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1、安徽省淮北市第一中学2017-2018学年高二英语下学期期中试题考试时间:120分钟 满分:150分第一部分 听力（百强校英语解析团队专供）(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)1. Whatisthewomangoingtodo?A. BuyacarB. DrawsomemoneyC. Pickuphergrandma2. Whatdoesthewomanneedtobuyforskiing?A. GlovesB. SunglassesC. Ascarf3. Whenisthemangoingtogetmarried?A. OnJuly30th B. On
2、June30th C. OnMay3rd . 4. Whatdoesthemanthinkof thestudioapartment?A. Itisold. B. Itissmall. C. Itisexpansive. 5. Whydoesthemanhavemuchcoffee?A. Heissleepy. B. Heisthirsty. C. Heisaddicted. 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
3、，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. Whatarethespeakersmainlytalkingabout?A. Ateacher. B. Anouting. C. Aphoto. 7. WhatdoesthegirlsayaboutherEnglishteacher?A. Shewearsglasses. B. Sheisnotstrict. C. Sheispopular. 听第7段材料，回答第8、9题。8. Whatdoesthewomanwantthemantodo?A. Teachher to use th
4、e phone. B. Helpherwithherwork. C. Lendherhisphone. 9. Whatistherelationshipbetweenthespeakers?A. Husbandandwife. B. Co-workers. C. Salesmanandcustomer. 听第8段材料，回答第10至12题。10. Howmuchistheadultticketforthephotographyexhibitionsonly?A. 10B. 5C. 611. Where is the Hillside Gallery?A. OnGardeniaRoad. B. B
5、esidethe TownSquareC. OnFlowerStreet. 12. Howwillthewomangotothegallery?A. Bybus. B. Bysubway. C. Bycar. 听第9段材料, 回答第13至16题. 13. Wheredidthewomangetherinformationabout”smart”cars?A. Fromamagazinearticle. B. FromaTVprogram. C. From a newspaper report. 14. Whatis the purpose of the voice on “smart” car
6、s?A. Towarmthedriverofdangers. B. Toexplaintrafficrules. C. Togivedirections. 15. Whatdoesthemanimplyabouthisbrother?A. Heownsa “smart”car. B. Hehasagoodsenseof direction. C. Hedoesntknowthewaytothewomanshouse?16. Whywasthemandelayedonhiswaytothewomanshouse?A. Heranoutof gas. B. Hegotlost. C. Hemetw
7、ithanaccident. 听第10段材料，回答第17至20题。17. WheredidGandhi(甘地)studylaw?A. InPorbandar. B. InBombay. C. InLondon. 18. WhatwasGandhisdreambefore1947?A. LivinginSouthAfrica. B. Becoming the leader of a political party.C. GainingIndiasindependence.19. WhatcanwelearnaboutGandhi?A. Heneverfollowedotherpolitician
8、s methodsinhisfight. B. HeoncefoughtforblackpeoplesrightsinSouthAfrica. C. HedidntfightforIndianpeoplesrightsuntilreturningtoIndia. 20. WhatmakesGandhiremainaninspirationtopeople?A. Hisdreamoffreedom. B. Hisstrongbeliefs. C. Hispoliticalpower. 第二部分 阅读理解（百强校英语解析团队专供）(共两节，满分40分)第一节(共15小题;每小题2分，满分30分)A
9、TeenArtShowDo you want to see your artwork displayed alongside other teens artwork? Dont miss your opportunity! Showcase(在玻璃橱窗陈列) your paintings, sculptures, photographs and other artworks at the Environmental Educational Center. The show will provide an opportunity for artists to network, provide f
10、eedback and become a resource for others. Location: Environmental Educational Center Activity fee: $25Night FishingEscape the night and join us as we fish at Desert Breeze Park. No experience needed. We will provide the fishing poles, transportation, the bait(鱼饵), to help you catch a fish and best o
11、f all, teens of 14 years and under do not require a license to fish. Location: Desert Breeze ParkActivity fee: $ 22Overnight Snow TripJoin the City of Chandler in an exciting new trip! We will travel up to Camp Tontozona and enjoy great food and a campfire in the early evening. Snow play will be the
12、 highlight as we explore the snow-filled meadows(草地)of Woods Canyon Lake and sled down small hills in the area. You will be responsible for your own ski/ snowboard equipment. Location: Camp TontozonaActivity fee: $ 30PaintballingCome out and play paintball with all your friends! Join the City of Cha
13、ndler as we go to Temp Indoor Paintball. This is a great way to join in the fun of paintballing for a low cost All equipment is included. Please wear old clothes because clothes can get dirty easily!Location: Tempe Paintball Activity fee: $ 282 1. What can people do in Desert Breeze Park?A. Go fishi
14、ng. B. Play with snow. C. Play paintball. D. Meet with famous artists. 22. What is special about Paintballing?A. It costs the least. B. It might make your clothes dirty.C. People can play with friends. D. People will enjoy a campfire. 23. In which activity should people take their own ski equipment?
15、A. Night Fishing. B. Teen Ar Show. C. Paintballing. D. Overnight Snow Trip. BLately a popular eight-floor bookstore in Hefei, Anhui province, has risen to fame because it becomes the worlds first shared bookstore, in a move meant to encourage more reading among Chinese citizens. It comes to peoples
16、attention n as more than 200,000 visitors flooded the store on its first day as a shared bookstore on July 16 this year, a record high since it was reopened to the public in 2013. Some 4,000 books were brought home on the first day, T reported. Customers are allowed to borrow . up to two books value
17、d under 150 yuan per visit after registering with an app and paying the 99 yuan deposit fee (押金). All books on sale in the bookstore are available for sharing. Returned books that are damaged are sold at a discount. The bookstore also provides a bonus for bookworms. People who finish reading 12 book
18、s in three months receive eight percent of their deposit back, and members can be rewarded one yuan for every book read. “We want to bring down the cost of reading so people could read more books,” Xu Xinwei, who helps run the bookstore, told Thepaper. cn. Some parents buy a lot of books for their c
19、hildren, but they usually end up collecting dust as their children grow up. Similarly, some popular novels for young people also fall out of fashion, according to Xu. “Books are more effectively circulated when theyre shared.”24. The bookstore becomes a shared one .A. to make more moneyB. to make mo
20、re room for new booksC. to inspire more people to readD. to recommend new books25. What does the underlined phrase “risen to fame”in Paragraph 1 probably mean?A. Become well-known. B. Settled down. C. Broken up. D. Taken over. 26. What can we infer from the passage?A. The bookstore was once the best
21、 in Anhui province. B. The books that are sold here cant be borrowed. C. More than 4, 000 books were taken home on July 16 in 2013. D. The cost of reading can be reduced by sharing the books. 27. What does, the bookstore do to attract more readers?A. The bookstore encourages parents to buy more book
22、s for their children. B. The readers are allowed to borrow the books unconditionally. C. The readers who are members can receive one yuan for every book read. D. The bookstore is considering offering a bonus for anyone who likes reading. CTry to Be OptimisticI began to grow up that winter night when
23、 my parents and I were returning from my aunts house, and my mother said that we might soon be leaving for America. We were on the bus then. I was crying, and some people on the bus were turning around to look at me. I remember that I could not bear the thought of never hearing again the radio progr
24、am for school children to which I listened every morning. I do not remember myself crying for this reason again. In fact, I think I cried very little when I was saying goodbye to my friends and relatives. When we were leaving I thought about all the places I was going to seethe strange and magical p
25、laces that I had known only from books and pictures. The country I was leaving never to come back was hardly in my head then. The four years that followed taught me the importance of optimism, but the idea did no :come to me at once. For the first two years in New York I was really losthaving to stu
26、dy in three schools as a result of family moves. I did not quite know what I was or what I should be. Mother remarried, and things became even more complex for me. Some time passed before my stepfather and I got used to each other. I was often sad, and saw no end to “the hard times. ”My responsibili
27、ties in the family increased a lot since I knew English better than everyone else at home. I wrote letters, filled out forms, translated at interviews with immigration (移民)officers, took my grandparents to the doctor and translated there, and even discussed telephone bills with company representativ
28、es.From my experiences I have learned one important rule; something good is certain to happen in the end if you do not give up, and just wait a little! I believe that my life will tum out all right, even though it will not be that easy. 28. How did the author get to know America?A. From her relative
29、sB. From her motherC. From books and picturesD. From radio programs29. For the first two years in New York, the author .A. often lost her wayB. studied in three different schoolsC. did not think about her futureD. got on well with her stepfather30. What can we learn about the author from Paragraph 4
30、?A. She worked as a translatorB. She paid telephone bills for her familyC. She attended a lot of job interviewsD. She helped her family with her English31. The author believes that .A. her future will be free from troublesB. it is difficult to learn to become patientC. there are more good things tha
31、n bad thingsD. good things will happen if one keeps tryingDWhether you prefer burning the midnight oil or going to bed early so you can get up at the break of dawn depends on your genes, according to experts. I jump out of bed each morning, eager to start an active day. But I can hear my neighbors a
32、larm clock ringing non-stop every morning and I doubt he gets to work on time. A lot of noise comes from his flat in the evening. Hes happy to stay up watching TV till after midnight, while I go to bed early and try to sleep. Well, it might not be his fault after all. Im called“a lark (百灵鸟)”and my n
33、eighbor“an owl (猫头鹰)”We all have inside “clocks”in the brain to control all kinds of bodily functions and it is reset every day by light. These inside clocks run to a different schedule in “larks” and “owls”. If you have a fast clock, you like to do things early, and if you have a slow clock, you li
34、ke to do things late. Because we live in a 24/7 world, scientists believe its important to understand a persons “chronotype?the time of the day when they function the best. It could help us lead a healthier life. A US professor has studied sleeping patterns and thinks work times should be changed an
35、d made more individual to fit in with our chronotypes. And he has advice for those who cant choose their working hours:“If thats not possible, we should be more careful about light exposure,” says the professor. “You should try to go to work not in a covered vehicle but on a bike. The minute the sun
36、 sets we should use things that have no blue light, like computer. . . screens and other electronic devices.”32. How is the passage mainly developed?A. By presenting and solving problems. B. By explaining the cause-effect relationship. C. By giving examples and drawing a conclusion. D. By analyzing
37、differences and providing advice. 33. What does the underlined phrase “burning the midnight oil” in Paragraph1probably mean?A. drilling for oil in the midnightB. using too much oil in the midnightC. staying up lateD. getting up late34. We can learn from the passage that the authors neighbour A. almo
38、st always gets to work on timeB. has to work deep into the night every dayC. is passive during the day but energetic at nightD. is easily woken up by his alarm clock in the morning35. Things with blue light are not recommended after sunset because blue light .A. may cause sleep problemsB. will make
39、you nervousC. will reduce your work efficiencyD. may make you sleepy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格的最佳选项。选项中有两项为多余选项。There is an English saying: “ 36 Until recently, few people took the saying seriously. Now, however, doctors have begun to look into laughter and the effects it has on
40、 the human body. 37Tests were carried out to study the effects of laughter on the body. People watched funny films while doctors checked their hearts, blood pressure, breathing and muscles. It was found that laughter has similar effects to physical exercise. 38 If laughter exercises the body, it mus
41、t be beneficial. Other tests have shown that laughter appears to be able to reduce the effect of pain on the body. In one experiment doctors produced pain in groups of students who listened to different radio programs. The group that tolerated the pain for the longest time was the group which listen
42、ed to a funny program. 3940 They have found that even if their patients do not really feel like laughing, making them smile is enough to produce beneficial effects similar to those caused by laughter. A. Laughter can change ones life. B. As a result of these discoveries, some doctors in the United S
43、tates now hold laughter clinics in which they help to improve their patients condition by encouraging them to laugh. C. The reason why laughter can reduce pain seems to be that it helps to produce a kind of chemicals in the brain which diminish both stress and pain. D. It increases blood pressure, t
44、he heart beating and breathing; it also works several groups of muscles in the face, the stomach and even the feet.E. Although laughter helps cure the disease, doctors still can not put this theory into clinic practice. F. Laughter is the best medicine. G. They have found that laughter really can im
45、prove peoples health.第三部分 英语知识运用（百强校英语解析团队专供）(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)On his 67th birthday, Dad had a heart attack. He was 41he survived. But something 42 him had died. His passion for life was gone. He refused the doctors 43, and his bitter attitude made every visitor 44. Dad wa
46、s left alone. I asked Dad to come and live on our small farm, 45 the fresh air would do him good. A week later, I 46 the invitation. He criticized everything here. Frustrated, I decided something had to be done. One day I read an article saying several depressed patients attitudes had 47 dramaticall
47、y (显著地)when given dogs. That afternoon I drove to the animal shelter, where a pointers eyes caught my attention. They watched me 48A staff member said: “Hes been here for two weeks with nothing heard. His time is 49 tomorrow.”I turned to the man in horror. “You mean to 50 him?”“Madam, he said coldly. “We dont have 51for every unclaimed dog. The pointers calm brown eyes 52 my decision. “Ill take him, ”I said. On arrivin