1、广西钦州市钦州港经济技术开发区中学2016年秋季学期9月份考试高二英语试卷第卷第一部分：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。每段对话后有一个小题，从题中所给的A、B、C三个选项中选出最佳选项，并标在试卷的相应位置。听完每段对话后，你都有10秒钟的时间来回答有关小题和阅读下一小题。每段对话仅读一遍。1. What does the man suggest that the woman should do? A. She should read the composition again. B. She should rewrite the c
2、omposition. C. She should improve the composition.2. How is the man feel when he speaks English in class?A. He is calm.B. He is happy. C. He is afraid.3. What does the man advise Helen to do? A. To leave John alone. B. To punish John. C. To forgive John.4. How is the man today? A. He is very sick. B
3、. He must lie in bed. C. He is better.5. Whose eyes does the womans eyes resemble? A. The womans fathers. B. The womans mothers. C. The mans fathers.6. Does the man believe Helen?A. Yes.B. No.C. He doesnt tell us.7. What does the man mean? A. Toms sister is not lazy. B. Toms sister helps with the ho
4、usework. C. Toms sister never helps with the housework.8. What does the woman mean? A. Mikes roommate needs to clean room. B. Mike needs to clean room. C. Mikes roommate is orderly.9. What does the woman mean? A. Toms roommate has to finish the term paper. B. Toms roommate has finished the term pape
5、r. C. Toms roommate has not finished the term paper.10. What does the woman mean? A. She will tell the bad news. B. She wont tell the bad news. C. She will be afraid.11. What doesnt the man mean? A. He will choose a different color. B. He doesnt care which color is chosen. C. He wants the woman to c
6、hoose the color.12. What does the woman mean? A. She ran with the animals. B. She was not in the pictures. C. She used up her film.13. What does the man mean? A. Tom agreed to come. B. Tom refused to come. C. Tom didnt decide yet.14. What does the man mean? A. He bought the dictionary with the money
7、 he had. B. He didnt get enough money. C. He didnt like to buy the dictionary with his money.15. What does the man mean? A. He never watches TV. B. He watched TV in the past. C. He watched TV when he has enough time.16. Where did Mary grow up? A. In England. B. In Ireland, C. In France.17. Was the t
8、ree decorated? A. Yes, he did it himself. B. Yes, he asked someone to do it. C. No, he was too busy.18. What did the woman think of the shoes? A. She wanted to know the price of the shoes. B. She thought they were expensive and she wouldnt buy them. C. She couldnt decide whether to buy or not.19. Wh
9、at does the woman mean? A. She will take the mans hand. B. She will help the man. C. She will hand in her paper.20. What did the woman do? A. She went to meet her sister. B. She went to the birthday party. C. She went to say goodbye to her sister.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，满分30分)阅读下列短文，从每题所
10、给的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中，选出最佳选项。AThe British hold a festival for Guy Fawkes Day every November 5th.“A penny for the Guy！” The merry shouts of children asking for money can be heard in every street.With them they have the “Guy”，a “straw person” dressed in old clothes.The festival is a holiday that both child
11、ren and grownups enjoy.The best part comes as darkness falls.Then，the “Guys” are thrown into huge fires.With cries of joy，fireworks pop and the “Guys” go up in the flames.Guy Fawkes was connected with the Gunpowder Plot (火药阴谋)，which was a plan to blow up Englands House of Lords(上议院)on Nov.5,1605，whe
12、n King James I was there to open a new session of Parliament.A group of Roman Catholics led by Robert Catesby formed the plan because they hated the English governments unfriendly attitude toward them.Catesbys group rented a small room beneath the House of Lords and filled it with gunpowder.The plot
13、 was exposed when Lord Monteagle，a member of the House of Lords，received a letter warning him to avoid Parliament.On November 4，government officials searched the room and found the gunpowder and Guy Fawkes，the man who was in charge of setting off the explosion.Eight men，including Fawkes，were tried a
14、nd sentenced to death.The Gunpowder Plot led Parliament to pass more antiCatholic laws and in England the unfriendly attitude toward Catholics remained strong for nearly a century.By custom，guards search the rooms beneath the Houses of Parliament before each new session.语篇解读：文章介绍了英国的传统节日Guy Fawkes D
15、ay(盖伊福克斯日或篝火节之夜)。21Which of the following is NOT mentioned in the first paragraph?AWhat the “Guy” is made of. BWhy the children ask for money.CWhat happens to the “Guys” in the end. DWhen Guy Fawkes Day falls.22According to the passage，Robert Catesby was _.Aa Catholic Ba member of the House of Lords
16、Ca guard Da man who made gunpowder23What does the underlined word “tried” in Paragraph 3 mean?ACriticized.BArrested. CPut on trial.DGiven a try.24What was the consequence of the Gunpowder Plot?AKing James I was killed. BMore antiCatholic laws were passed.CThe unfriendly attitude toward Catholics dis
17、appeared.DGuards began searching the Houses of Parliament every day.BThanksgiving Day is a special holiday in the United States and Canada.Families and friends gather to eat and give thanks for their blessing.Thanksgiving Day is really a harvest festival.This is why it is celebrated in late fall，aft
18、er the crops are in.But one of the first thanksgivings in America had nothing to do with a good harvest. On December 4,1619，the Pilgrims from England landed near what is now Charles City，Virginia.They went down on their knees and thanked God for their safe journey across the Atlantic.The first New E
19、ngland Thanksgiving did celebrate a rich harvest.The Pilgrims landed at what is now Plymouth，Massachusetts，in 1620.They had a difficult time and the first winter was cruel.Many of the Pilgrims died.But the next year，they had a good harvest.So Governor Bradford declared a threeday feast. The Pilgrims
20、 invited Indian friends to join them for their special feast.Everyone brought food.In time，other places of the continent began to celebrate a day of thanksgiving.But it took years before there was a national Thanksgiving Day.During the Civil War，Sarah Josepha Hale persuaded Abraham Lincoln to do som
21、ething about it.He announced the last Thursday of November 1863 as a day of thanksgiving.Today，Americans celebrate this happy harvest festival on the fourth Thursday in November.Canadians celebrate Thanksgiving Day in much the same way as their American neighbours. But the Canadian thanksgiving Day
22、falls on the second Monday in October.25Thanksgiving Day is celebrated _.Ain springBin summer Cin autumnDin winter26The first to celebrate thanksgiving were _.Asome people from England Bthe American IndiansCSarah Josepha Hale DGovernor Bradford27We can infer from the passage that New England must be
23、 _.Ain the USA Bin Great BritainCin Canada Don some island off the Atlantic28The passage mainly tells us _.Ahow Thanksgiving Day is celebrated in the USABhow Thanksgiving Day came into being and the different ways it is celebratedCthat Thanksgiving Day is in fact a harvest holidayDhow the way to cel
24、ebrate Thanksgiving Day changed with the time and placesCUnlike most other holidays，the history of April Fools Day，sometimes called All Fools Day，is not totally clear.The only point in time that can be agreed on as the beginning of this tradition was 1582，in France.Before that year，the New Year was
25、celebrated for eight days，beginning on March 25.The celebration reached the highest point on April 1.With the reform of the calendar under Charles IX，the Gregorian calendar(公历，阳历) was introduced，and New Years Day was moved to January 1.However，because in those days communications were not as develop
26、ed as they are today，many people did not receive the news for several years.Some people refused to accept the new calendar and continued to celebrate the New Year on April 1.These backward people were considered “fools” by other people.They were often sent on “fools” errands(徒劳无益的工作) or were made th
27、e targets of jokes.This developed，over time，into a tradition of playing a trick on someone on the first day of April.The tradition eventually spread to England and Scotland in the eighteenth century.It was later introduced to the American colonies of both the Britain and France.April Fools Day thus
28、developed into an international fun feast，so to speak，with different nationalities specializing in their own kind of humor at the expense of their friends and families.29According to an earlier calendar，New Years Day in France was _.AMarch 25BJanuary 1 CApril 1DApril 330Which of the following first
29、had the tradition of celebrating the April Fools Day?AFrance.BEngland. CScotland.DAmerica.31What was peoples attitude towards the new calendar?AThey accepted it happily. BThey refused it immediately.CSome recognized it. DSome laughed at it.32The passage mainly tells us _.Awhat the French did on Apri
30、l Fools Day Bhow April Fools Day came into beingCwhen was the new calendar introduced Dwhy some people were fooled in FranceDAre the British people Europeans? This may seem a strange question to Africans and Asians，who tend to think of all white men as Europeans.But the British，when they are in Brit
31、ain，do not regard themselves as Europeans.The Europeans，to them，are those rather excitable foreigners from the other side of the English Channel，who have never learnt how to speak English.Europe is “the Continent”：a place full of interest for British tourists，but also the source of almost all the wa
32、rs in which Britain has ever been involved.Thus，although geographically speaking Britain is a part of Europe，yet the fact that it is a separate island has made its people feel very，very insular.They feel，and in many ways are，different from the rest of Europe and they sometimes annoy continental nati
33、ons by failing to support them，or even to understand them，in time of need.Where did the British people come from? This is an extraordinary interesting question，since they are a mixture of many different races，and all these races invaded Britain at various times from Europe.Nobody knows very much abo
34、ut Britain before the Romans came during the first century BC.，but there had been at least three invasions before that.The first of these was by a darkhaired Mediterranean race called the Iberians.The other two were by Celtic tribes：first the Gaels，whose descendants are the modern Scots and Irish，so
35、me of whom still speak the Gaelic language；and second the Britons，who gave their name to the whole island of Britain.These were the people whom the Romans conquered.The Romans gave the Britons a good deal of their civilisation，but they never settled in Britain in very large numbers，so the British ra
36、ce survived until the overthrow of the Roman Empire by the “barbarians”，i.e.the numerous Germanic tribes which overran the whole of Western Europe.33The purpose of the passage is to _.Atalk about Europeans Bdiscuss the origin of British peopleCargue for the superiority of British people Dcompare the
37、 Europeans with Africans and Asians34It can be known from the passage that _.Amost people think white people are EuropeansBthere are many Africans and Asians living in EuropeCwhite men are Europeans in the eyes of Africans and AsiansDthe British people think of themselves as Europeans35It can be inf
38、erred from the passage that _.AEuropeans are those who are unable to speakEnglishBthose who invaded Britain came from the other side of the English ChannelCBritain is a place full of interest for those excitable foreignersDBritain is the source of almost all the wars in Europe第二节(共5小题；每小题2分，满分10分)根据
39、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。Fathers Day36_，which has been a very popular and well celebrated festival in the UK for a very long time.37_.He was a veteran of the US Civil War and his wife died giving birth to their sixth child.He raised six children alone without remarrying，which was undou
40、btedly unusual back in those days.38_.It was in the early 1900s and she was actually at church one day，listening to a sermon on Mothers Day.She thought there should also be a Fathers Day celebration.And so the tradition was born and most people would buy their father a card.39. _.Some people do buy
41、presents as well.In the runup to Fathers Day，or indeed Mothers Day，there will be adverts on the TV giving us ideas of CDs or gadgets we can buy.Card shops will be full of mugs or pens and similar merchandise with “ Worlds Greatest Dad” written on them.40._.AFathers Day is a fairly new celebration in
42、 the British calendar compared with Mothers DayBThe card would probably have a nice message in it saying what a great Dad their father isCThe origins of the celebration are American and it was inspired by the actions of a man named William SmartDHis daughter，Sonora Dodd，realised when she was an adul
43、t what her father had sacrificed for his childrenESome families might do things together to celebrate Fathers Day like going for a mealFNow，maybe the people all over the world will buy gifts for their parentsGThe Christmas cards are colorful and popular第三部分：英语知识运用(共两节，满分45分)第一节：完形填空(共20小题；每小题1.5分，满分
44、30分)阅读下面短文，在短文后各题所给的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。As Christmas is coming，there are presents to be bought，cards to be sent，and rooms to be cleaned.Parents are _41_ with difficult jobs of hiding presents from _42_ young children.If the gifts are large，this is sometimes a real _43_.On Christmas Eve，you
45、ng children find the _44_ almost unbearable.They are torn by the wish to _45_ up late so that they will not miss the fun.The wish for gifts usually proves stronger.But though children go to bed early，they often lie _46_ in bed for a long time，hoping to get a short _47_ at Father Christmas.Last Chris
46、tmas，my wife and I _48_ managed to hide a few large presents in the store room.I _49_ the moment when my son，Jimmy，would ask me where the new bike had come from，but _50_ he did not see it.On Christmas Eve，it took the children hours to go to sleep.It must have been early _51_ when my wife and I went
47、quietly into their room and began _52_ stockings.Then I _53_ the bike for Jimmy and left it beside the Christmas tree.We knew that we would not get much _54_ that night，for the children were sure to get up early.At about 5 oclock the next morning，we were _55_ by loud sounds coming from the childrens
48、 roomthey shouted excitedly! _56_ I had time to get out of bed，Jimmy came _57_ into our bedroom on his new bike，and his sister，May, _58_ close behind，pushing her new baby carriage.Even the baby arrived，he moved on his _59_ and knees into the room bringing a large balloon behind him.Suddenly，it burst
49、.That woke us up _60_.The day had really begun with a bang.41A.faced Bcovered Cpleased Dfilled42A.sad Bcurious Cworried Dquiet43A.question Bmatter Cproblem Dbusiness44A.interest Bexcitement Cparents Dpresents45A.stay Bwake Cget Dstand46A.asleep Bstill Csick Dawake47A.stare Blooked Clook Dwatch48A.ho
50、pefully Bbusily Churriedly Dsuccessfully49A.fearedBliked Chated Dexpected50A.possibly Bunluckily Cfortunately Dsadly51A.morning Bmidnight Cdaybreak Devening52A.filling Bmending Csewing Dwearing53A.pulled Bdragged Cpushed Drode54A.work Bsleep CmoneyDtalk55A.woken Bfrightened Cshocked Dtroubled56A.Whe
51、n BAfter CUntil DBefore57A.running Blaughing Criding Djumping58A.ran Bfollowed Cjumped Dmoved59A.hands Blegs Cfeet Dhead60A.suddenly Bcompletely Chappily Dnearly第卷第三部分：英语知识运用(共两节，满分45分)第二节(共10小题；每小题1.5分，满分15分)阅读下面材料，在空白处填入适当的内容(不多于3个单词)或括号内单词的正确形式。Keeping a diary in English is one of the _61_ (effec
52、t) ways to improve our English writing ability._62_ (compare) with other forms of writing，it is shorter and takes _63_ time.It can help us to develop the habit of thinking in English._64_ we persist in this practice，gradually well learn how to express ourselves in English.In keeping a diary in Engli
53、sh，we certainly run up against many _65_ (difficult)In the first place，_66_ often happens that we have trouble _67_ (find) appropriate words and phrases to give expression to our mind.Secondly，there are many idiomatic ways of saying things in Chinese.And it is extremely hard for us to put them into
54、English properly.As far as I _68_ (concern)，my suggestion is that we should always have a notebook and a ChineseEnglish dictionary within easy reach.Whenever something beats us，we can first put it down in our notebook and then consult our dictionary.We can also turn to our English teacher for help，i
55、f necessary.In short，I believe that it is _69_ great use to keep a diary in English for _70_ development of our writing skills.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()画掉。修改：在错的
56、词下画一横线，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。Dr.Einstein was inviting to give lectures all over the United States as soon as he becomes famous.So he got familiar with his driver.One day，her driver asked for Dr.Einstein to let him give the lecture instead of Dr.Einstein.Dr.Einstein
57、 agreed because nobody there had never seen him before.When the driver appeared on the platform，he accepted a warm welcome.The driver performed wonderful.But when the driver was about to leave，a young man asked him very difficult question.The driver was very clever.He smiled at Dr.Einstein or said i
58、t was such easy that his driver could answer it.第二节：书面表达(满分25分)2012年国庆长假期间，中国政府出台了一项惠民的新政策免收高速公路的过路费，吸引了大批人外出旅游。请你向英语报社写一篇稿件，简要描述图画内容，并谈一谈你的看法。注意：1.词数120左右(开头部分不计入总词数)。2参考词汇：公共设施public facilitiesWith the announcement of the good news that highway tolls were banned during this National Day Golden Wee
59、k Holiday，_参考答案：第一部分：听力1-5 CCCCB 6-10 BCCBB 11-15 BCBBB 16-20 BBABC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，满分30分)阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中，选出最佳选项。21B22A23C24B25C26A27A28B29C30A31C32B33B34C35B第二节(共5小题；每小题2分，满分10分)3640ACDBE第三部分：英语知识运用(共两节，满分45分)第一节：完形填空(共20小题；每小题1.5分，满分30分)41A42B43C44B45A46D47C48D49 A50
60、 C51A52A53C54B55A56D57C58B59A60B第二节(共10小题；每小题1.5分，满分15分)61.effective 62.Compared 63.less 64.If 65difficulties 66.it 67.finding68.am concerned69.of70.the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)Dr.Einstein was to give lectures all over the United States as soon as he famous.So he got familiar wit
61、h his driver.One day， driver asked Dr.Einstein to let him give the lecture instead of Dr.Einstein.Dr.Einstein agreed because nobody there had seen him before.When the driver appeared on the platform，he a warm welcome.The driver performed .But when the driver was about to leave，a young man asked him
62、very difficult question.The driver was very clever.He smiled at Dr.Einstein said it was easy that his driver could answer it.第二节：书面表达(满分25分)With_the_announcement_of_the_good_news_that_highway_tolls_were_banned_during_this_National_Day_Golden_Week_Holiday，enormous people chose to drive their private
63、cars to travel，thus making the highways crowded with a long dragon of cars and causing a lot of traffic accidents as well as leaving behind a lot of rubbish on the roads.Furthermore，most places of interest were full of tourists，making it impossible for them to see well and exposed to great danger.To
64、 ensure the tollfree policy and safe trips，as far as I am concerned，people may enjoy the favor of the policy in different times of year not only during the National Day.Besides，some of public facilities should be improved to satisfy peoples demands.Last but not least，people should have an awareness of safety and protecting the environment while traveling in public places.
