高二英语期中考试试卷含答案

2017-2018学年下学期期中考试试卷

高二英语

注意事项：

本试卷满分120分，时间120分。

第I卷

第一部分听力（略）

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）

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Lake FOreSt HIgh SChOOl CIUbS

EnVlrOnmental CIUb

ClUb members are PIOVlded Oppominities to IealiZe their goals Of environmental service. The majority Of PrOjeCtS are SnIdent-initiated. LaSt year 's activities include& die LFHS COUrtyard Garden upkeep, BIke to SChOOl Day With free COCOa and snacks, an 八eat IOCaΓ' IOOmIle dmner, recycling SOIUtiOnS for LFHS, beach CIeanUP tlιrough die Great LakeS AIlIalice. aιιd Earth Week Celebrations.

Meetings: FirSt FrIday Of the month in ROOm 5 at 7： 00 a m.

Adλ?isor: MS IVlary Beth NaWOE ImlawOr@[fischoolsma

Peer TUtOnng

SnIdeiltS VOiUnteer to help fellow SnIdentS In mψroλing their acadenuc and OrgalIIZatiOnal skills. SnIdentS nιtor LFHS aιιd middle SChOOl SnldentS On aιι IndIVldUally SChedUled basis. LFHS tutors must have PlOfiCienCy（精通）In the academic area m WhICh they WiSh to tutor, but middle SChOOl tutors OnIy need general academic proficiency.

done On an individually SChedUled basis.

Meetings: All Uitormg is

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AdViSOIK MS Kathy O'Hara. kohm?a@lfschoolsmet

YbUng Idea

YOImg Idea is LFHS's art and Iiterary r magazine. SnIdelItS Of all ages WhO IOVe Writmg and art are encouraged to become Part Of the StafF Of this award winning magazme. YOImg Idea encourages all SnldelltS to SUbnIit art and Ilteranlre WOrkS to the magazine, Whether they are a Part Of the Staff or not. FrOm SePtelIIber to February, YOlmg Idea meets On ThUrSdayS after SChOOl Iil the PUbIiC ROOm to discuss the PIeCeS that IIaVe been SlIbnIitted to the magazme aιιd PrOVlde feedback for the autrhors.

Meetings: See abθΛβe explanation.

Adviso匚MS DebbIe Zare, dzarg?%ChOOIS

SCOUt BUddIeS

SCOUt BUddIeS is a friendship ClUb WlUCh helps build friendship among IndmdUaIS with and WitllOUt disabilities. ClUb members PartIClPate in a variety Of SOCial activities botlι WitlIIn the SChOOl and m the COininUIιity. ACtiVitieS IllClUde OrgamZmg holiday PartIeS in the SChOOL bowling、gomg to the monies, and eatmg OUt in IOCal restaurants.

Meetings: MOnthIy meetmg dates VaIy but iιι ROOm 134.

AdViSOC MS DOlma Lovitsch, dlovitsch@lfkchoolsnet

21.WhiCh ClUb ρroλ4des IleIP for SnIdentS POOr iιι study?

A.Peer Tutoring.

B. Environmental Club.

C. YOUngIdea.

D. SCOUt Buddies.

22.Whell is the Staff Of YOIaIg Idea most IIkely to meet?

A.6:30 ρ.m., AUgUSt 11, ThlIrSday

B. 6:00 p.m., JanUary 5, TlIurSday

C. 7:30 a m., NOVember 17, TlIUrSday

D. 7:00 p.m., SePtellIber 23, Friday

23.What is the requirement for SnIdentS to jom a CertaIn club?

A.They are IeqUired to have a bike to JOIn EaVirOnmeIltaI Club.

B.They need to be athletic to join SCOUt Buddies.

C.They need to Win a Ilterary r award to jom YOUng Idea.

D.They need to be academically PrOfiCient to jom Peer TUtOrlng.

B

Lymg In die SUn on a rock, the COUgar （美豹）SaW Jeb and his SOn TOm before they SaW it. Jeb PUt his bag down quickly and PUiIed Iiisjacket OPen With both hands, nιakmg himself IOOk big to the COUgar It worked. The COUgar hesitated, Ieady to attack Jeb. but Ieady to forget the WhOle thing, too.

Jeb Iet go OfhiS jacket, grasped TOm and held hιnι across his body, making a cross. NOW the COUgafS enemy IOOked even bigger, and It IOSe up, Ieady to InOVe away but Unfbmlnately TOm g,ot SCared and StnIggled free OfjOb-

H TOnι, no? " ShOUted his fathe匚

BUt TOm broke and ran and t?at,s tlιe IaSt thing you do WIth a cougar. The SeCOnd TOm broke Jeb tlιrew Iiiinself on the cougar, just as it jumped the IOCkTlley hit each Other In mid-air and botlι fell. The COUgar WaS On jeb In a flash, leaving TOm alone, WhiCll WaS W F hat Jeb wanted.

COUgarS are not as big as most PeOPle think and a Jeterniined nιaιι StalldS a ChalICe, even WitIl just ?is fists. As. die COUgafS ClaWS （爪子）got into his Ieft ShOUlde匚Jeb SWUng his fist at its eyes and hit hard. The amnιal howled （吼【川） and PUt its head back. Jeb followed UP With IliS Other fist. Thell OUt Of the COnler OfhiS eye, Jeb SaW Tom. The boy WaS nιnnιng back to help his father.

o Knιfe. TOmr ShOUted Jeb.

The boy Ian to his fatlιers bag, While Jeb Started ShOUtlng as Well as hitting, to keep the COUgafS attention away from Tom. TOm got the kιιιfe and Ian over to Jeb. The COUgar WaS moving its head in and out, trying to find a Way through the WaIl Jeb WaS makmg OUt of ?is anus. TOm S^r Ung With the knife, into the cougar's back. It howled horribly and ran Off IntO the mountains.

The WhOle fight had taken about thirty seconds.

24.Why did Jeb PUIl IliS jacket OPen When he SaW the cougar?

A.TO get ready to fight.

B. TO friglιten it away.

C. TO CahIl IlinlSelf down.

D. TO PrOteCt his son.

25.What Can We Iearn from the PaSSage about cougars?

A.They always forget things.

B. They dislike IOUd noises.

C. They Iike to attack IUnnIng people.

D. Tlley hesitate before attack.

26.Jeb tried to hold the COlIgars attention by __________ .

A.making a Wall With ?is arms

B. SWmgillg ?is fists at the COUgars eyes

C. tlιrowing ?iιnself On the COUgar

D. keeping ShOUting aιιd hitting

27.WIliCh Of the following WOrdS Can be IISed to describe Jeb?

A.Smart but bad-tempered.

B. LoVing and determmed.

C. TOUgll and WanII- hearted.

D. DetenIiiiled but hesitant

C

SOme PeOPle will do just about an>r tlιmg to SaVe money. Alld I am One Of them. Take my family's IaSt VaCatIOII- It WaS my six-year-old SoirS Winter break &om SChOOL and We Were headmg home from FOrt LaUderdale after a ^r eeklOng trip. The flight WaS overbooked、and Delta, die airline, Offered US $400 Per PerSon in CredItS to give UP OUr SeatS and IeaVe the IleXt day. I Ilad meetings In NeW YOrkf SO I IIad to get back. BUt that didn't mean my husband and my SOn COUldn t stay. I took my IUne-month?old aιιd took OfF for home.

Tlle IleXt day, my husband aιιd SOn Were Offered more CreditS to take an even Iater flιglιt. Yes, I encouraged—Okay Ordered一them to Wait at the airport, to fc eam,' more Delta Dollars. Ollr total take: S 1,600. NOt bad, huh?

NOW SOme PeOPle may think Γm a bad mother aιιd not SUCh a great Wife either. BUt as a big-time bargain InmteE I know the "value Of a dollar. Alld these days, a good deal is Something few Of US Can afford to PaSS up.

Γve made a IiVing IOOkIng for the best deals and exρosiιιg（揭金￡）t?e WOrSt tricks. I have been the COnSUmer reporter Of NBC s TOday ShOW for OVeT a decade. I have written a COUPle Of books mcludmg One titled TnCkS Of die Trade: A COnSUmer SUrViVaI Guide. And I Ieally do What I believe in.

高二英语试题第8页共8页

I tell you this because there is no Shame In getting your money ,s worth. Γnι also Ughtfisted When It COmeS to shoes, ClOtlleS for my children, and expensive restaurants. BUt I WOUldIlt hesitate to SPend On a good haircut. It keeps its ShaPe Ionger aιιd it's the first t ?rng PeOPle notice. And I WiIl also SPend On a CIaSSiC PIeCe Of fτιπιιtτιre. QlIa 丘ty lasts.

2& Why did DeIta give the author ，S family credits?

29. What does the author do?

30. What Can We Ieam about the author?

31. What does the author Want to tell us?

Many Of the WOrld ,s tallest buildings Will make you dizzy if you reached their top ? BUt these grand buildings COUld SOOn IOOk Iike bungalows in COmPariSOn to a three-mile-high SkySCraPCr WhiCh it is Said COUld be built by 2062?

The SkySCraPCr is the idea Of Arconic, a InaterialS SCienCe COnlPany based in NeW York, as Part Of its Iarger CamPaIgn Called "The Jetsons'' — a homage （致敬）to the 1962 cartoon, Set in 2062? ArCOniC has imagined the SkySCraPCr Created USing InaterialS that are either in-development Or have already been brought to market, including SnlOg-Cating SIlrfaCeS and retractable （可伸

缩的）balconies.

Sherri McCleary. One Of ArCOnic ,s Chief InaterialS SCientiStS t SayS One Of the most exciting and immediate PrOjeCtS is ECOClean ? a SPeCial COating that helps buildings Self-CIean and PUrify the SUrrOUnding air. It WaS first released in 2011 and OfferS a number Of benefits OVer traditional glass WindOwS ? The functional COating PrOVideS beauty and a benefit to the SUrrOUnding environment by reducing the COntent Of POllUtantS around it.

ECOClean USeS a mix Of chemicals, WhiCh USe both Iight and Water VaPOUr （蒸汽）to PrOduCe atoms known as free radicals ? TheSe free radicals draw in POllUtantS in the air, breaking them down before they fall Off the Side Of the building.

AnOther innovation （仓IJ 新）is in the WindOwS themselves, WhiCh ArCOniC also hopes COUld be a Part Of the three-mile-high tower. The new design is Caned BlOOmfranlC ? Essentially, it ,s a motorized WindOW that ChangeS into an all-glass balcony in Under a minute ? ThC firm has already ShOWCaSed the BIOOmframe technology at SeVeral trade shows, and hopes it Will become available to buy in the near future.

A. They took a Iater flight.

B. They had early bookings.

C. TheIr flight had been delayed.

D. TlleIr flight had been CanCeIled.

A. She's a teacher.

B. She's a housewife.

C. She's a media person.

D. She s a businesswoman.

A. She Iarely misses a good deal.

B. She SeldOm makes a COmPrOlluse.

C. She is Very StrICt Witll Iler ChIldren-

D. She is Hiterested m CheaP products.

A. HOw to expose bad tricks.

B. HOW to IeSen ? e airline seats.

C. HOW to SPend money wisely.

D. HOW to make a business deal.

Fitting iιι WitIl fc Tlie Jetsons'' theme, the firm is also WOrkmg On flying cars, featuring UItra-IightWCight Car bodies and airplane WingS. In the meantime, it COntinUeS WOrking to PUSh the IimitS Of What modern-day SkySCraPerS Can IOOk Iike and do. ThankS to 3D Printing, MCCleary SayS many -structures that aren't CUrrently feasible （可行的）COUId WitIIStand hιglι WilldS aιιd IUUqUe climates. "Were IOOkIng at ImPK）VlIlg materials that Can be 3D-printed to give InOre and more OPtIOnS to designers and architects/' She says.

32.What Can We IeanI about the skyscraper?

A. 11 is now in-development.

B. 11 has many futuristic features?

C. It WaS first PUt forward in 1962.

D. It Will be the tallest building in 2062.

33.What is ECOClean SUPPOSed to achieve?

A. A tidier COating?

B. A quieter environment.

C. A Cleaner building SUrrOUnded by Cleaner air.

D. A InOre beautiful VieW through glass WindOWS?

34.What does ParagraPh 4 Inainly talk about?

B. HOW We Can avoid POllUtiOn?

A. HoW ECOCIean WOrkS

e

C. What free radicals are?

D. Where ECOClean COmeS from.

35.WhiCh Of the following may require BIOOmfranle technology?

A. Flying CarS.

B. BalCOny WalIS?

C. AirPlane wings.

D. Changeable windows.

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岀能填入空白处的最佳选项。选项中有两项为多余选项。

AbOUt ten PerCent Of SPending On Pnmary and SeCondary r education In the United StateS COmeS from the federal goλβeπιιιιent.

36 StateS have been IeqUired to ShOW PrOgreSS tlιrough yearly testing.

BUt StateS Say testing tells Olily PaIt Of the StOry about efforts by SChOOlS and SnIdelltS to improve. SO the Obama administration has eased the IlllIItS m StateS In measuring performance.

37. TIIIS new measurement tool is Caned the COlOradO GrOWth Model. The IdeaS is to SllOW academic growth. IlOt jιιst achievement On tests. It COmbmeS test scores, family πιcome levels, SChOOl size, the etlmιcιty Of the SnIdent and many Other factors.

38. TiIe graph SllOWS a sc?ooΓs a??erage SCOre On StaildardIZed tests as Well as its academic growth.

On average, SnIdentS enter SlXth grade at WEST DenVer PreP PerfbnlIIng below grade IeVeL 39

The new assessment 评价）metlιod ShOWS that, each year, the average W Z eSt DeIIVer PreP SnIdellt IeamS m?ore matlι than

nmety-fbur

percent Of all the SnIdeiltS m COlOradO- 40

r

JOSh Snlith SayS PerhaPS the most InIPOrtant t?mg they ShOUld Ieam is to believe In themsehβes.

A.The IeSUltS from SChOOIS across tlιe State are ShOWil OlllIne OIx- a graph.

B.Readmg aιιd Writing SCOreS also ShOW growth.

C.FOT ten years now, federal IaW has tied this SPelIdIng to SnIdent Perfbnnanee.

the government feels it a great PreSSlire.

D.Therefbre

5

E.BUt three years Iate匚most are OUtPerfbrmmg Otller SnIdentS across the state.

F.However, the IlInItS don't Work at all.

G.The WeStenl State Of COIOrado. for example, IlaS a IIew assessment method.

第三部分英语知识运用（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）

In 1956 PhOenIX- ArIZOna. WaS a City With boundless blue skies. One day as I WaIked around the house With my 41 Kathy's new paιakeet（小鹦鹉）on Iny finger I Wanted to ShOW PerkV 42 the Sky IOOked like. Maybe he COUld make a Iittle bird friend OUt there. I took him into the backyard、and then. r43 to my horror, PeriCy flew off. Tlle enormous,, blue Sky SWallOwed UP my sister's blue 44 and SUddenly he had gone, CllPPed WmgS and all.

Kathy managed to 45 me. WIth fhke（假的）OPtilllism. She even tried to COilIfOrt me that Perky WOUld find a IleW 46 . BUt I WaS far too CIeVer to 47 that SUCh a thing WaS possible. DeCadeS Iater I WatChed my own 48 growing.

We Shared their activities, SPelldmg SOCCer SanIrdayS ill fbldmg CllairS Witll the 49 Of the kids' ■&lends、the KISSeIIs. The two families Went CamPmg around AnZOna together. We became the 50 Of friends. One Evening, the game WaS to tell Great Pet stories. One PerSOn ClaImed to 51 the OldeSt IiVlng goldfish. SOmeOne else had a PSyCliiC dog._52 Barry, die fatlιer Of the Other family, took the floor（在辩论中发言）and 53 that die GreateSt Pet Of AlI Tmle WaS his blue parakeet. SWeetIe Pie.

"The best tiling 54 SWeetie Pie,'' Ile said,八WaS the 55 W e got him. One day, Wllell I WaS about eiglιt. OUt Of the clear,

a IIttle blue Parakeet JUSt dived down and 56 On IlIy finger/5

blue Sky

t

Whell I WaS 57 able to SPeak We exaiiiuied the amazing evidence. The dates and die IOCatIOnS and the PlCnlreS Of die bird all 58 . It SeenlS OUr two families had been 59 IOng before We eΛβer met. FOrty years later. I Ian to my

SiSter and said, "You Were 60 ! Perky r lived!"

41 ? A? niece B? SiSter C? friend D? aunt

B. WhiCh C? how

42? A. What D ? where

43. A. many B ? IllUCh C. great D? Very

44. A. PleaSlIre B ? SadlleSS C. treasure D? SenSe

45. A. fbrgive B ? COnlfbrt C ? help D ? delight

46. A. Parent B ? IlOme C? house D? Ufe

47. A. imagine B? SUPPOSe C. doubt D? believe

48. A. birds B ? Iiappmess C ? WOnieS D ? ChildreIl

49. A. ParentS B. birds C ? IlItereStS D? games

50. A? first B ? best C. IaSt D ? IlaPPIeSt

51. A. CatCh B. find C. buy D ? ha?? e

52. A. BUt B ? FOminately C ? Tllen D ?HOWeτer

53. A. aιmoιmced B ? argued C? told D ? IlOPed

54. A?in B ? about C ? from D?On

55. A. day B? PIaCe C ? Way D? StOry

56. A. fell B. flew C. Ianded D ? Went

57. A. firstly B. finally C. exactly D? even

58. A. Came UP B ? turned UP C? turned OUt D ? IiIatChed UP

59. A. known B. jomed C ? COlIileCted D? mtroduced

60. A. riglιt B ? WrOilg C ? silly D? Inad

第II卷

第三部分英语知识运用

第二节(共10小题；每小题1.5分，满分15分)

阅读下面材料，在空白处填入适当的内容(1个单词)或括号内单词的正确形式。

Oτιr grandparents Seem to have magical POWerS sometimes. GiVe them a Chinese IUnar Calendar 61 they Will know Wllat the Weather Will be IIke days or even months later.

What's the secret? They are following the 24 SOIar Temls( i*f气)，62 were added On NOV.30 to die IiSt Of the Intallgible CUlnlral Herltage Of HUmallIty (人类非文化物质遗产)by the Umted Natιoαs. It is a knowledge SyStem and SOClal PraCtICe 63 ______________________ (form) tlιrough people's ObSerVatiOnS Of the sun's annual movement and its InflUenCe On

the climate.

Tlle 24 SOIar TerlllS 64 _________ (COnle) IntO being during the QIng aιιd Hall 65_____________ (dynasty). At that time, most CIlineSe PeOPle made tlιeir iιτing on farms, SO Weather ChangeS Were 66___________ (extreme) ImPOrtant for tlιeιn.

BUt they IIad no satellite, Intemet Or Weatller broadcast 67 ______________ (help) them. 68 ___________ tlιese difficulties,

they managed to WOIk OUt 24 SOlar TemIS by Snldyiilg die sun's InOVeinellt and also ObSerVHlg Other natural ChangeS SUCh as

air temperature. Water aιιd CrOP 69__________ （grow ）.

It is honored as China's 70 ______________ （five） great invention, after papermaking, Prmtmg. the COmPaSS and

giuιpowder. NOw, it is Stlll Widely IISed m daily IIfe even in die age Of tecluιology -based modern fanning.

第四部分写作（共两节，满分35分）

第一节短文改错（10分）

下而文中共有10处语言错误，每句中最多有两处。错误涉及一个单词的增加、删除或修改。

增加：在缺词处加一个漏字符号（A）,并在其下而写出该加的词。

删除：把多余的词用斜线（\）划掉。

修改：在错的词下划一横线，并在该词下而写出修改后的词。

注意：L每处错误及其修改均仅限一词：

2-只允许修改10处，多者（从第11处起）不计分。

Dear Jini,

Γd IIke to IIIVite you for dinner in a ChineSe restaurant in LOS Angeles. I CaIl Imagme how SUrPriSlng you are! Iii fact, I am tlιere λβisιtmg my uncle, WhO happened to be λvoιkmg in the City at present.

The CIIineSe restaurant naming New Panda BUffet PrOVideS geιιume ChineSe food. Where many diners have given

5?star reviews. It is IOCated at 5120 ROdeO Rd. LOS Angeles. COUld you COme at 6 ρ.m. On Friday?

By the way, I Will PreSent you With a go Set then. I IeaIly appreciate that you have done to help me Witll my EngliSh

dιιrmg die PaSt two years. BUt you. I WOUld IlOt have Illade SliCll a great PrOgreSS Hl English.

LOOkHlg forward to you early reply!

Yours,

LI Hua

第二节书而表达（满分25分）

假设你是华夏中学的学生李华。你和在郑州上学的英国朋友ToIn约好下周末去上海旅游，但你因故不能赴约。请你根据以下要点用英语给他写一封电子邮件：

1.表示歉意；

2.解释原因；

3.另约时间。

注意：1.词数100左右；

2.可适当增加细肖。

Dear Tom,

YOUrs, Li HUa

高二英语期中考试试题答案

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66. extremely 67. to IleIP 68. DeSPite 69. gτowth 70. Fiftll

改错:

SUrPriSing Γd Iike to invite you to dinner in a ChineSe restaurant in LOS Angeles. I Can imagine how SUTpTffd y 0u

there

are! In fact, I am here ViSiting my uncle, WhO happens (0

be WOrking in the City at present.

naming

The ChineSe restaurant namwd

NeW Panda BUffet PrOVideS genuine ChineSe food.

WIliCh ma

∏y diners have given 5-star

reviews .It is IOCatCd at 5120 ROdeO Rd.Los Angeles. COUld you COme at 6 p.m ? On Friday?

that

By the way, I Will PreSent you With a go Set then. I really appreciate Wh at you have done to help Ine With my

BUt

EngIiSh during the PaSt two years. / °1 ''I yo ll . I WOUld not have made SUCh÷ great PrOgreSS in

English.

you

LOOking forward to

early reply!

书而表达:

Dear TOm,

I am really SOrry to tell you that I can ,

t go to Shanghai With you IleXt weekend, WhiCh I have PrOmiSed ? I apologize for it and Want you to know What happened ?

JUSt now, my cousin, XiaOming, WhO Ieft home to AUStralia for his further StUdy IaSt year, informed Iner that he WOUld return this SatUrday morning and asked me to PiCk him UP at the airport With his family. YOU know, We IlaVelι,

t Seen each Other for Ilearly a year ?

I SinCerely hope you Call accept my apology. Shanghai is a PlaCe WOrth ViSiting, SO Γd Iike to make another date WitIl you to go there together ? Oile 亡 again, Γm SOITy for any inconvenience CaUSed ?

for

happened Where

Yours, Li HIIa