江苏省连云港市灌南华侨高级中学2017-2018学年高二英语下学期期中试题

灌南华侨高级中学2017-2018学年度第二学期期中考试高二英语试卷（分值：120分，时间120分钟）第二部分：英语知识运用（共两节，满分35分）第一节单项选择（共15小题；每小题1分，满分15分）请认真阅读下面各题，从题中所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项。

21.—You keep so many books!—Reading is to the mind ________ exercise is to the body.A.whatB. whichC. howD. why22.Before we can print this book, you will have to _______ all the dirty words.A.cut backB. cut outC. cut offD. cut down23. That’s all for today’s programme. Please stay _______ to CCTV International’sChinese Channel this time next week.A. turnedB. tonedC. tunedD. tended24. —What impresses you most when you visit the Acropolis?—______ it is that has brought the former grand palace into today’s terriblescene.A. WhenB. WhereC. HowD. What25. To break the ice, Lawrence _______ his interest in mountain climbing and soona conversation flowed freely.A. touched onB. calculated onC. decided onD. insistedon26. After working there for five years, John is about to leave the company whosefuture the recent downturn in sales ______ doubt on.A. has been castB. will be castC. has castD. will cast27. Scientists have been _______ the temperature of the oceans to see how it changesover a period of time.A. predictingB. chartingC. increasingD. controlling28. The city has changed a lot these years. George _______ well not find his wayto the house where he lived a decade ago.A. canB. mustC. shouldD. may29. Echo is always complaining about her job as a cashier, but in fact it’s really_______ to obtain a position in such a big company.A. everythingB. somethingC. anythingD. nothing30. Too little _________ was given to this problem. Otherwise it would have been solved.A. thoughtB. solutionC. wayD.idea31. Both Jack and his wife were at the initial stage of their careers at that time,so only once in a while _______ to see their parents.A. they wentB. would they goC. they would goD. did they go32. The only sign of life________ an ugly-looking black goat tied to a tree in afield nearby, the village seemed _________A. was; abandoned B .been; rejected C. being; deserted D.to be; declined33. Ann could have turned up for the interview on time that morning, but she ________in heavy traffic on the way.A. would be caughtB. had been caughtC. was caughtD. was being caught34. —It seems you’ve extremely satisfied with your present job, right?—Yeah! A job, for me, _______ I can apply what I’ve learnt, is a perfect one.A .which B. whether C. where D. that35.—No matter how hard I tried to persuade her, she wou ldn’t listen.__ Don’t worry._________.A .It’s her field B. Let me have a go C. Let me be D. You are kidding第二节完形填空（共20小题；每小题1分，满分20分）请认真阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

Throughout my life, I have had many different experiences that have taught meuseful life lessons, encouraged me to push forward through adversity(逆境), and helped prepare me for my future attempts. I want to use the __36__ I was blessed with to help encourage others. Everyone faces __37__ on a daily basis. They need someone to see __38__ and guide them in the right direction.I am blessed to have people who have loved and __39__ me throughout my life. This gives me a greater __40__ to do the same for others. In my opinion, fighting through adversity is a challenge, but very __41__ when accomplished.When I was nine years old, my teacher and physician diagnosed me with dyslexia(诵读困难症) and memory problems. The thought of being __42__ scared me. I did not want to feel __43__ or dumb. Over the years I have been able to __44__ it with the help of others. This taught me how to work __45__ for things that are important to me.I may put in double the hours and get the same __46__ as someone else, but that has __47__ my character. I __48__ at a special needs camp every summer. This is a place for them to feel loved and __49__. Through my trials I __50__ patience to improve my abilities as a counselor.I chose to work at the Preschool at my church and I have got __51__ to encourage four to six year old children. Weekly we encourage teamwork, sharing, and good behavior. These __52__ things, which may seem not serious at all, develop respect among each other.Loving and helping others can __53__ the negative of a lower salary that __54__ often meet with. I believe it is more important to spend your time in a meaningful job than to work for a high income. I am looking forward to the educational classes in college and __55__the skills to inspire children to develop a love for learning.36. A.gifts B. plans C. dreams D. ideas37. A. changes B. trials C. chances D. choices38. A.problems B. expectations C. benefits D. possibilities39. A. respected B. encouraged C.praised D. understood40. A.decision B. pressure C. desire D. limit41. A. difficult B. ordinary C. rewarding D. boring42. A.bitter B. different C. aggressive D.disappointing43. A. left off B. left out C. left alone D. left around44. A. realize B.ignore C. underline D. overcome45. A. out B. together C.hard D. up46. A. right B. reason C. point D. result47. A. lost B.suited C. shared D. built48. A. relax B. recover C.exercise D. serve49. A. normal B.content C. bright D. fortunate50. A. evaluated B. developed C. trained D.required51. A. activities B. opportunities C.place D. challenges52. A.natural B. strange C. little D. modern53. A.beat B. understand C. simplify D. discover54. A. nurses B. waiters C. cleaners D. teachers55. A. learning B. requiring C. displayingD.explaining第三部分：阅读理解（共15小题；每小题2分，满分30分）AVirtual realityProbably the most exciting tech development of recent times,virtual reality (VR) has arrived, with sufficient optionsavailable to the consumer who’s searching for an extraamount of high-tech fun. The cheapest way to get a high-endVR experience comes with courtesy of Sony. Its PlayStation VR doesn’t require a tricked-out PC or expensive phone – it works with the Playstation 4 control board and comes with a few great games in its library. There is some equipment you can purchase to enhance the experience, but if you’ve already got a PS4 you can enter the world of VR for just $400. Other high-end offerings like the HTC Vive and Oculus Rift, as well as mobile options like Samsung’s Gear VR,will get your head in the game.Wireless headphonesCombining ease of use with the ability to move wild around your home, gymor workplace, wireless headphones just make sense. And there are plentyof practical options to suit any budget. The Bose QuietComfort 35 wireless headphones are definitely worth a test drive, though. The full-size,around-ear Bluetooth headphones highlight active noise cancellation and double as a headset for making phone calls. They’ve even earned the Editor’s Choice award at and can be purchased for less than $400 online.Digital camerasWhile your phone is a worthy assistant, there’s no substitutefor a real camera when it comes to taking the perfect picture.And these days you can get quality specifications in a package that’s almost as small as your smartphone. The shiny design of the Fujifilm X70, $699, makes it the perfect companion, or you could go retro with the Olympus PEN-F ($1,200) that offers old school looks alongside cutting edge technology. Domestically, it’s worth checking out Xiaomi’s mirrorless Yi M1 for a more affordable option. With a high-end 20-megapixel（兆像素）sensor and the ability to host multiple lenses, it’s available from just 2,199 yuan.56. Sony can provide high-tech fun at the lowest cost because __________.A. PS4 owners don’t need any other deviceB. players can play free games onlineC. it gives players adequate experienceD. players have purchased expensive PCs57. What is Bose QuietComfort 35 wireless headphones’ selling point promoted in the passage?A. Users can make phone calls with the headphones.B. Users can reduce noise manually.C. They work better in the wild.D. They have various types tomeet users’ needs.58. If your friend, who favors everything in the styles of the past, plans to makeperfect pictures with a new device, you will most probably recommend __________.A. Olympus PEN-F.B. Fujifilm X70.C. A smart phone.D. Yi M1.BOn the occasional clear-frost autumn night, I was hiking through the dark forest with my GMO wolf. Yes, my best friend is a genetically modified organism（转基因生物）; deliberate selection has produced the blunt-toothed, small-pawed wonder that walks by my side.Our world is changing rapidly. In the last five decades, global population has fully doubled, with 3.7 billion hungry mouths added to our planet. During this same time span, the amount of land suitable for agriculture has increased by only 5%. Miraculously, this did not result in the great global famine（饥荒）one might have predicted.How do scientists modify a plant so that it makes more food than its parents did? We could treat each harvest like a litter of wolf pups and select only plants bearing the fattest, richest seeds for the next season. This was the method our ancestors used to engineer rice, corn and wheat from the wild grasses they encountered.During my childhood, advances in genetic technologies allowed scientists to identify and clone the genes responsible for repressing stem growth, leading to shorter, stronger stalks that could bear more seed—the high-yield crops that feed us today. The 21st century has brought with it a marvelous new set of high-tech tools with which to further quicken the process of artificial selection. Plant geneticists can now directly edit out or edit in sections of DNA using molecular scissors. We can minimiz e a plant’s weaknesses while adding to its strengths, and we don’t have to wait for seasons to pass to test the result.It is the transformative potential of these techniques to quickly supply the next-generation crops required for upcoming climate change that has led me to believein the safety and function of GMO plants in agricultural products. We need more GMO research to feed the world that we are creating.I love the quiet forest that stands between my lab and my home. But I know that as a scientist, I am responsible first to humanity. We must feed, shelter and nurture one another as our first priority, and to do so, we must take advantage of our best technologies, which have always included some type of genetic modification. We must continue as before, nourishing the future as we feed ourselves, and each year plant only the very best of what we have collectively engineered. I keep the faith of my ancestors each night when I walk through the forest to my lab, and my GMO wolf does the same when she guards my way home.59. Why does the author mention the wolf in the 1st paragraph?A. To advise people to keep wolves as petsB. To introduce a technology used to humans’ advantageC. To change people’s attitude towards wolvesD. To persuade readers to welcome the new technology60. Which of the following statements is NOT TRUE according to the passage?A. GMO technology will help weatherproof future crops.B. Artificial selections make high-yield plants possible.C. With GMO technology, famine has been eliminated.D. The author believes technology should contribute to future generations.61. What can be learned about modifying a plant?A. It takes scientists seasons to know whether their selection is correct.B. One way for ancestors to change a plant was to clone some genes.C. The general public show strong faith in GMO plants.D. Modern techniques help speed up the artificial selection by altering DNA.62. Which of the following might be the best title of the passage?A. Engineered Food—Feeding Future GenerationsB. GMO Technology—Turning Wolves into the Best PetsC. Engineered Food—To Be or Not To BeD. GMO Technology—A Driving Force in World PeaceCNaquela Wright’s life took an unexpected turn when she lost her eyesight as a teenager, bu t even when her world became dark, the New Jersey resident didn’t want to quit social media.Using Facebook was a challenge at first. Diagnosed in 2010 with pseudotumor cerebri, a rare health condition in which pressure increases around the brain and can result in the loss of vision, Wright learned how to use a screen reader to read the site through the touch of the keyboard and sound of a robotic voice. Still, when a friend sends her a photo, Wright often has no clue what the image shows.Now Facebook is trying to solve this problem by exploiting the power of artificial intelligence to create new tools that not only describe items in a photo but allows users to ask what’s in an image.“I can have a basic picture in my mind of what’s going on in the picture and now I can comment on my own,” said Wright, who got to try out the new tools that are still being tested. “Of course, it’s different, but it’s something more than I had.”An estimated 285 million people are visually disabled globally, according to the World Health Organization, and research conducted by Facebook showed that blind users have trouble figuring out what’s in a photo because the description isn’t clear or doesn’t exist.Facebook has made it easier to skim through the content on its website with a screen reader by improving HTML headings, adding alternative text for images, launching keyboard shortcuts, and more. Using artificial intelligence to describe photos is only a part of these ongoing efforts.With 1.5 billion users, Facebook isn’t the only social media company that wants to improve its website for the visually disabled. Along with Facebook and other major tech firms, Twitter and LinkedIn have their own accessibility teams and belong to an initiative called “Teaching Accessibility”.Jeff Wieland, Facebook’s head of accessibility engineering, said the group wants to educate more engineers, especially early in college, about designingproducts that are compatible with the disabled and others. “We really don’t want accessibility to be the lu xury of a handful of companies,” Wieland said. “We want everything around the world to be built with accessibility in mind.”63. What tool helps the visually disabled to read Facebook?A. HTML headings.B. A special keyboard.C. A helpful robot.D. A screen reader.64. What can be inferred from the passage about the new tool created by Facebook?A. It adds a lot of shortcuts on the keyboard.B. It meets no competitors with its advanced technology.C. It helps users to employ their senses other than sight.D. It inspires more engineers to explore artificial intelligence.65. The underlined phrase in the last paragraph “are compatible with” most probably means __________.A. well suitB. bring harm toC. keep company ofD. are unaffordable to66. Which of the following is the best title for this passage?A. Screen reader: tool to access social mediaB. Artificial intelligence: power to help the blindC. Ongoing efforts: strength to improve websitesD. Teaching accessibility: initiative to educate engineersDA strange army of giants stands around the edges of a remote island in the Pacific Ocean.Or at least that's how it might appear.The figures lining Easter Island are actually huge stones carved to look like hulking(笨重的)human figures.The statues have “guarded” these coasts for centuries.But not even the islanders are sure how they got there.Join scientific detectives as they investigate this historical mystery.The MysteryNearly a thousand giant stone figures stand side by side on Easter Island, nowa part of Chile.Called moai (MOH-eye) by the locals, the statues can weigh more than80 tons一about as much as ten whales一and some stand as tall as a three-story building.Scientists think islanders began creating the moai some 800 years ago to honor their ancestors.In land, scientists found a volcanic crater and dug out ancient tools there used to carve figures from the volcanic rock.But the crater(火山口) is far from where most of the statues now stand.And scientists know the people didn't have wheels or animals to move the rock giants.So how did the stone figures travel as far as 11 miles from the crater to the island's coasts? Some ideas are pretty wild一people have suggested that the moai walked by themselves, or even that space aliens beamed down to lend a hand.Scientists struggled to Easter Island to find out the truth.The Detectives"Heave-ho!" cry a group of scientists as they pull on ropes tied to a huge statue.The investigators are seeking clues about the moai in one of Easter Island's green valleys.Wondering if the islanders could have transported the statues upright with just rope and muscle power, they wrapped three strong ropes around the forehead of a ten-foot-tall moai copy.With several people pulling each rope, they're able to rock the 10,000-pound figure side to side, moving it forward with every tug(拖拽)·"The statue's shape makes this movement fairly easy," team leader Carl Lipo says.In the past, researchers have tried other moving methods.One group tied rope to the top and base of an actual moai and attempted to drag it forward with twisting motions.Another team laid a real 13-foot moai onto a giant log and pulled the log forward.All the experiments shared one result: The investigators got serious pain! The EvidenceAlthough various scientific sleuths (侦查) found ways to move the moai, researchers still don't agree on what really happened.Some of these techniques might have only worked over short distances and on flat land.Others would have damaged the moai.Many people think the statues were laid horizontally on wooden sleds which were dragged with rope across log tracks."This would have been the safest way to movethe moai," archaeologist Jo Anne Van Tilburg says."It explains why hardly any are damaged."But the truth may never be revealed.(Experts are pretty sure, though, that aliens weren't involved.)After all, the islanders stopped making the statues at least 300 years ago, later hundreds of islanders left the island or caught deadly diseases brought by explorers.Many of the moai's secrets disappeared with them.Today the only remaining witnesses to the events are the moai themselves. And the lips of these stone-faced giants are sealed.67. How many possible ways of moving the rock giants are mentioned in the passage?A. Six.B. Five.C. Four.D. Three.68. Which of the following statements is true according to the passage?A.The moai was created by the islanders 800 years ago to wish for good luck.B. The statues were made of volcanic rocks with some handmade tools by the locals.C.All the witnesses to the secrets of the moai were infected with deadly diseasesand died.D. Some of the rock giants were damaged while being moved to where they are now.69. The underlined word "horizontally" in the last but one paragraph probably means_A.temporarily on the groundB. steadily on the groundC. parallel to the groundD.vertical to the ground70. What is the best title of this passage?A. Mystery of the Stone Giants..B. Investigation Under WayC.Ways of Moving the Stone Giants.D.The Unrevealed Truth.第四部分：任务型阅读(共10小题：每小题1分，满分10分)请认真阅读下列短文，并根据所读内容在文章后表格中的空格里填入一个最恰当的单词。