安徽省马鞍山市高二英语上学期期末考试试题.docx

1、安徽省马鞍山市高二英语上学期期末考试试题安徽省马鞍山市2016-2017学年高二英语上学期期末考试试题（满分150分，考试时间120分钟）第一部分听力（共两节，满分30分）做题时，先将答案标在试卷上。录音内容结束后，你将有两分钟的时间将试卷上的答案转涂到答题卡上。第一节 （共5小题；每小题1.5分，满分7.5分）听下面5段对话。每段对话后有一个小题，从题中所给的A、B、C三个选项中选出最佳选项，并标在试卷的相应位置。听完每段对话后，你都有10秒钟的时间来回答有关小题和阅读下一小题。每段对话仅读一遍。1. What time is it now? A. 6: 40. B. 6: 30. C. 6

2、: 20. 2. What does the man mean? A. They have left for the airport. B. They are on the way to the airport. C. They may be late for the plane. 3. What kind of music does the woman like? A. Popular music. B. Jazz music. C. Classical music. 4. What does the man suggest the woman do? A. Take some medici

3、ne. B. Drink more water. C. Go on a diet. 5. What does the man tell the woman? A. There is another cat like his. B. He never loses his dog at all. C. She has mistaken it for his dog. 第二节 （共15小题；每小题1.5分，满分22.5分） 听下面5段对话或独白。每段对话或独白后有几个小题，从题中所给的A、B、C三个选项中选出最佳选项，并标在试卷的相应位置。听每段对话或独白前，你将有时间阅读各个小题，每小题5秒钟；听

4、完后，各小题将给出 5秒钟的作答时间。每段对话或独白读两遍。听第6段材料，回答第6、7题。6. How soon will the man finish his book? A. In several months. B. In a few days. C. In two months. 7. What is the man going to do? A. He will market his book himself. B. He will ask his friends to advertise the book. C. He hasnt made a decision. 听第7 段材料，

5、回答第8.9 题8. When is Alices birthday? A. The next day. B. The day after tomorrow. C. The day they had the talk. 9. What will the man and the woman buy for Alice? A. A record. B. Some flowers. C. A box of chocolates. 听第8 段材料，回答第10至12题10. What does the woman say about the restaurant? A. It is very old.

6、B. The fish there is fresh. C. The beef there is delicious. 11. What do we know about the restaurant? A. It serves roast dinners on Sundays. B. It doesnt serve vegetarian dishes. C. It opens from 7: 00 p. m. to 11: 00 p. m. on Sundays. 12. What will the man do next? A. Book a table. B. Check the men

7、u. C. Call the womans sister.听第9 段材料，回答第13至16题13. What are the speakers talking about? A. Their own parents. B. Their own changes. C. Their long-lost relatives. 14. What does the man say about Aunt Gertrude? A. She is looking so old. B. She is so thin now. C. She has long hair. 15. What does Cousin

8、Emily wear? A. An orange dress. B. A yellow dress. C. A white dress. 16. Where does Aunt Jane live now? A. In Boston. B. In Chicago. C. In Atlantic City. 听第10段材料，回答第17至20题17. How will the adventurers cross the Amazon River? A. By train. B. By boat. C. By bike. 18. What will the adventurers do in the

9、 rain forests of Brazil? A. See the sunrise. B. Look at a variety of animals. C. Take a boat to the base of the falls. 19. Where will the adventurers go in the second week? A. To the Mount Fuji. B. To the Niagara Falls. C. To the Amazon River. 20. What does the speaker say about the temples in Thail

10、and? A. They are incredible. B. They are unforgettable. C. They are indescribable. 第二部分阅读理解（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。AAll change! The charityrole-reversal（角色转换）gameSo, whats it all about? All change! is a fantastic, fun-filled, fancy dress festiv

11、al that will help us to raise money for children in need.When did it get going? The first All change! role-reversal entertainment took place in 2005 in aid of a local childrens charity. Every year since then nearly 100,000 men, women and children have worn the strangest and the most wonderful headge

12、ar（头饰）possible to raise money for a growing number of childrens charities. This year we are helping a record number of good causes, all aimed to help children in need.Want to take part? Great! We want 100,1000 or more people like you to bring a smile to the face of local children. To find out more,

13、contact us on our website or phone 502 389 711. And remember, for the sake of children Still want to take part? Ok! Heres what you have to do. On Friday 15 June, go to work, or to school, or shopping or to whatever you normally do, dress as normal. BUT on your head you must wear the strangest, most

14、unbelievable headgear you can possibly find! Are you a policeman but would really love to be a Hollywood princess? Or a baker who wants to wear the worlds largest wig（假发）? Now is your chance! Be creative!ITS TIME FOR A CHANGEOn Friday 15 JuneIts ALL CHANGE DAY!21. Whats the aim of the role-reversal

15、game? A. To amuse kids. B. To help sick kinds. C. To raise money. D. To change the world.22. According to the text. All Change! is a festival that _ . A. is held around the world B. has a history about ten years C. involves mainly the young D. falls on different dates each year.23. What are you expe

16、cted to do on June 15？ A. Try your dream job. B. Dress up as children. C. Wear creative hats. D. Skip work or school.B On a hot muggy（闷热的） August afternoon, I had every reason to feel sorry for myself - my flight home was full and late.I got even impatient waiting in the noisy crowd. And then I noti

17、ced a 5-year-old boy standing by his mother and watching me. He looked at me, then my bag, then back at me. 56 , he left his mothers side and slowly began to walk toward me, glancing between my bag, his mother, and me.Great, I thought, now I have to baby-sit a 5-year-old. My day is now complete.As h

18、e came closer, I was alarmed that it wasnt me he was after. It was my hat!I started to tell him not to bother my things, but something made me stop and watch. He stopped in front of my bag, looking at my hat, then up at me.With wide eyes, he gently ran his index finger along the edge, carefully touc

19、hing the emblem(徽章).Again, he looked up at me, now smiling, but saying nothing. I asked him if he would like to wear my captain hat.He excitedly nodded his head, still smiling. I placed my hat on his head, but it fell down around his ears. He didnt seem to mind and held it up in the proper position

20、with both hands. He ran to show his mother, then back to me still smiling from ear to ear.With much reverence(敬畏) and ceremony, he slowly removed my hat with both hands and presented it to me as though it were the crown jewels.I put my hat on and gave him an airplane card. This, too, he held with bo

21、th hands in awe.After this exchange, he still hadnt spoken, although I knew he was excited. I also was happy that I had been briefly distracted（注意力分散） from my self-pity.Still holding the card carefully with both hands, he looked up at me and said, Mister, you sure are lucky.Yes, I said, I sure am.Th

22、at day, I got the last seat on that flight home.24. Which word can be placed at the beginning of the third paragraph?A. Excitedly. B. Disappointedly. C. Cautiously. D. Sadly.25. The following contributed to the authors low spirits EXCEPT _.A. the weather B. the bag C. the noisiness D. the flight26.

23、By “My day is now complete”, the author actually means _.A. he wouldnt like to be bothered at allB. it is fun to be with a boyC. he knows that a boy usually brings along good luckD. .it is common to meet a boy at an airport27. The author admitted that he sure was lucky, because_.A. the boy returned

24、his hat to him B. the boy changed his mood for the better C. the boy gave his seat to him D. the boy liked his hat very muchCAt first glance, why anyone would want to save California condors(秃鹰) is not entirely clear. Unlike the closely related Andean condors with their white neck feathers, Californ

25、ia condors are not much to see. Their dull black color, featherless head and neck and oversized feet are hardly signs of beauty oi strength. Their appeal begins to become evident when they take flight. California condors can fly almost effortlessly for hours, often covering hundreds of miles a day -

26、 far more than other creatures of the air. When it was discovered that the condor population was becoming dangerously small, scientists and zookeepers sought to increase condor numbers quickly to preserve as much of the species genetic(基因的) diversity as possible. From studying wild condors, they alr

27、eady knew that if a pair lost an egg, the birds would often produce another. So the first and sometimes second eggs laid by each female were removed, and artificially hatched. Such techniques quickly proved effective. Despite these successes, the effort to save California condors continues to have p

28、roblems. Artificially hatched condors released(释放) to the wild have died at what to some people are alarmingly high rates. Others have had to be brought back again after they acted foolishly. Some of the odd behavior on the part of these re-released birds is hard to explain. At times they landed on

29、peoples houses, walked across roads and airport runways, walked into park visitor centers and fast food restaurants, and took food offered by picnickers and fishermen. None are known to have died by doing so, though. Most recently, some of the first chicks hatched in the wild died after their parent

30、s fed them bottle caps, pieces of plastic and other man-made objects. Mike Wallace, a wildlife specialist at the San Diego Zoo, has suggested that some of the condors problems represent natural behavior that helps them survive. The real key to successful condor reintroduction lies in properly social

31、izing young condors as members of a group that follow and learn from older, preferably adult birds. That, he argues, was missing from earlier condor releases to the wild.28. What is the California condors most impressive feature?A. Its beautiful colors.B. The large size of its neck and feet.C. Its remarkable flying ability.D. The similarity it has to the Andean condor.29. What did some of the condors released into the wild do?A. They adapted surprisingly quickly to their new surroundings. B. They died from eating too much fast food.C. They showed a tendency