甘肃省庆阳市庆城县陇东中学学年高二下学期期末考试英语试题.docx

1、甘肃省庆阳市庆城县陇东中学学年高二下学期期末考试英语试题陇东中学2016-2017学年第二学期期末考试高二级英语试题第卷（共70分）阅读理解（每小题2分，共40分）第一部分：阅读下列短文，从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑.A Good afternoon, and welcome to England. We hope that your visit here will be a pleasant one. Today, I would like to draw your attention to a few of our laws. The firs

2、t one is about drinking. Now, you may not buy wine in this country if you are under 18 years of age, nor may your friends buy it for you. Secondly, noise. Enjoy yourselves by all means, but please dont make unnecessary noise, especially at night. We ask you to respect other people who may wish to be

3、 quiet. Thirdly, crossing the road. Be careful. The traffic moves on the left side of the road in this country. Use pedestrian crossings (人行道) and do not take any chances when crossing the road. My next point is about rubbish. It isnt lawful to drop rubbish in the street. When you have something to

4、throw away, please put it in your pocket and take it home, or put it in a dustbin. Finally, as regards(至于) smoking, it is against the law to buy cigarettes or tobacco if you are under 16 years of age. Id like to finish by saying that if you require any sort of help or assistance(帮助), you should cont

5、act the police, who will be pleased to help you. You can call, write or directly go to ask any policeman.1. Who do you think is most likely to make the speech?A.A guideB.A person who makes lawsC.A teacherD.An English officer2. How many laws are there discussed in the speech?A.FourB.ThreeC.SixD.Five3

6、. The main purpose of this speech is to .A.tell people that those above 18 can drink and smoke thereB.declare the different laws of England C.give advice to travelers to the countryD.warn people against going to the country4. The underlined word contact in the last paragraph means to .A.keep in touc

7、h withB.turn toC.make a call toD.write to B Let us suppose it is now about A.D. 2060. Lets make believe it is about 46 years from now. Of course, things have changed and life is very different. Voyages to the moon are being made every day. It is as easy to take a holiday on the moon today as it was

8、for the people in 1960 to take a holiday in Europe. At a number of scenic spots on the moon, many hotels have been built. In order that everyone can enjoy the beautiful scenery on the moon, every room has at least one picture window. Everything imaginable is provided for entertainment of young and o

9、ld. What are people eating now? People are still eating food. They havent yet started to take on heir(继承) supply of energy directly as electrical current or as nuclear power. They may some day. But many foods now come in pill form, and the food that goes into the pill continues to come mainly from g

10、reen plants. Since there are several times as many people in the world today as there were a hundred years ago, most of our planets surface has to be filled. The deserts are irrigated(灌溉) with water and crops are no longer destroyed by pests. The harvest is always good Farming, of course, is very hi

11、ghly developed. Very few people have to work on the farm. It is possible to run the farm by just pushing a few buttons now and then. We are healthier both in our bodies and in our minds, and we know the causes and cure of disease and pain, and it is possible to get rid of diseases. No one has to be

12、ill any more. Such would be our life in 2060.5When was the passage written?A. In about A.D. 2060 B. In about 1960 C. In about 2013 D. In about 2014 6According to the passage, what will be on the moon in about A.D. 2060 ?A. Many other animals. B. Many plants. C. Many tourists. D. A sea.7The passage t

13、ells us that in 2060, _ on the earth than now. A. there are more pests B. the crops are getting better C. there are fewer people D. there is less water C Every time I lost a tooth I would put it under my pillow at night. The next morning I would wake up to find two coins replacing my tooth. Then Id

14、wonder about the tooth fairy (牙齿精灵) all day. Mom, where do you think the tooth fairy lives? What does she do with the teeth she collects? My mom said she didnt know. She only knew that the tooth fairy took the tooth away while we were sleeping and left us some money under our pillows. But I wanted t

15、o find it out. So I think it was a good thing that I would lose another tooth. The plan was to stay up all night and question the tooth fairy when she showed up. That night I lay quietly in my bed, growing sleepy as the night went on. Moments later, I felt that someone was close to me. Through my ha

16、lf-opened eyes, I didnt see any feet, but I knew it was the tooth fairy. I watched her turn around and fly right out of my room. She was wearing a shiny green dress. After she left, I immediately felt under my pillow, there were two coins. I had never even felt my pillow move. I wondered if she used

17、 magic. As I got older, I learned from my teachers that the tooth fairy didnt exist. It was just a mythical figure (神话人物) of early childhood. A kind of thought it was, but how could I see the tooth fairy fly that night? Then one night my mom came into my room to check on me. The moonlight was bright

18、 that night and it shone through my window right on her shiny green nightdress. Right then I knew deep down that my mom was the tooth fairy.8. As a young girl, the author .A.was afraid of the tooth fairyB.was interested in the tooth fairyC.knew where the tooth fairy livedD.doubted if the tooth fairy

19、 existed9. The author thought it was a good thing for her to lose another tooth because .A.she could get some coins B.she disliked her baby teethC.she wanted to help her mother solve a mysteryD.she believed the tooth fairy would come again 10. When the author felt someone was close to her, she .A.th

20、ought her mother had comeB.believed she was in a dreamC.was only half awakeD.was unable to sleep11. What did the author know in the end?A.There was no tooth fairy in the real world at all.B.Her mother believed that the tooth fairy really existed.C.The coins under her pillow were put by the tooth fai

21、ry.D.Her mothers nightdress was similar to the tooth fairys. DChristian Eijkman, a Dutch doctor, left the Netherlands for the island of Java. Many people on the island had a disease called beri-beri. He was going there to try and find a cure. At first, Eijkman thought some kind of germ (细菌) caused b

22、eri-beri. He raised some chickens. He didnt eat them, but made experiments on them. The local people were quite surprised at that. One day he noticed that his chickens became sick when they were fed the food most Javanese ate refined white rice (精炼米). When he fed them with unrefined rice, also known

23、 as brown rice, they recovered. Eijkman realized that he had made an important discovery that some things in food could prevent disease. These things were named vitamins (维生素). The Javanese were not getting enough vitamins because they had actually removed the part that contains vitamins. Later, oth

24、er diseases were also found to be caused by the lack of vitamins in a persons food. Today many people know the importance of vitamins and they make sure they have enough vitamins from the food they eat. If they dont, they can also take vitamin pills.12 The underlined word “cure” in Paragragh 1 proba

25、bly means _.A. a medical treatment B. a kind of vitamin C. a kind of germ D. a kind of rice13. Why did Christian Eijkman raise some chickens?A. To eat them. B. To carry out his experiments.C. To give the Javanese a surprise. D. To make money by selling them.14. If a person doesnt get enough vitamins

26、 in his diet, hed better _.A. eat more rice B. eat more meat C. eat some chicken D. eat vitamin pills15. We can learn from the passage that _.A. beri-beri was caused by chickens B. the Javanese didnt like vitaminsC. Christian Eijkmans experiment was successfulD. the Javaneses disease was caused by a

27、 kind of germ第二部分：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。 Takinggoodnotesisatime-savingskillthatwillhelpyoutobecomeabatterstudentinseveralways.16 Second,yournotesareexcellentmaterialstorefertowhenyouarestudyingforatest.Third,note-takingoffersvarietytoyourstudytimeandhelpsyoutoholdyourinterest. You

28、willwanttotakenotesduringclassroomdiscussionsandwhilereadingatextbookordoingresearchforareport._17_Wheneverorhoweveryoutakenotes,keepinmindthatnote-takingisaselectiveprocess._18_Thefollowingmethodsmayworkbestforyou. Readthetextquicklytofindthemainfactsandideasinit. Carefullyreadthetextandwatchforwor

29、dsthatcanshowmainpointsandsupportingfacts. Writeyournotesinyourownwords. _19_ Noteanyquestionsorideasyoumayhaveaboutwhatwassaidorwritten. Asyoutakenotes,youmaywanttouseyourownshorthand（速记).Whenyoudo,besure that you understandyoursymbolsandthatyouusethemallthetime._20_A.Usewords,notcompletesentences.

30、B.Therearethreepracticalnote-takingmethods.C.Youmustwriteyournotesonseparatepaper.D.Otherwise,youmaynotbeabletoreadyournoteslater.E.youwillalsowanttodevelopyourownmethodfortakingnotes.F.Thatmeansyoumustfirstdecidewhatisimportantenoughtoincludeinyournotes.G.First,thesimpleactofwritingsomethingdownmakesiteasierforyoutounderstandandrememberit.完形填空（共20小题；每小题1分，满分20分） 阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从2130各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C、D）中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。 Valerie was very worried about her daddy. For some time now she had noticed he was