名师推荐资料四川省遂宁市学年高二英语下学期期末考试试题.docx

1、名师推荐资料四川省遂宁市学年高二英语下学期期末考试试题四川省遂宁市2017-2018学年高二英语下学期期末考试试题本试卷分第卷(选择题，共100分)和第卷(非选择题，共50分)两部分。总分150分，考试时间120分钟。第 卷注意事项：1答题前，考生务必将自己的姓名、班级、考号用0.5毫米的黑色墨水签字笔填写在答题卡上。并检查条形码粘贴是否正确。21-60小题选出答案后，用2B铅笔填涂在答题卡对应题目标号的位置上，非选择题用0.5毫米黑色墨水签字笔书写在答题卡对应框内，超出答题区域书写的答案无效；在草稿纸、试题卷上答题无效。3考试结束后，将答题卡收回。第一部分：听力（共两节，满分30分）做题时，

2、先将答案标在试卷上。录音内容结束后，你将有两分钟的时间将试卷上的答案转涂到答题卡上。第一节 （共5小题；每小题1.5分，满分7.5分）听下面5段对话。每段对话后有一个小题，从每题所给的A、B、C三个选项中选出最佳选项,并标在试卷的相应位置。听完每段对话后,你都有10秒钟的时间来回答有关小题和阅读下一小题。每段对话仅读一遍。1Whats the mans destination?A. The British Museum. B. A bookshop. C. The train station.2Whats the mans correct seat number?A. No.5, Row 2.

3、 B. No.5, Row 3. C. No.5, Row 4.3What did the man do yesterday?A. Watched TV. B. Slept at home. C. Climbed a mountain.4What does the woman usually like? A. Milk. B. Coffee. C. Orange juice.5Where does the woman want to go?A. Paris. B. Venice. C. Shanghai.第二节（共15小题；每小题1.5分，满分22.5分） 听下面5段对话或对白，每段对话或对白

4、后有几个小题，从题中所给的A、B、C三个选项中选出最佳选项，并标在试卷的相应位置，听每段对话或独白前，你将有时间阅读各个小题。每小题5秒钟；听完后，各小题将给出5秒钟的作答时间。每段对话或独白读两遍。听下面一段对话，回答第6和第7题。6Why is the woman going to New York?A. To look after his mother. B. To start a new job. C. To get married.7What will the woman work as?A. A bank teller. B. A shop assistant. C. A fina

5、ncial advisor.听下面一段对话，回答第8和第9题。8What is the man doing?A. Writing a school paper.B. Reading an article.C. Watching a Chinese TV program.9What did the woman once hear?A. Wind and sandstorms have been threatening the Great Wall.B. Some parts of the Great Wall have been destroyed by people.C. Some local

6、 people stole the stones from the Great Wall to build houses.听下面一段对话，回答第10至第12题。10. Who is on a banana diet?A. The mans sister. B. The mans cousin. C. The mans neighbor.11. What does the woman think of a fish diet?A. Its bad for the teeth. B. Its good for the heart. C. It costs too much.12. What is

7、the woman probably going to do?A. See a doctor. B. Play tennis. C. Go shopping.听下面一段对话，回答第13至第16题。13. How does the man probably look now?A. Delighted B. Worried C. Surprised 14. How much will the new rent be every month?A.100 dollars. B. 500 dollars. C. 600 dollars.15. What did his roommate often do

8、 in the apartment?A. He often smoked. B. He often drank alone. C. He often sang with his friends.16. What can we know about the man?A. He likes to live alone. B. He hates making friends.C. He comes home late at night.听下面一段独白，回答第17至第20题。17. What did the man talk about last week?A. The history of Sing

9、apore B. The climate of Singapore. C. The festival of Singapore18. Whats the weather like in Singapore from November to January?A. Sunny B. Windy C. Rainy19. When is the Singapore Food Festival held?A. In July B. In September C. From May to July20. Which of the following festival is held four times

10、every year?A. The Computer Shows B. The Singapore Food FestivalC. The Great Singapore Sales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。AGames in classPlaying computer games is getting serious. Washington teacher Tammie Schrader is so enthusiastic about co

11、mputer games in education that she thinks they can be used to teach programming skills which will help students in college- starting in middle school.Canadian teacher Justin Holladay wrote a few simple games to help his students practise math skills, and when they caught on, he started his own compa

12、ny to create more of them.And the University of Washingtons Zoran Popovic got more than 4,000 Washington students to master their lessons this spring by playing a computer game for just a few hours.The growing availability(可获得性) of inexpensive tablet computers and a new generation of young teachers

13、who grew up playing on computers have spurred (激发)interest in games for serious purpose.“Six or seven years ago, selling games to schools was forbidden,” said David Martz of Muzzy Software, a Boston, US Company that produces games for publishers such as McGraw-Hill. Now he said schools are intereste

14、d in the promise of games-perhaps because gaming is so much more popular.Software and education companies have tried for many years to combine youngsters passion for computer games with educational progress, without much success.Popovic thinks the first efforts to combine games with education fell f

15、lat because they were created by commercial companies. These companies were more interested in selling products than seeing students master a skill.Teachers say there are some pretty good games in the marketplace now.Holladay, the math teacher from Alberta, Canada, began moving paper-based math game

16、s to the iPad, building games that allowed students to compete with each other and giving them instant feedback(反馈) on their progress.The games reinforced (强化) the lessons he was teaching, and his students had fun playing, he said. “They were a lot more engaged(参与)”.21. What factors have helped prom

17、ote computer games in schools according to the article?a. The affordability of tablet computers.b. The preferences of young teachersc. The advertisements of commercial companiesd. Parents supporte. Better games being producedA. a, c, d B. a, b, e C. b, c, d D. b. d. e22. What is Holladays attitude t

18、o the idea of using computer games in class?A. It is not as helpful as people thought. B. He allows students to learn in a fun way. C. It reduces the interaction between teachers and students.D. It sounds good but is inconvenient to get feedback from students.23. What does “fell flat” in Paragraph7

19、mean?A. Ended up in failure. B. Lost plenty of money.C. Was a huge success. D. Gained wide popularity. BBritish children generally learn how to ride a bike at a young age. I am an exception to that rule. Its not my dads faulthe tried to teach me. I remember cycling around the neighbourhood. To be ho

20、nest, though, I never saw the appeal. One of my earliest memories is falling from my bike and into some spiny(多刺的) plants. I definitely didnt want to repeat that.So I stopped learning. My dad wasnt going to waste his time teaching someone who didnt want to be taught. Time passed and I accepted that

21、I couldnt ride a bike. It never affected my life in high school because I lived close enough to walk.I never felt like I was missing out until I couldnt go on a bike ride with friends in Byron Bay because I was only confident that I could go on a flat surface in a generally straight line. So when th

22、e opportunity came up to bike the wall of Xian, I wanted to prove to myself that I could do it and make up for missed time. So, with a friend who is very patient, I got on the bike. Instantly nothing came flooding back to me, I had absolutely no idea how to start! “Push off with one foot hard” was m

23、y instruction. It sounded simple enough but it just would not happen. Until something clicked and suddenly I was off, going in a straight line on a flat surface and managing to avoid the Chinese tourists who obviously found exaltation on my face.At 22 years old, I finally learnt how to ride a bike,

24、and nothing can hold me back.24. Why didnt the author learn to ride a bike as a child?A. She was not brave enough.B. There was no need to do so. C. Her father was too busy to teach her.D. Her father thought it a waste of time25. When was she determined to learn to ride?A. When her friend offered to

25、teach her how to ride.B. When her friends went on a bike ride in Byron Bay. C. When she wanted to ride a bike along Xian City Wall.D. When she was travelling by bike in Byron Bay with her friends.26. Which of the following can replace the underlined word “exaltation” in the Paragraph3 ?A. interest B

26、. shock C. calmness D. excitement27. What can we conclude from the story?A. Motivation is the best teacher. B. Failure is the mother of success.C. No rule has no exceptions. D. Its never too old to learn.CIndian scientists have designed a new device and they hope it will solve one of the biggest pro

27、blems with the use of solar energy. They call the device a solar tree. Solar trees have metal branches which are just from a tall pole at different levels. Each branch holds a solar panel. These panels(面板) have large metal boards that collect energy from the sun and turn it into electricity.The shap

28、e of the solar trees makes it possible to fit more solar panels in a space than traditional systems do. This means less land would be needed to produce solar energy. It takes about four square meters of space to produce energy which may otherwise need 400 square meters of space. So almost 100 times

29、the space is saved, which is very valuable.Buying land to develop roads, factories and other infrastructure(基础设施) has been a troublesome issue in India. Disagreements often lead to protests(抗议) by those forced to move.Scientists believe the energy a solar tree collects will be enough to power five h

30、omes. The space-saving tree will make it easier to provide solar energy for homes in cities, they say. The trees will also take less space from farmers in rural areas. Solar trees will collect more energy than normal panels on the tops of buildings.India is the worlds third largest producer of green

31、house gases. The country promised to reduce its rate of greenhouse gas production at the United Nations Conference on Climate Change in Paris last year. India said, by 2030, it would reduce its rate of greenhouse gas production by one third over its levels in 2005. The countrys promise depends heavi

32、ly on increasing solar energy. India has set a difficult goal of getting 40 percent of its total energy from renewable sources by 2030. 28. What is unique about the new solar device?AIts color. BThe way it works.CIts shape. DThe place where it is fixed.29. Whats the major advantage of the solar device?A. Its price is lower. B. It can work in rainy weather. C. It sends e