[K12学习]山东省枣庄市第八中学东校区2017-2018学年高二英语下学期期末考试试题

山东省枣庄市第八中学东校区2017-2018学年高二英语下学期期末考试试题第一部分听力 (共两节，满分30分)做题时，先将答案标在试卷上。

录音内容结束后，你将有两分钟的时间将试卷上的答案转涂到答题卡。

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 will the man do?A. Fix the keys.B. Go to the woman’s apartment.C. Send someone to help the woman.2. Where will the speakers probably go on vacation?A. To Canada.B. To Singapore.C. To Mexico.3. What was the weather like in the morning?A. Cloudy.B. Rainy.C. Sunny.4. What does the woman want to do?A. Go on vacation.B. Move to Europe.C. Study abroad.5. How does the woman feel about the day?A. Lucky.B. Sad.C. Disappointed.第二节（共15小题；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，你都有时间阅读各个小题，每小题5秒钟；听完后，每小题将给出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至7题。

6. What is the relationship between the speakers?A. Good friends.B. Mother and son.C. Brother and sister.7. What will the woman do next?A. Get the key.B. Go shopping.C. Pick up Lucy.听第7段材料，回答第8至9题。

8. Why does the man want to put up an ad?A. To meet new people.B. To make extra money.C. To play the guitar in a band.9. Who is the man?A. A professional musician.B. A professor.C. A student.听第8段材料，回答10至12小题。

10. How long has the man been in college?A. For less than one year.B. For about two years.C. For almost three years.11. What does the man want to study right now?A. Chemistry.B. Medicine.C. Art.12. How does the woman probably feel in the end?A. Happy.B. Worried.C. Angry.听第9段材料，回答的13至16题。

13. In what field does the woman work?A. Technology.B. Law.C. Education.14. How long has the woman been at her new job?A. For nearly six years.B. For more than one year.C. For about six months.15. What does the woman make the man consider doing?A. Working less.B. Changing jobs.C. Going back to school.16. What does the woman suggest the man do in the end?A. Be more open-minded.B. Volunteer in that field.C. Talk about his work experience.听第10段材料，回答第17至20题。

17. What did Mrs. White do in the department store yesterday?A. She didn’t buy anything.B. She stole some food.C. She lost her credit card.18. Who followed Mrs. White?A. A cashier.B. A customer.C. A store manager.19. How long was Mrs. White put in a small room before the police came?A. 20 minutes.B. 15 minutesC. 25 minutes.20. What did Mrs. white’s lawyer ask the store to send?A. An apology.B. Some money.C. A special discount. 第二部分阅读理解 (共20小题；每小题2分，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。

AHEARST CASTL, CAHearst Castle is open for tours daily, except Thanksgiving, Christmas and New Year’s Day.Tour A -- The Grand RoomsView the ground floor rooms of La Casa Grande where Mr. Hearst’s guests met their host and were entertained during their stay. See the Assembly Room, where guests met for cocktails, the Refectory, where meals were served, the Morning Room, Billiard Theater. Your knowledgeable guide will bring this big house to life sharing stories about Mr. Hearst, his many guests, and the art collection it contains.Prices: Adults: $25.00; Children: $12.00.Tour B – The Upstairs Suites (套房)This tour features rooms on the upper floors of Casa Grande. Travel through guest suites on your way to the Library where Mr. Hearst housed a collection of 2,000-year-old Greek pots.Visit Mr. Hearst’s private third floor suite including his bedroom and privatestudy where he held business meetings. Learn about the genius of architect Julia Morgan and the way she put Mr. Hearst’s art collection into the design.Prices: Adults: $20.00; Children: $10.00.Tour C – Evening TourThis tour allows visitors to experience the Castle at night as a visitor to the Castle in the 1930s might have. It features highlights from the experience, Upper Floors of Casa Grande, and Garden tours.Evening tours are offered on most Fridays and Saturdays during March – May & October – December.Prices: Adults: $36.00; Children: $18.00.Tour D – Accessible Holiday TwilightThis tour is wheelchair accessible. Visitors who have difficulty climbing stairs, or who cannot stand or walk for extended period, may also benefit from this tour. Accessible transportation is provided from the Visitor Center to all areas of the Holiday at Hearst Castle tour. Call 866-712-2286 for additional information.Prices: Adults: $30.00; Children: $18.00.21. Which place can you take your child to visit if you have not much available money?A. The Morning Room.B. The Upstairs Suites.C. The Grand Rooms.D. The Billiard Room.22. Which of the following is proper for you to take part in Tour C?A. A Saturday in July.B. A Saturday in April.C. A Friday in January.D. A Friday in September.23. Which is the best choice for disabled people?A. Tour A.B. Tour B.C. Tour C.D. Tour D.BIt was dawn of March 21, 2018. Gary Messina was on his morning run along New York City’s East River. Suddenly something caught his eye – a large 60-year-old man balancing on the four-foot-high fence that guarded the path from the water. As Messina got closer to the scene, the man took a step forward and slipped into the dark river below.When Messina reached nearer, the man was struggling in the water, clearly unable to swim. Other joggers also heard the man’s cry. David Blauzvern and John Green dropped their phones and keys on land and jumped in. “People had called the police, but it was unclear when they’d get there.” says Green. “We just reacted.” Messina joined them in the river. Just as the jumper was losing strength, Blauzvern take hold of him. The pair were about 30 yards from the seawall when Messina and Green caught up to them. They seized the man, with Blauzvern supporting his back and Messina and Green holding him up from either side. As the men made their toward the concrete seawall that stretched (延伸) for blocks in each direction, Blauzvern had an awful realization: there was no way out of the river.By now, a crowd had gathered on land. “A rescue boat is on its way,” someone yelled to them. Swimming forward was getting tougher by the minute. The jumper, who was six foot two and weighed around 260 pounds, was heavy in his rescuers’ arms. After ten minute s, they managed to get to the river’s edge. “I’ve never been so out of breath,” says Blauzvern.Fifteen minutes after the men had jumped into the river, the two-man rescue boat appeared. But because it couldn’t risk getting too close to the seawall, the me n had to swim out to it. “I was completely out of energy at this point,” says Blauzvern. The men in the water pushed the jumper while the men in the boat pulled him up and, finally, to safety. The man they had saved was taken to the hospital for evaluation(评估). Details on his condition have not been known. As for the rescuers, each of them was at work by 10:30 a.m. “I was a bit late,” admits Blauzvern, smiling. “But I had a good excuse.”24. The story mainly centers around ________.A. why the old man slipped into the riverB. who saved the old manC. how the old man was rescuedD. when and where the accident happened25. Who was the third to jump into the water and join the rescue?A. Gary Messina.B. David Blauzvern.C. John Green.D. An unknown jogger.26. Of the following statements, which one sounds reasonable based on the passage?A. The rescued man is rather tall and fat.B. Police would never be found on the spot of rescue.C. The process of rescuing the man took up the whole morning/D. The man was actually saved by the two-man rescue boat.27. Which of the following can be inferred from the passage?A. The man wanted to kill himself in the river.B. The men is the river were all good swimmers.C. The man was taken home immediately he was saved.D. Blauzvern felt at ease even if he was late for work that day.CEveryone wants to win, and everybody knows it. Take the case of Olympic athletes, who train hard each day for years to reach the top of their sport and hopefully win a gold medal. Since every competitor’s goal is to win, we assume that the silver medalists would be less happy than gold-medal winners, but still happier than those in third place. Common sense says that our levels of happiness should have something to do with our levels of achievement – except that often this isn’t the case.Researchers found that bronze medalists actually appeared on the whole to be happier than silver medalists. How could that be? The answer, in a word, is gratitude. Silver medallists, who compared themselves to the gold medalists, experienced disappointment at having been close to winning the gold, but falling short. The bronze medalists, on the other hand, were thankful to have won a medal at all, comparing themselves to all those who didn’t even reach th e Olympic platform.If happiness, then, is the aim of life, perhaps our achievement-centered culture is getting it all backwards. We focus on what we want rather than on what we have. We forget to be grateful, and as a result we forget to be happy.We’re from a culture that teaches us to envy others –another person achievements – and that is always looking forward to what comes next. Yet in a better society, might we not look at what all of our earlier nexts have already earned us?I encourage any person who struggles with frustration （挫折）in their life to take out a notebook and a pen each evening before bed, and to write down all the things that they have gratitude for. It’s not a cure for dissatisfaction, to be sure, but many people quickly discover that, when they actually stop to think about it, they have things pretty good and happiness comes.Those bronze medalists, after all, can’t be wrong.28. What does “this” underlined in Paragraph 1 refer to?A. Happiness relies on achievements.B. Happiness comes from gratitude.C. Silver winners are the happiest.D. Gold medalists are the happiest.29. What is the reason why silver medalists often experience upset according to the text?A. Their self-satisfaction.B. Their dissatisfaction.C. Their Gratitude.D. Their character.30. What is to blame for our dissatisfaction in life according to the text?A. Our achievement-centered culture.B. Our struggles with life frustration.C. The lack of real winnings in our life.D. The habit of expressing gratefulness.31. What of the following can be the best title of the text?A, The Key of Happiness B. Medals and HappinessC. Gratitude and HappinessD. Happiness from AchievementsDOn a clear night, you can see a sky paced with stars. But you can’t see planets orbiting any of these stars, even with the strongest Earth—based telescopes. Astronomers reported that they discovered seven Earth—sized planets orbiting a nearby star called TRAPPIST – 1 in February. They had to rely on indirect evidence to tell them that the planets are there. By doing some math, they figured out the number of planets and the distance of their orbits.TRAPPIST – 1 is a red dwarf （红矮星）, much smaller than our sun, but larger than Jupiter (木星). If the sun were the size of a basketball, TRAPPIST – 1would be the size of a gold ball. This star is one of our closest neighbors, just like themoon to the earth in space.When astronomers using Earth-based telescopes to study TRAPPIST –1,they noticed that every once in a while, it became slightly dim（昏暗）. They decided that a planet must be passing in front of the star, blocking part of the light. This dimming would come and go as the planet orbited the star, passing alternately (交替地) behind and in front of the star regularly.By making careful observations, astronomers expected to get a rough idea of the planet’s size from the pattern of dimming light. But the light level changed often and not at evenly spaced (均匀间隔的) times. The astronomers had to conclude they were looking at more than one planet! To get additional data, NASA’s spritzer Space Telescope measured TRAPPIST –1’s brightness nearly continuously for 20 days, catching 34 crossings of planets in front of the star. Sorting through the mess of data, the astronomers found that the innermost planet completes its orbit in 1.5 Earth days, while the outermost planet takes 20 days. Once you know how long it takes each planet to complete an orbit, you can work out how far it is from the star compared with the other planets.The TRAPPIST –1 planets are not alone. So far, astronomers have found more than 3,400 planets that orbit other stars.32. How did astronomers know the number of planets orbiting TRAPPIST –1?A. They used their eyes.B. They used telescopes.C. They performed some calculation.D. They made some guess.33. How does the author introduce TRAPPIST – 1 in paragraph 2?A. By giving examples.B. By making comparisons.C. By providing research results.D. By listing some numbers.34. What probably causes the star TRAPPIST – 1 to be slightly dim?A. The telescope’s failure.B. The cloud floating around.C. The star’s moving.D. The passing planets.35. What’s the main idea of Paragraph 4?A. The ways to get the information of the planets.B. The introduction of the planets.C. The distances of the planets to the star.D. The astronomers’ effort of exploring TRAPPIST – 1.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。