贵州省湄潭县湄江中学学年高二上学期期末考试英语试题含答案.docx

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贵州省湄潭县湄江中学学年高二上学期期末考试英语试题含答案

湄江高级中学2016-2017学年度第一学期目标质量检测

高二英语

（总分：

120分，时间：

100分钟）

第一部分：

阅读理解（共两节，满分40分）

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和D）中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

A

Victor’shobbywascollectingstamps.Hehadstampsfrommanycountries,likeEngland,CanadaandChina.Onhisbirthday,canyouguesswhatpeoplegavehim?

That’sright—stamps.

Victor’sfavoritestampscamefromFrance.Hehadalmosteverystampfrom1954to2004.Heonlyneededone.Thatwasa1974specialedition.Itwasveryhardtofind.

Helookedforiteverywhere.Heaskedhisfriendsandrelativestohelphim.Butnobodycouldfindthestamp.ItmadeVictorverysad.“Don’tworry.Nevergiveup,”hisfathersaidtohim.“Ifyouhaveenoughpatience,you’llfinditoneday.”

“Ihopeso,”Victorsaid.

Victoralsolikedwriting.HehadapenfriendinFrance.Theywrotetoeachothereverymonth.Victor’spenfriend,Phillip,usuallyusednewstampstosendletters.Sometimes,hismothergavehimstampstouse.OncePhillip’smothergavehimabig,greenstamp.Itlookedold.WhenVictorreceivedtheletter,hewasverysurprised.Ontheenvelope,helookedcarefullyatthestamp.Itwasthe1974specialeditionstamp.Victorwassohappy.Hetoldhissister,hismotherandhisfather.

“Yousee,”hisfathersaid.“Youdidfindyourstamp.So,it’sgoodtohavetwothingsinlife.”

“Whatarethey?

”Victorasked.

“Friendsandpatience.”Heanswered.

1.ItwasverydifficultforVictortofindaspecialFrenchstampof_________.

A.1954         B.1974       C.1994      D.2004

2.Whoownedthespecialeditionstampattheverybeginning?

A.Phillip.B.Phillip’smother. C.Victor.D.Victor’sfather.

3.Thepassagemainlytellsusthat________is（are）importanttopeople.

A.ahappyfamily    B.agoodhobbyC.relativesandfriendship    D.friendsandpatience

B

WhenIfirstgotane-mailaccounttenyearsago,Ireceivedcommunicationsonlyfromfamily,friends,andcolleagues.NowitseemsthateverytimeIcheckmye-mail，Ihaveanendlessseriesofadvertisementsandothercorrespondencethatdonotinterestmeatall.Ifwewante-mailtocontinuetobeuseful,weneedspecificlawsthatmakespamming（发送垃圾邮件）acrime.

Iflawmakersdonotdosomethingsoontoprohibitspam,theproblemwillcertainlygetmuchworse.Computerprogramsallowspammerstosendhundredsofmillionsofe-mailsalmostinstantly.Asmoreandmoreadvertisersturntospamtoselltheirproducts，individuale-mailboxesareoftenfloodedwithspame-mails.Wouldpeoplecontinuetousee-mailiftheyhadtodealwithanannoyingamountofspameachtime?

Thisproblemistroublingindividualsandcompaniesaswell.Manyspame-mailscontaincomputervirusesthatcanshutdowntheentirenetworkofacompany.Companiesrelyone-mailfortheiremployeestocommunicatewitheachother.Spamfrequentlycausesfailuresintheirlocalcommunicationsnetworks,andtheiremployeesarethusunabletocommunicateeffectively.Suchasituationresultsinalossofproductivityandrequirescompaniestorepeatedlyrepairtheirnetworks.Thesecomputerproblemsraiseproductioncostsofcompanies,whichare,intheend,passedontotheconsumer.

Forthesereasons,Ibelievethatlawmakersneedtolegislate（立法）againstspare.Spammersshouldbefined,andperhapssenttoprisoniftheycontinuetodisturbpeople.E-mailisatoolwhichhelpspeopleallovertheworldtocommunicateconveniently,butspamisdestroyingthisconvenience.

4.Whatdoestheunderlinedword“correspondence”intheParagraphlprobablymean?

 A.messages   B.ideas   C.connections   D.programs

5.Accordingtothetext,whatisthemajorcauseofthefloodingspam?

 A.Companiesrelyone-mailforcommunications.

 B.Morepeopleintheworldcommunicatebye-mail.

 C.Manycomputervirusescontainspame-mail.

 D.Moreadvertisersbegintopromotesalesthroughspam. 

6.AccordingtoParagraph3,whoisthefinalvictimofspam?

A.Thebusiness.   B.Theadvertiser.   C.Theemployee.   D.Theconsumer.

7.Whatisthepurposeofthetext?

 A.Toinform.   B.Toeducate.   C.Topersuade.   D.Toinstruct.

C

Tous,itseemssonaturaltoputupanumbrellatokeepthewateroffwhenitrains.Butinfacttheumbrellawasnotinventedasprotectionagainsttherain.Itsfirstusewasasashade（遮蔽）againstthesun.

Nobodyknowswhofirstinventedit,buttheumbrellawasusedinveryancienttimes.ProbablythefirsttouseitweretheChinese,backintheeleventhcenturyBC.

WeknowthattheumbrellawasusedinancientEgyptandBabylonasasunshade.Andtherewasastrangethingconnectedwithitsuse:

itbecameasymbolofhonorandpower（权力）.IntheFarEastinancienttimes,theumbrellawasallowedtobeusedonlybythoseinhighofficeorbyroyalpeoplesuchasthekingsorqueens.

InEurope,theGreekswerethefirsttousetheumbrellaasasunshade.TheumbrellawasincommonuseinancientGreece,butitisbelievedthatthefirstpeopleinEuropetousetheumbrellaasprotectionagainsttherainweretheancientRomans.DuringthemiddleagesinEurope,theuseoftheumbrellaalmostdisappeared.ThenitappearedagaininItalyinthelatesixteenthcentury.Andagainitbecameasymbolofpower.

Umbrellashavenotchangedmuchinstyleduringallthistime,thoughtheyhavebecomemuchlighterinweight.Itwasn'tuntilthetwentiethcenturythattheumbrellasforwomenbegantobemadeinallkindsofcolors.

8.Ancientpeoplefirstusedumbrellasas_________.

A.asymbolofhonorB.protectionagainstthesun

C.asymbolofpowerD.protectionagainsttherain

9.Accordingtothepassage,theumbrellawasprobablyfirstusedinancient______.

A.Egypt.B.BabylonC.RomeD.China

10.TheunderlinedwordroyalmightmeaninChinese.

A.皇室的B.富裕的C.中产的D.平民的

11.Thispassageismainlyabout___________.

A.thesalesoftheumbrellaB.thedifferencesamongumbrellas

C.theinventionoftheumbrellaD.thehistoryandtheuseoftheumbrella

D

 Scientistshaveannouncedthattheyhavecloned（克隆）thefirsthumanembryo（胚胎）.Thishascausedmuchdebateroundtheworld.Ontheonehand,somescientistspointoutthatifyoucloneanembryo,youcanproducevaluablehumantissues（组织）——suchasboneorlungtissue——thatcouldbeusedtosavehumanlives.Ontheotherhand,manypeople,includingsomescientists,disagreeandareafraidthat,ifmankindtoyswithnatureinthisway,wemaybeonourwaytoproducingareal-lifeFrankenstein’smonster（怪物）.

Cloningisproducinganexactcopyofaplantorananimalusingitscells.ThefirstmammaltobeclonedsuccessfullyfromanadultcellwasDollythesheep.Shewasbornin1996anddiedinearly2003,atamuchyoungeragethannormal.Whenshewasborn,manypeoplewereworriedthatcloningwouldleadtomorediseasesintheanimalworld.However,ingeneralthescientistswerepraisedfortheirwonderfulscientificadvance.

IanWilmut,theScottishscientistwhocreatedDolly,isshockedthatsomescientistsarenowconsideringcloninghumanbeings.Althoughheresearchescloning,hisintentionhasneverbeentocreatecopiesofhumans.Instead,hethinksresearcheffortsshouldconcentrateoncreatingnewtissuesandorgansthatcanbeusedtocurediseaseslikecancer.However,somepeoplebelievethatcloninghumansembryoswiththeintentionofdestroyingthemshowsnorespectforhumanlife.

Eventhoughhumancloningiscausingalotofanxiety,itisgoodnewsforFayeWilson,a41-year-oldsaleswomanwhocannothaveababy.“Iamanxioustohaveachildofmyown,”shesays.“Idon’twanttoadoptsomeoneelse’schild——ifIhadthechance,Iwouldhaveaclonedbabyrightnow.”

Whilecloninghumanembryosisnotlegalinmanycountries,somescientistsarealreadypushingaheadwithresearchinordertoproduceaclonedhumanbaby.SeverinoAntinori,anItalianphysician,hasdeclaredthathewantstobethefirsttocloneahumanbeing.

InChina,scientistshavefocusedtheireffortsoncloninganimals,aswellasclonedtissuestobeusedinmedicaltreatment.Chinahassucceededinproducingclonesofcowsandgoats,andcontinuestoresearchwaysinwhichcloningcanbenefitmankind.

12.Paragraph1ismainlyabout_________.

A.differentviewsoncloninghumanembryos

B.thebenefitsofcloninghumanembryos

C.thedisadvantagesofcloninghumanembryos

D.alivedebateonhumanembryos

13.Dollythesheep_________.

A.livedaslongasnormalsheep

B.wasthefirstsuccessfulcloninginhumanhistory

C.causedabigproblemtothescientistwhoclonedit

D.provedtobeawonderfulscientificadvance

14.Wecanlearnfromthepassagethat_________.

A.cloninghumanembryosislegalinmanycountries

B.Chinahassucceededincloninghumanembryo

C.thefirsthumanbeingwasclonedbySeverinoAninori

D.humancloningisgoodnewsforthosewhocan’thavebabies

15.What’sthewriter’sopiniontowardscloning?

A.positiveB.negativeC.unconcernedD.neutral（中立的）

第二节七选五（共5小题；每小题2分，满分10分）

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。

Foodsafetyisaprobleminallplacesaroundtheworldandpeopleindifferentareasoftheworldpreparefoodsindifferentways.TheWHOreleased（发布）fivesimplerulesforpreparingfoodinasafeway.Theycalltheserulesthe“FiveKeystoSaferFood”.

Key1:

Keepclean

16.Peopleshouldwashtheirhandsoften—beforetouchingfoodandwhiletheyarepreparingfood.Peopleshouldwashallsurfacesandequipmentusedforpreparingfood.

Key2:

Separateraw（生的）andcooked

Rawfoodsshouldnottouchpreparedfoods.17.

Key3:

18

Peopleshouldcookeggsandmeatespeciallycarefully.Thesefoodsmaycarrymoremicro-organ