云南省大理市巍山县一中学年高二英语上学期期中试题无答案.docx

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云南省大理市巍山县一中学年高二英语上学期期中试题无答案

2017—2018学年高二第一学期期中考试

英语试卷

本试卷分四部分，满分150分，考试时间为120分钟（含听力）

第一部分听力

第一节听力理解（共4小题，每小题1.5分，满分15分）命题人：

郭雪红

听下面一段对话,回答第1—2题.

1.Whywasthewomanstopped？

A.Shewasspeeding

B.Shecausedatrafficaccident。

C.Shedrovethrougharedlight。

2.Whatwasthewomanprobablydoingrightbeforeshehadbeenstopped？

A.Watchingonthephone。

B.Talkingonthephone。

C.Takingoutaticket.

听下面一段对话,回答第3-—5题

3.Whatiswrongwiththeman’smother？

A.Sheissickinhospital

B.Sheissickofflying

C.Shehascaughtaslightcold.

4.Howoldistheman’sdaughter？

A.Ten.B。

ElevenC。

Seventeen

5.

Howlongwillthemanbeaway?

A。

2daysB。

3daysC.2weeks.

第二节听取信息（共5题，每小题1。

5分，满分7.5分）

6.Still，language_________donotagreeonwhereitcamefrom.

7.SomesayitcamefromtheAmerican___________

8.Othersbelievethewordwasinventedbyfur_________inthe1ate1700s。

9.MartinVanBurenwasrunningfor_____________.

10.Theletter“O”and“K”weretakenfromthenameofhis___________

第二部分：

阅读理解（共两节，满分40分）命题人：

肖海燕，蒋文丽，赵洁英

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,D）中，选出最佳选项。

A

Theunderseaworldisverybeautiful.Nowmoreandmorepeoplewanttodive（潜水）inthewatertofindthesecretsthere．Scubadivingisanewsporttoday．Itcantakeyouintoawonderfulunderseaworld．

Youwillfindmanystrangeanimalsinthesea.Someareaslargeasaschoolbus。

Manyseaanimalsgiveoutlightinthedarkandsomehavesharpteeth．

Duringtheday,thereisenoughlight.Here，underthesea，

everythingisblueandgreen.Whenfishswimnearby，youcancatchthemwithyourhands。

Whenyouhaveabottleofaironyourback，youcanstayindeepwaterforalongtime.However，youcan'tdivetoodeep。

Andyoumustbeverycarefulwhenyoudiveindeepwater.Thedeepseaisnotaneasyplacetolivein.It'scold，andit’sdark，too.Thedeeperitis,thelesssunlightthereis.Atabout3,000feet,thereisnolightatall。

Itisdarkinthesea.Manyfishhavenoeyes.Somehavebigeyes.Afewhaveeyesononeside．

Besidesthecoldandthedarkness,deep-seaanimalsfacethethirddanger-otheranimals．Animalsmusteat!

Theymustfindfoodtoeat．Manyanimalseatplants.However，someanimalseatmeat。

Thismeanstheseseaanimalshavetwobigjobs。

Theyneedtofindanimalsasfood,andtheyhavetotrynottobecomeotheranimals’meal．

（）1．Whydopeoplewanttodiveinthesea？

A．Becausetheywanttocatchfish.

B．Becausetheywanttofindthesecretsoftheunderseaworld。

C．Becausetheywanttokeephealthy。

D．Becausetheseaisdeepandexciting.

（）2．Inthedaytime,whenyoudiveinthesea,you__________．

A.canseeeverythinggreenandblueB．can'tbeindanger

C．can'tseeanythingclearlyD．canwatchnothing

（）3．Howmanydangerswillanimalsinthedeepseameet？

A．One．B．Two．C．Three．D．Four．

（）4．Whenyoudoscubadiving,youcan__________．

A．diveasdeepasyoucanB．stayindeepwaterforalongtime

C．liveindeepwatereasilyD．divefreelywithoutanydanger

B

Thefamousdirectorofabigandexpensivemovieplannedtofilmabeautifulsunsetovertheoceansothattheaudiencescouldseehisheroandheroineinfrontofitattheendofthefilmastheysaidgoodbyetoeachotherforever.Hesenthiscameracrew（摄制组）outoneeveningtofilmthesunsetforhim。

Thenextmorninghesaidtothemen,“Haveyouprovidedmewiththatsunset？

"

“No，sir。

”themenanswered。

Thedirectorwasangry。

“Whynot?

”heasked.

“Well,sir，"oneofthemenanswered。

“we’reontheeastcoasthere，andthesetsinthewest.Wecangetyouasunriseoverthesea,ifnecessary,butnotasunset.”

“ButIwantasunset！

”thedirectorshouted.“Gototheairport。

Takethenextflighttothewestcoast，andgetone.”

Butthenayoungsecretaryhadanidea。

“Whydon’tyouphotographasunrise。

”shesuggested。

“andthenplayitbackwards?

Thenit’lllooklikeasunset.”

Thecameracrewwentoutearlythenextmorningandfilmedabrightsunriseoverthebeachinthemiddleofabeautifulbay（海湾）.Thenatnineo’clocktheytookittothedirector。

“Hereitissir。

"theysaid，andgaveittohim.Hewasverypleased。

Theyallwentintothestudio（摄影棚）。

“Allright.“thedirectorexplained.“nowourheroandheroinearegoingtosaygood—bye.Runthefilmbackwardssothatwecanseethe‘sunsetbehindthem.‘“

The“sunset”began,butafteraquarterofaminute,thedirectorsuddenlyputhisfaceinhishandsandshoutedtothecameracrewtostop.

Thebirdsinthefilmwereflyingbackwards,andthewavesontheseaweregoingawayfromthebeach。

（）5:

Oneevening,thedirectorsenthiscameracrewout___.

A．towatchabeautifulsunset

B．tofilmasunsetsceneonthesea

C．tofindanactorandanactress

D．tomeettheaudience

（）6：

Whydidthedirectorwanttosendhiscrewtothewestcoast?

A．Becausehechangedhismindaboutgettingasunset。

B．Becauseitwashissecretary’ssuggestion.

C．Becausehewasangrywithhiscrew。

D．Becausehewantedtogetasceneofsunset.

（）7：

Thedirectorwantedtofilmasunsetovertheoceanbecause______.

A．whentheyarrivedatthebeachitwasalreadyintheevening

B．itwasmoremovingthanasunrise

C．itwentwellwiththeseparationoftheheroandtheheroine

D．theoceanlookedmorebeautifulatsunset

（）8:

Afterthe“sunset”began，thedirectorsuddenlyputhisfaceinhishands____。

A．ashesaweverythinginthefilmmovingbackwards

B．becausehewasmovedtotears

C．asthesunrisedidnotlookasbeautifulashehadimagined

D．becausehewasdisappointedwiththeperformanceoftheheroandheroine

C

Accordingtothedictionarydefinitionof“create,ordinarypeoplearecreativeeveryday".Tocreatemeans“tobringinto

being,tocausetoexistsomethingeachofusdoesdaily”.

Wearecreativewheneverwelookatorthinkaboutsomethinginanewway.First，thisincludesanawarenessofoursurroundings。

Itmeansusingallofoursensestobecomeawareofourworld。

Thismaybeassimpleasbeingawareofcolorandtexture（质地）,aswellastaste，whenweplanameal.Aboveall，itistheabilitytonoticethingsthatothersmightmiss。

Asecondpartofcreativityisanabilitytoseerelationshipsamongthings。

Ifwebelievetheexpression，“Thereisnothingnewunderthesun,thecreativityisremakingorrecombining（重组）theoldinnewways。

”Forexample，wemightdothisbyfindingamoreeffectivewaytostudyorabetterwaytoarrangeourfurniture,orwemightmakeanewcombinationofcameralensesandfilterstocreateanunusualphotograph.

Athirdpartofcreativityisthecourageanddrivetomakeuseofournewideas，toaskforthemtoachievesomenewresults.Tothinkupanewideaisonething；toputtheideatoworkisanother。

Thesethreepartsofcreativityareincludedinallthegreatworksofgeniuses，buttheyarealsoincludedinmanyofourday—to—dayactivities。

（）9.WhichofthefollowingactivitiesisNOTacreativeone

accordingtothepassage？

A。

Toprepareforameal。

B。

Toarrangethefurnitureinaspecialway。

C。

Tobuysomebooksfromabookstore.

D。

To“write”aletterwiththecomputer.

（）10。

“Thereisnothingnewunderthesun”reallyimpliesthat_________。

A.anewthingcanonlybecreatedatthebasisofearliestthings

B.anewthingisonlyatale

C.wecanseldomcreatenewthings

D。

wecanhardlyseereallynewthingsintheworld

（）11.Whatdoestheauthorthinkabouttherelationshipbetweenanewthoughtanditsbeingputintopractice？

A。

It’smoredifficulttocreateanewthoughtthantouseitinpractice。

B。

Tofindanewthoughtwillclearlyleadtotheproductionofanewthing.

C。

Amanwithanexcellentabilityofpracticecaneasilybecomeaninventor。

D.Onemaycomeupwithanewthought，butcannotputitintopractice.

D

Eveninchallengingeconomictimes，makingsurethatstudyabroadispartofourcollegestudents'educationisanimportantinvestment（投资）。

Ifwewantanewgenerationofleaderswhocanbeproductiveinanevermoreglobalizedworld，sendingourstudentsoverseasisnotaluxury（奢侈）。

It’sanecessity。

Learninginadifferentcultureandplaceallowsustoseeourownchallengesasweobservesmartpeopleinotherlandsdealingwithsimilarproblems.

Americancollegestudentsunderstandthevalueofstudyabroad。

Fouroutofeveryfivefirst—yearstudentsexpecttostudyoverseas。

Butatanygiventime，onlyabout2%ofstudentsareableto。

Educatorsareespeciallyconcernedthatthelackofchanceforstudentsfrompoorsocioeconomicbackgroundswillcausea“globaldivide”betweenstudentswho'vebenefitedfromaglobaleducationandthosewhohaven’t.Andstudentsforwhomforeigntravelisnoteasilyaffordablearetheoneswhobenefitmostfromtheexperience.Asasociety,wecanhelpimprovetheeducationofouryoungergeneration，andbrightentheirfutures,bymakingthisexperiencemoreavailable。

Isnowthetimetousevaluablepublicmoneytosendcollegekidsoverseas?

Ofcourse.Ourworldisonebig，rapidlydeveloping

marketplace.Employerslongforgraduateswhoaremultilingual（使用多种语言的）andcomfortableinmulticulturalsettings。

StudyabroadsharpenstheseskillsandhelpskeepAmericanworkerscompetitive。

Americanswhowantournextgenerationtobehands—onwiththeworld—workingwithinternationalpartnersagainstchallenges，workingcompetitivelyinaglobalizedeconomy，andhavingenthusiasmratherthananxietyaboutotherculturesandapproachestoexistingproblems-cangetonboardwiththemovementtohelpourstudentsgetaglobalizededucation。

Encouragetheyoungpeopleinyourlivestogetapassportandseetheworldasaclassroom.It’sgoodforAmerica.A