广东佛山市普通高中期末测试高二英语试卷.doc

1、 20162017学年佛山市普通高中教学质量检测 高二 英语 2017.1 （本试卷共 10 页，满分 150 分，考试时间 120 分钟。） 第一部分 听力（共两节，满分 20 分） 第一节 听力理解（共 6 小题，每小题 2 分，满分 12 分） 材料及问题播放 2 遍，每段后有两个小题，各段播放前有 5 秒钟的阅读时间，请根据各段播放内容及相关小题的问题，在 5 秒钟内从题中所给的 A/B/C 项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。 听第一段材料，回答第 1-2 小题，材料读两遍。 ( ) 1. Question 1:（录音） A. By staying up late. B. B

2、y listening to the radio. C. By surfing the Internet. ( ) 2. Question 2:（录音） A. A good way to learn English. B. A British radio website. C. Some English programmes. 听第二段材料，回答第 3-4 题。材料读两遍。 ( ) 3. Question 3:（录音） A. Going shopping. B. Going camping. C. Going boating. ( ) 4. Question 4:（录音） A. Visit h

3、is friends. B. Watch DVDs. C. Join the woman. 听第三段材料，回答第 5-6 题。材料读两遍。 ( ) 5. Question 5:（录音） A. To help the local business. B. To increase the local population. C. To increase the local employment. ( ) 6. Question 6:（录音） A. Set up a new company. B. Hire more managers. C. Improve his quality of life.

4、 第二节 回答问题（共 4 小题，每小题 2 分，满分 8 分） 7. Where does the yearly walk for charity start? 8. What will the money be used for? 9. Who will offer help along the road? 10. How often will the bus leave? 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中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。 A New Exhibition

5、s of Contemporary Art is the UKs most widely used and trusted art resource. Here is the monthly guide with accurate and timely information. Heather Mccalden | Easy Listening Dusk ( Dec 7 - Jan 12 ) This show is intended to create very specific feelings. The view will have actual feelings and thought

6、s when they walk out the door. It aims to make people aware of their hearts and brains. Kate Shepherd + Allyson Strafella: Recent Works ( Oct 4 - Dec 17) Bartha Contemporary is delighted to present an exhibition of recent works by Kate Shepherd and Allyson Strafella. The show will present paintings

7、and works on paper by two American artists sharing an interest in colour, space and movement. Shi Rongqiang: Ink: Speak (Friday only, Sep 14 - Sep 30) Shi Rongqiang is a Chinese ink painter whose technique is representative of traditional Chinese ink painting but whose style and subject show human r

8、elationships and the changing role of the individual within society. Located in West Kensington, London, Arthill Gallery. Imperfect Reverse(反转 )（ Oct 18 - Nov 18） Bringing together the work of artists from the 1960s and 70s Systems Group, to younger artists working today, this exhibition tries to sh

9、ow the idea of an inperfect reverse. Pulse Miami Beach (Dec 1 - 4, Private view, Wed, Nov 30, 10 am - 1pm) Fiumano Projects will be presenting a solo booth by British Artist Sam Burford. Only limited tickets available. Please contact the gallery to apply for it. ( ) 11. Which activity lets you know

10、more about yourself? A. Easy Listening Dusk. B. Imperfect Reverse. C. Recent Works. D. Pulse Miami Beach. ( ) 12. When can you go to enjoy some Chinese ink paitings? A. Friday, Sep. 4th B. Friday, Sep. 22nd C. Saturday, Sep. 23rd D. Saturday, Sep. 14th ( ) 13. Whose works require application before

11、we go for them? A. Kate and Allysons B. Shi Rongqiangs C. Systems Groups D. Sam Burfords B Shelly Stalls is a stupid donkey who says one thing to one person but the opposite to another. Now that were in junior high, shes undoubtedly queen of small talks,but even back in elementary school she knew ho

12、w to put on a performance. Especially when it came to P.E. I never once saw her run laps or do warm-ups. Instead, she would go into her “weak” act, claiming her body would absolutely be ruined from sports if she ran or jumped. It worked. Every year, shed bring in some note and be sure to faint(晕倒 )

13、a little in front of the teacher the first few days of the year, after which didnt need to do anything that required muscles. She never even put up her own chair at the end of the day. How weak. The only muscles she exercised regularly were the ones around her mouth, and those she worked out nonstop

14、. If there was an Olympic contest for talking. Shelly Stalls would sweep the event. Well, shed at least win the gold and silver-one medal for each side of her mouth. My solution to Shelly Stalls was to ignore her, which worked all the way until I saw her holding hands with Bryce. My Bryce. How could

15、 Shelly have put her hand into his? I rushed over and pushed her off him in two seconds but she came at me, dragging and pulling and twisting anything she could get her hands on, telling me that Bryce was hers and there was no way she was letting him go. I was hoping for teachers to appear so they c

16、ould see the real Shelly Stalls in action, but it was too late by the time anyone arrived on the scene. ( ) 14. How does the writer think of Shellys faint in P.E. Class? A. Her health was ruined. B. She performed a play. C. She just didnt like the teacher. D. She pretended to be like that. ( ) 15. W

17、hat does Shelly like doing most according to the writer? A. Watching Olympics. B. Exercising muscles. C. Talking nonstop. D. Escaping PE class. ( ) 16. Why did the writer push Shelly off Bryce? A. Bryce asked her for help. B. The writer cared for Bryce. C. She wanted to fight with Shelly. D. She tho

18、ught Shelly was weak. ( ) 17. What can be inferred from the last paragraph? A. Shelly kept on fighting with the writer. B. The writer was punished by her teacher. C. The real Shelly wasnt seen by teachers. D.The writer was seriously injured by Shelly. C Two people, father an son, who had lived in to

19、tal isolation（隔离） from society for 40 years in a remote jungle in central Vietnam have been brought back to normal life. To survive, they ate fruits, manioc(树薯 ) and corn and only had cloths made of tree barks(皮 ). They even built a tree house. They are Ho Van Thanh, 82, and his son, Ho Van Lang, 42

20、, who were found by some local people while they were travelling in a deep forest. Being very surprised by abnormal appearances, gestures and manners of the “jungle men”, these people reported their finding to the local government, who set up a team to look for them, and after five hours of search i

21、n the forest, caught the father and son staying in a small hut built on some branches of a large tree. Due to being isolated from social contact for a long time, both father and son could only speak a little of the language of the local place. After carrying out an investigation into the mens identi

22、ty, they found that Thanh once lived a normal life with his family at a local village 40years ago. But one day at that time, a bombing happened in the village, killing Thanhs mother and three of his four children on the spot. It is suspected that due to the shock, Thanh took his remaining son, 2 yea

23、rs old at the time, and ran away into this jungle. He and the son, now Ho Van Lang, had since lived their lonely life, without contact with anyone. Their daily foods were fruits and manioc they found in the forest. It is believed that they also planted corn for food. The district government has aske

24、d the local health agency to make medical check-ups for the father and son, the first in a process to get them back to society. ( ) 18. Which best describes the father and the son when they were found? A.Hungry. B frightened C. Surprised. D. Strange- looking. ( ) 19. What probably made the father ru

25、n to live in the jungle? A. He didnt want to contract anyone. B. He was scared by the bombing. C. His village was destroyed. D. There was no food at his village. ( ) 20. What can we know about the father and the sons life in the jungle? A.They didnt have normal clothes to wear. B. They enjoyed stayi

26、ng in their small hut. C. They got ill after living there so long. D. They found fruits, manioc and corn for food. ( ) 21. What is the purpose of the passage? A.To show how to help isolated people. B. To report two men found in a forest. C. To talk about terrible influence of war. D. To persuade peo

27、ple to help others. D A British study showed that young men in the United Kingdom have grown by 10 centimeters since the turn of the 20th century. In the study, the average height of British men, who had an average age of 20, was about 168 centimeters at the turn of the century, whereas now they sta

28、nd on average at about 178 cm. The increase is most likely related to improved nutrition and health services, said the researchers from the University of Essex in Colehester(科尔切斯特 ). In a number of other developed countries, people have been growing taller, too, reaching the worlds current greatest

29、average height of 1.85 meters in the Netherlands. Interestingly, Americans were the tallest people in the world by World War II, measuring 1.77meters, but by the end of the 20th century, they fell behind, and the average U.S. Has stopped rising. And even in some of those countries where the average

30、height has been rising, the increase has not been uniform. For instance, after years of communist rule, people from former East Germany are still catching up height-rise with former West Germans. And in some non-Western countries that have been bothered by war, disease and other serious problems, av

31、erage height has decreased at one point in time or another. For instance, there was a decline in the average height among blacks in South Africa between the end of the 19th century and 1970. The decline was likely related to the effects of poor socio -economic conditions before and during apartheid

32、(种族隔离 ). The generation- after- generation effects of something bad that happened to a mother gets carried on to her children and her grandchildren, and it takes about five generations to overcome just one generation of starvation, or epidemic illness, or something like that. ( ) 22. Which is the be

33、st title for the passage? A. People have grown taller. B. The reason for height rise. C. How different are people? D. Who are the tallest people? ( ) 23. What probably caused British mens height increase according to the study? A. Their birthplace. B. Their young age. C. More rest time. D. Better nu

34、trition ( ) 24. What does the underlined word “uniform” mean? A. Rapid B. The same C. Obvious D. Important ( ) 25. What do we know about peoples height rise according to the last two paragraph? A. Peoples height has stopped rising in Germany. B. There isnt height rise in non-Western countries. C. He

35、ight rise can probably be influenced by wars. D. Peoples height rise isnt related to their mothers. 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，选项中有两项为多于选项。 Listed bellow are four of the top ten “unique New Year Traditions from Around the World”. Breaking Dishes on Neighbors Door A str

36、ange and weird Danish New Year tradition is throwing dishes at neighbors door. 26 The family with the tallest tower of broken plates, glasses and cups is considered to be the luckiest person because it symbolized their large number of loyal friends. Talking to Spirits Talking to spirits is a part of

37、 Mexican belief. 27 New Years Eve is considered the best time to communicate with dead spirits or ask them for guidance. And this is not done at home but is a legal Mexican practice. Taos Inn, for example, offers 15 minutes spiritualism（招魂） for 15. 28 Burning Scarecrow(稻草人 ) Educator has a unique cu

38、stom of burning scarecrows at midnight. As midnight approaches, everyone gathers outside their home and each family burns their own scarecrow. 29 The scarecrow a;so scares away bad luck,which in turn, fills their new year with luck and happiness. Placing Mistletoe Leaves under Pillow The single wome

39、n of Ireland wait desperately for the New Years Eve. 30 They place mistletoe leaves under their pillow hoping to catch their future husband. It is also believed in the Irish culture this act will help them get rid of bad luck. A. Thats not a bad price for some helpful guidance. B. They spend that ni

40、ght with their family happily. C. It is the night that can give them the love of their lives. D. Strangely, this makes them happy instead of annoying them. E. Communication plays a very important role in Mexican lives. F. They believe they can communicate with the souls of their dead loved ones. G.

41、The tradition says this burns all the bad things that took place in the past years. 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 1.5 分，满分 30 分） 阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的四个选项中，选择可以填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。 I first met Kyle as a freshman in high school. That day I saw him walking home from school and 31 lots of

42、 books. A group of running boys 32 all his books out of his arms. His 33 also went flying. As he looked up, i saw this terrible 34 in his eyes. When I jogged over and handed him his glasses, there was a big 35 on his face. Over the next few years, Kyle and I became best friends. When Graduation Day

43、came at last after four years, Kyle was chosen to give a 36 for graduation. He cleared his 37 , and began his talk. “Graduation is a time to 38 those who helped you make it through those 39 years. Being a friend to someone is the best 40 you can give them. I am going to tell you a story.” I just loo

44、ked at my friend with 41 as he told the story of the first day we met. He had planned to 42 himself over the weekend. He talked of how he had 43 his locker(寄存柜 ) so his Mom wouldnt have to do it 44 . He looked hard at me and gave me a little smile. “ 45 my friend saved me from committing suicide by

45、chance.” The crowd were 46 as he told us all about his 47 moment. I saw this sunny boys parents looking at me and smiling that same grateful smile. Not until that moment did I realize the 48 of my action. Never underestimate(低估 ) the power of your 49 . You do a small thing and you can 50 a persons l

46、ife. For better or worse. ( ) 31. A. leaving B. carrying C. reading D. bringing ( ) 32. A. took B. kicked C. knocked D. got ( ) 33. A. glasses B. books C. phone D. watch ( ) 34. A. anger B. silence C. sadness D. disappointment ( ) 35. A. scar B. laughter C. surprise D. smile ( ) 36. A. lecture B. pe

47、rformance C. gift D. speech ( ) 37. A. throat B. bag C. way D. memory ( ) 38. A. praise B. miss C.admire D. thank ( ) 39. A. meaningless B. beautiful C. tough D. academic ( ) 40. A. service B. gift C. moment D. honor ( ) 41. A. disagreement B. disbelief C. satisfaction D. confidence ( ) 42. A. kill B. express C. enjoy D. hide ( ) 43. A. filled B.opened C. cleared D. fixed ( ) 44. A. sooner B. later C. t