2016—2017学年度上学期孝感市七校教学联盟
期中联合考试
高 二 英 语 试 卷
第一部分
听力（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）
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. What language can the man speak?
A. German.
B. Chinese.
C. French.
2. What is the man's favorite sport?
A. Swimming.
B. Running.
C. Skating.
3. What does the woman want to do?
A. Watch TV at home.
B. Go to the cinema.
C. Listen to music.
4. Where is the woman probably?
A. In the post office.
B. At the airport.
C. In the bank.
5. How did the man go to Tiananmen Square?
A. By subway.
B. By car.
C. By bus.
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，你将有时间阅读各个小题，每小题5秒钟；听完后，各小题给出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. What does the woman ask the man to do?
A. Call her a doctor.
B. Give her some medicine.
C. Give her a check-up.
7. Where does this conversation take place?
A. In a hotel.
B. In a hospital.
C. In a drugstore.
听第7段材料，回答第8至10题。
8. Who will go to London with the woman?
A. The man's sister.
B. The woman's best friend.
C. The woman's sister.
9. What will the woman do in London?
A. Plant some trees.
B. Go boating on a river.
C. Do some shopping.
10. What can we know from the conversation?
A. The woman will come back next weekend.
B. The woman will go to London by bus.
C. The man will pick up the woman when she comes back.
听第8段材料，回答第11至13题。
11. Why does the woman say "sorry" to the man?
A. She didn't recognize him at the first sight.
B. She knocked into him.
C. She can't go to the People's Square with him.
12. What is Mark doing now probably?
A. Having coffee at the café.
B. Attending a meeting in the hotel.
C. Shopping at the People's Square.
13. Which country are the two speakers in?
A. England.
B. Japan.
C. America.
听第9段材料，回答第14至16题。
14. Where is the man working?
A. In Apple Company.
B. At a restaurant.
C. In XY Company.
15. What is Mr. Johnson doing at the moment?
A. He is having a meeting.
B. He is going on a business trip.
C. He is talking on his phone.
16. Why does the man make the phone call?
A. To invite Mr. Johnson to dinner.
B. To thank Mr. Johnson for his help.
C. To ask Mr. Johnson for help.
听第10段材料，回答第17至20题。
17. What does David do?
A. A singer.
B. An auto worker.
C. A teacher.
18. How many CDs has David made already?
A. None.
B. Two.
C. One.
19. What places does Tom want to travel to?
A. Places with long history.
B. Places with high mountains.
C. Places with strange names.
20. Who does Ben want to build a tall building for?
A. The old.
B. The homeless.
C. The disabled.
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。
A
Billy Wilder was born in 1906 in the former Austro-Hungarian Empire. His birthplace is now part of Poland. He started law school in Vienna, Austria. But he decided not to become a lawyer. Instead, he began reporting for a Vienna newspaper. By the 1920s, he was writing movies in Germany.
In 1933, he went to Paris. There he directed a movie for the first time. It was called The Bad Seed.
Billy Wilder arrived to settle in the United States in 1934. There he formed a writing team with Charles Brackett. The two writers created many films together.
In 1944, Billy Wilder made a film called Double indemnity. Some critics said this movie established him as one of the greatest Hollywood directors.
In 1950, Billy Wilder made Sunset Boulevard. More than 50 years later, movie-lovers still like this movie very much.
In 1954, Billy Wilder became an independent producer. The next year, Wilder's first movie as an independent filmmaker was a huge success. It was The Seven Year itch.
Billy Wilder continued to make interesting movies through the 1960s and 1970s. As usual, he filled his movies with social comments.
In recent years, Billy Wilder received many more awards and honors. Critics praised his gifts to movie making. In 1987, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences gave him the Irving G. Thalberg Memorial Award. It is the highest award a producer can receive.
Wilder died in March, 2002. A current Hollywood producer said, "Billy Wilder made movies that people will never forget."
21. When did Billy Wilder direct his first movie?
A. In 1944.
B. In 1934.
C. In 1954.
D. In 1933.
22. According to the critics, which movie made him one of the greatest Hollywood directors?
A. Sunset Boulevard.
B. The Bad Seed.
C. The Seven Year itch.
D. Double indemnity.
23. Which of the following statements is TRUE?
A. Billy Wilder started law school in Germany.
B. Billy Wilder was born in America.
C. Wilder's movies covered social comments.
D. Billy Wilder became an independent producer in 1950.
24. What is the best title of the passage?
A. Why Billy Wilder moved to America
B. Films made by Billy Wilder
C. Life of Billy Wilder
D. Billy Wilder—a great Hollywood actor
B
When students read articles about scientific discovery, they learn what worked. Scientists show the methods that got the best result. They often show only the results that are significant and important. What they won't show are the mistakes or failures that came first. Yet sometimes those mistakes pointed the way to success.
It can take a long time and many experiments to achieve scientific success. Robbin, 16, and Annabelle, 15, learned that while working this summer in a lab. What's more, they learned that failure is not necessarily something to fear.
"I like the idea of scientific research," says Robbin. It's the basis for "every lesson you learn in school and understanding everything you see in life". This summer, Robbin has been working with Lauren, a chemistry student, who is making new drugs to fight harmful bacteria. At first, the tests made Robbin anxious. She worried that she might be making terrible mistakes. But Lauren said that finding out what doesn't work is "just part of the learning process". With time, the teenager got comfortable with the idea that every experiment wouldn't succeed.
Annabelle also learned a lot about failure and success. She worked with graduate student Agnieszka Gil. "Sometimes I try something and it takes a while for the experiment to run." This means that finding out whether Annabelle did something wrong can be a stressful waiting game, because "if you did something wrong you need to do it again". But she's now learning to be patient and not to expect instant success.
In science, getting to understand why something failed is on the road to success.
25. What impresses students most in articles about scientific discovery?
A. The reasons for success.
B. Scientists' achievements.
C. Stressful process of research.
D. The reason of mistakes.
26. What can we learn from the passage?
A. Lauren managed to make new drugs.
B. Robbin is a graduate student.
C. Agnieszka expected an instant success.
D. Annabelle learns the value of patience.
27. What did Robbin and Annabelle have in common in their experiments?
A. They realized not all experiments would succeed.
B. They did their experiments independently.
C. They made severe mistakes in the experiments.
D. They assisted graduate students to make new drugs.
28. What does the writer intend to tell us?
A. The importance of scientific discovery.
B. The reason of making errors in science.
C. The correct attitudes towards failures.
D. The importance of doing experiments.
C
China is facing a reading crisis, with more than 50% of people surveyed believing they don't spend enough time reading and only 20% satisfied with their reading time, China Daily said.
According to Xu Shengguo, head of the Chinese Academy of Press and Publication, the country's reading rate last year was 78.6%, which means that percentage of people read books, periodicals or newspapers or were involved in online reading, while 21.4% read nothing at all.
The academy started an yearly survey on the reading quantity of Chinese people in 2005 and found that each read 4.5 to 4.7 books on average per year between 2005 and 2017. Last year, Chinese people read only 4.56 books, compared with 12 in France, 11 in South Korea, 9 in Japan and about 7 in the United States. In addition, more than 40% of Chinese people read less than one book throughout the year outside of textbooks.
A training meeting on reading supported by Beijing Municipal Bureau of Press, Publication, Radio, Film and Television was held in Beijing last week. It was the first meeting for the Leading Reader project, a training series for teachers, officials, college students and bookstore owners to promote nationwide reading. It will be held on weekends during September and October.
In addition to factors such as the large population base in China and imbalance of regional economic development, the shortage of public libraries is widespread. Reading parties in the community are in need of greater promotion. If we want to promote the nationwide reading rate, we have to encourage more grassroots reading programs.
29. What is the reading rate of China last year?
A. 78.6%.
B. 20%.
C. 40%.
D. 21.4%.
30. What's the training meeting held last week for?
A. For supporting Beijing Municipal Bureau.
B. For promoting nationwide reading.
C. For advertising related books, films and televisions.
D. For training teachers and middle school students.
31. Which is NOT the factor of the reading crisis?
A. Most Chinese people no longer like reading.
B. China has a large population base.
C. There is an imbalance in regional development.
D. Some regions have no enough public libraries.
D
Babies may look helpless, but as soon as they come into the world, they're able to do many important things. They can recognize faces and moving objects, They' re attracted to language. And from very early on, they can differentiate their mother from other humans.
"They really come equipped to learn about the world in a way that was appreciated not until recently," says a scientist Sandra Aamodt. "It took scientists a long time to realize that their brains are doing some very difficult things."
Firstly, children have to learn how to talk.
Babies can differentiate new sounds from very early age, and there are ways for parents to help their children develop their language skills faster and more efficiently.
"The simplest way is to talk to your baby and around your baby a lot," says Aamodt. "And the other thing that parents can do is to respond when the baby speaks, Just act like some communication has happened--smile and give the baby a little pat--and that encourages the baby to continue to try to communicate."
But because language is so social, says MR. Wang, Aamodt’s workmate, passive exposure to words really doesn't help babies learn in any way.
"For example, videos that are often shown to babies containing language are not nearly so effective," he says.
"Language is acquired quite well before the age of 6, but trying to force your children to read before the age of 4 is an effort that doesn't work very well because the brain is not very well-equipped to tell the letter 'b' from the letter 'd' and so on," says Wang. "But it's something that older children can do without any effort at all."
"Kids learning two languages young are better able to learn different rules and to exchange rules that they've already learned," says Aamodt. "They have little difficulty choosing between conflicting possibilities."
32. What can we learn from the second paragraph?
A. People wanted to equip the brains of babies with some difficult things.
B. People didn't like to do research on babies' brain in the past.
C. Researchers didn't appreciate the learning ability of babies until recently.
D. It took scientist quite a long time to appreciate the structure of a baby's brain.
33. In which way can parents help their babies talk?
A. By smiling at and patting their babies frequently.
B. By communicating with their babies in an interactive way.
C. By exposing their babies to more TV programs and radio shows.
D. By whispering to their babies' ears from time to time.
34. Why does Wang mention the letters "b" and "d"?
A. Because he tries to show the view that children should learn knowledge according to their age levels.
B. Because he thinks children would have difficulty separating the two letters.
C. Because he supports the view that children can acquire to speak only at the age of three.
D. Because he thinks children have the ability to learn something in advance.
35. What was Aamodt's attitude towards learning two languages for children ?
A. approving
B. uncaring
C. unfriendly
D. doubtful
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。
How to get good grades in school
Everyone knows how important it is to do well in school. In order to make good grades , you have to really work hard and try your best. 36.________ , but you can definitely achieve your academic goals if you set your mind to it. There are a few things that you can do to help you get good grades in school.
Go to bed early and get enough sleep. In order to stay alert (机敏) and focused in class, you must make sure that you get enough sleep at night.
37 . So, try getting seven to eight hours of sleep each night.
38 . Be sure to listen to your teacher and pay attention to the class lectures.
Your teacher discusses important information that you must know in order to do well on your assignments and to pass your quizzes and tests.
Complete all of your homework. It is important that you finish your homework in a timely manner. Your teacher gives you the due dates for every assignment and you must complete the work on time. 39.________ , your teacher may refuse to accept the late assignments.
Make sure that you ask your teacher questions if you do not understand something. You can ask your teacher for help during class or meet with her before or after class. 40.________ , so do not feel afraid to go to your teacher for help.
A. It's not always going to be easy
B. Pay attention in class
C. As you do not want to overwork yourself
D. Always remember that there are no stupid questions
E. Read your textbook and other materials
F. If you do not complete your homework on time
G. Therefore, it is important that you create a reasonable bedtime schedule and stick to it
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）
阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。
When I arrived in Sydney two years ago from Brazil to study, I struggled to find work to support myself. My savings soon became dangerously 41.________ and I was upset that I might have to 42.________ my overseas dream.
One day, I was at the park, worrying about the future and 43.________ with my own thoughts. A lady sitting next to me noticed the 44.________ expression on my face and gave me a sincere smile. She asked if something 45.________ had happened and if I needed any
46 . I did not want to trouble someone I had just 47.________ with my problems, so I 48.________ that everything was fine. But we 49.________ chatting for nearly two hours about life in Brazil and what I thought about Australia. This lady gave me lots of tips about places to visit in that country. 50.________ we knew it, it was almost five o'clock. She said she had to get to work and 51.________ invited me to accompany her. Why not? I 52.________ although I felt a little surprised.
We arrived at a restaurant and the most 53.________ thing happened. She said that she 54.________ the restaurant and needed some help in the 55.________ as one of her cooks was leaving soon. She asked if I wanted to take a part-time job there. I
56 , of course, and started the next day.
I spent almost one year 57.________ in her restaurant, improving my English, and 58.________ my skills. And most importantly, I built a good 59.________ with my boss. Even now living in different cities, we are 60.________ close friends and enjoy sharing long chats about life.
41. A. small
42. A. take up
43. A. combining
44. A. worried
45. A. exciting
46. A. change
47. A. called
48. A. pretended
49. A. put off
50. A. While
51. A. positively
52. A. explained
53. A. boring
54. A. won
55. A. kitchen
56. A. admitted
57. A. working
58. A. showing
59. A. culture
60. A. only B. same
B. give up
B. connecting
B. angry
B. special
B. help
B. mentioned
B. intended
B. insisted on
B. Before
B. hardly
B. promised
B. frightening
B. owned
B. washroom
B. accepted
B. playing
B. developing
B. custom
B. still C. different
C. put up
C. arguing
C. curious
C. bad
C. information
C. met
C. believed
C. ended up
C. After
C. unexpectedly
C. agreed
C. disappointing
C. saved
C. hall
C. ignored
C. traveling
C. sharing
C. relationship
C. never D. big
D. keep up
D. comparing
D. shocked
D. new
D. food
D. recognized
D. decided
D. felt like
D. Since
D. practically
D. hesitated
D. amazing
D. knew
D. classroom
D. understood
D. studying
D. requiring
D. future
D. seldom
第三部分
英语知识运用（共两节，满分45分）
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。
I was wandering in the street 61.________ I saw a tailor’s shop. 62.________ (see) from the distance, the shop looked great. I wanted to get a new suit because I was in 63.________ (rag). With a million pound bank note I went in and asked if they had a cheap suit. A salesman looked through the suits and 64.________ (select) one for me. “Could you wait days for the money? I haven’t any small change on me.” The salesman looked at me 65
(angry) and said, “why do you think we can’t change your note? On 66.________ contrary, we can.” I handed the note to him , 67.________ (say) sorry to him.
He received it with a smile, and then as he looked at the note, his smile froze. The owner of the shop came up to see 68.________ was the matter. I said, “No trouble. I am just 69.________ (wait) for my change now.” When the owner saw what a note I had, he permitted me 70.________ (take) the clothes and said that he could wait for the money all his life.
第四部分
写作（共两节，满分35分）
第一节
短文改错（共10小题；每小题1分，满分10分）
假定英语课上老师要求同桌之间交换修改作文，请你修改你同桌写的以下作文。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（∧），并在其下面写出修改后的词。
删除：把多余的词用斜线（）划掉。
修改：在错的词下划一横线，并在该词下面写出修改后的词。
注意：1. 每处错误及其修改仅限一词；
2. 只充许修改10处，多者（从第11处起）不计分。
Dear Mary,
Han Meimei, that is one of my best classmates, has been won a prize to study in America. Luckily, the school that she will go to is yours. Han Meimei is also my good friends. She is such kind that everyone in our class liked her very much. She is friendly but has many hobbies. This is the first time for her to live and studying abroad. She will need the long time for the new lifestyle. I hope that you can get along well with him.
I believe she will not feel lonely because your kindness.
Yours,
Liu Yanhua
第二节 书面表达（满分25分）
假定你是李华，你的同班同学张军的家乡在今年7月遭受严重的洪水（flood）袭击，大洪水毁坏了家园，你作为班长给正在抗洪的他写封慰问信，要点如下：
1．对该同学表示关心；
2．向其提供一些帮助，如捐助和帮他补习功课；
3．表达希望和对其重建家园的信心。
注意：1.词数100左右；2.可适当增加细节，以使行文连贯；3.开头语和结束语已为你写好，不计入总词数；4.参考词汇：同情 sympathy
捐赠 donatedonation
Dear Zhang Jun,
We are so sorry to hear that a horrible and severe flood hit your hometown and your house is in
ruins.__________________________________________________________________________
_______________________________________________________________________________
_______________________________________________________________________________
_______________________________________________________________________________
Best wishes!
Yours sincerely,
Li Hua
2016—2017学年度上学期孝感市七校教学联盟
期中联合考试
高 二 英 语 试 卷
参考答案
第一部分 听力(共20小题；每小题1.5分，满分30分)
1-5
CBAAA
6-10 BABAA
11-15 ABCCA
16-20 ABACB
第二部分 阅读理解(共20小题；每小题2分，满分40分
21-24
DDCC
25-28
BDAC
29-31
ABA
32-35
CBAA
36-40
AGBFD
第三部分 英语知识运用
完形填空(共20小题；每小题1.5分，满分30分)
41-45
ABCAC
46-50
BCACB
51-55
CCDBA
56-60
BABCB
第二节(共10小题；每小题1.5分，满分15分)
英语听力原文