四川省泸州泸县2017-2018学年高二英语上学期期中试题第I卷(选择题，共100分)第一部分 听力 (共两节，满分30分)回答听力部分时，先将答案标在试卷上听力部分结束前，你将有两分钟的时间将你的答案转涂到答题卡上第一节 (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并阅读下一小题每段对话仅读一遍例: How much is the shirt?A. £ 19.15. B. £ 9.18. C. £ 9.15.答案是C.1. Who wants to borrow a camera?A. Mary. B. Jane. C. Alice.2. What is the man doing?A. Attending an appointment B. Discussing an agreement. C. Applying for a position.3. Where are the two speakers talking?A. In a shop. B. In a bank. C. In a cinema.4. How long did Eric stay abroad in all?A. 9 days. B. 11 days. C. 16 days.5. Why will Mr. Rogers be off work next week?A. To make his holiday. B. To attend a wedding. C. To travel on business.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、7题6. Why is Jane unhappy?A. David fell in love with her.B. She met problems with math.C. Kevin made up stories about her.7. What is the probable relationship between the speakers?A. Teacher and student. B. Father and daughter. C. Boss and employee.听第7段材料，回答第8至10题8. When does the conversation most probably take place?A. On Monday. B. On Wednesday. C. On Saturday.9. What makes the newly-opened restaurant popular?A. Good position. B. Special foods. C. Music show.10. When will the music be over?A. At 8. B. At 9. C. At 10.听第8段材料，回答第11至13题。
11. How did the woman get to know about third-hand smoke?A. From young smokers. B. From a newspaper article. C. From some smoking parents.12. Why does the man say that he should keep away from babies?A. He's just become a father. B. He wears dirty clothes. C. He is a smoker.13. What's the woman's suggestion for smoking parents?A. Quit smoking. B. Stay outdoors. C. Clean clothes.,听第9段材料，回答第14至16题14. What does the woman say about the science book?A. It's of little value. B. It's in bad condition. C. It's an old edition.15. How much will the woman pay the man?A. $30. B. $23. C. $21.16. Why is the woman unwilling to buy more textbooks?A. Textbooks are changeable. B. She's in financial trouble. C. She prefers new books.听第10段材料，回答第17至20题。
17. What does the speaker mainly talk about?A. His success in acting. B. His work experience. C. His regret for ignorance,18. How did the speaker feel on his arrival at Los Angeles?A. Discouraged. B. Worried. C. Confident.19. What did he think of his career as an actor?A. Disappointing. B. Tiring. C. Interesting.20. What did he decide to do in the end?A. Say goodbye to movies. B. Turn to movie management. C. Be happy with small roles.二、阅读理解（本大题共15个小题，2分每题，共30分）AA little old couple walked slowly into McDonald’s one cold winter evening. They were so old that they looked out of place among the young families and young couples eating there that night.Some of the customers looked admiringly at them. You could tell what the admirers were thinking. “Look, there is a couple who has been through a lot together, probably for 60 years or more!”The little old man walked right up to the cash register (收银台), placed his order with no hesitation and then paid for their meal. The couple took a table near the back wall and started taking food off the tray (托盘). There was one hamburger, one order of French fries and one drink. The little old man unwrapped the plain hamburger and carefully cut it in half. He placed one half in front of his wife. Then he carefully counted out the French fries, divided them in two piles and neatly placed one pile in front of his wife. He took a sip of the drink, his wife took a sip and then set the cup down between them.As the man began to eat his few bites of hamburger the crowd began to get restless. Again you could tell what they were thinking, “That poor old couple. All they can afford is one meal for the two of them.”As the man began to eat his French fries one young man stood and came over to the old couple’s table. He politely offered to buy another meal for the old couple to eat. The old man replied that they were just fine. They were used to sharing everything.Then the crowd noticed that the little old lady hadn’t eaten a bite. She just sat there watching her husband eat and occasionally taking turns sipping the drink.Again the young man came over and begged them to let him buy them something to eat. This time the lady explained that, no, they were used to sharing everything together.As the little old man finished eating and was wiping his face neatly with a napkin the young man could stand it no longer. Again he came over to their table and offered to buy some food.After being politely refused again, he finally asked a question of the little old lady. “Ma’am, why aren’t you eating? You said that you share everything. What is it that you are waiting for?”She answered, “The teeth”.21．What does the underlined phrase in the first paragraph most probably mean?A. Looked helpless B. Looked romanticC. Looked unsuitable D. Looked cheerful22．Why did some of the customers admire them?A. Because they walked in hand in hand B. Because they come to McDonald’s togetherC. Because they have been together for many years D. Because they come in such a cold winter evening23．How much food did the man get?A. One hamburger, one French fries and one cup of teaB. One hamburger, two French fries and two cups of teaC. One hamburger, one French fries and two cups of teaD. One hamburger, two French fries and one cup of tea24．Why didn’t the old lady eat her portion (一份) of meal?A. Her artificial teeth didn’t fit her well. B. She forgot to bring her teeth with her.C. Her husband had not finished using the teeth. D. She was waiting for someone to get her teeth for her.BLook into hunters’ eyesHave you ever been face to face with a cat or a sheep? If you have,you probably noticed that cats narrow their eyes to vertical (垂直的) slits (狭缝),while sheep have horizontal pupils (瞳孔).Why is the difference?Scientists from the Universities of California Berkeley and Durham in Britain may have the answer.Their research,published recently in the journal Science Advances,suggested that pupils’ shapes could tell whether an animal is a hunter or gets hunted.The researchers took a close look at the eyes of 214 land animals.The challenge was to see if they could find a relationship between an animal’s role in the food chain and the pupils’ shapes.They found a pattern.Species with pupils that are vertical slits are more likely to be small ambush predators (捕猎者) – creatures that lie in wait for their lunch.In contrast,those with horizontal pupils are more likely to be plant-eating prey (猎物) species.Evolution chose the arrangement for a good reason.For hunters such as household cats,it appears that vertical pupils not only improve their ability to keep track of moving objects like mice,but also maximize (使最大化) their ability to judge the distances of the animals they hunt.However,an interesting discovery from the study is that the slit pupils are mostly linked to hunters that are close to the ground.Therefore,bigger cats who actively hunt down their prey,like tigers and lions,don’t have slit pupils.On the other hand,for plant-eating prey animals,horizontal pupils give them a wider field of vision.When stretched (伸展) horizontally,the pupils allow for more light to enter from the front,back,and sides.Meanwhile,they also limit the amount of light from the sun above so the animal can see the ground better.“Once they do find a predator,they need to see where they are running,” said leading researcher Martin Banks,a UC Berkeley professor of optometry (视光学).“They have to see well enough out of the corner of their eye to run quickly and jump over things.”But what happens when they bend down to eat? Researchers checked this by watching prey animals in the Oakland Zoo in California,US.They believe that when goats lower their heads to eat,their eyes rotate (旋转) to keep their pupils horizontal.So it seems that the eyes are indeed the to the soul!25．What is the article mainly about?A. How animals keep track of moving objects.B. Why animals have evolved with different shaped pupils.C. How animals change their pupils’ shape when hunting for food.D. How the pupils’ shape influences an animal’s ability to detect a predator.26．According to the study,slit pupils ______.A. help to provide a wider field of visionB. are more likely to belong to big predatorsC. are more likely to belong to those to get huntedD. provide the sharpest way to judge hunting distance27．What can we conclude from the article about plant-eating prey animals?A. Their pupils allow more light to be received from both above and below.B. Their pupils are able to help them scan their surroundings for threats.C. Once they detect a predator,their eyes rotate to help them find where to run.D. When they lower their heads to eat,they narrow their eyes to vertical slits.CThe healthy adolescent boy or girl likes to do the real things in life,to do the things that matter.He would rather be a plumber’s mate and do a real job that requires doing than learn about hydrostatics(流体静力学)sitting at a desk, without understanding what practical use they are going to be.A girl would rather look after the baby than learn about child care.Logically we should learn about things before doing them and that is probably why the experts enforce this in our educational system.But it is not the natural way---nor,in my view,the best way.The adolescent wants to do things first for only then does the appreciate the problems involved and want to learn more about them.They do these things better in primitive life,for there at puberty(青春期) the boy joins his father in making canoes,patching huts,going out fishing or hunting.He is serving his apprenticeship in the actual accomplishments of life.It is not surprising that anthropologists(人类学家) find that the adolescents of primitive communities do not suffer from the same neurotic(神经质的) “difficulties” as those of civilized life.This is not,as some assume,because they are permitted more sexual freedom,but because they are given more natural outlets for their native interests and powers and are allowed to grow up freely into a full life of responsibility in the community.In the 19th century this was recognized in the apprenticeship system,which allowed the boy to go out with the master carpenter,or ploughman,to engage in the actual work of carpentry or roof-mending,and so to learn his trade.In some agricultural colleges at the present time young men have to do a year’s work on a farm before their theoretical training at college.The great advantage of this system is that it lets the apprentice see the practical problems before he sets to work learning how to solve them,and he can therefore take a more intelligent interest in his theoretical work.Since more knowledge of more things is now required in order to cope with the adult world,the period of growing-up to independence takes much longer than it did in more primitive community,and the responsibility for such education,which formerly was in the hands of the parents,is now necessarily undertaken by experts at school. But that should not make us lose sight of the basic principle,namely the need and the desire of the adolescent to engage responsibly in the real pursuits of life and then to learn how—to learn through responsibility,not to learn before responsibility.28．According to the author,what is the natural way of education?A. Doing things while learning. B. Doing things before learning.C. Doing things as an apprentice. D. Learning practical knowledge first.29．The main advantage of the natural way of education,whether in primitive or modern times,is that learners .A. can learn the trade through solving problems at workB. can work with their masters throughout their learningC. are given opportunities to develop their interest firstD. are given more freedom in doing things and learning30．According to context,“this” in the third paragraph refers to ________.A. the kind of skills boys learned from their fatherB. the difficulties modern adolescents experienceC. the amount of freedom in learning in primitive lifeD. the way of learning in primitive communities31．Which of the following sums up the author’s main point?A. The apprenticeship system was effective in learning.B. Learning to solve problems is learning through responsibility.C. Students develop their interest through learning.D. Students should be given more freedom in learning.DBaron Pierre de Coubertin was a Frenchman. At his time sports were not taught in French schools. De Coubertin believed that sports should go hand in hand with studies. He had an idea. His idea was to begin the Olympics all over again.Sports teachers of other countries liked de Coubertion’s ideas. So in 1896, the modern Olympic Games were held in Athens（雅典）, Greece. Since then the Olympics have been held once every four years, except three times, when there were wars.Before the start of the Olympic Games, runners carry lighted torch（火炬）through many nations towards the stadium（运动场）where the games will be held. These sportsmen are from different countries. Yet they work together to carry the Olympic torch. It is passed from runner to runner. When the last runner enters the stadium, he or she places the torch in a special（专门的）basin filled with oil. It catches fire. It is then, only then, that the Olympic Games can begin.The Olympic flame（火焰）burns throughout the games. It is the flame of peace.32．Before 1896 French schools didn’t teach_____ .A.maths B.history C.sports D.physics33．De Coubertin_______________.A.was the first man to start the Olympic GamesB.helped start the modern Olympic GamesC.believed that sports were less important than studiesD.failed to begin the modern Olympic Games34．According to this passage, the third modern Olympic Games should have been held in_________ .A.1915 B.1924 C.1896 D.190435．“Marathon” in this passage is _______________.A a foot race B.a jumping contest（比赛） C.field sports D.a boxing（拳击）match三、七选五（本大题共5个小题，2分每题，共10分）Training for a marathon (马拉松) requires careful preparation and steady, gradual increases in the length of the runs. 36．, buy the best-fitting running shoes you can find. No one can say which brand will work best for you or feel best on your feet, so you have to rely on your experience and on the feel of each pair as you shop. When you have found shoes that seem right, walk in them for a few days to double-check the fit. 37．. As always, you should stretch (伸展) at least ten minutes before each run to prevent injuries.During the first week, do not think about distance, but run five minutes longer each day. 38．, it is wise to take a day off to rest. But during the next week, set a goal of at least a mile and a half per run. 39．. After two weeks, start timing yourself. 40．. Depending on the kind of race you plan to enter, you can set up a timetable for the remaining weeks before the race.A.After six daysB.For a good marathon runnerC.Before you begin your trainingD.With each day, increase the distance by a half mileE.If they still feel good, you can begin running in themF.Time spent for preparation raises the quality of trainingG.Now you are ready to figure out a goal of improving distance and time四、完形填空（本大题共20个小题，1.5分每题，共30分）“Who can ever have imagined that someone like me would make it this far?” asked Chad Wood last week during his high school graduation speech as the best student. Chad offered ______ to his fellow classmates to never give up-and the words ______ much more to himself. That’s because Chad is deaf, and he told the story of the serious troubles he ______ to graduate first in his class at Harrison High school in Kennesaw, Georgia.Chad didn’t start to ______ until he was 5, according to his mother, Pam Wood. Although her son was ______ a disadvantage, she was determined not to treat him ______.“I’ve expected him to do everything every other kid does, and I saw no ______ why he couldn’t,” she told ABC News.“And if he ______ the first time, we just tried again.” Chad, 17, worked hard throughout school, ______ no special treatment but sitting at the front of the class and using a special audio system so he could hear the teacher. All his hard work ______. He received full school fare to Vanderbilt University. “Deafness had taught me a lesson to never ______ ,” he said in the speech. ”Not when the experts tell you it cannot be done. Not when you have ______ so far behind that escaping seems the only way ______. Not when achieving your dreams seems an entire ______.”Chad spoke for about four minutes, after which he received a standing applause from the class and ______ messages from family, friends and strangers. “They’ve been sending me messages on Facebook, email; they’ve been talking to me in person telling me how it had a ______ on their lives and how they’re really ______ by it,” Chad told ABC News. “It feels ______. Seeing that my words ______ have a power on someone and that they want to work harder ______ my words makes me feel wonderful.”41．A. warning B. description C. advice D. information42．A. analysed B. meant C. recognized D. persuaded43．A. needed B. faced C.consisted D.foresaw44．A. cry B. write C. smell D. hear45．A. at B. for C. under D. by46．A. deadly B. kindly C. differently D. similarly47．A. harm B. reason C. trouble D. conclusion48．A. failed B. organized C. succeed D. blamed49．A. receive B. receiving C. to receive D. received50．A. set off B. dropped off C. took off D. paid off51．A. give in B. give up C. give out D. give away52．A. waited B. walked C. fallen D. gone53．A. up B. off C. in D. out54．A. impossibility B. success C. victory D. possibility55．A. scientific B. negative C. supportive D. cautious56．A. reward B. power C. source D. detail57．A. defeated B. exposed C. educated D. puzzled58．A. unwilling B. amazing C. shocking D. embarrassing59．A. actually B. suddenly C. strangely D. extremely60．A. apart from B. according to C. instead of D. because of第II卷（非选择题 50分）五、短文填空（本大题共10个小题，1.5分每小题，共15分）No one knows exactly 61． the earth began, as it happened so long ago. However, according to a 62．(wide) accepted theory, the universe began 63．a “Big Bang” that threw matter in all directions.What it was to become was 64． (certain) until between 4.5 and 3.8 billion years ago 65． the dust settled into a solid globe. The earth became so violent 66 it was not clear whether the shape would last or no.People are 67．(put) too much carbon dioxide into the atmosphere, which prevents heat from 68．(escape) from the earth into space。