精选河南省安阳市学年高二英语上学期期末考试试题.docx

1、精选河南省安阳市学年高二英语上学期期末考试试题河南省安阳市2016-2017学年高二英语上学期期末考试试题第卷第一部分 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）阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。AIn Sweden，near a forest there is a lake in which the water is very clear. Everything here is quiet and still. On the far side of the water is some farml

2、and and further away, across the field, is an old church built on a hill. It has just stopped raining. The brook flowing into the lake is full and there is still some halfmelted snow from last winter on the ground.The reason the water is so clear, and everything is so quiet and still, is that most o

3、f the plant and animal life in and around the lake is dead. There are no birds because all the fish and insects, which the birds need for food, have disappeared. Many trees in the forest are losing their leaves and bark, and are sick and dying. Others were blown down by the high winds of last winter

4、. A farmer is working in a field planting something, but unless he plants a stronger kind of seed this year, the crop will be between 25 to 40 per cent lower than a few years ago. The stones of the old church tower are turning to powder and unless the tower is repaired soon, it will fall down.All th

5、e death and destruction in this place is caused by the smoke coming out of factories and poisonous gases from cars and trucks. And yet this silent lake is hundreds of kilometers away from the nearest factory and highway.1. What time of the year do you think it is?A. Spring B. Summer C. Autumn D. Win

6、ter2. Why are there no animals or birds in or around the lake?A. The weather is terribly cold. B. The lake is quiet.C. The area is polluted. D. They have all been killed.3. What can we know from the second paragraph?A. The soil becomes less and less because the wind is strong.B. The water in the lak

7、e is not polluted because it is clear.C. The trees are dying because the soil is dry.D. Few plants can grow because of the pollution.4. What do you think is the best title of the passage?A. A Beautiful Place of Interest. B. A Polluted Place in Sweden.C. A Quiet Place in Sweden. D. A Faraway Mountain

8、 Area.BHelene An always told her five daughters that there was strength in unity (团结)when they were young. To show this, she held up one chopstick, representing one person. Then she easily broke it into two pieces. Next, she tied several chopsticks together, representing a family. She showed the gir

9、ls it was hard to break the tied chopsticks. This lesson about family unity stayed with the daughters as they grew up.Helene An and her family own a large restaurant business in California. However, when Helene and her husband Danny left their home in Vietnam in 1975, they didnt have much money. The

10、y moved their family to San Francisco. There they joined Dannys mother, Diana, who owned a small Italian sandwich shop. Soon afterwards, Helene and Diana changed the sandwich shop into a small Vietnamese restaurant. The five daughters helped in the restaurant when they were young. However, Helene di

11、d not want her daughters to always work in the family business because she thought it was too hard.Eventually the girls all graduated from college and went away to work for themselves, but one by one, the daughters returned to work in the family business. They opened new restaurants in San Francisco

12、 and Los Angeles. Even though family members sometimes disagreed with each other, they worked together to make the business successful. Daughter Elisabeth explains, Our mother taught us that to succeed we must have unity, and to have unity we must have peace. Without the strength of the family, ther

13、e is no business.Their expanding business became a large corporation in 1996, with three generations of Ans working together. Now the Ans corporation makes more than $20 million each year. Although they began with a small restaurant, they had big dreams, and they worked together. Now they are a big

14、success.5. Helene tied several chopsticks together to show _.A. the difficulty of growing upB. the strength of family unity C. the advantage of chopsticks D. the best way of giving a lesson6. We can I earn from Paragraph 2 that the An family _.A. started a business in 1975 B. bought a restaurant in

15、San FranciscoC. left Vietnam without much moneyD. opened a sandwich shop in Los Angeles7. What can we infer about the An daughters?A. They did not finish their college education.B. They could not bear to work in the family business.C. They were troubled by disagreement among family members.D. They w

16、ere influenced by what Helene taught them.8. What is the secret of Ans big success?A. Family unity B. Hard working C. Intelligence D. Having a large familyCWeve all been blamed wrongly sometimes in our lives. How do we deal with it? Not with anger, hurt and tears, but in a collected wayIf you are wr

17、ongly blamed, let others know of the true state of things at once. Do it calmly and clearlyif you lose your temper, people will stop listening or become defensive.If you dont find a sympathetic ear, find a person who will hear you outa teacher, a parent, a friend, or a brother or sister who believes

18、 in you.If youve been in trouble before, it may be easy for people to doubt you. So win your respect back in their eyes by behaving with honesty.If what you are blamed for is something unimportant, sometimes its better to smile it off.If youve been blamed for something serious, its important to put

19、your side of the story forward quickly and truthfully.Just remember:Respect your friendssecret if you dont want to be wrongly blamed for making them known.Dont blame others without first getting proof of their wrong doing.Putting the blame on someone else for what you have done wrong is weakness. Ad

20、mit your mistake quickly.If someone else is wrongly blamed, stand up for that person.Dont pass the responsibility to others9.The author of the passage mainly gives us some.A. tips on how to apologizeB. ideas on how to get along with othersC. information on how to argue with others D. advice on what

21、to do when being blamed wrongly10. The underlined phrase a sympathetic ear refers to a person who. A. thinks others are poor B. would like to listen to the truthC. likes listening to sad stories D. is impatient when listening11. What should you do if you are wrongly blamed for something important? A

22、. Explain yourself to others at onceB. Dont care much about it.C. Stop believing in others.D. Fight back with anger.12. In order not to be wrongly blamed, you ought .A. not to blame others foreverB. not to give your secret awayC. to take the responsibility of your wrongdoingD. to find an excuse for

23、your wrongdoingDIn many countries there aredifferent special customs when a childs baby teeth fall out. Many of these customs tell stories about animals taking the teeth.For example, Koreans have the custom of throwing the fallen tooth onto the roof of a house so that a magpie (喜鹊) can take the toot

24、h away and bring a new tooth for the child. This custom is also followed by some other Asian countries, such as Japan and Vietnam.Other countries, though, have tooth customs about other animals. In Mexico and Spain, for example, it is thought that a mouse takes a fallen tooth away and leaves some mo

25、ney. But in Mongolia, it is dogs that take childrens teeth away. Dogs are highly respected in Mongolian culture. It is believed that the new tooth will grow strong if the baby tooth is fed to a dog, so parents in Mongolia will put their childrens fallen teeth in a piece of meat and feed it to a dog.

26、In France and the USA, a child will put a fallen tooth under his or her pillow before going to bed. It is thought that in the early morning, when the child is still sleeping, the Tooth Fairy will take the tooth away and leave something else under the pillow. What she will leave is hard to know. It i

27、s said that in France the Tooth Fairy may leave some candies; however, in the United States, she may leave money.13. Koreans throw a tooth onto the roof of a house in order to _. A. get money B. get a new tooth C. get candies D. feed magpies14. From the last paragraph, we can know that in France and

28、 the USA _. A. a child will put his or her fallen tooth beside the pillow B. the Tooth Fairy takes the fallen teeth away at midnight C. the Tooth Fairy will leave some candies to the children after taking the fallen teeth away D. no one knows for sure what the Tooth Fairy will leave to the children

29、after taking the fallen teeth away15. The passage is mainly about _. A. stories about some animals B. stories about human teeth C. customs about fallen teeth in different countries D. customs about fallen teeth in western countries第二节 （共5小题；每小题2分, 满分10分）根据短文内容，从短文后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。选项中有两项为多余选项。Readi

30、ng is a task that we all do either for enjoyment or education, but sometimes the book we have to read may lack the attraction. Here are some tips on avoiding getting bored while reading.Try to step into the world of literature(文学) you are reading. _16_ If the wind is blowing, imagine how the leaves

31、move with each movement of air.Make your reading area unlike your sleeping area. If you sleep with the radio on, then shut it off. _17_ Make the area you read in an area that feels almost uncomfortable to sleep in. This will keep you from becoming sleepy._18_ If you are reading for a book report , t

32、hen take breaks from time to time to put what you are reading into some kind of context（语境） that you can put into the report.Take a break once in a while. _19_ Youd better offer yourself short breaks while reading in case you are too tired, which may make you give up.Find a friend. _20_ Try to read the same book. Even if you read different books, you can tell him or her how good the book is. Also, a fri