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新桥中学、肇庆实中2016-2017学年第二学期

高二年级期末考试

英语

第一部分情景交际（共10小题，每小题2分，满分20分）

1.-----HappyNewYear!

-----____________

A.ThesametoyouB.IhopesoC.That’sagoodideaD.That’sOK

2.-----I’msorryI’vebrokenthewindow.

-----____________.I’llrepairit.

A.IwillforgiveyouB.YouaresocarelessC.PleasetakecareD.Don’tworry

3.-----___________,isthisyourbook?

-----Yesitis.Thankyou.

A.SorryB.ExcusemeC.HelloD.Tellme

4.-----Remembertowritedownyournameonthepaper.

-----_______________.

A.NevermindB.WithpleasureC.That’sallrightD.Sure,Iwill

5.-----It’sverykindofyoutoseemeoff.

-----______________.

A.NoproblemB.IhopetoseeyousoonC.It’smypleasureD.Idon’twantyoutoleave

6.-----DoyoumindifIturnontheTV?

-----____________.Let’swatchthesportsnewsnow.

A.NowayB.GoaheadC.You’dbetternotD.Ithinkso

7.-----Wouldyoupleasehelpmetotaketheclothesdownstairs,Tom?

-----_______________.

A.NevermindB.That’srightC.NoproblemD.Let’sgo

8.------Iwillgototheamusementparknextweekend.

-----_________________.

A.ExcusemeB.HaveagoodtimeC.I’mafraidIcan’tD.It’suptoyou

9.-----IamsorryIcan’thelpyou.

-----_________________.

A.MypleasureB.AllrightC.ThankyouallthesameD.Iamsorrytohearthat

10.------Iwillhaveamathtesttomorrow.

------________________.

A.GoodluckB.ThankyouC.WelldoneD.Thesametoyou

第二部分阅读理解（共两节，满分40分）

第一节阅读（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

DearSusan,

IhavebeeninEnglandthreemonthsnow.Ihopeyoudon’tthinkIhaveforgottenyou.TherehavebeensomanyplacestoseeandsomanythingstodothatI’venothadmuchtimeforwritingletters.IshallsoonbestartingmystudiesatKing’sCollege.SofarI’vebeenlearningaboutEnglandandBritishwaysofliving.Iwon’ttellyouaboutLondon.Thereareplentyofbooksyoucanreadandplentyofpicturesyoucanlookat.I’msureyou’llbemoreinterestedtoknowwhatIthinkaboutlifehere.

Ifindsomeofthecustomsnewandinteresting.PeopleheredonotshakehandssomuchaswedoinEurope.DuringthefirstfewweeksIwasoftensurprisedbecausepeopledidnotputouttheirhandswhenImetthem.Menraisedtheirhatstowomenbutnottoeachother.

Yoursever,

Anne

11.ThewritercametoLondonfrom________.

A.AsiaB.EuropeC.AmericaD.Africa

12.Thewriter________.

A.hasneverbeentoEnglandB.cametoEnglandafewmonthsago

C.cametoEnglandjustnowD.willcometoEnglandinthreemonths

13.Shehas________.

A.notwrittenanylettersB.muchtimetowriteletters

C.notimetowritelettersD.littletimetowriteletters

14.ShecametoLondonto_______.

A.studyB.makealiving

C.learnBritishwaysoflivingD.learnaboutlifethere

15.MeninEngland________.

A.donotshakehandswithfriendsasoftenastheEuropeanpeopledo

B.shakehandswithfriendsasoftenastheEuropeanpeopledo

C.raisetheirhatstoallfriends

D.donotraisetheirhatstofriends

B

Everyonetalksaboutthe“five”sensesofman.Anditistruethatwegetourinformation（信息）abouttheoutsidefromoursenseofsight,hearing,smell,touchandtaste.Researcherstellusthatthesenseofsight–ourvisualsense–givesusupto80%ofwhatweknowabouttheworldoutsideourbodies;whiletheothersenses,theauditory（hearing）,theolfactory（smell）,thetactile（touch）,andthegustatory（taste）bringintoourbrainsinformationabouttheother20%ofwhatishappening.Buttherearetwoothersensesthatwecannotgetalongwithout,thoughtheyarelittlenoticed.Thesearethesensesofbalance（平衡）,withoutwhichwewouldactlikeadrunkafteraheavydrink,andthekinestheticsense（动觉）,whichgivesusourideasaboutourownmotion（运动）.

16.Whichisthebesttitleforthispassage?

A.TheFiveSensesofMan.B.TheSensesofMan.

C.SensesandInformation.D.ImportantSenses.

17.Thesenseofsightsuppliesuswith________.

A.abouthalfofourinformationabouttheworld

B.about20%ofourinformationabouttheworld

C.80%ofourinformationabouttheworld

D.alltheneededourinformationabouttheworld

18.Thesensesofhearing,smell,touchandtastesupplyuswith________.

A.abouthalfofourinformationabouttheworld

B.about20%ofourinformationabouttheworld

C.about80%ofourinformationabouttheworld

D.alltheneededourinformationabouttheworld

19.Theothersensesbesidesthe“five”sensesofmanthatthepassagementions（提到）are________.

A.thetactileandthegustatorysenses

B.thesensesofbalanceandtouch

C.thesensesofkinesthesiaandbalance

D.theolfactoryandtheauditorysenses

20.Accordingtothepassage,onemissesmostabouttheworldwhenone________.

A.isblindB.isdeaf

C.hasnosenseoftasteandtouchD.hasnosenseofbalanceandmotion

C

Peoplehavestrangeideasaboutfood.Forexample,tomatoisakindofverydeliciousvegetable.Itisoneofusefulplantsthatcanbepreparedinmanyways.Ithasrichnutrition（营养）andvitamininit.Butinthe18thcentury,Americansneveratetomatoes.Theygrewthemintheirgardensbecausetomatoplantsaresopretty.Buttheythoughtthevegetablewaspoisonous（有毒的）.Theycalledtomatoes“poisonapples”.

PresidentThomasJefferson,however,knewthattomatoesweregoodtoeat.Hewasalearnedman.HehadbeentoParis,wherehelearnedtolovethetasteoftomatoes.Hegrewmanykindsoftomatoesinhisgarden.ThePresidenttaughthiscookawayforacreamoftomatosoup.ThisbeautifulpinksoupwasservedatthePresidentparty.Thegueststhoughtthesouptastedreallygood.Theyneverthoughttheirpresidentwouldservehishonoredguestspoisonapples.Jeffersonneverspoketohishonoredguestsaboutthefact.

21.Tomatoisakindof___________.

A.poisonousfruitB.poisonousvegetableC.tastyfruitD.tastyvegetable

22.Afteryoureadthepassage,whichofthefollowingdoyouthinkisTrue?

A.Americansneveratetomatoesaftertheybegantoplantthem.

B.Americansdidn’teattomatoesbefore19thcentury.

C.EvennowAmericansdon’teattomatoes.

D.Inthe18thcenturyAmericansatealotoftomatoes.

23.Jeffersonlearnedthattomatoesweregoodtoeat____.

A.whilehewasinParisB.whenhewasalittleboy

C.becausehisparentstoldhimsoD.frombooks

24.FromthepassageweknowallthehonoredguestsinvitedbyJeffersonwere____.

A.peoplefromothercountriesB.fromFrance

C.peopleofhisowncountryD.menonly

25.Accordingtothepassage,whichofthefollowingisNOTTRUE?

A.NoneoftheguestsknewthesoupthatwasservedatthePresident’spartywasmadeoftomatoes.

B.AllofthegueststhoughtthesoupwhichwaspreparedbythePresident’scookwasnice.

C.PresidentThomasJeffersonknewthattomatoesweregoodtoeatandnotpoisonousatall.

D.Notalloftheguestsknewthattheirpresidentwouldservehishonoredguestspoisonapples.

第二节：

七选五（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。

Everyonecan’tlivewithoutmoney.____26___However,moneycannotbuyeverything.Youcan’tbuythefollowingthingsonlyrelyingonmoneyyouhave.

Time

Moneyisatoolfortrade.Wespendmostofourtimeonthisearthgetting,spending,worryingandfantasyingaboutmoney.__27__Instead,moneytakesawayyourtimethatcouldhavebeenspentplayingwithyourchildrenorhavingalongwalkwithyourfriends.Whenthesunsets,adaygoesawayfromourlifeforever.Nomoneyhaspowertobringthatbacktolife.

Self-respect

Therearealotofexamplestoprovethatnomoneycanbuyself-respect.__28__Ifyouareyourworstenemy,lotsofmoneycan’tsaveyoufromtheself-destructionyouaddtoyourself.

Health

AsIwritethis,Ifindoutthatoneofmybestfriendshasbraincancer,anditisinthelastperiod.__29__Butnomoneycanbuyinsuranceforhislife.Webuyinsuranceforjustabouteverythingincludingourlifebutmoneycanneverbringlifeback.

Happiness

Thisiscontroversial（有争议的）.Moneycanbuyhappinessifitisspentbringinggreaterfinancialsafetyforthefamily.__30__Goingaftermoneyeverydaycanneverfinditsdestinationwithfrequenteagernesstogetmore.

A.Showyourrespectforothers.

B.Self-respectisgotfromwithin.

C.Moneycanbuyalotofthings.

D.Youcan’tbuythetimeorsaveitinyourstoreroom.

E.Ofcoursemoneycangethimthebesthealthcarepossible.

F.Soyoushouldnottryyourbesttoearnmoneywithoutcaringaboutyourhealth.

G.Butmoneycan’tbuyhappinessifthepurposeistomakemoneytomakeotherpeoplehappy.

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15小题；每小题2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，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

Oneofthemostremarkablethingsaboutthehumanmindisourabilitytoimaginethefuture.Inour31wecanseewhathasnotyethappened.Forexample,whilewearelookingforwardto32anewplaceorcountry,weimaginewhatitwillbelike.Wepredictthe33peoplewilleat,dressandact.Ofcourse,wedonotalwayspredictthings34.Thingsareoftenverydifferentfromthewaywe35themtobe.

OneofthefamousdreamsinhistoryisthedreamoftheGermanscientist,Kekule,whohadbeen36toworkoutaverydifficultprobleminphysics.Hehad37andanalyzedtheproblemfromeveryanglefordays,butthereseemedtobenowayof38outtheanswer.Thenonenighthewenttobedanddreamed．Whenhe39up,herealizedthatheknewtheanswer.Hehadsolvedtheprobleminhis40.

Thehypnotist（催眠者）satinthechairoppositehimandspoke41:

Iwantyoutoco