1、辽宁省大连普兰店市高二英语寒假会考检测试题辽宁省大连普兰店市2016-2017学年高二英语寒假会考检测试题第I卷(选择题 满分60分)第一部分: 阅读理解(共20小题;每小题2分,满分40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。ATake a deep breath and drink some water for 15 seconds! This is just one of hundreds of tips you might get if you have the hiccups(打嗝). Hiccups are so mysterious that w
2、e really dont know why they start and why they stop.Everyone has a favorite cure for a case of the hiccups. Some people think that a good scare is necessary to get well. Others eat a teaspoon of sugar. Still others drink a glass of water with a knife in it.An American man named Jack OLeary claimed (
3、声称) to have hiccupped 160 million times over a period of eight years. He tried 60,000 cures, but none of them worked. Finally he prayed to Saint Jude(圣徒犹大), the saint of hopeless cases, and his hiccups stopped at once.It took a British engineer eight months to cure his hiccups. People from all over
4、the world wrote him letters with suggestions for getting well. He tried them all, but the hiccups continued. Finally, he drank a “secret”mixture someone had sent him. By that evening his hiccups were gone.Why did these cures work for these two men? No one really knows. But people who have studied ma
5、ny cases of hiccups have an idea. Hiccups usually go away if you believe in the cure.1. If something is mysterious, it is _.A. hard to stop B. easy to hurt C. hard to understand D. easy to take care of2. Which cure is NOT mentioned in Paragraph 2?A. A good scare. B. A special tool. C. A teaspoon of
6、sugar. D. A glass of water with a knife in it.3. How many times did Jack OLeary claim to have hiccupped over a period of eight years?A. 8. B. 160. C. 60,000. D. 160,000,000. 4. The British engineers hiccups were cured by _.A. taking a spoonful of salt B. taking a deep breathC. drinking a secret mixt
7、ure D. drinking some water for 15 seconds5. The passage is mainly about _.A. a British engineers hiccups B. what makes hiccups happenC. Jack OLearys hiccups D. different ways to stop hiccupBYoung Music Scene ConcertYoung musicians from all over Germany perform at Young Scene Concert at Berlins famou
8、s Quasimodo music hall. The concert is part of the Berlin Festival.Time: 1520 Nov. Place: 45, 18756 Berlin, Germany Cost: Various Email: infoquasimodo.dePhone: +34 (0) 45 839 5986 Documentary Film Month Cinemas, schools and libraries across France and the French-speaking world take part in Novembers
9、 Documentary Film Month. About 120, 000 visitors take part each year. Time: 120 Mar. Place: 25 Road Pyramids, 75001 Paris Cost: Various Phone: +12 (0)1 43 38 19 73 Email: infoparis- Craft (工艺) ShowYou can come to the show twice a year in spring and at Christmas. There are hundreds of artisans (手艺人)
10、from across Canada selling jewellery, pottery, glass, ironwork and clothing.Time: 26 Nov.7 Dec. Mon.Fri. 11 am10 pmSat. 10 am8 pm Sun. 9 am6 pmPlace: Direct Energy Centre Cost: $10Phone: +7 658 198 3245 Email: askus Toronto Garden and Flower Show The Canada Flower Show every year at the Metro Toront
11、o Convention Centre is the countrys largest indoor garden show. Time: Mar. 9 am6 pm Sun. 11 am5 pm Place: Metro Toronto Convention Centre Cost: $18; under 12 freePhone: +1 235 447 87686. People can enjoy music at Young Scene Concert from _. A. 120 Mar B. 1520 Nov C. 26 Nov7 Dec D. 1 Mar20 Nov 7. You
12、 can e-mail _ if you want to see Documentary Film. A. info B. askus C. infoparis- D. infoquasimodo.de8. You can buy _at the Craft Show. A. glass, ironwork and clothing B. different kinds of flowers C. classic music CDs D. some books about film9. If two adults and two boys of 9 want to see Flower Sho
13、w and Craft Show, it will cost them _. A. $40 B. $56 C. $76 D. $11210. Where can you probably find the passage? A. a music magazine B. a daily newspaper C. a book review D. a travel guideC Maria was worried. She was to have a job interview, and she wanted to look good. She decided to get some new cl
14、othes. The store owner, Pallas Hansen, helped Maria find a suit. But when she left the store, she didnt pay for the suit!How could Maria do this? She was in a special store called Career Closet (职业壁橱) in San Jose, California. Pallas Hansen and Charlotte Krumwiede started this nonprofit store to help
15、 women. They knew that many women dont find jobs because they dont have the right clothes for a job interview. Women who dont have a lot of money have to use their money to buy food and clothes for their children. They cant buy clothes for themselves.Pallas and Charlotte started the store after they
16、 heard about a store like this in Chicago. Volunteers work in the store. Working women gave away most of the clothes to the store. This makes it possible for the customers at Career Closet to get clothes for free.Career Closet has helped 2,500 San Jose women, but clothes arent the only things women
17、get at the store. They also get confidence. Maria is 36 years old. Her husband was hurt in an accident, and Maria needed a job to support her seven children. She went to Career Closet and got a jacket, a skirt, and a blouse. “The whole day made me feel special,” she said. Maria was a success at her
18、interview, and she got the job. One reason she got it was because she was wearing the right clothes for the workplace.Pallas says, “I love this job. Sixty percent of the women get jobs. Its like a magic godmother.”11. Pallas Hansen started the non-profit store to _.A. help women B. make moneyC. supp
19、ort children D. collect beautiful clothes12. We can know from the passage that _.A. dressing properly in working place is important B. women need to wear fashionable dress for work C. women are trained for the interview in Pallass shop D. women get the job training in Pallass shop13. Which is not tr
20、ue according to the passage?A. Chicago has a similar clothes store. B. Pallas makes clothes for workingwomen.C. Customers gain confidence in Pallas shop. D. All the clothes in Pallas shop are free. 14. The main idea in Paragraph 4 is _.A. Marias husband had an accident B. Right dress helps to build
21、peoples confidenceC. Maria needed a job to support her family D. Maria has found the right dress for the workplace15. The best title for the passage might be _.A. Job interview B. Fashion on the wayC. Dressing for success D. Getting clothes for freeDThe tradition of birthday parties started a long t
22、ime ago. People thought that there was a special danger from evil(邪恶) spirits, so friends and family came together to bring good thoughts and wishes and even presents. There are some traditionssuch as sending birthday cards, blowing out the candles on a birthday cake and singing the “Happy Birthday”
23、 song, that you can find almost anywhere, any time. Others are more specific(特定的) to certain agesand certain countries.1 In China, everyone celebrates their birthday on New Years Day: they become one year older on that day. On a childs second birthday, family members put different kinds of objects o
24、n the floor around the child. According to Chinese tradition, the first object that the child picks up tells you what profession(职业) the child will choose later in life.15 In Argentina, Mexico and several other Latin American countries, girls have a special birthday celebration when they reach the a
25、ge of fifteen. After a religious ceremony, the girls dance a waltz with their father and other boys.21 In many English-speaking countries, a twenty-first birthday cake often has key on top, or the cake itself is sometimes in the shape of a key. The key means that the young person is now old enough t
26、o leave and enter the family home at any time they want to!30 In the past in parts of Europe, men who reached the age of thirty and were still single, had to clean the stairs of the City Hall. This way every girl could see that the man didnt have a girlfriend, and how good he was at cleaning the hou
27、se!16. Which is NOT the usual way for people anywhere to celebrate birthday? A. Sending birthday cards. B. Dancing a waltz with others. C. Singing the “Happy Birthday” song. D. Blowing out the candles on a birthday cake.17. People in China celebrate a childs second birthday by _. A. teaching the chi
28、ld to dance a waltz B. sending the child to clean the stairs of the City Hall C. allowing the child to leave the family home at any time D. getting the child to pick up objects put on the floor18. A twenty-first birthday cake often has a key on top in_. A. China B. many English-speaking countries C.
29、 parts of Europe D. several other Latin American countries19. The passage is developed in order of _. A. event B. importance C. age D. size20. What can be the best title for passage? A. Birthday Traditions around the World B. Public Holidays in English-speaking Countries C. Special Days Celebration
30、in Parts of Europe. D. Different Traditions around the World第二部分 英语知识运用(共两节;满分35分)第一节:完形填空 (共20小题;每小题1分,满分20分)阅读下面短文,从短文后各题所给的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中,选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。Howard walked across the vast desert, planning to walk through it for one month. Twenty21 passed, the journey had been so 22 and it seemed that
31、he had enough food and water to finish it. Soon Ill able to walk out of this 23 ,he thought gladly. But the desert 24 cared for travelers. 25 this idea could disappear, the sandstorm had arrived suddenly. He hurriedly 26 his head with the clothes, lying on the sand. After about ten minutes, the sandstorm stopped. When he shook the clothes and stood up, he found a horrible thing: the back bag 27 wit
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