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江苏省扬州中学2016-2017学年第一学期期中考试
高二英语
第Ⅰ卷
第一部分听力（共两节，满分15分）
第一节（共 5 小题；每小题 1分，满分 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 want to do?
A. Make an appointment. B. Meet the manager. C. Find the way.
2. How much more will the man spend totally?
A. 48 dollars. B. 39 dollars. C. 30 dollars.
3. How long did the woman stay in the park?
A. 9 hours. B. 3 hours. C. 6 hours.
4. Where is the woman going?
A. To the barber’s. B. To the bar. C. To the bus station.
5. What do we know about the woman?
A. She is helping others.
B. She is busy doing something.
C. She is carrying the suitcase.
第二节（共10小题；每小题1分，满分10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，各小题将给出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至8题。
6. What did the man speaker do after leaving the lecture hall yesterday afternoon?
A. He went to a bookstore.
B. He went to the library.
C. He went to the classroom.
7. Where was the woman speaker yesterday afternoon?
A. In the reading room. B. In the library. C. In the lecture hall.
8. How many professors gave speeches?
A. 4. B. 5. C. 6.
听第7段材料，回答第9至11题。
9. In what season does the man get up early according to the conversation?
A. Summer. B. Winter. C. Spring.
10. What does the man usually do in the morning?
A. He visits friends. B. He does housework. C. He watches TV.
11. What can we learn from the conversation?
A. The woman has retired.
B. The man plays sports very well.
C. The man can cook meals.
听第8段材料，回答第12至15题。
12. Which room does the man live?
A. In Room 1213. B. In Room 1123. C. In Room 1312.
13. What is the man doing now?
A. Checking out. B. Changing money. C. Ordering hotel services.
14. How long has the man been here?
A. For 4 days. B. For 6 days. C. For 8 days.
15. Which of the following is TRUE according to the conversation?
A. The man shared the room with his friend.
B. The man didn’t have breakfast this morning.
C. The woman refused to give the man a discount.
第二部分：英语知识运用（共两节，满分35分）
第一节：单项填空（共15小题；每小题1分，满分15分）
请阅读下面各题，从题中所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
16. The information sent by the robots from Mars has offered a scientific proof _______ there existed water on Mars.
A. if B. whether C. where D. that
17. China’s political advisers _______ increasing use of micro-blogging to get public opinions.
A. make B. are making C. are made D. have made
18. The contract cannot be signed by anyone _______ yourself.
A. better than B. more than C. rather than D. other than
19. The lorry _______ with empty beer bottles pulled up all of a sudden and hundreds of bottles slid on to the road.
A. loaded B. loading C. having loaded D. to be loaded
20. Mr. Lin, a 68-year-old retiree, rescued two 6-year-old drowning boys in the icy water, _______ his own safety.
A. in favor of B.apart from C. regardless of D. in honor of
21.In the opening ceremony of Rio Olympic Games,Brazilcalled on the world to _______ the Amazon rainforest from further destruction.
A. reserve B. preserve C. deserve D. observe
22. _______ you keep the children quiet? I’m trying to concentrate.
A. Can’t B. Shouldn’t C. Needn’t D. Mustn’t
23. Studying at PrincetonUniversity offers its students a special social experience _______ they can make lasting connections with their peers or faculty.
A. that B. when C. where D. which
24. If, from the air, we _______ a few landmarks, we will find it easier to understand the growth of London.
A. pick up B. pick out C. put up D. put out
25. We are all _______ individuals. Those who may work for me may not work for you.
A. normal B. average C. unique D. typical
26. They have a 22:00 _______. That is, they have to be in their dorm by 22:00 on school nights.
A. limit B. entry C. schedule D. block
27. Researchers are puzzled over the results, which were completely opposite to what they
_______.
A. expect B. expected C. had expected D. were expecting
28. ---Do you think you can finish your paper by five o’clock this afternoon?
---_______. I’ll be busy in the lab with experiments all day long.
A. Don’t mention it B. Out of the question
C. Not a big deal D. You have my word
29. ---Was Jack nervous when he performed on the stage yesterday?
---Not a bit. _______ full preparations, he went onto it confidently and played the piano well.
A. Making B. Made C. To make D. Having made
30. _______ not necessary, booking in advance is recommended in order to avoid waiting in line.
A. Once B. Since C. If D. While
第二节：完形填空（共20小题；每小题1分，满分20分）
请阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
We all love our parents and turn to them when we’re in need, but would you like them to hear the 31 you have with your friends in the school playground or lunch queue? Social networking sites, such as micro-blog, blog and the Facebook, have actually become 32 of the school hallways(走廊), so would you add your parents as “friends” and allow them to 33 your online 34 and conversations with friends?
In the past the generation gap included a technology gap, where children were 35 with latest technology and parents were left behind, contentto continue their day-to-day lives as they always had because they had no 36 to be good at new technology.37 , more and more parents are beginning to 38 just how important social networks are in their lives. This realization has given many parents the 39 to educate themselves about social networking sites.
These days many people are 40 to social networking sites because they can choose who they have around them; there’s also a certain amount of control over 41 that we don’t get in real life. Sometimes we feel that privacy is 42 when we must accept a “friend” request from a parent or family member.
It’s a difficult choice whether or not to allow a parent to become a part of our 43 lives. On the one hand we don’t want to “refuse” their request because that might hurt their feelings or make them feel you have something to 44 . On the other hand if you do accept, then you could have a(n) 45 of being watched and no longer feel 46 to comment or communicate the way you did before.
A recent survey suggested that parents shouldn’t take it personally if their child ignores their request: “When a teen ignores a parent’s friend request, it doesn’t 47mean that they are hiding something, but it could mean that this is one part of their life where they want to be truly 48 .” Perhaps talking with parents and giving explanations would help soften the 49 if you do choose not to 50 them to your friends list.
31. A. quarrels B. conversations C. debates D. bargains
32. A. explosions B. focuses C. extensions D. definitions
33. A. spread B. decide C. repeat D. view
34. A. habits B. activities C. images D. shows
35. A. in association B. in conflict C. side by side D. up to date
36. A. need B. choice C. money D. time
37. A. However B. Indeed C. Thus D. Otherwise
38. A. advocate B. realize C. deny D. doubt
39. A. excuse B.ability C. motivation D. chance
40. A. exposed B. attracted C. adapted D. committed
41. A. privacy B. privilege C. personality D. process
42. A. interpreted B. interacted C. insulted D. invaded
43. A. school B. online C. family D. social
44. A. avoid B. dislike C. hide D. refuse
45. A. guilt B. memory C. sense D. obligation
46. A. worried B. satisfied C. real D. free
47. A. nevertheless B. necessarily C. possibly D. entirely
48. A. independent B. available C. popular D. responsible
49. A. voice B. hatred C. result D. blow
50. A. show B. apply C. add D.force
第三部分：阅读理解（共15小题；每小题2分，满分30分）
请阅读下列短文，从短文后各题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
A
Let’s say you want to hit the gym more regularly this year. How do you make that happen? Consider putting the habit loop to use.
Here’s how it works:
A habit is a 3-step process. First, there’s a cue, something that tells your brain to operate automatically. Then there’s a routine. And finally, a reward, which helps your brain learn to desire the behavior. It’s what you can use to create-or break-habits of your own.
Here’s how to apply it:
Choose a cue, like leaving your running shoes by the door, then pick. a reward-say, a piece of chocolate when you get home from the gym. That way, the cue and the reward become interconnected. Finally, when
you see the shoes, your brain will start longing for the reward, which will make it easier to work out day after day. The best part? In a couple of weeks, you won’t need the chocolate at all. Your brain will come to see the workout itself as the reward. Which is the whole point, right?
51. Which of the following best fits in the box with a “?” in THE HABIT LOOP?
A. Pick a new cue. B. Form a new habit.
C. Choose a new reward. D. Design a new resolution(决定).
52. According to THE HABIT LOOP, you can stick to your plan most effectively by _______.
A. changing the routine B. trying it for a week
C. adjusting your goal D. writing it down
53. “This year when I see the Harry Potter poster, I will read 30 pages of an English novel or an English newspaper in order to watch TV for half an hour." What is the cue in this resolution?
A. The Harry Potter poster.
B. Reading 30 pages of an English novel.
C. An English newspaper.
D. Watching TV for half an hour.
B
Sleep is surprisingly little understood. Scientists still haven’t agreed on how it evolved, or what its purpose is. What we do know, however, is that it is vital—and that many of us aren’t getting enough.
This is partly a symptom of the so-called “great acceleration”—the speeding up of everyday life, driven largely by technology. As we work and play harder, sleep gets squeezed out. Studies show that we’re getting less and worse sleep: in one survey only 15% of Britons said they felt refreshed by it.
The great acceleration has pushed our bodies out of synch(同步) with the day/night cycle—and the result is what experts call social jet lag(时差). We live at “work o’clock”, forcing ourselves back to normal at weekends. According to Till Roenneberg, one of the world’s leading sleep researchers, “the majority of the population in the industrialized world” suffers from this “forced synchrony” and pays the price in terms of health and wellbeing.
Shift work is now classified as a probable cause of cancer by the World Health Organization, following monitoring of night workers as well as studies in which mice were forced to change their day/night cycle. As well as increased cancer risk, the animals developed all kinds of other problems and had shorter life spans.
Long night shifts have been held responsible for all manner of accidents. One of the key symptoms of sleep lossis that you don’t realize how badly off you are. When scientists monitored junior doctors at night, they found “micro-sleep” events happening all over their brains: they would be partly or largely asleep in the middle of conversations, and even operations.
Even those with kinder schedules suffer and social jet lag can cause us to fall into an odd circle: caffeine to wake us up in the morning, alcohol to calm us down in the evening. But alcohol or sleeping tablets don’t give us proper, natural sleep, meaning that we need even more stimulants to get going again.
So how can we fix this? We can also find and follow our “chronotype”. Being a lark(云雀) or an owl(猫头鹰) is not just a matter of psychological preference, it’s genetically determined.
People should probably be working hours that suit their chronotype; jobs with shifting schedules should go to those in the middle of the spectrum, who find it easier to adjust. If we built our schedules around when we were biologically programmed to feel best, we’d be more productive—and happier and healthier, too.
54. People now have worse sleep mainly because of _______.
A. the fast life pace B. social jet lag
C. shift working hours D. too much caffeine
55. It can be inferred from the passage that _______.
A. people don’t live a normal life on weekdays
B. night workers are more likely to suffer cancer
C. doctors working in the daytime may fall asleep in operations
D. people using sleeping tablets find it hard to get refreshed in the morning
56. “Chronotype” in the last paragraph refers to our _______.
A. sleeping pattern B. interest in birds
C. genetic characters D. working schedule
C
Dear Alcohol,
You’ve been around forever. I can remember all the pain you’ve caused for me.
Do you remember the night you almost took my father’s life? I do. He loves you. Sometimes I think he loves you more than he loves me. He’s addicted to you, to the way you promise to rid him of his problems only to cause more of them. You just sat back and laughed as his car went spinning(旋转) through the street, crashing into two other cars. He wasn’t the only one hurt by you that night.
Do you remember the night of my first high school party? You were there. My friends were intrigued by you. They treated you as if they were never going to see you again, drinking all of you that they could. I spent two hours that night helping my friends who had fallen completely. “I’m so embarrassed,” they said as I held their hair back so that they could vomit(呕吐). “I’m sorry,” they said when I called taxies for them, walking them out and paying the driver in advance. “This won’t happen again,” they said as they were sent to the hospital to have their stomachs pumped. Two 15-year-old girls slept in hospital beds that night thanks to you.
Do you remember the night when you took advantage of my 17-year-old neighbor who had to drive to pick up his sister from her dance lessons? Do you know how we all felt when he hit another car and killed the two people in the other car? He died the next morning too. His sister walked home from her dance lesson, and passed police cars and a crowd of people gathering on the sidewalk just two blocks away from the dance studio. She didn’t realize her brother was in the midst of it all. She never saw him again. And it’s all your fault.
I wish you’d walk out of my life forever. I don’t want anything to do with you. Look at all the pain you’ve caused. Sure, you’ve made people happy too from time to time. But the damage you’ve caused in the lives of millions is inexcusable. Stop luring(诱惑) in the people I love. Stop hurting me, please.
Sincerely,
Anonymous
57. What is author’s purpose in writing to alcohol?
A. To introduce Mr. Alcohol to the readers
B. To describe the harm alcohol did to his family.
C. To show how much alcohol can hurt people.
D. To show the great fun that alcohol can bring to people’s life.
58. What did alcohol do to the author’s father?
A. It made him crash into two other cars and took his life.
B. It made him drink too much and he had to get his stomach pumped.
C. It made him kill two other people when driving.
D. It made him get into a car accident and badly injure himself.
59. What is the tone of the article?
A. Critical. B. Doubtful. C. Unconcerned. D. Humorous.
60. What is the main writing technique of the passage?
A. Making something less noticeable than usual.
B. Representing something in the form of a person.
C. Describing something by listing its harmfulness.
D. Comparing one thing with another to make his point clear.
D
We can spend hours choosing the right paint color for a room to create just the mood we want. Doctors’ surgeries are painted white to give us that sense of clinical cleanliness, fast food shops are red or yellow and some prison cells are painted pink in the hope of reducing aggression.
We might think we know which colors do what. The idea that red wakes us up or blue calms us down is deeply engrained in Western culture—tothe point that many consider it a fact. But do they really change our behavior in the ways that we assume?
When it comes to scientific research, the results are mixed and at times questioned. Some studies have found that people do better on cognitive(认知的) tasks when faced with red rather than blue or green; others show the opposite. The mechanism(机制) most often cited is conditioning. The idea is that if you repeatedly have a particular experience surrounded by a certain colour, then you eventually begin to associate that color with the way you were feeling or behaving. It’s been suggested that a school career spent reading your teacher’s red writing circling your mistakes forever makes you link red with danger and this is strengthened by the fact that poisonous fruits are often red. Blue meanwhile is more likely to be associated with calmer situations like staring at the sea or marveling at a big blue expanse of sky.
Of course there will always be exceptions—thecomment from the teacher saying “well done” is also written in red and raspberries are red, but perfectly edible. It is true that people do make different associations with different colors, but whether this translates into behaving in a certain way or succeeding at a particular task is a different question.
①After so many mixed results in the past, in 2009 researchers at the University of British Columbia tried to clarify the situation once and for all. They sat their participants at computer screens colored blue, red or “neutral” and tested them on various tasks. With a red screen people did better on tests of memory and proof-reading, tasks requiring attention to detail, but when the screen was blue they did better on creative tasks, such as thinking of as many uses as possible for a single brick. The authors speculated(推测) that red signaled “avoidance” and so they were more careful, while blue motivated the opposite: an “approach” behavior that encouraged them to be
freer with their thinking, resulting in more creativity.
②When another team from Appalachian State University tried to replicate(复制) the study with a larger group of people in 2014, the effect of colour disappeared. The initial study comprised just 69 people. In this new, bigger study, of 263 volunteers, background colour made no difference.
③The same team also raised questions about another landmark finding, originally conducted by Oliver Genschow at the University of Basel in Switzerland. Genschow’s team had offered their volunteers a plate of pretzels(椒盐饼干), and told them to eat as many as they felt they needed to make a judgment about the taste. The color red once again seemed to serve as a warning, and people offered pretzels from a red plate took fewer. ④Yet when the Appalachian team followed the same procedure their results were the exact opposite—people with red plates ate more pretzels.
Clearly, studying the effect of color is much harder than it looks. Colors might well have an effect, but so far those effects have been difficult to demonstrate consistently and sometimes don’t seem to exist at all. Better-controlled studies are slowly emerging, but it may be some time before we get a full picture of how color affects us, let alone understand the exact mechanisms through which it happens. For the time being, interior decoration should be, as ever, a mix of personal taste and artistic flair.
61. The word “engrained” in Paragraph 2 is closest in meaning to ________.
A. rooted B. understood C. influenced D. practised
62. According to the passage, people associate their behaviour with a certain colour largely due to _______.
A. their inborn character B. social expectation
C. surrounding circumstances D. researchers’ speculations
63. Where could the following sentence best added to the passage?
In any case, question marks are now hanging over the discovery itself.
A. ① B. ② C. ③ C. ④
64. Which of the following is true about the three researches mentioned in the passage?
A. In the 2009 research participants sitting at a blue screen were more creative.
B. The 2009 research had the same number of participants as the 2014 research.
C. The 2009 research and Genschow’s team reached similar conclusions
D. The red color of the plate spoiled people’s appetite.
65. It can be concluded from the passage that ________.
A. the comment saying “well done” written in red don’t work well for students
B. scientific research has confirmed the effect of colors on people
C. the conclusions drawn from scientific research are unreliable
D. it takes more time to fully understand the effect of colours
第Ⅱ卷
第四部分：任务型阅读（共10小题；每小题1分，满分10分）
请阅读下面短文，并根据所读内容在文章后表格中的空格里填入一个最恰当的单词。
注意：请将答案写在答题卡上相应题号的横线上。每个空格只填1个单词。
Was Jesus Happy?
Americans tend to think Jesus was happy, extroverted(外向的), agreeable, kind and caring. Koreans, on the other hand, associate Jesus more with suffering, sacrifice, and pity, according to a recent analysis in Personality and Social Psychology Connections.
Responses to the simple question about Jesus and happiness, whose Biblical description is essentially the same worldwide, turn out to involve complex factors, such as shared life histories, culture and possibly even genetics.
“Americans meet far more strangers than others and need to be more extroverted than the Japanese, Koreans and others who tend to interact with a small number of people repeatedly, so extroversion is a highly valued asset(优点) in the U.S.,” ShigehiroOishi, lead author of the study, told Discovery News. “In the end, happiness, extroversion, and kindness are all highly valued qualities among Americans, and they might just see Jesus to have these highly desirable characteristics.”
Oishi said that “Buddhism and other religions had been firmly in place in Korea before the introduction of Christianity, and life is suffering in Buddhism. The main goal of Buddhism was to reduce pain and suffering.”
Other cultural differences may further explain the American and Korean responses. Oishi said such differences pose “an egg and chicken problem” involving genetics and shared life experiences, since one can affect the other. It is also unclear if the image of Jesus might be culturally constructed to fit an existing ideal, or if it could reflect an individual’s self-image.
Casey Eggleston, a researcher at the University of Virginia, told Discovery News that language differences also come into play, with the meaning of happiness differing across cultures over time.
“The historical definition of happiness included concepts of luck and good fortune, but that meaning has fallen out of use in the U.S., where many believe they can pursue and obtain happiness by their own effort, while it remains a major part of the concept in most other cultures,” she explained.
“Similarly, the emotional connotation(涵义) of the word happy varies greatly. While the American concept typically includes upbeat positive emotions like excitement, the concept in East Asia tends to focus more on calm positive emotions like peace and contentment.”
The researchers chose to focus on two particular countries, but they expect respondents in other nations with a large Christian base would also provide different, culture-predicted responses to the question, “Was Jesus happy?”
As for Oishi’s answer to whether or not Jesus was happy, he said, “I don’t know for sure, but I don’t think so. He had a tough life.”
Theme
Was Jesus happy?
Different
(66)▲
Americans are more likely to associate Jesus with (67)▲meanings while Koreans with negative ones.
Various (68)▲ in the differences
Life history
More social (69)▲ leads Americans to value extroversion more than Koreans
Culture
● Long before Christianity was (70)▲ to Korea, Koreans believe in Buddhism, whose teachings focus on (71)▲.
● The image of Jesus may be created to fit or (72)▲ the culture.
(73)▲
● Happiness has different meanings (74)▲ on different cultures over time.
● Historically, happiness is no longer associated with luck in the US as in other cultures.
●(75)▲, happiness can mean excitement to Americans but peace and contentment to Asians.
Conclusion
There is no definite answer to the question.
第五部分：单词拼写（共10小题；每小题1分，满分10分）
根据所给首字母或中文提示写出英文单词。
76. Nowadays physical stores can hardly compete ▲(经济上)with online stores.
77. The US government accused Russia of ▲(非法地) carrying out a wide-ranging campaign to interfere with the 2016 election.
78. The rumors of divorce has been c▲(证实) by the actor himself in his WeChat.
79. Big data can offer teachers ▲(技术的) assistance in course designing.
80. After the girl went missing, the local police searched the area on a large ▲(规模).
81. John has the speech written but he wants to p▲ it up before he delivers.
82. China doesn’t have a really money-making c▲ card system, so Chinese people just went straight to mobile payments.
83.True eccentrics d▲ social conventions without being conscious that they are doing anything extraordinary.
84. A d▲ bargain hunter must have patience and is able to recognize the worth of antiques at the first sight.
85. Reward and punishment are m▲ out quite independent of human interference.
第六部分：书面表达（满分20分）
86.请阅读下面短文，并按照要求写一篇150词左右的文章。
Parental expectations, if realistic, can help the development of children, says one scholar, but another says high expectations from parents give children too much stress.
Considering China’s social reality, culture and traditions, parents whose main motivation in life is their children’s development are beyond blame. In fact, parental expectations can motivate children to build a strong mind and encourage them to achieve their best academic performance. Therefore, there is nothing wrong with parents who hold expectations for the development of their children.
But nowadays, many children get depressed and stressed by their parents’ high expectations. Even worse, quite a number of parents restrict children’s development only to academic performance. As is known to all, children’s development involves different aspects. If parents restrict their expectations for children’s development just to intellectual level, usually in form of exam results, they are actually harming the overall development of their children.
【写作内容】
1.以约30个词概括这段短文内容；
2.以约120个词就“父母对孩子的期望”这一话题表达自己的观点，内容包括以下要点：
①分析父母对孩子期望值的现状及其原因；
②谈谈你父母对你的期望及其影响；
③就父母对孩子的期望值谈谈你的看法。
【写作要求】
1．作文中可以使用亲身经历或虚构的故事，也可以参照阅读材料的内容，但不得直接引用原文中的句子；
2．作文中不得提及有关考生个人身份的任何信息，如姓名、学校名等。
【评分标准】
内容完整，语言规范，语篇连贯，词数适当。
命题人：刘人杰
审核人：顾霞
答 案
第一部分：听力
1-5 BCCAB 6-10 BCAAB 11-15 CBACA
第二部分：英语知识运用
第一节：单项填空
16-20 DBDAC 21-25BACBC 26-30ACBDD
第二节完型填空
31-35BCDBD 36-40AABCB 41-45ADBCC 46-50DBADC
第三部分：阅读理解
51-53CDA 54-56ADA 57-60 CDAB 61-65ACBCD
第四部分：任务型阅读
66. responses / reactions / attitudes 67. positive 68. factors / elements
69. communication / interaction 70. introduced 71. suffering
72. reflect 73. Language 74.depending 75. Emotionally
第五部分：单词拼写
76. economically 77. illegally 78. confirmed 79. technical
80. scale 81. polish 82. credit 83. disregard
84. dedicated 85. meted
第六部分：书面表达
Possible version:
There is nothing wrong with Chinese parents who have high expectations of their children. However, parental expectations should be realistic and general rather than just focus on the academic performance.
As is often the case nowadays, many parents are setting too high expectations for their children. With the increasingly fierce competitions, parents hold the view that high expectations can help their children achieve more both in studies and future life.
Luckily, may parents never put too much pressure on me. When I achieve something, they give me a lot of praise, and when I fail, they keep encouraging me. Thanks to it, I have made
much progress in many aspects.
Personally, high parental expectations surely serve as necessary drive for children’s lifetime development, but going too far, in return, does great harm to children. When the goals are far beyond their reach, children’s interest and self-confidence may suffer seriously.
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