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1、2016-2017学年度下学期期末考试高二英语试卷第一部分 听力（共20小题，每小题1.5分，满分30分）第一节 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. Where does the conversation take place probably?A. At home. B. In a shop. C. In a swimming pool.2. When will the man leave for Paris? A. At 2:00
2、p.m. B. At 7:00 p.m. C. At 9:00 p.m.3. What can we infer from the conversation? A. They once went to a park. B. Theyre going back home. C. They want to live in California. 4. How does the woman feel? A. Angry. B. Sorry. C. Fortunate.5. What does the woman want to do? A. Set up a new farm. B. Buy som
3、e vegetables. C. Play games online. 第二节 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。听第6段材料，回答第6至8题。6. What season is it now? A. Spring. B. Summer. C. Winter.7. When does the conversation take place most probably? A. At dawn. B. At noon. C. At dusk.8. What can we know about the two spe
4、akers? A. They are in the same city. B. They expect warm weather. C. They watched the news together.听第7段材料，回答第9至11题。9. What had the speakers planned to do? A. Meet John. B. Visit a friend. C. Go to the museum. 10. Who makes the plan changed?A. Jane. B. Mike. C. John. 11. What do the speakers decide
5、to do this weekend?A. Get together. B. Go to the cinema. C. Solve a math problem. 听第8段材料，回答第12至14题。12. What is the relationship between the two speakers?A. Husband and wife. B. Nurse and patient. C. Musician and parent. 13. What does the woman find about her daughter?A. She has a gift for music. B.
6、She can wave her hand. C. She can dance to music. 14. How can the woman deal with her crying daughter?A. Beat her. B. Play music. C. Dance with her. 听第9段材料，回答第15至17题。15. What is wrong with the woman?A. Her throat hurts. B. She has a fever. C. She has a bad tooth. 16. How many pills a day will the wo
7、man take?A. 3. B.6. C.9. 17. What does the man suggest? A. Pulling out the tooth. B. Drinking more water. C. Avoiding eating hot food. 听第10段材料，回答第18至20题。18. What is the speaker mainly talking about? A. How to speak English fluently. B. How to translate English properly.C. How to improve English pron
8、unciation. 19. Why does the speaker suggest thinking in English? A. To avoid mistakes. B. To speak quickly. C. To follow the speaker. 20. Which is the quickest way to learn English? A. To record and listen to what you speak. B. To learn English by singing English songs. C. To be in an English speaki
9、ng environment.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。AIt was Bettys job to hand her father his brown paper lunch bag each morning before he headed off to work. One morning, in addition to his usual lunch bag, Betty handed him a second paper bag. Thi
10、s one was worn and held together with staples(书钉).“Why two bags?” her father asked. “The other is something else,” Betty answered. “Whats in it?” “Just some stuff. Take it with you.”Not wanting to discuss the matter, he put both sacks into his briefcase, kissed Betty and rushed off. At midday he ope
11、ned Bettys bag and took out the contents: two hair ribbons, three small stones, a plastic dinosaur, a tiny sea shell, a small doll, and 13 pennies. The busy father smiled, finished eating, and swept the desk clean into the wastebasket, Bettys stuff included.That evening, Betty ran up behind him as h
12、e read the paper. “Wheres my bag?” “What bag?” “The one I gave you this morning.” “I left it at the office. Why?” “I forgot to put this note in it,” she said. “And, besides, Daddy, the things in the sack are the things I really like I thought you might like to play with them. You didnt lose the bag,
13、 did you, Daddy?” “Oh, no,” he said, lying. “I just forgot to bring it home. Ill bring it tomorrow.” While Betty hugged her fathers neck, he unfolded the note that read: “I love you, Daddy.” Betty had given him her treasures all that a 7-year-old held.Love in a paper bag, and he missed it not only m
14、issed it, but had thrown it in the wastebasket. So back he went to the office. Just ahead of the night janitor (看门人), he picked up the wastebasket. He put the treasures inside and carried it home carefully. The bag didnt look so good, but the stuff was all there and thats what counted.After dinner,
15、he asked Betty to tell him about the stuff in the sack. It took a long time to tell. Everything had a story or a memory.“Sometimes I think of all the great times in this sweet life,” he thought.We should all remember that its not the destination that counts in life, but the journey. That journey wit
16、h the people we love is all that really matters. It is such a simple truth but it is so easily forgotten. 21. Why did Betty give her father a second bag?A. She didnt want to keep the things in the bag.B. She hoped those things would bring happiness to her father.C. She wanted to remind her father of
17、 the stories behind the things.D. She enjoyed playing with her father.22. How did the father deal with the bag after he opened it?A. He kept it in the drawer. B. He took it back home.C. He threw it into the wastebasket. D. He put it on his table.23. After the father heard what his daughter said, he
18、felt _.A. regretful B. surprised C. sad D. satisfied24. Which of the following is the most suitable title of the passage?A. An important journey B. Two bags C. Father and daughter D. Love in a paper bagBIts 4:50 in the morning when the alarm rings in my ears. I roll out of bed and walk blindly throu
19、gh the dark into the bathroom. I turn on the light and put on my glasses. The house is still as I walk downstairs while my husband and three kids sleep peacefully. Usually I go for a long run, but today I choose my favorite exercise DVD, insanity. Sweat pours down my face and into my eyes. My heart
20、races as I force my body to finish each movement. As I near the end of the exercise, I feel extremely tired, but a smile is on my face. Its not a smile because the DVD is over, but a smile of success from pushing my body to its extreme limit.Some people enjoy shopping, smoking, food, work, or even c
21、hocolate. But I need exercise to get through each day. Some shake heads when they see me run through the town. Others get hurt when I refuse to try just one bite of their grandmothers chocolate cake. They raise their eyebrows, surprised by my “no thank you,” or by my choice to have a salad. Over the
22、 years, I have learned its okay to just say “no”. I shouldnt feel sorry for refusing food that I dont want to eat.So what drives me to roll out of bed at 4:50 a.m.? What gives me the reason to just say no to ice cream? Commitment. A commitment to change my life with a way that reduces daily anxiety,
23、 increases self-confidence and energy, extends life and above all improves my body shape. This is the point where a smile appears on my face as I look at myself in the mirror or try on my favorite pair of jeans that now fit just right. Its through commitment and sweat that I can make a difference wi
24、thin myself inside and out.25. Why is there a smile on the authors face in the morning?A. Because she sees her family sleeping peacefully.B. Because she finishes her favorite exercise. C. Because she enjoys the interesting DVD. D. Because she feels a sense of achievement.26. Which of the following i
25、s true according to Paragraph 2?A. She doesnt treat others politely. B. She likes to make others surprised C. Others dont understand what she does. D. Others try to help her by offering her food.27. What does the underlined word “commitment” in the last paragraph mean?A. Good health. B. Firm belief.
26、 C. A strong power. D. A regular habit.28. What can we learn about the author from the text? A. She acts in a strange way. B. She wants to look different from others.C. She aims to develop a good body shape.D. She has difficulty getting along with others.CWith the development of science and technolo
27、gy, the research of human genes is playing more and more important part in our daily life. Sometimes it is a hot topic drawing more and more attention.Gene technology can cure serious diseases that doctors at present can almost do nothing with, such as cancer and heart disease. Every year, millions
28、of people are murdered by these two killers. But if the gene technology is used, not only these two diseases can be cured completely, bringing happiness and more living days to the patients, but also the great amount of money people spend curing their diseases can be saved, therefore it benefits the
29、 economy as well. In addition, people can live longer.Gene technology can help people to give birth to more healthy and clever children. Some families have hereditary diseases and their children will for sure have the family disease, which is a great trouble for these families. In the past, doctors
30、could do nothing about them. But gene technology can solve this problem perfectly. The scientists just need to find the wrong gene and correct it, and a healthy child will be born.Some people are worrying that the gene research can be used to clone human beings in large quantities. In the past few y
31、ears, scientists have succeeded in cloning a sheep; therefore these people predict that human babies would be cloned. But I believe cloned babies will not come out in large amounts, for most couples in the world can have babies in a very normal way. Of course, the governments must take care to contr
32、ol gene technology.29. Whats the main idea of the third paragraph?A. Gene technology can help people to give birth to a baby.B. Gene technology can be used to clone human babies.C. How gene technology can be used to treat hereditary diseases.D. Gene technology can solve all the problems of the Engli
33、sh imperial family.30. In what way can gene technology help to treat hereditary diseases?A. Gene technology helps people with hereditary diseases to live longer.B. Using gene technology, scientists find the wrong gene and correct it.C. Using gene technology, human babies can be cloned.D. Doctors can
34、 cure cancer and heart disease with the help of gene technology.31. What is the main purpose of writing this passage?A. Expressing the writers idea that gene technology will benefit people.B. Telling people the advantages and disadvantages of gene technology.C. Telling the readers that gene technolo
35、gy will not benefit people.D. Explaining that gene technology will also do harm to the humanity.DAnimals are more like us than we ever imagined. They feel pain, they experience stress, they show affection, excitement and love. All these findings have been made by scientists in recent years and such
36、results are beginning to change how we view animals.Strangely enough, some of this research was sponsored by fast food companies like McDonalds and KFC. Pressured by animal rights groups, these companies felt they had to fund scientists researching the emotional and mental states of animals.McDonald
37、s, for instance, funded studies on pig behavior at Purdue University, Indiana. This research found that pigs seek affection and easily become depressed if left alone or prevented from playing with each other. If they become depressed, they soon become physically ill. Because of this, and other simil
38、ar studies, the European Union has banned the use of isolating pig stalls from 2010. In Germany, the government is encouraging pig farmers to give each pig 20 seconds of human contact a day, and to provide them with toys to prevent them from fighting.Other scientists have shown that animals think an
39、d behave like humans. Koko, the 300-pound gorilla at the Gorilla Foundation in Northern California, for instance, has been taught sign language. Koko can now understand several thousand English words, more than many humans who speak English as a second language. On human IQ tests, she scores between
40、 70 and 95.Before such experiments, humans thought language skills were absent from the animal kingdom. Other myths are also being overturned, like the belief that animals lack self-awareness. Studies have also shown that animals mourn their dead, and that they play for pleasure.These striking simil
41、arities between animal and human behavior have led some to ask a question:“ If you believe in evolution, how cant you believe that animals have feelings that human beings have?”Until recently, scientists believed that animals behaved by instinct and that what appeared to be learned behavior was mere
42、ly genetically-programmed activity. But as Koko, the gorilla shows, this is not the case. In fact, learning is passed from parents to offspring far more often than not in the animal kingdom.So what implications does this knowledge have for humans? Because of this, should we ban hunting and animal te
43、sting? Should we close zoos? Such questions are being raised by many academics and politicians. Harvard and 25 other American law schools have introduced courses on animal rights. Germany, meanwhile, recently guaranteed animal rights in its constitution-the first country to do so.32. McDonalds and K
44、FC give money to support scientists to do research on animals. Because _.A. they are international big companiesB. they love animalsC they are pressured by animal rights groupsD. they earn a large amount of money and want to do some good deeds33. The research on pigs at Purdue University shows that
45、_.A. pigs love being alone B. pigs easily become physically illC. pigs need affection D. pigs dont like to play with each other34. Which of the following statements is NOT true? A. Animals behave by instinct. B. Animals have self-awareness.C. Animals have feelings and love. D. Animals do not have la
46、nguage skills.35. Should we ban hunting and animal testing? A. Yes. B. No. C. Not certain. D. Not mentioned.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，选项中有两项为多余选项。Six Ways to Improve Reading ComprehensionHelp your child keep what he reads a crucial skill, especially as he gets older and needs to gain important information from textbooks.Have him read aloud. This forces him to go slower, which gives him more time to process what he reads. _36_ Provide the right kinds of books. Make sure you