甘肃兰州新区2016-2017学年高二英语上学期期末考试试题

甘肃省兰州新区2016-2017学年高二英语上学期期末考试试题本试卷分为第I卷、第II卷、第III卷三部分。

考试结束后，交回答题卡。

第I卷
I 单项选择（共10小题：每小题1.5分，满分15分）
1. I enjoy going to the movies. But ______ the theatre, I prefer staying at home.
A. as far as
B. as for
C. as long as
D. as well
2. Wang Fei is a famous singer and actress, but she is ______ as a singer.
A. more-known
B. better-known
C. well-known
D. most-known
3. Seeing the happy ______ of the mother and her baby playing on the grassland, I immediately took a picture of them.
A. view
B. scene
C. look
D. sight
4. She walked around the room with her nose in the air, pretending I didn’t ______.
A. live
B. exist
C. survive
D. breathe
5. Now the number of the students in our school is ______ that of five years ago.
A. as twice much as
B. twice as larger as
C. as twice large as
D. twice as large as
6. Bruce lost the game. To ______, I told him a lot of jokes.
A. cheer him up
B. pick him up
C. cheer up him
D. pick up him
7. You’d better do the housework by yourself ____ expect others to do it for you.
A. rather than
B. more than
C. less than
D. other than
8. She felt rather _______that she should drive the car at such a___________ speed.
A. frightening, frightening
B. frightened, frightened
C. frightening, frightened
D. frightened, frightening
9. Prices of daily goods _____through a computer can be lower than store prices.
A. are bought
B. bought
C. been bought
D. buying
10. —Shall I help you with that suitcase?
— ________.
A. It's all right, thanks
B. Yes, go ahead please
C. I don't want to trouble you too much
D. No, please don't do it
II 课文语法填空（共10小空：每小空1.5分，满分15分）
Nobody before Jane fully understood chimp__11__. She spent years observing and recording their daily activities. __12__ her childhood she had wanted to work with animals in their own environment. However, this was not easy. When she first arrived in Gombe in 1960, it was __13__ for a woman to live in the forest. Only after her mother came to help her for the first few months was she__14__to begin her project. Her work changed the way people think__15__ chimps. For example, one important thing she discovered was__16__ chimps hunt and eat meat. Until then everyone had thought chimps__17__ only fruit and nuts. She actually observed chimps as a group __18__ a monkey and then eating it. She also discovered how chimps communicate with each other, and her study of their__19__ language helped her work out their social__20__.
第II卷
III阅读理解（共两节，满分40分）
第一节（共15小题：每题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和D）中，选出最佳选项.
A
The morning had been a disaster. My tooth was aching, and I’d been in an argument with a friend. Her words still hurt：“The trouble with you is that you won’t put yourself in my place. Can’t you see things from my point of view?” shook my head stubbornly—and felt the ache in my tooth. I’d thought I could hold out ti ll my dentist came back from holiday, but the pain was really unbearable. I started calling the dentists in the phone book, but no one could see me immediately. Finally, at about lunchtime, I got lucky.
“If you come by right now,” the receptionist said, “the dentist will fit you in.”
I took my purse and keys and rushed to my car. But suddenly I began to doubt about the dentist. What kind of dentist would be so eager to treat someone at such short notice? Why wasn’t he as busy as the others?
In the dentist’s office, I sat down and looked around. I saw nothing but the bare walls and I became even more worried. The assistant noticed my nervousness and placed her warm hand over my ice—cold one.
When I told her my fears, she laughed and said, “Don’t worry. The de ntist is very good. ”
“How long do I have to wait for him?” I asked impatiently.
“Come on, he is coming. Just lie down and relax. And enjoy the artwork,” the assistant said.
“The artwork?” I was puzzled.
The chair went back, suddenly I smiled. There was a beautiful picture, right where I could enjoy it: on the ceiling. How considerate the dentist was！At that moment, I began to understand what my friend meant by her words.
What a relief！
21. Which of the following best describes the author’s feeling that mo rning?
A. Cheerful.
B. Nervous.
C. Satisfied.
D. Upset.
22. What made the author begin to doubt about the dentist?
A. The dentist’s agreeing to treat her at very short notice.
B. The dentist’s being as busy as the other dentists.
C. The surroundings of the dentist’s office.
D. The laughing assistant of the dentist.
23. Why did the author suddenly smile?
A. Because the dentist came at last.
B. Because she saw a picture on the ceiling.
C. Because she could relax in the chair.
D. Because the assistant kept comforting her.
24. What did the author learn from her experience most probably?
A. Strike while the iron is hot.
B. Have a good word for one’s friend
C. Put oneself in other’s shoes
D. A friend in need is a friend indeed.
B
The Healthy Habits Survey（调查）shows that only about one third of American seniors have correct habits. Here are some findings and expert advice.
1. How many times did you brush your teeth yesterday?
·Finding：A full 33% of seniors brush their teeth only once a day.
·Step：Remove the 300 types of bacteria in your mouth each morning with a battery-operated toothbrush. Brush gently for 2 minutes, at least twice a day.
2. How many times did you wash your hands or bathe yesterday?
·Finding：Seniors, on average, bathe fewer than 3 days a week. And nearly 30%wash their hands only 4 times a day-half of the number doctors recommend.
·Step：We touch our faces around 3,000 times a day-often inviting germs（病菌）to enter our mouth, nose, and eyes. Use toilet paper to avoid touching the door handle. And, most important, wash your hands often with hot running water and soap for 20 seconds.
3. How often do you think about fighting germs?
·Finding：Seniors are not fighting germs as well as they should.
·Step：Be aware of germs. Do you know it is not your toilet but your kitchen sponge （海绵）that can carry more germs than anything else? To kill these germs, keep your sponge in the microwave for 10 seconds.
25. What is found out American seniors?
A. Most of then have good habits.
B. Nearly 30%of then bathe three days a week.
C. All of then are fighting germs better than expected.
D. About one third of them brush their teeth only once a day
26. Doctors suggest that people should wash their hands_________________.
A. twice a day
B. three times a day
C. four times a day
D. eight times a day
27. Which of the following is true according to the text?
A. We should keep from touching our faces.
B. There are less than 300 types of bacteria in the mouth.
C. A kitchen sponge can carry more germs than a toilet.
D. We should wash our hands before touching a door handle.
28. The text probably comes from__________________.
A. a guide book
B. a popular magazine
C. an introduction
D. a history book
C
Like many new graduates, I left university full of hope for the future but with no real idea of what I wanted to do. My degree, with honors, in English literature had not really prepared me for anything practical. I knew I wanted to make a
difference in the world someh ow, but I had no idea how to do that. That’s when I learned about the Lighthouse Project.
I started my journey as a Lighthouse Project volunteer by reading as much as
I could about the experiences of previous volunteers. I knew it would be a lot of
hard work, and that I would be away from my family and friends for a very long time. In short, I did not take my decision to apply for the Lighthouse Project lightly. Neither did my family.
Eventually, however, I won the support of my family, and I sent in all the paperwork needed for the application. After countless interviews and presentations, I managed to stand out among the candidates and survive the test alone. Several months later, I finally received a call asking me to report for the duty. I would be going to a small village near Abuja, Nigeria. Where? What? Nigeria? I had no idea. But I was about to find out.
After completing my training, I was sent to the village that was small and desperately in need of proper accommodation. Though the local villagers were poor, they offered their homes, hearts, and food as if I were their own family. I was asked to lead a small team of local people in building a new schoolhouse. For the next year or so, I taught in that same schoolhouse. But I sometimes think I learned more from my students than they did from me.
Sometime during that period, I realized that all those things that had seemed so strange or unusual to me no longer did, though I did not get anywhere with the local language, and returned to the United States a different man. The Lighthouse Project had changed my life forever.
29. What do we know about the author?
A. His university education focused on the theoretical knowledge.
B. His dream at university was to become a volunteer.
C. He took pride in having contributed to the world.
D. He felt honored to study English literature.
30. According to the Paragraph 2, it is most likely that the author_______.
A. discussed his decision with his family
B. asked previous volunteers about voluntary work
C. attended special training to perform difficult tasks
D. felt sad about having to leave his family and friends
31. On arrival at the village, the author was _______.
A. asked to lead a farming team
B. sent to teach in a schoolhouse
C. received warmly by local villagers
D. arranged to live in a separate house
D
Since the first Earth Day in 1970, Americans have gotten a lot “greener” toward the environment. “We didn’t know at that time there even was an environment, let alone that there was a prob lem with it,” says Bruce Anderson, president of Earth Day USA.
But what began as nothing important in public affairs has grown into a social movement. Business people, political leaders, university professors, and especially millions of grass-roots America ns are taking part in the movement. “The understanding has increased many, many times,” says Gaylord Nelson, the former governor from Wisconsin, who thought up the first Earth Day.
According to US government reports, emissions （排放） from cars and trucks have dropped from 10.3 million tons a year to 5.5 million tons. The number of cities producing CO beyond the standard has been reduced from 40 to 9. Although serious problems still remain and need to be dealt with, the world i s a safer and healthier place .A kind of “Green thinking” has become part of practices.
Great improvement has been achieved. In 1988 there were only 600 recycling programs; today in 1995 there are about 6,600. Advanced lights, motors, and building designs have helped save a lot of energy and therefore prevented pollution.
Twenty-five years ago, there were hardly any education programs for environment. Today, it’s hard to find a public school, university, or law school that does not have such a kind of progr am. “Until we do that, nothing else will change! ” say Bruce Anderson.
32. According to Anderson, before 1970, Americans had little idea about _________.
A. the social movement
B. recycling techniques
C. environmental problems
D. the importance of Earth Day
33. Where does the support for environmental protection mainly come from?
A. The grass-roots level.
B. The business circle.
C. Government officials.
D. University professors.
34. What have Americans achieved in environmental protection?
A. They have cut car emissions to the lowest.
B. They have settled their environmental problems.
C. They have lowered their CO levels in forty cities.
D. They have reduced pollution through effective measures.
35. What is especially important for environmental protection according to the last paragraph?
A. Education.
B. Planning.
C. Green living.
D. CO reduction.
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。

选项中有两项为多余选项。

How do you improve your spelling? __36__Just as we learn spoken language by hearing lots of people speaking, we learn written language, including spelling, by reading what a lot of people write. Spelling is not about how a word sounds, it’s about how it looks on the page, which means you have to look at a lot of words on the page to learn the correct spelling about it.
Make a list of your commonly misspelled words. __37__When you get a chance, look it up and put the correct spelling next to it.
__38__If you look it up more than once, add it to your personal list.
Write! Write! Write! __39__When you look it up how to spell a word, write it down several times in a row and do it again a day or two later. __40__Write a blog, a journal, e-mails, a novel, anything that will keep you using words and pay special attention as you write to the words that come up wrong.
A.There is no substitute(代替) for reading a lot.
B.Put a mark next to every word you look up in the dictionary.
C.Those of us who spell well have a hard time explaining it, too.
D.Let others read your writings, and ask them to circle misspelled words.
E.You’re trying to build up the motor memory of writing it correctly spelled.
F.The only way to really learn a word is to use it, and that counts for spelling as
much as for learning its meaning.
G.When you catch yourself spelling the same word wrong over and over, write it down
somewhere.
IV 完形填空（共20小题；每小题1. 5分，满分30分）
阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。

One man was to meet his wife downtown and spend some time shopping with her. He waited __41__ for 15 minutes. Then he waited impatiently for 15 minutes more. After that, he became__42__. When he saw a photograph booth（照相亭）, he had a(n) __43__. He wore the
most unhappy expression he could manage, which was not __44__in the situation. In a few moments, he was holding four small prints that __45__ even him.
He wrote his wife’s name on t he back of the photos and handed them to a __46__behind the desk in the booth. “__47__you see a small, dark lady with brown eyes and an apologetic expression, obviously __48__ someone, would you please give her this?” he said. He then __49__ to his office in Morrison Building, __50__ that if a picture is worth a thousand words, then the four photos must be a good __51__! He sat down with a smile.
His wife __52__those pictures. She carries them in her purse now and shows them to anyone who asks if she is mar ried …
How are you with__53__? One person calls it “wait training.” It seems that there is always something we are __54__. We wait on traffic and we wait in lines. We wait to hear about a new job. We wait to complete school. We wait for someone to change his or her mind.
Patience is an important __55__of a happy and rewarding life. __56__, some things are worth waiting for. __57__presents many opportunities for wait training.
We can hate waiting, __58__ it or even get good at it! But one thing is __59__ —we cannot avoid it. How is your __60__coming along?
41. A. proudly B. respectfully C. patiently D. curiously
42. A. angry B. hungry C. frightened D. thirsty
43. A. question B. reason C. opinion D. idea
44.A. serious B. difficult C. regular D. convenient
45. A. hurt B. encouraged C. attracted D. shocked
46. A. clerk B. secretary C. passer-by D. friend
47. A. Since B. Before C. As D. If
48. A. looking for B. working for C. sending for D. paying for
49. A. called B. returned C. got D. left
50. A. worried B. disappointed C. satisfied D. surprised
51. A. description B. preparation C. excuse D. lecture
52. A. tore B. saved C. developed D. destroyed
53. A. waiting B. family C. patience D. determination
54. A. hoping for B. waiting for C. ready for D. fit for
55. A. lesson B. experience C. purpose D. quality
56. A. For example B. After all C. Right now D. So far
57. A. Every age B. Every shop C. Every day D. Every office
58. A. accept B. control C. change D. improve
59. A. certain B. interesting C. precious D. easy
60. A. photo taking B. job hunting C. decision making D. wait training
第III卷
英语知识运用（共两节，满分45分）
第二节（共10小题：每小题1. 5分，满分15分）
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。

Mr. Johnson lived in the woods with his wife and children. He owned 61. ______ farm, which looked almost abandoned. 62. ______ (lucky), he also had a cow which produced milk every day. He sold or exchanged some of the milk in the towns nearby 63. ______other food and made cheese and butter for the family with what 64. ______ (leave). The cow was their only means of support, in fact. One day, the cow was eating grass 65. ______ it began to rain heavily. While making great efforts to run away, she 66. ______ (fall) over the hill and died. Then the Johnsons had to make a living 67. ______ the cow. In order to support his family, Mr. Johnson began to plant herbs and vegetables. Since the plants took a while to grow, he started cutting down trees 68. ______ (sell) the wood. Thinking about his children’s c lothes, he started growing cotton too. When harvest came around, he was already selling herbs, vegetables and cotton in the market 69. ______people from the town met regularly. Now it occurred to 70. ______ that his farm had much potential and that the death of the cow was a bit of luck.
改错 (共10小题：每小题1分，满分10分)
假定英语课上老师要求同桌之间交换修改作文，请你修改你同桌写的以下作文。

文中共有10处语言错误，每句中最多有两处。

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（＼）划掉。

修改：在错的词下画一横线，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.只允许修改10处，多者（从第11处起）不计分。

Dear Jeremy and Alice,
Although we’ve been delighted to have you as neighbors, we’re hoping to settle something that bothers to us. In a word, your dog — Cleo.
We’ve called several time about Cleo’s early morning barking. It is difficult to understanding w hy she barks every minute she’s outside. The early morning barking have been disturbing us as we are often up all night with the baby. Beside, Cleo tends to bark a average of six hours a day. This morning she starts barking even before 5 o’clock. That is too much for us, considering how closely the houses are.
We appreciate our apologies and goodwill, but we hope that you can figure a good way of settling the matter.
Sincerely,
Jack and Rose 书面表达（满分25分）
近日，我校学生吃零食现象十分普遍，为此学校准备举行一次主题英语演讲活动。

请你根据下列提
示以Don’t Ea t Snacks为题撰写一篇英语演讲稿，呼吁同学们不要吃零食。

1. 现象；
2. 危害（金钱、健康及环境等方面）。

注意：1. 词数120左右；
2. 可以适当增加细节，使行文连贯；
3. 演讲稿的开头与结束语已为你写好（不计入总词数）。

Don’t Eat Snacks
Good morning, everyone! The topic of my speech today is “Don’t eat snacks”.
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Thanks for listening.
2016-1017学年度第一学期期末考试
高二年级英语答案
I 单项选择（共10小题：每小题1.5分，满分15分）
1-5 ABBBD 6-10 AADBA
II 课文语法填空（共10小空：每小空1.5分，满分15分）
11 behavior/ behavior 12 Since 13 unusual 14 allowed 15 about 16 that 17 ate 18 hunting 19 body 20 system
III阅读理解（共两节，满分40分）
21-25 DABCD 26-30 DCBAA
31-35 CCADA 36-40 A G B F E
IV 完形填空（共20小题；每小题1. 5分，满分30分）
41-45 CADBD 46-50 ADABC 51-55 DBCBD 56-60 BCAAD
语法填空
61 a 62 Luckily 63for 64left 65when 66fell 67without 68 to sell 69 where 70 him
改错 (共10小题：每小题1分，满分10分)
1.第一句：去掉第三个to
2.第三句：time→times
3.第四句：understanding→understand
4.第五句：have→has
5.第六句：beside→besides
6.第六句：average前面的a→an
7.第七句：starts→started
8.第八句：closely→close
9.第九句：our→your
10.第十句：figure→out
六作文题 (共1题，总分值25)
Don’t Eat Snacks
Good morning, everyone! The topic of my speech today is “Don’t eat snacks”.
As you can see, there is a serious phenomenon in our school that many students will crowd in the school store to buy snacks after each class and some students even eat snacks in class.
Eating snacks is a bad habit and is also a waste of money. In addition, most snacks are unhealthy food, for they contain too much fat and sugar. Eating snacks improperly may lead to fatness and illness. What’s worse, some students throw the wrappers everywhere, which pollutes our campus.
Dear fellow students, it’s high time that we shouldn’t act like kids any more. We high school students should develop good eating habits. Remember that three regular meals a day as well as a balanced diet is essential for us. Let’s form good eating habits and say no to snacks.
Thanks for listening.。