从其后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 ben efits of keep ing a journ al （日

41、志）If you want to grow, one importa nt thi ng you should do is keep ing a jour nal.for years. Writing all the lessons I learn and all the ideas I get has become36Here are some ben efits you will get by keep ing ajourn al.It prevents you from losing an idea. Have you ever gotten an idea only to loseit

42、 later because you didn t write it down?_37But then I developedthe habit of writing down every idea that came into my mind as soon as possible.If I m away from my computer, I usually write it down on a piece of paper that I bring wherever I go. Iwill then transfer the idea to the journal in my compu

43、ter.It helps you review all the lessons you ve learned. By reviewingyour journal,you can quickly see the less onsyou ve lear nedand the ideas you vegotte n. _ 38You can use the ideas to propel （ 鞭策）yourself forward.39After keeping a journal for years, you can look back at it andIt may seem simple,bu

44、t it can make a big differeneein your life.I have bee n keep ingjourn alsa habit for me.9see how far you ve gone. Things t hat were big problems in the past might seem small10today. The raw ideas you had in the past might have bee n realized today.It helps you expa nd（扩展） your ideas. When you try to

45、 come up with a sentenceto express an idea, you are thinking actively about it.40In the end,you will expa nd your ideas.A. I often experieneed that myself.B. It trains you to express your thoughts.C. It allows you to see your progress over time.D. Just use whatever tool you feel comfortable with.E.

46、Thinking actively helps you connect your idea to another idea.F. And to be honest, I can t imagine what my life would be like without it.G. The n you can do whatever n ecessary to avoid repeati ng the same mistakes.三、英语知识运用（共两节，满分 30 分）第一节完形填空（共 20 小题；每小题 1 分，满分 20 分）Children find meanings in their

47、old family tales.how his grandfather, a banker, 41 all what hevalued most. In one of thegra ndfatherwas n early 43 , he loaded hisfamily in to the car and 44 themto see family members in Canada with a 45_, “there are more important thingsin life tha n mon ey.”The 46 took on a new mea ning recen tly

48、whe n Mr. Guyer dow nsized to a 47_house from a more expensive and comfortable one. He was 48 that his children, a daughter, 15, andtwins, 22, would be upset. To his surprise, they were nt.49 , their reaction echoed （共鸣）their great- grandfather s. What they 50Cwas how warmthe people were in the hous

49、e and how 51 of their heart was accessible （可接近的）.Many parents are finding family stories have surprisingpower to help children 52 hardtimes. Storytelli ng experts say the phe nomenon reflects a grow ing 53 in telling tales, evideneed by arise in a storytelling events and festivals.A uni versity 54

50、of 65 families with childre n aged from 14 to 16 foundkids ability to 55 pare nts stories was lin ked to a lower rate of an ger andan xiety.The 56 is telling the stories in a way children can 57_ . We re nottalk ing here about the kind of story that 58_ ,“ Whe n I was a kid, I walked toschool every

51、day uphill both ways, barefoot in the snow. ” In stead, we should choose a story suitedto the child s 59 , and make eye contact（接触）to create “ apersonal experienee. We don t have to tell children60 they should take fromthe story and what the moral（教育意义）is .41. A. missedB. lostC. forgotD. ig nored42.

52、 A. whe nB. whileC. howD. why43. A. frie ndlessB. worthlessC.pennilessD. homeless44. A fetchedB. allowedC. expectedD. took45. A. hopeB. promiseC. suggesti onD. belief46. A. reportB. agreeme ntC. arran gementD. taleWhenStephen Guyer s three childrenwere growing up, he told them storiesaboutin the 193

53、0s, but diddarkest times 42not lose sight of hisstrong-min ded1147. A. largeB. newC. smallD. gra nd48. A. surprisedB.annoyedC. worriedD. disappo in ted49. A. ThereforeB. BesidesC. OtherwiseD. In stead50. A. talked aboutB. cared aboutC. wrote aboutD. heard about51. A. manyB. muchC. littleD. few52. A.

54、 beyo ndB. overC. beh indD. through53. A. argume ntB. skillC. an xietyD. in terest54. A. studyB. desig nC. committeeD. stude nts55. A. retellB. provideC. supportD. refuse56. A. troubleB. giftC. factD. trick57. A. performB.hearC. writeD. questi on58. A. meansB.endsC. begi nsD. proves59. A. habitsB. a

55、ctivitiesC. judgme ntsD. needs60. A. whatB. thatC. whichD. whom第二节单项选择（共10 小题；每小题1 分，满分 10 分）61. The island,to the mainland by a bridge, is easy to go to.A. joi ning B. joi nedC. to join D. havi ng joined62. Mike found his missing car in the street outside his house, newlycleanedand polished. A. loo

56、kedB. look ingC. to lookD. tobe look ing63. The differe nee in size and weight from the earlier version makes the iPad minieasier .A. held B. holdi ngC. be held D. to hold64. Much time _ sitti ng at a desk, office workers are gen erally troubled by healthproblems.A. being spe nt B. havi ng spe ntC.

57、spe ntD.spe nding65. Can I pay the bill by check?Sorry , sir . But it is the management rules of our hotel that payment _ bemade in cash .A. shall B. needC. willD. can66. She looks very happy. She_have passed the exam.I guess so. It s not difficult after all.A. shouldB. couldC. mustD. might67. When

58、it comes to what makes a good stude nt,every one may have an opinion; _a good stude nt should first be hon est and hard-work ing.A. as for meB. in the long termC. on the con traryDno doubt68. A good teacher mustto his studentsthe importanee of a properlear ningmethod.A. get throughB. get acrossC. ge

59、t offDget over69. I would appreciate _ , to be frank, if the goods could be delivered as soonas possible.A. youB. C. itD. that1270. The teacher didn t know who _ for the broken window because it happened while13四、写作（共两节，满分30 分）第一节单词拼写（共 5 小题；每小题 1 分，满分 5 分）71.One should work very hard if he wants to

60、 be a_ into a gooduni versity.72. We have provided seats for the_（方便）of our customers.73. My teeth are very_ （敏感的）to cold food.74. After some heated_ （争论） a decisi on was fin ally take n.75. The news_ （消除）any doubts about the company s future andevery one was en couraged.第二节 短文改错（共 10 小题；每小题 1 分，满分