江苏省启东中学2017-2018学年第一学期期末考试

高二英语试题

 

本试卷分第I卷 (选择题) 和第II卷 (非选择题) 两部分，共120分。考试时间120分钟。

第I卷（选择题 三部分 共85分）

 

第一部分  听力（共两节，满分20分）（略）

第二部分 英语知识运用（共两节，满分35分）

第一节  单项填空（共15小题；每小题1分，满分15分）

请认真阅读下面各题，从题中所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题纸 (卡) 上将该项涂黑。

21.It’s on such occasions ________ his classmates get together that he misses his teachers.

A. that  B. whether  C. as  D. when

22.The old man _________ buried underground for ever but for the timely rescue.

A. had been  B. would have been  C. will be  D. would be

23.The family with the aim of travelling by plane ________ more than four times what it was several years ago.

A. have increased    B. has increased    

C. were increasing    D. was increasing

24.Wang says she stopped allowing people to sign up to ________homeless children after the list neared two thousand people.

A. adopt  B. adapt  C. adjust  D. appoint

25.It was unbelievable that the little boy managed to reach the final destination, ________ drive a car.

A. let go    B. let down    C. let alone    D. let off

26.I was thinking of going to see Andrew when who           appear but Andrew himself.

A. would    B. should    C. could    D. might

27.A case of suspected food poisoning in a kindergarten in Liaoning Province has led to several children _______ to hospital.

A. being sent    B. sent    C. sending    D. to be sent

28.I went along thinking nothing           , only looking at things around me.

A. in brief    B. in doubt     C. in particular    D. in need

29.—Are you happy with the laboratory?

—Not a little. We can’t have ________.

A. a worse one B. a nicer one C. so bad one D. so nice one

30.We should place ________ emphasis on development and security, and develop nuclear energy on the base of security.

A. equal   B. central   C. superior   D. maximum

31.While working outdoors, Tom was ________ by the heat and fell to the ground, unconscious.

A. hit    B. defeated    C. overcome    D. burst

32.Although we produce carbon when we breathe, the carbon we produce is much less than _________ produced by a car.

A. it    B. the one    C. what    D. that

33._________ the reason, research shows that in the end, the English saying, “Laughter is the best medicine”, may be true after all.

A. Whichever    B. Whatever    

C. No matter which    D. What

34.He not only helped his own family, but he also _________ a helping hand to many other men less fortunate than himself.

A. brought out  B. took out  C. gave out  D. held out

35.－Your lateness today really impressed our interviewer.

－________, Mike, and shut up!

A. You got me B. Never mind C. Do me a favor D. Forgive me

 

第二节 完形填空 (共20小题；每小题1分，满分20分)

请认真阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题纸(卡)上将该项涂黑。

It has always been my dream to attend college. When I was younger, I would watch TV shows with college students having lots of ___36___. It looked like a great experience － going to parties, ___37___with friends and letting the good times ___38___. When I entered high school, however, I started learning the real ___39___ of college－to get a good education and a well-paid job. Therefore, with a passion for success in life, I expressed my ___40___about attending university to my parents. They were ___41___I’d chosen the path, but were disappointed because they couldn’t ___42___the cost. Upset and stressed, I started looking for ___43___to pay myself.

My search for money began online. I went to every free scholarship search engine and spent up to five hours each day looking for scholarships I ___44___for. It was hard, but I knew it would ____45____ when I’d found almost all the scholarships I could apply for, I _____46_____ them by deadline, which gave me a way to prioritize my schedule. After _____47_____ everything, it was time to fill out the applications. Despite the amounts, ranging from ＄100 to ＄40,000, I took each scholarship ____48____ because together they would fund my goal. With this in my mind, the hardest part began: writing the essays. To ____49____ my writing, I asked friends, relatives and teachers to ____50____ over my work. Now I’ve won _____51_____ scholarships and can attend college for free.

The scholarship search truly made me a _____52_____ person. I learned the importance of setting a(n) _____53_____ and accomplishing it. _____54_____ I did have to read several rejection letters, those made me stronger. I’m thrilled I had the opportunity to learn more about my _____55_____ to succeed no matter what difficulties got in my way.

36. A. fun    B. energy    C. fancy    D. interest

37. A. dropping out    B. holding out    C. hanging out    D. sticking out

38. A. roll    B. stop    C. last    D. burst

39. A. status    B. origin    C. power    D. value

40. A. doubts    B. worry    C. thoughts    D. disappointment

41. A. confused    B. astonished    C. delighted    D. terrified

42. A. bear    B. consume    C. cover    D. afford

43. A. keys    B. ways    C. fellows    D. approaches

44. A. accounted    B. qualified    C. allowed    D. prepared

45. A. pay off    B. take off    C. fall off    D. put off

46. A. selected    B. sorted    C. saved    D. shared

47. A. realizing    B. describing    C. organizing    D. absorbing

48. A. easily    B. effectively    C. slightly    D. seriously

49. A. exchange    B. convey    C. perfect    D. translate

50. A. get    B. take    C. read    D. turn

51. A. few    B. extra    C. enough    D. complete

52. A. better    B. calmer    C. luckier    D. wealthier

53. A. target    B. example    C. standard    D. task

54. A. Because    B. Since    C. While    D. When

55. A. drive    B. anxiety    C. curiosity    D. freedom

 

第三部分 阅读理解 (共15小题；每小题2分，满分30分)

请认真阅读下列短文，从短文后各题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题纸(卡)上将该项涂黑。

A

The TED speaker series features “ideas worth spreading.” With over 1,400 to choose from, we’ve selected a few that are perfect for students.

Larry Smith: Why You Will Fail to Have a Great Career

We humans have an excellent ability to make excuses for ourselves. Larry Smith, a professor of economics at the University of Waterloo in Canada, tells us why most of us will fail to have a great career. But there is a way out— if you try to pursue your passion.

Andy Puddicombe: All It takes Is 10 Mindful Minutes

Between dance team, volunteering and—oh, right—lectures, your life’s crazy factor is about to go way up. In this entertaining and informative talk, mindfulness expert Andy Puddicombe teaches us how to be “more healthy, more mindful and less distracted” by taking just 10 minutes out of the day to be more present.

Shane Koyczan: To This DAY For the Bullied and Beautiful

This talk is sure to stay with you. Shane Koyczan’s “To this DAY” is an affecting spoken-word poem about bullying and being different that gained over 10 million views on YouTube. In this talk, Koyczan gives a live reading of the poem, along with some stories about his background.

Susan Cain: The power of Introverts(性格内向者)

Does a cup of tea and a good book sound like a perfect Friday night? In this personal talk, Susan Cain argues that introverts have important talents and abilities. Our culture may value being social and outgoing, but the world needs all kinds.

56. What does Larry Smith advise students to do for a good career?

A. Don’t be too optimistic.

B. Learn from others’ lessons.

C. Never make excuses for yourself.

D. Match your interests with your career.

57. Whose talk can make people who are shy more confident?

A. Susan Cain’s.    

B. Larry Smith’s.    

C. Shane Koyczan’s .    

D. Andy Piddicombe’s.

 

B

As I begin to tell my friends about the seven days you treated my wife, Laura, in what turned out to be the last days of her young life, they stop me at about the 15th name that I recall. The list includes the doctors, nurses, social workers, and even cleaning staff members who cared for her.

“How do you remember any of their names?” they ask.

“How could I not?” I respond.

Every single one of you treated Laura with such professionalism and kindness and dignity as she lay unconscious. When she needed shots, you apologized that it was going to hurt a little, whether or not she could hear. When you listened to her heart and lungs through your stethoscopes(听诊器) and her gown (长衫) began to slip, you pulled it up to respectfully cover her. You spread a blanket when the room was just a little cold and you thought she’d sleep more comfortably that way.

You cared so greatly for her parents, helping them climb into the room’s awkward recliner(躺椅), fetching them fresh water almost by the hour, and answering every one of their medical questions with patience.

Then there was how you treated me. How many times did you walk into the room to find me sobbing, my head down and resting on her hand, and quietly go about your task, as if willing yourselves invisible? How many times did you help me set up the recliner as close as possible to her bedside? How many times did you check on me to see whether I needed anything, from food to drink, from fresh clothes to a hot shower.

Really, I have all of you to thank for it with my eternal gratitude and love.

58. We can infer from the first paragraph that ________.

A. the writer could remember 15 doctors’ names

B. the writer’s friends treated Laura for seven days

C. the doctors were unable to save Laura in the end

D. the writer’s friends didn’t want to listen to his story

59. How did the doctors and nurses treat the writer?

A. They helped him to get a bed close to his wife’s.

B. They gave him an examination to see if he was ill.

C. They tried not to disturb him when he was in deep sorrow.

D. They provided him with food, drink, fresh clothes and shower daily.

60. The passage is mainly developed by ________.

A. giving examples    

B. comparing evidence

C. listing suggestions    

D. showing different opinions

 

C

Everybody sleeps, but what people stay up late to catch or wake up early in order not to miss varies by culture？

From data collected, it seems the things that cause us to lose the most sleep, on average, are sporting events, time changes, and holidays.

Around the world, people changed sleep patterns thanks to the start or end of daylight savings time. Russians, for example, began to wake up about a half-hour later each day after President Vladimir Putin shifted the country permanently to "winter time" starting on October 26.

Russia's other late nights and early mornings generally correspond to public holidays. On New Year's Eve, Russians have the world's latest bedtime, hitting the hay at around 3:30 a. m.

Russians also get up an hour later on International Women's Day, the day for treating and celebrating female relatives.

Similarly, Americans' late nights, late mornings, and longest sleeps fall on three-day weekends.

Canada got the least sleep of the year the night it beat Sweden in the Olympic hockey (冰球) final.

The World Cup is also chiefly responsible for sleep deprivation. The worst night for sleep in the U. K. was the night of the England-Italy match on June 14. Brits stayed up a half-hour later to watch it, and then they woke up earlier than usual the next morning thanks to summer nights, the phenomenon in which the sun barely sets in northern countries in the summertime. That was nothing, though, compared to Germans, Italians, and the French, who stayed up around an hour and a half later on various days throughout the summer to watch the Cup.

It should be made clear that not everyone has a device to record their sleep patterns; in some of these nations, it’s likely that only the richest people do. And people who elect to track their sleep may try to get more sleep than the average person. Even if that’s the case, though, the above findings are still striking. If the most health-conscious among us have such deep swings in our shut-eye levels throughout the year, how much sleep are the rest of us losing?

61. What do we learn about the Russians regarding sleep?

A. They don’t fall asleep until very late.    

B. They don’t sleep much on weekends.

C. They sleep longer than people elsewhere.    

D. They get less sleep on public holidays.

62. The underlined word “deprivation” in the last paragraph but one means ________.

A. depression  B. loss  C. observation  D. trouble

63. What is the most probable reason for some rich people to use a device to record their sleep patterns?

A. They have trouble falling asleep.    

B. They are involved in a sleep research.

C. They want to get sufficient sleep.    

D. They want to go to bed on regular hours.

64. What does the author imply in the last paragraph?

A. Sleeplessness does harm to people’s health.

B. It is important to study our sleep patterns.

C. Few people really know the importance of sleep.

D. Average people probably sleep.

 

D

The fence was long and high. He put the brush into the whitewash and moved it along the top of the fence. He repeated the operation. He felt he could not continue and sat down.

He knew that his friends would arrive soon with all kinds of interesting plans for the day.

They would walk past him and laugh. They would make jokes about his having to work on a beautiful summer Saturday. The thought burned him like fire.

He put his hand into his pockets and took out all that he owned. Perhaps he could find some way to pay someone to do the whitewashing for him. But there was nothing of value in his pockets—nothing that could buy even half an hour of freedom. So he put the bits of toys back into his pockets and gave up the idea.

At this dark and hopeless moment, a wonderful idea came to him. It filled his mind with a great, bright light. Calmly he picked up the brush and started again to whitewash.

While Tom was working, Ben Rogers appeared. Ben was eating an apple as he walked along the street. As he walked along it, he was making noises like the sound of a riverboat. First he shouted loudly, like a boat captain. Then he said “Ding－Dong－Dong”,“Ding－Dong－Dong” again and again, like the bell of a riverboat. And he made other strange noises. When he came close to Tom, he stopped.

Tom went on whitewashing. He did not look at Ben. Ben stared a moment and then said: “Hello! I’m going swimming, but you can’t go, can you?”

No answer. Tom moved his brush carefully along the fence and looked at the result with the eye of an artist. Ben came nearer. Tom’s mouth watered for the apple, but he kept on working.

Ben said, “Hello, old fellow, you’ve got to work, hey？”

Tom turned suddenly and said, “Why, it’s you, Ben! I wasn’t noticing.”

“Say—‘I’m going swimming. Don’t you wish you could? But of course you’d rather work—wouldn’t you? Of course you would.”

Tom looked at the boy a bit, and said, “What do you call work？”

“Why, isn’t that work？”

Tom went back to his whitewashing, and answered carelessly.

“Well, maybe it is, and maybe it isn’t. All I know is, it suits Tom Sawyer.”

“Oh come, now, you don’t mean to say that you like it？”

The brush continued to move.

“Like it? Well, I don’t see why I shouldn’t like it. Does a boy get a chance to whitewash a fence every day？”

Ben stopped eating his apple. Tom moved his brush back and forth, stepped back to look at the result, added a touch here and there, and stepped back again. Ben watched every move and got more and more interested. Soon he said，“Say, Tom, let me whitewash a little.”

Tom thought for a moment, and was about to agree, but he changed his mind.

“No—no—it won’t do, Ben. You see, Aunt Polly wants this fence to be perfect. It has got to be done very carefully. I don’t think there is one boy in a thousand, maybe two thousand, that can do it well enough.”

“No—is that so? Oh come, now—let me just try. Only just a little.”

“Ben, I’d like to, but if it isn’t done right, I’m afraid Aunt Polly …”

“Oh, I’ll be careful. Now let me try. Say—I’ll give you the core of my apple.”

“Well, here—No, Ben, now don’t. I’m afraid …”

“I’ll give you all of it.”

Tom gave up the brush with unwillingness on his face, but joy in his heart. And while Ben worked at the fence in the hot sun, Tom sat under a tree, eating the apple, and planning how to get more help. There were enough boys. Each one came to laugh, but remained to whitewash. By the time Ben was tired, Tom sold the next chance to Billy for a kite; and when Billy was tired, Johnny bought it for a dead rat—and so on, hour after hour. And when the middle of the afternoon came, Tom had won many treasures.

And he had not worked. He had had a nice idle time all the time, with plenty of company, and the fence had been whitewashed three times. If he hadn’t run out of whitewash, Tom would have owned everything belonging to his friends.

He had discovered a great law of human action, namely, that in order to make a man or a boy want a thing, it is only necessary to make the thing difficult to get.

65. How many characters are mentioned in this story?

A. 4    B. 5    C. 6    D. 7

66. Why did Tom take all his bits of toys out of his pockets?

A. Because he was tired and wanted to play with his toys

B. Because he wanted to throw his toys away

C. Because he wanted to know if he could buy help with his toys

D. Because he wanted to give his toys to his friends

67. Tom was about to agree to let Ben whitewash when he changed his mind because ________.

A. Tom wanted to do the whitewashing by himself

B. Tom planned to make Ben give up his apple first

C. Tom was unwilling to let Ben do the whitewashing

D. Tom was afraid Ben would do the whitewashing better

68. We can learn from the passage that ________.

A. Tom was interested in whitewashing the fence

B. Tom had a lot of friends who are ready to help others

C. Tom was unwilling to whitewash the fence, but he managed to let other boys do it for him

D. Tom was good at whitewashing the fence, so he looked at the result of work with the eye of an artist

69. What made Ben Rogers eagerly give up his apple and offer to brush the fence for Tom?

A. His warm heart and kindness to friends.    

B. His curiosity about Tom’s brushing job.

C. Tom’s threat.    

D. Aunt Polly’s idea.

70. Which of the following is the most suitable title for this passage?

A. The Happy Whitewasher    

B. Tom And His Fellows

C. Whitewashing A Fence    

D. How To Make The Things Difficult To Get

 

第Ⅱ卷（非选择题 四部分 共35分）

第四部分  单词拼写 (共10小题,每小题0.5分,满分5分)

请根据所给汉语或首字母写出空缺处单词的适当形式，使句子完整，语法正确，每空只填一个单词。

71. She __________(发誓) that she hadn’t told anyone about the secret.

72. Soldiers had __________(临时) closed the border between the two countries.

73. What I’m here to say is that having worked with many environmental c_________(顾问), I know that a healthy environment and development should be possible at the same time.

74. __________(全神贯注) in the book, she didn’t hear the phone.

75. It feels like ____________(分配) adequate time for each is just not practical.

76. She came to see me with the i__________ of getting my help yesterday.

77. Whether the action will s____________or weaken the relationship depends on how they will deal with the problem.

78. The main d__________ of the Internet are that it has too much information that has not been evaluated for accuracy and that it is transforming the way people spend their time.

79. It is still not clear who will fill the v_________ position when the manager retires.

80. E_________, your child will leave home to lead her own life as a fully independent adult.

 

第五部分  动词填空（共10个空格，每格0.5分，满分5分）

 

81. Mr James _________(work) in China for ten years. Now he has got a job in Australia.

82. The developed and developing countries of the world need to work together to make sure that people enjoy healthy and happy lives, without the environment around them _________ (suffer).

83. The first mammal _________ (clone) successfully from an adult cell was Dolly the sheep.

84. While there has been research in GM animals such as pigs, no GM meat _________ (sell)at present.

85. Enough attention should be paid to ________ your English.(improve)

86. However, if I _________ (end) our friendship, we would have both learnt nothing.

87. Mr Smith suggested the problem worth paying attention to _________ (solve) at the meeting.

88. I _________ (intend) to help you, but I was too busy at the time.

89. If it were not for the fact that you _________ (be) ill, I would ask you to do this right now.

90. The professor spoke very clearly to make his speech easy _________. (understand).

 

第六部分  任务型阅读（共10个小题，每小题0.5分，满分5分）

请认真阅读下列短文，并根据所读内容在文章后表格中的空格里填入一个最恰当的单词。注意：请将答案写在答题卡上相应题号的横线上。每个空格只填一个单词。

Goals are the guides all through our life. We all have goals that we are moving towards and making a great effort to achieve. This is a good thing. Or can it be bad? How many of us never reach our goals and yet we have tried so hard and really thought about nothing else? I believe the mistake most of us make is that we do not focus on our present situation.

Let me explain. Most of us see our present situation as a stepping stone that we use simply as a means of reaching our final destination. We don’t take time to truly appreciate where we are today and all the great things we already have in our lives. We should focus our attention on the journey and not on the destination, or we will miss the beautiful scenery along the way.

Let’s use our job as an example. Now most of us want a promotion. We have plans to become the manager or general manager in our companies. Unfortunately, most of us will never reach the goal, but will watch others achieve our goal instead.

What we should be doing is focusing on the job we are currently in now. Forget where we want to get to and just focus on the present. You see, what we can control is our performance in our current job. We can decide to be the best we possibly can in our current job. Now this may mean further education to have the skills we currently do not have. It may mean working harder to produce better results than our colleagues. It could simply be a change of attitude, such as stopping complaining and becoming a more devoted and supportive employee. By doing our current job to the best of our abilities, we in fact give ourselves the best chance of promotion.

So the best thing for all of us to do to achieve our goals is to just focus on what we have and where we are now. Do the best and be the best we possibly can in our current situations, and we will give ourselves the very best chance of reaching our goals in the future. We have heard the old sayings and they are true: “Rome wasn’t built in a day.”, “Patience is a virtue”, and so on.

Have patience, have appreciation of what we already have, and take time to help ourselves be the very best we can. Do these things and we will all reach our goals, but more importantly, we will enjoy our life every day.

Title	Focus on the present
____91____	To reach our goals, we should focus on what we have and where we are now.
Common ____92____	◆We do not focus on our present situations. ◆Most of us see our present situations as a stepping stone to our destination. ◆We do not spend the time truly ____93____ where we are today and what we already have in our lives.
Example—our job	◆Forget the thought of getting ____94____. What we should do is ____95____our best to do our current job. ◆To be the best in our current job, we should get further education, work harder than ____96____, stop complaining and ____97____ ourselves to our job.
____98____	If we are ____99____, grateful for what we have, and take time to help ourselves be the very best we can, we can not only______100______in the future, but also enjoy our life every day.

 

 

第七部分  书面表达 (共1题，满分20分)

101.请你根据下面这幅漫画，用英语写一篇短文。短文内容应该包括以下三个方面：  

1. 简述漫画的内容；

2. 分析漫画反映的社会问题，并阐述其产生的原因；

3. 发表自己的感受，并给出解决此问题的措施。

【注意事项】

1. 对所有要点逐一陈述，适当发挥，不要简单翻译。

2. 词数150字左右。

3. 作文中不得提及有关考生个人身份的任何信息，如校名、人名等。

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