学年浙江省嘉兴市高二下学期期末英语试题解析版.docx

1、学年浙江省嘉兴市高二下学期期末英语试题解析版2016-2017学年浙江省嘉兴市高二（下）期末英语试卷第一部分 听力1（1分）Where is the mans mother now？AAt home BAt a bus stop CIn a hospital2（1分）How did the man feel？ANervousBProudCExcited3（1分）What is the probable relationship between the speakers？ADoctor and patient BDriver and passenger CTeacher and student4

2、（1分）When did the football match start yesterday？AAt 7：45BAt 8：45CAt 9：155（1分）What do we know about the man？AHe has worked with the woman for twelve yearsBHe thinks the prices in the store are too highCHe has a slight hearing problem6（2分）听第6段材料，回答第6、7题6Where does the conversation take place？AIn a dru

3、gstoreBIn a hospitalCIn the street7What will the man do later？APick up some medicineBWait for the womanCGo back home8（3分）听第7段材料，回答第8至10题8What are the speakers mainly talking about？AA lectureBAn examCA habit9How does the man feel about Miss Kellys grade？AAngryBDisappointedCSurprised10What do we know

4、about Miss Kelly？AShe has a better time scheduleBShe never studies until the last dayCShe often copies from other students11（3分）听第8段材料，回答第11至13题11What did the speakers find when they came back？AAll the food in the fridge went badBThere was no food left in the fridgeCSomeone had broken into their hou

5、se12What smelt bad in the kitchen？AThe fishBThe breadCThe sandwiches13What do we know about Richard？AHe is a responsible caretakerBHe hasnt cleaned up the houseCHe has gone to buy some food14（4分）听第9段材料，回答第14至17题14When does the conversation probably take place？AIn late JuneBIn midJulyCIn late July15W

6、hat will Jenny do this September？AGo back to EnglandBTake a courseCTeach in a school16Who will Jenny most probably teach？AChildren aged 5 to 7BChildren aged 7 to 9CChildren aged 9 to 1117What made Jenny want to be a teacher？AHer passion for teachingBHer mothers suggestionCHer teachers encouragement1

7、8（3分）听第10段材料，回答第18至20题18What is true about Deep Springs College？AIts located in a college townBIts library is often crowded with studentsCIts school buildings are ancient19How many books are there in the library？A.70000B.1700C.900020What can students at Deep Springs do in their spare time？ATake a wa

8、lk in the mountainsBGo to the cinemaCWatch TV第二部分阅读理解 第一节（满分15分）阅读下列短文，从每题所给的A、B、C和D四个选项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑21（4.5分）Pink has never been one of the favorite colors of the fashion industry，as its often seen as silly and not cool enoughBut this spring，its having its moment in the spotlight，all thanks t

9、o the fact that the color is no longer all about being girly and sweetInstead，pink is taking on a new meaning of independence and powerThis shift happened last month during the Womens MarchTens of thousands of women filled the streets of major cities in the US and in countries all around the world t

10、o protest（抗议）against the disrespect to womenWhat was unusual about the protests is that a lot of people taking part were wearing pink hats，making the streets appear like asea of pinkEven though the hats were without any slogan（标语），their pink color is thought to have sent out a message that is louder

11、 than any wordsWe women have power and were not going to sit down and shut up，Aileen Gildea，one of the protesters in the US，told The Boston GlobeNow young people are changing their attitudes to pinkThey are no longer trying to escape pink，but give new meanings to it insteadWomen who came before usto

12、 be taken seriously they had to get away from the symbols used to make women seem less capableYounger women dont have that reactionTheyre more interested in breaking and rebuild those symbols，Audrey Gelman，a businesswoman in the US，told The Wall Street JournalSo sometimes its not the thing itself th

13、at needs to be changed，but the way we look at itAnd in the case of pink，what used to be seen as silly may be turned into something really serious21In general，people tend to relate pink to Aindependence Bweakness Cpower Dsadness22According to Aileen Gildea，what were their protests meant to convey？ AW

14、omen actually prefer pink to any other colorBWomen need to get away from those symbols of sillinessCWomen ought to have a bigger voice in societyDWomen should have the right to choose whatever colors23The last paragraph implies that sometimes it is necessary to Achange our traditional conceptsBshow

15、greater respect for womenChave doubts about the socalledtruthDtell something silly from something serious24（4.5分）Recently，people in US education have gotten extremely worried because a new report has shown that American students have a math problemThe 2015 Program for International Student Assessmen

16、t（评估）（PISA） shows math scores in the US getting lower and no improvement in science or readingPISA tests 15yearolds from different countries and regions in their math，science and reading skillsAbout 540，000 students from 72 countries and regions took part in the assessment in 2015US scores in readin

17、g and science were about the same as three years ago，leaving Americans near the middle of the bigger groupBut the situation in math is much more worryingThe US average score was 470，be；ow the OECD（经合组织）test average of 490，meaning the US was No.40 among the 72 countries and areasIt was 12 points lowe

18、r than in 2012 and 18 points lower than in 2009So，what is going on with American studentsmath skills？One reason may be that the US does not teach math in enough depthStudents are often good at answering the first part of a problem in the United States，said Andreas Schleicher，director of education an

19、d skills at OECDBut as soon as students have to go deeper and answer the more complicated part of a problem，they have difficultiesIn comparison，many highperforming countries and regions in math teach a lot less but focus in much greater depth，especially when you look at East Asia，Japan and Singapore

20、，according to SchleicherAnother reason may be the fact that many people in the US are unwilling to travel to foreign countries to learn better teaching practicesOne of our biggest challenges in the US is that the teachers are not going out and seeing what highperforming countries do differently，said

21、 Wendy Kopp，who started Teach for America，in a news program24When it comes to the 2015 PISA results，people in US education are more concerned about Athe US average scoreBthe differences from the previous PISACAmerican studentsperformance in mathDAmerican studentssituation in science and reading skil

22、ls25What can we learn from the passage？ AAmerican students are not interested in simple math problemsBAmerican students are unwilling to go abroad for further studyCAmerican math teachers envy highperforming countries better teaching skillsDAmerican math teachers seldom teach students how to solve c

23、omplicated problems26What is the main purpose of the passage？ ATo inform people of American students2015PISA resultsBTo analyze the causes of American studentsproblems with mathCTo stress the importance of learning math well to America studentsDTo give American math teachers some advice on how to te

24、ach math27（6分）Floods are second only to fire as the most common of all natural disastersThey occur almost everywhere in the world，resulting in widespread damage and even deathConsequently，scientists have long tried to perfect their ability to predict floodsSo far，the best that scientists can do is t

25、o recognize the potential for flooding in certain conditionsThere are a number of conditions，from deep snow on the ground to human error，which cause floodingWhen deep snow melts it creates a large amount of waterAlthough deep snow alone rarely causes floods，when it occurs together with heavy rain an

26、d sudden warmer weather it can lead to serious floodingIf there is a fast snow melt on top of frozen or very wet ground，flooding is more likely to occur than when the ground is not frozenFrozen ground or ground that is very wet cannot absorb the additional water created by the melting snowMelting sn

27、ow also contributes to high water levels in rivers and streamsRivers that are covered in ice can also lead to floodingWhen ice begins to melt，the surface of the ice cracks and breaks into large piecesThese pieces of ice move and float down the river，They can form a dam in the river，causing the water

28、 behind the dam to rise and flood the land upstreamIf the dam breaks suddenly，then the large amount of water held behind the dam can flood the areas downstream tooBroken ice dams are not the only dam problems that can cause floodingWhen a large humanmade dam breaks or fails to hold the water collect

29、ed behind it，the results can be devastatingDams contain such huge amounts of water behind them that when sudden breaks occur，the great force of the water is like a great tidal waveThe dam waters can travel tens of kilometres，cover the ground in metres of mud and litter，and drown and crush every thin

30、g and creature in their pathAlthough scientists cannot always predict exactly when floods will occur，they do know a great deal about when floods are probably going to occurDeep snow，icecovered rivers，and weak dams are all strong conditions for potential flooding27Which of the following shows the str

31、ucture of the passage？ （Pstands forParagraph）28Why does frozen ground probably contribute to flooding when deep snow melts？ AIt is likely to form an ice damBIt is too hard for water to run offCIt cannot take in more waterDIt makes the snow melt too quickly29Which of the following words has the closest meaning to the underlined worddevastatingin Paragraph 4？ APositiveBDisappointingCImpressiveDDamaging30What is mainly tal