甘肃省定西市岷县二中2017-2018学年高二下学期期末考试英语试题

甘肃省定西市岷县二中2017－2018学年高二下学期期末考试
英语试题
第Ⅰ卷（共85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）
阅读下列短文, 从每题所给的四个选项（A、B、C、D）中, 选出最佳选项。

A
Now is the best time for Hong Kong shopping lovers, as most shops and markets are having their seasonal sales. With the same amount of money, you can find different kinds of foods in this city. Women, young and old, rarely resist the attraction of this shopping paradise(乐园, 天堂) at this time of year. Lovers will surely have an exciting Christmas and New Year’s Eve celebrations at the Time Square or in the western styled bars. Spending your holiday in Hong Kong will be easy too, as several package tours are available from GZL Travel Service, with four-day tours for less than 15 000 yuan.
● Tour package 1(3200 yuan):a four-day-tour including three nights’accommodation(膳宿供应), scenic helicopter flight, night ferry tour of Victoria Harbor and shuttle bus to the Peak to view the city at night.
●Tour package 2(1880yuan): a four-day-shopping-tour including three nights’accommodation, tours to Golden Beach and the Vexwork Museum, shuttle bus to the Peak and shopping opportunities.
● Tour package 3(1480 yuan):a four-day-DIY-tour including three nights’ accommodation in
a four-star hotel and total freedom to do what you want.
1. This advertisement is given by__________.
A. a Travel Service Company
B. a shopping center
C. a hotel
D. Hong Kong government
2. If you want to decide by yourself you’d better choose________.
A. Tour package 1
B. Tour package 2
C. Tour package 3
D. Tour package 2 and 3
3. According to the text, if you want to visit the Victoria Harbor at night with the tour guide, you can choose _____________.
A. Tour package 2
B. Tour package 1
C. Tour package 3
D. Tour package 1 and 2
B
If you get into the forest with your friends, stay with them always. If you don’t, you may get lost. If you really get lost, this is what you should do. Sit down and stay where you are. Don’t try to find your friends—let them find you by staying in one place.
There is another way to help your friends or other nearby people to find you. Give them a signal (信号) by shouting or whistling (吹口哨) three times. Any signal given three times is a call for help.
Keep up shouting or whistling always three times together. When people hear you, they will know that you are not just making noise for fun. They will let you know that they have heard your signal. They give you two shouts, two whistles, or two gun-shots (枪声). When someone gives you a signal, it is an answer to a call for help.
If you don’t think that you will get help before night comes, try to make a little house---cover up to the holes with branches (树枝) with lots of leaves. Make yourself a soft bed with leaves and grass.
What should you do if you get hungry or need drinking water? You would have to leave your little house to look for a river. Don’t just walk away. Pick off small branches and drop them as you walk so that you can find your way back. The most important thing to do when you are lost is—stay in one place.
4. If you lost in the forest, you should _______.
A. try to find your friends as soon as possible
B. walk around the forest and shout so that your friends could hear you
C. stay where you are and give signals three times
D. try to get out of the forest and shout for help
5. When you hear two shouts, or whistles, or gunshots, __________.
A. it is an answer to your call for help
B. you can whistle three times
C. you should shout more loudly
D. you should try to run to them
6. When you want to leave your place to get drinking water, you should ________.
A. just go to the river
B. leave marks so that you can find your way back
C. make a fire so that you can have some tea
D. find some glasses or bottles before you go
7. This passage mainly tells you __________.
A. when you hear a signal always three times, it is a call for help
B. how you can live longer in a forest
C. any signal given twice means an answer to a call for help
D. What you should do if you get lost in a forest
C
Computer programmer David Jones earns £35, 000 a year designing new computer games, yet he cannot find a bank ready to let him have a credit card(信用卡). Instead, he has been told to wait another two years, until he is 18.
The 16-year-old works for a small firm in Liverpool, where the problem of most young people of his age is finding a job. David’s firm releases(推出) two new games for the fast throwing computer market each month.
But David’s biggest headache is what to do with his money. Even though he earns a lot, he cannot drive a car, take out a mortgage(抵押贷款), or get credit cards. David got his job with the Liverpool-based company four months ago, a year after leaving school with six O-levels and working for a time in a computer shop. "I got the job because the people who run the firm knew I had already written some programs, " he said. David spends some of his money on records and clothes, and gives his mother 50 pounds a week. But most of his spare time is spent working.
“Unfortunately, computing was not part of our studies at school, ” he said. “But I had been studying it in books and magazines for four years in my spare time. I knew what I wanted to do and never considered staying on at school. Most people in this business are fairly young, anyway.”David added: “I would like to earn a million and I suppose early retirement(退休) is a possibility. You never know when the market might disappear.”
8. In what way is David different from people of his age?
A. He has a handsome income.
B. He lives with his mother.
C. He often goes out with friends.
D. He graduated with six O-levels.
9. What is one of the problems that David is facing now?
A. He has very little spare time.
B. He has no time to learn driving.
C. He is too young to get a credit card.
D. He will soon lose his job.
10. Why was David able to get the job in the company?
A. He had done well in all his exams.
B. He had written some computer programs.
C. He was good at playing computer games.
D. He had learnt to use computers at school.
11. Why did David decide to leave school and start working?
A. He received lots of job offers.
B. He was eager to help his mother.
C. He lost interest in school studies.
D. He wanted to earn his own living.
D
Before a new type of airplane goes into service, every part of it is tested again and again. But there are two tests that are more important than all the others.
The first is called the " tank test". A modem airplane must fly very high in the sky. Air must be pumped into the plane so that the passengers can breathe. The metal structure (结构)of the plane has to be very strong for this reason. When the plane is filled with air, the air presses against the skin of the plane inside. The pressure (压力) on a small window is like a huge foot that is try-ing to get out. If a small part of the plane were to fail, the plane would explode in the sky. To test the structure of the plane, the plane is lowered into a huge tank or container of water. Then it is filled with air. Vne pressure inside the plane is greater than it ever will be when it is high up in the air. Finally, there is an explosion. This does not cause so much damage inside the water tank as it would anywhere else. Engineers can discover which part of the plane has broken. Then that part is made stronger.
The most dangerous test happens when the new plane is going through test flights in the air. The test pilot must find out exactly what happens when the engines (发动机) are all shut off at once. The plane begins to fall like a stone. It is the pilot’s job to find out how he can get control of the plane again. These two tests are examples of how planes are made safe before they ever carry passengers.
12. By doing the “tank test”, the engineers can find out _______.
A. the amount of air in the plane
B. the power of the airplane engines
C. the. pressure inside and outside the plane
D. the strength of the plane structure
13. What will happen to the plane under the “tank test”?
A. It will be broken.
B. It will be made stronger.
C. It will be filled with water.
D. It will be tested by pilots,
14. According to the text, why are test flights most dangerous?
A. The plane may explode in the air.
B. The pilot may lose control of the plane.
C. The engines may be damaged.
D. Too much air may get into the plane.
15. What might be the most suitable title for the text?
A. How Airplanes Are Made and Tested
B. The Importance of Flying Safely
C. The Danger of Testing Airplanes
D. Two Important Tests on Airplanes
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。

Have you ever had a wonderful idea and thought it would make a great invention, but didn’t know what to do next？16
They will help you make your dreams come true and become a famous inventor.
The first thing that you should do is do some research on the Internet to see if anyone else has invented it. If not , you should search through the US Patent （专利）information to see if a patent was ever created for your type of invention. 17 .The easiest thing to do is working with an agency（代理机构）that can help you to make your dreams a reality.
It can help you present your ideas and get your product to the right companies. One agency that is very reputable(声誉好的) is “Lambert in Minnesota”18 .
If they think your product is marketable （有销路的）, they will help you to get it to the right company. Call the agency and make an appointment. You will want to bring in a model of your invention and a complete description of your ideas. 19
Then when you meet with them, you can present it and they will tell you how marketable it is. If they decide to help you, they will work to present it to different companies and help you to go to the next step. Once your invention has been sold to a large company, get ready to get the benefits of becoming the next great inventor. 20 . But the benefits are worth the wait.
A. It may take a year or two.
B. If not, go to the next step.
C. You will find something new on the Internet.
D. You will be the next inventor.
E. Write down exactly about your invention.
F. Here are some steps that you can take.
G. They offer free advice for good ideas.
第二部分英语知识运用(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)
The year I went to college was a very difficult transition(过渡期) for me. 21 is probably true with many people, I got quite homesick and 22 thought about going home. Although the 23 time for many students is getting 24 from home, my mailbox(邮箱) was frequently 25 . One day when I went to the mailbox, there was a postcard 26 out at me. I sat down to read it, 27 a note from someone back home. 28 I became increasingly puzzled as 2 29 postcards were like this；It was a full news report about a woman named Mabel and her newborn baby. I took the card back to my room and 30 about it. Several days later, I 31 another postcard, this one 32 news about Maybelline, Mabel’s cousin. Soon after, another card arrived and then another, 33 full of news of different people.
I began to 34 look forward to the next One, 35 to see what this author would come up with 36 . I was never 37 . Finally, the cards 38 coming, right about the time I had begun to feel 39 about college life. They had been such a happy distraction(调剂) that I have 40 all the postcards and still bring them out to read whenever I need a lift.
21. A. It B. As C. So D. What
22. A. often B. carefully C. seldom D. merely
23. A. hard B. last C. busiest D. happiest
24. A. visitors B. calls C. letters D. directions
25. A. empty B. full C. closed D. open
26. A. pouring B. reaching C. staring D. rolling
27. A. describing B. considering C. expecting D. enjoying
28. A. But B. Thus C. Also D. Even
29. A. any B. no C. some D. such
30. A. joked B. talked C. cared D. forgot
31. A. mailed B. accepted C. received D. wrote
32. A. delivering B. demanding C. discovering D. developing
33. A. one B. each C. either D. both
34. A. nearly B. possibly C. usually D. really
35. A. promising B. surprised C. pretending D. interested
36. A. below B. lately C. next D. behind
37. A. disappointed B. frightened C. excited D. pleased
38. A. continued B. stopped C. started D. avoided
39. A. safe B. easy C. tired D. anxious
40. A. lost B. collected C. torn D. saved
第二节语法填空(共10小题, 每小题1.5分, 满分15分)
阅读下面短文, 按照句子结构的语法性和上下文连贯的要求, 在空格处填入一个适当的词或使用括号中词语的正确形式填空。

Before the 17th century, most of the native English speakers lived in England. After the 17th century, British people began to move to other __41__ (country). Gradually, English was spoken there. At present ___42__ (many) people speak English as their first, second or a foreign language than ever before. ___43___ (luck), native English speakers can understand each other even if they don’t speak the same kind of English.
English ___44__ (change) and developed when cultures met and communicated with each other over the past centuries. The English __45__ (speak) in England between about AD450 and 1150 was very different ___46___ the modern English we speak today. It was the new settlers that enriched the English language and __47___ (especial) its vocabulary. The English language was settled by the 19th century __48___ two big changes in English spelling happened. English now is also spoken as a foreign __49__second language in South Asia. China may have the __50__ (large) number of English learners.
第Ⅱ卷（共35分）
第四部分写作（共两节, 满分15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（）, 并在其下面写出该加的词。

删除：把多余的词用斜钱（\）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. 只充许修改10处, 多者（从第11处起）不计分。

I have a good friend who’s name is Liu Mei. She is our monitor and one of the excellent student in our class. Although she is clever, but she works very hard. We have a lot on common and have a lot to talk .One evening she told me that something happened when her parents was out. She was doing her homework one Sunday morning when she smelt something burning. Look out of the window , she find a cloud of smoke coming out of her neighbor’s house . She called 119 immediate. Ten minutes late, the firemen came and put out the fire. Her neighbor was very thankful for her help.
第二节书面表达（满分25分）
假设你是李华, 你的美国笔友Peter曾表示希望来中国教书。

你校现在需招聘外教, 请给他写封信, 告知招聘信息。

内容主要包括：
1. 教授课程：英语口语、英语写作等
2.授课对象：高中生（至少三年英语基础）
3. 工作量：—每周12学时, 任选三门课, —担任学生英语俱乐部或英语校报顾问（advisor）
注意：1. 词数120左右
2. 可根据内容要点适当增加细节, 以使行文连贯。

Dear Peter,
Yours
Li Hua
【参考答案】
阅读理解答案：A篇：1-3 AC B B篇：4-7 CABD
C篇：8-11 ACBC D篇：12-15 DABD
七选五答案：16-20 FBGEA
完形填空答案：21-25 BADCA 26-30 CCABD
31-35 CABDD 36-40 CABBD
语法填空答案:
41. countries 42. More 43. Luckily 44. has change 45.spoken 46. from
47. Especially 48. When 49. Or 50. largest
短文改错答案:
51.who’s→whose 52.Student→students 53.去掉but
54.on→in 55.talk后加about 56.was→were 57. Look→Looking
58.find→found 59.immediate→immediately te→later
作文范文：
Dear Peter,
I remember you told me you were interested in teaching in China. Our school now is looking for a native-speaker to teach some courses to senior high students. If you come, you can choose three of the following four courses: Speaking, Writing, and so on, and teach 12 hours a week. The students who are going to take these courses have at least three years of English learning experiences. Besides teaching, you will also work as an advisor to our students’ English club or our school’s English newspaper.
Please let me know if you are interested and if you have any other questions. I’d be more than happy to help.
Yours
Li Hua。