1、高2015级2016-2017学年第二学期学习质量检测(一)英语试题命题人: 谭凤兰 杜旭明 王辉 审核人: 王金锋本试卷分第I卷(选择题)和第II卷(非选择题)。第一卷1至10页,第二卷11至12页。考试结束后,将本试卷和答题卡一并交回。 第I卷第一部分 听力(共两节,满分30分) 该部分分为第一、第二两节。注意:回答听力部分时,请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客观题答题卡上。 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
2、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。 1What is the mans plan for Friday?ATo go to a lecture. B. To do some reading CTo write a novel2Why has the man bought two warm coats?A. To get a discount B. To give one to the womanCTo prepare for a cold winter3. How should the woman go to the museum? AIn the mans ca
3、r BBy subway. C. In Henrys car.4What does the report show? A. The Europe department is disappointingB. Mr Brown believes the wrong personC. Mr Brown is a good leader5What does the man mean?AHe doesnt know the campus wellBTheyll enjoy a wonderful bus tourCThey neednt show the students around.第二节(共15小
4、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。6How will the speakers go to New York? A. By air BBy train CBy car7What is the most probable relationship between the two speakers?A. Husband and wi
5、fe BColleagues. CFriends听第7段材料,回答第8、9题。8How long has the woman worked on the book?AFor one month BFor two months CFor three months9. What is the mans problem?AHaving no time of his ownBBeing unable to afford a tripCHaving no one to travel with 听第8段材料,回答第10至第12题。10Why didnt the woman receive the mans
6、 call? AThe phone was stolenBThe phone was broken CThe phone was powered off11How did Mary react after seeing what was on the road? AShe was scared BShe tried to help CShe was confused. 12What did Mary think of her experience?AFunny BStrange C. Sad听第9段材料,回答第13至第16题。 13How does Fanny find the man?AHa
7、ndsome but shy. BShy but humorous CHandsome and humorous.14What do we know about the woman? AShe is a bit shy B. She is new there C. She is popular with people.15How long has the woman lived here? AFor about 3 days BFor about two weeks CFor about two months16What happened last night?AA family got ro
8、bbed BMr Smith lost $ 500 outdoors CThe man lost some valuable things.听第10段材料,回答第17至第20题。 17When was the school started?AAbout 39 years ago BAbout 49 years ago CAbout 59 years ago18Who are the target students of the school?AYoung kids BTeenagers CAdults 19When will the welcome speech end?AAt 10:15 a
9、m BAt 10:30 am CAt 10:45 am.20Where does the exhibition take place?AIn the school hall BIn the open air. CIn No1 Teaching Building答案:CCBAC BABCC BACBC ABCBC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,并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。AWhy Advertise on EASYUNI?E is an online destination fo
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19、let computers (平板电脑) dropped off in their Ethiopian village in February by a U.S. group called One Laptop Per Child.The goal is to find out whether kids using todays new technology can teach themselves to read in places where no schools or teachers exist. The Massachusetts Institute of Technology re
20、searchers analyzing the project say theyre already amazed. “What I think has already happened is that the kids have already learned more than they would have in one year of kindergarten (幼儿园),” said Matt Keller, who runs the Ethiopia program.The fastest learnerand the first to turn on one of the tab
21、letsis 8-year-old Kelbesa Negusse. The tablets camera couldnt save memory, yet within weeks Kelbesa had figured out its workings and made the camera work. He called himself a lion, a marker of accomplishment in Ethiopia.With his tablet, Kelbasa rearranged the letters HSROE into one of the many Engli
22、sh animal names he knows. Then he spelled words on his own. “Seven months ago he didnt know any English. Thats unbelievable,” said Keller.The project aims to get kids to a stage called “deep reading,” where they can read to learn. It wont be in Amharic, Ethiopias first language, but in English, whic
23、h is widely seen as the ticket to higher paying jobs.24. How does the Ethiopia program benefit the kids in the village?A. It trains teachers for them.B. It contributes to their self-study.C. It helps raise their living standards.D. It provides money for building schools.25. What can we infer from Ke
24、llers words in Paragraph 3?A. They need more time to analyze the results.B. More children are needed for the research.C. He is confident about the future of the project.D. The research should be carried out in kindergartens.26. It amazed Keller that with the tablet Kelbesa could _.A. draw pictures o
25、f animalsB. learn English words quicklyC. write letters to researchersD. make phone calls to his friends27. What is the aim of the project?A. To offer Ethiopians higher paying jobs.B. To assist Ethiopians in learning their first language.C. To make Amharic widely used in the world.D. To help Ethiopi
26、an kids learn to read in English.CA glass a day keeps obesity at bay. Wine has always been thought to cause weight gain because of its high sugar content, but new research suggests a glass a day could form part of a diet. Looking at past studies they found that, while heavy drinkers do put on weight
27、, those who drink in moderation can actually lose weight. A scientist for the research team at Navarro University in Spain says, “Proper drinking may be more likely to protect against, rather than promote, weight gain.” An official organization reviewed the findings and agreed with most of the concl
28、usions, particularly that present data do not clearly show if proper drinking increases weight. Boston Universitys Dr. Harvey Finkel found that the reasons relating alcohol to changes in body weight are not properly understood. His team pointed out the strong protective effects of proper drinking on
29、 the risk of getting conditions like diabetes (糖尿病), which relate to increasing obesity. Some studies suggest that even very fat people may be at lower risk of diabetes if they are moderate drinkers.The group says alcohol provides energy that is quickly absorbed into the body and is not stored in fa
30、t, and that this process could explain the differences in its effects from those of other foods. They agree that future research should be directed towards assessing the roles of different types of alcoholic drinks, taking drinking patterns into consideration. For now there is little evidence that d
31、rinking small to moderate amounts of alcohol on a regular basis increases ones risk of becoming too fat. Whats more, a study three years ago suggested that a chemical found in grapes and red wine, destroys fat cells. 28. Who is the passage intended for?A. Those who have a drinking habit.B. Those who
32、 produce wine.C. Those who sell alcohol.D. Those who wish to quit drinking. 29. What does the phrase “in moderation” in the first paragraph refer to?A. Excitedly.B. Carefully. C. Frequently.D. Properly.30. What can we learn from the passage?A. The research found proper drinking has a strong protecti
33、ve effect.B. The specific roles of different types of alcoholic drinks are clear.C. Present data clearly show that moderate drinking increases weight.D. A chemical found in grapes increases the risk of becoming fat.31. What is most likely to be discussed in the paragraph that follows?A. How to do so
34、me easy experiments. B. How to prove the finding mentioned above.C. How to make wine in a healthy way.D. How to reduce the calories contained in wine.DOrganic food, grown without artificial chemicals, is increasingly popular nowadays. Consumers (消费者) have been willing to pay up to twice as much for
35、organic goods. However, a study led by researchers at Stanford University says that organic products arent necessarily more nutritious (有营养的), and theyre no less likely to suffer from disease-causing bacteria, either.The latest results suggest that buyers may be wasting their money. “We did not find
36、 strong evidence that organic food is more nutritious or healthier,” says Dr. Crystal Smith-Spangler from Stanford.For their new study, Smith-Spangler and her colleagues did a review of two kinds of research, including 17 studies that compared health results between consumers of organic against trad
37、itional food products, and 223 studies that analyzed the nutritional content of the foods, including key vitamins, minerals and fats.While the researchers found little difference in nutritional content, they did find that organic fruit and vegetables were 20% less likely to have chemicals remaining
38、on the surfaces. Neither organic nor traditional foods showed levels of chemicals high enough to go beyond food safety standards. And both organic and traditional meats, such as chicken and pork, were equally likely to be harmed by bacteria at very low rates. The researchers did find that organic mi
39、lk and chicken contained higher levels of omega-3 fatty acids, a healthy fat also found in fish that can reduce the risk of heart disease. However, these nutritional differences were very small.Organic food is produced with fewer chemicals and more natural-growing practices, but that doesnt always t
40、ranslate into a more nutritious or healthier product. Experts state that whether you buy organic or not, finding the freshest foods available may have the biggest effect on taste.32. The new research questions whether organic food _. A. should replace traditional food B. has been overpriced by farme
41、rs C. is really more nutritious and healthier D. is grown with less harmful chemicals33. Smith-Spangler and her colleagues found that _. A. organic food could reduce the risk of heart disease B. traditional food was grown with more natural methods C. there was not a presence of any forms of bacteria
42、 in organic food D. both organic and traditional food they examined were safe34. Which of the following is relatively healthier according to the passage? A. Organic milk and chicken. B. Organic chicken and pork. C. Traditional chicken and pork. D. Traditional fruit and vegetables.35. What is the aut
43、hors attitude toward organic food? A. Enthusiastic. B.DoubtfulC. Unconcerned.D. Positive.A篇DCC B篇 BCBD C篇 ADAB D篇 C D A B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。 36 This was not because the woods and fields were always far away, but because they were too far from the city to
44、 permit people to make a day trip between morning and nightfall. 37 He decided to turn his little school into a dormitory for the summer holidays. Anyone who brought his sleeping bag and cooking equipment along could stay there for a very small quantity of money. The idea was a success. A few years
45、later, the school house was much too small to hold the many young people who wanted to stay there. 38 This was the first hostel (招待所). Today, young students and workers of every country can meet in the hostel and get to know each other. When young people arrive at the hostel, they have only to show
46、their cards of membership in a hostel organization in their own country. 39 Often, at the evening meal, a group of boys and girls from various parts of the country or world will happen to meet at the same hostel. They may put their food together and prepare a dinner with many kinds of dishes. Someti
47、mes a program will be organized after the meal with dances, songs, or short talks followed by a question period. 40 For this reason, a few weeks spent “hostelling” can be just as useful a part of ones education as classes in school.A. As a result, a dormitory was set up in an old castle nearby.B. Pe
48、ople can stay in the hostel if they brought enough equipment with them.C. For years, children in the industrial areas of Europe seldom left their cities to see the beauties of the countryside.D. This card will permit them to stay in a hostel all over the world for very low prices.E. In 1970, a young
49、 German school master had an idea which changed this situation.F. One can learn a lot about other places, just by meeting people from those placesG. More and more young people went to the hostel for summer holidays.CEADF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)阅读下面短文,从短文后各题所给的四个选项(A、B、C和D)
50、中,选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项,并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。When my parents were alive, they were not very rich. Yet they helped their two older 41 time after time. When Daddy passed away, his notebook showed debts 42 from several of his children. I was not among them. I 43 borrowed money and when I did, I set a repayment plan an
51、d 44 to it. It was a matter of 45 with me. I couldnt stand owing my parents or anyone else money because I watched them 46 to help out my older sisters when they were in financial difficulties themselves. These days, after the death of my parents, I am one of those people who can be 47 to for help w
52、hen they need it. Just as I cant stand 48 other people money, I cant stand saying no to whoever needs help. I dont 49 helping others, but I would be more than glad if they would make a(n)50 to handle things themselves, perhaps by doing some 51 planning-like planning not to spend money they dont have
53、! Being ready to help others is a 52 , but sometimes the result will be 53 to what you expect. I 54 remember as a child what my father always said, “If at first you dont succeed, try, try again!” Helping my children too often has 55 them from learning to keep trying. Use your 56:who among my childre
54、n will 57 to walk if I supply the money to buy a car? Helped often, my children lost gradually the ability to 58 problems themselves. In most 59 , when people find you can 60 help, they will ask you more and more. Thats human, you know.41. A. sons B. daughters C. brothers D. sisters42. A. absent B.
55、apart C. due D. different43. A. always B. seldom C. often D. never44. A. stuck B. attached C. agreed D. belonged45. A. pleasure B. courage C. pride D. sorrow46. A. struggle B. happen C. intend D. move47. A. referred B. turned C. seen D. attended48. A. cheating B. donating C. 1ending D. owing49. A. e
56、njoy B. mind C. 1ike D. miss50. A. comment B. mess C. excuse D. effort51. A. financial B. flexible C. typical D. particular52. A. deed B. deal C. virtue D. task53. A. contrary B. essential C. potential D. necessary54. A. can B. may C. shall D. must55. A. banned B. protected C. prevented D. freed56.
57、A. hand B. leg C. body D. head57. A. wait B. urge C. threat D. choose58. A. solve B. assess C. seek D. analyze59. A. affairs B. choices C. cases D. events60. A. obtain B. attain C. provide D. prefer完型: 41-45BCBAC 46-50 ABDBD 51-55 ACAAC 56-60 DDACC第II卷第二节 语法填空(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
58、(1个单词)或括号内单词的正确形式。将答案填写在答题卡的相应位置。As _61_(report)by The Times on July 12, half of primary schools in the U.K. will soon adopt the traditional Chinese method of teaching mathematics. Teachers will be specially trained and _62_(give)specific textbooks to learn the “Shanghai math” method,_63_ will rely
59、heavily on repetition(背诵), drills and “chalk and talk.”Previous tests have shown that the average mathematics ability of 15-year-olds in Shanghai is three years higher than_64_ of 15-year-olds in the U.K.“We are seeing a renaissance in math teaching in this country, with good attempts from around th
60、e world helping to make our classrooms _65_(lively)than before.” Nick Gibb, the Minister of State at the Department of Education, said.The new program is a great deal controversial. Critics complain that the math-teaching style is typically used in China, Singapore and Japan, _66_ it is evidently di
61、fficult to apply _67_real-life situations. Others say that the reform would lead to_68_(confuse), and could even stop children from learning the basics and enjoying the subject.Some scholars say that it is necessary for children _69_(learn)the basics of math so that they can be confident about the s
62、ubject and repetition and drills are not the right way to achieve that. They think it is not proper to _70_(simple)import a teaching method from a different culture.答案:1. reported 2. given 3. which 4. that 5. livelier 6. but 7. to 8. confusion 9. to learn 10. simply 第三部分 写作(共两节,满分35分)第一节:短文改错(共10小题;
63、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()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。 Last month, I was told we will have our first military training. At first, I thought it wou
64、ld be hard to spend a whole week stayed away from school and home. The sunshine was not strong during these days, and we could easily get sunburnt. Later, when I was in the camp, I found it was a lot fun. The training was hard for you all. But my classmates and I were treated very kind by all the so
65、ldiers. The food in the camp looked simple, but tasted well. Now you never know how happy days we had in the camp. I think the experience has been made us stronger!1. will改为would 2. stayed改为staying 3. and改为 or 4. lot后面接of 5. you改为us6. kind改为kindly7. soldier改为soldiers 8. well改为good 9. how改为what 10. 删除been第二节 书面表达(满分25分) 假设你是李华,你的美国朋友Michael正在一家孔子学院学习汉语和中国文化,知道中国人很重视家风传承。他在给你的电子邮件中想了解你家的家风以及家风对你的影响。请你给他回复一封电子邮件。开头已经给出,不计入总词数。注意: 1词数100左右; 2可以适当增加细节,以使行文连贯。3参考词汇:家风family spiritsDear Michael,Im glad to know that you are learning Chinese language and culture. _