江西省宜春市奉新县2016_2017学年高二英语下学期期末考试试题2017071403122.doc
2018届高二下学期期末考试英语试卷第一部分 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。每段对话后有一小题，从题中所给的ABC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. Find a place. B. Buy a map. C. Get an address.2. What will the man do for the woman?A. Repair her car. B. Give her a ride. C. Pick up her aunt.3. Who might Mr. Peterson be?A. a new professor. B. a department head. C. a company director.4. What does the man think of the book?A. Quite difficult. B. Very interesting. C. Too simple.5. What are the speakers talking about?A. Weather. B. Clothes. C. News.第二节（共15小题：每小题1.5分，共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ABC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，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6、7题。6. Why is Harry unwilling to join the woman?A. He has a pain in his knee. B. He wants to watch TV. C. He is too lazy.7. What will the woman probably do next?A. Stay at home. B. Take Harry to hospital. C. Do some exercise.听第7段材料，回答第8至第9题。8. When will the man be home from work?A. At 5:45. B. At 6:15. C. At 6:50.9. Where will the speakers go?A. The Green House Cinema. B. The New State Cinema. C. The UME Cinema.听第 8 段材料,回答第 10 至 12 题。10. How will the speakers go to New York?A. By air. B. By taxi. C. By bus.11. Why are the speakers making the trip?A. For business. B. For shopping. C. For holiday.12. What is the probable relationship between the speakers?A. Driver and passenger. B. Husband and wife. C. Fellow workers.听第 9 段材料,回答第 13 至 16 题。13. Where does this conversation probably take place?A. In a restaurant. B. In an office. C. In a classroom.14. What does John do now?A. Hes a trainer. B. Hes a tour guide. C. Hes a college student.15. How much can a new person earn for the first year?A. 10,500. B. 12,000. C. 15,000.16. How many people will the woman hire?A. Four. B. Three. C. Two.听第 10 段材料,回答第 17 至 20 题。17. How long has the speaker lived in a big city?A. One year. B. Ten years. C. Eighteen years.18. What is the speakers opinion on public transport?A. Its comfortable. B. Its time-saving. C. Its cheap.19. What is good about living in a small town?A. Its safer. B. Its healthier. C. Its more convenient.20. What kind of life does the speaker seem to like most?A. Busy. B. Colourful. C. Quiet.第二部分、阅读理解（共两节，满分40分）A I am Henry Jekyll. I was born in the 1800s. I inherited(继承) a large fortune, a healthy body and an excellent mind. I was naturally hard-working and soon I was very successful in my job. So the outside world saw a serious, hard-working, successful doctor. Behind this quiet character, however, was a wild, fun-loving, irresponsible young man. Both of them were me. They lived together in the same body. “Was it possible,” I wondered, “to find a drug that could give each side of my character its own separate face and body?” After much thought and careful study I believed I had found the answer. I had read many scientific books and spent many hours in my laboratory, searching for the right mixture of chemicals to make my drug. At last I got everything ready.Late one night, I mixed everything together and prepared my drug. I watched the smoke rising from the liquid as its color changed from red to purple and at last to green. Then, bravely, I drank every bitter drop.I felt a violent sickness in my stomach and a terrible pain in all my bones. The room seemed to turn round and round and I trembled with fear. Then the fear and pain disappeared and a strange, sweet feeling took its place. Wild thoughts danced through my mindthe wild passions of an evil and cruel stranger. But inside myself I felt younger, lighter, more carefree（无忧无虑） than ever before. “If this is pure evil,” I thought, “I like it.” I stood there, enjoying these strange new thoughts and passions and suddenly realized that I was shorter. So I decided to go to my bedroom in my new body and take a look at myself in the mirror there. As I came into my room, I saw Edward Hyde for the first time. At that time, the good side of my character was stronger than the evil side. Henry Jekyll had his faults, but he was mostly a good, kind man. I believe that is the reason why Edward Hyde was so much smaller than Henry Jekyll. But that was not the only difference between the two men. Henry Jekyll had a kind, open, honest face. But pure evil stared out of Edward Hydes eyes. I felt no dislike, however. Indeed, I welcomed him. Edward Hyde was me, young and strong and full of life. 21. In others eyes, the writer was _.A. wild and successfulB. fun-loving and responsibleC. quiet and irresponsible D. serious and hard-working 22. The writer wanted to find a drug to _.A. discover the right mixture of chemicalsB. create separate bodies for both sidesC. observe the change of the chemicalsD. make himself smaller but stronger23. From the passage we can learn that the writer _.A. felt quite delighted right after taking the drug B. preferred kind Henry to pure evil EdwardC. was very sick of the shorter Edward HydeD. was satisfied with both of his bodiesBThere's nothing sadder than reading about a lost child in the newspaper or seeing the story of a child missing on the news. Fortunately for us as parents there is a way to avoid this type of tragedy through GPS tracking for children. Global positioning system technology can make it so that we need not worry about our children being lost as much as we used to in the past.GPS systems for kids are small devices that can be worn like a pager (呼机), implanted in a watch or attached to the child's clothing or backpack. It will then deliver information to you about the child's location at all times providing you with peace of mind. The GPS systems can be programmed to send information in intervals as short as 15 seconds.You can imagine how much more relaxed you would be when you're able to log your computer at any time and know within several yards exactly where your child is. Some of the GPS kids units even have a panic button that the child can push to send an immediate alert（警报） in case of an emergency. This notification will go both to you and to the GPS tracking service so that authorities can be alerted.For small children the GPS tracking device can be as small as a watch or pager and will run on batteries for up to 24 hours before needing to be recharged. For older children you can even place a device in their cars to monitor their driving habits and where they are driving. Personal GPS units for kids are not cheap and the smaller the device the higher the price. Can you really say that anything is too expensive when discussing the safety and wellbeing of your children? In addition to the cost of the device, you will also need to pay a fee to the GPS tracking service. In the world we live in sometimes it is difficult to be safe and these GPS kids systems can provide many parents with added peace of mind.24According to the passage, what can we learn about GPS systems for kids?AThey are devices which can help children recognize the direction.BThe bigger devices of GPS units for kids cost more.CChildren can send information through GPS systems for kids only once a day.DThey are small devices through which parents can know where the child is.25The underlined word “notification” in the third paragraph probably means “_.”Aplan B signal Cletter Dmachine26According to the last paragraph, we can infer GPS systems for kids _.Aare very cheap for ordinary peopleBshould be made smaller in sizeCneed more advanced batteriesDare good value for money27What is the text mainly about?AKids safety problems.BAdvantages and disadvantages of GPS systems for kids.CGPS systems for kids.DGlobal positioning system technology.CTime: 2017-01-24 From: kekenet.com Editor: cloverThe head of China's largest online seller Alibaba does not think China and the United States will have a trade war despite comments from the Trump administration.Jack Ma is the chairman of the Alibaba Group. At the World Economic Forum meeting in Davos, Switzerland, he said, “China and (the) U.S. will never have a trade war. Give Trump some time. Hes open-minded, hes listening.”The Chinese billionaire said he would do all he could to prevent trade relations between the countries from getting worse.Last week, Ma met with Trump at the Trump Tower in New York City. He is said to have discussed a plan to permit one million small U.S. businesses to sell goods on Alibabas online shopping platform.During the campaign and after winning the presidential election, Trump strongly criticized the Chinese government's support for its businesses. He blamed unfair trade policies for taking away U.S. jobs. And he said that China unfairly controls the exchange value of its currency, the yuan.Trump also has threatened to place import taxes on goods from China and other countries in response to their trade policies.According to the South China Morning Post, Ma said, “American international companies made millions and millions of dollars from globalization.” He added that the U.S. should not blame the loss of jobs and companies on globalization.However, a new study by an American business group says many U.S. businesses feel unwelcome in China. The companies say the cost of doing business in China is increasing. They add that rules and regulations are unclear or not enforced in a consistent way.The American Chamber of Commerce in China led the study, which looked at responses from 462 companies.William Zarit is chairman of the chamber. He says trade policies in China make it difficult for American companies. He says, “we feel that over the last few years that we've been taken advantage of to some extent, with our open market and the lack of open areas in the Chinese market.”Another major concern for U.S. companies in China is fake products. Fake products are copies of the originals that cost businesses with the legal right to sell them millions of dollars each year.Ma defended Alibabas efforts to fight fake products on its shopping platform. He said his company is doing all it can to fight the problem.“Fighting against fake products is a war against human greediness,” Ma said.28. Who does the underline phrase “The Chinese billionaire” refer to?A. Trump. B. Jack Ma. C. Mario Ritter. D. Willian Zarit.29. Where is the text likely to be taken from?A. Economic magazine. B. Trade speech. C. Website. D. TV news.30. What is the major concern for US companies in China? A. Import taxes. B. Export policies. C. Domestic companies. D. Fake products.31. Which of the following can be a proper title for this passage? A. Chinese Billionaire Does Not See China-US Trade War.B. China should not be blamed for the loss of jobs in America.C. A trade negotiation between China and America.D. The war about fighting against fake products.DWhats your opinion on spicy food? Some people cannot handle even the smallest amount of chili(辣椒) in their dinner while others cant get enough of it.Scientists have long been puzzled by why some people love chili while others loathe it. Plenty of research has been done on the subject, dating as far back as the 1970s. Previous results showed that a love of chili is related to childhood experiences, and cultural influences affect our taste buds, too. But the latest study has found that a persons love of spicy food may be linked to his or her personality more than anything else, CBC News reported.“We have always assumed that liking drives intake-we eat what we like and we like what we eat. But no one has actually directly bothered to connect these personality traits（特点） with intake of chili peppers,” said Professor John Hayes from Pennsylvania State University, who led the study.But before you look at the study, you should first know that “spicy” is not a taste, unlike sour, sweet, bitter and salty. It is, in fact, a burning sensation that you feel on the surface of your tongue. This got scientists thinking that maybe a love of spicy food is brought about by peoples longing for thrill, something they usually get from watching action movies or riding a roller coaster.In the study, 97 participants, both male and female, were asked to fill out questionnaires about certain traits of their personality, for example. Whether they like new experiences or tend to avoid risks. They were then given cups of water with capsaicin(辣椒素), the plant chemical that makes chili burn, mixed into them.By comparing the answers to questionnaires and what participants said they felt about the spicy water. Researchers found that those who most tended to enjoy action movies or take risks were about six times more likely to enjoy the spicy water.Interestingly, we used to believe that the reason some people can withstand(承受) spicy food is that their tongue have become less sensitive to it. However, this latest study has found otherwise. Its not that it doesnt burn as badly, its that you actually learn to like the burn,” Hayes explained.32. Whats the meaning of the underlined word “loathe” in the second paragraph? A. adapt to B. fear C. love D. dislike 33. What did Professor John Hayes and his team discover from their study? A. what we eat actually helps to develop our personalities. B. Those trying to avoid risks tend to be less interested in spicy food. C. Males are more likely to enjoy spicy food than females. D. People are wrong to treat spicy as a kind of taste rather than a feeling.34. Why do some people like spicy food according to the recent study? A. Because their taste buds have become less sensitive. B. Because they want to challenge themselves. C. Because they love the burning sensation. D. Because the more they try spicy food, the less it burns.35. Whats the main idea of the passage? A. That a person enjoys spicy food depends largely on the personality. B. What he or she likes to eat mainly decides on his or her personality. C. His or her childhood experiences decide on his or her personality.D. His or her cultural background decides on his or her personality. 第二节、七选五（10分） Lots of people find it hard to get up in the morning and put the blame on the alarm clock. In fact, the key to easy morning wake-up lies in resting your body clock. 36 Here is how to make one. 37 In order to make a change, you need to decide why it's important. Do you want to get up in time to have breakfast wi
