常州市2017学年高一年级(下)期末统考英语试卷

常州市2017学年高一年级（下）期末统考英语试卷2017年6月第一卷选择题（共74分）一、听力（共20小题；每小题1分，满分20分）略二、单项选择（共10小题；每小题1分，满分10分）21. Good news never goes beyond the gate, __________ bad news spreads far and wide.A. whenB. asC. whileD. before22. Walking for half an hour every day will help you keep fit. As an added __________, you won’t suffer from lack of sleep.A. favorB. bonusC. awardD. promise23. Chinese web novels enjoy great popularity with many people, among __________ are a large number of foreign readers.A. whichB. whatC. themD. whom24. Social media, such as WeChat and Sina Weibo are, as Amazon has reported, __________ readers are encouraged to share reading experiences.A. whereB. whichC. whatD. when25. He ___________ computer games the whole Sunday morning. I think he should have helped with some cleaning.A. has playedB. has been playingC. was playingD. had played26.--- I’m afraid I won’t have the chance to go to the concert.--- Don’t worry. You ___________ have the ticket for it, I promise you.A. shallB. wouldC. mayD. should27. Some Olympic sports judged to have become less popular have to __________ new sports which are more popular.A. make use ofB. make way forC. take charge ofD. take control of28. It was the Silk Road, a trade route, __________ promoted the East-West culture and economic exchange.A. 不填B. butC. whereD. that29. ___________, Alice sat down on the floor and began to cry.A. Unhappy and tiredB. Unhappily and tiredC. Unhappy and tiredlyD. Unhappily and tiredly30. --- Oh, I can’t make up my mind whether to accept the job offer.--- Why not? You need a job, ____________.A. Don’t hesitateB. Take your timeC. Take your turnD. Don’t worry三、完形填空（共15小题；每小题1分，满分15分）When I was younger I was interested in stories of magic. I eagerly read books where wizards(魔法师）____31____ the powers of darkness in strange worlds. I felt joyful when they brought peace and happiness to their lands. I ___32___ wished for magical powers for myself. I wanted to be able to magically make my problems___33___. and to control this world that so often controls us.As I got older, ___34____, I realized that there was no such thing as magic and the ___35___ reality of life set in. I ___36____ through a long period of poverty(贫穷). I felt sadness and sorrow when both of my sons____37___ Autism (自闭症).I still sometimes daydreamed of magic but ___38___ even that faded away.Then one day I am not sure ___39___, I began to discover a different kind of magic. This magic grew ___40___ in my heart, soul, and mind day by day and year by year. This magic was called ___41___. This magic connected me to God,because God is love. It also connected me to my own highest ___42___and to all of the other souls in this world. It didn’t reduce my poverty but it made every day of my life feel ___43___. It didn’t ___44__ my sons’ Autism, but it helped me see them as the beautiful, loving, and joyful souls that they __45__ are. It didn’t __46___ me a wizard but it helped me to ___47___the darkness of this world with my own light.There is such a thing as magic ___48___each one of us. May you choose it, __49___ it,and live in it every single day of your life. May you use it to help others, to heal this world,and to build a ___50___ to Heaven.四、阅读理解（共12小题；每小题2分，满分24分）AIt is a world where the closest feelings and desires can be expressed with a single emoticon(情感符号）.And it seems the quick nature of social media and texting is having an impact on English language as the words we most frequently use are getting shorter.Helen Newstead, the head of language content at Collins, said most of the “words of the year 2016” are used by or related to the younger generation born towards the end of the last century. Their contribution to the constant evolution of the English language should not be ignored.Ms Newstead put the changing nature of language down to social media where space is often small and messages are sent in a hurry. She told the Telegraph: “ I think because so many of our communications are by social media, there is a lot more sharing and words come to light a lot quicker than they used to.”The Collins list is put together by a panel of lexicographers and experts, who look at terms that are becoming increasingly used. There are around 4.5 billion words in the Collins Corpus, but between 10 and 12 are picked for the final list.2016|Collins ‘ Word s of the YearBrexit: The withdrawal of the United Kingdom UnionDude food: Junk food considered particularly appealing to menHygge: A concept of creating a comfortable atmosphere that promotes well-beingJomo(joy of missing out): Pleasure gained when one decides to refuse a party invitation without any fear of missing the event.Mic drop: the act of pretending to drop a microphone after speakingSharenting: The habitual use of social media to share news and images of one’s childrenSnowflake generation: Young adults who are more likely to become angry than previous generationsThrow shade: To publicly show contempt(轻视)Trumpism: The policies advocated by the US politician Donald TrumpUberization: A business model where services are offered directly to customers usually by mobile technology51. Which of the following words best describes the situation: “You’re enjoying what you’re doing instead of constantly checking social media to see what everybody else is doing.”?A. sharentingB. hyggeC. jomoD. uberisation52. Which of the following is related to politics?A. mic dropB. TrumpismC. throw shadeD. sharenting53. These factors contribute to words getting shorter except .A. limited space in social mediaB. the hurry to send textsC. the younger generationD. evolution of EnglishBScientists said they have found evidence of a giant planet far out in our solar system.In a statement, the California Institute of Technology(Caltech) said this planet travels a strange?“highly elongated orbit in the distant solar system”.The discovery was made by two researchers at Caltech; Konstantin Batygin and?Mike Brown. They used mathematical modeling and computer simulations (模拟)to find the planet.So?far, there have not been any direct observations of the planet.“My jaw hit the floor,”?said astronomer Mike Brown, the moment he realized there might be a ninth planet.The scientists said it would take this planet 10,000to 20,000 years just to make one full orbit around the sun. The new planet, called?“Planet Nine”?has a mass about 10 times the size of Earth.It is believed that the planet orbits, or travels, around the sun from a great distance. The planet Neptune’s average distance to the sun is about 4.5 billion kilometers. But?“Planet Nine”?could be 20 times farther away from the sun than that.While they did not get a picture of?“Planet Nine”?yet, the scientists say they are using the biggest and best telescopes on Earth to try to find it.Brown and Batygin reported their finding in The Astronomical Journal. They say that this new planet is so large that there should be no doubt that it is a true planet, once they confirm it.Robert Massey is with the Royal Astronomical Society in London. He told AFP that planets have been predicted before, and then were not found. But, he said the work of the these researchers is definitely worth following up.?“It would be a really exciting thing to find. At the moment it’s simply a prediction（预测）.”54. What does the underlined sentence in Paragraph5 mean?A.?He felt quite shocked???B.?He felt on the floorC.?He made a public speechD.?He went on observing55. What can we know about?“Planet Nine”?from the text?A.?It could be the ninth planet discovered since ancient timesB.?It could be about 10 times as large as the earthC.?It could travel around the Earth on a special orbitD. Its distance to the sun could be about 90 billion kilometers56. What’s Robert’s attitude?towards?the discovery of?“Planet Nine”?A.?doubtful????B. unclear????C. worried????D. supportive57. What’s the best title for the text?A.?The discovery of the largest planetB.?The prediction?of a ninth planet in solar systemC. Attitudes to “Planet Ninth”?in?the?solar systemD.?Values of fin ding “Planet Ninth” in the solar systemCI was in the garden with Augie, My four-year-old grandson, watching the bees. “Bees make honey,” I said. After a pause, Augie replied, “ How do they make the honey?” There is nothing like a child’s question for exposing the limits of a grandmother’s wisdom.“Actually, Augie, I don’t know,” I said.“But, Grandma, you have your phone,” he said. For Augie, a smart phone is as natural as the bees, and holding one is almost equal to knowing.I Googled “How do bees make honey?” There were dozens of videos explaining it. Augie and I learned that worker bees produce an enzyme（酵素）, which changes nectar（花蜜）into dextrose. then beat their wings to thicken the nectar into honey.“It’s kind of hard to see the bees.” I said.“Why don’t we watch it on the big computer?” Augie said.For the next hour, we sat inside, bee-surfing. There were a lot of beekeeper selfie videos, best of which was a BBC documentary about the “waggle dance,” the remarkable communication system that allows bees to give one another directions to the places where they’ve found nectar.Most of my own children was spent reading books, forgetting the world around me. Over time, reading controlled my brain, as large areas once dedicated to dealing with the “real” world adapted to dealing with the printed word. This didn’t limit my development , but it didi leave me with some illusions（错觉）—my idea of romantic love surely came from novels.Many parents worry that “screen time” will harm children’s development, but re cent research suggests that most of the common fears about children and screens are unfounded. (There is one exception: looking at screens that emit blue light before bed really does disturb sleep,in people of all ages.) The new guidelines emphasize that what matters is content and context, what children watch and with whom. Each child, after all, will have some hundred thousand of conscious experience before turning sixteen. Those hours can be like the wonderful ones that Augie and I spent together bee-watching, or they can be mindless—and that’s true whether those hours are occupied by apps or TV or books or just by talk.New tools have always led to panic. Socrates thought that reading and writing would have disastrous effects on memory; the novel, the telegraph, the telephone, and the television were all declared to the End of Civilization, particularly in the hands of the young. Part of the reason may be that adult brains require a lot of focus and effort to learn something new, while children’s brains are designed to master new environments naturally. Advanced technologies always seem disturbing to the adults attempting to master them, and obvious to those children, like Augie.Like the bees, we live by the reports of others. Unlike the bees. We can invent new worlds., constructing them out of apps or TV or books. Sometimes those worlds confuse; at other times, they tell us something inspiring. When Augie’s father got home, Augie rushed to meet him in excitement. “Daddy, Daddy, look,” he said, reaching for the phone. “Do you know how bees make honey? I’ll show you....?58. What can be learnt from the dialogue between the author and Augie?A.The author felt embarrassed about not knowing the answer.B.Augie turned to the smartphone for answers instead of using his head.C.They gained a lot of information about bees on the Internet.D.Children are more creative and quicker in thinking than old people.59. The author mentions her childhood experience in Paragraph 8 in order to _______.A.introduce the theme of the passagepare her childhood with Augie’sC.Analyze the good effects of readingD.show great technological changes60. Which of the following statements might the author agree with?A.What children watch or read is harmless to their development.B.The new tools like apps harmed the progress of civilization.C.It’s worrying that apps and books may have bad information.D.It takes children less energy to learn new technologies than adults.61. What does the underlined sentence in the last paragraph imply?A.Humans communicate in the same way as bees.B.Humans can build up more form what they read.C.Humans depend on news reports for information.D.Apps or books open a confusing world to people.62. What does the author mainly want to say with this article?A.Technologies bring more confusion than inspiration to people.B.Screen time keeps the children from thinking independently.C.Screen time doesn’t necessarily harm children’s development.D.Technologies will open up new worlds to old people and children.第二卷非选择题（共46分）五、阅读文章，回答问题（共5小题；每小题1分，满分5分）You travel thousands of miles to experience new cultures. The peer-to-peer orsharing-economy(经济)movement makes it possible for travelers to live locally by staying in other people’s homes, driving their cars, eating in their kitchens and so on, seeing a new destination through their eyes.Why share? After the economic downturn, people developed new ways to make money by sharing resources they already had, such as house, vehicles and skills, while this movement has mobilized an army of micro-entrepreneurs(小型企业家)，it has also resulted in traveler benefits ranging from practice(savings and convenince) to enriching (authentic experience). It also supports local communities.This travel style has grows rapidly and become more accessible in recent years through the use of the Internet and social media, both of which help connect travelers with hosts and services.Share a houseThe style of staying in others’ private houses has exploded over the past few years, mainly thanks to Airbnb, an online community marketplace for homelowners and travelers that was started in 2008.Compared with booking a hotel, house-sharing can make a vacation more affordable and add convenience. You can save on food bills by not eating at a restaurant for every meal, and there are no early check-in or checkout rules, besides, you get to meet people, often friends of the exchange partner.Share a ride.Once you’ve booked stay in a stranger’s home, the next natural step into the peer-peer world is driving a stranger ear, which has appeal for travelers wanting to save money and get more personalized(个性化的) service when they hit the rode.Typically, car sharing involves renting cars for short periods of time, often by the hour. This helps lkeeo unnecessary cars off the road, making things a little easier on the environment. In recent years ,it has expanded to meet the longer-term needs of travelers, who can rent directly from car owners for a day ,making full use of underutilized(不常使用的) cars.Share a MealHouses and cars aren’t the only things up for sharing .People long for authenntic experiences through food. And plenty of new websites are making it easier to connect passionate cook ---and grandmothers ---with hungry travellers who want to share home—cooked meals with locals in just about any destination around the world.This social dining sites---through which you call book meals or cooking classes in someone’s private kitchen---fill the need of travelers who have become dissatisfied with food available at tourist restaurants and want more memorable meals that reflect the local culture.根据句意及首字母或中文提示，完成或写出相应的英语单词。