1、1肥东高级中学 2017-2018 学年下学期第二学段考试高二英语第 I 卷（选择题 100 分）第 一 部 分 听 力 （ 共 20 题 ， 每 小 题 1.5 分 ， 共 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
2、题 。每 段 对 话 仅 读 一 遍 。1.What does the man mean?A. He quite agrees with the woman. B. He enjoyed this mornings lecture.C. He didnt go to this mornings lecture.2.How much did the woman spend on the cap at last?A. 5 dollars. B. 15 dollars. C. 40 dollars.3.What is the manager doing?A. Writing an advertise
3、ment. B. Making a phone call. C. Having a meeting.4. Whats the time now?A. 8:00 p.m. B. 8:30 p.m. C 9:00 p.m.5.Where is the man going to plant the tree?A. By the front door. B. Behind the garage. C. At the other end of the garden.第二节 (共 15 小题；每题 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、
4、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 6 至 7 题6.Where does the man live now?2A. In America. B. In China. C. In Canada.7.What can we learn from the conversation?A. The man is satisfied with his present life.B. The man doesnt know what he re
5、ally wants.C. The woman is going to settle down in Hong Kong.听第 7 段材料，回答 8 至 9 题8.Where is Mr. Brown?A. He is out in another company. B. He is in a meeting. C. He is at home.9.What is Mr. Petersons telephone number?A. 13006217865. B. 13006127685. C. 13606207568.听第 8 段材料，回答第 10 至 12 题10.What was Jimm
6、y excited about?A. The old Ghost Town. B. Virginia City C. Arizona.11.What happened when the mans family went to Phoenix?A. Jimmy was ill. B. Something was wrong with their car. C. They took the wrong way.12.How did the man feel after the vacation?A. Busy. B. Tired. C. Disappointed.听第 9 段材料，回答第 13 至
7、 16 题13.What is the man looking for?A. His dog. B. His magazine. C. His history book.14.What did the man do in the drawing room?A. He talked with Tom. B. He read a newspaper. C. He painted his dog.15.Where was the mans cellphone?A. In the dormitory. B. In the drawing room. C. In the classroom.16.Wha
8、t is the probable relationship between the speakers?A. Classmates B. Teacher and student. C. Mother and son.3听第 10 段材料，回答第 17 至 20 题17.Whats the goal of other American schools?A. Teaching students the usual subjects B. Helping students develop themselves.C. Helping students face the real world.18.Wh
9、at can we learn about American School?A. It is a small but famous school B. It has a good location. C. It offers IB classes.19.How many buildings are there on the campus?A. One. B. Two. C. Three20.Which of the following is TRUE about the English teachers?A. None of them are Americans. B. They are st
10、rict with students.C. They are educated and friendly.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。ADo you really know who you are? This is not a trick question but rather an honest understanding into the inner workings
11、of each one of us. We usually share with our friends a piece of who we are, the piece that we want them to like or connect with. However, there is a secret, a hidden piece that doesnt want to be noticed by others.Our personal inner beliefs play a vital role in the way we think, act and live. They se
12、t us up to accept a belief and then it is the belief that separates our personal story. There are numerous people who have taken on the pain and suffering of their parents. Some have devoted their lives to living with lack; that is lack of love because they saw what they thought was love while in th
13、e crib (婴儿床) and it frightened them. Subconsciously (潜意识地) they made great efforts in their lives to avoid a similar experience.4Each one of us carries around with us our inner beliefs. If one of your beliefs is one that causes you to hold back from getting the perfect job or blocking love to come t
14、o you, that belief is a negative belief and one that needs to be dealt with if you are seeking a life of joy, contentment and personal success, whether it is emotional, spiritual, financial or physical.Dont let your blocked or frozen emotions guide the way you want to lead your life. Now it is your
15、time to finally become victorious over those past situations that have upset you during your entire life and become the winner you were born to be.21.What is the authors purpose with a question at the beginning?A. To explain who we are really.B. To introduce the main topic.C. To show the authors opi
16、nion.D. To persuade people to share inner beliefs.22.We can infer that the author believes inner beliefs _.A. shape us B. block love to comeC. shouldnt be hidden D. make us sad and painful23.What does the underlined word “it” in the third paragraph refer to?A. The love to come.B. The negative belief
17、.C. The past painful experience.D. The life of joy, contentment and personal success.24.Which of the following is the suggestion of the author?A. Sharing our inner beliefs with others.B. Ignoring blocked or frozen emotions.C. Dealing with our negative inner beliefs wisely.D. Having a deep understand
18、ing of our inner beliefs.BA dam is a man-made structure built across a river. Most dams are built to control a rivers water flow, improve navigation and control flooding. However, 5some dams are built to produce hydro-electric power.Hydro-electric power is produced as water passes through a dam, and
19、 into a river below. The more water that passes through a dam, the more energy is produced. Once a dam is built, a man-made lake is created behind the dam.Electricity is produced by a kind of equipment called a turbine(水轮机). Turbines contain metal coils(线圈) surrounded by magnets(磁铁). When the magnet
20、s move round rapidly over the metal coils, electricity is produced. Turbines are located inside dams. The falling water makes the magnets go around the coils.Dams provide clean energy, but they can also harm the environment. Species that use rivers to reproduce are often hurt by dams. In the Northwe
21、st of the US, the population of fishes has dropped from 16 million to 2.5 million since hydro-electric plants were built on the Columbia River. Dams all over the world have hurt some species. The highest dam in the Unites States is located near Oroville, California. The Oroville Dam towers 230 meter
22、s and is more than a mile wide. This dam was built in 1968, 22 years after the Hoover Dam. The Hoover Dam, on the Nevada-Arizona border controls the Colorado river. It is 221 meters high and has 2.6 million hectare-meters of water.The highest dam in the world is the Nurek Dam on the Vakhsh River in
23、Tadzikistan, a country in central Asia. This dam is 300 meters tall.25.Which of the following statements is NOT true according to the passage?A. Some dams are built for controlling a rivers water flow.B. Hydro-electric power is usually produced through a dam.C. Dams can offer energy and they are har
24、mless to the environment.D. Generally speaking, where there is a dam, there is a man-made lake.26.The third paragraph mainly tells us _.A. how hydro-electric power is producedB. What a turbine is and how it worksC. how the magnets and the metal coils work6D. how the falling water passes through a tu
25、rbine27.The dam which controls the Colorado river is _.A. the Oroville Dam B. the Hoover DamC. the Nurek Dam D. the Vakhsh DamCFor every woman who feels like shes had to scale back her personal ambitions since becoming a mother, gold medal cyclist Kristin Armstrong has a message: Dont give up on you
26、r dreams.She retired after winning gold in Beijing to start a family; son Lucas arrived in 2010, but then she decided to compete again in the London Olympics. She won a gold medal at last.The decision to start training again wasnt easy. “I struggled with that a lot,“ she told a newspaper. “At the be
27、ginning I felt selfish, I felt like, Well, Im not supposed to be thinking of myself anymore. Its all supposed to be for my kid.”She faced physical challenges of getting back into competition shape after giving birth, as well. When she started racing in the spring of 2011, she was still breast-feedin
28、g; she would nurse her son, then race, then breast-feed again after the race. Her days revolved around Lucas and training.“I feel like Im able to do what I love to do and still manage a family and have that balance,“ Armstrong said. “That you have a family or a child doesnt mean that you have to sto
29、p going after what you dream of individually.”Armstrong makes balance look easy, whether its on her bike or as an athlete-mom. But she points out that you cant have it all without making some sacrifices. For example, dont expect a neat homeher husband, Joe Savola, who she describes as her support sy
30、stem and her “protector“, says hes had to give up on trying to keep everything orderly at home and just accept that their living room has become Lucass playroom. For Armstrong, shes sacrificed time with friends who had kids around the same agethere just wasnt time.Now, she says, “That sounds like fu
31、n to me.“ As she heads home to Boise, Idaho, 7shes ready to do regular mom stuff.28.After Kristin Armstrong retired, she _.A. lived an easy lifeB. moved to a new houseC. still had a great interest in cyclingD. spent much time with her kid29.It was difficult for Armstrong to make the decision to part
32、icipate in the London Olympics because she_ .A. was too old to train racingB. had to give her family much considerationC. faced big physical challengesD. could not get support from her family30.In most days of 2011, Armstrong could be described as _.A. a housewife and a new momB. an athlete and a ca
33、reer womanC. a parent and a sportswoman D. a wife and a good mother31.We can know from the passage that it _ for Armstrong to keep a balance between her family and dream.A. was quite easy B. made her feel tiredC. surprised herself D. was a hard jobDJeri Solomon is a morning person but Jim, her husba
34、nd of 11 years, is not. Early in their life, it caused a problem. “When we were planning our wedding, I wanted to have these big discussions at 8 a. m.，when I had been up for two hours and was fresh, but Jim would just be getting out of bed,” says the 46-year-old designer from Melrose, Mass. “We end
35、ed up getting into many arguments because I thought he had no interest, when really he was just still half-asleep.”The couple learned to work around their differences over the years, but their 8situation isnt uncommon, says Katherine Sharkey, professor at BrownUniversity. “More women tend to be lark
36、s, while men are like night owls(猫头鹰),” she says.The question is：Why? The answer lies in each persons body clock. “The body clock is about 24 hours, thanks to Earths 24-hour light-dark cycle,” Sharkey says. “But some people have a longer natural cycle, and some are shorter.” If yours is on the long
37、side, youre more likely to be a night owl. If it runs short, youre probably an early riser. But your body clock can change over your lifetime. Theres a developmental piece-school-age children are generally early birds, while teenagers tend to be night owls, and then as they age, adults gradually tur
38、n back into morning people,” Sharkey says.Besides the clear problems with being a night owl if you have fl day job, “night owls tend to be more low-spirited, and have a higher dependence on coffee,” Sharkey says. But the news isnt all bad. A recent study in Belgium found that night owls can stay mor
39、e focused as the day goes on, compared with early risers.Morning people, however, also have advantages. “Larks generally sleep better, have more regular sleep, and have more flexible characters,” Sharkey says. They also tend to be happier and feel healthier than night owls, according to a recent stu
40、dy from the University of Toronto.32.Jeri Solomon and her husband _.Atried to change each others sleeping habitsBoften argued about small thingsCcould not understand each otherDgot up at different times33.The underlined word “larks” in Paragraph 2 refers to birds which _.Aare sleepy at noonBstay awa
41、ke all nightCsearch for food at nightDare active in the morning934.Compared with morning people, night owls _.Awork more flexiblyBfeel happy more easilyCsleep more soundly at nightDget more and more focused during the day35.What is the purpose of the text?ATo explain why we get up early or late.BTo
42、advise every one of us to get up early.CTo tell us how to change our body clock.DTo point out morning peoples advantages.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 ， 并 在 答 题 卡 上 将 该项 涂 黑 。 选 项 中 有 两 项 为 多 余 选 项 。You may have grown up living with s
43、isters and brothers, or this may be your first time sharing your living space with someone else. Having a roommate surely has its challenges. 36. Follow these tips to make sure you and your roommate keep things pleasant and supportive throughout the year.Be clear from the beginning.Maybe you hate it
44、 when someone interrupts you when you are sleeping every morning. 37., Let your roommate know about your preferences. Its not fair to expect him or her to pick up on them right away, and communicating what you need is one of the best ways to get rid of problems before they become problems.Respect yo
45、ur roommates things.This may seem simple，but its probably one of the biggest reasons why roommates experience conflicts. Dont you think hell mind if you borrow his shoes for a quick soccer game for all you know, you just stepped over an uncrossable line.38.Be open to change.You should expect to lear
46、n and grow and change during your time at school. And the same should happen to your roommate, if all goes well. 39Be comfortable 10addressing things that unexpectedly come up, setting new rules, and being flexible to your changing environment.40.Treat your roommate like youd like to be treated. No
47、matter what your relationship is at the end of the year, you can take comfort knowing you acted like an adult and treated your roommate with respect.A. Dont borrow, use, or lake anything without getting permission first.B. As the term progresses, realize things will change for both of you.C. Getting
48、 along well with a roommate is really a difficult job.D. Maybe you need moments to be silent after you wake up.E. You should correct your bad habits first.F. Follow the Golden Rule.G. However, it can also be a great part of your college experience.第 三 部 分 英 语 知 识 运 用 （ 共 两 节 ， 满 分 45 分 ）第 一 节 完 形 填
49、空 （ 共 20 小 题 ； 每 小 题 1 5 分 ， 满 分 30 分 ）I got my first bike in 1943. It was an old, second-hand blue bike. Bikes of any kind were very1at that time. A new bike was rarely to be seen, as2was needed to produce weapons to3our brave men and women in the fighting overseas.At ten, I was quite4 I convinced my mother I could earn enough money to be a millionaireif I only had an old second-hand bike. She laughed but5about 80 per
