扬州市2016～2017学年度第一学期期末考试
高 二 英 语
本卷分为第Ⅰ卷（选择题）和第Ⅱ卷（非选择题），满分120分。考试时间120分钟。
第 I 卷（选择题,三部分,共75分）
第一部分 听力（共两节，满分20分）
第一节 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. Why did the woman go to town?
A. Get some money from the bank. B. Buy some groceries in a market.
C. Pay her bills in the bank.
2. What does the woman most probably want to convey?
A. She feels sorry owing to the man’s failure.
B. She did no better than the man in the contest.
C. She is optimistic that she won’t be the last in the contest.
3. What does the woman most probably mean?
A. She really cannot learn math well without Michael’s help.
B. Mathematics is the last subjects she wants to learn.
C. Michael is the only student who ever helped her with math.
4. What will the woman do this afternoon?
A. Play basketball. B. Go to see sick Lily. C. Play volleyball.
5. Who went to attend the meeting in the end?
A. John. B. The woman. C. William.
第二节 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。
听下面一段对话，回答第6和第7题。
6. What festival is it the day after tomorrow?
A. Christmas. B. Halloween. C. Thanksgiving.
7. Who will the woman have dinner with on Christmas?
A. Sam. B. Paul. C. Paul’s parents.
听下面一段对话，回答第8和第9题。
8. Why does the woman look worried?
A. She has been late for work recently.
B. She is not getting on well with her boss.
C. She has trouble taking her children to school.
9. What might the woman think of Alice’s way to deal with her problem?
A. Practical. B. Strange. C. Wrong.
听下面一段对话，回答第10至第12题。
10. What is the problem with the woman?
A. She has no interest in learning a foreign language.
B. She has a headache in learning English.
C. She has difficulty in learning Spanish.
11. What else does the man suggest besides watching movies and practicing regularly?
A. Be confident. B. Be hardworking. C. Be honest.
12. What can we learn about the man?
A. He is a language teacher.
B. He is a good language learner.
C. He is a bad language advisor.
听下面一段对话，回答第13至第16题。
13. How long has Michael Wilson been cooking?
A. For the last twenty years. B. Since he was twenty years old. C. Since he was a kid.
14. What does Michael Wilson say about making friends?
A. Having something in common helps a lot.
B. Eating together is a great way to get to know others.
C. Language is necessary for making friends.
15. According to Michael Wilson, where would be a good place to eat beef?
A. New York City. B. Finland. C. Shanghai.
16. What does Michael Wilson probably use in his dishes?
A. Complicated sauces.
B. Expensive spices (香料) from around the world.
C. Local fruits and vegetables.
听下面一段独白，回答第17至第20题。
17. What did Aquila do at the beginning of her speech?
A. She talked about different ways of entertainment.
B. She tried to attract the audience with money.
C. She opened the speech by asking a question.
18. How did Aquila conclude her speech?
A. She persuaded her audience to give up gambling.
B. She ended her speech with a quotation by Mark Twain.
C. She put forward some suggestions on entertainment.
19. What mistake do some speakers make when they prepare a speech?
A. They don’t plan the beginning and end of a speech.
B. They don’t do enough research on their topics.
C. They spend too much time on the introduction.
20. What does the speaker suggest speechmakers do at the end of the passage?
A. Devote enough energy to the introduction and conclusion.
B. Open a speech with some interesting stories.
C. Spend more time on the body of a speech.
第二部分 英语知识运用（共两节，满分30分）
第一节 单项填空（共15小题；每小题1分，满分15分）请认真阅读下面各题，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。
21. Such was Tom, a person completely lacking in the sense of ________ that he always went to the party, leaving his share of program unfinished.
A. value B. time C. responsibility D. business
22. US President-elected Donald Trump has said he wants to have government costs ______ by canceling the order for a brand new 747Air Force One.
A. cut off B. cut down C. cut out D. cut up
23.Raising retirement age is a subject_________ all the Chinese have argued for a long time.
A. of which B. about which C. with which D. among which
24. Despite the bad weather, the local police still _______ the search for the missing girl.
A. released B. resigned C. conducted D. abandoned
25.In the back of our classroom stand some book shelves with various classics and magazines on them, making reading materials more __________ to the students.
A. systematic B. effective C. practical D. accessible
26. ____ nothing else to do, they rushed out to play football on the playground.
A. There was B. There is C. There being D. There been
27. I was caught in a traffic jam on Wenchang Road, otherwise I _____ you waiting for such a long time.
A. had not kept B. have not kept C. might not keep D. would not have kept
28. _____ the Five -Pavilion Bridge plays an important role in China’s construction history is the topic you’re referring to.
A. That B. It C. This D. What
29. It was not long _______ the firefighters arrived at the spot and got the fire in the building under control.
A. that B. after C. since D. before
30. Comfortable as the chair was ___________, he preferred standing while attending the lecture.
A. to sit on B to be sat on C sitting on D sit on
31.If he ________ to turn up timely the other day, we would never complete the task now.
A. failed B. were to fail C. had failed D. has failed
32. If you don’t like the coffee you ________, just leave it and try a different one.
A. had ordered B. ordered C. will order D. are ordering
33. At the Group of 20 summit in Hangzhou, capital of east China's Zhejiang Province, on Sept. 4, 2016, many problems came up _______ environmental protection.
A. as a result of B. with regard to C. in return to D. in place of
34. The traffic rule says young children _____ less than 40 pounds must be in a child safety seat.
A. being weighed B. to weigh C. having weighed D. weighing
35. --- The air outside smells so sweet. Why not go out for a walk in the newly-built park after the dinner?
--- _______________.
A. I can’t agree more . B. What for? C. You are right. D. So what?
第二节 完形填空（共15小题；每小题1分，满分15分）
请认真阅读下面短文，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。
When I was 19, I started my career as the first female photojournalist in the Gaza Strip, Palestine. My work as a woman photographer was considered shameful to local 36 . The male-dominated （男性主导）profession made me feel unwelcome by all possible means. They made clear that a woman must not do a man’s job and no photo agencies in Gaza 37 to train me.
Three of my colleagues went as 38 as to drive me to an open air strike area where 39 were the only thing I could hear clearly. Dust was flying in the air, and the ground was 40 beneath me. I only realized we weren’t there to film the event when the three of them got back into the armored (装甲的) Jeep and drove away, waving and laughing, leaving me 41 in the open air strike zone. For a moment, I felt terrified.
I started paying closer attention to women’s lives in Gaza. 42 I am a woman, I could go where my colleagues were 43 to go. 44 the obvious pain and struggle, there were good amounts of laughter and achievements.
In front of a police compound (警署) in Gaza City during the first war in Gaza, an Israeli air raid（空袭） 45 the compound and broke my nose. For a moment, all I saw was bright white. I thought I had either gone 46 or I was in heaven. By the time I managed to open my eyes, I had filmed the terrible scene.
My work is not meant to hide the 47 of war, but to show the full unseen stories of Gazans. As a Palestinian female photographer, the 48 of struggle, survival and everyday life has inspired me to overcome the community taboo(禁忌) and see a different side of war and its awful results. I became a 49 with a choice: to run away or 50 .
36. A. industries B. language C. development D. traditions
37. A. refused B. agreed C. failed D. feared
38. A. long B. well C. far D. good
39. A. laughter B. explosions C. wind D. screams
40. A. calming B. shaking C. disappearing D. flowing
41. A. off B. out C. behind D. over
42. A. Because B. When C. Though D. While
43. A. reminded B. forced C. allowed D. forbidden
44. A. Beyond B. Except C. Against D. For
45. A. surrounded B. survived C. dug D. destroyed
46. A. blind B. crazy C. bad D. deaf
47. A. glory B. benefits C. sufferings D. influence
48. A. path B. journey C. route D. voyage
49. A. writer B. interviewee C. witness D. citizen
50. A. give in B. stand still C. keep safe D. look around
第三部分 阅读理解（共15小题；每小题2分，满分30分）
请认真阅读下列短文，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
JFK Airport
Welcome to John F. Kennedy International Airport - JFK Airport
Use this website to quickly find the most important information about John F. Kennedy International Airport
It is operated by the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, which manages the three other major airports in the New York metropolitan area, Newark Liberty International Airport, LaGuardia Airport and Teterboro Airport.
John F. Kennedy International Airport
(IATA: JFK) is the biggest airport serving New York City
The airport is located 12 miles southeast of Lower Manhattan
JFK Airport served 53.2 Million passengers in 2014
There are 6 operating Terminals
JFK is the main US airport in terms of international passenger traffic
Over ninety airlines operate out of JFK. It is the base of operations for JetBlue Airways and is a major international gateway hub for American Airlines and Delta Air Lines.
In 2015, John F. Kennedy International Airport (JFK), handled an estimated 53.2 million passenger, reaching a new annual record. JFK is the 6th busiest airport in USA.
John F. Kennedy Airport has 6 passenger terminals, numbered 1-8 (Terminals 3 and 6 were pulled down in 2011 and 2013)
Terminals 1, 2 and 4
Terminal 1: Was opened in 1998 and It has 11 gates. Is used for the following airlines: Air France, Japan Airlines, Korean Air and Lufthansa.
Terminal 2: Is used and operated by Delta Air Lines. It is planned to be closed in 2017, once Phase Two of the T4 expansion is finished.
Terminal 4: It has 26 gates in two concurses (A and B). It serves as a major international hub for Delta Airlines.
Terminals 5, 7 and 8
Terminal 5: It opened in 2008 (it's the newest terminal on JFK Airport). Serves as a base of JetBlue Airways. It's also used by Hawaiian Airlines and Aer Lingus. It has an international area called T5i.
Terminal 7: The terminal is currently operated by British Airways. But is used by a variety of Airlines.
The future of this terminal is uncertain, since British Airways leasing ends in 2017.
Terminal 8: Is the largest passenger terminal in JFK Airport, and operated by American Airlines. It's used by some Oneworld carriers. It has a big variety of retail and food outlets.
Terminal Transportation
The AirTrain JFK is a 8 miles system and elevated railway in New York City that provides service to JFK Airport.
The AirTrain stops in all airport terminals (outside the terminal buildings except for Terminal 4) and parking areas. And is connected to the Long Island Rail Road and New York City Subway in Queens.
The service operates all day, during all days of the year.
Fares: Free within the terminal area and to the hotel and car rental shuttle buses at Federal Circle.
51.What do we learn about Delta Air Lines?
A. It operates 2 terminals at JFK.
B. It’s the largest Airline in the world.
C. It makes the JFK the base of operations.
D. It operates the largest passenger terminal at JFK.
52. Which is True on the description of JFK?
A. It is the busiest airport in USA.
B. The AirTrain works around the clock.
C. It has 8 passenger terminals in function.
D. It provides free AirTrain service only within the terminal area.
B
China’s local pension funds（养老金） will launch a first wave of making profits in the national stock market（股市） by the end of this year before an ageing population becomes a difficulty in economy. The government has announced an ambitious plan that could help local governments overcome record-low interest rates and reduce the Chinese stock market’s volatility（波动）.
The human resources ministry said that a number of local governments had moved money to the National Social Security Fund, where managers have good reasons to make money in riskier programs, including up to 40 per cent in stocks and stock funds. This first wave will release between Rmb200bn-Rmb400bn ($30bn-$60bn), according to analysts.
The government started drawing up plans for such moves to the NSSF in June last year and the expansion of the NSSF, which held Rmb1.9tn in 2015, will increase its power in the national stock market, reducing the influence of individual investors and probably creating a more stable flow of money into stock markets. If all provinces join the program, that would mean up to Rmb2tn more could flow into stocks. “In theory, it’s a good thing to do and should increase profits,” said Stuart Leckie, Stirling Finance chairman, who has advised the government on pension reform. “But it was mostly done to support the stock market. They’re doing something good for the wrong reasons.”
The Rmb5tn state pension funds managed by local governments are limited to making profits in safe programs such as bank deposits and government bonds. But these have had such low profits that local governments’ pension funds became less over the past decade, at a time when more and more are nearing retirement.
The NSSF was founded in 2000 to help some provinces in the north-east but it has seemingly achieved
an average profit of nearly 9 per cent per year over the past 15 years, which matches the performance of the more experienced Canada Pension Plan Investment Board. But some economists believe the reforms are not enough to ensure the life quality of the old. “I no longer think the Chinese system can be reformed,” said Peter Diamond, a Nobel Prize winner in economics who co-authored a book on Chinese pension reform. “It must be taken apart and built back from the beginning.”
53.What’s the purpose of the great governmental plan mentioned at the beginning?
A. To help the stock market go smoothly.
B. To make more profits for the central government.
C. To strength people’s confidence in pension funds
D. To increase the local bank interest rates.
54. What does “wrong reasons” in paragraph 3 actually mean?
A. The governments intended to increase the quantity of pension funds.
B. The governments originally wanted to help the old live longer.
C. The move of pension funds was to improve the stock market.
D. Pension funds may obtain much benefit from money moves.
55. What can we learn from the last paragraph?
A. The present reforms are of much practical use in bettering the life quality of the old.
B. China’s system in pension funds is too perfect to reform compared with that of Canada.
C. The system deserves deep consideration and even needs establishing once again.
D. The reforms are of much urgency to the system being carried out in China.
56. What is the main idea of the passage?
A. Pension funds are certain to bring more benefit to the aged.
B. The life of Chinese old people will be improved someday.
C. Pension funds can help people to make profits in China.
D. China’s local pension funds will move to the stock market.
C
In a discovery that will give nutritionists the shocks, a Japanese scientist has discovered that consuming ice cream for breakfast improves a person’s alertness（警觉） and mental performance.
Yoshihiko Koga, a professor at Tokyo’s Kyorin University, has carried out a series of experiments in
which test subjects（实验对象） were required to eat ice cream immediately after waking up. Compared to a group without eating ice cream, Prof Koga’s subjects displayed faster reaction and better processing abilities, the Excite News web site reported.
Monitoring of the subjects’ brain activity showed an increase in high-frequency alpha waves, which are linked to increased levels of alertness and reduced mental irritation（刺激）.To examine the possibility that the test subjects’ reactions were simply the result of the brain being shocked into higher levels of alertness by the low temperature of the ice cream, Prof Koga repeated the experiment with cold water. Test subjects drinking cold water did display a degree of increased alertness and mental performance. Prof Koga is continuing his research and has yet to determine a firm connection between the mental development and a specific ingredient（成分）, while another explanation may lie in the sense that ice cream is a treat that caused positive emotions and added energy.
British nutritionists have reacted with some doubt to Dr Koga’s findings. “A possible explanation is the simple presence of consuming breakfast vs not consuming breakfast,” said Katie Barfoot, a Nutritional Psychology Doctoral Researcher. “Our brain needs glucose（葡萄糖）to function, and a high glucose meal will aid mental performance considerably.” “This, however, does not suggest eating dessert for breakfast. A study exploring the interaction between consumption of low and high GI foods would establish a better understanding of this increased mental performance.”
There has already been some scientific research into why ice cream may have a positive mental effect. In 2005, some neuroscientists scanned the brains of test subjects as they ate vanilla ice cream and saw immediate results. The study found that eating ice cream activated the same “pleasure spots” of the brain lit up by winning money, or listening to a favorite piece of music. “This is the first time that we’ve been able to show that ice cream makes you happy,” Unilever spokesman Don Darling said at the time. “Just one spoonful lights up the happy zones of the brain in experiments.” It’s not the first time a study has suggested a high-calorie “dessert” could be better eaten in the morning, either —a 2012 study found that eating chocolate cake for breakfast could help you lose weight.
57. What do the first two paragraphs tell us?
A. the benefits of eating ice cream for breakfast.
B. the problems caused by eating ice cream.
C. the reasons for the necessity to eat ice cream.
D. the doubts about ice cream for breakfast.
58. Which of the following about Koga’s experiments is TRUE?
A. Cold water is better than ice cream in doing such experiments.
B. The low temperature will probably lead to higher levels of alertness.
C. Ice cream can be regarded as nice food to make eaters healthy.
D. Eating ice cream can cause high-frequency alpha waves to reduce.
59. What Katie Barfoot said in paragraph 4 actually means______________.
A. He agrees with Koga in the conclusion of the research.
B. Koga’s discovery is likely to lack convincing evidence.
C. Eating sweet food for breakfast does good to people.
D. Glucose has little effect on our brain’s normal function.
60. By mentioning the study at the Institute of Psychiatry and Unilever spokesman, the author intends to tell us that________.
A. winning money is quite important to make people happy.
B. the happy zones of the brain can be activated by much ice cream.
C. similar experiments on ice cream have been done before.
D. eating chocolate cake for breakfast benefits weight-loss.
D
It was school that kept me going in those dark days. We had moved up to high school. Madam Maryam said no one wanted to teach our class as we asked so many questions.We liked to be known as the clever girls. My competition with Malka-e-Noor continued. But after the shock of being beaten by her when she first joined our school, I worked hard and had managed to regain my position on the school honours board for first in class. She usually came second and Moniba third. Moniba worked hard as she worried that if she got low marks her male relatives might use it as an excuse to stop her education.
I was weakest in maths – once I got zero in a test – but I worked hard at it. Some parents complained that I was being favoured because my father owned the school. But people were always surprised that despite our rivalry we were all good friends and not jealous of each other.
We also competed in what we call board exams. These would select the best students from private schools in the district. And one year Malka-e-Noor and I got exactly the same marks. We did another paper at school to see who would get the prize and again we got equal marks. So people wouldn’t think I was getting special treatment. My father arranged for us to do papers at another school,but we got the same, so
we both got the prize.
There was more to school than work. We liked performing plays. I wrote a play based on Romeo and Juliet about corruption(腐败). I played Romeo as a civil servant interviewing people for a job. The first candidate is a beautiful girl, and he asks her very easy questions such as, ‘How many wheels does a bicycle have?’ When she replies, ‘Two,’ he says, ‘You are so brilliant.’The next candidate is a man, so Romeo asks him impossible things like, ‘Without leaving your chair tell me the make of the fan in the room above us.’ ‘How could I possibly know?’ asks the candidate.‘You’re telling me you have a PhD and you don’t know!’ replies Romeo. He decides to give the job to the girl. The girl was played by Moniba, of course, and another classmate Attiya played the part of my assistant to add some salt, and pepper with her witty asides. Everyone laughed a lot.
I like to copy people. And in breaks my friends used to beg me to act as our teachers, particularly Sir Obaidullah. With all the bad stuff going on in those days, we needed small, small reasons to laugh. The army action at the end of 2007 had not got rid of the Taliban. The army had stayed in Swat and were everywhere in the town, yet Fazlullah still broadcast every day on the radio and throughout 2008 the situation was even worse than before with bomb explosion and killings. All we talked about in those days was the army and the Taliban and the feeling that we were caught between the two. Attiya used to tease me by saying, ‘Taliban is good, army not good.’I replied, ‘If there is a snake and a lion coming to attack us what would we say is good, the snake or lion?’Our school was a shelter from the horrors outside. All the other girls in my class wanted to be doctors, but I decided I wanted to be an inventor and make an anti-Taliban machine （制衡塔利班的机器）which would destroy their guns. But of course at school we were under threat too, and some of my friends dropped out.
61. Why did Moniba worry about her low marks?
A. She may lose the chance to study. B. She can’t regain her position in class.
C. Her male relatives may get upset. D. Madam Maryam didn’t want to teach her.
62. Who played the part of the civil servant’s assistant?
A. Attiya B. Malka-e-Noor C. Moniba D. Obaidullah
63. The underlined word “rivalry ” in Paragraph 3 means___________.
A. quarrel B. commitment C. offence D. competition
64. Why did the author want to be an inventor at last?
A. Some of her friends dropped out of school.
B. All the other girls in her class want to be doctors.
C. She can make a machine to destroy Taliban guns.
D. She can regain first on the school honours board.
65. What is the author’s attitude towards the war?
A. supportive B. optimistic C. negative D. uncaring
第II卷（非选择题，四部分，共45分）
第四部分 任务型阅读（共10小题；每小题1分，满分10分）
请认真阅读下面短文，并根据所读内容在文章后表格中的空格里填入最恰当的单词。
注意：每个空格填1个单词。请将答案写在答题卡上相应题号的横线上。
Dark matter
If you look at the night sky, you’ll often see stars moving very quickly. In fact, they move much more quickly than they should according to their size and the laws of physics.
Scientists do not completely understand why the speed of these stars is so high. But many believe the reason is that much of the universe is made of something called “dark matter”. Groups of stars called galaxies, such as the Milky Way (银河系), might even be made up of 90 percent dark matter.
Dark matter is an unidentified type of matter making up approximately 27% of the mass(质量) and energy in the observable universe. The name refers to the fact that it does not emit or interact with electromagnetic radiation（电磁辐射）, such as light, and is thus invisible to the entire electromagnetic spectrum（光谱）. Although dark matter has not been directly observed, its existence and properties are inferred from its gravitational effects, its influence on the universe’s large-scale structure, and its effects in the cosmic(宇宙的) microwave background.
Dark matter is also considered to be connected with weight. How much something weighs depends on where it is. The same object weighs only half as much on Mars as it does on Earth and almost three times as much on Jupiter (木星). So scientists prefer to talk about the mass of something rather than how much it weighs, because mass does not change. They can work out the mass of galaxies by measuring the distance between them and the speed they move at.
Recently, Jorge Peñarrubia, a senior academic at Edinburgh University, UK, and his team discovered something interesting: The mass of the Milky Way is only half as much as the mass of another nearby galaxy, Andromeda. This seems strange, and dark matter may explain why.
Finding out more about dark matter could help us understand how the universe began, but this is not easy. Lots of scientists with different types of expert knowledge are working on the problem.
We can’t see dark matter, for it’s very difficult to measure and we can’t find out its mass. Unlike stars, dark matter doesn’t produce or reflect light. But we can make a good guess that it is there because of the way things move and the way light bends. Experts now think dark matter may be very different from the matter that we find on Earth. There may also be five times as much dark matter in the universe as ordinary matter.
Swiss scientist Fritz Zwicky first gave dark matter its name in the 1930s, and the dark matter hypothesis（假设） plays a central role in current modeling of cosmic structure formation, galaxy formation and evolution as well as in explanations of the cosmic microwave background . Researchers have been looking for it ever since. New ways of finding dark matter will still be needed. Today, advanced technology is collecting more and more information but this technology cannot tell us everything. Looking into dark matter may even mean we will need to start questioning the way we look at the universe, including the ideas of Albert Einstein.
Title: Dark Matter
Discoveries
· Stars move much more (66) ▲ than they are considered.
· Where something is (67) ▲ how much something weighs.
· The mass of the Milky Way is only half that of Andromeda.
Common
(68) ▲
Much of the universe is made of something called “dark matter”.
Information
Dark
matter
· first put (69) ▲ by Swiss scientist Fritz Zwicky ;
· considered to be an (70) ▲ type of matter ;
· believed to be connected with weight and (71) ▲ ;
· unable to be seen (72) ▲ it produces or reflects no light;
(73) ▲
·contributing to modeling cosmic structure formation, galaxy formation
and evolution as well as (74) ▲ the cosmic microwave background;
· throwing (75) ▲ on the way we look at the universe
第五部分 词汇运用（共两节，10小题；每小题1分，满分10分）
第一节 新概念III词汇检测：根据所给句义，进行同义缺词填空(首字母已给)（每空一词，每词1分）
76. When we say he deserves it, it is partly admitted that justice can work in some particular environments on its own.
When we use a phrase like “it serves him right”, we are, in part, admitting that a certain set of c___________ has enabled justice to act of itself.
77. Hans had a wrong thought that his family had lost their lives during an air-raid, so he decided to live in a village fifty miles away.
A__________ that his family had been killed during an air-raid, Hans settled down in a village.
78. Only when a heavy snow which is rare to see falls might railway services be temporarily dislocated.
Only an e__________ heavy snow fall might temporarily dislocate railway services.
79. I satisfactorily found there was an express train to Westhaven after I referred to my railway time-table.
After c________ my railway time-table, I noted with satisfaction that there was an express train to Westhaven.
80. They have got the evidence related to the passage of days and the phases of the moon and concluded it was actually a type of calendar from the earliest stage.
They have found that it is connected with the passage of days and the phases of the moon. It is, in fact, a, p_________ type of calendar.
第二节 课本词汇考查：根据所给首字母提示, 写出语法和意义上均正确的词。
（每空一词，每词1分）
81.It is t_____ of students to find English grammar rules difficult to understand.
82. The interpreter broke the law and now he has to face those c_________ of his actions.
83. The study focused on five different age groups r_______ from teens to older adults.
84. My consultant spent one whole afternoon in the streets doing shopping, but only returned home e___________ .
85. We don’t mind who gets the c______ so long as we don’t get the blame.
第六部分 书面表达（满分20分）
阅读下面的短文，然后按照要求写一篇150词左右的英语短文。
Dear Alcohol,
You’ve been around forever. I can remember all the pain you’ve caused 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.
Do you remember the night of my first high school party? You were there. My friends were attracted by you. They treated you as if they were never going to see you again, consuming all of you that they could. I spent two hours that night helping my friends who had fallen head over heels (完全地) for 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 head-on (迎面地) and killed the two people in the other car? He died the next morning too.
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 endless. Stop catching the people I love. Stop hurting me, please.
Sincerely, Me
[写作内容]
1. 以约30个词概括以上短文的内容；
2. 然后以约120个词就“Away from alcohol”为题谈谈你的想法，内容包括：
（1）你对文中所描述现象的看法；
（2）描述你周围的人喝酒后的经历；
（3）简述如何远离过量饮酒。
2016-2017学年度第一学期高二年级期末考试
英语试题参考答案、评分说明及听力录音材料
第一部分 听力（共20小题；每小题1分，满分20分）
1-5 ABACC 6-10 CACAC 11-15 ABCBA 16-20 CCBAA
第二部分（第一节）单项填空（共15小题；每小题1分，满分15分）
21-25CBBCD 26-30CDADA 31-35CBBDA
第二部分 （第二节）完形填空（共15小题；每小题1分，满分15分）
36-40DBCBB 41-45 CADAD 46-50 ACBCB
详解：
36题：D .我在加沙地带作为第一位女性摄影记者，我的工作被看着是对当地传统来说是一种羞辱。
37题：B.由于声明女子不适宜作男子工作，所以没有图片机构同意培训我。
38题： C.我的三位同事甚至开车送我到一个空旷空袭地带。go as far as 甚至，以至于。
39题：B在空袭地带，由下文的尘土和大地颤动可以推理出，而且原句中的clearly可以推断出，爆炸声是唯一能听清晰到的声音，而且淹没了其他声响，如screams等。
40题：B 由于爆炸而导致尘土飞扬，脚下的大地在颤抖。
41题：C 当他们三个回到装甲吉普车一路挥手大笑扬长而去，把我一人留在后面，我才意识到我们不是来拍摄轰炸事件的。
42题：A 我开始更加密切注意加沙地带的妇女生活了。因为我是女儿身，我可以去一些我同事所不能去的禁区。由此43题 D可得be forbidden to do
44题：A（我的工作）除了经历了显著的斗争和痛苦之外，也收获了大量的欢乐和成就。
45题：D 第一次加沙战争中，加沙市的一所警署遭到了以色列毁灭性空袭。所以填destroy
46题：A 我所见到的刺眼的白光，我感觉要么我是眼睛瞎了，要么是上了天堂。
47题：C我的故事不是故意隐藏战争带来的苦痛， 而是（向世人）全面展示加沙人的不为人知的故事。
48题：B作为一个巴勒斯坦女性摄影师，（充满）斗争、幸存以及日常生活之旅激励我克服社区的禁忌看到了战争的另一面和战争所带来的可怕的后果。
49题：C我成为了一个面临两个选择的（战争）见证者：是走还是留？
50题：B stand still ,留在原地坚守。
第三部分 阅读理解（共15小题；每小题2分，满分30分）
51-52AB 53-56ACCD 57-60ABBC 61-65AADCC
A篇详解
51题： 根据Terminal 2: Is used and operated by Delta Air Lines. It is planned to be closed in 2017, once Phase Two of the T4 expansion is finished.
Terminal 4: It has 26 gates in two concurses (A and B). It serves as a major international hub for Delta Airlines.
52题： 文章倒数第2句The service operates all day, during all days of the year. 可知
B篇详解
本文着重分析了地方政府把养老金转移到股市进行投资的改革。
53题： 细节理解题，通过第一段最后一句…reduce the Chinese stock market’s volatility（波动），可以推断出A是正确的，而B中的central government与文中local government不符。C和D项在养老金转移投资的目的中未涉及。
54题：信息指代题，通过第三段But it was mostly done to support the stock market.可以看出政府原先的意图是拉动股市。
55题：推理判断题，最后一段“I no longer think the Chinese system can be reformed,” “It must be taken apart and built back from the beginning.”表明经济学家对中国的制度改革认为存在问题，不适合更改而是要拆散后重建。A，B，D都是对现行制度的赞成。
56题：文章主旨题，根据报刊文章的写作特点，第一段一般是文章的大意。故根据第一句，推出选D。
C篇详解
本文是一篇科普说明文，讲述了早餐吃冰淇淋的实验结果以及专业人士的不同看法。
57题：段落大意题，开头讲述了早餐吃冰淇淋的益处，从第一段a Japanese scientist has discovered that consuming ice cream for breakfast improves a person’s alertness（警觉） and mental performance.中的improve和第二段中的Prof Koga’s subjects displayed faster reaction and better processing abilities.的faster, better可以得出答案为A。
58题：细节判断题，A中提及用cold water做实验，但并未对实验品的优劣进行对比；由第三段中的Test subjects drinking cold water did display a degree of increased alertness，可以得出Ｂ项正确；Ｃ中的healthy与第四段…is a treat that caused positive emotions and added energy.中的energy不相符；D中的reduce 与第三段中的Monitoring of the subjects’ brain activity
showed an increase in high-frequency alpha的increase不相符。
59题：段落推断题，通过第四段引号中的内容Katie Barfoot认为上述实验结果也可能是糖分所引起的，可以推断出Koga’s discovery的实验发现可能缺乏依据。
60题：细节信息题，最后一段补充说明其他专家进行类似实验的结果和看法。通过This is the first time that we’ve been able to show that ice cream makes you happy和 It’s not the first time a study has suggested a high-calorie “dessert”。可以推断出C是正确的。
D篇详解
61题：根据第一段最后一句Moniba worked hard as she worried that if she got low marks her male relatives might use it as an excuse to stop her education. 可知
62题：根据第四段I played Romeo as a civil servant interviewing people for a job.和 and another classmate Attiya played the part of my assistant to add some salt, and pepper with her witty asides.
63题：根据划线词的下文提示…we were all good friends and not jealous of each other.和We also competed in what we call board exams.可得知。
64题：根据最后一段but I decided I wanted to be an inventor and make an anti-Taliban machine （制衡塔利班的机器）which would destroy their guns.
65题：根据最后一段推理可知。
第四部分 任务型阅读（共10小题；每小题1分，满分10分）
66.quickly 67. determines/ decides 68. belief 69. forward 70. unidentified 71. speed
72. because/as/since 73. Conclusions/Effects/Influences/Impacts 74. explaining 75. doubt(s)
任务型阅读答案详解
66. 由第一段they move much more quickly than they should according to their size and the laws of physics.可以直接看出用quickly.
67. 由第四段的depend on可以推断出用determines/ decides.
68. 由第二段的many believe…推断出用belief.
69. 由最后一段的第一句Swiss scientist Fritz Zwicky first gave dark matter its name in the 1930s,可以突出第一次提出dark matter用put forward.
70. 由第三段Dark matter is an unidentified type of matter making up approximately 27% of the mass(质量) and energy in the observable universe中的is推断出用referring.
71.由第四段最后一句…the speed they move at.直接找出用speed.
72.由第七段第一句We can’t see dark matter…中的can’t推断出用unable.
73.最后一段整体总结dark matter研究的一些成果和期许，用Conclusion(s)。
74.由最后一段第三行…in explanations of the cosmic microwave background。中的 in explanations of推断出用explaining.
75.由最后一句…we will need to start asking questions about the way we look at the universe,…中的asking questions about…推断出用“产生疑虑”throw doubt(s) on.
第五部分 词汇应用（共10小题；每小题1分，满分10分)
76.circumstances. 77.Assuming 78.exceptionally 79.consulting 80.primitive
81.typical 82.consequences 83. ranging 84.empty-handed 85. credit
第六部分 书面表达（满分20分）
One possible version：
Away from alcohol
The letter writer reminded us of the severe harm alcohol did to his father, friends and neighbor by example and sincerely wished people around him to stay away from alcohol. (30 words)
I can’t agree more with the appeal that people shouldn’t be addicted to alcohol. Consuming no or little alcohol will keep people awake, causing them to work more efficiently and live healthily.
Nevertheless, it is quite common to find alcoholics in our daily life who tend to find a variety of reasons to drink. Take my neighbor as an example, he returned home rather late nearly every day after drinking, so his wife and son felt annoyed with him. What’s worse, he argued with them and threw everything at hand on the ground, which made his wife and son rather frightened. As a consequence, his wife divorced him.
Therefore, we’d better learn to control ourselves and drink mild wine or beverage in place of alcohol if forced. If you are an alcoholic, quit it early and lead a positive life.
书面表达评分说明
1. 本题总分为20分，按5个档次给分。评分时，应注意的主要内容为：内容要点，应用词汇和语法结构的数量和准确性、上下文的连贯性及语言的得体性。如书写较差，以至影响交际，将分数降低一个档次。
2. 评分时，先根据文章的内容和语言（内容要点、应用词汇和语法结构的数量和准确性、上下文的连贯性、及语言的得体性）初步确定其所属档次，然后以该档次的要求来衡量，确定或调整档次，最后给分。如果没有一定数量的较复杂结构或较高级词汇，通篇文章句型单调、无关联词、文章欠流畅、时态错误太多，降档处理。
3. 词数少于130或多于170的，从总分中减去2分。用笔：铅笔、红笔答题一律零分。
书面表达要点：内容要点无遗漏。按照评分标准评分。
1）开头总结描述（5分）。
2）简要发表过量饮酒这一现象的看法（至少两点）（6分）
3）描述周围类似人的经历（5分）
4）简单描述远离酗酒的方法（4分）。
5. 拼写与标点符号：是语言正确性的一个方面，评分时，应视其对交际的影响程度予以考虑。英、美拼写及词汇用法均可接受。相同错误只扣分一次。
6.大错：句子结构、时态、语态、句子缺谓语动词等为大错。小错：介词、冠词、单词拼写、大小写、标点符号等为小错。3个小错相当于1个大错。按照评分标准评分。
7. 如书写较差，以至影响交际，将分数降低一个档次。投机：开头一段和最后一段切题，中间部分从阅读理解中抄一段判零分
各档次的给分范围和要求：
第五档：（17～20分）完全完成了试题规定的任务。
覆盖所有内容要点。
应用了较多的语法结构和词汇。
语法结构或词汇方面有些许错误，但为尽力使用较复杂结构或较高级词汇所致，具备较强的语言应用能力。
有效的使用了语句间的连接成分，使全文紧凑。
第四档：（13～16分）完全完成了试题规定的任务。
虽漏掉1、2个次重点，应用的语法结构和词汇能满足任务的要求。
应用的语法结构和词汇能满足任务的要求。
语法结构或词汇方面应用基本准确，些许错误主要是因尝试较复杂语法结构或词汇所致。
应用简单的语句间的连接成分，使全文紧凑。
达到了预期的写作目的。
第三档：（9～12分）基本完成了试题规定的任务。
虽漏掉一些内容，但覆盖所有主要内容。
应用的语法结构和词汇能满足任务的要求。
有一些语法结构和词汇方面的错误， 但不影响理解。
应用简单的语句间的连接成分，使全文内容连贯。
整体而言，基本达到了预期的写作目的。
第二档：（较差）（5～8分） 未恰当完成试题规定的任务。
漏掉或未描叙清楚一些主要内容，写了一些无关内容。
语法结构单调、词汇项目有限。
有一些语法结构或词汇方面的错误，影响了对写作内容的理解。
较少使用语句间的连接成分，内容缺少连贯性。
信息未能清楚地传达给读者。
第一档：（差）（1～4分）未完成试题规定的任务。
明显遗漏主랦内容，写了一些无关的内容，原因可能是未能理解试题要求。
语法结构单调、词汇项目有限。
较多要点、语法结构或词汇方面的错误，影响对写作内容的理解。
缺乏语句间的连接成分，内容不连贯。
信息未能传达给读者。
0分 未能传达给读者任何信息：内容太少，无法评判：写的内容均与所要求内容无关或所写内容无法看清。
听力录音材料
Text 1
M: Did you go to town this morning?
W: Yes. I had to draw some money from the bank to pay my grocery bills.
Text 2
M: Oh dear. I am afraid of being the last again in the speech contest on Sunday. It’s already the second time I took part in it.
W: Be optimistic. I have the same experience. Let’s try a third time.
Text 3
M: Your math score is so low. When was the last time you passed the math exam?
W: It was before Michael transferred to another school. He has been so helpful that I simply cannot understand all those math principles without him.
Text 4
M: Are you free this afternoon, Mary? If you have spare time, will you join us in playing
volleyball? Lily has got a bad cold so she couldn’t play.
W: I’d like to. Anyway my basketball lesson was cancelled, and as long as I can go swimming at 7 p.m. that’s OK.
Text 5
W: John, why didn’t you answer my telephone call this morning? I called you as there was a meeting you should go to.
M: Really? My cell-phone ran out of power. I couldn’t recharge it.
W: Oh, I see. I asked William to go instead.
M: What a pity!
Text 6
M: Linda, glad to see you here. I’d like to invite you to my parents’ house for a Thanksgiving turkey dinner the day after tomorrow.
W: Oh. I’d love to. Thank you, Sam. But I just told Paul Sullivan I’d be happy to go to his home on Thanksgiving.
M: Well, I see. I should have invited you earlier. How about coming over for Christmas dinner?
W: Yes, I’d love to.
M: OK, I’ll send you a little note with the details.
W: Thanks. I look forward to seeing you then.
Text 7
M: Hi, Jean. You look worried. Is everything OK?
W: Well, my new boss is expecting us to start work at 8 o’clock in the morning. But I have to take our children to school. That means I’ll be late for work. And you can’t spare any time to do it.
M: Oh, dear ... er ... but not a surprise. My friend Alice had a similar problem last year.
W: How did she settle it?
M: She didn’t do anything at first. But in the end she told it to her boss. He said he hadn’t realized the early start would present a problem and he agreed to let them start half an hour late.
W: That’s great. Perhaps I should deal with it the same way.
Text 8
W: Phil, you speak quite good Spanish. How did you learn a foreign language so well? You know, Spanish is really a headache for me.
M: Well, when learning a foreign language, I would surround myself in the language that I wanted to learn.
W: Surround yourself in the language? Can you explain how you do it?
M: Uh, for example, I would watch a movie in that language, to help me learn vocabulary and phrases.
W: That sounds interesting.
M: Yeah, you’ll have a lot of fun by doing so.
W: I see. A little bit of practice every day is very important in language learning.
M: Yes. Regular practice is better than practicing a lot in one day.
W: Then what else?
M: Have more confidence, and you get more out of learning the language, I think.
W: Really? I’ll try that. Thank you very much!
M: You’re welcome.
Text 9
W: Our guest today is Chef Michael Wilson. Thanks again for joining us, Mr. Wilson.
M: Oh, it’s my pleasure. And please, call me Mike.
W: OK, Mike, you’ve been cooking since you were a kid, and you’ve been a professional chef for over twenty years. What is it about cooking that you love so much?
M: It’s the best way for people to communicate, in my opinion. You don’t need language, you don’t have to have anything in common. All you need is to like to eat and drink. It’s easy to make new friends when you share a meal together.
W: So, what are some of the differences in the food of different countries?
M: Well, in the West, people eat a lot of bread, while in Asia, rice and noodles are more common. Beef is very common in countries like the Unites States, but it’s not as popular in Northern Europe.
W: What do you think is the most important factor in cooking?
M: I think that fresh, local ingredients are the most important part of any type of cooking. Using the best of what a particular place has to offer, rather than fancy sauces or expensive spices, usually results in the best dishes.
Text 10
At the beginning of a speech, student speaker Kathie Aquila raised a question: “On what form of entertainment do Americans spend the greatest amount of money? It’s not recorded music, nor sports events, nor rock concerts, nor theme parks.” Then she gave the answer: legalized gambling, on which Americans each year spend $340 billion—more money than they spend on all other forms of entertainment. In the body of the speech, Aquila tried to persuade her audience that gambling is a waste of money and time. Then she closed the speech with a quotation by Mark Twain: “There are two times in your life when you should not gamble: when you can’t afford it and when you can.” Aquila’s speech was lively and impressive, partly because she used an interesting introduction and a memorable conclusion.
Some speakers make no plans for the beginning and end of a speech. This is a mistake. If you don’t have a lively introduction, you can lose your audience. “People have remote controls in their heads today,” says Myrna Marofsky, a business executive. “If you don’t catch their interest, they just click you off.” And a weak conclusion can damage the effectiveness of what otherwise might have been a good speech. Since the introduction and conclusion are extremely important, devote as much time and energy to them as you give to the body of the speech.
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