1、天水市三中2017届高二级第一段考试英 语 试 题2015年10月26日命题人：霍 燕 审核人：李新荣注意事项：本试卷分为第卷和第卷，分值150分，考试时间120分钟。 第卷（选择题 共80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，掌握其大意，然后从所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项。 When I come across a good article in reading newspapers. I often want to cut and keep it. But just as I am about to do so I find the
2、 article on the 1 side is as much interesting. It may be a discussion of the way to 2 in good health, or 3 about how to behave and conduct oneself in society. If I cut the front article, the opposite one is likely to 4 damage, leaving out half of it or keeping the text 5 the title. Therefore, the sc
3、issors would 6 before they start, 7 halfway done when I find out the 8 result.Sometimes two things are to be done at the same time, both worth your 9 .You can only take up one of them, the other has to wait or be 10up. But you know the future is unpredictable(不可预料) the changed situation may not allo
4、w you to do what is left 11 . Thus you are 12 in a difficult position and feel sad. How 13 that nice chances and brilliant ideas should gather around all at once? It may happen that your life 14 greatly on you preference of one choice to the other.In fact that is what 15 is like, we are often 16 wit
5、h the two opposite sides of a thing which are both desirable like a newspaper cutting. It often occurs that our attention is drawn to one thing only 17 we get into another. The 18 may be more important than the latter and give rise to a divided mind. I 19 remember a philosophers remarks, “When one d
6、oor shuts, another opens in life.” So a casual(不经意) 20 may not be a bad one.1. A.oppositeB.sameC.eitherD. front2. A.getB.keepC.leadD.bring3. A.reportB.newsC.theoryD.advice4. A.reduceB.sufferC.preventD.cause5. A.onB.forC.withoutD.off6. A.useB.stayC.prepareD.handle7. A.orB.butC.soD.for8. A.satisfyingB
7、.surprisingC.regretfulD.impossible9. A.courageB.strengthC.attentionD.patience10. A.picked B.heldC.madeD.given11. A.nearB.aloneC.aboutD.behind12. A.filledB.attractedC.caughtD.struck13. A.comesB.daresC.dealsD.does14. A.improvesB.changesC.progressesD. goes15. A.studyB.societyC.lifeD. nature16. A.suppli
8、edB.facedC.connectedD.fixed17. A.beforeB.afterC.untilD.as18. A.followingB.formerC.aboveD.next19. A.onceB.alsoC.stillD.almost20. A.treatmentB.actionC.remarkD.choice第二节 阅读理解(每题2分,满分50分)(一) 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。(共20题,每题2分,满分40分)AIn the tenth grade，I began volunteering at a vet
9、erinary（兽医的） hospital that was run by a family friend in order to get experience for what I thought would be my future job.As it turns out，the experience I gained at the hospital taught me the opposite：that my future was not in veterinary medicine.However，there is one particular Saturday morning tha
10、t taught me something maybe more important.The hospital was in the middle of one of the poorer sections of the city and we frequently had people come in who just could not pay for the most basic treatments.On this Saturday a man and his young son，who was probably about 7 years old，walked in with a s
11、mall cat in a cardboard box.I remember the cat had an eye infection but the man could not afford to pay for the cost of the medicine in addition to the exam.When he asked where the nearest animal shelter was，his son cried and started to argue with his father. Out of the blue an older woman who was s
12、itting in the waiting room stood up，walked up to the counter，and told the man that she would pay for anything that he could not afford.The man thanked her and the son got to keep a healthy cat.I had always thought it was the right thing to help out a needy person，but only saw people perform acts of
13、kindness on TV or in movies.The woman in the vets office taught me that these things do happen in real life，and should happen more often.When I am hesitant (犹豫的) to be the first person to help someone who is in need，I remember this woman，and have the courage to step up to the plate.Sometimes other p
14、eople follow.21Why did the author work at the veterinary hospital?AHe wanted to gain some future work experience.BHe wanted to learn some skills in treating animals.CHe wanted to get some money for his schooling.DHe thought he would work there in the future.22What is most important according to the
15、author?AThe practical experience of the veterinary job.BHow to be a kind person who helps others.CHow to deal with the owners of the pets.DThe knowledge of veterinary medicine.23What does the underlined phrase “Out of the blue” in Paragraph 2 mean?AOut of order. B First of all. CNow and then. DSudde
16、nly.24From the second paragraph，we can know that_.Athe mans young son didnt want to keep the small catBnobody paid for the small cats medicine and examCmost people who went to this veterinary hospital were very poorDthe woman took away the small cat with her at last BNewspapers are one method of bri
17、nging the news to the public.Reporters，photographers，correspondents，and editors are some of the people who create newspapers.They are known as journalists.Reporters are journalists who go out and get the news.They attend meetings.They cover events such as court cases，plays，and sporting events.They i
18、nterview people to get their views about what is going on.Reporters must be able to write a story quickly so as to meet a deadline.People do not want to read old news.They want to know what is going on as soon as it happens.Reporters sometimes phone or email their notes and quotations (引用语) to the p
19、aper from the scene.A reporter in the office then writes the story.A “stringer” is a parttime reporter who works when called upon.A fire might break out in one part of town.An editor may ask a stringer who lives near the scene to cover the story.Reporters often work with photographers，or photojourna
20、lists.Photojournalists take the pictures that illustrate (图解) the stories in a newspaper.They have to edit their pictures in time for them to appear with the story.A correspondent is a journalist who covers the news in a particular place or on a subject that he or she has special knowledge in.Large
21、newspaper groups have correspondents in foreign countries to report the news there.A paper may have a correspondent who covers just medical news.An editor is a journalist who works at a desk in a newspaper office.Editors prepare the reporters stories to be printed in the paper.They decide which stor
22、y is most important and gets the frontpage headline.They decide which pictures to use.Editors do not often write the news，but they do write editorials (社论) in which they state their views on a topic or an issue.People who work as journalists have some things in common.They are curious，they like to w
23、rite，and they have a “nose for news”They can spot news as it happens.They know what people want to read about.25A journalist working abroad to report news may be called_.Aa stringer Ba photojournalist Can editor Da correspondent26The underlined word “They” in Paragraph 2 refers to_.Areaders Bjournal
24、ists Creporters Dstringers27The passage is mainly written to_.Aintroduce different posts and duties of journalistsBdescribe the characters of journalistsCexplain how the news is collected Dshow how reporters work28According to the passage，both the reporter and the editor_.Ausually work in the office
25、 Bdecide which pictures to useChave the ability to discover news Doften write editorials for their paper29Which of the following shows the structure of the passage?CP：Central Point P：PointSp：Subpoint (次要点) C：Conclusion CWhat to do if a fire starts?Imagine its late at night. You hear the smoke detect
26、ors go off. You smell smoke when you wake up. Do you know what to do?If a fire starts in your home, remember your escape plan and leave as quickly as possible. Keep the following things in mind to make a safe escape.Call“Fire!”to warn everyone in your family.If you know where the fire is, close as m
27、any doors as possible between you and the fire.If youre in bed, roll out of bed and onto the floor. Crawl on the floor next to a wall. Being near the ground makes it easier to breathe. If possible, cover your mouth and nose with a wet cloth.Feel the entire surface of a door before you open it. If th
28、e door is warm or hot, do not open it. The fire is probably right outside your room. Find another way to leave the room. If the door is cool, open it a little.Look out and try to see the fire. If it is safe, leave the room. Remember to stay on the floor.If your clothes catch fire, stop immediately.
29、Drop to the ground and roll. Remember：Stop, drop and roll.Call the fire department from outside and wait for help to arrive.30What is the first thing you should do if a fire starts in your home?ACall the fire department BHave a white sheet from a window to let the fire department know where to go.CC
30、ollect your favorite belongings to save from the burning house.DCall“Fire”to warn your family members.31What should you do if a fire starts and you are in bed?AJump out of bed and run away.BRoll out of bed and onto the floor.CStay in bed and then jump out of the window. DRoll out of bed and stand on
31、 the floor. 32What is not true according to the passage?ANever go back into a burning building.BIf your clothes catch fire, stop moving immediately.CYou should call the fire department before you leave the burning building.DCover your mouth and nose with a wet cloth if possible. DThese are some sign
32、s that you can see on the roads of Great Britain.Number one is a sign with the number thirty on it. When drivers see this sign they must not go at more than thirty miles an hour. We see this sign when we get to parts of the country where there are many houses and other buildings, for example, when w
33、e are getting near a town. Thirty miles an hour is the speed limit. Number two is sign for the end of the speed limit. We are out of the town now and may go at more than thirty miles an hour.Number three is a sign that we are near a crossroads, that is, a place where two roads cross. We must drive c
34、arefully.Number four is a sign that there is a bend in the road. Again, we must drive slowly and carefully.Number five is a sign that there is a hill and number six is a sign that the roads get narrow. Drivers must go slowly and carefully.Number seven has the word “school” on it. This is a sign that
35、 there is a school at the side of the a street or road. Perhaps there are children going to school or leaving school. So drivers must look carefully and go slowly until they are past the school building.Number eight is a sign with the letter P on it. The letter P is for “parking.” A parking place is
36、 a place where drivers may leave their cars. If the driver of the a car wants to leave his car and go to the shops, he looks for this sign. Then he knows that he may leave his or her car there.33. Who will most probably read the passage?A People who drive badly. B .People who drive well.C People who
37、 are learning to drive D People who drive carelessly.34. When a driver sees the sign number one, he must _.A.always go at 30 miles an hour B. not go at more than 30 miles an hourC. go at more that 30 miles an hour D. stop 35. A driver must drive carefully when he gets to _.A. a bend B. a crossroads
38、C. a narrow road D. all of them36. If a driver wants to leaves his car and go to the shops, _.A. he must look for the sign with the letter P on itB. he can leave his car at the gate of any shopC. he can leave his car anywhere D. he can leave his car at the side of the street. EIn the far, far future
39、, bicycles and perhaps skates may be run by jet power, and a new thing to ride may be a small flying saucer (飞碟). Imagine a race between them!There may be telepathy helmets (心灵感应帽) that send thought waves from your brain to that of your friend miles away. You just think a thought and your friend kno
40、ws it! You can have secrets with each other that nobody else can turn in on!What about the food of the future? Scientists think that much of it will be artificial made in factories from such surprising things as coal, limestone, air, and water. The artificial food will be healthful because all the t
41、hings that you need to live a long and healthy life will be put into it.The future hospitals will probably have “body banks” that can give you almost any new part you need to keep on living. People of the future may live to be a lot older than 100 years.What about highways of the future? Well, a ver
42、y small child probably will be able to drive a car. Nobody will need to steer (驾驶). Electric signals will hold each car on the right road to get wherever the “driver” wants to go. And it probably will be impossible for cars to smash together. Controls that wont even have to be touched will make all
43、speeding cars miss each other or will put on the brakes. Driving cars will be as safe as being at home. But maybe the most wonderful surprise in the future will be weather control. Cities may have giant plastic domes (圆顶罩) over them to keep out snow, rain, or storms. When you plan a picnic in a park
44、, you wont have to worry about rain. It will rain only when the “weatherman” thinks it is necessary to fresh the air inside the city. All other days will be fair and warm.The future should be a wonderful time in which to live and the time we are living in now is also a wonderful future to the people
45、 who lived 100 years ago.37.What can we learn from the passage?A. With telepathy helmets, we can share our thoughts without any word.B. The artificial food made from coal and limestone tastes the most delicious in the future.C. There will be “body banks” instead of hospitals in the future.D. Plastic
46、 domes themselves can automatically control the weather.38. The underlined word “that” (in Paragraph 2) refers to _.A. telepathy helmet B. the brain C. thought wave D. the secret39. With the future highways, _.A. small children have to learn to drive B. car accidents still couldnt be avoidedC. we ca
47、n be taken to the destination without steeringD. cars will be no longer equipped with brakes40. The authors attitude towards the future life is _.A. DoubtfulB. pessimistic C. satisfiedD. optimistic (二)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(每题2分,满分10分)Have you ever suddenly felt that someone you kn
48、ew was in troubleand was he? Have you ever dreamed something that came true later? Maybe you have ESP （超感觉知觉）. 41 . It may be called a sixth sense. It seems to let people know about events before they happen, or events that are happening some distance away.Heres an example. A woman was ironing cloth
49、es. Suddenly she screamed, “My father is dead! I saw him sitting in the chair!” Just then, a telegram came. 42 There are thousands of stories like this one on record. 43 . Heres another exampleone of hundreds of dreams that have come true. A man dreamed he was walking along a road when a horse and c
50、arriage came by. The driversaid, “Theres room for one more.” 44 . The next day, when the man was getting on a crowded bus, the bus driver said ,“Theres room for one more.”Then the man saw that the drivers face was the same face he had seen in the dream. He wouldnt get on the bus. As the bus drove of
51、f, it crashed and burst into flames. Everyone was killed!45 . Others, including some scientists, say that ESP is real. From studies of ESP, we may someday learn more about the human mind.A. ESP stands for Extrasensory PerceptionB. The womans father died of a heart attack. He died sitting in a chair.
52、C. people can not tell the future easilyD. The man felt the driver seemed dead, so he ran awayE. Scientists are studying them to find out whats behind these strange mental messagesF. someone can not live very longG. Some people say stories like these are coincidences(巧合) 第卷 (非选择题 共70分)第三节 单词拼写:(每空一词
53、,每词1分,满分15分)46.The skin is an essential part of your body and its largest o .47. You can get burned by a v of things: hot liquids, steam ,fire ,radiation and so on.48. All the information was then ready to be (加工) into film negatives.49. First aid is a (临时的) form of help given to someone who suddenl
54、y falls ill or gets injured.50. Wang Ping f my safety belt and showed me how to use it.51. Examples include burns cause by e shocks, burning clothes of severe petrol fires.52. A giant machine, (贪婪) for more, swallows all the waste available.53. England is (粗略) divided into three zones.54. Only if yo
55、u put the sun there did the movements of the other planets in the sky make (有意义).55. To their (赞扬), the four counties do wok together in some areas.56. The cool water prevents the pain becoming (难以忍受) and reduces swelling.57. We need the article in this edition to be a of the other newspapers.58. No
56、thing is wasted ,and everything ,even plastic bags, is (回收).59. -What are the (行政区)called in England? - Countries.60. John Snow found that it came from the river p by the dirty water from London.第四节 课文填空:(根据课文内容填空,每空一词,每词1.5分,满分15分) .Never 61 Zhou Yang forget his first job 62 a journalist at the off
57、ice of a popular English newspaper. His new boss ,Hu Xin,had a discussion with him before he starts to work. He was 63 (delight) with Zhou Yangs coming. Zhou Yang asked if he could 64 a story immediately.His boss answered he must wait until he was more experienced. He also wanted to know if they had
58、 ever had a case 65 someone accused their journalists 66 getting the wrong end of the stick. His boss said yes and told him a story. A footballer was charged with taking money for deliberately not scoring goals so as to let the other team win .They went to find it out . The 67 (interview) denied 68
59、(take) money but they were sceptical .So they wrote an article suggesting he was 69 .He tried to stop them 70 it in the newspaper but later they were proved right.第五节 短文改错:(共10小题；每小题1.5分，满分15分)增加：在此处加一个漏字符号()，并在其下面写出修改的词。删除：把多余的词用斜线()划掉。修改：在错的词下划一横线，并在其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（从十一处
60、起）不计分。 John was studying in his room while he heard screaming. When he and his father rushed outside ,he found Anne Slade, mother of three, lie in her front garden bleeding very heavy. It was Johns quick action and knowledge of his first aid which saved Ms Slades life. He immediately asked the numbe
61、r of nearby people for bandages, but when nobody could put their hands on some, her father got some tea towels and tape from their house. John used these treat the most severe injuries to Ms Slades hands. He slowed the bleeding by applying pressure to the wounds until the police and ambulance had ar
62、rived. It is no doubt that Johns quick thinking and the first aid skills saved Ms Slades life. 第六节 书面表达(,满分25分)最近你班将举行一场题为Life in the future 的讨论会,请根据以下要点，写一篇120字左右的发言稿.1. 由于新能源的出现，污染问题将得到控制。人们可以乘坐旋转车飞往任何地方.，环保,快速而且安全. 垃圾将被全部回收并转化成各种有用的材料。2. 人们的日常生活也将会有很大的变化。 机器人不仅可以代替工人在工厂里工作,还可以为你做家务。手机可以戴在手腕上,通话时还
63、可以看到对方。闲暇时你还可以乘坐太空仓进入太空度假。 Life in the future In the future , mans life will be very different from that of today. 高二级英语期中试题答案 第一节 完形填空（共20小题；每小题1.5分，满分30分）1-5 ABDBC 6-10 BACCD 11-15 DCABC 16-20 BABCD第二节 阅读理解(每题2分,满分50分)21-24 ABDC 25-29 DAACB 30-32 DBC 33-36CBDA 37-40 ABCD 41-45 ABEDG第七节 单词拼写:(每空一词,
64、每词1分,满分15分)46. organ 47.variety 48. processed 49. temporary 50.fastened51. electric 52. greedy 53. roughly 54. sense 55. credit 56. unbearable 57. ahead 58.recycled 59. provinces 60.polluted第八节 课文填空:(根据课文内容填空,每空一词,每词1.5分,满分15分)61. will 62. as 63. delighted 64. cover 65. where66. of 67. interviewee 6
65、8. taking 69. guilty 70. publishing第九节 短文改错:(共10小题；每小题1.5分，满分15分)71. while-when 72. lay-lying 73. heavy-heavily 74. which-that 75. the-a 76. some-any 77. her-his 78. treat前加to 79. 去掉had80. It-There第十节 书面表达(,满分25分) Life in the future In the future , mans life will be very different from that of today
66、. First, because of the discovery of new energy, the environmental pollution will be under control. people can fly anywhere in a hovering carriage driven by computer, which is environmentally friendly, quick and safe. All the waste will be recycled and turned into several grades of useful material.
67、Second, peoples daily life will change greatly, too. Not only do robots work in factories in place of workers, but they will also do all your housework for you. You can put your mobile phone around your wrist and can see the caller while speaking. You can also travel in space for a holiday by capsule in your spare time. On the whole you can do whatever you like as long as its not bad to others.
