甘肃省天水市高二英语上学期期末考试试题.docx

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甘肃省天水市高二英语上学期期末考试试题

天水一中高二级2016-2017学年度第一学期期末考试

英语试题

（满分：

100分时间：

90分钟）

注意事项：

1. 答题前，考生务必将自己的姓名、考号填涂在答题卡相

应的位置。

2. 全部答案在答题卡上完成，答在本试卷上无效。

第I卷（选择题）

第一部分阅读（共两节，满分30分）

第一节阅读理解（每小题2分,共20分）

A

Rememberingnamesisanimportantsocialskill.Herearesomewaystomasterit.

Reciteandrepeatinconversation.Whenyouhearaperson’sname,repeatit.Immediatelysayittoyourselfseveraltimeswithoutmovingyourlips.Youcouldalsorepeatthenameinawaythatdoesnotsoundforcedorartificial.

Asktheotherpersontoreciteandrepeat.Youcanletotherpeoplehelpyouremembertheirnames.Afteryou’vebeenintroducedtosomeone,askthatpersontospellthenameandpronounceitcorrectlyforyou.Mostpeoplewillbepleasedbytheeffortyou’remakingtolearntheirnames.

Admityoudon’tknow.Admittingthatyoucan’tremembersomeone’snamecanactuallymakepeoplerelaxed.Mostofthemwillfeelsympathyifyousay.“I’mworkingtoremembernamesbetter.Yoursisrightonthetipofmytongue.Whatisitagain?

”

Useassociations.Linkeachpersonyonmeetwithonethingyoufindinterestingorunusual.Forexample，youcouldmakeamentalnote:

“VickiCheng—tall,blackhair.”Toreinforceyourassociations,writethemonasmallcardassoonaspossible.

Limitthenumberofnewnamesyoulearnatonetime.Whenmeetingagroupofpeople,concentrateonrememberingjusttwoorthreenames.Freeyourselffromrememberingeveryone.Fewofthepeopleinmassintroductionsexpectyoutoremembertheirnames.Anotherwayistolimityourselftolearningjustfirstnames.Lastnamescancomelater.

Goearly.Considergoingearlytoconferences,partiesandclasses.Sometimesjustafewpeopleshowupontime.That’sfewernamesforyoutoremember.Andasmorepeoplearrive,youcanhearthembeingintroducedtoothers—anautomaticreviewforyou.

1．Howwillmostpeoplefeelwhenyoutryhardtoremembertheirnames?

A.Theywillbemoved.B.Theywillbeannoyed.

C.Theywillbedelighted.D.Theywillbediscouraged.

2．Ifyoucan’tremembersomeone’sname,youmay________.

A.tellhimthetruthB.tellhimawhitelie

C.askhimforpityD.askotherstohelpyou

3．Whatdoesthetextmainlytellus?

A.Tipsonanimportantsocialskill.B.Importanceofattendin

gparties.

C.Howtomakeuseofassociations.D.Howtoreciteandrepeatnames.

B

Iwasalwaysblamedforwatchingtoomuchcartoons.AsIhavesaidgoodbyetomyteenage,IshifttowatchingmoremoviestoprovethatIwasagrown-up.Surprisingly,Ifoundthatmovieshavesomethingincommonwithcartoons.Theyareunrealistic.

Sometimesmoviesgivepeoplehope,includingthehopeofjustice,thehopeoftomorrowandalmosteverythingelse.Agreatnumberofpeoplewereoncetouchedbycertainmovies.Fromtimetotime,moviestrytodeliversomedecisiveideastotheaudience.Inthisway,moviesdocheerupmanypeopletogoonwiththeirlives.

Itseemsthatthereisasetformulainmovies.Weusuallyseetheheroorheroineinthemoviessufferalotintheopening.Graduallyandlikely,thedestinationofthemalwayscomestoaturningpoint.Sotheyhavetostruggleormakesomeimportantchoices.Thenthemovieendsupwithahappyfinale.Oratleasttheherofinallymanagestofacehispoorlifewithgreatcouragesomehow.However,whenaudiencewatchmoviesinthecinema,mostofthemjustfollowthestory.Fewofthemmayask,“Willithappeninthereallife？

”

Moviesarealsoimitatingthereallife.Thusamovie,justlikeanovel,canneverbethesameasthereallife.Thesettingofamovieissoidealthatwecouldhardlyfinditoutinreality.Themoviemakersjusttrytheirbesttopersuadetheaudien

cetobelievethestoryistrue.Inaword,itisalljustmake-believe.

Forquitealongtime,Ithinkthattheadults’worldisrealisticintheoppositewayofthechildren’scartoon.However,themoviesfromtheadultworldturnouttobeamade-upthing.Attheverymoment,Isuddenlyrealizethatmoviesaresomewhatoftheadult’sfairytalesorcartoons.

Tosumup,otherthanfalsecomfortsuchasmoviesandtales,wearemoreinneedofthematurityofmind,sothatwecanfaceourlivesbravelyandcorrectly.

4．Withtimegoingon,theauthorshiftstowatchingmoremoviesbecausehethinksthat_____.

A．Theygivehimhopeofjusticeandtomorrowinlife

B．Theyareforadultandthatheisnowanadult

C．Theyhelphimforgettherealworld

D．Theyaresimilartocartoonsheusedtowatch

5．Whichofthefollowingistrueaboutthetypeofmoviestheauthormentions?

A．Theheroorheroinesimplyhasmetnodifficultyatall.

B．Theheroorheroineisabletodealsuccessfullywithanyproblems.

C．Sometimestherearecartooncharactersinthemovies.

D．Theau

diencesknowtheyaresimplyfoolishstories.

6．Theunderlinedword“make-believe”inParagraph4

probablymeans_____.

A．somethingimaginedtoberealB．somethingtooidealtobelieve

C．ahappyendingalltheaudiencedesireD．abeliefthatisbasedonfacts

7．Accordingtotheauthor,whichofthefollowingisthesideeffectofthemovies?

A．Peoplemaybeconfusedbythem.B．Moviescanusuallyimprovereallife.

C．Filmfansjustfollowthemoviestories.D．Falsecomfortmaymisleadtheaudience.

C

Long-timeexposuretoairpollutioncanleadtophysicalchangesinthebrainandcausetroubleinlearningandmemory,andevenanxiety.Thisissuggestedbytheresultsofnewresearchonmice.

Whileotherstudieshaveshowntheharmfuleffectsofpollutedairinthelungsandheart,thisisthefirsttoshowthenegativeeffectonthebrain.

TheteamofLauraFonken,RandyNelson,fromtheOhioStateUniversity,USA,hasspreadtothebrainapreviouslineofresearchwhichfoundthatfineparticulate（微粒）matterfloatingintheairmainlybecauseofairpollutioncausedbyhumans,causesswellinginmuchoftheb

ody,andmayberelatedtohighbloodpressureproblems,andsomeotherdiseases.

IntheresearchFonkenandhiscolleaguesexposedmicetopollutedairforsixhourseachday,fivedaysaweek,overaperiodof10months,almosthalftheaveragelifelengthofmice.

Pollutedaircontainsfineparticlescreatedbycars,factoriesandnaturaldust.Fineparticlesofthiskindaretiny,about2.5micrometersindiameter,oraboutone-thirtieththewidthofahumanhair.Theseparticlescangodeepintolungsandotherorgans.

Theconcentrationofthisparticulatematerialtowhichtheyexposedmiceisequaltotheconcentrationatwhichpeoplecanbeexposedinsomepollutedurbanareas.

Afteraperiodof10months,theresearchersgottheanimalstohaveaseriesofbehavioraltests.Boththebehaviorofmiceandtheresultsofneurological（神经的）testsdonetothemshowthatthosewithinthepollutedairhadmoreproblemsinlearningandmemory,andhigherlevelsofanxiety.

Theresultssuggestthatlong-timeexposuretopollutedaircanhavemeasurablenegativeeffectsonthehumanbrainandcancauseavarietyofmentalhealthproblems.Thiscouldhaveimportantconsequencesforthos

elivingandworkinginpollutedurbanareas.

8．Thebadeffectsoftinyparticlesinpollutedairarethoseexcept.

A.highbloodpressureproblemsB.makinghumanhairthinner

C.differentkindsofdiseasesD.swellinginmuchofthebody

9.Fromthelastsentencewecaninferthatpeoplelivinginpollutedurbanareas.

A.arelikelytosufferfrommentalproblemsB.canmeasurethenegativeeffectonthem

C.showlittleconcernforairpollutionD.canbeexposedtopollutedairlonger

10．Whichofthefollowingisthebest

titleforthepassage?

A.Long-timeExposuretoAirPollutionB.EvidenceandConcernofAirPollution

C.MeasurableEffectonHumanBrainD.MentalProblemsCausedbyAirPollution

第二节阅读填空（每小题2分,共10分）.

根据内容,选出能填入空白处的最佳选项,并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

选项中有两项多余选项。

Ifyouthinkyourvocabularyisweak,alittleefforteverydayoversixtoninemonthscangoalongwayinimprovingit.Herearesometipsforincreasingyourvocabulary.

11.Youmaybecomfortablereadingaparticularpartofthenewspaperbutmakeanefforttoreaddifferentarticlesoneverypage.

Makeitahabittoreadanewbookeveryweek.12.Youcanconsiderbecomingamemberofthelocallibrary.Makealistofnewwordsandlookuptheirmeaningsinthedictionary.

WatchEnglishmoviesandtelevisionshows.It’sawaytoenrichyourvocabulary.13.

Usevocabularycards.Vocabularyca

rdsareusedbystudentswhoaretryingtolearnmanywordsinashorttime.Youcanmakeyourowncardsbywritingthewordononesideandthemeaningontheothersideofapieceofpaper.14.

UsetheInternet.TheInternetisanunlimitedresourceforreadingmaterial.15.Youwillcomeacrossplentyofmaterialtoread.TheInternetwillalsointroduceyoutonewwords.Besuretolookthemupinadictionary.

A.Readthenewspapereveryday.

B.Everyonehashisownwayofchoosingbooks.

C.VocabularyisimportantforyoutolearnEnglishwell.

D.Pickupatopicyoulikeandsearchforarticlesaboutit.

E.Besides,bydoingthisyoucanlearnthecorrectpronunciationaswell.

F.Flashcardsareaconvenienttooltousetolearnnewwordsinyourfreetime.

G.Itisnotsurprisingthatthosewhoreadalotofbooksdevelopgoodvocabulary.

第二部分英语基础知识运用（满分20分）

完型填空（每空1分,共20分）

Asachild,Istartedlearningtoplaythepiano,myfavoritemusical 16 ,butIwasforcedtogiveupwhenIstartedmymiddleschool

 17Icouldconcentratemoreonmystudies.

It’soneofmybiggest 18  tostoppracticingthepianowhenIrecallsadlytoday.Duringthefollowingyears,IkepttellingmypianoteacherthatIwould 19 .However,Ididn’tkeepmypromisebecauseIwas 20