中学1718学年上学期高二期中考试英语试题附答案6.docx

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中学1718学年上学期高二期中考试英语试题附答案6

日喀则市第一高级中学

17-18学年度第一学期期中考试高二英语试卷

第一部分阅读理解（共两节，满分30分）

第一节（共10小题；每小题2分，满分20）

阅读下列短文，从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳答案。

A

Iwasaskedinane-mailaboutlearningidiomsinaforeignlanguage.MaybeIamdifferentfrommostpeople，butIdonotbotherwiththem.Tometheyarekindofdessertoflanguagelearning.Theycomeattheendofameal.Onceyouhavefilledupwiththesolidfare—thekeywordsandphrasesthatareusedinavarietyofsituations，thenyoucanaddafewidiomstospiceupthings.Andbythattimeyouwillbeabletopickthemupnaturallyanyway.

Ifindthatmanylearnershaveanobsession（困扰）withslangandidioms，asifrepeatingsomeverycolloquial_expressionsisgoingtoupgradehowtheysoundinalanguage.Infactitistheopposite.Idiomsaredifficulttousecorrectly.Theycaneasilysoundverystrangecomingfromsomeonewhoobviouslydoesnothaveagoodsenseofthelanguage.

Yes，occasionallyyouhearidiomsorslanganddonotunderstand.But，inmyexperience，therearealwayssituationswhereyoudonotunderstand.Itisbesttofocusonthemostimportantwords，whattheymeanandhowtheyareused.Certainly，itisbestforanon－nativespeakertosticktostandardspeech.

Someteacherseventrytoteachthe“reallanguage”．Thenyouhearnon－nativespeakerssayingthingslike“Igonna”，“Youwanna”etc.Ijustcringe（厌烦）．

Youwilllearnalltheidiomsyouneedjustbyexposingyourselftothelanguage.Ingeneral，youcansaveanyphrasethatyoufindinteresting，andifthatincludesidioms，gotoit.ButIwouldnotmakeanyspecialefforttogoafteridioms.I，infact，avoidthem.IfIcomeacrosssomethinginRussianthatstrikesmeasaparticularlyslangyoridiomaticuseofwords，Ijustleaveitaside;donotevenbothertryingtolearnit.Ifitkeepsonappearing，thenIwilllearnit.ButIwouldcertainlybereluctant（勉强的）totrytouseit.

1．Inthewriter'sopinion，whenonelearnsanewlanguage，oneshouldlearnitsidioms________．

A．atthebeginningB．onone'sownC．intheendD．withouthelp

2．Theunderlinedword“colloquial”inPara.2means“________”.

A．oralB．informalC．formalD．written

3．Itcanbeinferredfromthepassagethat________．

A．idiomsarethemostimportantpartinalanguage

B．thewriterisnotverywillingtouseidioms

C．non－nativespeakersshouldlearnmoreidioms

D．therearenowaystomasteridioms

4．Howdidthewriterdevelopthepassage?

A．Byinferring.B．Bycomparing.

C．Bylistingexamples.D．Bygivingexplanations.

B

IntheUS,thepotatoisoneofthemostwidelyconsumedcrops.FrenchfriesarecommonlyfoundintypicalAmericanfast-foodburgerjointsandcafeterias.FrenchfrieswereintroducedtotheUSwhenThomasJeffersonservedthemintheWhiteHouseduringhispresidencyfrom1801t01809.Potatochipsarepopularwithconsumersaswell.

Thehumblepotatoismorethanjustakindoffood.Inmanywaysit’spartoftheAmericanpopculture.Let’stakealookatsomepopculturepotatoes.

MashedPotatodance

TheMashedPotatodanceisacrazethatbeganin1962.Thenameofthedancecamefromthesongitaccompanies,MashedPotatoTime,performedbyAmericanR&BsingerDeeDeeSharp.ThemovevaguelyresemblesthatoftheTwistdancestyle,bySharp’sfellowPhiladelphian,ChubbyChecker.

HotPotato!

HotPotato!

isanactionpuzzlevideogamereleasedin2001.Inthegametheplayermustdriveabusandcleartheroadofalienpotatobeings.Thepotatobeingsareeitherredorblue;whentwolike-coloredpotatoestoucheachother,theydisappear..Overtheyears,HotPotato!

hasreceivedmostlypositivereceptionfromcritics.

Mr.PotatoHead

Mr.PotatoHeadisanAmericantoyinventedbyGeorgeLernerin1949.Thetoyconsistsofaplasticpotatomodelandavarietyofplasticpartslikehands,feet,earsandmouths.In1952,Mr.PotatoHeadbecamethefirsttoyadvertisedontelevision.Thiscommercialrevolutionizedmarketingandcausedaboomthatsolidifiedthistoy’splaceinAmericanpopculture.

5.WhichisthenewesttotheAmericanpopculture?

A.Frenchfries.B.MashedPotatodance.

C.HotPotato!

D.Mr.PotatoHead.

6.Whatcanweinferfromthetext?

A.FrenchfrieswerepopularinUSwhenfirstservedintheWhiteHouse.

B.MashedPotatoTimecamefromMashedPotatodance.

C.PlayerscanplayHotPotato!

ontheirphone.

D.Mr.PotatoHeadcanbetakenapart.

7.Whichofthefollowingcanbethebesttitleforthetext?

A.EnjoyAmericanFastFoodB.HaveFunwithPotatoes

C.DifferentUsesofPotatoesD.AmericanFoodCulture

C

Hello.I’mJanfromMrs.Lake’sclass.Myclasswantstoworktogethertohelpthepublic.Wethinkwehavefoundagreatwaytodothis.Lastmonthwedidaclassprojectonthehighwaysnearourtown.WelearnedabouttheAdoptaHighwayProgram.Thisprogrambringspeopletogethertopickuplitteralongtheroads.Wethinkitisagreatideaforallstudentsinourschooltojointheprogramandadoptahighway.Adoptingahighwayisnotlikeadoptingapet.Whenahighwayisadopted，onlypartofthehighwayiscaredforbyagroupofpeople.Thegroupagreestoworkeveryweektokeepitspartofthehighwayclean.Eachgroupgetsitsownsignthathasthenameofthegroupprintedonit.Thesignisputupatthesideoftheroad.Thissignletsdriversknowwhoiskeepingthatareaoftheroadclean.TheAdoptaHighwayProgramisagreatwayforpeopletohelptheirenvironmentlooknicer.Also，thegovernmentdoesnothavetosendoutmanyroadworkers.Thissavesmoney.Finally，peoplemaytryhardertokeeproadscleaniftheyseepeople，especiallyteenagerslikeus，cleaningthemup.Weneedhelperstocareforouradoptedhighway.Ifyouwanttofeelgreatandkeepourroadsclean，pleasecomewithyourparentstothemeetingnextweek.WewillmeetinMrs.Lake’sroomonWednesdayat6：

00P．M.Atthemeeting，wewilltalkaboutwhichroadsarethedirtiestasaresultofpeople’sunkindacts.Thenwe’lltrytopickanareatoadoptandcleanup.Ilookforwardtoseeingyouatthemeeting.Remembertokeepourroadsclean!

8．Whatshouldthestudentsdofirstiftheywanttojointheprogram?

A．Pickaspottocarefor.B．CallMrs.Lakenextweek.

C．Writealettertotheirparents.D．GotothemeetingonWednesday.9．Whatisthepurposeofthisspeech?

A．Toencouragestudentstojointheprogram.

B．Tointroducethetrafficsystem.

C．Toshowdrivershowtodrivesafely.

D．Totellastoryaboutadoptingapet.

10．Whichofthefollowingcanbethebesttitleforthepassage?

A．AdoptaPetB．AdoptaHighway

C．WaystoProtecttheEnvironmentD．VolunteersonRoads

第二节（共5小题；每小题2分，满分10）

根据敦文内容，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。

ModelingGoodReadingHabitswithTeens

Bymodelinggoodreadinghabitsforyourteen，youwillbedoingsomethinggoodforbothofyou.Ifyouarewillingtochangeyourdailyactivitiesjustalittle，suchasbyreducingthetimewatchingtelevisioneachday，youwillbewellonyourwaytohelpingbothofyoubecomemoreregularreaders.__11__Herearesomewaystogetbothofyoutomakereadingahabit.

1．Readsomethingtogether

Borrowtwocopiesofthesamebookfromthelibrary.__12__Organizeareadingschedule，andmaketimetodiscusswhatyou'vebeenreading.Trytalkingaboutbooksspontaneously（自发地），too，wheneveryou'retogetherforsomeotherreason.Thiswillhelpstrengthenyourteen'sreadingcomprehension.

2．__13__

Yourteenwillbemorelikelytoreadspontaneouslyifyoustrategicallyplacereadingmaterialsonthecoffeetable，inthebathroom，inthecar，orwithhisorhermorningcereal.Putbooksintopursesandbackpacks，sothatreadingbecomesanecessarypartofatypicalday.

3．Showhowreadingisrelatedtootheractivities

Areyougoingonatrip？

Findbooksthatwillteachyouabouttheareayouwillbevisiting，orreadanovelsetinthatarea.Doyouhaveapet？

__14__

4．Visitbookstoresandlibrariesregularly

Onweekends，dropbybookstores，grabafewbooks，andsitdowntoahotchocolatetogether.__15__Youcanmodelgoodreadinghabitsjustbygoingwhereotherpeoplegotoscanandread.

A．Keepreadingmaterialshandy

B．Expandtherangeofbooksyouread

C．Organizeabookclubforadultsandteens.

D．Orgotothelibraryregularlyforsomereadingtime.

E．Orgiveeachotheryourfavoritebooks，andtradeoffreadingthem.

F．However，ifyoudon'tmakeaplan，modelinggoodreadinghabitscanbechallenging.

G．Readabookaboutpettraining，oranovelaboutthetrialsandjoysofpetownership.

第二部分完形填空（共20题，每小题1.5分，满分30分）

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。

Somepeoplewhofindthemselvesunabletosolveaproblemreactbyjustgivingup.Butitisnotgoodto__16__problemsbygivinguporbymakingexcusesfor__17__.Youmaybesurethatallyoungpeople__18__thesamedifficultprocessthatyouaregoingthrough:

meetingnewsituations,developingnewskills,andtestingtheirabilities.

Ifyouareunhappyaboutsomething,faceit.Tryto__19__theprobleminafewwords,sothatyouwillknowexactlywhatyouare__20__.Thenseeifyoucan“putyourfinger”onthe__21__ofyourunhappiness.

Inmanycases,weonly“think”thereisno__22__toaparticularproblem.Butoftenwecan__23__theproblemandachievethegoalbymakingadirect__24__．

Forexample,aboywantedtobeadebater（辩论家）.Whenhetriedforthedebatingteamasa__25__，thecoachthoughthewas__26__.Hewasshy;hehadahighpitchedvoice;andhisposture（体态）waspoor.Althoughhewasgivenlittlehopeofsuccess,hetook__27__ofevery__28__todebate.Hestudiedsuccessfulspeakersand__29__hisownweaknessandassets.Thenhe__30__manyhourslearningallthefactsonthetopicsforthedebate,andworkedatdevelopinggoodpostureandatspeakingclearly.Byh