甘肃兰州新区舟曲中学学年高二下学期期末考试英语试题.docx

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甘肃兰州新区舟曲中学学年高二下学期期末考试英语试题

新舟中学2016-2017学年度第二学期期末考试

高二年级英语试卷

本试卷分为第

卷、第

卷、第

卷三部分。

考试结束后，交回答题卡。

第

卷

单项选择（共10小题：

每小题1.5分，满分15分）

1.Beingselfishreferstoanindividual______talksonhisorhercellphoneevenwhendoingsoisrudeorinconsiderateofotherpeople.

A.who

B.whose

C.which

D.when

2.MomtoldhimhewasforbiddentowatchTVforamonth.______,hestormedoutoftheroom.

A.Inresponse

B.Inturn

C.Inreturn

D.Inadvance

3.Thenumberofsmokers,______isreported,hasdroppedby17percentinjustoneyear.

A.it

B.which

C.what

D.as

4.Mostofus,ifweknowevenalittleaboutwhereourfoodcomesfrom,understandthateverybiteputintoourmouthswas______alive.

A.steadily

B.instantly

C.formerly

D.permanently

5.Mr.Ligaveallthetextbookstoallthepupils,except______whohadalreadytakenthem.

A.these

B.theones

C.ones

D.theothers

6.Neverdrinktoomuchwineagain.It______havegotyoukilled!

A.must

B.might

C.should

D.would

7.It’severyone’sdesirethateveryeffort______torealizetheChinaDream.

A.wasmade

B.bemade

C.willbemade

D.wouldbemade

8.______alittleearlier,youcouldhavegotacopyofhislatestbook.

A.Ifyouwouldarrive

B.Ifyouarrived

C.Shouldyouarrive

D.Hadyouarrived

9.Ittook______buildingsuppliestoconstructtheseenergy-savinghouses.Ittookbrains,too.

A.otherthan

B.morethan

C.ratherthan

D.lessthan

10.Lifeislikeridingabicycle.______yourbalance,youmustkeepmoving.

A.Keeping

B.Tokeep

C.Keep

D.Beingkept

课文语法填空（共10小空：

每小空1.5分，满分15分）

Englandisthe11（large）ofthefourcountries,and12convenienceitisdividedroughlyintothree13（zone）.ThezonenearestFranceiscalledtheSouthofEngland,themiddlezoneiscalledtheMidlandsandtheonenearesttoScotlandisknownastheNorth.Youfindmostofthepopulation14（settle）inthesouth,15mostoftheindustrialcitiesin16MidlandsandtheNorthofEngland.Although,nationwide,thesecitiesarenotaslargeasthoseinChina,theyhaveworld-famousfootballteamsandsomeof17evenhavetwo!

Itisapity18theindustrialcitiesbuiltinthenineteenthcenturydonotattractvisitors.Forhistoricalarchitectureyouhavetogotoolderbutsmallertowns19（build）bytheRomans.Thereyou20（find）outmoreaboutBritishhistoryandculture.

第II卷

阅读理解（共两节，满分40分）

第一节（共15小题：

每题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和D）中，选出最佳选项.

A

Whenitcomestomaterialstodogoodtoourbody,itmustbementionedthatthereareallsortsoffoodstoeveryone’staste.Somefoodsareknowntohaveacompletelyruinedeffectonyourbrainfunction,andnutritionistsadviseusnottoconsumethemtoomuchinordertolimittheirnegativeimpacts.Herearesometopfoodsthatkillyourintelligence.

1.Sugar

Sugarandsugaryproductsarebadnotonlyforyourwaistline,butforyourbrainfunctionaswell.Long-termconsumptionofsugarcancreatealotofneurological（神经系统的）problems,anditcanalsodoharmtoyourmemory.Ontheotherhand,sugarcanalsobringdamagetoyourabilitytolearn.Soavoidtheproducts.

2.Alcohol

Alcoholisknowntoharmyourliver（肝）inthelongrun,anditalsocauseswhatisknownas"brainfog",afeelingofmentalconfusion.Itactslikeacloudthatimpactsyourabilitytothinkclearly,aswellasyourmemory.Haveyouevernoticedthatyoucannotremembercommonitems’names?

Thismightbeinfluencedbyhighalcoholintake,whichimpactsthebalanceofthebrain.

3.JunkFood

Arecentstudyhasrevealedthatjunkfoodcanchangethechemicalsinthebrain,thusleadingtosymptomsassociatedwithdepressionandanxiety.Besides,foodsthatarehighinfatcanalsoproducesomesymptomsthataresimilartothesignsof"miss"whenyoustopconsumingthem.Thesefoodsaffecttheproductionofdopamine（多巴胺）,animportantchemicalthatpromoteshappinessandanoverallfeelingofwell-being.

4.VerySaltyFoods

Everybodyknowsthatsaltyfoodsaffectyourbloodpressureandtheyareveryhardonyourheart.However,asresearchsuggests,foodsthatcontainhighamountsofsaltcanaffectyourlearningfunctionandmakeyourabilitytothinkimperfect.Otherwisestated,saltyfoodsaffectyourintelligence!

Asamatteroffact,theconsumptionofsaltyfoodshasbeenshowntohavethesameeffectasdrugs,astheycauseuncomfortablesymptomsandhungerforsaltyfoods.

5.FoodswithProcessedProteins（蛋白质）

Meatistherichestsourceofhigh-qualityprotein,butavoidsoverlyprocessedproteinssuchashotdogs,sausagesandsoon.Unlikethenaturalproteinsthathelpyourbodyprotectthenervoussystem,processedproteinsdoexactlytheopposite.Betterchoosenaturalproducts,suchasfish,dairyproducts,andseedsasthesearenatural,high-qualityproteinsources.

21.Whichgroupoffoodsmayaffectyourmemory?

A.Sugarandalcohol.

B.Sugarandjunkfood.

C.Alcoholandjunkfood.

D.Sugarandverysaltyfoods.

22.Ifyouwanttopromotehappiness,whichofthefollowingshouldyoustopeating?

A.Sugar.

B.Foodswithprocessedproteins.

C.Alcohol.

D.Junkfood.

23.Thespecialeffectoffoodshighinfatandverysaltyfoodsliesin_________.

A.increaseofanxiety

B.decreaseofbloodpressure

C.mentalconfusion

D.theiraddiction

24.Intermsofthementionedfoods,thewriterseemstotellus_________.

A.theywillaffectourhealthonceeaten

B.themoreyoueat,thelesschanceofillnessyouwillget

C.thekeypointistopayspecialattentiontotheamountwetake

D.onceweareaddicted,it’shardtogetridofthem

B

Sometimeinthefuture,thefamiliarearly-newspaperonthefrontporch（门廊）willdisappear.Andinsteadofreadingyournewspaper,itwillreadtoyou.You’llgetupandturnonthecomputernewspaperjustlikeswitchingontheTV.Anelectronicvoicewilldistributestoriesaboutthelatestevents,guidedbyaprogramthatselectsthetypeofnewsyouwant.You’llevengettochoosethekindofvoiceyouwanttohear.Wantmoreinformationonthisbriefstory?

Asimpletouchmakestheentiretextappear.Youcansaveitinyourownpersonalcomputerifyoulike.Theseareamongthepredictionsfromcommunicationexpertsworkingonthenewspapersofthefuture.Picturedaspartofbroaderhome-basedmediaandentertainmentsystems,computernewspaperswilluniteprintandbroadcastreporting,andoffernewsandanalysiswithvideoimagesofnewsevents.

Mostofthetechnologyisavailablenow,butconvincingmorepeoplethattheydon’tneedtoreadanewspaperisthenextstep.Butresistancetocomputernewspapersmaybestrongerfromwithinjournalism.Sinceitissuchaculturalchange,itmaybethatthepresentgenerationofjournalistsandpublisherswillhavetodieoffbeforethenextgenerationrealizesthatthenewspaperindustryisnolongeranewspaperindustry.Technologyismakingtheendoftraditionalnewspapersunavoidable.

Despitetechnologicaladvances,itcouldtakedecadestoreplacenewsprintwithcomputerscreens.Itmighttake30to40yearstocompletethechangeoverbecausepeopleneedtobuycomputersandbecausenewspapershaveestablishedfinancialinterestsinthepaperindustry.

25.WhichofthefollowingisNOTanadvantageofcomputernewspapersaccordingtothepassage?

A.Theyarecheaperthantraditionalnewspapers.

B.Theyaremoreconvenienttoread.

C.Youcanchoosethekindofvoiceyouwanttohear.

D.Youcaneasilysaveinformationforfutureuse.

26.Journalistsareagainstcomputernewspapersbecause_________.

A.theydon’tknowhowtousecomputers

B.theythinkcomputernewspaperstaketoomuchtimetoread

C.theythinkthenewtechnologyisbad

D.theyhavebeentrainedtowritefortraditionalnewspapers

27.Whywillittakealongtimetocompletethechangeover?

A.Newspapershaveestablishedfinancialinterestsinthepaperindustry.

B.Computernewspapersaretooexpensive.

C.Thepopularizationofcomputersneedsalongtime.

D.BothAandC.

28.Whatisthemainideaofthepassage?

A.Computernewspapersarewellliked.

B.Newspapersofthefuturewillbeonthecomputer.

C.Newspapersareoutoffashion.

D.Newcommunicationstechnologyisusedwidely.

C

Inhis1930essay“EconomicPossibilitiesforOurGrandchildren”,JohnKeynes,afamouseconomist,wrotethathumanneedsfallintotwoclasses:

absoluteneeds,whichareindependentofwhatothershave,andrelativeneeds,whichmakeusfeelsuperiortoourfellows.Hethoughtthatalthoughrelativeneedsmayindeedbeinsatiable（无止境的）,thisisnottrueofabsoluteneeds.

Keyneswassurelycorrectthatonlyasmallpartoftotalspendingisdecidedbythedesireforsuperiority.Hewasgreatlymistaken,however,inseeingthisdesireastheonlysourceofinsatiabledemands.

Decisionstospendarealsodrivenbyideasofqualitywhichcaninfluencethedemandforalmostallgoods,includingevenbasicgoodslikefood.Whenacouplegoesoutforananniversarydinner,forexample,thethoughtoffeelingsuperiortoothersprobablynevercomestothem.Theirgoalistoshareaspecialmealthatstandsoutfromothermeals.

Therearenoobviouslimitstotheescalationofdemandsforquality.Forexample,Porsche,afamouscarproducer,hasamodelwhichwasconsideredperhapsthebestsportscaronthemarket.Pricedatover$120,000,ithandlesperfectlywellandhasgreatspeedacceleration.Butin2004,theproducerintroducedsomechangeswhichmadethemodelslightlybetterinhandlingacceleration.Peoplewhoreallycareaboutcarsfindthesesmallimprovementsexciting.Togetth