广东省广州市四校高二英语上学期期末联考试题.docx

1、广东省广州市四校高二英语上学期期末联考试题广东省广州市四校2016-2017学年高二英语上学期期末联考试题本试卷分选择题和非选择题两部分，共13页，满分150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校名、班级、姓名、考生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，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

2、求作答的答案无效。4考生必须保持答题卡的整洁。第一部分 选择题（共90分）第一部分 听力（共两节，满分15分）第一节 听力理解（共10小题：每小题1分，满分10分）每段播放两遍。各段后有几个小题，各段播放前每小题有5秒钟的阅读时间。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选项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。听第1段材料，回答第1至3题。1. What are the speakers talking about?A. Having guests this weekend.B. Going out for sightseeing.C. Moving into a

3、 new house.2. What is the relationship between the speakers?A. Neighbors. B. Husband and wife. C. Host and visitor.3. What will the man do tomorrow?A. Work in his garden. B. Have a barbecue. C. Do some shopping.听第2段材料，回答第4至6题。4. Why does the woman make the call?A. To book a hotel room.B. To ask abou

4、t the room service.C. To make changes to a reservation.5. When will the woman arrive at the hotel?A. On September 15. B. On September 16. C. On September 23.6. How much will the woman pay for her room per night?A. $179. B. $199. C. $219.听第3段材料，回答第7至10题。7. What is the talk mainly about?A. The history

5、 of the school.B. The courses for the term.C. The plan for the day.8. Where can the visitors learn about the subjects for new students?A. In the school hall. B. In the science labs. C. In the classrooms.9. What can students do in the practical areas?A. Take science courses. B. Enjoy excellent meals.

6、 C. Attend workshops.10. When are the visitors expected to ask questions?A. During the lunch hour.B. After the welcome speech.C. Before the tour of the labs.第二节 听取信息（共5小题；每小题1分，满分5分）听下面1段对话。请根据题目要求，从所听到的内容中获取必要的信息，填入答卷标号为15的空格中，每空不超过三个词。听录音前，你将有10秒钟的阅题时间。录音读两遍。你将有60秒钟的作答时间。An Interview with David, a

7、 Skateboarding (滑板运动) LoverWhen did David take up skateboarding?When he was 1 .What was his schoolwork like?He was able to get his schoolwork done 2 .What was his only problem at school?He was unable to 3 in class.Why did he say the new headmaster was wonderful?He let students 4 of their own.How was

8、 his new style different from other skaters?It was robot-like, with 5 .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。AI am a writer. I spend a great deal of my time thinking about the power of language the way it can evoke (唤起) an emotion, a visual image,

9、a complex idea, or a simple truth. Language is the tool of my trade. And I use them all all the Englishes I grew up with.Born into a Chinese family that had recently arrived in California, Ive been giving more thought to the kind of English my mother speaks. Like others, I have described it to peopl

10、e as “broken” English. But I feel embarrassed to say that. It has always bothered me that I can think of no way to describe it other than “broken”, as if it were damaged and needed to be fixed, as if it lacked a certain wholeness. Ive heard other terms used, “limited English”, for example. But they

11、seem just as bad, as if everything is limited, including peoples perceptions (认识) of the limited English speaker.I know this for a fact, because when I was growing up, my mothers “limited” English limited my perception of her. I was ashamed of her English. I believed that her English reflected the q

12、uality of what she had to say. That is, because she expressed them imperfectly her thoughts were imperfect. And I had plenty of evidence to support me: the fact that people in department stores, at banks, and at restaurants did not take her seriously, did not give her good service, pretended not to

13、understand her, or even acted as if they did not hear her.I started writing fiction in 1985. And for reasons I wont get into today, I began to write stories using all the Englishes I grew up with: the English she used with me, which for lack of a better term might be described as “broken”;and what I

14、 imagine to be her translation of her Chinese, her internal (内在的) language, and for that I sought to preserve the essence, but neither an English nor a Chinese structure. I wanted to catch what language ability tests can never show: her intention, her feelings, the rhythms of her speech and the natu

15、re of her thoughts.11. By saying “Language is the tool of my trade”, the author means that _.A. she uses English in foreign tradeB. she is fascinated by languagesC. she works as a translatorD. she is a writer by profession12. The author used to think of her mothers English as _.A. impolite B. amusin

16、g C. imperfect D. practical13. Which of the following is TRUE according to Paragraph 3?A. Americans do not understand broken English.B. The authors mother was not respected sometimes.C. The authors mother had a positive influence on her.D. Broken English always reflects imperfect thoughts.14. The au

17、thor gradually realizes her mothers English is _.A. well structured B. in the old styleC. easy to translate D. rich in meaning15. What is the passage mainly about?A. The change of the authors attitude to her mothers English.B. The limitation of the authors perception of her mother.C. The authors mis

18、understanding of “limited” English.D. The authors experiences of using broken English.BWhat does it mean to say that we live in a world of persuasion? It means that we live among competing interests. Your roommates need to study for an exam may take priority over pizza. Your instructor may have good

19、 reasons not to change your grade. And the object of your romantic interest may have other choices. In such a world, persuasion is the art of getting others to give fair and favorable consideration to our points of view. When we persuade, we want to influence how others believe and behave. We may no

20、t always prevail other points of view may be more persuasive, depending on the listener, the situation, and the merit of the case. But when we practice the art of persuasion, we try to ensure that our position receives the attention it deserves. Some people, however, object to the very idea of persu

21、asion. They may regard it as an unwelcome interruption into their lives. Just the opposite, we believe that persuasion is unavoidable to live is to persuade. Persuasion may be ethical (合乎道义的) or unethical, selfless or selfish, inspiring or degrading. Ethical persuasion, however, calls on sound reaso

22、ning and is sensitive to the feelings and needs of listeners. Such persuasion call help us apply the wisdom of the past to the decisions we now must make. Therefore, the most basic part of education is learning to resist the one kind of persuasion and to encourage and practice the other. Beyond its

23、personal importance to us, persuasion is indispensable to society. The right to persuade and be persuaded is the bedrock of the American political system, guaranteed by the First Amendment to the Constitution (美国宪法). 16. According to the passage, persuasion means _. A. changing others points of view

24、 B. exercising power over other peopleC. getting other people to consider your point of viewD. getting people to agree with you and do what you want17. The underlined word “prevail” in the second paragraph means _. A. win B. fail C. speak D. listen18. The passage states that some people object to pe

25、rsuasion because they think it is _. A. a danger to society B. difficult to do wellC. unwelcome behavior D. never successful19. The passage mainly discusses _. A. how people persuade B. why people persuadeC. that persuasion is both good and bad D. that persuasion is important and it is all around us

26、20. We can infer from the passage that _.A. if you are right, you can always be successful in your persuasionB. persuasion is a necessary and important act in societyC. any persuasion is from a selfish and annoying point of viewD. persuasion is hard to do and hard to succeedCIn recent decades even s

27、cience fiction, once abundantly optimistic about the future, has been flooded with pessimism. Shine: An anthology (选集) of optimistic science fiction aims to go against that trend by bringing together some of the most optimistic visions of our future in one volume. Shine is new writing in the most ex

28、act sense, with stories from young talents of science fiction including Alliette de Boddard, Lavie Tidhar and Gareth L Powell. But Jason Stoddard, whose ability generalizes todays new technology into tomorrows everyday reality, provides perhaps the books crown jewel with “Overhead”, a story of a pos

29、t-scarcity society.While it may seem unlikely in the midst of a continuous economic failure, post-scarcity is not just the stuff of science fiction. The technological developments that have lifted millions into a near post-scarcity existence in the last century are set to accelerate (加速). It is a ve

30、ry realistic possibility that our key challenge in this century will not be the fight for limited resources, but managing the economics of abundance and unlimited resources.The future. A shiny place we can all look forward to. Our every material need met. A society freed from work, where intellectua

31、l effort and spiritual growth are our only concern. Lives measured not in decades, but in centuries and the full wealth of human knowledge available to all.Hmm. Well, maybe. The future, at least in the next decade or two, is likely to be much like our present: an uneasy mix of dark pessimism and shi

32、ny optimism. For some the worst abuses of dystopia will be a scaring living reality. For others a technological utopia is already unfolding before them. The only thing that seems certain is that we are all caught in an accelerating process of change that will make the future, for a better or worse, a very diffe