四川省金堂中学2017-2018学年高二下学期期中考试英语试卷
四川省金堂中学校
2017-2018学年度下期期中考试
高二英语试卷
命题人: 张瑞华 审题人: 李贵琼
注意事项:
1、本试卷分第Ｉ卷 （选择题）和第Ⅱ卷 （非选择题）两部分。
2、本堂考试120分钟，满分150分。
3、答题前，考生务必将自己的姓名、学号填写在答题卡上并使用2B铅笔填涂。
4、考试结束后将答题卡交回。
第Ｉ卷 （选择题 共70分）
第一部分 听力（每小题1.5分，满分30分）
第一节
听下面5段对话。每段对话后有一个小题，从题中所给的A、B、C三个选项中选出最佳选项，并标在试卷的相应位置。听完每段对话后，你都有10秒钟的时间来回答有关小题和阅读下一小题。每段对话仅读一遍。
1. When will the speakers probably meet next week?
A. On Monday. B. On Tuesday. C. On Friday.
2. What will the man do next?
A. Open a website.
B. Give the woman a new card.
C. Take a photo of the woman.
3. Who visited Fragrant Hills last weekend?
A. Evan’s uncle. B. Evan’s mother. C. Annie’s brother.
4. What’s the relationship between the speakers?
A. Husband and wife. B. Salesman and customer. C. Aircrew and passenger.
5. Why does the woman order bread?
A. She is very hungry.
B. It’ll keep her kid quiet.
C. It’s on the dinner menu.
第二节
听下面5段对话或独白。每段对话或独白后有几个小题，从题中所给的A、B、C三个选项中选出最佳选项，并标在试卷的相应位置。听每段对话或独白前，你将有时间阅读各个小题，每小题5秒钟；听完后，各小题将给出5秒钟的作答时间。每段对话或独白读两遍。
听第6段材料，回答第6、7题
6. What’s the woman’s good news?
A. She got a job offer.
B. She’ll move to a new house.
C. She got accepted by a university.
7. What do we know about the speakers?
A. They live in the same city. B. They used to work together.
C. They’ve never met in person before.
听第7段材料，回答第8、9题
8. Why is the girl so busy?
A. She has too many classes.
B. She’s doing a lot of writing.
C. She’s working on a big project.
9. What is implied about the boy?
A. His major is engineering.
B. He is still in high school.
C. He wants to transfer to the girl’s school.
听第8段材料，回答第10至12题
10. What bad news does Sandra hear from her father?
A. He just got fired.
B. He lost his cell phone.
C. He failed a job interview.
11. Which major is Sandra more interested in?
A. Finance. B. Business. C. Medicine.
12. What will Sandra probably do next?
A. Go out of town.
B. Study for her classes.
C. Tell her mother the news.
听第9段材料，回答第13至16题
13. What kind of artwork is in the living room now?
A. A photograph. B. An oil painting. C. A watercolor painting.
14. How long will Jared’s grandparents stay at his house?
A. For one week. B. For twelve days. C. For about half a month.
15. What will be hanging in the living room next month?
A. A painting of a bird.
B. A picture of a forest.
C. A picture of an ocean scene.
16. What do Jared’s parents think of the picture from Jared’s grandmother?
A. They don’t like it at all.
B. They value it very much.
C. They think it’s a good color.
听第10段材料，回答第17至20题
17. What does the speaker suggest visitors in Spain do?
A. Meet new people. B. Read Spanish books only.
C. Spend a lot of time on campus.
18. How can visitors make more friends, according to the speaker?
A. By starting a club. B. By working on a farm. C. By joining a book group.
19. What does “take the easy way out” probably refer to?
A. Not making much effort. B. Not getting any exercise.
C. Doing something easily.
20. According to the speaker, how can visitors learn Spanish quickly?
A. By moving to a village. B. By doing a language exchange.
C. By being around native speakers.
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，从每题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
A
City College
ADMISSION REQUIREMENTS
All high school graduates and anyone 18 years of age or older, with or without a high school diploma, are suitable for admission. Individuals under the age of 18 who possess a high school diploma are also suitable for admission.
HOW TO ENROLL IN CREDIT COURSES
New and readmitted students must complete and hand in a credit admissions application form available online at www.ccsf.edu.
BEFORE YOU REGISTER:
●Learn about your skill level in English and Math through our assessment service;
●Attend an orientation (新生报到会) to hear about support services;
●Meet with a counselor (adviser) to select your courses;
●Find out if you are required for attending the entrance examinations.
HOW TO ENROLL IN NONCREDIT COURSES
Courses in Noncredit Programs are free of charge (no enrollment fee). For information on how to enroll in noncredit courses, click here.
PARKING
Students, faculty and staff are encouraged to use public transit. Click here for Parking
Regulations.
SERVICES
City College services include a bookstore, cafeteria, health center, tutoring center, career and transfer center, counseling, financial aid, library, learning resource center, student government offices, campus police, disabled students programs and more.
21.Which kind of the following people could not be admitted to City College?
A. A high school graduate
B. An adult without a high school diploma
C. Anyone who possesses a high school diploma
D. A sixteen boy without a high school diploma
22. What do we know about the entrance examinations from the passage?
A. All new and readmitted students must take the examinations.
B. Those who are poor in English and Math must take the entrance examinations.
C. Not all the new students are required to take the entrance examinations.
D. The entrance examinations are free of charge.
23. Where can this passage be found?
A. In a college news report. B. In a newspaper advertisement.
C. In a tour guide. D. On an education website.
B
Spending money on time-saving services reduces stress and boosts (增进) happiness, according to a new research, but shockingly, few of us do it.
Whillans, a professor at HBS said, “Buying time helps to protect us from the stress in our lives caused by time pressure, and the feeling that we don’ t have enough minutes in the day to complete our tasks.’’
The effect was clearest in the Canadian experiment, in which 60 working adults were given $40 to spend in two different ways. One weekend, they were told to spend the money on a material purchase—a gift for themselves. The next weekend, they were instructed to spend the $40 on anything that saved them time, from paying the neighbor’s kid to run errands (跑腿) to taking a Uber instead of a bus.
“On the day they made the time-saving purchase, they felt happier, in a better mood, and lower feelings of time stress than on the day they bought a material purchase” said Whillans.
The biggest surprise to the researchers was how few people would spend money on time-saving services. When they asked 98 working adults how they would spend a “windfall” of $40, only two percent named a purchase that would save them time.
“One reason,’’ said Whillans, “is that we’re very bad at remembering how much we hate doing certain tasks once the suffering has passed. That makes us less likely to take active steps to avoid that over burdened feeling in the future.” But another possible cause is good old-fashioned guilt. “If you feel guilty about getting someone to clean your house for you, then you might get less happiness from outsourcing that task,” said Whillans, or you might just be less likely to spend your money in that way. ’’
24.In the Canadian experiment, the participants_________ .
A. were divided into two groups
B. were given $ 40 every two weeks
C. were asked to give money to a neighbor’s kid
D. were asked to spend the money in different ways
25.According to the author, what can make people less time-stressed?
A. Paying much for a concert ticket.
B. Taking a regular bus to get to work.
C. Employing someone to clean the garden.
D. Buying themselves an expensive present.
26.When it comes to spending money on ‘‘buying time”, ________ .
A. no people would like to do it
B. a small percentage of people choose to do it
C. more people will do it if extra money is given
D. most people like the idea but don’t practice it in life
27. What do the underlined words “that overburdened feeling” in Paragraph 6 refer to?
A. The good old-fashioned guilt.
B. The feeling of spending money on goods.
C. The stress of having someone clean your house.
D. The discomfort when completing tasks we hate doing.
C
German artist HA Schult is an unusual artist who uses trash to make sculptures. “We are living in the time of garbage,” says Schult. “I created a thousand sculptures of garbage. They are a mirror of ourselves.” Here, Schult was talking about his 1,000 trash sculptures in the form of humans. He first exhibited them in 1996 in the western German state of North Rhine-Westphalia.
“They are social sculptures,” he explains. “They are not only sculptures for the eyes. They are sculptures to spread the idea that we live in a time of garbage.” So far, Schult’s social sculptures have been on show in Paris, in Moscow’s Red Square, on the Great Wall of China, and in the desert next to the Giza Pyramids near Cairo.
HA Schult’s work is unforgettable. Although his work has had a big influence on the art world, Schult remains modest about his creations: “Artists have to learn every time. We are not important. All that counts is the time in which we are living.”
Trash art has been around for years. But it seems that only the popular artists are regarded as true artists when working with trash. Why can’t common people be considered artists when they use the same things and change them into some form of personal art? Maybe it’s because we all have our own preset ideas of what art is and isn’t, or who artists are or should be.
You can be an artist like Schult if you try. Look at used metal cans. What might be done with them? Imagine them in any number of new uses, or imagine them simply as an art form. What about boxes or clothing? Boxes can usually serve as new storage containers and houses for pets. And clothing? Imagine taking old clothes and turning them into hats or hanging organizers.
28. What do we know about Schult’s sculptures?
A. They served as garbage containers.
B. They reflected environmental issues.
C. They were first shown in Paris, France.
D. They were to raise economic awareness.
29. HA Schult’s artistic works also get the message across that an artist must__________.
A. be socially responsible
B. be as modest as possible
C. make garbage recyclable
D. take diverse artistic forms
30. According to the last 2 Paragraphs, the author probably agrees that __________.
A. it takes talent to be a trash artist
B. preset ideas are important to artists
C. trash art can't be seen as a real art form
D. average people can also make trash artists
31. Which of the following is the best title for the text?
A. Could You Be a Trash Artist?
B. What Are Social Sculptures?
C. Do You Know About Trash Art?
D. How Can We Deal with Used Cans?
D
As a child, visiting the zoo was more a punishment than a treat. I didn’t find the chimps’ tea parties funny, nor the bird shows entertaining. Feeding time for seals was less painful, but their performances still seemed like they belonged more in a circus.
And I hated circuses, especially the animal acts — men teasing lions, girls balancing on elephants and monkeys playing football. I knew that every trick a circus animal did was unnatural, achieved through strict training and quite possibly cruelty.
Happily, during my lifetime public attitudes and the law have changed. Circuses using wild animals are now almost extinct, and zoos have definitely evolved.
When my children were young, I occasionally took them to our local zoo. The elephants were in tiny cages and the gorillas looked bored as they sat peeling bananas and staring at teasing visitors. Each cage had a sign which listed the animal’s name and where it came from. But, back then, there was little information included about the environmental challenges they faced.
As a result, environmentalists and animal lovers often oppose zoos. “Animals belong in the wild,” is a common and understandable complaint. But what do the animals themselves prefer?
Generally speaking, zoo animals have a longer life. But — you may protest — they are not free. What? Free to be hunted and killed, free to die of hunger or thirst? Maybe sitting in a cage eating bananas isn’t so bad.
Not that such conditions are acceptable in modern zoos, due to the work of BIAZA, the British and Irish Association of Zoos and Aquariums. These days every zoo requires BIAZA’s approval to operate, and the association sets the standards, observes conditions in zoos and develops animal-research programmes, both in the UK and abroad. BIAZA also organises the animal exchanges between zoos all over the world.
Consequently, today, most zoo animals are born and raised in zoos, live in large, comfortable enclosures and are cared for by well-trained, knowledgeable and caring zoo employees. Of course it’s no substitute for living in the wild but unfortunately this isn’t always possible. Meanwhile, why not visit your local zoo and decide for yourself?
32. The passage is mainly about __________.
A. how zoos have improved
B. whether a zoo should be closed down
C. a new environmental organisation
D. the difference between zoos and circuses
33. From Paragraph 2, we can guess that the writer believes circus animals __________.
A. had much shorter lives than those in the wild
B. were not treated well by their trainers
C. should have been placed in zoos
D. were not as intelligent as those in zoos
34. Which of the following roles are performed by BIAZA?
A. Organising animal study projects and training zoo workers.
B. Checking zoo conditions and arranging animal exchanges.
C. Designing zoos and approving zoo operations.
D. Caring for ill animals and setting zoo standards.
35. Which of the following statements about zoos would the writer agree with?
A. Zoo animals should be freed into the wild.
B. Zoos are more popular now than in the past.
C. Zoo animals are more restricted than in the past.
D. Zoos now provide caring living conditions for animals.
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项。
Language is part of our daily lives, no matter where we live in the world. It is the same with music, whether you listen to it on the radio on your drive to work or sit before an orchestra. Both language and music play a huge role in our culture. 36____
Both language and music have a writing system. In English we record language using the alphabet, which is a collection of letters. In the same way, we use notes to keep a record of music. Just as you are reading this collection of letters on the screen and find meaning in it, musicians read notes and create meaning in the form of music which we can hear. 37 By writing pieces of text or music, we are able to share experiences through time. I can read the ideas or hear the composition of someone who lived hundreds of years ago, which is really quite exciting.
38 You can make a good guess at where someone is from by listening to the language they use. In the same way, we know that styles of music are different around the world, giving us the opportunity to explore many different cultures through their music and providing us with music for every situation. 39 Even if you don’t like Britpop melodies, you may love the energy of Latin American salsa music.
Both share emotion. How do you know that I am angry? Of course you may be able to see it in my face, but you will know for sure through my words. 40 Music can show you exactly how the composer was or is feeling, and allows us to share in that emotion. When you feel happy, you might want to sing and dance to a happy song to celebrate your happiness. In contrast, you have probably also listened to sad music when you were feeling down. I think we have all used music to express or process our emotions, often combining it with language in the form of song lyrics.
A. Both vary with culture.
B. Here are some of their similarities.
C. They have some distinguishing characteristics.
D. So just as you read English, you can read music.
E. Similarly, music can sound angry, sad or happy.
F. This also means that there is something for everyone!
G. This also means everyone can learn language and music well!
第二部分 完形填空（共20题；每小题1.5分，满分30分）
阅读下列短文，从短文后各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
Since finishing my studies at Harvard and Oxford. I’ve watched one friend after another land high-ranking, high-paying Wall Street jobs. As executives with banks, consulting firms, established law firms, and major corporations, many are now 41 on their way to impressive careers. By society’s 42 , they seem to have it made.
On the surface, these people seem to be very lucky in life. As they left student life behind, many had a 43 drink at their cheap but friendly local bar, shook hands with longtime roommates, and 44 out of small apartments into high buildings. They made reservations at restaurants where the cost of a bottle of wine 45 a college year's monthly rent. They replaced their beloved old car with expensive new sports cars.
The thing is, a number of them have 46 that despite their success, they aren’t happy. Some 47 of unfriendly coworkers and feel sad for eight-hour workweeks devoted to tasks they 48 . Some do not respect the companies they work for and talk of feeling tired and 49 . However, instead of devoting themselves to their work, they find themselves working to support the 50 to which they have so quickly become 51 .
People often speak of trying a more satisfying path, and 52 in the end the idea of leaving their jobs to work for something they 53 or finding a position that would give them more time with their families almost always leads them to the same conclusion; it’s 54 . They have loans, bills, a mortgage to 55 , retirement to save for. They recognize there’s something 56 in their lives, but it’s 57 to step off the track.
In a society that tends to 58 everything in terms of dollars and cents, we learn from a young age to consider the costs of our 59 in financial terms. But what about the personal and social costs 60 in pursuing money over meaning? These are exactly the kinds of costs many of us tend to ignore --- and the very ones we need to consider most.
41. A. much B. never C. seldom D. well
42. A. policies B. standards C. experiments D. regulations
43. A. last B. least C. second D. best
44. A. cycled B. moved C. slid D. looked
45. A. shared B. paid C. equaled D. collected
46.A. advertised B. witnessed C. admitted D. demanded
47. A. complain B. dream C. hear D. approve
48. A. distribute B. hate C. applaud D. neglect
49. A. calm B. guilty C. warm D. empty
50. A. family B. government C. lifestyle D. project
51. A. accustomed B. appointed C. unique D. available
52. A. yet B. also C. instead D. rather
53. A. let out B. turn in C. give up D. believe in
54. A. fundamental B. practical C. impossible D. unforgettable
55. A. take off B. drop off C. put off D. pay off
56. A. missing B. inspiring C. sinking D. shining
57. A. harmful B. hard C. useful D. normal
58. A. measure B. suffer C. digest D. deliver
59. A. disasters B. motivations C. campaigns D. decisions
60. A. assessed B. involved C. covered D. reduced
第II 卷 （非选择题 共50分）
注意事项：必须使用黑色墨迹签字笔在答题卡上题目所指是的答案区域内作答。答在试题卷上无效。
第一节 语法填空（共10小题；每题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。
Have you ever noticed that you feel happier and more relaxed after you eat bread, pasta or fruit? Do you find that you are more energetic and awake after eating yogurt or beans? These things are not accidents.
Food affect 61 we feel more than we think. Scientists researching 62 (it) effect on our moods are beginning to understand that we can influence our feelings with what we eat. Although our moods relate 63 having various foods, it is not quite as simple as choosing the foods for the right occasions. If that 64 (be) the case, athletes would not eat a lot of carbohydrates before a race.
Another chemical 65 (connect) with our mood is caffeine, which 66 (find) in coffee, chocolate and many types of tea, is perhaps 67 worst thing you can have when you are feeling stressed.
Of course, 68 (enjoy)a nice meal with friends, whatever we eat, can also impact our spirits. Being with friends and family plays a big part in experiencing happiness. Most ____69____ (important), though, remember the following old rule: try to eat different food, 70 ___not too much.
第二节 短文改错 (共10小题; 每小题1分，满分10分）
假定英语课上老师要求同学们交换修改作文, 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：把多余的词用斜线 (\) 划掉。
修改：在错的词下划一横线, 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。
During the travel back to my hometown, in the plane, I sat next to an old lady who looked very scary. She closed her eyes tight and grasped her red bag on her lap. I thought I might be nervous, so I planned to chat with her to make her to feel relaxed. We talk a lot about our families and experiences. When the flight over, I also helped her carry her luggages. She was so grateful about my help that she gave me the big hug when we were going to leave. On our way out, we waved good-bye. She kept on turning back to see me unless we couldn't see each other any long.
第三节：书面表达 （25分）
假定你叫李华，是我校高二（2）班的学生。你在校报英语专栏看到了学校“英语文化节”的一则招募启事，请阅读启事，并根据写作要点和写作要求写一封应征邮件。
Volunteers Wanted
Our annual English Festival, which will be held on November 12,2018, is now looking for 20 student volunteers to provide service for Talent Show, Speech Contest, and English Debate. If you are interested, please send an application email at your earliest convenience to Ms Chen at chenlaoshi@aef.com.
写作要点： 1表明意图；
2. 陈述应征目的；
3.说明应征条件（性格、能力等）。
写作要求： 1.词数：100词左右；
2.开头和结尾部分已写好，不计入总词数；
3.可适当增加细节，使行文连贯。
Dear Ms Chen,
I’m a student from Class 2,Grade 2. _______________________________________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
_______________________________________________________________________________
Looking forward to your reply.
Yours,
Li Hua
高二英语答案
听力
1-5 ACABB 6-10 ACCBA 11-15 CBBCB 16-20 AACAC
阅读理解
21--23 DCD 24--27 DCBD 28--31 BADA 32--35 ABBD 36--40 BDAFE
完形填空
41--45 DBABC 46--50 CABDC 51--55 AADCD 56--60 ABADB
语法填空
61.how 62. its 63. to 64. were 65. connected 66.is found 67.the
68.enjoying/to enjoy 69.importantly 70.but
短文改错
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书面表达
Dear Ms Chen,
I’m a student from Class 2, Grade 2. I’m writing to apply for the position as a student volunteer.
I really want to obtain this precious opportunity because, by offering my service, I will be able to improve my organizational ability, communication skills as well as my confidence in speaking English in public.
As an outgoing girl, I get along well with my classmates. Besides, I have such a good command of English that I am elected as an assistant to my English teacher. Successfully, I have lent a helping hand to her in several English activities of my class, which have been appreciated by both teachers and classmates.
I am sure that I can perfectly live up to your expectations. I would appreciate it you could take me into consideration.
Looking forward to your reply.
Yours,
Li Hua
