甘肃省武威第五中学学年高二上学期期末考试英语试题 Word版含答案.docx

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甘肃省武威第五中学学年高二上学期期末考试英语试题Word版含答案

2017-2018学年第一学期武威五中高二年级英语试卷

第一卷

一、阅读理解（共20小题；每小题2分，共40分）

A

HolidaysintheUnitedStatesusuallycomeatleastonceamonth.MostmonthshaveanationalholidaythathasbeenarrangedtobecelebratedonaMonday.TheholidayshaveallbeendecidedtobecelebratedonaMondaysothattheworkersmayhave3-dayweekends—thatis,Saturday,SundayandMondayinordertorestortravel,ordothingswiththeirfamilies.MajorholidaysintheUnitedStatessuchasNewYear'sDayorChristmasDayortheday,whenwerememberthefirstsettlersoftheUnitedStates,calledThanksgivingDay,arecelebratedalloverthecountry.Duringtheseholidaysmostbusinessesclose

andtheworkersstayhomeandcelebratewiththeirfamily.

Vacationcanbefrom2weeksayearto5weeksayear.Thisusuallydependsonhowlongyou’vebeenworkingforacompany,whattypeofpositionyouhave,whetheryouhaveaveryhighpositionoraveryimportantpositionandit'sdifficulttofindsomeonetoreplaceyou.Inthiscase,youmighttakeafewdaysatatimeratherthantakingonemonthallatonce.Usuallythemoretimeyouspendworkingforacompany,themoretimeyoumaygetforavacation.

1.ThegovernmentoftheUnitedStatesmakesitaruleforworkerstohavea_____weekendalmostonceamonth.

A.1-dayB.2-dayC.3-dayD.4-day

2.WorkersintheUnitedStatessometimesworkfrom________.

A.MondaytoSaturdayB.TuesdaytoSunday

C.ThursdaytoFridayD.TuesdaytoFriday

3.WhichofthefollowingstatementsisNOTtrueaccordingtothispassage?

A.OnlyafewshopsremainopenonNewYear’sDay.

B.Mostoftheworkersneedn’tworkonChristmasDay.

C.ThanksgivingDayisimportantforAmericanpeople.

D.Alltheworkershaveahalf-monthvacationatleast.

4.Thereasonwhysomeonehastodividehisvacationintoseveralpartsisthat_____.

A.noonecanbefoundtotakehisplace

B.hehasn’tamosthighposition

C.heplaysanimportantroleinhiswork

D.hehasn’tbeenworkingforhiscompanyforalongtime

5.Whichofthefollowingisthebesttitleforthispassage?

A.HolidaysintheUnitedStates.B.VacationintheUnitedStates.

C.Howdotheworkersspendtheirholidays.D.HolidayandVacationintheUS

B

Herearetwocarsthatmaysomedaytaketheplaceoftoday’sbigautomobiles（汽车）．Ifeveryonedrivessuchacarinthefuturetherewillbelesspollutionintheair．Therewillalsobemoreparking（停放车辆）spaceincities，andstreetswillbelesscrowded．Threesuchcarsfitinthespacenowneededforonecaroftheusualsize．

Thelittlecarswillcostmuchlesstoownandtodrive．Drivingwillbesafer，too，astheselittlecarscangoonly65kilometersperhour．

Thecarsofthefuturewillbefineforgettingaroundacitybuttheywillnotbeusefulforlongtrips．Ifthecarispoweredbyelectricity，itwillhavetwobatteries（电池）一onebatteryforthemotorandtheotheroneforthehorn（喇叭），thesignals（信号灯），etc．Littlecarswhicharepoweredbygasoline（汽油）willgo450kilometersbeforeneedingtostopformoregasoline．

Ifbigcarsarestillusedalongwiththesmallones，twosetsofroadswillbeneededinthefuture．Someroadswillbeusedforthebig，fastcarsandotherroadswillbeneededforthesmaller，slowerones．

6．Whatistheadvantageofthesmallcars?

A．Therewon’tbesomuchpollutionandthesmallcarswon’tbesoexpensiveasthebigones．

B．Itwillbesafertodrivethesesmallcars．

C．Therewillbemorespaceforcarstopark．

D．Alloftheabove．

7．Whyisitsafertodrivethesesmallcars?

A．Becausethespeedofthesecarsisunlimited

B．Becausethespeedofthesecarsislimited．

C．Becausethestreetswon’tbesocrowded．

D．Becausethecarsneedonlyalittlespace．

8．Whatarethetwocarsreferredtointhethirdpassage?

A．Onewhichisgoodforgettingroundacityandonewhichisnotusefulforlongtrips．

B．Onewhichispoweredbyelectricityandonewhichispoweredbygasoline．

C．Onewhichispoweredbyelectricityandonewhichispoweredbysunlight．

D．Onewhichcostslessandonewhichrunsslowly．

9．Twosetsofroadsarenecessaryinthefutureinorderto________.

A．preventroadaccidentsB．makethecitymorebeautiful

C．1etsmallcarsrunfasterD．1imitthespeedofcars．

10.Thebesttitleforthepassagemightbe¬¬¬¬¬___________.

A.BigCarsandSmallCarsB.HowtoDriveSmallCars

C.CarsforTomorrowD.CarsforEveryone

C

PopeyetheSailorfirstbecameapopularcartooninthe1930s.Thesailorinthatcartoonatelotsofspinachtomakehimstrong.Peoplewatchedhim,andtheybegantobuyandeatalotmorespinach.Popeyehelpedsell33percentmorespinachthanbefore!

Spinachbecameanecessarypartofmanypeople’sdiets.Evensomechildrenwhohatedthetastebegantoeatthevegetable.

ManypeoplethoughtthattheironinspinachmadePopeyestrong,butthisisnottrue.Spinachdoesnothaveanymoreironthananyothergreenvegetable.

Peopleonlythoughtspinachhadalotofironbecausethepeoplewhostudiedthefoodmadeamistake.Inthe1890s,agroupofpeoplestudiedwhatwasinsidevegetables.Thisgroupsaidthatspinachhadtentimesmoreironthanitdid.Thegroupwrotethenumberwrong,andeveryoneacceptedit.

Today,weknowthatthelittleironthereisinspinachcannotmakeadifferenceinhowstrongapersonis.However,spinachdoeshavesomethingelsewhichthebodyneeds—folicacid.

Itisinterestingtopointoutthatfolicacidcanhelpmakeapersonstrong.MaybeitwasreallythefolicacidthatmadePopeyestrongallalong.

11.Agoodtitleforthisreadingpassageis______.

A.PopeyetheSailorB.TheTruthAboutSpinach

C.AMistakewithNumbersD.FolicAcidMakesYouStrong

12.WhydidmanypeopleeatspinachaftertheysawPopeyetheSailor?

A.Theythoughtspinachmadethemstrong.

B.TheythoughtPopeyewasfunny.

C.Spinachhadalotofiron.

D.Peoplelikedfolicacid.

13.Aresearchgrouptoldpeoplethatspinach______.

A.madePopeyestrong

B.wasagreenvegetable

C.hadlessironthanothergreenvegetables

D.hadmoreironthanothergreenvegetables

14.ThereadingpassagesaysthatperhapsPopeyegothisstrengthfrom______.

A.ironB.folicacidC.spinachD.exercise

15.Folicacidis______.

A.somethinginfoodB.avegetable

C.dangerousD.acertainkindofspinach

第二节、根据短文内容，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。

Whatisyourfavouritecolour?

Doyoulikeyellow,orangeorred?

__16__Doyouprefergreyandblue?

Thenyouareprobablyquiet,shyandyouwouldratherfollowthanlead.Youtendtobeapessimist（悲观的人）．Atleast,thisiswhatpsychologiststellus,andtheyshouldknow,becausetheyhavebeenseriouslystudyingthemeaningofcolourpreference（偏爱）,aswellastheeffectthatcolourshaveonhumanbeings.__17__Ifyouhappentolovebrown,youdidso,assoonasyouopenedyoureyes,oratleastassoonasyoucouldseeclearly.

__18__Ayellowroommakesmostpeoplefeelmorecheerfulandmorerelaxedthanadarkgreenone，andareddressbringswarmthandcheertothesaddestwinterday.__19__AblackbridgeovertheThamesRiver,nearLondon,usedtobethesceneofmoresuicides（自杀）thananyotherbridgeintheareauntilitwasrepaintedgreen.Thenumberofsuicideattemptsimmediatelyfellsharply（急剧地）．Perhapsitwouldhavefallenevenmoreifthebridgehadbeendoneinpinkorbabyblue.__20__Itisanestablishedfactthatfactoryworkersworkbetter,harderandhavefeweraccidentswhentheirmachinesarepaintedorangeratherthanblackorgrey.

A.Ontheotherhand,blackisdepressing.

B．Theytellus,amongotherfacts,thatwedonotchooseourfavouritecolourasgrowup－wearebornwithourpreference.

C．Theroomsarepaintedindifferentcoloursasyoulike.

D．Ifyoudo,youmustbeanoptimist（乐观的人）,aleaderoranactivepersonwhoenjoyslife,peopleandexcitement.

E．Lightandbrightcoloursmakepeoplenotonlyhappierbutmoreactive.

F．Lifeislikeapictureorapoem,fullofdifferentcolours.

G．Coloursdoinfluenceourmoods（情绪）－thereisnodoubtaboutit.

二、完形填空（共20小题；每小题2分，满分40分）

阅读下面短文，从短文后所给各题的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

WeatedinneronChristmasDayinasmallrestaurant．Suddenly，Eriksaid，“Hithere．”Hiseyeswerewidewith21andhismouthwasbaredinatoothlesssmile．Ilookedaroundandsawthe22ofhisioy．Itwasamanwithadirtyand23coat．Histrouserswerebaggyandhistoes24outofwould-beshoes．“Hithere，baby；Iseeya，Buster，”themansaidtoErik．

MyhusbandandIexchangedlooks．Erik25tolaughandanswer，“Hi，Hithere!

”Everyone26intherestaurantandlookedatusandthenattheman．Theoldmanwascreatinganuisance（讨厌）withmybeautifulbaby．Overour27themankepttalkingfromacrosstheroom．28Erikrespondedwithjoy．

Wefinally29themealandheadedforthedoor．Myhusbandwentto30thecheckandtoldmetomeethimintheparkinglot．WhileItriedtoavoidtheoldman．Eriklcanedovermyanti．BeforeIcould31him．Erikhadpulledhimselffrommyarl'nstotheman’s．Erik，intotaltrustandlove，32histinyheadupontheman’sraggedshoulder．Theman’seyesclosedwithtears．Hisagedhands33ofpainandhardlabor-gently，sogentlycradledmybaby．

Notwobeingshaveeverlovedsodeeplyfor34shortatime．Istoodinawe（敬畏）．Theoldman35Erikinhisarmsforamoment，andthenunwillinglyhereturnedErik．asthoughin36．Thenhesaid，“Godblessyou，ma’am，you’vegivenmemy37gift．”

Words38me．Isaidnothingmorethanamutteredthanks．WithErikinmyarms．Iranforthecar，cryingandholdingEriktightly．IhadjustwitnessedChrist’s39shownthroughtheinnocence（天真）ofasmallchildwhomadenojud