甘肃省师大附中学年高二英语下学期期末模拟试题含答案 师生通用.docx

1、甘肃省师大附中学年高二英语下学期期末模拟试题含答案 师生通用附中2017-2018学年下学期高二年级期末模拟试卷英 语 注意事项：1答题前，先将自己的姓名、准考证号填写在试题卷和答题卡上，并将准考证号条形码粘贴在答题卡上的指定位置。2选择题的作答：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，写在试题卷、草稿纸和答题卡上的非答题区域均无效。3非选择题的作答：用签字笔直接答在答题卡上对应的答题区域内。写在试题卷、草稿纸和答题卡上的非答题区域均无效。4考试结束后，请将本试题卷和答题卡一并上交。第卷第一部分 听力（共两节，满分 30 分）(略) 第二部分 阅读理解（共两节，满分40分

2、）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。ADear Derrick,Although under great pressure, we all get on well with each other in this large office. You are one of the people who keep the social temperature at such a comfortable setting. I dont know anyone in the office who is

3、better liked than you.You can perhaps help with this. The collection of contributions towards gifts for employees personal-life events is becoming a little troubling. Certainly, the group sending of a gift is reasonable now and then. In the past month, however, there have been collections for two ba

4、by shower gifts, one wedding shower gift, two weeding gifts, one funeral remembrance, four birthday gifts, and three graduation gifts.Its not only the collected-from who are growing uncomfortable(and poor), but the collectedfor feel uneasy receiving gifts from people who dont know them outside the o

5、ffice, who wouldnt even recognize their graduating children, their marrying daughters and sons, or their dead relatives.This is basically a kind gesture (and one that people think well of you for), but the practice seems to have become too wide-ranging and feels improper in todays office setting.Tha

6、nk you for understanding.21. The underlined word “ contributions ” probably means _ .A. reports B. suggestionsC. understanding D. money22. Derrick is expected to _.A. show more kindnessB. discontinue the present practiceC. quit being the organizer for gift givingD. know more about co-workers familie

7、s23. This is basically a letter of _.A. apology B. dissatisfactionC. appreciation D. sympathyBYou may be familiar with the following famous people, but have you heard of their graduation speeches, in which they either share their unforgotten experiences or give you some great inspiration(启迪).Michael

8、 Dell, University of Texas at AustinAnd now youve accomplished something great and important here, and its time for you to move on to whats next. And you must not let anything prevent you from taking those first steps . You must also commit to the adventure. Just have faith in the skills and the kno

9、wledge youve been blessed (赐予)with and go.J.K. Rowling, Harvard UniversityHalf my lifetime ago ,I was striking an uneasy balance between my ambition and the expectation from my parents who were not rich.But what I feared most for myself at your age was not poverty(贫穷), but failure. The fact that you

10、 are graduating from Harvard suggests that you know little about failure, you might be driven by a fear of failure quite as much as a desire for success.Steve Jobs, Stanford UniversitySometimes lifes going to hit you in the head with a brick. Dont lose faith.Your work is going to fill a large part o

11、f your life, and the only way to be truly satisfied is to do what you believe is great work, and the only way to do great work is to love what you do. If you havent found it yet, keep looking, and dont settle.Bill Gates, Harvard UniversityWe need as many people as possible to have access to the adva

12、nced technology to lead to a revolution in what human beings can do for one another. They are making it possible not just for national governments, but for universities ,smaller organizations, and even individuals to see problems, see approaches and deal with the worlds inequities（不公平）like hunger, p

13、overty, and so on.24. What Michael Dell said is to urge us to.A. listen to our heart B. pursue our dreamsC. follow others example D. learn from our mistakes25. What did J.K. Rowling fear most when she was studying in university?A. Poverty. B. Hunger.C. Failure. D. Appearance.26. Who wants to express

14、 Keep looking for what you believe in?A. Michael Dell. B. J.K. Rowling.C. Bill Gates. D. Steve Jobs.27. What does Bill Gates suggest people do?A. Make contributions to the environment.B. Take responsibility for their own behavior.C. Make joint efforts to rid some global problems.D. Master as much ad

15、vanced technology as possible.CThey like using the Internet. They have lots of pocket money to spend, and they spend a higher proportion of it online than the rest of us. Teenagers are just the sort of people an online seller is interested in, and the things they want to buy games, CDs and clothing

16、are easily sold on the Web.But paying online is a tricky business for consumers who are too young to own credit cards. Most have to use a parents card. They want a service that allows them to spend money.That may come sooner than they think: new ways to take pocket money into cyber (网络的) space are c

17、oming out rapidly on both sides of the Atlantic. If successful, these products can stimulate (刺激)online sales.In general, teenagers spend huge amounts: $153bn (billion) in the US last year and 20bn annually in the UK. Most teenagers have access to the Internet at home or at school 88 percent in the

18、US, 69 percent in the UK. According to the Jupiter Research, one in eight of those with Internet access has bought something online mainly CDs and books.In most cases, parents pay for these purchases with credit cards, an arrangement that is often unsatisfactory for them and their children. Pressing

19、 parents to spend online is less productive than pressing on the high street. They are more likely to ask “Why?” if you ask to spend some money online.One way to help teenagers change notes and coins into cyber cash is through prepaid cards such as Internet Cash in the US and Smart cards in the UK.

20、Similar to those for pay-as-you-go mobile telephones, they are sold in amounts such as20 or $50 with a concealed (隐藏的) 14-digit number that can be used to load the cash into an online account.28. What does the word “They” in paragraph 1 refer to?A. Sellers. B. Buyers.C. Teenagers. D. Parents.29. Acc

21、ording to the passage, which of the following statements is TRUE?A. More than half of the teenagers in the US and the UK have Internet accessB. Teenagers pay for goods online with their own credit cards.C. Most teenagers in the US and the UK have bought something online.D. Teenagers found it easier

22、to persuade parents to buy online than in a shop.30. A new way to help teenagers shop online is to use _.A. a new machine B. special coins and notesC. prepaid cards D. pay-as-you-go mobile phones31. What is the passage mainly about?A. Online shopping traps. B. Internet users in the US and the UK.C.

23、New credit cards for parents. D. The arrival of cyber pocket money.DBritish English may have come first, but around the world, the American way of spelling is now far more popular.A recent examination of the English language shows that publications now largely use the American version swapping words

24、 like “centre” for “center” after the 1880s. To get data, researchers used Googles Ngram Viewer to analyze the words found in all English-language publications from 1800 to 2000. Entering a word into the viewer will show how frequently it occurs within the massive corpus(语料库)of books around the worl

25、d.According to the data, this shift was further strengthened around World War I. Since then, English-language publications have preferred “gray” and “flavor” instead of “grey” and “flavour”. The American spelling has continued to grow over the years, with “liter” passing “liter” around 1900, and “ce

26、nter” becoming the more common choice over “centre” in 1913. “1913 marked a turning point in British spelling, as the American alternative became more frequently used in literature,” the post explains, in regard to “center”. This was just a year before the beginning of World War I, which many views

27、as a key period in Americas rise to superpower status.Though this switched again between 1920s and the late 1930s, the American, spelling took over for good around 1940, during which time the spelling “airplane” shifted dramatically over “aeroplane”.Ever since the middle of the 19th century, even th

28、e British Isles have slowly rejected the old spelling. The future is gray for British English.32. Which of the following is true?A. American spelling takes over all the time.B. British people refuse to use American spelling.C. All the media prefer American spelling.D. The change in spelling is more

29、obvious around World War I.33. Whats the main idea of the second paragraph?A. The popularity of American spelling.B. The examples of the change in spelling.C. The history of English spelling.D. The reason for the change in English spelling.34. The passage is developed _.A. by space B. by timeC. by p

30、rocess D. by logic35. The passage is written to _.A. introduce the change of English spellingB. encourage the change in English spellingC. compare the difference between American spelling and British spellingD. introduce different views on English spelling第二节 （共 5 小题，每小题 2 分，满分 10 分） 根据短文内容，从短文后的选项中

31、选出能填入空白处的最佳选项，选项中有两项为多余选项。 IPads vs TextbooksWhat if you could have your whole backpack at the touch of your fingertips? In the first month of the Apple iPads release, 25million were sold! People all over the world use iPads for all sorts of different things, but one of their finest qualities is the

32、 ability to be a textbook. _36_To begin with, iPads are less expensive. Textbooks become outdated and schools have to buy new books, but with an iPad schools can update them for free. _37_ Schools dont have to spend $500 every year for iPads because they last a while and can be updated._38_ Students usually have multipl