黑龙江省青冈县一中2017_2018学年高二英语下学期期中试题A卷201805290346

青冈一中高二学年期中考试英语试题(A卷)
（时间100分钟总分120分）
第一部分阅读理解（共两节，满分40分).
第一节（共15小题，每小题2分，满分30分）
阅读下面短文，从每题所给的A、B、C和D四个选项中，选出最佳选项。

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Sydney Cultural Festival –What’s on today!
European Art Show
Location: Art Gallery of New South Wales. Today is the final d ay of the exhibition featuring 18th and 19th century paintings by some of the greatest European artists, such as Van Gough and Monet. Posters of these great works are available for purchase at the Visitors’ Centre.
Time: 8.30am –7pm
Cost: $12 adults; $7 children and students
Nature Walks
Location: Sydney’s Royal Botanic Garden. Come and celebrate our natural environment in one of the world’s only nature parks inside a major city. Join our hourly guided tours, starting at the Eastern Gate, and enjoy breathtaking forests, stunning city escapes and the magnificent Sydney Harbour.
Time: 9am – 4pm Cost: Free
Sydney Symphony Orchestra Concert
Location: Sydney Opera House. Australia’s most famous orchestra is best known for its performances of classical French and German music. But in tonight’s concert,
the w orld-famous C hinese p ianist L ang L ang i s t he s pecial g uest a rtist a nd w ill p erform
a series of classic Chinese compositions including Yellow River.
Time: 8.30pm –11.30pm
Cost: $175 adults; $90 students and children
Moonlight Cinema
Location: C entennial P ark. S it o n t he g rass a nd e njoy t he l atest m ovies o r c lassics from t he p ast u nder t he s tars a t A ustralia’s b est a nd l argest o utdoor c inema. T onight features the wonderful Australian film Red Dog. Besides the movie, there will be a display of classic Australian film posters.
Time: 8pm – 10.30pm
Cost: $19 adults; $14 children and students
1. Where should people wishing to join a Nature Walk meet?
A. The Visitors’ Centre.
B. The Harbour Bridge.
C. The Eastern Gate.
D. The guides’ building.
2. What kind of music will be played at the Opera House this evening?
A. Australian.
B. German.
C. French.
D. Chinese.
3. At which activity can guests buy a poster as a souvenir?
A. European Art Show.
B. Nature Walks.
C. Sydney Orchestra Concert.
D. Moonlight Cinema.
B
Five years ago, when I taught art at a school in Seattle, I used Tinkertoys as
a test at the beginning of a term to find out something about my students. I put a small set of Tinkertoys in front of each student, and said:” Make something out of
the Tinkertoys. You have 45 minutes today ―and 45minutes each day for the rest of the week.”
A few students hesitated to start. They waited to see what the rest of the class would do. Several others checked the instructions and made something according to one of the model plans provided. Another group built something out of their own imaginations.
Once I had a boy who worked experimentally with Tinkertoys in his free time. His constructions filled a shelf in the art classroom and a good part of his bedroom
at home. I was delighted at the presence of such a student. Here was an exceptionally creative mind at work. His presence meant that I had an unexpected teaching assistant in class whose creativity would infect(感染) other students.
Encouraging this kind of thinking has a downside. I ran the risk of losing those students who had a different style of thinking. Without fail one would declare, “But
I’m just not creative.”
“Do you dream at night when you’re asleep?”
“Oh,sure.”
“So tell me one of your most interesting dreams.” The student would tell something wildly imaginative. Flying in the sky or in a time machine or growing three heads. “That’s pretty creative. Who does that for you?”
“Nobody. I do it.”
“Really―at night, when you’re asleep?”
“Sure.”
“Try doing it in the daytime, in class, okay?”
4. The teacher used Tinkertoys in class in order to ________?
A. know more about the students
B. make the lessons more exciting
C. raise the students’ interest in art
D. teach the students about toy
design
5. What do we know about the boy mentioned in Paragraph 3?
A. He liked to help his teacher.
B. He preferred to study alone.
C. He was active in class.
D. He was imaginative.
6. What does the underlined word “downside” in Paragraph 4 probably mean?
A. Mistake.
B. Drawback.
C. Difficulty.
D. Burden.
7. Why did the teacher ask the students to talk about their dreams?
A. To help them to see their creativity.
B. To find out about their sleeping habits.
C. To help them to improve their memory.
D. To find out about their ways of thinking.
C
The year is 2094. It has been announced that a comet (彗星) is heading towards the E arth. M ost o f i t w ill m iss o ur p lanet, b ut t wo p ieces w ill p robably h it t he s outhern
half of the Earth.
On 17 July, a piece four kilometers wide enters the Earth's atmosphere with a
massive explosion. About half of the piece is destroyed, but the remaining part hits
the South Atlantic at 200 times the speed of sound. The sea boils and a huge hole is made in the sea bed. Huge waves are created and spread outwards from the hole. The wall of water, a kilometer high, rushes towards southern Africa at 800 kilometers an hour. Cities on the African coast are totally destroyed and millions of people are drowned.
Before the waves reach South America, the second piece of the comet lands in Argentina. Earthquakes and volcanoes are set off in the Andes Mountains. The shock waves move north into California and all around the Pacific Ocean. The cities of Los Angeles, San Francisco and Tokyo are completely destroyed by earthquakes. Millions of p eople i n t he s outhern h alf o f t he e arth a re a lready d ead, b ut t he n orth w on't e scape
for long. Because of the explosions, the sun is hidden by clouds of dust, temperatures around the world fall to almost zero. Crops are ruined. The sun won't be seen again
for many years. Wars break out as countries fight for food. A year later, no more than
10 million people remain alive.
Could it really happen? In fact, it has already happened more than once in the history of the Earth. The dinosaurs were on the Earth for over 160 million years. Then
65 m illion y ears a go t hey s uddenly d isappeared. M any s cientists b elieve t hat t he E arth
was hit by a piece of object in space. The dinosaurs couldn't live through the cold climate that followed and they died out. Will we meet the same end?
8.What is mainly described in the passage?
A. An event of imagination.
B. A historic discovery.
C. A scientific adventure.
D. A research on space.
9.When the first piece hits the South Atlantic, it causes ________.
A. an earthquake
B. an Earth explosion
C. huge waves
D. damages to cities
10.Why can't the northern half of the earth escape for long?
A. Because the land is covered with water.
B. Because wars break out among countries.
C. Because people there can not live at the temperature of zero.
D. Because the light and heat from the sun can not reach the earth.
11.By giving the example of dinosaurs, the author tries to prove ________.
A. animals could not live in the cold climate
B. the Earth could be hit by other objects in space
C. the human beings will die out in 2094
D. what happened 65 million years ago was an invented story
D
Climate c hange w ill f orce e xhausted b irds m igrating t o E urope f rom A frica t o t ravel further, with possibly disastrous consequences, according to a study.
The annual voyage of some species, which fly north in search of food and suitable habitats, c ould i ncrease b y a s m uch a s 400 k ilometers (250 m iles), t he r esearch f ound. “Marathon migrations for some birds are set to become even longer,” said Stephen Willis, a p rofessor a t D urham U niversity i n B ritain a nd t he m ain a rchitect o f t he s tudy.
“This is bad news for birds like the White throat, a common farmland bird. The added distance is a considerable threat. As temperatures rise and habitats change, birds
will face their biggest challenge since the Pleistocene era (更新世), which ended
11,000 years ago,” he said in a statement.
Some 500 million birds migrate each year from Africa, some weighing as little as
nine grams (three-tenths of an ounce). To complete a voyage that can be thousands of kilometers l ong, b irds h ave t o f atten t hemselves u p t o t wice t heir n ormal w eight. S ome
even shrink their internal organs (收缩内脏) to become more fuel efficient, so any
additional distance may be dangerous.
The study finds that from 2007 to 2010, nine out of 17 species examined are going
to f ace l onger m igrations, p articularly b irds t hat c ross t he S ahara D esert. S ome b irds
travel the Sahara and the Mediterranean Sea in a one go, while others have a break
in northern Africa before crossing. Many fly at night, when temperatures are cooler.
A f ew —s uch a s t he
B lackcap —h ave s tarted t o a dapt b y s pending w inters i n B ritain,
but such behavior remains exceptional, the study said. The study forecasts that the
migration d istance o f t he O rphean W arbler w ill j ump f rom 2,700 k ilometers (1,700 m iles)
to between 3,050 and 3,350 kilometers (1,900 and 2,100 miles), with even longer increases for the Subalpine and Barred Warblers.
12. What does traveling extra distance mean for some migrating birds?
A. Better living conditions.
B. Better physical health.
C. Stronger ability to fly.
D. Bigger threat to life.
13. To complete the marathon migrations, some birds have to do the following except
______.
A. have a break in the Sahara
B. put on more weight
C. reduce the size of internal organs
D. fly at night to avoid the heat
14. What can we infer from the text?
A. Birds have to migrate from Africa to Europe in winter.
B. Global warming is bad for all birds worldwide.
C. Birds that are of small size don’t need to migrate.
D. Some birds have to migrate unless they adapt to climate change.
15. What’s the best title of the text?
A. Climate change leads to disastrous consequence
B. The annual voyage of some species
C. How birds migrate for longer distances
D. Climate change pushes birds to migrate farther
第二节七选五（共5小题；每小题2分，满分10分）
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How to plan for a perfect holiday
People often dream of a perfect holiday with white sands, blue beaches and so on. But traveling or sometimes even planning a trip can be more of a stress.
Here are some tips to make your holiday a memorable one.
●Set a b udget. B efore m aking a p lan f or t he h oliday, t he m ost i mportant t hing
is to set a budget. 16
●Plan ahead. The first thing you need to do is to be sure of what you need
from this trip. Do you want to experience the local culture or just have fun on
those sandy beaches? 17
●Read up before you go. 18 Buy a good guidebook and read up on the
culture, history, local attractions of the place. You can read the local
publications online or surf the Net for more information. The more you know, the
better you can enjoy the place and its traditions.
●Pack l ight a nd r ight. 19 Avoid c arrying u nnecessary t hings a round.
A heavy luggage may sometimes influence your holiday spirit. Carry clothes that
are c omfortable a nd r ight f or t he s eason. A s m uch a s p ossible t ry t o p ut e verything
you need in a single carry-on bag.
●20 Unreasonable e xpectations c an l ead t o u nwanted s tress, s o e njoy
the holiday by managing what you can with the time you have. Enjoy each moment, whether good or bad.
A. Always book your stay.
B. Have realistic expectations.
C. Pack only the important things.
D. Plan your trip according to your needs and likes.
E. It helps you to plan and enjoy the trip within your limits.
F. Prepare yourself before visiting an unknown holiday place.
G. All you need is to get away from busy people and the world.
第二部分英语知识运用（共两节，满分45分）
第一节完型填空(共20小题，每小题1.5分，满分30分）)
Every day on the way to work I drive down a street lined with pine trees. One tree
in particular 21 my attention. It must have suffered some 22 . Part of its
trunk grew nearly parallel to the ground, and then in an effort to 23 its own course of life. The trunk took a 90-degree turn ___24___ to stand tall and stretch toward the sun.
This tree became a 25 for me. Each day as I drove by, I saw this bent but determined tree and I would be 26 . It was a reminder to me that 27 I may not have had the best start in life, I could change 28 in the parts of my life
at any time.
I w as p lanning t o s top o ne d ay t o g et a p erfect ___29___ o f m y k indred-spirit (志趣
相同) tree. But that week I was 30 . After that busy week, I still didn’t take
any action. Every time I drove by the tree I would ___31___ myself, “Tomorrow,I’ll
stop tomorrow to take one.” Then one day, as I ___32___ by “my” tree, I glanced over, and much to my 33 , I found a sawed-off stump (树桩) where that symbolic tree had stood. Gone. I had 34 my plan until “tomorrow” and tomorrow proved
to be too 35 .
A picture of a tree is not of great 36 . But my lesson rang through clearly
37 I found out one of my colleagues had been 38 with stage-four cancer. He may no longer have many 39 .
What h ave y ou b een p utting o ff? W hat w ould y ou d o t oday i f y ou k new y ou w ould 40 have t he o pportunity t o d o i t a gain? W hy n ot d o t hose t hings t hat y ou h ave b een p utting
off until tomorrow?
21.A. escaped B. fixed C. caught D. paid
22.A. sadness B. damage C. experience D. failure
23.A. change B. design C. continue D. imagine。