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本溪一中2016级高二（上）期末考试英语试题命题人：卢华时间：100分钟满分：120分说明：1.考试前，考生务必按要求在答题卡和答题纸上正确填涂考生信息；2.第I卷为选择题，请用2B铅笔将答案涂在答题卡上，写在试卷上的答案无效；3.第II卷为主观题，请用黑色字迹钢笔或签字笔书写在答题纸指定区域，写在试卷上的答案无效；4.考试结束后，请交回答题卡和答题纸。

第I卷(客观题共70分）第一部分听力（略）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，从每小题所给的四个选项（A、B、C、D)中，选出最佳选项，在答题卡上将该项涂黑APlaces to go for Halloween fun in ChengduOne of the most fun and fulfilling things during the season is to throw a Halloween party and boogie through the night with friends and family. When pumpkins, witch’s hats and spiders make their annual appearance you can tell Halloween is approaching.Whether it’s a party for children or just one for ad ults, there are so many great treats, games, music and activities that you can enjoy yourselves in the city.Dark Mirror-themed PartyWith a scary theme —Dark Mirror (黑暗之镜), Lan wai Fong Chengdu this year will host a big Halloween party on October 31st with these elements Ghost Parade, Haunted House, Costume Contest and so on. Participants could enjoy live music show, dance and play “trick or treat” games in the public outdoor area.Venue Lan wai Fong Chengdu, 1 Shuijing StreetHalloween Carnival PartyThe Chengdu Happy Valley Amusement Park is to host a Halloween Carnival Party that features magicperformances, live rock bands performance and lots of wicked events for participants. The Halloween season in the park will last till November 11 with admission from 80 to 150 yuan.Venue 16 ihua AvenueBeer Nest Halloween PartyThe Beer Nest I and Beer Nest II will be decorated in a haunted(闹鬼的) house style and there will be scary movies playing on the big screens of the Beer Nest II. Entertaining activities, such as food & drink specials, live DJs, cool music and Spooky ids Workshops, will be held and a professional markup artist from Sweden will be there for those who want to make an impression Halloween night.Halloween E-sports Night PartyThe Halloween E-sports Night to take place on October 31 is one of the highlights of the E-sports Cartoon and Animation Festival to be held in Chengdu Eastern Suburb Memory on October 31-November 1. It will offer relevant activities including cosplay showcases, e-sports competition and live music shows as a platform to communicate with celebrated anime artists and cartoon lovers.Venue 4 Mid-section, South Jianshe Road21.How can we tell Halloween is approaching?A. People are eating pumpkins.B. Spiders are weaving nets at the corner.C. Families or friends are getting together.D. Witch's hats are sitting on the head.22.What can participants do at Halloween E-sports Night Party?A. Make cartoon shows.B. Attend E-Game competitions.C. Learn to arrange cosplay shows.D. Exchange ideas with anime artists.23.What can we infer from the Beer Nest Halloween Party?A. The party will be held in two places one after another.B. Scary movies will be played in the public outdoor area.C. The Sweden artist is expected to bring joy to the party.D. The party will be decorated in a traditional Chinese way.BPlanetary changes which will have an influence on many are drawing near because of the poor ecological state of the planet. Actually change has already begun through climate changes, but mosthumans haven’t noticed this yet. Climate change has begun to inf luence the world already and will begin to worsen within the next few years. Around 2020 most people will begin to see that the results of climate change will be far more serious than now understood.As the planet is under big geological stresses, which are continuously increasing, it will in the future no longer be able to support its population. Scarcity of resources, over-farming, lack of clean air, not enough clean drinking water and drought are some of the issues that will all play a much greater role in the near future.Humans have caused large ecological devastation. The lifestyles of many people are improving at a fast speed; however, this will finally result in a lack of some precious resources. When this scarcity begins to happen, people will no longer be able to have sustainable lifestyles.It’s important to understand that everyone plays a role in the whole process of life. Each person’s decision can finally affect the future. These decisions, all combined, can have good effect on what the future will be like for humans. So the future depends on the choices we make at the present moment.While more and more people are becoming aware of climate change and other environmental problems related to global warming, not all are fully understanding how far-reaching its effects will be. Unfortunately, most of the humans are aware that the planet isn’t functioning well, but they don’t understand that this is creating a major problem for the future survival of humans.So, every person should make the necessary changes to reduce their influence on the environment and help create a more sustainable future.24. Which is the best title for the text?A. The Causes of Planetary ChangesB. The Influence of Ecological DevastationC. Environmental Damage and the Human FutureD. The Ways of Building a Sustainable Future25. What opinion does the author most probably hold?A. Humans shouldn’t try to improve their lifestyles.B. The future we’ll have depends on every one of us.C. The ecological devastation is coming to a stop soon.D. The future of humans can be determined ahead of time.26. The word scarcity is similar to ____________.A. abundanceB. scarceC. lackD. accumulation27. In the last paragraph the author is trying to____________.A. call on people to work hard to make their future betterB. encourage people to make efforts to protect the environmentC. warn people of the dangers of ecological devastationD. tell people the right way to protect the environmentCOne day when I was 12, my mother gave me an order I was to walk to the public library, and borrow at least one book for the summer. This was one more weapon for her to defeat my strange problem inability to read.In the library, I found my way into the "Children's Room." I sat down on the floor and pulled a few books off the shelf at random. The cover of a book caught my eye. It presented a picture of a beagle. I had recently had a beagle, the first and only animal companion I ever had as a child. He was my secret sharer, but one morning, he was gone, given away to someone who had the space and the money to care for him. I never forgot my beagle.There on the book's cover was a beagle which looked identical to my dog. I ran my fingers over the picture of the dog on the cover. My eyes ran across the title, Amos, the Beagle with a Plan. Unknowingly, I had read the title. Without opening the book, I borrowed it from the library for the summer.Under the shade of a bush, I started to read about Amos. I read very, very slowly with difficulty. Though pages were turned slowly, I got the main idea of the story about a dog who, like mine, had been separated from his family and who finally found his way back home. That dog was my dog, and I was the little boy in the book. At the end of the story, my mind continued the final scene of reunion, on and on, until my own lost dog and I were, in my mind, running together.My mother's call returned me to the real world .I suddenly realized something I had read a book, and I had loved reading that book. Everyone knew I could not read. But I had read it. Books could be incredibly wonderful and I was going to read them.I never told my mother about my "miraculous"（奇迹般地）experience that summer, but she saw a slow but remarkable improvement in my classroom performance during the next year. And years later, she was proud that her son had read thousands of books, was awarded a PhD in literature, and authored his own books, articles, poetry and fiction. The power of the words has held.28. The author's mother told him to borrow a book in order to .A. encourage him to do more walkingB. let him spend a meaningful summerC. help cure him of his reading problemD. make him learn more about weapons29.The book caught the author's eye because .A. it reminded him of his own dogB. he found its title easy to understandC. it contained pretty pictures of animalsD. he liked children's stories very much30.Why could the author manage to read the book through?A. He was forced by his mother to read it.B. He identified with the story in the book.C. The book told the story of his pet dog.D. The happy ending of the story attracted him.31.Which one could be the best title of the passage?A. My Passion for ReadingB. Mum's Strict OrderC. Reunion with My BeagleD. The Charm of a BookDNowadays, new technologies continue to emerge. From self-driving cars to carebots (care+robots) for elderly people, rapid development in technology has long represented a possible threat to many jobs normally performed by people. But experts now believe that almost 50 percent of occupations existing today will be completely unnecessary by 2025 as artificial intelligence continues to change businesses.“The next fifteen years will see a revolution in how we work, and a revolution will necessarily take place in how we plan and think about workplaces,” said Peter Andrew, Director of Workplace Strategy for CBRE Asia Pacific.A growing number of jobs in the future will require creative intelligence, social skills and the ability to use artificial intelligence.The report is based on interviews with 200 experts, business leaders and young people from AsiaPacific, Europe and North America. It shows that in the US technology already destroys more jobs than it creates.But the report states “Losing occupations does not necessarily mean losing jobs --- just changing what people do.” growth in new jobs could occur as much, according to the research. “The growth of 20 to 40 person companies that have the speed and technological know-how(专门技术) will directly challenge big companies,” it states.A 2014 report by Pew Research found 52 percent of experts in artificial intelligence and robotics were optimistic about the future and believed there would still be enough jobs in the next few years. The optimists pictured “a future in which robots do not take the place of more jobs than they create,” according to Aaron Smith, the report’s co- author.“Technology will continue to affect jobs, but more jobs seem likely t o be created. Although there have always been unemployed people, when we reached a few billion people there were billions of jobs. There is no shortage of things that need to be done and that will not change,” Microsoft’s Jonathan Grudin told researchers.32.We can infer from the text that in the future _________.A. people will face many difficultiesB. people will take up more creative jobsC. artificial intelligence will threaten people’s livesD. most jobs will be done in traditional workplaces33.According to the report, ________.A. people won’t necessarily lose jobsB. big companies will face fewer challengesC. small companies will win against big companiesD. most people will become interested in technology34.What is the attitude of most experts in artificial intelligence and robotics to the future?A. MixedB. WorriedC. HopefulD. Doubtful35.Jonathan Grudin’s words in the last paragraph suggest that ________.A. there will be enough jobs for peopleB. things will change a lot in a few yearsC. many people will become unemployedD. technology will totally change future jobs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符合各段大意的最佳选项。