宜昌市第一中学2017年秋季学期高二年级期末考试
英 语 试 题
考试时间：120分钟 满分：150分
命题人：王莉 审题人：郑晓辉
第I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 does the woman ask John to do?
A. Leave the room for a moment.
B. Have a discussion with Peter.
C. Get something to eat.
2. How much will the speakers pay for the match?
A.￡24. B.￡42. C.￡48.
3. Why can't the woman pick up the man now? .
A. Her car is under repair.
B. She can't open the car door.
C. She locked her car keys in her house.
4. Where are the speakers?
A. In a restaurant. B. In the man's office. C. In a theater.
5. How does the man feel?
A. Relieved. B. Worried. C. Angry.
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，听每段对话或独白前，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 are the speakers talking about?
A. A notebook computer. B. A mobile phone. C. A new T-shirt.
7. What can the tiny computers do?
A. Receive messages.
B. Switch lights on and off.
C. Operate the air conditioner.
听第7段材料，回答第8、9题。
8. What is the woman doing?
A. Deciding on the time for a holiday trip.
B. Learning about some festival customs.
C. Looking through her schedule.
9. When is Easter this year?
A. April 6th. B. April 8th. C. April 9th.
听第8段材料，回答第10至12题。
10. How will the man go to the Art Museum?
A. By motorbike. B. By bus. C. By car.
11. What should the man do when he comes to the third turning?
A. Turn right. B. Turn left. C. Go straight.
12. Where is the Art Museum?
A. Opposite a bus station. B. Beside a hotel. C. Behind a bank.
听第9段材料，回答第13至16题。
13. How often will the man be available to work?
A. No more than two evenings a week.
B. Up to three evenings a week.
C. At least three evenings a week.
14. Why does the man apply for a part-time job?
A. To gain work experience.
B. To improve his social skills.
C. To earn some money.
15. What is the man good at?
A. Solving problems.
B. Communicating with people.
C. Working in a group.
16. What will the man do on September 10th?
A. Have a lesson. B. Work for the community. C. Meet the woman.
听第10段材料，回答第17至20题。
17. From whom did the speaker get the information of the project?
A. Her neighbors. B. Her cousins. C. Her friends.
18. Where did the speaker come from?
A. China. B. Thailand. C. Australia.
19. What does the speaker ask her family to do?
A. Learn about sea animals.
B. Recycle as much as possible.
C. Take part in the cleaning project.
20. What will One-Day Clean-up focus on January 11th next year?
A. The woodlands. B. The seaside. C. the rivers.
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
Fancy some fresh fruit and vegetables? At Parkside Farm we grow a wide variety of delicious summer fruits and high-quality vegetables for you to come and pick your own. Why not pay us a visit?
About us
Our family has been farming at Parkside Farm since 1938. Although we no longer keep fields of wheat and other crops. We started growing strawberries for Pick Your Own back in 1979. Since then, we have made the Pick Your Own area larger and we now grow about 20 different crops.
Opening times
The season starts in late June, but opening hours are variable the first week. Please ring our message line to check. From July onwards, we are open Tuesdays to Saturdays from 9 am to 5:30 pm (last entry 5 pm). Opening hours are variable on Sundays. Mondays CLOSED.
Crop calendar
Some crops may be in limited supply at certain times, so always ring the message line for daily updates before setting out.
Strawberries: early June to mid-October Blackcurrants: early July to mid-August
Raspberries: mid-June to mid-August Redcurrants: mid-July to mid-August
Blackberries: mid-July to mid-October Plums: mid-July to early September
Prices
There is a minimum charge of ￡3 for each adult or child who enters the Pick Your Own area. This means that every person has to spend at least ￡3 on Pick-Your-Own fruits or they will be charged this amount when they leave.
Strawberries: ￡4.49/kg Blackcurrants:￡4.79/kg Raspberries: ￡6.39/kg
Redcurrants: ￡4.79/kg Blackberries:￡5.39/kg Plums: ￡ 2.99/kg
Find us
Parkside Farm is in the Enfield of London, north of the city center.
For more information, please call our message line on 020 8367 2035 or check our website: www.parksidefarmpyo.co.uk.
21. What do we learn about Parkside Farm from the text?
A. It has a small Pick Your Own area.
B. It has limited supply of some crops on Mondays.
C. It sells fruit and vegetables online.
D. It doesn’t open on Mondays.
22. If a family of three buy 1 kg of strawberries and 1 kg of plums on the farm, they should pay_______.
A. ￡7.48 B. ￡9 C. ￡10.48 D. ￡16.48
23. What is the main purpose of the text?
A. To instruct farmers how to grow crops.
B. To advise people to grow crops.
C. To attract visitors to pick fruits.
D. To tell readers how to pick fruits.
B
One advantage of the Internet is shopping conveniently online for clothes; one disadvantage of the Internet is also shopping conveniently online for clothes.
“Nothing fits,” said Lam Yuk Wong, a senior in electrical and computer engineering at Rice University. “Everyone says this. They order clothes and they don’t fit. People get very unhappy.”
Wong and her design partner, Xuaner “Cecilia” Zhang, are Team White Mirror, creators of what they call a “virtual (虚拟)fitting room”. Their goal is simple and consumer-friendly: to let online clothing shoppers have a perfect fit and a perfect look when shopping every time. Both women are from China, Wong from Hong Kong and Zhang from Beijing. They both order most of their clothing online. They got the idea from their own experiences as consumers and from listening to the complaints of friends and relatives. “They say, ‘The color is wrong’ or ‘I got the right size but
it still does not fit.’ We want to make it like you’re in the store trying on the clothes,” Zhang said.
Using a Kinect developed by Microsoft for use with its Xbox 360 video game player, Zhang scans (扫描) Wong and turns her image into, in effect, a virtual model, keeping Wong’s dimensions (尺寸), and even her skin and hair color. “We put the clothes on the shopper’s 3-D body models and show how they look when they are dressed,” Wong said. So far, Wong and Zhang have adapted the software to show dresses and shirts, and they are now working on shorts.
Asked if she thought men as well as women might be interested in using their virtual fitting room, Wong said, “I think their wives will care about this, so it will also be important to men.”
24. Wong and Zhang got the idea to design a virtual fitting room from ____.
A. a program at their university B. some shop-owners’ complaints
C. their shopping experiences D. the Xbox 360 video game player
25. Which of the following shows the process of using the virtual fitting room?
A. scanning -- trying on clothes -- getting images
B. trying on clothes -- getting models -- scanning
C. trying on clothes -- getting images – scanning
D. scanning -- getting models --trying on clothes
26. What did Wong think of her virtual fitting room?
A. It is perfectly developed. B. It is limited to women shoppers.
C. It is like a kind of video game player. D. It will have its market share.
27. What would be the best title of the text?
A. Advantage? Disadvantage!
B. Great women, great design
C. Team White Mirror and their virtual fitting room
D. An amazingly powerful software
C
Chinese students’ extremely neat handwritten compositions have aroused a heated debate among Internet users since photos of the compositions and a teacher’s picky remarks were published on Daily Mail Online.
“Can you believe this essay is handwritten?” Daily Mail Online asked.
The website reported on the compositions that looked like they had been machine printed and on the teacher’s remarks at Hengshui High School in North China’s Hebei Province, one of China’s top 100 high schools. The teacher wrote, “not one stroke (笔画) more, not one stroke less” about some compositions that weren’t neatly written.
The story immediately aroused a heated debate among British Internet users and got 652 comments after it was published on Wednesday. Some British readers were amazed by the neat handwriting and attributed (归于)China’s growing development to this strict teaching method. A reader named Jim said, “This is another example of why China is rising to the top”, and his comment gained 72 supports. But some readers thought the too-picky method doesn’t make sense in helping students learn better English and suppresses（压制） students’ creativity.
Chinese Internet users also expressed different opinions after English newspapers, a user of China’s Twitter like Sina Weibo, posted the story along with its comments on Weibo on Thursday. Since then, the post has received 1, 479 comments. Sina Weibo user wenjinzetui said, “Beautiful handwriting proves an ability.” However, another Weibo user, honorificabilitus, said, “It’s meaningless to pursue that neat English handwriting, since learning language is for communicating, let alone English students don’t write that neatly. ”
There are also many Weibo users showing worry about this too-strict teaching method, as weibo user li-owl-stop said, “We should reflect on the Chinese-style education, and it’s hard to imagine what would happen if all the schools in China adopted the teaching method at Hengshui High School. ”
28. As for the Chinese students’ extremely neat handwriting, the British Internet users ______.
A. were amazed by it
B. thought it suppresses students’ creativity
C. had different views about it
D. thought it meaningless
29. What Sina Weibo user wenjinzetui said tells us that ______.
A. a person whose handwriting is beautiful must be an able man
B. one’s handwriting can reflect his or her certain ability in a way
C. a person whose handwriting is neat must be beautiful
D. beautiful handwriting is not required for English students
30. According to the weibo user li-owl-stop, what is the Chinese-style education?
A. The education using very strict teaching method.
B. The education encouraging students’ creativity.
C. The education for all the Chinese people.
D. The education at Hengshui High School.
31. Which of the following is closest to the underlined sentence in paragraph5?
A. Attitude determines altitude.
B. Pride hurts, modesty benefits.
C. Practice makes perfect.
D. The style is the man.
D
Throughout Europe golf has been popular for many years. A recent report says that in Great Britain alone, 700 new golf courses will have to be built over the next ten years to meet people's needs.
This is all good news for golf lovers, but it worries those who want to protect the environment. Their argument is that the new courses are disturbing the balance of nature. Woods, ponds and fields are being dug up to make way for the courses. The birds and animals that used to live there are being killed or forced to leave. The amount of water that a club uses to keep its courses in good condition is reducing the amount of water available for industrial and other uses. The chemicals used to control insects are sinking into the underground water.
There may be some truth in this, but it is not the whole truth. The days are long past when building of any kind was allowed in beautiful places with no thought for the environment. Planning permission, nowadays, is as strict for golf courses as it is for any other type of development. Before any such project is given the go-ahead, many things are studied. It is only when it is clear no harm will be done to the area that the builders are allowed to move in.
A strong case can even be made that golf courses are actually good for the areas where they are built. Courses are usually built in the areas which are not areas of natural beauty. The new courses often make the area look livelier. To make holes more difficult, trees are planted and lakes are filled in around greens. Not surprisingly perhaps, it is not unusual to find that, within months of a course being completed, a lot of animals and birds have moved in.
Obviously, careful thought has to go into the design of the new courses. As few changes as possible should be made to the natural environment. Woods and wildlife should be also protected. But this can be, and is being, done. There is no reason why golfers and nature cannot live peacefully together.
32. What is mainly discussed in Paragraph 2?
A. The rules for playing golf.
B. How to protect the environment.
C. The disadvantages of building golf courses.
D. Whether golf courses should be built or not.
33. According to Paragraph 4, golf courses________.
A. may make the local area a better place
B. provide more jobs for local people
C. are harmful to the local environment
D. waste too much water and money
34. What is true about building a new golf course nowadays?
A. It takes up too much land.
B. A lot of trees have to be cut down.
C. It is easy to get planning permission.
D. Many things will be taken into consideration.
35. Which of the following can best describe the author's attitude in the passage?
A. Uninterested. B. Worried. C. Hopeful. 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。
Be a Green Child
What does it mean to be green? “Green” is more than just a color. 36 Why green? Plants are green, and without them the Earth wouldn’t be such a lovely home for us human beings. What can we do? Here’s a four-step guide to being green.
Reduce It!
37 A shorter shower, for instance, means you use less water and less fuel since your house uses it to run the heater that warms up the water.
Reuse It!
Sometimes people call ours a “throwaway society”. It means that we’re a little too willing to throw away old stuff (东西) and buy new stuff. 38 For instance, if your baby brother becomes older and loses interest in his plastic basketball hoop (篮圈), why not give it to another family who has a little kid?
Recycle It!
Recycling has never been easier. Many communities will pick it up right in front of your house and some towns even require it. Recycled goods go to a recycling center, where they can be turned into new cans, bottles, and paper.
Enjoy It!
It’s true that rubbish and pollution are problems, but the Earth remains a huge and beautiful place that’s ready for you to explore. 39 Go for a hike, visit local nature centers and gardens, and climb up mountains.
But before you travel the globe, take a look at your own backyard. Is there a spot where you could plant a tree or put in a little fruit or vegetable garden? 40
A. It also means taking special steps to protect the environment.
B. Many times, even if you no longer need something, someone else just might.
C. You can start locally by visiting the naturally beautiful spots in your city.
D. Turn off the water when you’re brushing your teeth.
E. Get out there and get your hands dirty.
F. You can watch with pride as your tree takes root and your garden plants grow.
G. When you use less of something, you do a good thing for the Earth.
第三部分：语言知识运用 （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，从短文后所给各题的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。
Not long before, my daughter’s shoes were scratched(划破)with a knife. She burst into tears. I took them to the shoemaker’s.
The young apprentice(学徒)glanced at the 41 and said, “Nothing I can do except 42 the upper.”
His master looked at them and said, “If you 43 me, I will add more scratches on both the
shoes. ”
I was 44 and asked why.
He explained, “As if the opening were made 45 for a special style.”
I didn’t fully understand him, 46 I decided to leave the shoes.
Two days later I dropped by from work to 47 the shoes. I found more scratches on each shoe; all the openings were patched(缝补)by soft red leather; the stitches(针脚) were twisted with the appearance looking more 48 and interesting than ever. I couldn’t help praising the master’s 49 .
Another time, my sister’s blouse was torn, leaving a large opening. My wife checked it 50 , and then said, “Let me take it home and 51 it.”
Three days later, seeing it again, I was greatly 52 : all the torn parts took on a look of ice crystal(水晶)；attached to it was a snowman made of flowery rags. I sighed with 53 , “It’s amazing!”
“I was 54 by that shoemaker. Patches are supposed to be 55 , but a skillful craftsman(工匠)can make it take on a kind of 56 .” replied my wife.
Her words inspired me more: perfection is impossible to achieve in 57 ; patches appear in the 58 of injury, disability or disease. Since you can’t change the existence of wound, you should not 59 people’s sympathy by disclosing the wound, which is meaningless. Just sew the 60 by patches and produce a most beautiful flower on it, and that is the significance of life.
41．A．scar B．opening C．hole D．mark
42．A．replace B．remove C．throw D．tear
43．A．tell B．show C．agree D．trust
44．A．delighted B．confused C．excited D．astonished
45．A．on purpose B．by chance C．in particular D．in turn
46．A．so B．and C．as D．but
47．A．bring B．collect C．see D．return
48．A．successful B．skillful C．attractive D．positive
49．A．skill B．drill C．performance D．strength
50．A．anxiously B．suddenly C．carefully D．delightedly
51．A．wash B．iron C．save D．mend
52．A．puzzled B．disappointed C．surprised D．touched
53．A．anger B．regret C．praise D．care
54．A．encouraged B．inspired C．moved D．attracted
55．A．common B．beautiful C．ugly D．rare
56．A．difference B．perfection C．newness D．change
57．A．future B．mind C．life D．place
58．A．form B．name C．shape D．need
59．A．treat B．accept C．ignore D．expect
60．A．wound B．pain C．injury D．disability
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（不多于3个单词）或括号内单词的正确形式。
There is potentially good news for coffee-lovers 61 drinking three or more cups of coffee a day may help people live longer. Researchers suggest that drinking more coffee contributes 62 a
lower risk of death, particularly from heart diseases. This study shows that people who have a daily minimum of three cups of coffee are 8-18% less likely 63 (die) from health problems than non-coffee drinkers. This is 64 first time that the beneficial effects of coffee on human health have been proved by researchers, 65 (base) on scientific figures. Not all experts agree with the research findings. Health experts suggest that those people benefiting 66 drinking coffee may have more money, as a result of 67 they are able to live a healthier lifestyle than non-coffee drinkers. They say concrete health benefits of drinking coffee haven’t been proved. When 68 (refer) to the upper level of safe caffeine intake, experts say that more than 400 mg will 69 (probable) increase the risk of suffering from panic attacks, heart problems, and insomnia (失眠症). Do follow the 70 (instruct) from experts if you want to enjoy coffee more.
第II卷
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。每处错误仅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，并在该词下面写出修改后的词。
注意：1. 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 Sir,
I apply to be one of the host family for the Chinese students.
Built in a attractive neighborhood, our large house meet their needs. Our car can take them to some places of interesting. With a good command of Chinese, I’ll have no difficulty communicate with them. Above all, we hosted two British students last year, through that we’ve gained many experience. In addition to, they’ll enjoy Chinese food as my mother has wonderful cooking skills. I would greatly appreciate if I could have the chance to host him.
Looking forward to your reply.
Yours,
Li Hu
笫二节：书面表达（满分25分）
假定你是李华，你校外教Jessica即将结束教学任务并返回美国。请你代表同学们给Jessica写一封感谢信。
要点：1.赞扬她的友好善良；
2.感谢她对大家英语学习的帮助。
注意：1.词数100左右；
2.开头语和结束语已为你写好，不计入总词数。
Dear Jessica,
_______________________________________________________________________________
______________________________________
Yours faithfully,
Li Hua
参考答案
听力1-5 ACBAB 6-10 CBABC 11-15 ACBAB 16-20 CACBC
阅读理解 A）21-23 DBC B）24-27 CDDC C）28-31 CBAD
D）32-35 CADC 七选五 36-40 AGBCF
完形填空
41. B 上文提到作者女儿的鞋子被刀划破了，由此可知是年轻的学徒看了看鞋的“开口处”。此外，下文中也多次出现了opening。
42. A 年轻的学徒对被刀子划破的鞋无能为力，只能“更换”上面的部分。后三项都不符合语境 。
43. D 上文提到学徒只能更换被划破的部分，除此之外，无计可施。再根据师傅所说的话可知他另有妙招，但是需要首先赢得作者的“信任”。假如选择C项，需要在后面加上with。
44. B 作者的目的是修鞋，而修鞋师傅竟然打算在两只鞋上增加更多的划痕，作者自然感到“迷惑不解”，并询问其中原因。
45. A 修鞋师傅解释说这样看起来这些划痕似乎是为了某种特殊的风格而“故意”制作的。后三项分别表示“偶然”“特别，尤其”“依次，反过来”，都不符合语境。
46. D 虽然作者没有充分理解对方的话，但是作者决定把鞋留给对方修理，此处表示的是转折含义。
47. B 上文提到作者把鞋交给了修鞋师傅，所以这里是来把鞋“取走”。
48. C 根据后面的interesting 可知弯弯曲曲的针脚使缝补的地方看起来更加“吸引人”。
49. A 作者情不自禁地赞美修鞋师傅的高超“技术”。此外，倒数第二段中的skillful 也是线索提示。
50. C 既然衬衫被撕破，留下一个大口子，应该是“仔细地”看过之后再做出决定。
51. D 上文提到衬衫被撕破，自然是带回家“修补”。
52. C 虽然衬衫被撕破了一个大口子，但是经过作者妻子的修补，所有被撕破的部分都呈现出水晶的外形并且被进行了精心设计，由此可知作者感到非常“惊奇”。
53. C 作者想不到一件被撕破得不成样子的衬衫在妻子巧妙设计下竟然变成了工艺品，自然由衷地“赞”叹。引号中的内容也是线索提示。
54. B 作者妻子的“灵感”受惠于那个修鞋师傅，她是在他的启发下才对那件被撕破的衬衫进行了巧夺天工的修补。此外，下一段开头处的inspired 也是暗示。
55. C 根据生活常识可知 “补丁”本来是非常“难看的”。
56. B 但是能工巧匠却可以让它变得十分“完美”。下一段首句中的perfection也是线索提示。
57. C 此处是作者根据上文的叙述而引发的感慨：“人生”不可能达到完美。
58. A in the form of 表示“以……形式”，此处运用的是比喻修辞手法。in the name of 表示“以……名义”，in the shape of 表示“以……形状”，都不符合语境。
59. D 既然你无法改变伤口的纯在，你就不应该揭开伤口来“期望”（得到）人们的同情，这么做毫无意义。
60. A 由上一句可知，这里应用wound。用补丁将“伤口”缝合并点缀上美丽的鲜花，这就是人生的意义。
语法填空：61.that; 62.to; 63.to die; 64. the; 65.based;
66.from; 67.which; 68.referring; 69.probably; 70.instructions
短文改错：
71. family---families 72. a---an 73. meet---meets 74. interesting---interest
75. communicate---communicating 76. that---which 77. many---much
78. In addition to---去掉 to 79. appreciate后加it 80. him-them
81. 书面表达
参考范文
Dear Jessica,
I’m Li Hua. I’d like to express our sincere thanks to you for all you have done for us during your stay in China.
In the past year, we all have known you’re such a kind and friendly teacher. How can we forget the time we spent together happily? We still remember you don’t hesitate to help us whenever we have trouble learning English. Therefore, we’re grateful to you from the bottom of our hearts and we owe a lot of thanks to you.
As the saying goes, true friendship never ends, so I hope we can keep in touch with you. I also expect you to come back to China and stay with us in the near future.
Wish you a pleasant trip. Looking forward to hearing from you soon.
Yours faithfully,
Li Hua
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