1、高二期末考试英语考生注意：1.本试卷共150分，考试时间120分钟。2.请将各题答案填在答题卡上。3.本试卷主要考试内容：高考全部内容。第一部分 听力（共两节，满分30分）做题时，先将答案标在试卷上。录音内容结束后，你将有两分钟的时间将试卷上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。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。例：How much is the shirt?A.19.15. B.9.18. C.9.15.答案是C。1.What
2、is the man?A.A taxi driver. B.A policeman. C.A restaurant waiter.2.When will the man fly back?A.Next week. B.On Sunday. C.Before this weekend.3.How does the woman feel?A.Satisfied. B.Discouraged. C.Delighted.4.How many bank robbers were there altogether?A.One. B.Two. C.Four.5.What would the man prob
3、ably do?A.Borrow 300 dollars. B.Buy a new computer. C.Repair the computer.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。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.What does the man want to do?A.Have his shoes repaired. B.Buy a pair of new
4、 shoes. C.Do shopping in a supermarket.7.How will the man go to the place?A.By bus. B.On foot. C.By car.听第7段材料，回答第8、9题。8.Whats the relationship between the speakers?A.Secretary and boss. B.Teacher and student. C.Doctor and patient.9.Why was the woman late?A.Her aunt asked her to get up late. B.She m
5、issed the bus. C.She got a telephone call.听第8段材料，回答第10至12题。10.What is the woman going to be in Milan?A.A doctor. B.A nurse. C.A teacher.11.What worries the woman so much?A.The people in Milan are not friendly enough.B.The work in Milan is hard to do.C.She has no friends in Milan.12.How will the woma
6、n get in touch with the man?A.By phone. B.By e-mail. C.By letter.听第9段材料，回答第13至16题。13.What does Jan consider the most important when he judges a restaurant?A.Where the restaurant is. B.Whether the prices are low. C.How well the food is prepared.14.When did Jan begin to write for a magazine?A.After he
7、 came back to Sweden.B.Before he went to the United States.C.As soon as he got his first job in 1982.15.What may Jan do to find a good restaurant?A.Talk to people in the street. B.Speak to taxi drivers. C.Ask hotel clerks.16.What do we know about Jan?A.He cooks for a restaurant. B.He travels a lot f
8、or his work. C.He prefers American food.听第10段材料，回答第17至20题。17.What does the speaker do exactly?A.She is a school doctor. B.She is a student consultant. C.She is the headmaster of a school.18.How can students ask for the speakers advice?A.By visiting her. B.By sending e-mails to her. C.By writing lett
9、ers to her.19.When does the speaker work in her office during the week?A.In the evenings. B.At weekends. C.Every day.20.Which of the following is the most typical of studentsJ problems?A.Playing computer games. B.Medical problems. C.Difficulty in making friends.第二部分 阅读理解（共两节，满分40分） 第一节 （共15小题；每小题2分，
10、满分30分）阅读下列短文，从每题所给的A、B、C和D四个选项中，选出最佳选项。AEach year，Time magazine picks the best of the years inventions that will change how we live9 work，and play。AiraFor people who are blind，everyday tasks such as walking to school or washing clothes can be tough.What i they could borrow the eyes of someone who ca
11、n see? Thats the thinking behind Aira.Aira is a service.Users send live videoes of their surroundings to an agent.This is done with special glasses or a smartphone app.The agents are always available.They can answer questions，describe objects，and guide users through a location.3M Smog-reducing Granu
12、lesSmog is a type of air pollution.It comes from car and factory emissions.The company 3M has created a new material 3M smog-reducing granules （微粒），which can break down smog granules in the air.The broken-down granules are washed away the next time it rains.The granules will help reduce air pollutio
13、n.The Whill Model CIMore than 3 million Americans use wheelchairs to get around.But most wheelchairs are hard to move on many surfaces.The Whill Model CI is different.It is a new electric wheelchair.It can climb obstacles two inches high and move around in tight spaces.The wheelchair can also be tak
14、en apart in minutes.This makes the disabled easy to transport.AllbirdsMany shoe parts are not environmentally friendly.Allbirds is trying to change that.It is testing a new material called Sweet Foam，which is made from parts of the sugarcane （甘蔗） plant that would be thrown away.Allbirds has started
15、using Sweet Foam in a line of flip-flops （人字拖）.It plans to use the material in more of its product lines.21.Who is Aira fit for?A.Factory workers. B.Blind people. C.High school students. D.Service agents.22.Whats the purpose of designing the Whill Model CI?A.To drive a car easily. B.To reduce traffi
16、c accidents.C.To offer the disabled convenience. D.To overcome obstacles in life.23.Which inventions are environmentally friendly?A.Aira and the Whill Model CI. B.The Whill Model CI and Allbirds.C.Aira and 3M Smog-reducing Granules. D.3M Smog-reducing Granules and Allbirds.BWhen 45-year-old Randy Pa
17、usch was diagnosed with pancreatic （胰腺）cancer， he chose to focus on living rather than dying.As a computer science professor at Carnegie Mellon University，Pausch was asked to deliver a “last lecture”.This well-known campus tradition allowed professors to share worldly wisdom with students as if they
18、 were dying and had one last lecture to give.The only difference in Pauschs case is that Pausch really was dying， but it only motiva-ted him more.He delivered his last lecture， “Really Achieving Your Childhood Dreams”on Sept.18，2007.Pausch began by sharing several of his boyhood dreams，some of which
19、 he had achieved and the others he hadnt.He described the importance of having dreams and how anyone can still learn a lot by reaching for those dreams， even if they dont always succeed.He shared the values learned through experience，which he hoped to pass on to others：honesty，character， hard work，
20、laughter and gratitude.Pauschs last lecture received a great deal of praise and attention.It became a crazy You- Tube hit， and in October 2007，he presented an abridged（删节的）version on “The Oprah Winfrey Show”.He turned the lecture into a book by the same name，which quickly became a best-seller.Reader
21、s were deeply moved by the books representation of Pauschs lifelong philosophy and the way it revealed the biggest source of his motivationhis three young children .Pausch passed away on July 25，2008， but his voice lives on in the recorded lecture and his book.He continues to motivate us all by enco
22、uraging us to never give up our childhood dreamsa source of inspiration that can never run dry.24.Why was Pausch asked to give his “last lecture”?A.To share wisdom with the students. B .To make him have a better life.C.To cure his cancer. D.To achieve his dream.25.What was Pauschs lecture mainly abo
23、ut?A.His private life in boyhood. B.Having dreams and good values.C.The reason for his success. D.The experience learned from others.26.Which of the following motivated Pausch most?A.His children. B.His dreams. C.His work. D.His students.27.What can be the best title for the text?A.The Meaning of Li
24、fe B.Keep on DreamingC.Motivation from Life D.Give the Last LectureCMaryland is expected to become the first state of the USA to ban foam （泡沫橡胶）food packaging， takeout containers and cups.The new proposed law passed both of the states legislative bodies （立法机关）this week with enough votes to override
25、a potential rejection signed by Gov.Larry Hogan， who has not publicly signaled whether he supported the law or not.The law would become the latest in a growing effort worldwide to ban kinds of single-use plastic products，due to their impacts on the environment.With the statewide previous ban effort，
26、Marylands two counties，Prince George and Montgomery，had already banned foam packaging.Del.Brooke Lierman， who introduced similar legislation last year and in 2017，says changing public opinion helped her third attempt succeed.“I think we have reached a danger point，” she says.“People are seeing how c
27、ommon single-use plastics are， and that they are not recyclable and never going away.People are beginning to understand the importance of living more sustainably.”The new law would ban foam food packaging for products packaged in-state，including restaurants，cafes，food trucks， and grocery stores.The
28、final version of the bill includes exceptions，such as meat.The ban would go into force on July 1，2020 and would carry fines of $250.The legislation was opposed by the Maryland Retailers Assocation， which warned that outlawing foam packaging could hurt small businesses by higher costs.Foam packaging
29、remains popular among restaurants and the food industry because it is lightweight， inexpensive， and keeps food and drinks hot.Foam food containers have been banned in cities or counties in 11 states， including Seat-tle， Portland 9 Washington D.C.， San Francisco ， and numerous other cities in Califor
30、nia.A ban in New York City took effect at the beginning of this year after a long legal battle ended last summer.28 How did Maryland carry out the ban of foam food packaging?A.By closing some local companies. B.By fining foam packaging producers.C.By passing a new law. D.By teaching people to focus
31、on the environment29.What does the underlined word “override” in paragraph 1 mean?A.Reject. B.Prove. C.Explain. D.Tolerate.30.What helped the third attempt succeed according to Del.Brooke Lierman?A.Learning from other cities. B.Getting mediums support.C.Changing public opinion. D.Hurting small busin
32、esses.31.What can we learn from the text?A.Foam food packages will disappear in the world.B.People in Maryland support the law absolutely.C.Foam food packages havent any advantage at all.D.Meat will be allowed to be sold in foam food packages in America.DTaking at least twenty minutes out of your da
33、y to walk or sit in a place that makes you feel in contact with nature will significantly lower your stress hormone （荷尔蒙）levels.Thats the finding of a study that has established， for the first time， the most effective amount of an urban nature experience.Healthcare professionals can use this discove
34、ry to prescribe （开药）“nature-pills” in the knowledge that they have a real measurable effect.“We know that spending time in nature reduces stress，but until now it was unclear how much is enough， how often to do it， or even what kind of nature experience will benefit us ，”says Dr.Hunter， a lead author
35、 of this research.“Our study shows that for the greatest pay-off， in terms of efficiently lowering levels of the stress hormone， you should spend 20 to 30 minutes sitting or walking in a place that provides you with a sense of nature.”To help healthcare professionals look for evidence-based guidelin
36、es on what exactly to dis-tribute， Hunter and her colleagues designed an experiment that would give a realistic estimate of an effective amount.Over an 8-week period， participants were asked to take a nature pill with a duration of 10 minutes or more， at least 3 times a week.Levels of stress hormone
37、， were measured from saliva （唾液）samples taken before and after a nature pill， once every two weeks.The data revealed that just a twenty-minute nature experience was enough to significantly reduce stress levels.“Healthcare professionals can use our results as an evidence-based rule of thumb on what t
38、o put in a nature-pill prescriptionsaid,” said Hunter. “It provides the first estimates of how na-ture experiences impact stress levels in the context of normal daily life.It breaks new ground by addressing some of the complexities of measuring an effective nature amount.”32.Whats the great signific
39、ance of the study?A.It finds out a new way to release stress.B.It can help doctors prescribe various pills.C.It finds out the accurate amount of nature experience.D.It makes it clear that exercise can help release stress.33.How did Hunter get the finding?A.By working with some doctors. B.By asking p
40、articipants questions.C.By comparing the previous data. D.By carrying out an experiment.34.What did Hunter think of the result of the study?A.It has disadvantages. B.Its meaningful.，C.Its worth researching further. D.It needs more discussions.35.Whats the main idea of the text?A.Nature has close rel
41、ationship with stress.B.We should stay in nature to keep healthy.C.We cannot get close to nature frequently.D.Staying in nature for proper time will lower stress level.第二节 （共5小题；每小题2分，满分10分）根据短文内容，从短文后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。选项中有两项为多余选项。It is important to teach your dog to guard you and the other members
42、of your family to fight against danger.Here are some tips on how to train your dog to protect you. 36 It is very important to introduce your dog to other people and let it interact with them .A good guard dog is friendly to the people around it.This exercise is very important because it will help th
43、e dog distinguish between good people and bad people 37 .Use proper commandsA dog acts according to how it has been trained.The only way to do this is through com-mands and your own body actions and sounds. Command the dog to attack by saying the word “Attack”loudly.Soon， whenever you use the comman
44、d “Attack!”， your dog will understand that it needs to fight the thing you are pointing at. 38 ， you must also train it to stop the attack.Teach night guardingTeach your dog to keep a check on the house by taking it around the house and making it sniff the area.You will need to do this a couple of t
45、imes so that the dog understands that it needs to keep a check every night. 39 . It will check the house and return back indoors.Reward it for its good behaviorGiving rewards such as a pat， a hug ， verbal praise Good dog!” or treats is an excellent way of letting the dog know that you are happy with
46、 its behavior. 40 ， it is your duty to make sure your dog is rewarded for its good behavior and punished for its bad behavior. Punishment involves scolding the dog by using the command “Bad dog!” or “No， very bad!” This will help the dog learn that it mustnt do certain things.A.Since you are the mas
47、ter B.Encourage communicationC.While you are training the dog to attack D.Train an older dog to protect its masterE.After a few days， the dog will begin to check on its ownF.People who are good will be those who are allowed to come close to itG.If your dog does not come inside， you will need to comm
48、and it to get back第三部分 语言知识运用（共两节，满分45分）第一节 （共20小题；每小题1.5分，满分30分）阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的A、E、C和D四个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。I visited my best friend Sean whose mom Cheryl could only communicate by her gesture I couldnt understand.I felt 41 and fetched a notepad （记事本）to explain to her the reason for my 42 .Then I w
49、ent to 43 Sean several times.Each time I entered her house， my mind floo-ded with guilt and anxiety.I always needed someone to 44 to me， but her daughter- in-law， even her grandchildren， wouldnt take the time to learn sign language.That night I saw that look of 45 on her face. The next time I saw Ch
50、eryl，I didnt get the notepad or let my friend Sean help me， but decided to 46 ， whatever it would take.I could see 47 appearing on her face as I spelled out each word with gesture.I knew how she felt knowing that someone 48 enough to learn to communicate with her.Within three weeks I had learned 49
51、American Sign Language （ASL）.One night， everyone was signing， when suddenly I could follow the 50 ， Cheryl slapped her hand，looked me in the eyes，and 51 directly to me.She knew my heart and how much I 52 her culture.About a month ago，Cheryl，Sean，my dad，and I took a 53 to California State Uni-versity
52、， Northridge where I would study； As we sat in the deaf student advisors office， no one 54 but I understood.He explained the 55 I would receive there would help me become a sign language interpreter and how hed like me to 56 in an advanced ASL class.I left the university and felt so 57 . So many peo
53、ple dont know about deaf people because of their 58 to communicate with them.Now I would be able to help.That night Cheryl and I sat in our hotel room；she 59 and signed with smiling eyes.Unlike the days in her living room with a notepad，I 60 and signed back， “I love you， too!”41.A.pleased B.interest
54、ed C.relieved D.embarrassed42.A.visit B desire C.success D.position43.A.treat B.see C.support D.persuade44.A.lead B.point C.explain D.expose45.A.hope B.approval C.satisfaction D.loneliness46.A.leave B learn C.check D.escape47.A.pleasure B.anger C.disappointment D.sadness48.A.grew B.cared C.changed D
55、.reserved49.A.advanced B entire C.skillful D.basic50.A.conversation B.belief C.instruction D.task51.A.signed B.admitted C.talked D.apologized52.A.minded B.loved C.revealed D.removed53.A.trip B.step C.message D.present54.A.occurred B.repeated C.translated D.interrupted55.A.permission B.regulation C.s
56、uggestion. D.education56.A.settle. B.start C.wander D.compete57.A.shocked B.upset C.excited D.worried58.A.will B.promise C.turn D.inability59.A.set out B.worked out C.reached out D.moved out60.A.finished B.admitted C.understood D.refused第二节 (共10小题；每小题1.5分，满分15分)阅读下面短文，在空白处填入1个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。Stan L
57、ee， the writer of superhero 61 (character) ， including Spider-Man， Iron Man， and the X-Men，died on November 12 at the age of 95.Iron Man actor Robert Downey Jr.posted an old photo of Lee and himself 62 (accompany) by the words：“I owe it all to you.” Chris Evans wrote on Twitter：“There will never be
58、another Stan Lee.For decades，he provided both the young 63 the old with ad-venture， confidence，strength， 64 (inspire)， friendship and joy.”Lee was born in New York City.He began 65 (write) for comic (连环漫画)books at 19.He wrote under the name of Stan Lee.He explained that he used a false name because
59、he wanted to be a serious and great literature writer someday.He did not want his link 66 comic books to be know when that happened，and yet it never happened.With the pride in 67 (he) work growing， he decided to 68 (legal) change his name to Stan Lee.In the early 1960s， inspired by the civil rights
60、movement， Lees job was to create a series of “super- heroes，” 69 could compete against the Justice League of DC Comics (e.g.，Superman， Wonder Woman，and Batman).After Marvel started making hollywood films，Stan Lee 70 (become) a household name.第四部分 写作(共两节，满分35分)第一节 短文改错(共10小题；每小题1分，满分10分)假定英语课上老师要求同桌之
61、间交换修改作文，请你修改你同桌写的以下作文。文中共有10处语言错误，每句中最多有两处。每处错误仅涉及一个单词的增加、删除或修改。增加：在缺词处加一个漏字符号（），并在其下面写出该加的词。删除：把多余的词用斜线（）划掉。修改：在错的词下划一横线，并在该词下面写出修改后的词。注意：1.每处错误及其修改均仅限一词.2.只允许修改10处，多者（从第11处起）不计分。I like English most because English is so popular these days.As far Im concerned， English is a important international l
62、anguage.If I speak English well， I will be able to communicate with people all over the world.Nowadays，English is wide used in news，business，communication and tourisms.As the world is becoming a global village，our country will need more people whom are good at English.Master English can help me find
63、 more job opportunities.Whats more，some English-spoken countries like Australia，New Zealand and Canada are very much beautiful.I wanted to travel to these countries very much. So I must learn English good.第二节 书面表达（满分25分）假定你是李华，你的英国笔友Peter对中国日报举办的“中国文化符号表情包设计大赛”非常感兴趣，特发邮件向你询问相关情况。请你回封邮件，内容包括：1 .参赛作品要求和对象；2.投稿方式及截止日期；3.建议他参加比赛。注意：1.词数100左右；2.可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯；3.开头和结尾已为你写好，不计入总词数；4.参考词汇：中国文化符号表情包设计大赛Emoji Design Contest of Chinese Cultural SymbolsDear Peter， Yours，Li Hua高二期末考试英语答案
