福建省莆田市高二英语下学期期末考试试题

2016-2017学年下学期期末质量检测
高二英语
第一部分听力
听下面5段对话。

每段对话后有一个小题，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 is the weather like?
A .It’s raining
B It’s cloudy
C It’s sunny
2 .Who will go to China next month? ，
A. Lucy B Alice C Richard
3 .What are the speakers talking about?
A.The man’s sister B A fi lm C An actor
4. Where will the speakers meet?
A. In Room340
B. In Room 314
C.1n Room 223
5. Where does the conversation most probably take place?
A In a restaurant
B In all office
C At home
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，每小题将给出5秒钟的作答时间。

每段对话或独白读两遍。

听第6段材料，回答6至8题
6 .Why did the women go to New York?
A. To spend some time with the baby
B. To look after her sister
C. To find a new job
7. How old was the baby when the woman left New York?
A. Two months B Five months C Seven months
8. What did the woman like doing most with the baby?
A. Holding him B Playing with him C Feeding him
听第7段材料，回答9至11题
9 .What are the speakers talking about?
A. A way to improve air quality
B. A problem with traffic rules
C. A suggestion for city planning
10. What does the mall suggest?
A. Limi ting the use of cars
B. Encouraging people t o walk
C. Wanting drivers of air pollution
11. What does the woman think about the man’s idea?
A. It’s interesting
B. It’s worth trying
C. It’s impractical
听第8段材料，回答12至14题
12. How long will the man probably stay in New Zealand?
A. One week
B. Two weeks
C. Three weeks
13.What advice does the woman give to the man?
A. Go to New Zealand after Christmas
B. Book his flight as soon as possible
C. Save more money for his trip
14. What Can we learn about flights to New Zealand at Christmas time?
A. They require early booking
B. They can be twice as expensive
C. They are on special offer
听第9段材料，回答15至17题
15. Why did Jane call Mike?
A. To ask him to meet her
B. to tell him about Tom
C. To borrow his car
16. Where will Jane be in about one hour?
A. At Mike’s pl ace
B. At the airport
C. At a garage
17.What can we infer from the Conversation?
A. Jane has just learned to drive
B. Jane’s car is in bad condition
C. Mike will go to the airport
听第10段材料，回答18至20题
18. What did the speaker ask the students to do the week before?
A. Write a short story
B. Prepare for the lesson．
C. Learn more about the writer
19. Why does the speaker ask the questions?
A. To check the students’ understanding of the story
B. To draw the students’ attention to reading skills
C. To let the students discuss father-son relationships
20. What will the students do in 10 minutes?
A. Ask more questions
B. Discuss in groups
C. Give their answers
第二部分阅读理解
第一节阅读下列短文，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
Conor Grennan was unwilling to be a volunteer(志愿者). The 29-year-old American was not sure if he had the skills or a strong feeling for it.However, he went to work at an orphanage(孤儿院) in Nepal. His first thought was to make people impressed.
"I thought that if I volunteered just once. I could retell the story over and over," Grennan said in a Huffington Post article.However, his three-month stay it the orphanage turned into in unusual experience. It was 2004 and Grennan had given up his job to begin a year-long around-the-world trip, His first three months were spent in Nepal.
When he arrived in the village, he knew nothing about the children or the local culture. When he opened the gate of the Little Princes Children's Home, he was faced by the excited children.
The young American ended up caring for 18 children. He later discovered that they w ere
trafficked(被拐卖的)children. So he walked through the mountains with great difficulty to find the kids' families, "I started walking with photos of the kids." he told the Reuters reporter. "I would show up in villages and show photographs around. I went with 24 photos, and I found 24 families." At the same time, he put his heart into Nepalese culture.
Grennan said, “Volunteering is the single best way to see how the rest of the world lives.”
He also encouraged others to do what he had done. He believes that volunteering needs only making decisions to show up.
Grennan's fight against child-trafficking has changed him. His book, Little Prince, came out last week.
21.At first, Grennan simply wanted to _______by volunteering in Nepal.
A．write travel stories B．impress people
C．help the kids there D．learn the skills
22.When Grennan came to the Little Princes Children’s Home. _______.
A． the children there felt excited B．18 children were ill in bed
C．he decided to give up his job D．he’d l ived in Nepal for a year
23.From the passage we can learn that Grennan _______.
A．found the kids’ families easily B．was good at taking pictures
C．wrote the book Little Princes D．asked others to go to Nepal
24.Which is the best title for the passage?
A．Volunteer travels in Nepal B．Volunteer is with the kids
C．Volunteer becomes a writer D． Volunteer changes a lot
B
Green is an important color in nature. It is the color of grass and the leaves on trees. It is also the color of most growing plants.
Sometimes, the word green means young, fresh and growing. Sometimes, it describes something that is not yet ripe or finished. For example, a greenhorn is someone who has
no experience, who is new to a situation. In the fifteenth century, a greenhorn was a young cow or ox whose horns(角) had not yet developed. A century later, a greenhorn was a soldier who had not yet had any experience in battle. By the eighteenth century, a greenhorn had the meaning it has today—a person who is new in a job.
Someone who has the ability to grow plants well is said to have a green thumb. The expression comes from early nineteen hundreds. A person with a green thumb seems to have a magic touch that makes plants grow quickly and well. You might say that the woman next door has a green thumb if her garden continues to grow long after your plants have died.
The Green Revolution is the name given some years ago to the development of new kinds of rice and other grains. The new plants produced much larger crops. The Green Revolution was the result of hard work by agricultural scientists who had green thumbs.
Green is also the color used to describe the powerful feeling, jealousy(嫉妒). The green-eyed monster is not a frightening creature from outer space. It is an expression used about four hundred years ago by British writer William Shakespeare in his play “Othello”. It describes the unpleasant feeling a person has when someone has something he wants. A young man may suffer from the green-eyed monster if his girlfriend begins going out with someone else. Or, that green-eyed monster may affect your friend if you get a pay rise and he does not.
25.A greenhorn now refers to ____.
A. a cow without horns
B. a new solider
C. a young horse
D. a person who is new in a job
26.A person who has a green thumb is a person ____.
A.whose garden is greener than others’
B. whose thumbs are of green color
C. who is good at growing plants
D. who is younger than his neighbors
27.The author is actually talking about ____.
A. language
B. colors
C. politics
D. agriculture
28.Which of the following statements is NOT true according to the passage?
A. In about the 16th century, a greenhorn meant an experienced soldier.
B. The Green Revolution may have some connection with green thumbs.
C. The green-eyed monster was probably created by William Shakespeare.
D. The green-eyed monster can be used to describe a person who is jealous.
C
In London's art gallery six or seven men, mostly in their 30s, are busy painting the walls with new designs in colorful lettering and clever tricks. Tins of spray paint and beer stand on the ground. The atmosphere is not unlike that of a golf course: a mix of concentration and relaxation.
Graffiti(涂鸦) painting is traditionally a daring hobby. Teenagers avoid security guards to put their names on trains and buses. But ov er the past decade that has almost disappeared from Britain's cities. Between 2007 and 2017 the number of incidents of graffiti recorded by the British Transport Police fell by 63%. A survey by the environment ministry shows that fewer places are damaged by tags(绘名) than ever. Graffiti are increasingly limited to only a few walls. In time the practice may die out entirely.
The most obvious reason for the decline in tagging and train-painting is better policing, says Keegan Webb, who runs The London Vandal, a graffiti blog (博客). Numerous cameras mean it is harder to get away with painting illegally. And punishments are more severe. A generational change is apparent, too. Now teenagers prefer to play with iPads and video games. Those who do get involved tend to prefer street art to graffiti. And the internet helps painters win far more attention by posting pictures online than they can by breaking into a railway yard.
Taggers and graffiti artists mostly grew up in the 1980s and 1990s. Those men are now older and less willing to take risks. "We can't run away from the police any more," says Ben Eine, who turned from tagging to street art. The hip-hop culture that inspired graffiti in the first place has faded. Video games and comic books provide more inspiration than music.
Graffiti may eventually disappear. But for now the hobby is almost respectable. Mr Eine says he has lots of friends who used to paint trains. Now with wives and children, they paint abandoned houses at the weekend. It has become something to do on a Sunday afternoon—a slightly healthier alternative to sitting watching the football.
29.How do the painters feel while painting graffiti according to the first paragraph?
A. Free but stressed.
B. Free and focused.
C. Particular and respected.
D. Nervous but satisfied.
30.Why is graffiti painting traditionally considered as a daring hobby?
A. It's at the risk of being caught.
B. It takes much hard training.
C. It's dangerous to paint in trains.
D. It needs a great deal of knowledge.
31.hat does the underlined word “decline” in the third paragraph refer to?
A. Ban of government.
B. Reduction of graffiti.
C. Disappearance of graffiti.
D. Better policing of government.
32.What conclusion can we draw from the fourth paragraph?
A. The early graffiti had something to do with music.
B. Graffiti artists like to be the focuses in public.
C. Graffiti artists regret over what they did in the past.
D. Painting is much healthier than watching football.
D
Disposing(处理) of waste has been a problem since humans started producing it. As more and more people choose to live close together in cities, the waste-disposal problem becomes increasingly difficult.
During the eighteenth century, it was usual for several neighboring towns to get together to select a faraway spot as a dumpsite. Residents or trash haulers(垃圾托运者) would transport household rubbish, rotted wood, and old possessions to the site. Periodically(定期的) some of the trash was burned and the rest was buried. The unpleasant sights and smells caused no problem because nobody lived close by.
Factories, mills, and other industrial sites also had waste to be disposed of. Those located on rivers often just dumped the unw anted remains into the water. Others built huge burners with chimneys to deal with the problem.
Several facts make these choices unacceptable to modern society. The first problem is space. Dumps, which are now called landfills, are most needed in heavily populated areas. Such areas rarely have empty land suitable for this purpose. Property is either too expensive or too close to residential(住宅区的)neighborhoods. Long-distance trash hauling has been a common practice, but once farm areas are refusing to accept rubbish from elsewhere, cheap land within trucking distance of major city areas is almost nonexistent.
Awareness of pollution dangers has resulted in more strict rules of waste disposal. Pollution of rivers, ground water, land and air is a price people can no longer pay to get rid of waste. The amount of waste, however, continues to grow.
Recycling efforts have become commonplace, and many towns require their people to take part. Even the most efficient recycling programs, however, can hope to deal with only about 50 percent of a city's reusable waste.
33.The most suitable title for this passage would be ______.
A. Waste Disposal Problem
B. Waste Pollution Dangers
C. Ways of Getting Rid of Waste
D. Places for Disposing Waste
34.During the 18th century, people disposed their waste in many ways EXCEPT for ______.
A. burying it
B. burning it
C. recycling it
D. throwing it into rivers
35.What can be inferred from the fourth paragraph?
A. Farm areas accept waste from the city in modern society.
B. There is cheap land to bury waste in modem society.
C. Ways to deal with waste in modem society stay the same.
D. It is difficult to find space to bury waste in modem society.
第二节根据短文内容，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。

(选E涂ＡＢ，选F涂ＢＣ，选G涂ＣＤ）
Nail-biting(咬指甲) is one of the most common annoying habits in children. 36 But you needn’t worry too much and as soon as you realize what’s causing nail-biting, you can help your child overcome and stop it. So, here’s what you can do about it.
37 In some cases, children won’t even realize they are biting their nails, let
alone know why they are doing it. So make sure you have a conversation with your child (if he/she is old enough) and make him/her realize he/she is doing it and try to figure out why it’s happening. 38 It’s important to agree on the level of your involvement. If he/she wants help, create a secret reminder that will make him/her stop without embarrassing him/her.
Give alternatives (替代物). 39 Depending on the age of the child, there are several things that you can offer such as a small ball, Play-Doh games, or any kind of other small toys.
Use bitter solutions(溶液). Forcing a child to keep this solution on his/her fingers may feel like a punishment. 40 Everything else will only lead to embarrassment and discouragement. Furthermore, some of these solutions contain pepper which burns if it enters a child’s mouth or eyes. But if you have an adolescent child who wants to qu it biting his/her nails, you may suggest and try out this solution.
A.It’s also likely to continue as the child grows up.
B.Help the child become aware of the habit.
C.You should also consider asking for professional help.
D.Make an agreement on how you’re going t o stop it together.
E.The best thing children can do is communicate with their parents.
F.The child needs to go through the process painlessly and in agreement with you.
G.That will keep his/her hands occupied when he/she is likely to bite his/her nails.
第三部分英语知识运用
第一节完形填空
阅读下面短文，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。

Recently I understood the true meaning of love. The 41 was Kane, my neighbor Joline’s two-year-old son.
Kane was born with a physical problem on his 42 . And I witnessed (目睹) the 43 that Kane’s physical shortcomings had on his family. I also saw a 44 family that embraced (拥抱) this special child. A family that wouldn’t allow Kane to know he was 45 . Joline had constructed a small cart for his son to 46 . Kane used his hands to move about, and the cart 47 him to “go to” any place just as everyone else was able to do. Kane was not just a member of the family, but the 48 of the family.
With a wide smile, it was easy to see that even at the age of two, Kane liked to 49 with people very much. With wisdom of an individual (个人), this boy even 50 the most complex of human emotions. Later I came to 51 that this child was sent to help some of us who weren’t just getting what love was all about.
Kane demanded attention, 52 not because of his mobility (移动能力) challenges or other apparent shortcomings. In his mind, he had no 53 or shortcomings. The 54 was that he received attention because he was alive and real and had so much to offer.
Kane 55 me in a deep way. His ability to refuse to be different has 56 me. Kane was and is 57 a boy of powerful energy to me. From him and his family I learnt the 58 : love surpasses (超越) all things.
I can only imagine that as the parent of a child like Kane one might be filled with 59 . But I believe that having a child like Kane is actually a(n) 60 . The parents of such special b abies are angels too, just as the babies are.
41. A. problem B. matter C. pressure D. reason
42. A. hands B. eyes
C.legs
D. arms
43. A. effect B. comment C.
demand D. look
44. A. similar B. wonderful C.
practical D. fair
45. A. different B. real
C.normal
D. terrible
46. A. go ahead B. speed up C. turn out D. get around
47. A. allowed B. invited
C. advised
D. caused
48. A. symbol B. center C.pride D. trouble
49. A. communicate B. compare C. agree
D. compete
50. A. reminded B. understood C. discovered D. trusted
51. A. recognize B. experience
C.realize
D. imagine
52. A. and B.
or
C.as
D. but
53. A. challenges B. expectations C.
promises D. chances
54. A. goal B.
result C. possibility D. truth
55. A. caught B. stopped C.
touched D. kept
56. A. inspired B. shocked C.
amused D. puzzled
57. A. even B.
yet C. still D. almost
58. A. fact B. subject
C. lesson
D. skill
59. A. excitement B. determination C.
anger D. anxiety
60. A. ability B. advantage C.
problem D. failure
第II卷 (非选择题 )
第二节语法填空阅读下面材料，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。

I was 16 61._________ I began work in June 1902 at the whaling station. I heard of the killers that every year helped whalers catch huge whales. I thought, at the time, that this was just a story till then I witnessed it 62.________ my own eyes many times.
At the 63.________(one)afternoon I arrived at the station, I was experiencing one hunting 64.________(excited).I heard a loud noise come from the bay. We ran down to the shore. Without 65.__________ (pause)we jumped into the boat. Using 66.__________ telescope we could see that something was happening.The sea was so rough that day that it was difficult 67.__________ (handle) the boat. Suddenly ,James fell into the sea. From his face, I could see he was 68.__________ (terrify). Then I saw a shark, 69._______ swam towards James . Thank godness! James 70.__________ (hold) up by Old Tom back to the boat at last.
第四部分写作
第一节单句改错
每句有1处语言错误，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。

I have many friends really worth mention, but my best friend is Li Mei. We have many in common such as hobby and thoughts. I think this is the foundation of us friendship. Although she is not tall, but she is very pretty. She always wear a smile and gives us the impression what she is kind and easy-going. Actual, she is very clever. She not only does well every
subject but also takes part in many after-class activities. I really admire her. Besides, she is always will to help me, which makes me feel very grateful. I really cherish our friendship and I hope it will last forever.
第二节书面表达
假如你是高二学生李华，这次考试后，学校放假三天，你打算和同学出去旅游以调节身心，可是父母亲不同意，担心你的安全及学习。

为此你与父母吵架，心情不好，不知如何说服父母。

请用英语给你的外教Jimmy写信，向他咨询如何让你父母同意你的计划。

注意：
1．可以适当增添细节，以使行文连贯。

2．词数100左右。

开头与结尾已给出，不计入总字数。

参考词汇：the Dragon Boat Festival 端午节
Dear Jimmy,
How is everything with you?
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Yours Sincerely， Li Hua。