1、高二期末 英语 共 8 页 第 1 页 2017-2018学年 期末联考 高 二英语 命题人： 夏金莹 审题人： 李冉冉 第一部分 听力（共两节，满分 30 分） 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。 例： How much is the shirt? A. 19.15. B. 9.18. C. 9.15. 答案是 C。 1. What are the speake
2、rs talking about? A. Having a birthday party. B. Doing some exercise. C. Getting Lydia a gift. 2. What is the woman going to do? A. Help the man. B. Take a bus. C. Get a camera. 3. What does the woman suggest the man do? A. Tell Kate to stop. B. Call Kates friends. C. Stay away from Kate. 4. Where d
3、oes the conversation probably take place? A. In a wine shop. B. In a supermarket. C. In a restaurant. 5. What does the woman mean? A. Keep the window closed. B. Go out for fresh air. C. Turn on the fan. 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
4、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 至 7 题。 6. What is the man going to do this summer? A. Teach a course. B. Repair his house. C. Work at a hotel. 7. How will the man use the money? A. To hire a gardener. B. To buy books. C. To pay for a boat trip. 听第 7 段
5、材料，回答第 8 至 9 题。 8. What is the probable relationship between the speakers? A. Schoolmates. B. Colleagues. C. Roommates. 9. What does Frank plan to do right after graduation? A. Work as a programmer. B. Travel around the world. C. Start his own business. 听第 8 段材料，回答第 10 至 12 题。 10. Why does the woman
6、 make the call? A. To book a hotel room. B. To ask about the room service. C. To make changes to a reservation. 11. When will the woman arrive at the hotel? 高二期末 英语 共 8 页 第 2 页 A. On September 15. B. On September 16. C. On September 23. 12. How much will the woman pay for her room per night? A. $ 17
7、9. B. $ 199. C. $ 219. 听第 9 段材料，回答第 13 至 16 题。 13. What is the womans plan for Saturday? A. Going shopping. B. Going camping. C. Going boating. 14. Where will the woman stay in Keswick? A. In a country inn. B. In a five-star hotel. C. In her aunts home. 15. What will Gordon do over the weekend? A. V
8、isit his friends. B. Watch DVDs. C. Join the woman. 16. What does the woman think of Gordons coming weekend? A. Relaxed. B. Boring. C. Busy. 听第 10 段材料，回答第 17 至 20 题。 17. Who is Wang Ming? A. A student. B. An employer. C. An engineer. 18. What does the speaker say about the college job market this ye
9、ar? A. Its unpredictable. B. Its quite stable. C. Its not optimistic. 19. What percentage of student job seekers have found a job by now? A. 20 . B. 22 . C. 50 . 20. Why are engineering graduates more likely to accept a job? A. They need more work experience. B. The salary is usually good. C.Their c
10、hoice is limited. 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 Nowadays science has made great progress in every aspect and more and more really good inventions have changed our daily lives. However, the U.S. Patent Office has issued over
11、7.5 million patents (专利 ), and not all of them are quite so celebrated. Some good, some bad, and some crazy! The following lists some of the most unusual ideas that have come along. Snake Leash（皮带 ） In 2002, a patent was issued for a snake-walking leash. There are at least two major problems with th
12、is idea. 1) Dog leashes fit securely between the head and shoulders. A snake does not have shoulders; so it might slither(蜿蜒滑行 )away. 2) Dogs are OK for public places because they are social animals, and people like them. Snakes are not OK for public places because they are not social, and some peop
13、le are terrified of them. Stadium Helmet Americans are known for their love of sports. Unfortunately, good tickets to games are expensive, so some fans have to sit in the backward sections. This invention, patented in 2000, is designed for these fans. Featuring a built-in radio, binoculars (望远镜 ), a
14、 cooling fan, and a helmet 高二期末 英语 共 8 页 第 3 页 for falling litter, this design transforms the stadium experience. Bacon Alarm Clock When you think about it, waking to the dreadful, blaring noise of an alarm clock is a terrible way to start the day. However, this clock could change that. You simply p
15、ut a piece of frozen bacon in the alarm clock, set the alarm, and go to sleep. The clock gently wakes you up with the mouth watering smell of bacon the next morning, just like waking up on a Sunday morning to the smell of mom cooking breakfast. Who said theres no time to eat breakfast? Toilet Lock I
16、n 1969, a patent was issued for a really bad idea the toilet seat lock. First of all, fishing for your keys when you have to go seems very unpleasant. Then there is the possibility of losing the key altogether. What about guests? Just think that you would have to ask permission for the bathroom. Of
17、course, there is the ultimate question: Why would you lock it in the first place? 21. Snake Leash was designed to_. A. take a snake for a walk B. keep off a snake C. catch a snake D. keep dogs and snakes together 22. What can be inferred about the backward sections? A. They are close to the center o
18、f a stadium. B. They are for fans who have poor eyesight. C. They are for fans who cant afford to buy good tickets. D. They are in the center of a stadium. 23. Which of the following inventions can help to save your time? A. Toilet Lock. B. Bacon Alarm Clock. C. Snake Leash. D. Stadium Helmet. B I a
19、lways wondered how people would react if I tried to approach a total stranger for help in a busy place like a street corner or in a noisy mall. I have always hurried past a stranger who tried to catch my attention in a busy place or when I am rushing around. Yesterday, I was in a busy shopping mall
20、buying a large piece of luggage because I just had the time to do it after many days of planning. After the purchase in one of the large shops, I picked up my phone from my pocket to call my driver waiting in the parking lot but my phone was dead. I then requested the shop assistant who had just sol
21、d me the luggage to ring the number of my driver for me and she replied that it was the shop policy that they cannot use mobile phones while working in the shop. I got out of the shop onto the busy street in front and approached a young mother with her two kids to make a request. As soon as I said “
22、 Excuse me, madam”, she grabbed both her kids and ran. I felt like a kidnapper. I stood there, wondering how many times I had reacted to strangers like the young mum. I stood there in the busy street with people rushing by, looking at their faces to see if there was a sign of kindness on their faces
23、. I saw a man pretty shabbily dressed. He seemed to have noticed me and I just stopped him expecting him to rush past. My request escaped the lips. He immediately called the number of my 高二期末 英语 共 8 页 第 4 页 driver and waited till my car came to be sure I was picked up, and he turned around before I
24、could thank him adequately and was gone. I was surprised by his kindness and hope I will do likewise(同样地 ) to strangers who try to catch my attention from now on. 24. The author turned to others for help to _. A. charge up his dead phone B. test their reaction to a stranger C. call his driver to pic
25、k him up D. catch their attention to him 25. Who gave the author a helping hand at last? A. The shop assistant. B. The shabbily-dressed man. C. The mother with two kids. D. Nobody. 26. Why did the author expect the man to rush past when stopping him? A. The author was hopeless after seeking help in
26、vain. B. The man may be too poor to own a phone. C. The man didnt look safe. D. The author found himself mistaken for a bad person. 27. What does the author learn from his experience? A. Kindness can turn strangers into friends. B. Helping strangers is easier said than done. C. Experience is better
27、gained through practice. D. Do to others what you would like others to do to you. C Next time youre planning to go out for a relaxing walk with your MP3 player, be sure to check the weather forecast first. Summer is the prime time for lightning strikes, a fact that Jason Bunch, a teen from Castle Ro
28、ck, Colo, learned in a hard way. A couple of summers ago, he was mowing（割草）grass while listening to some Metallica on his iPod. Although there wasnt any rain falling on Bunch, he did hear distant thunder. Bunch was then struck by lightning, which seemed to travel through his music player, blowing ou
29、t his eardrums and leaving him with burns where the device and its power lines were close to his body. Devices such as MP3 players dont attract lightning, says Dr. Mary Ann Cooper, an emergency room physician at the University of Illinois Medical Center in Chicago. However, they may change the pathw
30、ay that lightnings energy follows in the human body. Lightning that might have passed rather harmlessly over the skin may react differently to the metal of these devices and cause damage. Rather than leaving your tunes at home, your best bet is watching out for lightning before it hits. Though peopl
31、e have been injured while using MP3 players in storms, Cooper says, “The devices main task is keeping you from paying attention to thunder and the sky.” If youre caught in a storm, seek shelter. 28. When does lightning happen most? A. Winter. B. Fall. C. Summer. D. Spring. 29. What was the effect of
32、 this lightning strike on Jason Bunch? A. The lightning burned Bunch and blew out his eardrums. B. The lightning passed harmlessly over Bunchs skin. day you may not feel like yourself any more.term solution to feeling unhappy. There have been some suggestions that 高二期末 英语 共 8 页 第 5 页 C. Bunch fell t
33、o the ground and couldnt move his upper body. D. Bunch was fine, but his iPod was burned by the lightning. 30. What can you conclude about the safety of using MP3 players during a storm? A. MP3 players are desperately unsafe to use during a storm. B. IPods are safe to use during a storm, but other M
34、P3 players are not. C. MP3 players increase your safety during a storm by directing lightning toward the ground. D. MP3 players become unsafe to use if they keep you from paying attention during a storm. 31. The primary purpose of this text is _. A. to describe the joy that Jason Bunch felt after he
35、 survived a lightning strike B. to inform the risks of wearing an MP3 player during lightning strikes C. to tell a lightning emergency Jason Bunch met with D. to show that MP3 players are so popular among teenagers D Researchers found that walking around with a forced smile and fake happiness simply
36、 leads to people feeling unhappier. So, putting a brave face on your sadness could be harmful. The research also found that women suffered more than men when pretending to be happy. Dr. Brent Scott, who led the study, said employers should take note because forcing workers to smile when dealing with
37、 the public can result in bad outcomes. He said, “Smiling for the sake of smiling can lead to emotional tiredness, and thats bad for the organization.” He also said the research showed customer-service workers who had “fake smiles” throughout the day didnt want to work, so their productivity dropped
38、. The study is one of the first of its kind to examine emotional expressions over a period of time and compare the different effects on men and women. Dr. Scotts team examined the effects of “surface acting”, or fake smiling, compared to “deep acting”, or making people smile by thinking of pleasant
39、memories. Dr. Scott said, “Women were harmed more by surface acting, meaning their moods worsened even more than mens. However, they were helped more by deep acting, which means their moods improved more by thinking of pleasant memories.” According to Dr. Scott women tend to suffer more when pretend
40、ing to be happy because they are expected to be more emotionally expressive than men. Therefore, forcing a smile while feeling down is more likely to go against their normal behavior and cause more harmful feelings. Although deep acting can improve moods a little in the short term, Dr. Scott says it
41、s not a long- if you do this over a long period you start to feel unreal. Youre trying to develop positive emotions, but at the end of the 32. Dr. Scotts findings may be important to some employers because _. A. their workers dont want to work all the time B. they want more female workers than male
42、workers C. their workers worsen their moods at the end of the day D. they tend to force their workers to smile in public 高二期末 英语 共 8 页 第 6 页 33. According to the passage, Dr. Scotts study _. A. is meaningful as there havent been many similar ones before B. aimed to make people more productive C. exa
43、mined more women than men D. is supported by some big employers 34. It is implied in the passage that deep acting _. A. cannot improve our moods at all B. does harm to our feelings in the long run C. makes people happy by feeling like another person D. has no effect on men 35. What is the best title
44、 for the passage? A. An important suggestion for workers. B. Women shouldnt be forced to smile. C. Fake smiling makes people unhappy. D. Why people dont want to work. 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填入空白处的最佳选项并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。选项中有两项为多余选项。 Long, long ago people couldnt write and they had no b
45、ooks. But they had stories. People learned the stories by heart and taught new ones to one another. Sometimes it was hard to remember them all. 36 The ancient Egyptians wrote their stories on something made from papyrus (纸沙草 ) plants. People in other places wanted to learn from the Egyptians to use
46、papyrus. 37 So, parchment (羊皮纸 ), made from goatskin, later took its place. In ancient China books looked a little different. People there used ink to write on bamboo or silk. And then they invented paper. Made of trees, paper was easier and cheaper to make than papyrus or parchment. 38 Paper-making
47、 later spread to the West, but there was a big problem with these early books. Every single one had to be copied and written by hand. 39 They carved (雕刻 ) a page of words into a piece of wood or stone. They could then print the page by spreading ink on the wood or stone and putting it against paper.
48、 But it wasnt until a German printer invented movable, metal letters that books became fast and easy to make. The letters could be used to print copy after copy, and the letters put together again and again to print different pages of words. 40 Once a luxury (奢侈品 ) only the rich could buy, they soon became a treasure everyone could enjoy. A. It took years to finish making just one book. B. But papyrus grew mainly in Egypt. C. Things grew a little easier when writing was invented. D. Finally books could be printed by the thousands. E. The Chinese were t
