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贵州省安顺市西秀区旧州中学学年高二下学期期末考试英语试题Word版含答案

旧州中学2018-2019学年度第二学期

高二年级英语期末考卷

（共120分）

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一．阅读理解。

（每小题3分，共45分）

A

LiuYiheisa10-year-oldpupilinGrade3ofNanjingHanjiangRoadPrimarySchool.Huberisa24-year-oldsophomore（大学二年级学生）ofEuropeanCommercialUniversity,Germany.Theyare9000kmawayfromeachotherandtheiragegapis14years.Knowingthe“InternationalInterProgram”foundedbyNanjingForeignCulturalExchangeCenter,LiuYihetriedhardtobecomeacandidateforCivilianAmbassadorofForeignCulturalExchangeofNanjingandhisfamilyisselectedasthefirsthome-stayfamily.

Asthefirstinternationalinternoftheprogram,HubercametostayinLiuYihe’shousesinceJune15thlastyearandhasformedaclosebondwiththeLiufamily.

ThoughLiuYiheisonly10yearsold,hehashisownmethodinteachingHuberTangPoems.HeexplainsthesentencesofthepoemsindetailsandshowshowtopronouncethetonestoHuber.

“IalsoteachhimChinesesongs.”LiuandHubersangachildren’ssongnamed“LookingforMyFriend”forthereporter.Itisfunnytoseetheboyssingsongshandinhand,clappingandleaping.

However,thereisstilllanguageobstaclebetweenthem.Liu’svocabularyislimited,buthehassmartways.Forexample,onceLiuwantedtotellHuberthatancientChinesewroteonbambooslipsbuthedidnotknowhowtosay“bamboo”.Abrightideaflashedthroughhismind,thenheaskedHuberwhatpandaate.Sotheproblemissolved.

Huber,whoisinspiredbytheexperience,hasdecidedtoteachchildrenofimmigrantworkers（农民工）EnglishinhissparetimetorepaythegoodnessofNanjingpeople.

1.Whichofthefollowingisthebesttitleforthepassage?

A.Home-stayAffectsForeigners

B.HowtoTeachForeignChinese

C.AGermanstudentsstudyingChineseinNanjing

D.FriendshipBetweenaGermanStudentandaNanjingPupil

2.Theunderlinedword“candidate”inParagraph1means___________

A.apersonwholikelytogoabroad

B.apersonregardedassuitableforaposition

C.apersonknowinghowtoteachforeigners

D.apersonselectedtotakeaspecialexamination

3.Whatistheauthor’sattitudetowardsLiuYihe?

A.PraisefulB.ShockedC.DissatisfiedD.Uninterested

B

Imagineforamomentoneofthosenightswhenyoujustcan’tfallasleepandyouhavetogetupearlythenextmorningforaveryimportantmeetingofwhichyouarethekeynotespeaker.Youralarmclockgoesoffearlyinthemorning,wakingyoufromwhatlittlesleepyouhad.Youstumbleoutofbed,haveaquickshower,grabacoffeeandsometoast,andofftofightthetrafficonthewaytowork.

Doesthatsoundlikethestartofaterribleday?

Mostwouldanswer“yes”.Fewpeople,however,wouldanswer“no”.Therearethepeoplewhoare,inmyopinion,blessedwithagift.Agiftthatdetermineshowtheyviewtheirlife.Thesepeoplelivewith“anattitudeofgratitude”.Forthem,thesituationdescribedcouldbeworse.Muchworse.Forexample,thinkofthemanwhodoesn’thaveabed,letalonearoofoverhishead.Whenheisawokenfromwhatlittlesleepheisabletoget,itisbythetrainfallingonhiscoldbody.Hestumblestohisfeetandbeginshisjourneytoworkinhisbarefeet.Hisworkisinthefieldofsurvival.Hesearchesthroughgarbagecansforscrapsofhalf-rottenfoodtoeatandoddbitsofclothestokeephimwarm.

Thepurposeofthisexampleistoshowthatweallhavesomuchtobegratefulfor.Evenintimeswhenitseemsthatnothingcouldbeworse,thereisalwaysareasontobegrateful.Andwhenyoufeelasenseofgratitude,youfeelasenseofhappinessandcontent.Mychallengetoyoutodayistolearntolookforthegoodineverysituationandlivewith“anattitudeofgratitude”.

4.Theauthorgivestheexampleinthefirsttwoparagraphstoshowthat_______

A.modernpeoplearejusttoobusy

B.alotofpeoplehavesleepproblems

C.alotofpeoplearecarriedawaybythefastpaceofmodernlife

D.wehavealottofeelgratefulfor

5.Theauthorwouldprobablyagreethat_________

A.weshouldhavetheabilitytoturneverybadsituationtoouradvantage

B.weshouldlookforthegoodineverysituationnomatterhowbaditis

C.itisdifficultforpeopletolearntofeelgratefulinlife

D.itisimpossibletofeelgratefulintimeswhennothingcouldbeworse

6.Thepurposeofthepassageisto______________

A.describeacommonsenseinlife

B.makeasuggestiontothereaders

C.analyzethebenefitofgratitude

D.argueagainstacommonbelief

C

GeneralAirportTips

Plantogettotheairportatleastanhourearly,ortwoduringholidaysandotherbusytimes;thiswillpayoffwithamajorreductionofstress.Ifallgoeswell,youwillhavetimetorelax,shopforlast-minuteitems,orhaveamealbeforetheflight.FlightDelays

Findoutwhyyouflightisdelayed.Callthetoll-freenumber.Findoutifotherairlinesareexperiencingsimilardelays.

Ifyoubelievethedelayisduetosomethingotherthanweatherorairtrafficproblems,thenmentionyoursuspicion（怀疑）andasktheairlineagenttobookyouonthenextavailableflight,eitheronthesameairlineoracompetingone.Thisiscalled“Rule240”,andallairlinesarerequiredtodoit.Usethelingo（行话）;ask,“Canyou240me?

”whenspeakingwithanagent.Theywillknowwhatyoumean.

FlightCancellations

Ifyourflightiscanceled,thenmakeareservation（预约）onthenextflighttoyourdestination.Usually,airlinepersonnelwilltrytobookeveryoneontheirnextflightout.Oftentheywillputyouonacompetitor’snextflightonlyifyourequestit.

Ifon-timearrivalisimportanttoyou,whenyoucheckflightsthroughourreservationsystemyoucanrateyourchoicesbaseontheiron-timearrivalrecords.Besuretoalsochecktheweatherconditions,astheyoftenaffectflightschedules（日程表）

GettingBumped

Toavoidgettingbumped（不能登机）,youmustbeattheloadinggateatleast10minutesaheadofscheduleddepartureforaU.S.flight,20minutesto/fromBahamas,Canada,andMexicoand30to/fromallotherinternationalpoints.Youmustbeattheloadinggate,nottheairportentrance.

7.Apersongoestotheairportaheadoftimemainlyto_________

A.buywhathewantsintheairportB.haveagoodrestintheairplane

C.reducethepressureoftheflightD.getontheairplaneearlier

8.Ifapersoncalls“Rule240”,hewantsto__________

A.changeforthetickettothenextflight

B.makesurethetimeforthenextplane

C.knowifotherflights’delayshappen

D.askthereasonfortheplanedelay

9.Inordernottogetbumped,youmust__________

A.waitattheloadinggateofanAmericanairport20minutesearlier

B.waitattheloadinggateofaGermanairport30minutesearlier.

C.arriveattheentranceofaMexicanairport10minutesearlier.

D.arriveattheentranceofaBritishairport30minutesearlier.

10.Thepurposeinwritingthistextisto_________

A.showushowtogetonaplane

B.telluswhattodobeforeandafteraflight

C.putforwardsuggestionsforaflight

D.teachusactionsbeforeanemergency

D

Whenanimalsandplantsusecolortobenoticed,itiscalledadvertisingcoloration（着色）.Advertisingcolorationcanbeusedtoeitherwarnorattractanimals.

Thebrightcolorsofflowersandberriesareadvertisingcolorationthatattractsanimals.Flowersneedtobepollinated（对。

。

。

授粉）toreproduce.Beesandhummingbirdsareattractedtobrightcolorsandwillpollinatetheflowers.Somepollinatedplantswillproduceberries.Theseberrieswillturnabrightcolorwhentheyareripe.Thebrightcolorletsberry-eatingbirdsknowthefruitissweetandsafetoeat.Afterbirdseattheberries,theseedswillpassthroughtheirdigestivesystemandbeleftbehind.Someoftheseedsleftbehindwillgrowintonewplants.

Colorisalsousedtoattractmates（配偶）.Manymalebirdslikethenortherncardinalarebrightlycoloredtoattractfemales.Brightfeatherscanbeasignofhowhealthythebirdis!

Femalebirdsarenaturallyattractedtohealthiermalesbecausetheiroffspringwillbehealthier.Femalebirdsareoftenlesscolorful.Thishelpshidethemwhentheyarenesting.

Advertisingcolorisalsousedtowarnanimalsaway.Theladybughasbrightorangewingswithblackspots.Itscoloringwarnsmeat-eatinganimalsthattheladybugtastesterrible.Thestripedskunk（臭鼬）haswhitestripsthatareawarningtomeat-eatinganimalthattheymaybeinforanastysurpriseiftheytrytoattack.

Someanimals,likethered-eyedtreefrog,mayscarepredatorsawaywiththeircolor.Red-eyedtreefrogssleepduringtheday.Ifameat-eatinganimalcameuptothemandtheyopenedtheireyes,thebrightredcoloroftheireyesmightshockthepredatorlongenoughtogivethered-eyedfrogtimetohopawaytosafety!

11.Thewriterwrotehistextmainlytotellus__________

A.animalsandplantsusecolortoeitherwarnorattractanimals

B.whattheaccuratedefinitionoftheadvertisingcolorationis

C.animalsusevariouswaystoprotectthemselvesfrombeingattacked

D.plantscanalsousecolortokeepotheranimalsorplantsaway

12.Thecorrectorderofthefollowingeventsshouldbe_____________

a.Birdsatetheberriesb.Seedsgrewintonewplants

c.Someplantsproducedberriesd.Beespollinatedtheflowers

e.Theseberriesturnedabrightcolorf.Theflowershadbrightcolors

A.a-b-f-e-d-cB.e-c-a-b-f-dC.f-d-c-e-a-bD.b-e-a-c-f-d

13.Whatkindofcolorshowsthatadvertisingcolorationcanbeusedtowarnanimals?

A.ColorsofflowersB.Thecolorofthered-eyedtreefrog

C.ColorsofberriesD.Thecolorofnortherncardinal.

14.Theunderlinedword“offspring”inParagra