1、- 1 -河北省唐县一中 2017-2018 学年高二英语下学期期末考试试题第 I卷第一部分 听力（共两节，满分 30分）做题时，先将答案标在试卷上。录音内容结束后，你将有两分钟的时间将试卷上的答案转涂到答题卡上。第一节 （共 5小题；每小题 1.5分，满分 7.5分）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 is the train expected to arrive?A. At 9:30 B. At 9:50 C. A
2、t 10:452. Whats the probable relationship between the speakers?A. Husband and wife B. Mother and son C. Good friends3. Who did the man go to the supermarket with?A. His daughter B. His cousin C. His girlfriend4. Where are the speakers? A. In a hospital B. At the customs C. In a medical college5. Why
3、 doesnt the woman want to go to the party?A. She is too weak to go to the party B. She hates to go to parties C. She is afraid she will ruin the party第二节(共 15小题；每小题 1.5分，满分 22.5分)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，每个小题将给出 5秒钟的作答时间。每段对话或独白读
4、两遍。听第 6段材料，回答第 6-7题。6. What does the woman suggest the man do?A. Wear as fashionably as he canB. Do not wear earrings at the officeC. Show respect to his grandmother7. Whats the mans attitude towards the womans suggestion?A. Grateful B. Satisfied C. Impatient听第 7段材料，回答第 8-9题。8. What are the speakers
5、 mainly talking about?A. A baby picture of the man B. A little new-born girl C. Alices beautiful life9. Who is Alice?A. She is the womans daughter B. She is the mans sister C. She is the mans niece听第 8段材料，回答第 10-12题。- 2 -10. Whats the phone number for the motorcycle?A. 555-6233 B. 555-1298 C. 555-69
6、0011. How much does the owner ask for the motorcycle?A. 2,000 B. 900 C. 75012. What would the woman like to buy?A. A motorcycle B. A black bike C. A dog听第 9段材料，回答第 13-16题。13. What do we know about the woman?A. She is a visitor here B. She teaches in a university C. She will attend a class this after
7、noon14. Where is the Students Dining Hall?A. Next to the School Clinic Building B. Opposite the Teaching BuildingC. Beside the students Apartment15. Where is the League Office?A. On the 2nd floor of the School Clinic BuildingB. On the 3rd floor of the Teaching BuildingC. On the 10th floor of the Sch
8、ool Clinic Building16. What will the woman do next?A. Follow the man B. Have lunch C. Go to the League Office听第 10段材料，回答第 17-20题。17. What is Mr. White?A. A writer B. A film star C. A teacher18. What made Mr. White get the idea for Stuart Little?A. A friend of Mr. White B. A funny dream of Mr. White
9、C. A railway sleeping car19. What does Charlottes Web talk about?A. A spider and a pig B. A mouse and a pig C. A spider and a mouse20. Why did Mr. White want to write?A. Because he couldnt speak as a child B .Because he could spell when he was littleC. Because he was not good at drawing第二部分：阅读理解（共两节
10、，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。AMy First Marathon（马拉松）- 3 -A month before my first marathon, one of my ankles was injured and this meant not running for two weeks, leaving me only two weeks to train. Yet, I was determined to go ahead.I remember back
11、 to my 7th year in school. In my first P.E. class, the teacher required us to run laps and then hit a softball. I didnt do either well. He later informed me that I was not athletic.The idea that I was not athletic stuck with me for years. When I started running in my 30s, I realized running was a ba
12、ttle against myself, not about competition or whether or not I was athletic. It was all about the battle against my own body and mind. A test of wills!The night before my marathon, I dreamt that I couldnt even find the finish line. I woke up sweating and nervous, but ready to prove something to myse
13、lf.Shortly after crossing the start line, my shoe laces(鞋带) became untied. So I stopped to readjust. Not the start I wanted!At mile 3, I passed a sign: GO FOR IT, RUNNERS!By mile 17, I became out of breath and the once injured ankle hurt badly. Despite the pain, I stayed the course walking a bit and
14、 then running again.By mile 21, I was starving!As I approached mile 23, I could see my wife waving a sign. She is my biggest fan. She never minded the alarm clock sounding at 4 a.m. or questioned my expenses on running.I was one of the final runners to finish. But I finished! And I got a medal. In f
15、act, I got the same medal as the one that the guy who came in first place had. Determined to be myself, move forward, free of shame and worldly labels(世俗标签), I can now call myself a marathon winner.21. A month before the marathon, the author _.A. was well trained B. felt scared C. made up his mind t
16、o run D. lost hope22. Why did the author mention the P.E. class in his 7th year?A. To acknowledge the support of his teacher. B. To amuse the readers with a funny story.C. To show he was not talented in sports. D. To share a precious memory.23. How was the authors first marathon?A. He made it. B. He
17、 quit halfway. C. He got the first prize.D. He walked to the end.24. What does the story mainly tell us?A. A man owes his success to his family support. B. A winner is one with a great effort of will.- 4 -C. Failure is the mother of success. D. One is never too old to learn. BFind Your Adventure at
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25、 than 300 million tons of plastic every year. Almost half of that winds up in landfills(垃圾填埋场), and up to 12 million tons pollute the oceans. So far there is no effective way to get rid of it, but a new study suggests an answer may lie in the stomachs of some hungry worms. Researchers in Spain and E
26、ngland recently found that the worms of the greater wax moth（大蜡螟幼虫） can break down polyethylene（聚乙烯）, which accounts for 40% of plastics. The team left 100 wax worms on a commercial polyethylene shopping bag for 12 hours, and the worms consumed and broke down about 92 milligrams, or almost 3% of it.
27、 To confirm that the worms chewing alone was not responsible for the polyethylene breakdown, the researchers made some worms into paste(糊状物) and applied it to plastic films. 14 hours later the films had lost 13% of their mass apparently broken down by enzymes (酶) from the worms stomachs. Their findi
28、ngs were published in Current Biology in 2017.Federica Bertocchini, co-author of the study, says the worms ability to break down their everyday food beeswax also allows them to break down plastic. Wax is a complex mixture, but the basic bond in polyethylene, the carbon-carbon bond, is there as well,
29、 she explains, The wax worm evolved a method or system to break this bond. Jennifer DeBruyn, a microbiologist at the University of Tennessee, who was not involved in the study, says it is not surprising that such worms can break down polyethylene. But compared with previous studies, she finds the sp
30、eed of breaking down in this one exciting. The next step, DeBruyn says, will be to identify the cause of the breakdown. Is it an enzyme produced by the worm itself or by its gut microbes(肠道微生物)?Bertocchini agrees and hopes her teams findings might one day help employ the enzyme to break down plastic
31、s in landfills. But she expects using the chemical in some kind of industrial process not simply millions of worms thrown on top of the plastic.28. What can we learn about the worms in the study?A. They take plastics as their everyday food. B. They are newly evolved creatures.C. They can consume pla
32、stics. D. They wind up in landfills.29. According to Jennifer DeBruyn, the next step of the study is to .A. identify other means of the breakdown B. find out the source of the enzymeC. confirm the research findings D. increase the breakdown speed30. It can be inferred from the last paragraph that th
33、e chemical might .A. help to raise worms B. help make plastic bags- 6 -C. be used to clean the oceans D. be produced in factories in future31. What is the main purpose of the passage?A. To explain a study method on worms.B. To introduce the diet of a special worm.C. To present a way to break down pl
34、astics.D. To propose new means to keep eco-balance.DTaktak tabulaba?You probably dont know how to answer that question-unless you happen to be one of the about 430 people in the world who speak a language called Matukar Panau. Then you would know it means “What are we doing?” Matukar Panau is one of
35、 the worlds rarest languages. It is spoken in just two small coastal villages in Papua New Guinea.Several years ago, David Harrison, a language expert didnt know much about Matukar Panau either. No one had ever recorded or even studied its words and rules. With so few speakers, the language risked d
36、isappearing soon. It was endangered.Harrison didnt want that to happen to Matukar Panau. So in 2009, he set out for Papua New Guinea. His goal: use modern technology to help the remaining speakers preserve their native tongue.But Matukar Panau is far from the only language facing loss. Studies sugge
37、st that by the end of this century, nearly half of the 7,000 languages now spoken worldwide could disappear. Theyre in danger partly because the only people left speaking them are elderly adults, Harrison says. When those individuals die, their language will die with them. In addition, children may
38、discard a native language and instead use more common global languages, such as Chinese, English or Spanish.In the United States alone, 134 native American languages are endangered. Harrison says, “language hotspots” exist all over the world. These are places with endangered languages that havent be
39、en recorded. They include the state of Oklahoma, pockets of central and eastern Siberia, parts of northern Australia and communities in South America.32. The purpose of using the question “Taktak tabulaba?” is to _.A. introduce a new foreign languageB. introduce the topic of the textC. show the diff
40、iculty understanding Matukar PanauD. stress the importance of Matukar Panau33. What did Harrison go to PaPua New Guinea for?A. Learning their native language- 7 -B. Learning their modern technologyC. Helping preserve their endangered tongueD. Teaching the natives a new language34. The underline word
41、 “discard” in Paragraph 5 means _.A. get rid of B. pick up C. hear of D. learn about35. The last two paragraphs imply that endangered languages are _.A. dying quickly in SiberiaB. popular in some special placesC. becoming a worldwide problemD. some native tongues第二节（共 5小题；每小题 2分，满分 10分）根据对话内容，从对话后的选
42、项中选出最佳选项，并将其答案标号填入题后的空白处。选项有两项为多余选项。_36_Most big name companies have websites offering information on their products and online stores allowing shoppers to purchase them in the comfort of their homes.The first things that became wide spread online were computer equipment and accessories(附件).It is st
43、ill seen everywhere in our life today, but we can find much more on the internet. Some flower shops accept orders for flowers to be sent to anywhere around the globe. 37 .Travelers can easily search for the cheapest airplane tickets and hotel rooms._38 Office supplies, electronics, appliances, cloth
44、es, books, furniture, and jewelry are not everything there is. Factor in the auction sites like eBay, every average computer user can buy and sell virtually anything; even automotive parts from junkyards.The advantages of shopping online include cheaper prices, fast searching and no time constraints
45、(限制 ). 39 Because of the informational globalization, consumers are provided with the opportunities of getting everything they want. On the other hand, security might fail and lead to credit card frauds(诈骗). A variety of ads in our email accounts become a part of life. 40 A. Almost every type of con
46、sumer products can be ordered online.B. Today a large number of people like surfing the web at homeC. Online shopping has become very convenient in recent yearsD. In addition, shopping online means more optionsE. Pizza is delivered by ordering on their web sitesF. And atrophy(肌能萎缩)takes over because
47、 we are all sitting down.G. And we are living a wonderful life第三部分：英语知识运用（共两节，满分 45分）第一节完形填空（共 20小题；每小题 1.5分，满分 30分）- 8 -阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从 4160各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C 和 D）中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。The Homeless HeroFor many, finding an unattended wallet filled with 400 in cash would be a source（来源）of temptation（诱惑
48、）. But the 41 would no doubt be greater if you were living on the streets with little food and money. All of this makes the actions of the homeless Tom Smith 42 more remarkable.After spotting a 43 on the front seat inside a parked car with its window down, he stood guard in the rain for about two hours waiting for the 44 to return.After hours in the cold and wet, he 45 inside and pulled the wallet out hoping to find some ID so he could contact（联系）the driver, only to 46 it contained 400 in notes, with another 50 in spare change beside it.He then took the wallet to
