高二英语上学期第一次大考试题.docx

1、高二英语上学期第一次大考试题高二英语上学期第一次大考试题2016-2017学年高明一中第一学期高二第一次大考 英语试题本试卷分选择题和非选择题两部分，满分 150 分（客观题 82 分，主观题 68 分，考试用时 120 分钟。注意事项：1答题前，考生务必用黑色字迹的钢笔或签字笔将自己的班级、姓名、学号（2015XXXX）、座位号等相关信息填写在答题卡指定区域内。2选择题每小题选出答案后，用 2B 铅笔把答题卡上对应题目的答案标号涂黑；如需改动，用橡皮擦干净后，再选涂其它答案；不能答在试卷上。3非选择题必须用黑色字迹的钢笔或签字笔作答，答案必须写在答题卡各题目指定区域内的相应位置上；如需改动，

2、先划掉原来的答案，然后再写上新的答案；不准使用铅笔和涂改液。不按以上要求作答的答案无效。4考生必须保持答题卡的整洁。第 I 卷第一部分部分 听力（20 分）第一节：听力理解（6 小题，每小题 2 分，共 12 分）材料及问题播放两遍。每段后又两个小题，各段播放前每小题有 5 秒的阅读时间。请根据各段播放内容及其相关小题，在 5 秒钟内从题中所给的 A、B、C 项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。听第一段材料，回答第 1-2 题。1.A.Four B.Five C.Six2.A.A single room with a street view.B.A double room with a

3、 park view.C.A double room with an ocean view.听第一段材料，回答第 3-4 题。3.A.Eleven days.B.Seven days.C.Five days.4.A.Some jewelry.B.Some clothes.C.A sports car.听第一段材料，回答第 5-6 题。5.A.Jeremy B.Paul.C.Peter6.A.Get some envelopes for him.B.Buy some stamps for him.C.Post a letter for him.第二节 回答问题（共 4 小题，每小题 2 分，共

4、8 分。）听下面一段材料，然后回答问题。材料及问题读两遍。读完每个问题后你将有 10 秒钟的作答时间。7.from Cherford.8.9.10.第二部分 阅读（共两节，满分 40 分）第一节 阅读理解（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 A,B,C 和 D 项中，选出最佳选项。A Welcome to our poetry-themed(以诗歌为主题的)weekIts National Poetry Day on Thursday,but here on The Guardian childrens books site we love poetry

5、 so much that we thought,why spend just a day celebrating it?Lets spend a whole week tasting the joy of poetry!Want to know all the exciting activities coming up this week?Heres whats planned.Well be adding information to this list,so keep checking back.Monday 10 OctoberWatch Michael Rosen read his

6、poem We Can from A Great Big CuddleBook Doctor answers your poetry-related questionsTuesday 11 OctoberWatch Michael Rosen read a poem from A Great Big CuddleWatch James Dawson talk about“How I stopped hating poetry and became a poet”Read poems by Sally Gardner and Ros AsquithWednesday 12 OctoberWatc

7、h Michael Rosen read a poem from A Great Big CuddleDiscover Liz Brownlees“light poems”project-watch a fire dancer read a fire poem!Poet Roger Stevens gives his advice on learning poems by heart Discover poems in unexpected placesThursday 13 OctoberWatch Michael Rosen read a poem from A Great Big Cud

8、dleFind out the National Poetry Day Ambassadors top 10 poemsTest your knowledge in our poetry quizAnnouncement:winners of the Foyle Young Poets of the Year Award.Friday 14 October Watch Michael Rosen read a poem from A Great Big Cuddle Poet Paul Cooksons advice on reading poetry aloud Win a set of b

9、ooks in the Puffin Poetry collectionRemember to keep checking back on this page as information will be added as the activities go live!11.When can you listen to a fire poem?A.On Tuesday B.On Wednesday C.On Thursday D.On Friday12.Every day during the week,the audience can A.get advice on learning poe

10、ms B.do a project on poetry C.do a poetry quiz D.listen to a poem13.What type of writing is the text?A.A poem review B.An official report C.An announcement D.A competition notice B Robert Munsch is an American born Canadian author of childrens books.He was born in Pittsburgh Pennsylvania in 1945.Aft

11、er graduation,Munsch at first wanted to become a priest(牧师)but then he changed his career path towards writing stories for children.He started off with working at day care centers.In 1975 he decided to move back to Canada.There he worked in the preschool at the University of Guelph in Ontario.He als

12、o lectured and then became an assistant professor there in the Department of Family Studies.Robert Munsch is all about storytelling and that is something he loves most.His illustrative(解说的)style of telling his story attracted the attention of his first audience in 1972.And that was the beginning of

13、his storytelling career.According to Munsch,a perfect story takes 200 tellings in order to become perfect.He can spend days and years perfecting his tale before performing it in front of a large audience.Robert then stated putting his imaginative style on paper and thus became a famous author of chi

14、ldrens books.Munschs characters are taken from real life;they are the children he meets while storytelling in different places.For example his story Ribbon Rescue was inspired by a girl who came to hear his story wearing a ribbon dress.Another story called Lighthouse was inspired by two children nam

15、ed Amanda and Jeremiah who he met in Pontiac,Michigan.His own children have also played some parts in his stories.Munsch has written many books which have also been translated into various languages.His first books The Mud Puddle and The Dark were published in 1979.His most notable work is the book

16、Love You Forever,which was published in 1986.This book became an international bestseller.Robert Munsch is known for his overstated(夸张的)way of storytelling and use of different voices He repeats a story many times to improve its quality.Some of his books have also been made into animated(动画的)series

17、named A Bunch of Munsch.14.After graduation,Robert Munsch A.became a priest B.set up a day care centre C.decided to take up teaching in a college.D.prepared himself for his desirable career path15.What does Robert Munsch think of storytelling according to Paragraph 2?A.Its the perfect job for him B.

18、Its the valuable work for him C.Its easy to be bored with the job.D.Its difficult to satisfy the audience16.What can we infer about Munsch from Paragraph 3?A.He got ideas for his stories from real life.B.His traveling experiences are interesting C.He helped many children while storytelling D.His chi

19、ldren helped him create some stories.17.Which of the following best describes Robert Munsch?A.Brave and caring B.Talented and devoted C.Strong-minded and patient D.Warm-hearted and honest C Several weeks ago,KidsPost did a story on“The Art of Video Games”at the Smithsonian American Art Museum.The ex

20、hibition has created debate with some people saying that as fun as video games are,they are not works of art.Other people say that video games may be a new form of art and that they belong in museums.Here are a few of the letters we received.A video game is like a painting on a screen.In order to ma

21、ke a video game,you have to think of something original(新颖的)to reach the players.That is the point of art.-Mary Pottanat,13 I believe video games are not a form of art.Art should be a visual and creative expression of feelings.Although it is arguable that video games are visual,they do not express f

22、eelings in any way.-Pranab Kirshnan,12 However exciting video games are,they are not art.Painting is art,but not video games.Art has beauty and culture that no technology could ever compare to.Even though you can create art in some video games,the“Mona Lisa”was not painted with Nintendo.-Caroline Ka

23、plan,10 Art is a way of communicating ideas to the public in a way that is fun to them.The“public”,who in this case are kids and adults,are finding these video games from different time periods interesting.Video games would not have been art if it had not been for the kids and adults attracted by“th

24、e art of video games.”-Ryan Puthumana,1018.Who is the author?A.An artist B.A video game creator.C.Someone who works at KidsPost.D.Someone who works in a museum.19.We can learn from the passage that A.Caroline Kaplan disagrees with Mary Pottanat.B.only one kid thinks video games are similar to art.C.

25、Pranab Kirshnan doesnt like playing video games.D.the older the kids are,the more they like video games.20.Ryan Puthumana holds the view that video games are A.cant be fun enough to be art B.are so interesting that they are art.C.cannot express feelings as well as art.D.are not so popular with kids

26、as before.21.The passage mainly discuss A.whether video games are art or not.B.what can be considered works of art.C.the reasons people like or hate video games.D.the differences between video games and art.D It must have been a very clever human who looked at a sheep walking past and thought of the

27、 use its wool might have!Although the oldest surviving textile(纺织品)made of wool is around 3,500 years old,the oldest fine woolen clothes dates back to about 2,500 years ago and was found in ancient Greece.Wool was probably the first fiber to be woven into textile.Because when humans stopped hunting

28、and started raising animals,it was their first step from a wild life to a civilized(文明的)one.Sheep became a convenience store for the new lifestyle of our ancestors during the Stone Age,a walking food supply that required little care.Sheep provided all-meat and milk for food,skin and bones for clothi

29、ng,shelter and tools.Some sheep were suitable to roast while others were to produce wool,as good eating sheep do not necessarily have high-quality wool.Early wild species of sheep had long outer hair protecting their short wool undercoats.It was this under-layer that was highly suitable for textile

30、use,so they were selectively bred into modern sheep.Great empires(帝国)were built on the backs of sheep and their wool.Around 1800 BC the civilization of Babylonia was famous for its wool.In 45 AD,the Romans conquered(征服)Spain.They developed a new breed that would come to be known as the Spanish Merin

31、o,with the whitest,finest wool ever known.Today,the Merino is the most highly regarded breed in the world.The Chinese held onto the secret of silk for thousands of years before Europeans even got an idea about how to put two threads together.With wool,they seem to have got their revenge.22.It can be

32、 inferred from Paragraphs 2 and 3 that A.early wild sheep needed much care.B.good eating sheep have top quality wool.C.sheeps long outer hair is best suitable for textile use.D.sheep were raised for different uses in the Stone Age.23.Whats Paragraph 4 mainly about?A.Rome conquered Spain for the Meri

33、no sheep.B.Why Merino is popular C.Some empires rose due to sheep and wool.D.What is civilization of Babylonia.24.The underlined part in the last paragraph can best be replaced by“.A.have returned an injury B.have had a disadvantage C.have lost hope for future D.have been able to conquer the world25.Which part of a website is the passage probably taken from?A.Business B.Travel C.History D.Lifestyl