2017-2018学年北京市东城区高二上学期期末考试英语试题 Word版

北京市东城区2017-2018学年上学期高二年级期末考试英语试卷

本试卷共100分。考试时长120分钟。

一、听力理解(共三节，15分)

第一节(共4小题；每小题1分，共4分)

听下面四段对话。每段对话后有一道小题，从每题所给的A、B、C三个选项中选出最佳选项。听完每段对话后，你将有10秒钟的时间来回答有关小题和阅读下一小题。每段对话你将听一遍。

1. Which language does Mr. White speak well?

A. French. B. Spanish. C. Japanese. 2. Which program does the man like most?

A. Sports. B. History. C. News. 3. What is the probable relationship between the speakers?

A. Salesgirl and customer. B. Passenger and driver. C. Husband and wife.

4. What is the man doing?

A. Giving advice. B. Giving directions. C. Asking for help.

第二节(共7小题；每小题1分，共7分)

听下面三段对话或独白。每段对话或独白后有几道小题，从每题所给的A、B、C三个选项中选出最佳选项。听每段对话或独白前，你将有5秒钟的时间阅读每小题。听完后，每小题将给出5秒钟的作答时间。每段对话或独白你将听两遍。

听第5段材料，回答第5至6题。 5. Where will the speakers go first?

A. The Statue of Liberty. B. Central Park. C. Time Square. 6. What are the speakers talking about?

A. Their plan. B. Their dream. C. Their hobby. 听第6段材料，回答第7至8题。 7. Where has the woman been?

A. Milan. B. Florence. C. Rome.

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8. What is in the suitcase?

A. Clothes. B. Magazines. C. Shoes. 听第7段材料，回答第9至11题。

9. What percentage of the world’s tea export goes to Britain? A. Almost 10%. B. About 30%. C. Over 40%. 10. Why do tea tasters taste tea with milk? A. Tea with milk is healthy. B. Tea tastes much better with milk. C. Most British people drink tea that way. 11. What is the speaker talking about? A. The life of tea tasters. B. Afternoon tea in Britain. C. The London Tea Trade Center.

第三节(共4小题；每小题1分，共4分)

听下面一段独白，完成第12至15四道小题，每小题仅填写一个词。听独白前，你将有20秒钟的时间阅读试题，听完后你将有60秒钟的作答时间。请将答案写在相应位置上。这段独白你将听两遍。

Plans for this week · At least 12 different sports Activities · A planned program in the 12 · Sports suits for most sports Clothes · Shorts and a 13 each day · Two pairs of sports shoes · In the 14 Lunch · Between 12:15 and 15

二、单项填空(共10小题；每小题0.5分，共5分)

从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。

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16. The teacher as well as the students ___________ the book already. A. has read B. have read C. is reading D. are reading 17. It is necessary ___________ water from the wet south to the dry north. A. got B. getting C. to get D. get 18. —Haven’t seen you for ages! Where have you been?

—I went to Ningxia and stayed there for one year, ___________ as a volunteer. A. teach B. teaching C. taught D. to teach 19. After we arrived, watching a family of chimps wake up ___________ our first activity.

A. is B. was C. are D. were 20. I couldn’t do my homework with all that noise ___________.

A. went on B. goes on C. going on D. to go on 21. ___________, I slid into bed and fell fast asleep.

A. Exhaust B. Exhausting C. To exhaust D. Exhausted 22. She failed to make her opinions ___________ at the meeting, which led to the delay of the project.

A. understand B. to understand C. understanding D. understood 23. These farming methods have the same goal: to avoid ___________ the environment or people’s health.

A. to damage B. damage C. damaging D. damaged 24. Yuan Longping became the first agricultural pioneer in the world ___________ 20% more of the crop in the same field.

A. to produce B. producing C. produced D. produce 25. For those with family members far away, the personal computer and the phone are important in staying ___________.

A. to connect B. connecting C. connect D. connected

三、完形填空(共两节，20分)

阅读下列短文，掌握其大意，从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项。 第一节(共10小题；每小题0.5分，共5分)

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A

Born into a poor farmer’s family in 1930, Dr Yuan graduated from Southwest Agricultural College in 1953. Since then, finding ways to grow more rice has been his life 26 As a young man, he saw the great need for increasing the rice 27 At that time, hunger was a(n) 28 problem in many parts of the countryside. Dr Yuan searched for a way to increase rice harvests without 29 the area of the fields. In 1950, Chinese farmers could produce only fifty million tons of rice. In a recent harvest, 30 , nearly two hundred million tons of rice was produced. These increased harvests mean that 22% of the world’s people are fed 31 just 7% of the farmland in China. Dr Yuan is now 32 his knowledge in India, Vietnam and many other less developed countries to increase their rice harvests. 33 his research, the UN has more tools in the battle to 34 the world of hunger. Using his hybrid rice, farmers are producing harvests twice as 35 as before. 26. A. fantasy entertainment

27. A. output collection

28. A. terrifying B. original disturbing

29. A. expanding B. advancing C. dividing D. controlling

30. A. therefore B. in addition C. however D. as a result

31. A. from B. within C. beyond

D. along

C. unique D.

B. input

C. delivery

D.

B. goal C. theme D.

32. A. preserving B. circulating C. gaining D. contributing

33. A. Apart from B. Thanks to C. Ever since D. Rather than

34. A. reject B. convince C. defend D. rid 35. A. heavy B. bad C. large D. poor

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第二节（共15小题；每小题1分，共15分）

B

Six dots. Six bumps (隆起物). Six bumps in different patterns, spreading out over the page. What are they? Numbers, letters, words. Who 36 this code? None other than Louis Braille, a French 12-year-old, who was also blind. And his work changed the world of 37 and writing, forever.

Louis was from a small town called Coupvray, near Paris. Louis became blind by accident, when he was 3 years old. As a result, Louis needed a new 38 to learn. He stayed at his old school for two more years, but he couldn’t learn everything just by listening. Things were looking up when Louis got a chance to 39 at the Royal Institution for Blind Youth in Paris, when he was 10. But even there, most of the teachers just 40 at the students. The library had 14 huge books with raised letters that were very 41 to read. Louis was impatient.

Then in 1821, a former soldier named Charles Barbier visited the school. Barbier shared his invention called “night writing”, a code of 12 raised dots that let soldiers share top-secret 42 on the battlefield without even having to speak. 43 , the code was too hard for the soldiers, but not for 12-year-old Louis!

Louis cut Barbier’s 12 dots into 6, and finished the system by the time he was 15, then 44 the first-ever braille book in 1829. But did he 45 there? No way! In 1837, he added symbols for math and music. But 46 the public had doubts about it, blind students had to study braille on their own. Even at the Royal Institution, where Louis taught after he graduated, braille wasn’t taught until after his death. Braille began to 47 worldwide in 1868, when a group of British men, now known

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as the Royal National Institute for the Blind, took 48 the cause of promoting(推进) braille among the blind.

Now practically every country in the world uses braille. Braille books have double-sided pages, which saves a lot of space. Braille signs help blind people get around in 49 places. And, most importantly, blind people can 50 independently.

Louis proved that if you have the motivation, you can do amazing things. 36. A. broke B. made C. used D. followed 37. A. acting B. speaking C. listening reading

38. A. bond occasion

39. A. study

B. train

C. teach D. work

B. way C. organization

D. D.

40. A. talked B. gestured C. smiled D. waved 41. A. astonishing B. long C. delightful D. hard 42. A. argument B. failure C. information D. campaign

43. A. Privately B. Simply Politely

44. A. borrowed B. discovered published

45. A. seek B. stop C. lie D. wait 46. A. since B. until although

47. A. struggle B. settle C. spread D. exist 48. A. up B. over

C. in D. on C. if D. C. read D. C. Unfortunately

D.

49. A. safe B. special C. public D. previous

50. A. skim communicate

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B. survive C. imagine D.

as the Royal National Institute for the Blind, took 48 the cause of promoting(推进) braille among the blind.

Now practically every country in the world uses braille. Braille books have double-sided pages, which saves a lot of space. Braille signs help blind people get around in 49 places. And, most importantly, blind people can 50 independently.

Louis proved that if you have the motivation, you can do amazing things. 36. A. broke B. made C. used D. followed 37. A. acting B. speaking C. listening reading

38. A. bond occasion

39. A. study

B. train

C. teach D. work

B. way C. organization

D. D.

40. A. talked B. gestured C. smiled D. waved 41. A. astonishing B. long C. delightful D. hard 42. A. argument B. failure C. information D. campaign

43. A. Privately B. Simply Politely

44. A. borrowed B. discovered published

45. A. seek B. stop C. lie D. wait 46. A. since B. until although

47. A. struggle B. settle C. spread D. exist 48. A. up B. over

C. in D. on C. if D. C. read D. C. Unfortunately

D.

49. A. safe B. special C. public D. previous

50. A. skim communicate

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B. survive C. imagine D.

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