湖北省荆州市沙市区高二英语下学期第五次双周考试题

湖北省荆州市沙市区2016-2017学年高二英语下学期第五次双周考试题
考试时间：2017年5月19日
第一部分听力（共两节，满分30分,不计入总分）
第一节 (共5小题；每小题1.5分，满分7.5分)
听下面5段对话。

每段对话后有一个小题，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. Who will the man call?
A. His wife.
B. His boss.
C. A taxi driver.
2. What does the man suggest the woman do?
A. Wait on the phone.
B. Order the pizza online.
C. Drive to the pizza place.
3. What does the woman want to do?
A. Make some coffee.
B. Buy a coffee maker.
C. Learn to make a video.
4. What will the man do at 3 o’clock on Friday?
A. Go to class.
B. Meet the doctor.
C. Take the woman’s shift.
5. What does the man think of the lecture?
A. Excellent.
B. Difficult.
C. Boring.
第二节（共15小题；每小题1.5分，满分22.5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，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。

听下面一段对话，回答第 6、7 题。

6. Who will send the file?
A. Sam.
B. Carol.
C. Lucy.
7. Where is the woman?
A. At the airport.
B. In the office.
C. In the hotel.
听下面一段对话，回答第 8 至 10 题。

8. When did the woman get to London?
A. Last spring.
B. This August.
C. A few hours ago.
9. Why does the woman come to London?
A. To visit relatives.
B. To take a holiday.
C. To attend a program.
10. What’s the meaning of moonlighting?
A. A second job.
B. A kind of toy.
C. A game.
听下面一段对话，回答第 11 至 13 题。

11. Where are the speakers?
A. In a car.
B. In an elevator.
C. In a meeting room.
12. What does the man ask the woman to do?
A. Park his car.
B. Ca ll his wife.
C. Find a repairman.
13. How will the man probably go to work tomorrow?
A. By bus.
B. By car.
C. By taxi.
听下面一段对话，回答第 14 至 17 题。

14. What does the man suggest for Lisa?
A. T-shirt.
B. A purse.
C. A dress.
15. When should the woman have called Helen?
A. At 3:45
B. At 4:15
C. At 4:45
16. What’s the man’s telephone number?
A. 61199621.
B. 61299621.
C. 61299622.
17. What’s the relations hip between the speakers?
A. Husband and wife.
B. Boss and employee.
C. Friends.
听下面一段独白，回答第 18 至 20 题。

18. When does the speaker help with cooking?
A. In the morning.
B. In the afternoon.
C. In the evening.
19. What does the speaker like best?
A. Fishing.
B. Hiking.
C. Telling stories.
20. How does the speaker find the summer camp?
A. Disappointing.
B. Interesting.
C. Surprising.
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（A 、B 、C 和 D ）中，选出最佳选项。

A
How can we get rid of garbage? Do we have enough energy sources to meet our future energy needs?
These are two important questions that many people are asking today. Some people think that men might be able to solve both problems at the same time. They suggest using garbage as an energy source.
For a long time people buried garbage or dumped it on empty land. Now empty land is scarce. However, more and more garbage is produced each year, but garbage can be a good fuel to use. The things in garbage do not look like coal, petroleum, or natural gas: but they are chemically similar to these fossil fuels. As we use up our fossil-fuel supplies, we might be able to use garbage as an energy source.
Burning garbage is not a new idea. Some cities in Europe and the United States have
been burning garbage for years. The heat that is produced by burning garbage is used to boil water. The steam that is produced is used to make electricity or to heat nearby buildings. In Paris, France, some power plants burn almost 2 million metric tons of the city's garbage each year. The amount of energy produced is about the same as would be produced by burning almost a half million barrels of oil.
But there are problems in using garbage as a fuel. Garbage that burns easily, such as food scraps and paper, must be separated from metals, glass, and other materials that do not burn easily. This separation process is normally costly. Another problem is that burning garbage can pollute the air.
Our fossil fuel supplies are limited. Burning garbage might be one kind of energy source that we can use to help meet our energy needs. This method could also reduce the amount of garbage piling up on the earth.
21. Which of the following is NOT fossil fuel?
A. Natural gas
B. Petroleum
C. Coal
D. Tide
22. People used to depose garbage by ______.
A. turning garbage into useful fossil fuel
B. burning garbage or dumping it on empty land
C. separating garbage into three types
D. shipping garbage into sea or ocean
23. Why should we use garbage as an energy source?
A. Because our fossil fuel supplies are limited
B. Because garbage is more useful than fossil fuels
C. Because burning garbage can save a lot of money for us
D. Because empty land is getting more and more scarce.
B
He built a small house on a piece of rough land. In the wet season there was a plentiful stream, and over the years he encouraged the dry forest to surround him with a thick screen. The greener it became the easier it was to forget the outside. In time Melio learnt how to live in spite of the difficulties up on that mountain shelf.
His only neighbours were a family group of Parakana Indians who, for reasons known only to themselves, took a liking to Melio. Their chief never looked closely at Melio and said to himself that this white man was as mad as a snake which chews off its own tail. The Parakanas taught Melio to catch fish with the help of a wild plant which made them senseless in the stream. It gave off a powerful drug when shaken violently through the water. They showed him how to hunt by laying traps and digging. In time Melio’s p iece of land became a regular farm. He had wild birds, fat long-legged ones and thin chickens, and his corn and salted fish was enough to keep him stocked up through the wet season.
The Parakanas were always around him. He’d never admit it, but he could feel that the
trees were like the rods of a prison; they were watching him. When they came to him, the Indians never entered his house with its roof of dried grass and leaves. They showed themselves by standing in the shade of the trees at the clearing’s edge. Melio could never persuade them to come any closer.
The group guessed at Melio’s hatred for his civilized brothers in the towns far away. They knew Melio would never invite any more white men up here. This pleased the Parakanas. It meant that traders looking for rubber and jewels would never reach them. Their Melio would see to that. They were safe with this man and his hatred.
24. Melio wanted the forest around him to become thick because it ______.
A. reminded him of his home
B. prevented the Parakanas from watching him
C. helped him forget the world he hated
D. protected him from the rain
25. The chief compared Melio to a snake in order to show that ______.
A. he was the leader of the family group
B. it was unwise to get too close to Melio
C. he believed Melio hated the Parakanas
D. he thought Melio was out of his mind
26. Melio kept himself alive during the rainy season by ______.
A. eating what he had in store
B. catching wild animals in traps
C. growing corn on his farm C. fattening (养肥) his chickens
27. The Parakanas believed themselves safe because ________.
A. Melio could protect them against the invaders
B. the traders would buy their rubber and jewels
C. no other whites would come to their land
D. Melio never fought with them for food
C
Imagine for a moment what it would be like if all the markets, clothing stores, schools, doctors and other things just disappeared. Imagine that there were no neighborhoods or towns. What would life be like? The early settlers of this country didn’t know the luxury of having all these things.
The Spanish women who came with their families from Mexico to New Mexico long ago faced a life that was especially hard. They found nothing but empty country. The Spanish settlers formed towns and set up ranches. Women had key roles in this society. They served as doctors and teachers. They made many of the things they needed, including all their clothing. It was the wife of the head of the ranch, to whom the workers came with news both good and bad.
She was the first to learn of births and deaths, sicknesses or other misfortunes. The ranches and towns were far from any medical doctors. The women used their knowledge of plant
medicine, passed down from mother to daughter, to gather and use plants from the mountains. Some women were midwives and delivered babies born in the area.
Some of the women added new discoveries to their old knowledge of healing. For example, when smallpox broke out in the village of La Liedre, the wife of the head of the ranch tried to help the villagers with the newly discovered medicine. The people were very superstitious and didn’t want to try this new medicine. So she became godmother to many of the village children. Her value to the health and safety of the village was exactly a matter of life and death.
28. Life in Mexico’s early days ______.
A. centered around the mountains
B. required lots of luxuries
C. was easy for most people
D. had no modern conveniences
29. The women practiced medicine because ______.
A. doctors were far away
B. villages had too many babies
C. they couldn’t afford doctors
D. the men were unable to
30. People first refused smallpox med icine ______.
A. as it was unnecessary
B. because it cost too much
C. in fear of something new
D. because smallpox wasn’t serious
31.The main idea of this passage is that women in early Spanish settlements ______.
A. faced a hard life
B. had important, life-saving roles
C. had to treat smallpox
D. moved with their families frequently
D
"Humans should not try to avoid stress any more just as they would not shun food, love or exercise." Said Dr. Hans Selye, the first physician to record the effects of stress on the body. While here's one question that continuous stress is harmful, several studies suggest that challenging unexpected and difficult situations can be good for you.
In a 2001 study of 158 hospital nurses, those who faced considerable work demands but dealt with the challenge were more likely to say they were in good health. In a study at the Academic Center for Dentistry in Amsterdam, researchers put volunteers through two stressful experiences. In the first, a timed task that required memorizing a list followed by a short test, subjects through a gory(血淋淋的) video on surgical operations. Those who did well on the memory test had an increase in levels of immunoglobulin A, which is the body's first line of defense against germs(细菌).
Stress makes the body produce certain stress hormones. In short bursts these hormones have a positive effect, including improved memory function. "They can help nerve cells deal with information and put it into storage , "says Dr. Bruce McEwen of Rockefeller University in New York. But in the long run these hormones can have a harmful effect on the body and brain.
"Continued stress is not good for you," says Dr. Bruce, "It's the occasional burst of stress that could be protective."
32. The passage is mainly about ___________.
A. how to avoid stress
B. how to deal with stress effectively
C. the benefits of manageable stress
D. the effect of stress hormones on memory
33. The underlined word "shun"(Line 1, Para. 1) most probably means _________.
A. cut down on
B. stay away from
C. run out of
D. put up with
34. We can conclude from the study of the 158 nurses in 2001 that _________.
A. people who can't get their job done experience more stress
B. doing challenging work may be good for one's health
C. stress will weaken the body's defense against germs
D. people under stress tend to have a poor memory
35. Dr. Bruce believes that ________.
A. a person's memory is determined by the level of hormones in his body
B. a person's memory improves with continued experience of stress
C. stress hormones have lasting positive effects on the brain
D. short bursts of stress hormones increase memory function
第二节（共5小题；每小题2分，满分10分)）
根据短文内容，从短文后的七个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。

A simple life means getting rid of many of the things you do so that you can spend more time with people you love and do the things you love. 36 It’s often a journey of
two steps forward and one backward.
Evaluate your time. 37 What things do you do from the time you wake up to the time you go to sleep? Make a list, and evaluate whether they’re in line with your priorities.
If not, remove them and focus on what’s important. Redesign your day.
Limit your communications. Our lives these days are filled with a vast flow of communications: email, cell phones, paper mail, Twitter, forums, and more. 38 Instead, set a limit on your communications: only deal with emails at certain times of the day. Limit phone calls to certain times too. It is the same with other communications. Set
a schedule and stick to it.
Try living without a car. OK, this isn’t something I’ve done, but many others have.
39 Walk, bike, or take public transportation. It reduces expenses and gives you time
to think. A car is also very complicated, needing not only car payments, but insurance, maintenance, repairs, gas and more.
40 If you rid your home of stuff, you might find you don’t need so much space.
I’m not saying you should live on a boat (although I know some people who happily do so),
but if you can be comfortable in a small er home, it will not only be less expensive, but easier to maintain, and greatly simplify your life.
A. Consider a smaller home.
B. Have a place for everything.
C. How do you spend your day?
D. It’s something I would do if I didn’t have kids.
E. They can take up your whole day if you let them be.
F. However, getting to simplicity isn’t always a simple process.
G. Most people don’t know what “enough” is, and thus they keep buying more.
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，从短文后各题所给四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

Richard Rice, a fast-talking man, paced up and down in front of freshmen debate class, 41 us about his high expectations. We were special, he declared on our first day at Oak Park High School. But there would be no shortcuts to success. Only those who worked hard would 42 .
Suddenly Mr. Rice 43 in mid-sentence and stared at me. "You know," he said, "You're black!" Somehow, I know he wasn’t trying to 44 me.
Mr. Rice was no 45 teacher. I entered high school not even quite sure what debate was. I 46 l his class four years later as an outstanding debater. Even today, I'm not sure what 47 such a great teacher of him. He always said 48 he was thinking. And he was 49 . He'd 50 out of the classroom angrily if he thought a student was giving 51 his effort. The worst thing with us was to be taken no notice of. 52 , being torn apart by Mr. Rice in the middle of a practice debate meant you were one of his favourites.
He wasn't always 53 on us. I'll never forget the National Student Debate, at which my calm speech and my firm grasp of the problems disappeared. The only face I could 54 in the audience was Mr. Rice's face. I could 55 I was doing terribly just by looking at him. After it was over, he came 56 to me. "Not my best 57 ," I said. He shook his head, "No." Then, to my 58 , he gave me a hug.
Mr. Rice's style didn't make him a great tea cher for everyone. Many kids 59 out of the debate class after the first year. But for me four years with him was my unforgettable 60 of a lifetime.
41. A. telling B. introducing C. announcing D. explaining
42. A. dream B. compromise C. shine D. approve
43. A. rose B. paused C. shook D. turned
44. A. help B. encourage C. blame D. hurt
45. A. average B. excellent C. special D. usual
46. A. refused B. gave C. left D. attended
47. A. turned B. made C. got D. became
48. A. however B. whenever C. whichever D. whatever
49. A. demanding B. careful C. easygoing D. gentle
50. A. steal B. march C. turn D. leave
51. A. rather than B. other than C. less than D. more than
52. A. Anyhow B. Instead C. Therefore D. Besides
53. A. kind B. cruel C. impatient D. hard
54. A. figure out B. bring out C. look out D. make out
55. A. speak B. tell C. talk D. recognize
56. A. over B. across C. out D. upon
57. A. manners B. argument C. performance D. behaviour
58. A. shock B. surprise C. regret D. disappointment
59. A. got B. turned C. ran D. dropped
60. A. experience B. chance C. course D. period
第二节（共10小题；每小题1.5分，满分15分）
阅读下面材料，在空白处填入适当的内容（1个单词）或括号内单词的正确形式（不多于3个单词）。

The Italian dinners we had every Sunday when I was a boy were feasts fit for a king. There 61(be) loaves of Italian bread ready to be eaten. They were great with butter and even 62 (good) when you dipped them in the sauce（调味汁）. My grandma, 63 we called "Nanny", would always bake them a day ahead so they would be ready. I remember watching her hand make the dough（面团）. I would often ask to help but only because I wanted to have 64 bite of the dough before she placed it in the pans to bake.
One day I 65 (foolish) asked Nanny why she didn’t just buy bread at the store 66 (save) time. “Because they’re not as good,” she said 67 her thick Italian accent. Then she laughed, smiled, and gave me a piece of dough to eat.
Nanny was right. Today I buy my bread at the store and it isn’t as good. It is factory-made and 68 (lack) all the taste, warmth, and love that Nanny put into hers. Store-bought happiness is a sad substitute for homemade joy. 69 you want lasting love, permanent peace, and endless joy, then you have to bake them 70 your own.
第四部分：写作（共两节，满分35分）
第一节：短文改错
请你改正下面短文中的错误。

文中共有10处语言错误，每句中最多有两处。

每处错误仅涉及一个单词的增加、删除或修改。

增加：在缺词处加一个漏字符号（∧），并在其下面写出该加的词。

删除：把多余的词用斜线（﹨）划掉。

修改：在错的词下划一横线，并在该词下面写出修改后的词。

注意：1.每处错误及其修改均限一词。

2.只允许修改10处，多者（从第11处起）不计分。

The old saying “The early bird catches the worm.”show us the importance of planning, working hard and trying constant. To achieve outstanding results, the most people must plan ahead and work diligently to overcome all kinds of difficulty.
That had been my own experience, too. While I first started at high school, I seldom passed my exams, because of I never prepared well. Later, my teacher, Mr. Black, advised me plan everything in advance. Meanwhile, he asked me to study hard as well. After a year of putting his advice into practice, I can now easily pass all mine exams.
There are no shortcuts to succeed.
第三节书面表达（共1小题，满分25分）
假定你是校学生会主席李华。

你校即将对校园进行翻新美化，校方鼓励同学们提出合理化的建议。

请你代表学生会将同学们的建议以书信的形式反馈给校方。

建议如下：
1.多种树，少种草。

理由----
2.改变校园外墙的主色调。

把令人压抑的暗红色改为充满活力与朝气的明黄色；
3.其它建议。

字数：120字左右。

信的开头和结尾已经给出，不计入总字数。

Dear headmaster:
We are all happy and excited to hear that our school is going to be beatified soon. As the president of Students' Union, I have collected some of the advice from us students. Here are some of them.
I hope that the advice above is helpful for your decision-making.
yours sincerely
Li Hua
2016—2017学年下学期2016级
第五次双周练·英语答案
听力
1------5 ABABB 6----10 BBACA 11-----15 BB AAA 16---20 CACCA
阅读：
DBA CDAC DACB CBBD FCEDA
完型：
36．A【解析】本题考查四个动词的词义辨析。

只有tell可用于tell sb about sth.。

37．C。

38．B【解析】本题考查四个动词的词义辨析。

rose起来，paused暂停，shook摇，turned转。

39．D【解析】somehow为提示语。

40．A【解析】本题考查四个形容词的词义辨析。

average平均的，excellent优、秀的，special 特别的，usual普通的。

41．C【解析】本题考查四个副词的词义辨析。

下一句为提示词。

42．B【解析】本题考查四个动词的词义辨析。

Make sb of sb．使……成为。

43．D【解析】本题考查四个引导词的辨析。

44．A【解析】本题考查四个形容词的词义辨析。

demanding苛求的，easygoing随和的，另下二句为提示词。

45．B【解析】本题考查可与out of搭配的动词。

march out of走出。

46．C【解析】不努力的正确表达。

47．B【解析】与前面相反。

48．D【解析】be hard on sb对……苛刻；
49．D【解析】本题考查四个含out的动词短语辨析。

figure out算出，bring out拿出，look out 当心，make out认出。

50．B【解析】本题考查四个动词的词义辨析。

tell看得出。

51．A【解析】come over to sb朝某人走过来。

52．C【解析】本题考查四个名词的词义辨析。

manners礼貌，argument辨论，performance 表现，behaviour行为。

53．B【解析】本题考查四个to one's名词的词义辨析。

shock震惊，regret后悔，disappointment 失望。

下一句为提示词。

54．D【解析】drop out of逃离。

55．A【解析】这four years应是难忘的经历。

短文填空：
A
【答案与解析】
本文讲述作者一起吃外婆给准备好的面包，非常的美味，曾傻傻地问为什么不去商店里面买，
来节省时间，外婆说他们不好，多年后才发现外婆说的是正确，工厂生产的缺少了爱的味道，爱不是生产出来的。

41.were 考查主谓一致。

讲述的是过去的事情再根据loaves of Italian bread可知填were。

42.better 考查形容词比较级。

因为有even有来修饰比较级，故选比较级形式。

43.whom/who 考查定语从句。

句意：我的外婆，我们叫她Nanny，经常为我们提前做好，把一切
准备好。

Who引导My grandma的定语从句。

44.a 考查冠词。

Have a bite of 咬一小口。

45.foolishly 考查副词。

句意：有一天，我傻傻地问外婆为什么不买店里的面包来节省时间。

修饰动词asked用副词。

46.to save 考查非谓语动词。

句意：有一天，我非常愚蠢的问外婆为什么不买店里的面包来节省时间。

表示目的状语。

47.in/with 考查介词。

in her thick Italian accent 用浓厚的意大利口音。

cks 考查动词的时态。

句意：这是工厂制作的，缺少此味道，温暖和爱在里面。

根据and连接两个句子时态保持一致，故用一般现在时。

49.If 考查连词。

句意：如果你想要这种持续的爱，长久的平和，无尽的快乐，你就得自己来做。

两个句子条件关系，故用If.
50.on 考查介词。

o n one’s own 亲自地。

短文改错：
1.shows
2.constantly
3.the删除
4.difficulties
5.had改为has
6.While改为When
7.of 删除
8.加to
9.mine改为my
10.succeed改为success或succeeding
11。