高二上学期英语期中考试试卷
一、阅读理解
1. 阅读理解
Off the Beaten Cart Path
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（1）How much can you save to buy a copy of Best Weekend Projects now?
A . $ 13.4.
B . $ 10.2.
C . $ 4.05.
D . $ 3.
（2）Which book can give you some advice on shopping?
A . Parents.
B . Lucky.
C . Off the Beaten Cart Path.
D . Best Weekend Projects.
（3）Who may like the book Off the Beaten Curt Path most?
A . Ladies loving shopping.
B . Parents with new-born babies.
C . Husbands wanting to improve their home.
D . Persons loving traveling in America.
（4）What does the passage most probably belong to?
A . A story.
B . A report.
C . A notice.
D . An advertisement.
2. 阅读理解
Whenever we see a button on a doorbell or on a remote, we may press it. This is true in most cases. But some buttons are actually fake, like the “close” button on an elevator.
Many people are in the habit of pressing the “close” button because they don’t have the patience to wait for the elevator doors to shut. But according to experts, the buttons are a complete trick—the doors will not
close any faster however hard you press.
It started in the 1990s when the Americans with Disabilities Act was passed, making sure that all elevators stayed open long enough so that people with disabilities could enter. Only firefighters and maintenance workers can use the buttons to speed up the door-closing process if they have a code or special keys. But to normal elevator riders, the buttons aren’t completely useless.
According to psychologists, fake buttons can actually make you feel better by offering you a sense of control. Experts have showed that a lot of buttons that don’t do anything exist in our lives for this same purpose. For example, pedestrian crosswalk buttons don’t live up to their names. Pressing them used to help make the traffic signals change faster, but that was before computer-controlled traffic signals were introduced.
But psychologists found it interesting that even when people are aware of these little “white lies”. They still continue to push fake buttons because as long as the doors eventually close, it is considered to be worth the effort.
That habit is here to stay, John Kounios, a psychology professor at Drexel University in the US, told The New York Times. “After all, I’ve got nothing else to do while waiting. So why not try the chance?”
（1）The author writes the text to______________.
A . inform readers of kinds of fake button
B . analyze what roles fake buttons play
C . explore different ways to push buttons
D . explain why fake buttons were introduced
（2）The underlined “for this same purpose” in Paragraph 4 probably refers to_____________.
A . making people more patient
B . improving people’s bad mood
C . helping people build up confidence
D . offering people a sense of control （3）What can we know from John Kounios’ words?
A . Pressing fake but tons is of no meaning at all.
B . People don’t know that what they press is fake.
C . Some people press fake buttons just to kill time.
D . People are supposed to quit pressing fake buttons.
3. 阅读理解
Have you ever run into a careless cell phone user on the street? Perhaps they were busy talking, texting or checking updates on WeChat without looking at what was going on around them. As the number of this new “species” of human has kept rising, they have been given a new name —phubbers（低头族）.
Recently, a cartoon created by students from China Central Academy of Fine Arts put this group of people under the spotlight. In the short film, phubbers with various social identities bury themselves in their phones. A doctor plays with his cell phone while letting his patient die, a pretty woman takes selfie（自拍照）in front of a car accident site, and a father loses his child without knowing about it while using his mobile phone. A chain of similar events eventually leads to the destruction of the world.
Although the ending sounds overstated, the damage phubbing can bring is real. Your health is the first to bear the effect and result of it. “Constantly
bending your head to check your cell phone could damage your neck,” Guangming Daily quoted doctors as saying. “the neck is l ike a rope that breaks after long-term stretching.” Also, staring at cell phones for long periods of time will damage your eyesight gradually, according to the report.
But that’s not all. Being a phubber could also damage your social skills and drive you away from your friends and family. At reunions with family or friends, many people tend to stick to their cell phones while others are chatting happily with each other and this creates a strange atmosphere, Qilu Evening News reported.
It can also cost you your life. There have been lots of reports on phubbers who fell to their death, suffered accidents, and were robbed of their cell phones in broad daylight.
（1）For what purpose does the author give the example of a cartoon in Paragragh2?
A . To advertise the cartoon made by students.
B . To inform people of the bad effects of phubbing.
C . To indicate the world will finally be destroyed by phubbers.
D . To warn doctors against using cell phones while treating patients.
（2）Which of the following is NOT a risk a phubber may have?
A . His social skills could be affected.
B . He will cause the destruction of the world.
C . His neck and eyesight will be gradually harmed.
D . He might get separated from his friends and family.
（3）Which of the following may be the author’s attitude towards phubbing?
A . Objective.
B . Supportive.
C . Optimistic.
D . Opposed.
（4）What may the passage talk about next?
A . Advice on how to use a cell phone.
B . People who are addicted to phubbing.
C . The possible consequences of phubbing.
D . Measures to reduce the risks of phubbing.
4. 阅读理解
Counterfeit medicines are a widespread problem in developing countries. Like other counterfeits, they look like real products. But counterfeit drugs may contain too little or none of the active ingredients of the real thing.
People do not get the medicine they need. And in some cases, counterfeits cause death. Twenty children in Bangladesh died last year after being given acetaminophen.The medications contained ingredients that looked, smelled and tasted like the real thing. The medicine was produced by a local drug company that used a dangerous substitute to save money.
The problem of counterfeit medicines is especially serious in Africa, Asia and Latin America. The WHO estimates that up to thirty percent of medicines on sale in many of those countries are counterfeit. The problem is less widespread among industrialized countries. The WHO says counterfeits make up less than one percent of the illegal drug market in countries like the United States, Canada, Japan and New Zealand.
But the agency also says as much as fifty percent of the medicine sold on the Internet is counterfeit.
Much is being done to fight counterfeit drugs. Several companies are
developing ways to make counterfeits easier to identify. And there are existing methods, like a machine that can quickly identify chemicals in pills to confirm if the pills are real. Other ideas include things like special tracking codes for drug packages. People could send a text message with the code and get a message back, which proves that what they bought is listed in a database. Some drug makers and other companies put three-dimensional images called hologramson their products as a security device.
（1）Last year twenty children in Bangladesh died because of _________.
A . unreal drugs
B . online medicines
C . acetaminophen
D . unclean water
（2）We can draw a conclusion from the passage that___________ .
A . it is very cheap and convenient to buy medicines online.
B . we had better not buy medicines online.
C . more and more people will buy products online.
D . medicine companies don’t pay much attention to counterfeit drugs.
（3）What is the main idea of the last paragraph?
A . It reveals the reasons why counterfeit drugs are widespread.
B . Special tracking codes for drug packages are used to identify counterfeits.
C . It shows the danger of counterfeit drugs.
D . Some measures are being taken to fight counterfeit drugs.
（4）Which of the following country may have serious problems of counterfeit medicines?
A . Canada.
B . India.
C . New Zealand.
D . Japan.
二、任务型阅读
5. 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。
How to improve vocabulary fast
Your vocabulary refers to the words in a language you are familiar with. We should learn some ways to expand it.
Read every day. ________. Choose reading material that is slightly above your level and keep a dictionary with you to look up words you do not know.________. If you do not meet with an unfamiliar word in your daily reading, use your dictionary to search for one.
Learn the correct definition and pronunciation for each new word. Pronunciation is as important as definition because in order to add a word to your active vocabulary, you must be able to use it in speech.
Elaborate on the meaning of the word. If you have just learned the word “stubborn”, think about the neighbour who will not lend you his car. ________ Use your new word in speech and in writing. E-mail your sister about how your cat is stubborn about sleeping on your pillow. ________. But the more you use it, the more fluent you will become in its use. Soon it will be a regular part of your active vocabulary.
Tell everyone you are trying to increase your vocabulary. Encourage them to ask you what your latest word is. ________
The more you explain the meaning of a word to someone, the more likely you are to remember it.
A. The vocabulary can be increased.
B. Find a new word every day.
C. Or let them ask for the definition of a new word you have used.
D. The more often you read, the faster your vocabulary can grow.
E. The first time you use a new word in speech it may seem strange.
F. Imagine him shaking his head, and think of him as “stubborn in his refusal”.
G. Your vocabulary contains the words you understand.
三、完形填空
6. 阅读下面短文，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。
One day, a lovely little girl was holding two apples with both hands. Her mum came in and 1asked her little daughter with a smile, “My sweetie, could you give your m um one of your two apples?” The girl looked2at her mum for some seconds, then she suddenly took a quick 3on one apple, and then quickly on the other.
The mum felt the smile on her face 4. She tried hard not to show her 5. Then the little girl handed one o f her 6apples to her mum, and said, “Mummy, here you are. This is the 7one.”
No matter who you are, how experienced you are, and how knowledgeable you think you are, always8judgment. Give others the privilege to 9themselves. What you see may not be the 10. Never conclude for others, which is why we should never only 11the surface and judge others without understanding them 12.
Those who like to pay the bill, do so not because they are loaded, but because they value 13above money.
Those who 14first after a fight, do so not because they are wrong but because they value the people around them.
Those who often text you, do so not because they have 15better to do but because you are in their heart. One day, all of us will get 16from each other; we will miss our conversations of everything & nothing; we will miss the 17that we had. Days will pass by, months, years,18this contact becomes rare — One day our children will see our 19and ask “Who are these people?” And we will smile with invisible tears because a heart is touched with a strong word and you will say, “20was them that I had the best days of my life with.”
（1）A . quicklyB . sadlyC . curiouslyD . softly（2）A . downB . upC . outD . around（3）A . lookB . tasteC . tryD . bite（4）A . remainB . freezeC . speedD . rise （5）A . disappointmentB . satisfactionC . amusementD . confusion（6）A . rottenB . desertedC . bittenD . split（7）A . biggerB . sweeterC . fresherD . juicier （8）A . offerB . delayC . stopD . pass（9）A . explainB . reflectC . criticizeD . introduce（10）A . resultB . purposeC . attemptD . reality（11）A . work outB . focus onC . hold upD . give up（12）A . lastB . firstC . wrongD . little（13）A . billB . materialC . friendshipD . surface（14）A . sacrificeB . sufferC . surviveD . apologize（15）A . nothingB . somethingC . everythingD . anything（16）A . lostB . retiredC . separatedD . divorced（17）A . talksB . argumentsC . contradictionsD . dreams（18）A . whenB . untilC . thoughD . after（19）A . articlesB . storiesC . telephonesD . pictures（20）A . ItB . WhatC . ThatD . Such四、语法填空
7. 阅读下面材料，在空白处填入适当的内容（1个单词）或括号内单词的正确形式。
People have all turned to sad music to make themselves feel better at some point in their lives,
________why does the music with double or even triple sadness help drag people out of low spirits?
A new study throws light on what’s going on inside people’s brains when they match their music to their feelings, and it looks as if sad music can be enjoyable, rather than________ depressing. Music of this sort can arouse positive memories in people’s life, thus ________their mood.
Psychologist Adrian North from Curtin University in Australia says there________ two groups of possible explanations for why people enjoy listening to sad music like this——one from social psychology, and the other from cognitive neuroscience.
________terms of social psychology, one idea about this is that people will feel________ about themse lves if they focus on someone who’s doing even worse. Everything’s going to be okay, because this person is having ________even worse day than they are.
Another idea from social psychology is that people like to listen to the very music ________ shows their present life circumstances, because this kind of music makes them feel they are understood. With their emotions________ , they definitely get a certain amount of comfort.
So, the________ again—sad music does cheer people up, and it works far
better than happy music, in most cases.
五、短文改错
8. 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。
I’ve learned from the newspaper my company is lookin g for a clerk. I’m very interesting in the job and I’d like to apply for at the position.
First of all, allow me introduce myself. I have just graduated from senior high school and take the College Entrance Examination. I want to find an part - time job i n the summer. I’m 18 years old and have a good knowledge of English. In fact, I won the first prize in the English speech competition hold in our school last year. Beside, I’m quite easy - going and therefore very popular among my classmate.
I sincere hop e you can give me a chance. I’m looking forward to your early reply.
六、书面表达
9. 目前，电子产品已经成为我们日常生活的一部分，从而导致学生的汉字书写能力降低。为了保护传统民族文化——汉字，校学生会提出倡议。请你根据以下内容提
示，以学生会的名义为你校的同学们写一封英文倡议书。
内容要点：1）多读书，勤记笔记；
2）养成练书写和写日记的习惯；
3）自拟一项其他方面的倡议内容。
注意：词数100左右。
参考词汇：汉字Chinese character