1、第卷第二部分 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。AI was born an albino(白化病人) in Pennsylvania in 1945. No one in my family had ever known what an albino was and what it meant to be an albino.My family and friends treated me as everybody else. That was just ab
2、out the best thing they could have done. It helped me believe in myself, so when troubles came along, I could deal with them.Like most albinos, I had terrible eyesight, but the fact that I could hardly see didnt bother me that much.Kids would tease me, calling me ”Whitey”. People stared at me when I
3、 held reading material right at the tip of my nose so that I could see it well enough. Even when I was eight, movie-theater clerks started asking me to pay full prices because I “looked older”.The worst part for me was that because my eyesight was so bad, I couldnt play sports very well. I didnt giv
4、e up trying, though. I shot hoops(投篮) every day. And I studied harder.Eventually, I got better at school and loved itBy the time I got to college, I was double majoring, going to summer school and busying myself with every activity I could find. I had learned to be proud of being an albino. I did my
5、 best to make ”albino” a positive word. And I decided to make my living with my eyes-and in sports.I couldnt see very well to play sports, but with a solid education and a drive to do it, I could make a living involved in the area I loved. Ive done it now for over thirty years in print and in video,
6、 and now in cyberspace(网络空间). People make jokes about how Im the only ”blind editor” they know, but the jokes are affectionate, some of them signs of respect.I was just a proud albino kid from the coal country of Pennsylvania. I now realize that being born an albino helped me to overcome difficultie
7、s, gain confidence and be proud of my personal achievement.21.According to the author, helped him a lot in dealing with troubles.A. his education in schoolB. the sympathy from the publicC. the special care from his family and friendsD. the equal way his family and friends treated him22.All the follo
8、wing are the signs of being an albino for the author except .A. poor eyesightB. an older appearancesC. abnormally white skinD. being unable to play sports23.The authors good education and strong motivation made him successful as a(n) .A. sports editorB. Disc Jockey(DJ)C. printerD. IT engineer24.We c
9、an infer from the passage that .A. the authors poor eyesight made him very upsetB. the author holds an optimistic attitude towards his illnessC. the author finally did well in playing sports after years of practiceD. many people laugh at the author because he attempts to do more than he canBIn my se
10、cond-to-last semester of college, my favorite professor announced that he would be teaching a study abroad course over winter break in Cambodia. The more he talked about the opportunity, the more interested I became. I left class thinking I might actually do it.My immediate excitement gave in to exc
11、uses as the weeks passed. The trip would be expensive, I would have less time to spend with my family over winter break, and I hadnt really traveled before. Most of all, I was terrified of taking the risk.On the day I made my decision, I suddenly felt as if I had finally opened my eyes and seen myse
12、lf clearly. Why was I so scared to take this chance? I had moved away from home, almost graduated college and overcome plenty of small-scale fears. How could I let fear get in the way of a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity? Besides, I had always dreamed of traveling the world and studying abroad was a
13、major point on my bucket list(人生目标清单).So I took the challenge. I was scared yet excited on the plane, but my fears faded as soon as the wheels touched the runway. I soon found myself immersed(沉浸) in ancient, ornate(华丽的) mountain-top temples. I spent my days teaching poor orphans simple English, lear
14、ned a little Khmer myself and became an expert at avoiding terrible traffic and bargaining with Cambodian store owners. By the end of my stay, I had fallen in love with travel, exploration and a life of daily wonders.My experience in Cambodia was incredible and life-changing. I came back a different
15、 person, but a better one: a better friend, sister, daughter, girlfriend and student. I came back a grown woman instead of a young girl.After Cambodia, my life clicked into place(步入正轨). Before the trip, I hadnt known what I wanted to do after graduation. Now I am planning on teaching English abroad.
16、 I am still amazed by my experience and thankful for everything it taught me. I now have a passion for conquering(征服) fears, big or small, and have a renewed faith in myself.25.The authors excitement to go to Cambodia faded mainly because .A. she could not afford the expensive tripB. she had no expe
17、rience of traveling abroadC. she was scared of the risk she would be takingD. she preferred spending time with her family to traveling26.How did the author decide to go to Cambodia in the end?A. She had a heart-to-heart talk with her familyB. She thought about what might have made her scaredC. She w
18、ent through every item she had put on her bucket listD. She realized the challenges and fears she had overcome before27.What did the author do in Cambodia?A. She taught KhmerB. She studied EnglishC. She helped local childrenD. She studied traffic problems28.What did the author think of her stay in C
19、ambodia?A. It was relaxing and refreshingB. It gave her a better idea of herselfC. It improved her communication skillsD. It led her to offer her help to volunteer servicesC(CNN)-A killer whale killed a trainer Wednesday afternoon at SeaWorlds Shamu Stadium in Orlando, Florida, a public information
20、officer for the Orange County Sheriffs Office said.The 40-year-old woman, identified by sheriffs spokesman Jim Solomons as Dawn Brancheau, was in the whale holding area about 2 p.m. when “she apparently slipped or fell into the tank and was fatally injured by one of the whales,” he said.But a witnes
21、s told CNN that the whale approached the glass side of the 35-foot-deep tank at Shamu Stadium, jumped up and grabbed the trainer by the waist, shaking her so violently that her shoe came off.WKMG: Killer whale kills trainerA SeaWorld employee who asked not to be identified confirmed the description
22、of the attack and added that the whale involved is named Tillikum.The incident occurred after a show called “Dine with Shamu,” said Paula Gillespie, who attended with her daughter.“During the show everything was perfectly fine,” she said.Afterward, “we went down to look at his full body underneath t
23、he isolation tank,” she said. “Everything seemed calm and OK. The trainer was laying herself down on him and kissing his nose and rubbing him.”But the scene changed quickly, she said.“Within five minutes, she was down in the tank and we saw all the thrashing(扑腾) and the bubbles and him pushing her w
24、ith his nose,” she said. “It was just so, so upsetting.”Within moments, sirens(警笛) went off and SeaWorld employees asked her to leave the building, she said.Jack Hanna, director of the Columbus Zoo and Aquarium in Ohio, said he knew Brancheau and that she would want her work to continue. He also hop
25、es SeaWorld continues with the work it does with killer whales.But a spokesman for People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals called the death “a tragedy that didnt have to happen.” Jaime Zalac said the organization had called on “SeaWorld to stop confining(禁闭) oceangoing mammals to an area that to
26、 them is like the size of a bathtub, and we have also been asking the park to stop forcing the animals to perform silly tricks over and over again.”29.What probably caused the death of a whale trainer according to the text?A. A killer whale kissed her to deathB. She was attacked by a violent killer
27、whaleC. A whale jumped out of the broken tank and killed herD. She missed her steps because of carelessness and fell into the tank30.Whats the best title of the text?A. A great trainer and a wild whaleB. SeaWorld trainer killed by killer whaleC. What happened is something that happensD. SeaWorld get
28、ting rid of its killer whale show31.From the text we know that .A. SeaWorld would want Brancheaus work to continueB. SeaWorlds killer whale show bring in a lot of moneyC. Different people have different reactions to the accidentD. keeping the killer whales in a tank is bound to cause deathDRobots an
29、d humans will soon be living in harmony. A singing robot is being taught to create jazz with a human in a project that researchers hope will throw light on the nature of consciousness.Antonio Chella from Italy is working with a Telenoid robot. To start with, the Telenoid will be trained to imitate t
30、he movements and simple sounds made by a human singer, and to connect music with different emotions states. Chella then plans to see if the robot can use these connections to create music.Some jazz musicians say that they should have a mental library of musical phrases so that they are able to combi
31、ne them in new ways. More importantly, however, this combination happens in a state that is similar in a sense to dreaming. Chella wants to copy these states in a machine.“This work raises interesting questions about the link between consciousness and music making,” says Philippe Pasquier, a musicia
32、n and computer scientist. But he is skeptical about whether a robot musician needs a physical body.Pasquer argues that robot are faced with two challenges. Software that can imitate Bach has already been developed. But interpretation(演绎) involves humans different tastes and judgments. “what made the
33、 Beatles famous was not so much their compositions(作品), but the fact that the interpretations of the compositions were brilliant,” he says.It is not yet clear how a robot would go about interpreting music in a new way. But by imitating humans and then learning to sing. Chellas robot could provide cl
34、ues.What seems to be important is that human composer often listen to lots of music made by others. So Chellas robot had better listen to those jazz standards first.32.Which of the following is the robots first step before it tries to create jazz?A. It will live with human beings in harmonyB. It wil
35、l connect actions with humans emotionsC. It will learn to communicate with human beingsD. It will copy a human singers movements and sounds33.The underlined word “skeptical” in Paragraph 5 could be replaced by “ ”.A. doubtfulB. worriedC. certainD. concerned34.It can be concluded from the text that .
36、A. Chellas robot needs a physical body to make musicB. How to interpret jazz is a piece of cake for Chellas robotC. A new kind of software should be developed to imitate BachD. Chellas robot should listen to lots of jazz to create something new35.In which column of one newspaper can we read the text
37、?A. EducationB. CultureC. ScienceD. Health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，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。选项中有两项为多余选项。Self-talk helps us allTalking to yourself may seem a little shameful. If youve ever been overheard(无意中听到) criticizing yourself for a foolish mistake or practicing a speech, youll know
38、the social problems it can cause. 36 Talking to ourselves, whether out loud or silently in our heads, is a valuable. Far from being a sign of madness, self-talk allows us to plan what we are going to do, manage our activities and control our emotions.Psychologists(心理学家) call this private speech-lang
39、uage that is spoken out loud but directed at yourself. We do a lot of it when we are young. As children, we use private speech to control our actions in the same way that we use public speech to control the behavior of others. 37 Psychological experiments have shown that this so-called inner speech
40、can improve our performance in tasks like telling what other people are thinking. One recent study suggested that self-talk is most effective when we talk to ourselves in the second person: as “you” rather than “I”.We keep the private speech we use as children inside but we never truly put away the
41、out-loud version. 38 Youre sure to see an athlete shouting at himself or herself. 39 Hearing different points of view means our thoughts can end up in different places, just like a regular dialogue can, and might turn out to be one of the keys to human creativity.Both kinds of self-talk-the silent a
42、nd out loud - seem to bring many different benefits to our thinking. 40 A. But theres no need for embarrassmentB. If you want proof, turn on a sports channelC. As we grow older, we instead keep this system insideD. Take a trip to any preschool and watch a small child playing with her toysE. Accordin
43、g to the well-known saying, talking to yourself is the first sign of madnessF. Words to the self, spoken silently or aloud, are so much more than just chatter(闲聊)G. Self-talk seems to be a very good way of solving problems and working through ideas第三部分 语言知识运用（共两节，满分45分）第一节 完形填空（共20小题；每题1.5分，满分30分）阅读
44、下面短文，从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，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。I was at the shops last night and saw a homeless woman with a trolley(手推车) full of all her things. She was sitting inside to keep 41 . I went up to her and tried to give her 42 for her to get something to eat. She wouldnt 43 it. I said I wanted
45、 to help her, but she said that if she had 44 given to her that day and she had money 45 her, other homeless people would steal it from her while she slept.I 46 that I wanted to help her and asked if I could buy her something warm. 47 , she said no. She thanked me and said how 48 she was that I had
46、spoken to her and offered 49 . We introduced ourselves and she said that when I saw her next time, she would accept help. What a(n) 50 woman.I walked out into the cold 51 and gave the money to a homeless man who was freezing. He appeared to have had a drinking or drug 52 but I was 53 that he accepte
47、d my help.I had this 54 that stayed with me. I felt that I had been in the presence of someone really special. I always 55 what it would be like to be in a homeless persons shoes, or 56 that were one of my children. I know how 57 I am and how grateful I am for what I have in my life. I learned a ver
48、y big 58 from the lady I met: Not all 59 people will take money or help if they feel they have had enough given to them for that day. She was grateful for the day. I will make sure I 60 her again.41.A. calmB. warmC. busyD. different42.A. timeB. placeC. moneyD. choice43.A. takeB. makeC. getD. receive
49、44.A. noB. littleC. greatD. enough45.A. besideB. onC. overD. along46.A. agreedB. wonderedC. apologizedD. explained47.A. AgainB. BesidesC. InsteadD. Once48.A. proudB. curiousC. regretfulD. grateful49.A. helpB. foodC. chanceD. advice50.A. funnyB. amazingC. poorD. proud51.A. morningB. noonC. afternoonD
50、. night52.A. hobbyB. reportC. problemD. business53.A. gladB. afraidC. surprisedD. disappointed54.A. hopeB. feelingC. doubtD. courage55.A. predictB. noticeC. imagineD. remember56.A. ifB. unlessC. whenD. since57.A. uniqueB. luckyC. seriousD. confident58.A. factB. qualityC. lessonD. subject59.A. lonely
51、B. unsuccessfulC. helplessD. homeless60.A. callB. askC. meetD. follow第II卷第三部分 语言知识运用（共两节，满分45分）第二节（共10小题；每小题1.5分，满分15分）阅读下面短文，在空白处填入1个适当的单词或括号内所给单词的正确形式，并将答案填写在答题卡上相应的位置上。It was a beautiful early autumn day. The sun was beating down on my girlfriend and I. We had just climbed Moon Hill in Yangshuo,
52、and taken in the amazing view. We were trying 61 (get) back to our hostel(旅店). However, there was 62 problemthe road was full of cars driven by Golden Week tourists.Luckily, there was another, 63 (small) road to the side of the crowded road. We decided to take it to get away 64 the crowds, and to ou
53、r great surprise, we found that there was hardly anyone on it. It turned out that everyone 65 was just going the way they thought they were supposed to go, and few people had considered 66 (take) the side road.We cycled down what US poet Robert Frost might have called the “road less traveled” and we
54、re surprised by 67 we saw. A bamboo boat made 68 (it) way slowly down a river and went down a small waterfall while a family shouted their enjoyment. Strangers shouted ”hello” at us in a 69 (friend), relaxed way. By the time we had arrived at our hostel we were 70 (sunburn), tired and excited by tak
55、ing the “road less traveled”.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。错误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。One morning, a blind boy sat on a s
56、quare with a hat by her feet. He held up a sign which was said:”I am blind, please help me.” There was only a few coins in the hat. A man was walking by. He took the sign, turning it around, and wrote something on it. He put the sign back so that everyone walked by would see the new words. Surprisin
57、g, soon a lot more people were giving money to the blind boy. That afternoon, the man who had changed the sign came to see what things were. The boy recognized his footstep and asked:”Are you the one who changed my sign this morning? How did you write?” The man said:”Today is a beautiful day and I c
58、annot see it.”第二节 书面表达（满分15分）假如你是郑州某中学的学生李华，你的英国朋友Jason非常喜欢中国的传统文化，作为交换生要来你校学习一年汉语，请用英语给他写一封电子邮件告知他将可能面临的困难或问题以及如何帮他克服困难，适应生活。注意：1.词数100左右； 2.可适当增加细节，以使行文连贯； 3.信的开头和结尾已经给出，但不计入总词数。Dear Jason, Yours,Li Hua河南省郑州市八校2016-2017学年高二下学期期中联考英语试题参考答案第二部分 阅读理解（共两节，满分40分）21-24 DDAB25-28 CDCB29-31 BBC32-35 DADC3
59、6-40 ACBGF第三部分 语言知识运用（共两节，满分45分）41-45 BCADB46-50 DADAB51-55 DCABC56-60 ABCDC61.to get62.a63.smaller64.from65.else66.taking67.what68.its69.friendly70.sunburned/sunburnt第四部分 写作（共两节，满分35分）短文改错One morning, a blind boy sat on a square with a hat by her feet. He held up a sign which was said:”I am blind,
60、hisplease help me.” There was only a few coins in the hat. A man was walking by. He took the sign, turning it around, were turnedand wrote something on it. He put the sign back so that everyone walked by would see the new words. whoSurprising, soon a lot more people were giving money to the blind bo
61、y. That afternoon, the man who had changed Surprisinglythe sign came to see what things were. The boy recognized his footstep and asked:”Are you the one who changed how footstepsmy sign this morning? How did you write?” The man said:”Today is a beautiful day and I cannot see it.” Whatbut第二节 书面表达(One
62、 possible verison)Dear Jason,I am really pleased that you will be coming to our school to study Chinese. I think youll face some difficulties in your study because Chinese is not easy to learn. Youll also suffer from homesickness because of living far away from your country, but there is no need to
63、feel worried.Our classmates are very friendly and easygoing, so itll be easy for you to get used to the life here. Ill introduce you to my family and friends, and you wont feel lonely, Im sure. Besides, itll help you to learn Chinese and Chinese culture.In a word, Ill try my best to make you feel at home, and Im looking forward to meeting you.Yours truly,Li Hua
