安徽省安庆市五校联盟2016-2017学年高二英语上学期期中联考试题

安徽省安庆市五校联盟2016-2017学年高二英语上学期期中联考试
题
第一部分听力（共两节，满分30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。

每段对话后有一道小题，从题中所给的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. What will the woman do first?
A. Do some tests on the man.
B. Send the man to the hospital.
C. Tell the man what his sickness is.
2. Where will the speakers probably go next?
A. Back home.
B. To the park.
C. To the pet store.
3. What does the man think of himself?
A. He isn’t very funny.
B. He doesn’t know any good jokes.
C. H e can’t be funny all the time.
4. Why was the cake green?
A. It went bad.
B. It was made from vegetables.
C. It was decorated with green color.
5. What does the man tell the woman?
A. She isn’t allowed to buy wine.
B. He will buy the woman another drink.
C. She doesn’t have to pay for the wine.
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，从题中所给的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秒钟的做答时间。

每段对话或独白读两遍。

听第6段材料，回答第6、7题
6. What does the woman want the man to do?
A. Look after Gary.
B. Attend a meeting.
C. Read a book.
7. How does the man sound?
A. Uncertain.
B. Very sad.
C. Very confident.
听第7段材料，回答第8、9题。

8. How many hamburgers will be prepared?
A. Two.
B. Three
C. Twelve
9. How does the man sound?
A. Confident.
B. Confused.
C. Nervous.
听第8段材料，回答第10至12题。

10. Who went to a magic show?
A. The man and the woman
B. The woman and her uncle.
C. The man and his uncle.
11. How does the man explain magic tricks?
A. They are always performed in the dark.
B. Magicians move quickly in unexpected ways.
C. They are all done with computers.
12. What definitely happened at the show?
A. The magician used mirrors for his tricks.
B. The magician disappeared and never came back.
C. The magician was in the middle of the audience.
听第9段材料，回答第13至16题。

13. What is the woman listening to?
A. A poem.
B. A popular band.
C. The man’s favorite song.
14. What does the man dislike about the song?
A. The music.
B. The topic.
C. The words to the song.
15. What does the woman probably think in the end?
A. She’s not having a good time.
B. She’s confused about the man’s ideas.
C. She agrees with what the man says.
16. According to the man, what should music express?
A. Intelligent opinions.
B. New ideas.
C. Great feelings.
听第10段材料，回答第17至20题。

17. How high is the highest mountain in New Zealand?
A. About 3700 meters.
B. About 1600 meters.
C. About 1000 meters.
18. Why did half of the native animals die?
A. People hunted them for food.
B. They couldn’t find enough food.
C. They were killed by the new animals.
19. What is the nickname for New Zealanders?
A. Maori.
B. Kiwis.
C. Mount Cook.
20. Where do most New Zealanders live today?
A. On the North Island.
B. On farms.
C. On the South Island.
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，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

A
Dave needed to prepare for Saturday’s fishing trip. He went into his hall closet, where he had more than 20 rods (鱼竿) and reels. Nowadays he went fishing twice a year at Big Bear, a huge lake in southern California about 7,000 feet up in the mountains.
California tries to promote the fishing industry by sponsoring a Free Fishing Day twice a year, once in June and once in September. That was enough for Dave. He went mostly because it was a social event with a few friends, not so much to catch fish. Even driving up a winding two-lane road was worth the trip, not to mention the big, beautiful houses and trees that lined the shore of the lake.
Preparing was a project in itself. Dave had even created a computer file named Fishing Trip. It was a checklist of 45 things to take to Big Bear. He took two rods, because on Free Fishing Day you were allowed to fish with two rods instead of the usual one rod. He took a hooded (戴着兜帽的) sweatshirt, jeans, two pairs of socks, a heavy hooded jacket, winter gloves, and a scarf. He also took shorts, a T-shirt, sunglasses, a big hat, and lightweight raincoat. If you go to Big Bear in June, better be prepared for hot or cold, rain or shine.
He prepared a couple of magazines to read just in case the fish weren’t biting. He and his friends joked that the fish were always biting in the spot you just left or the spot you were heading to.
After about an hour and a half, Dave had gathered all the items on his list into
a neat pile next to his d oor. He went to bed knowing that tomorrow’s weather and fishing were unpredictable, but the good time with his friends was a given.
21. Dave went to Big Bear twice a year mainly to ________.
A. improve his fishing skill
B. catch as many fish as possible
C. enjoy the time with friends
D. appreciate the scenery of the lake
22. Why had Dave created a computer file named Fishing Trip?
A. Because he wanted to exchange experience with friends.
B. Because he was afraid he would forget the things needed.
C. Because the good time with his friends was still uncertain.
D. Because he wanted to buy some magazines on fishing.
23. We can learn from Paragraph 3 that ________.
A. one was not allowed to use one rod to fish on Free Fishing Day
B. the computer file Fishing Trip helped Dave fish much better
C. the sunshine was always very strong because it was summer
D. in June the weather up in the mountains was rather changeable
24. What’s the passage mainly about?
A. Dave joined in Saturday’s fishing trip.
B. California promoted fishing industry.
C. Dave prepared for a fishing trip.
D. Dave packed up for the travel
B
When something goes wrong，it can be very satisfying to say，”Well, it’s so-and-so’s fault.” or “I know I’m late，but it’s not my fault；the car broke down.” It is probably not your fault，but once you form the habit of blaming somebody or something else for a bad situation，you are a loser. You have no power and could do nothing that helps change the situation. However, you can have great power over what happens to you if you stop focusing on whom to blame and start focusing on how to remedy the situation. This is the winner’s key to success.
Winners are great at overcoming problems. For example, if you were late because your car broke down, maybe you need to have your car examined more regularly. Or,
you might start to carry along with you the useful phone numbers, so you could call for help when in need. For another example, if your colleague causes you problems on the job for lack of responsibility or ability, find ways of dealing with his irresponsibility or inability rather than simply blame the person. Ask to work with a different person, or don’t rely on this person. You should accept that the person is not reliable and find creative ways to work successfully regardless of how your colleague fails to do his job well.
This is what being a winner is all about—creatively using your skills and talents so that you are successful no matter what happens. Winners don’t have fewer problems in their lives; they have just as many difficult situations to face as anybody else. They are just better at seeing those problems as challenges and opportunities to develop their own talents. So, stop focusing on “whose fault it is.” Once you are confident about your power over bad situations, problems are just stepping stone for success.
25. According to the passage, winners .
A. blame themselves rather that others
B. meet with fewer difficulties in their lives
C. have responsible and able colleagues
D. deal with problems rather than blame others
26. The underlined word remedy in Paragraph 1 is closest in meaning to .
A. improve
B. accept
C. avoid
D. consider
27. When your colleague brings about a problem, you should .
A. blame him for his lack of responsibility
B. find a better way to handle the problem
C. tell him to find the cause of the problem
D. ask a more able colleague for help
28. When problems occur, winners take them as
A. excuses for their failures
B. barriers to greater power
C. chances for self-development
D. challenges to their colleagues
C
Readers Comments
Success wrote: This is so BIG and courageous of you. :-) May you be rewarded for your extreme kindness and selflessness!
Sabrina wrote: Christmas miracles in September, wonderful. Thank you for your kindness.
Cabbage wrote: What a wonderful idea!!!! Thanks for sharing! :-)
Lgolddragonfly wrote: What a generous heart! Thank you for sharing your idea for me to follow!
MakeSomeoneSmile wrote: Bless your heart! That is a wonderful thing to do! :-) Spoonerism wrote: Great idea! :-) They might have thought it was some kind of trick or silly TV show! But after a few minutes it must have dawned on them that a complete stranger had just randomly decided to bring them groceries! They’ll be talking about it for ages! :-)
29. What is the best title of the passage?
A. Staying with the Poor
B. Talking with the Readers
C. Doing Something out of the Ordinary
D. Receiving Is Giving
30. Which of the following statements is TRUE according to the passage?
A. The author bought the poor some Christmas gifts.
B. All the readers are not against the deed.
C. Spoonerism thought it might cause bad effects.
D. Lgolddragonfly is likely to do the same as the author did.
31. We can conclude that the author _________.
A. gained some satisfaction from helping others
B. had done this many times before
C. planned to gain support from the readers
D. looked down upon the poor sometimes
32. Where does the short passage probably come from?
A. A blog.
B. A radio program.
C. A moving story.
D. A diary.
D
You never see him, but they're with you every time you fly. They record where you are going, how fast you're traveling and whether everything on your airplane is functioning normally. Their ability to endure almost any disaster makes them seem like something out of a comic book. They're known as the black box.
When planes fall from the sky, as a Yemeni airliner did on its way to Comoros Islands in the India ocean on June 30, 2009, the black box is the best bet for identifying what went wrong. So when a French submarine (潜水艇) detected the box's homing signal five days later, the discovery marked a huge step toward determining the cause of a tragedy in which 152 passengers were killed.
In 1958, Australian scientist David Warren developed a flight-memory recorder that would track basic information like altitude and direction. That was the first mode for a black box, which became a requirement on all U.S. commercial flights by 1960. Early models often failed to withstand crashes, however, so in 1965 the box was completely redesigned and moved to the rear of the plane – the area least subject to impact – from its original position in the landing wells (起落架舱). The same year, the Federal Aviation Authority required that the boxes, which were never actually black, be painted orange or yellow to aid visibility.
Modern airplanes have two black boxes: a voice recorder, which tracks pilots' conversations, and a flight-data recorder, which monitors fuel levels, engine noises and other operating functions that help investigators reconstruct the aircraft's final moments. Placed in an insulated (隔绝的) case and surrounded by a quarter-inch-thick panels of stainless steel, the boxes can stand massive force and temperatures up to 2,000℉. When submerged, they're also able to emit signals from depths of 20,000 ft. Experts believe the boxes from Air France Flight 447, which crashed near Brazil on June 1,2009, are in water nearly that deep, but statistics say they're still likely to turn up. In the approximately 20 deep-sea crashes over the past 30 years, only one plane's black boxes were never recovered.
33. What does the author say about the black box?
A. It is an indispensable device on an airplane.
B. The idea for its design comes from a comic book.
C. Its ability to avoid disasters is incredible.
D. It ensures the normal functioning of an airplane.
34. Why was the black box redesigned in 1965?
A. New materials became available by that time.
B. Too much space was needed for its installation.
C. The early models didn't provide the needed data.
D. The early models often got damaged in the crash.
35. What do we know about the black boxes from Air France Flight 447?
A. There is an urgent need for them to be reconstructed.
B. There is still a good chance of their being recovered.
C. They have stopped sending homing signals.
D. They were destroyed somewhere near Brazil.
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。

选项中有两项为多余选项。

How to pass an important test
Whether it's a first grade science test or College Entrance Exam, all tests have one thing in common: you have to pass. __36_ Stuck in a situation where you don't know what to do? This article can help.
Tips
★1. O nce you get the study guide, make plans right away to study as soon as possible. No excuses! Killing time with friends isn't worth it，since you can always hang out with them any other day.
★2. Get plenty of rest. __37_ If you walk into the classroom sleepily, you'll most likely not finish the test because you are so tired.
★3. Eat a good meal for breakfast. ___38___ Some healthy breakfast suggestions are oatmeal (燕麦片), high fiber food, and grapefruit with the fresh fruit salad.
★4. Bring all necessary mater ials. ___39__ Bring pencils, pens, pencil sharpeners, snacks (if allowed)，erasers, the calculator (if allowed) and anything else you'll need for the test.
★5. _40___ Showing up late cuts back the time you'll have to take for the test if it's already testing hours. You'll probably miss any important information needed in completing the test. In some tests，late comers are not allowed to take the test. A．The exam tests vocabulary, reading and maths skills.
B．Failing the test won't help you in the long run, so it's important to know how to prepare to pass that big test.
C．Studies show that if you get enough sleep, your brain will be much more efficient. D．One piece of cheese probably won't last until test time.
E．Showing up without something as simple as a pencil can make a big effect on your test.
F．This test is a challenging one and every year many students are unable to qualify it just because of lack of guidance.
G．Don't forget to set your alarm clock and show up on the test day on time.
第二部分完形填空（共两篇,共40小题；每题1.5分，满分60分）
阅读下面两篇短文，从短文后各题所给的四个选项（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。

When I was a child, my mom liked to prepare food for dinner every now and then. And I remember one night in 41 when she made dinner after a long, hard day at work.
That Monday evening so long ago, my mom 42 a plate of eggs, sausage(香肠), and extremely burnt toast in front of my dad. I remember 43 to see if dad noticed!
44 all my dad did was reach for his toast, smile at my mom, and ask me how my day was 45 . I don’t re member what I told him that night, but I do remember watching him 46 butter and jelly (果冻) on that toast and eat every 47 !
When I got up from the 48 that evening, I remember hearing my mom 49 to my dad for burning the toast. And I’ll never forget what he said: “Baby, I love 50 toast.”
Later that night, I went to kiss Daddy goodnight and I asked him if he 51 liked his burnt toast. He 52 me in his arms and said, “Son, your mum put in a 53 day at work today and she’s very 54 . Besides, a little burnt toast never 55 anyone!”
Actually, life is full of imperfect things and imperfect people. We can’t be 56 at everything we do. What I’ve learned over the years is that learning to accept 57 faults and choosing to celebrate each other’s 58 is one of the most important keys to creating a healthy, growing, and lasting 59 .
If you learn to take the good, the bad, and the ugly parts of your life as they are, you can 60 your life to the fullest.
41. A. brief B. general C. particular D. detail
42. A. placed B. supplied C. managed D. offered
43. A. coming B. standing C. sitting D. waiting
44. A. And B. Yet C. So D. Then
45. A. at work B. at home C. at school D. at church
46. A. cover B. spread C. bring D. carry
47. A. egg B. bite C. sausage D. toast
48. A. table B. bed C. sofa D. chair
49. A. whisper B. talk C. apologize D. report
50. A. frozen B. fresh C. dry D. burnt
51. A. exactly B. certainly C. really D.
specially
52. A. brought B. pulled C. surrounded D. raised
53. A. hard B. comfortable C. simple D. plain
54. A. sad B. tired C. impatient D. careless
55. A. damages B. destroys C. bothers D. hurts
56. A. ready B. clever C. skillful D. good
57. A. someone’s B. each other’s C. my own D. my mother’s
58. A. differences B. strengths C. characters D. personalities
59. A. circle B. scholarship C. relationship D. company
60. A. love B. adapt C. devote D. enjoy
第Ⅱ卷
第三部分语法填空（共10分；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（不多于3个单词）或括号内单词的正确形式。

When my grandson Max told his mother, Andrea, to donate any cheque she would give
him for his 21st birthday to charity, Andrea got an idea.
She handed Max’s brother Charlie a video camera. Then she 61 (withdraw) 21
$10 notes from the bank and bought 21 apples at the supermarket. When they spotted
a 62 (home) man, Andrea told him. “Today is my son Max’s 21st birthday, 63
he asked me to give a gift to someone 64 (help) him celebrate.” She handed
the man a $10 note and an apple. The man smiled into the camera and announced 65
(shy), “Happy birthday, Max!”
Soon, they passed out their gifts to men and women 66 (wait) in line at a
soup kitchen. 67 a unified chorus, they wi shed Max, “Happy birthday!”
At a pizza shop, Andrea 68 (1eave) $50 and told the owners to feed 69
hungry. “Happy birthday, Max!” they shouted.
With one last $10 note and apple, they stopped at Andrea’s sister’s office. Unable
to contain her laughter or her 70 (tear), she shouted into the camera, “Happy
birthday, Max!”
第四部分：写作(共两节，满分35分)
第一节短文改错(共10小题；每小题1分，满分10分) 增加：在缺词处加一个漏字符号(Λ)，
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仅限一词；2．只允许
修改10处，多者(从第11处起)不计分。

I went to see the film after supper. On my way to the cinema, I met an English woman, that lost her way. I gave up the chance see the film and take her to her hotel. While go there, I told her about great changes that had taken place in the past few years and she told me something about her country. Although I missed the film, but
I still felt very happily, for I had not only helped her out trouble but also practiced my speaking English. If I had not worked hard at English, I wouldn’t have been able
to help him.
第二节：书面表达（满分25分）
假定你是李华，你的英国笔友Tom来信询问你最喜欢的运动项目。

请你根据以下提示，通过
电子邮件向他介绍你最喜欢的运动。

1．何时开始喜欢此项运动；
2．现在练习的情况；
3．给你带来的益处。

注意：1.词数100左右；
2．可以适当发挥，以使行文连贯；
3．信的开头和结尾已经给出，不计入总词数。

Dear Tom,
Nice to receive your e-mail. I'd like to tell you about my favorite sport,
Yours，
Li Hua
五校联盟高二英语答案
听力1—5 ABCBC 6—10 BACAB 11—15 BCBCA 16—20 CACBA
阅读 21-24 CBDC 25-28 DABC 29-32 CDAA 33-35 A DB
七选五 36-40 BCDEF
完型填空 41-45 CADBC 46-50 BBACD 51-55 CAABD 56-60 DBACD
语法填空 61. withdrew 62. homeless 63. and/so 64. to help
65. shyly 66. waiting 67. In 68. left
69. the 70. tears
改错 1.the改为a 2. that改为who 3.see前加to 4.take改为took 5.go改为going
6.去掉but
7. happily 改为happy
8.out 后加of
9.speaking改为spoken
10.him改为her
作文
Dear Tom,
Nice to receive your e-mail, I'd like to tell you about my favorite sport, table tennis, which is the most popular sport in China.
At the age of six, I began to learn to play table tennis from my parents, who are good at it. Since then, I’ve fallen in love with it and spent most of my free time learning to play it. Now I often practice playing table tennis with my friends and coach in my spare time. With time going on, I have learned many practical skills and won the first place in my school.
In my opinion, not only does the sport help me build up my body, train my brains and keep me confident, but also it helps me make a lot of friends. Therefore,
I like it best of all the sports.
Yours, Li hua。