甘肃省静宁一中2016-2017学年度高二下学期期末考试英语试题

静宁一中2016—2017学年度高二级第二学期期末试题（卷）英语第Ⅰ卷第一部分英语知识运用（共两节，满分25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A、B、C和D四个选项中，选出最佳选项。

AWith the Chinese language growing in popularity, the UK government plans to invest(投资) 10 million pounds to help more kids learn Mandarin(普通话). Do you think it is necessary for the UK pupils to learn Mandarin? Some people share their opinions online.Ted(UK): The learning of any language can be valuable and rewarding, but it is not suitable for everyone. Chinese is a difficult language to learn and the UK has a poor reputation for teaching foreign languages. Why should they learn Chinese when most people in the world speak English?Mark(US): I studied French for 2 years in high school and German for 4 years in college. I studied Mandarin informally for about 4 months before moving to China. Now I speak Mandarin every day as my wife doesn’t speak English. But it is far from being fluent. Learning additional languages is a great thing, which offers a different perspective on the world around us. Nowadays, it’s almost necessary to be able to speak more than just your native tongue.George (UK): No, unless they’re taught from a very early stage of childhood. Mandarin is so difficult. If China really is going to dominate the world, it’ll have to do so by speaking the world’s dominant language---English.Sam (UK): I don’t think Chinese will become as widely spoken throughout the world as English. It is too difficult to learn as a second language. To learn Chinese you completely have to devote yourself to learning how to write and read it. If you have to learn it besides other subjects you can’t be good at it. But Chinese will become more popular, and that is a good thing.1．What is probably Mark’s main motivation（动机）for learning Chinese?A. Further education.B. Effective communicationC. His frequent travelD. The official policy2．What does Sam think of learning Chinese?A. It’s necessary.B. It’s of little use.C. It takes too much time.D. It’s not popular.3．What seems to be the major problem when foreigners try to learn Chinese?A. Its difficulty as a languageB. Misunderstanding about ChinaC. The great popularity of EnglishD. A lack of learning resources.BSure, human dads can play games with their kids and help with homework, but can they give birth? Daddy sea horses can! This Father’s Day, while you’re praising your daddy, you may also remember that some of the best dads in the world can be found in the animal kingdom:Sea horses: The “Mr. Moms” in the sea, male sea horses, carry up to 2,000 fertilized eggs in smalluntil they are ready to live by themselves.Dar win’s rheas: Thought your dad was overprotective? Darwin’s rheas, also known as South American ostriches (鸵鸟), are so protective of their children that they have even been known to attack small airplanes on the ground if they get too close to their home!Marmosets: These little monkeys do everything but give lectures on how to give birth! Devoted dads assist during their babies’ birth. They also let Mom get some rest by taking care of the kids when she’s not nursing them.Sand grouse: These pigeon-like birds live in areas where water is rare, so fathers fly as many as 50 miles to get water for their kids. After they dip their breast feathers in the water, they fly home and let their chicks suck the water from their bodies.Fathers in the animal kingdom ar e not that different from our own beloved dads. This Father’s Day, when you are honoring your dad, honor animal dads, too, by practicing kindness toward all animals.4. The underlined “they” in paragraph 2 refers to ________.A. fertilized eggsB. their stomachsC. male sea horsesD. baby sea horses5. According to the passage, which animal is the most protective?A. A sea horseB. A Darwin’s rheaC. A marmosetD. A san grouse6. The passage mainly tells readers ________.A. how clever and brave animals areB. how to honor animal dads on Father’s DayC. animal dads are different from human dadsD. some interesting facts about male animalsCIt’s been just over a year since 9-year-old Zion Harvey received a double-hand transplant(移植), and now, what he really wants to do is playing football. “I feel happy about my new hands, and I don’t feel different. I like that now I can throw a football further than when I didn’t have hands,” he said.The nation’s youngest hand-transplant patient has been working hard to learn how to use his new hands. He lost his hands and his feet 7 years ago after suffering from a serious infection. In August, the boy showed off his new abilities by throwing out the first ball at a baseball game. Dr. Scott Levin, t eam leader of Zion’s operation, said Zion was faced with the operation much braverthan many adults. “I’ve never seen Zion cry,” Levin said. “He’s just an amazing boy. He has such courage and determination and gives us all inspiration.”Zion said his courage came from the two most amazing people: his mom and his grandma. His mother, Pattie Ray, said, “It’s been a long journey but now I feel like I am living in my dream. It’s his dream, and it’s mine, too. I’m just living through him, and I’m just here t o support him in any way and help him do whatever he wants to do.”However，Zion told reporters his mom wouldn’t let him try out for football. His mom said it’s too dangerous. She also pointed out that he might be playing against little kids, not professionals, and she told him they would discuss it later. Zion tried to counter her argument. “My next goal: convince Mom to let me play football,” he said.7. What is Zion’s attitude towards his transplanted hands?A. He likes them a lotB. He tries to ignore themC. He accepts them unwillinglyD. He has mixed feelings about them.8. What did Dr. Scott Levin think of Zion?A. He was unusually quiet.B. He was well worth praising.C. He was cleverer than expected.D. He was a talented football player.9. Which of the following words can best describe Pattie Ray?A. Sensitive and strict.B. Devoted and supportiveC. Optimistic and activeD. Open-minded and outgoing.10. What does the underlined word “counter” in the last paragraph mean?A. acceptB. proveC. be againstD. commentDWhat would you like to be when you grow up? A teacher? A doctor? An astronaut? What do you need to do to achieve your dream job? Perhaps you think that studying well and then going on to work hard will get you successful career you want. We are constantly taught that our hard work will eventually pay off.But a government survey has shown that hard work is not the only thing that will help you to move up the ladder. Two thirds of people believe that who you know matters more than what you know when it comes to social activity. So are the connections that you have more important than your education?76% of the people in the survey believed that family background is important in influencing your chances of success. They believe that if you are privileged from birth, you are more likely to have a successful career, especially if your family is wealthy.E ven if you don’t have a privileged background, the people you know can still make a difference to your career. Networking is a skill which is encouraged by many career advisers. Some companies run networking workshops to try and encourage staff to meet other people, to communicate and build relationships. It’s a valuable skill.But the survey also showed something quite interesting. Although most people believed thatnetworks are more important than education, many people put their own career success down to talent, rather than background. 41% of the people said that their parents’ income had influenced their life, but at the same time, another 41% believed that they had achieved their own success.So which is more important, what you know or who you know? It seems that by working hard and making lots of connections, the answer may be that both are very important.11. Which of the following is closet in meaning to the underlined part?A. Practice makes perfectB. Nothing is impossibleC. Hope for the bestD. No pains, no gains12. According to the government survey，the most important factor to help people move up theladderis _________.A. hard workB. educationC. social relationshipD. social activity13. Which of the following is NOT true according to the passage?A. 76% of the people think social relationship is most important.B. 41% of the people believe parents’ income is most important.C. 76% of the people think family background ranks first.D. 41% of the people believe they gained their own success.14. From the passage we can infer that the writer writes the article to _____.A. stress the importance of educationB. challenge the traditional beliefC. make lots of social connectionsD. encourage people to work hard.15. Which of the following is the best title for the passage?A. the Way to SuccessB. Keep Your Dream in MindC. A Wealthy and Smooth CareerD. A Survey on People’s Dreams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。