广东东莞市学年高二英语下学期期末教学质量检查试题及参考答案.docx

1、广东东莞市学年高二英语下学期期末教学质量检查试题及参考答案广东省东莞市2016-2017学年高二英语下学期期末教学质量检查试题本套试卷客观题80分，主观题70分，共150分。考试时间120分钟。I.听力（共两节，满分15分）第一节 听力理解（两段共5小题；每小题2分，满分10分）共两小段，每段播放两遍。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三个选项中选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。听第一段对话，回答第12题。1. What kind of music does the man play mostly?A. Pop music. B. Country music.

2、 C. Rock music.2. Which instrument does the man like best?A. The guitar. B. The piano. C. The violin.听第二段对话，回答第35题。3. Where does the man come from?A. France. B. Germany. C. Japan.4. How does the woman learn English?A. By taking classes. B. By teaching herself. C. By watching movies.5. Whats the rela

3、tionship between the two speakers?A. Teacher and student. B. Mother and son. C. Husband and wife.第二节 听取信息（共5小题；每小题1分，满分5分）听下面一段独白。请从所听到的内容中获取必要的信息，填入答题卡标号为610的空格中。听录音前，你将有10秒钟的阅题时间，录音读两遍。A Recovered GuitarLoss of the guitarLennon lost his guitar on a 6 night.The call to the policeThe policewoman tol

4、d him that finding the guitar might take a couple of 7 .Lennons situationLennon has been using 8 guitars.The recovery of the guitarThe guitar had been discovered in the comer of a 9 .Reward for returning the guitarLennon had offered a $ 10 reward for its return.阅读理解（共20小题；每小题2分，满分40分）第一节（共15小题；每小题2分

5、，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。AFounded in 2007, Volunteering Solutions is an international organization tha t offers volunteering and learning opportunities in more than 20 different countries across the world. This summer vacation, the organization has also designed differen

6、t overseas programs where you can either explore a foreign culture or improve your language ability as well as other skills. Are you interested in the following programs?Argentina: Land of DiscoveryExperience the lively culture of Buenos Aires as you work to build low-income housing for local famili

7、es in need.Duration: 14 to 21 days Program Type: Find Your Passion Tuition: $4,999 (21 days); $3,399 (14 days)Community Service Hours: 45 (21 days); 35 (14 days)Language Hours: N/A* (Not available.)Belize: Rhythms of the CaribbeanMake a difference as you work to promote childrens reading and writing

8、 ability, explore Belizes diverse ecosystems, and experience the color and culture of this foreign nation.Duration: 21 daysProgram Type: Find Your PassionTuition: $4,999Community Service Hours: 60Language Hours: N/ACosta Rica: Spanish Service Adventure Navigate through diverse mountain scenery and i

9、mprove your Spanish skills.Duration: 14 to 21 daysProgram Type: Language Immersion (沉浸）Tuition: $4,999 (21 days); $3,399 (14 days)Community Service Hours: 55 (21 days); 36 (14 days)Language Hours: 45 (21 days); 30 (14 days)Panama: Protecting the PacificProtect the oceans through volunteer projects o

10、n the Pacific coast.Duration: 14 daysProgram Type: Environmental Conservation Tuition: $3,399 Community Service Hours: 30 Language Hours: N/A11. Which project offers the longest community service hours?A. Land of Discovery. B. Rhythms of the Caribbean.C. Spanish Service Adventure. D. Protecting the

11、Pacific.12. How is Spanish Service Adventure different from other programs?A. It is the shortest program.B. It is the cheapest program.C. It provides different community service hours.D. It offers great opportunities to learn a language.13. Which program aims to improve the living conditions of the

12、poor?A. Land of Discovery. B. Rhythms of the Caribbean. C. Spanish Service Adventure. D. Protecting the Pacific.BAt my daughters graduation ceremony, the school headmaster reminded the kids of one truth: they could have multiple careers in their lifetimes. As I lay in bed that evening, I thought abo

13、ut another truth. It is not just different careers that await each child. It is a set of completely different lives.I think about my own life and how much it has transformed. Five years ago, I was in an unhappy marriage. I lived in a house that I felt wasnt mine. I felt anxious most of the time and

14、not in control of my own future. Now, I live in my own beautiful apartment. My family life is peaceful and filled with laughter. I date and have a bunch of new friends. My life is hardly recognizable. I have created a whole new reality.I have always known that great changes are possible. I am the gr

15、eat-grandchild of Eastern European immigrants who left their countries with almost nothing. But they created businesses and communities here. My own parents moved to a new city with two small children and started a brand new life with a new set of friends. And even my late grandmother lived two comp

16、letely different lives within her lifetime. In my childhood, she was a widow (遗孀）after my grandfather died at 43. She raised her daughters alone, rarely traveling out of her hometown. However, after being single for 26 years, she surprised us all by falling in love and remarrying. She and Harry soci

17、alized endlessly, traveled around the country and spent summers at their second home by the sea. They lived their new, adventurous lives well into their nineties.Life is full of possibilities. It is full of changes. We assume that our lives are linear (直线的), leading from birth to death in a straight

18、 path. But they can change. They can have sharp twists. They can double back and leap forward and begin another story altogether.14. What can we know about the authors life?A. She is leading a totally different life now.B. She feels as if she loses control of her life.C. Her unhappy marriage lasted

19、five years.D. She makes new friends but forgets old ones.15. How does the author prove her argument in Paragraph 3?A. By explaining in a logical way.B. By describing in vivid words.C. By telling imaginary stories.D. By giving proper examples.16. The underlined word “twists” in the last paragraph pro

20、bably means .A. endings B. turns C. conflicts D. edges17. What is the authors attitude towards the changes of life?A. Positive. B. Doubtful.C. Uninterested. D. Disappointed.CScientists believe that knowledge could be directly fed into your brain while you are falling asleep, just like what happened

21、in the famous science fiction film-The Matrix. Researchers claim to have developed a stimulator which can feed information directly into a persons brain and teach him new skills in a shorter amount of time. In the film called The Matrix, the hero Neo is able to learn kung fu in seconds after the fig

22、hting skills are uploaded” straight into his brain.Researchers from the HRL Laboratories in California, say they have found a way to multiply learning, only on a much smaller scale than seen in the Hollywood film. They studied the electric signals in the brain of a trained pilot and then fed the dat

23、a into the new learners as they learned to pilot a plane in a realistic flight simulator. The study, published in the journal Frontiers magazine, found that new learners who received brain stimulation(刺激）improved their piloting abilities and learnt the task 33 percent better than those who didnt acc

24、ept brain stimulation. “Our system is one of the first of its kind. Its a brain stimulation system,” explained Dr. Matthew Phillips. “It sounds kind of scientific-fiction, but there is enough large scientific basis for the development of our system. When you learn something, your brain physically ch

25、anges. What our system does is that it actually targets those changes to specific parts of the brain as you learn, he added. It turns out that certain functions of the brain, like speech and memory, are located in very specific areas of the brain, about the size of one of your fingersDr Matthew beli

26、eves that brain stimulation could eventually be applied to daily tasks like learning to drive, exam preparations and language learning.The method itself is actually quite old. In fact, the ancient Egyptians 4000 years ago used electric fish to stimulate and reduce pain. 18. Why did the author mentio

27、n the science fiction film-The Matrix?A. To invent a new scientific simulator.B. To develop this passage more directly.C. To make his idea understood more easily.D. To introduce a new interesting film to readers.19. What can we learn from the study in the passage?A. The trained pilot has helped the

28、new learners. B. The new learners only learned 33% of the task.C. All the new pilots brains have been fed data intoD. The brain stimulation improved the new learners learning.20. How does the system work according to Dr. Matthew Phillips.?A. It changes the brain physically. B. It influences the brai

29、n mentally. C. It aims at the changes in the special part of the brain.D. It influences the functions of the brain in many ways.21. What could be the best title for this passage?A. A brain-changing systemB. Feed data into your brainC. A science fiction has been realizedD. Brain Stimulation helps lea

30、rn betterDHaving a year-round comfortable climate and being close to many European countries, many people thought that Paris was the perfect location for Europes first Disneyland. But culturally speaking, Paris was probably the least logical choice. This is because France had a reputation for laughi

31、ng at anything American - an attitude called “anti-Americanism”.Despite this, Disney built a park in Paris anyway. Opening in 1992, this year marks its 25th anniversary. So how has it managed to survive for so long in a country that may not welcome it?America creates a danger to everything the Frenc

32、h cherish. For example, France is famous for its fancy cuisine and people there usually spend a long time over meals. But the American fast food like hotdogs and hamburgers introduces a completely different dining style. And in the film industry, French culture values high-art films while Hollywoods fast-food-style film productions may seem low-taste in the eyes of the French.“In the land of