河北省保定市2017-2018学年高二英语上学期期中考试试题新人教版

高考复习选修八综合能力检测

(时间：120分钟满分：135分得分：________)

Ⅰ语言知识及应用(共两节，满分45分)

第一节完形填空(共15小题；每小题2分，满分30分)

阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从1－15各题所给的A、B、C和D项中，选出最佳选项。

The aim of writing a letter of application is to help you to “sell” yourself.It should state __1__ the job you want, and should tell what your abilities are and what you have __2__.It should be simple, human, personal and brief without __3__ out any necessary fact.

In writing a letter of application, bear in mind that the things a possible employer is most __4__ to want to know about are your qualifications, your achievements and your aims.The opening paragraph is perhaps the most important part.If the first few sentences fail to __5__ the reader's attention, the rest of the letter may not be __6__ at all.Try to key your opening remarks to the needs or interests of the employer not to your own need or desire.For example, instead of beginning with “I saw your __7__ in today's paper.” you might say “I have made a careful study of your advertising during the past six months” or“I have made a survey in my neighborhood to find out how many housewives __8__ your product and why they like it.”

Try to __9__ generalities.Be clear about the kind of job for which you are now __10__.College graduates looking for their first positions of ten ask “What can I __11__ in a letter? Employers want experience, which, naturally, no__12__ has.” The answer is that everything you have ever done is __13__.

It is important to write a good strong closing for your letter.__14__ a specific request for an interview or give the possible employer something definite to do or expect.An excellent __15__ is to enclose (内附) a stamped, self-addressed (写上自己地址的) envelope with your letter.That makes it easier for a possible employer to get in touch with you.

1．A.clearly B．carefully

C．obviously D．easily

2．A.found B．done

C．known D．heard

3．A.sending B．taking

C．leaving D．picking

4．A.probable B．possible

C．likely D．able

5．A.pay B．win

C．show D．fix

6．A.kept B．continued

C．written D．read

7．A.advertisement B．report

C．article D．introduction

8．A.change B．make

C．sell D．use

9．A.avoid B．remember

C．protect D．gain

10．A.losing B．applying

C．preparing D．fitting

11．A.offer B．supply

C．mean D．provide

12．A.worker B．beginner

C．owner D．manager

13．A.success B．development

C．practice D．experience

14．A.Make B．Ask

C．State D．Get

15．A.result B．decision

C．promise D．idea

第二节语法填空(共10小题；每小题1.5分，满分15分)

阅读下面短文，按照句子结构的语法性和上下文连贯的要求，在空格处填入一个适当的词或使用括号中词语的正确形式填空。

A good teacher is many things to many people.In my own experience, the people I respect most are the teachers (16)________ demanded the most discipline from their students.

I miss one teacher in particular that I had in high school.I think she was a good teacher because she was a very strict person.I remember very (17)________ (clear) a sign over her classroom door.It was (18)________ simple sign that said, “Laboratory—in this room the first five letters of the word was emphasized, not the last seven.”In other words, I guess, labor (19)________ her was more important than oratory, which means (20)________ (make) speeches.

She prepared her work very carefully and demanded us to do the same.We got lots of homework from her.(21)________ she had broken her arm, and everybody in the class thought that maybe the homework (22)________ (reduce), but it continued just the same.She checked our work by stamping her name at the bottom of the papers to show that she had read (23)________．

I think sometimes teachers who demand most are liked (24)________．But (25)________ time goes by, this discipline really seems to benefit the students.

Ⅱ阅读(共两节，满分50分)

第一节阅读理解(共20小题；每小题2分，满分40分)

阅读下列短文，从每题所给的A、B、C和D项中，选出最佳选项。

A

In Shanghai's Grand Theater, a fashionable, mainly young audience applauds enthusiastically as Guo Yong takes center stage.He holds a large bushy tree branch with leaves.Blowing on one of the leaves, he produces a sound like the singing of birds as he plays a traditional Buyi folk song.Some other musicians are also playing the traditional instruments from various ethnic groups in China.

It's the first time such music has ever been performed in the Grand Theater.But all this is the efforts of Zhu Zheqin, a Cantonese-born singer, who has made it her mission to help preserve China's traditional ethnic music.

Several years ago, after being appointed a United Nations Development Program ambassador, Zhu traveled through some of China's remotest regions in an attempt to document the traditional music of various minority groups.In the course other four-month trip, sh e recorded more than a thousand songs.But she noticed that many of the best musicians were old, and some of the music was at risk of dying out.

“I was shocked by the beauty of what I heard—it was so good，” she says.“But it needed support.I hope to let people see the beauty of these things in the contemporary times.”

So Zhu decided to introduce some of the musicians to a wider audience.By doing this, she hopes to rekindle (再次点燃) the interest of the younger generation.“Young people don't like this music much; they prefer pop music and love songs.They think these songs are something their grandma sings.This kind of repackaging gives young people a new door into their heritage.”

Zhu believes China needs to look again at its own roots.“China today is basically all Western art; in our conservatories (音乐学院) Western classical music is the top，”she says.“For China to really contribute to the world, we need to go on our own path.So what can represent China today？” The answer, she suggests, is to move from “made in China” to “created in China”．