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1、广东省揭西县河婆中学 2017-20182017-2018学年高二英语下学期期中试题 注意事项： 1答卷前，考生务必用黑色字迹的钢笔或签字笔将自己的姓名和考生号、试室号、班别填写 在答题卡上。 2非选择题必须用黑色字迹钢笔或签字笔作答，答案必须写在答题卡各题目指定区域内相应 位置上；如需改动，先划掉原来的答案，然后再写上新的答案；不准使用铅笔和涂改液。 不按以上要求作答的答案无效。 3考生必须保持答题卡的整洁。 第一部分 听写理解（共两节，满分 1515分） 第一节：角色扮演： 角色：你是 Mary。 任务：（1）与朋友 Tom谈论给爷爷买手机的事情； （2）根据谈话内容回答另一位同学的提问。
2、 听下面一段对话，根据中文提示，用英语写出三个问题，并根据你所听到的录音材料和回答内 容，回答随后五个问题。对话听两遍，你有 5 分钟的时间完成这一部分的练习（共 8 题计 8 分， 每小题计 1 分。） First, please listen to the conversation carefully. Now please get ready to ask the following three questions in English. Q1: 你花了多少钱买手机？ 1._ A1：Listen to answer 1. Q2: 你爷爷觉得那部手机贵吗？ 2. _ A2: Listen
3、to answer 2. Q3：你爷爷学得快吗？3._ A 3: Listen to answer 3. Now please get ready to answer the following five questions. Q4: Listen to question 4. Answer 4:_ Q5: Listen to question 5. Answer 5:_ Q6: Listen to question 6. Answer 6:_ Q7: Listen to question 7. Answer 7:_ 1 Q8: Listen to question 8. Answer 8:
4、_ 第二节：故事复述：听下面一段独白，根据你所听到的内容，用 50 字左右英语单词写出所听 到的信息。要求尽可能使用自己的语言，概括所听到的信息内容。录音播放两遍。你有 10 分 钟的时间完成这一部分的练习（共 1 题计 7 分） 故事梗概：Tom 想为爸爸买份特别的父亲节礼物，善良的店主帮他实现了愿望。 关键词： gift(gift(礼物), watch(), watch(手表), shopkeeper(), shopkeeper(店主), lack(), lack(缺), appreciate(), appreciate(感谢) ) 第二部分 阅读理解（共两节，满分 4040分） 第一节（
5、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 Four books that will inspire you to travel the world Theres truly nothing like travel when it comes to gaining perspective (观点) and exposing yourself to other cultures. To get you in the adventuring mood, we asked Amazon Seni
6、or Editor Chris Schlep to help us come up with a list of books that transport readers to another time and place. Below, see his list of four books that will inspire you to travel the world. ITALY: Beautiful Ruins by Jess Walter This book by the popular author Jess Walter tells a love story that begi
7、ns on the Italian Coast in the early 60s and eventually appears on the screen in Hollywood. As the settings shift from Italy to Edinburgh to Los Angeles, you will find yourself longing to go as well. Buy it on Amazon. Price: $ 28.90. SEATTLE: Where Youd Go, Bernadette? by Maria Sample Maria Samples
8、first novel is not exactly a love story to Seattle, but if you read it, you just might want to come here to see if people are really as self-involved as the characters in her book . What really shines through is the strange storytelling and the laughs. Buy it on Amazon. Price: $ 26.60. ENGLAND: Wolf
9、 Hall by Hilary Mantel You cant travel to Thomas Cromwells England without a time machine, but reading 2 Mantels prize-winning novel is the next best thing. It will make you long to see the ancient building and green grass of the English countryside, much of which is still there. Buy it on Amazon. P
10、rice: $ 25.10. NANTUCKET: Heres to Us by Eli Hildebrand Eli Hildebrand has built a writing career out of writing about her hometown island of Nantucket. Her latest is Heres to Us, which, perhaps not surprisingly, is a great beach read. Buy it on Amazon. Price: $ 30.80. 1. Which book has been made in
11、to a film according to the text? A. Beautiful Ruins. B. Wolf Hall. C. Heres to Us. D. Where You d Go, Bernadette? 2. What is the feature of Where Youd Go, Bernadette? A. Its low price. B. Its characters. C. Its storytelling and laughs. D. Its content about love. 3. What does the book Wolf Hall inspi
12、re you to do? A. Experience the joy and sadness of the self-involved. B. Go to beach. C. Appreciate the English countryside. D. Know about the foreign culture. B I have an interest in photography and follow many photography Instagram accounts. Just like me, a friend of mine has a similar interest. T
13、he only difference is that he is a traveller and has taken hundreds of beautiful photos. He is really talented. Having returned from one trip, he shared some of his latest photos. Blown away by the images, I asked him why he hadnt started his own Instagram account of shots. “Its hard to start when t
14、here are already so many other websites devoted to travel photography with thousands of followers”, he explained. “What if I dont get any followers or what if people dont like my shots?” “Yet how will you ever know if you dont try?” I asked. He just shrugged and quickly changed the subject. I knew t
15、his feeling well. The 3 feeling of self-doubt. That was when I was ten years old. I participated in a guitar competition. My grandfather helped me write a short speech to address the crowd and judges. But as the competition began, doubt consumed me and questions flooded my head. I thought to myself,
16、 “If I do say the speech, will the other girls laugh at me? Will the judges think Im being silly for doing my own talk?” Then with a shake in my voice I said, “My name is Heidi Ceci. I live in St. Catharines and I play the guitar.” Nothing more. and nothing less. But the next girl walked up to the m
17、icrophone and actually said a speech. I just stared at her in complete disbelief. No one seemed to be judging her for doing something different. In fact, they applauded louder for her than any other girl. From then on, I never let fear and doubt rule my decisions. Whatever happens, I always take cha
18、nces and have a try. 4. What stops the authors friend starting his Instagram account of shots? 4 A. Having no time. B. Lacking money. C. No desire to share. D. Doubt about himself. 5. Why did the author fail to say the prepared speech? A. She was not allowed to say. B. She was afraid of being laughe
19、d at. C. She forgot the content of the speech. D. She thought the speech was not good enough. 6. How did the author feel when she heard another girls self introduction? A. Surprised. B. Angry. C. Excited. D. Curious. 7. What lesson can we learn from the text? A. No one is perfect. B. Its no use regr
20、etting. C. Every one of us needs encouraging. D. It is important to being confident. C We already know that plants are capable of learning and adapting to their environment, just like any organism. But a new study seems to suggest that plants can do more than just adapt. They can actually make decis
21、ions at that. Perhaps we shouldnt be surprised. Plants might be rooted, but their environments can be complex. In fact, researchers discovered that competition and a dynamic environment are what really pushes plants decision-making to its limits. For instance, when competing with competitors for lim
22、ited sunlight, a plant is faced with having to choose among a number of options. It can attempt to outgrow its neighbors, thus gaining more access to light. It can also attempt to go into a low-light survival mode, if it doesnt consider an arms race to be worthwhile. The plant might also need to det
23、ermine which way it should grow to best maximize its resources. “In our study we wanted to learn if plants can choose between these responses and match them to the relative size and density(密度) of their opponents,” said Michal Gruntman. In the experiment, whenever plants were presented with tall competitors, they