福建省莆田市第二十四中学2017_2018学年高二英语上学期期末考试试卷（含解析）.doc

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1、- 1 -2017-2018 学年高二（上）期末考英语试题（试卷总分：150 分；答题时间：120 分钟 14:3016:30）注意事项：1本试卷分第一卷（选择题）和第二卷（非选择题）两部分。答案直接填写在答卷纸上。2答题前，考生务必将自己的姓名、班级、座位号填写在本试卷相应的位置。第卷：（选择题，共 100分）第一部分 听力(共两节，每小题 1.5分，满分 30分）第一节（共 5小题）听下面 5段对话。每段对话后有一个小题，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。1. 音频

2、Whats John doing ?A. Having a meeting . B. Leaving a message. C. Making a phone call.【答案】A【解析】此题为听力题，解析略。2. 音频 Whats the man most probably?A. A policeman B. A tour guide. C. . A taxi driver.【答案】C【解析】此题为听力题，解析略。3. 音频 Whats behind the door?A. The shelf. B. The mans umbrella. C. lucys umbrella.【答案】C【解析

3、】此题为听力题，解析略。4. 音频 What are the speakers mainly talk about ?A. What to eat for lunch. B. Where to have lunch.C. Their favorite foods.- 2 -【答案】A【解析】此题为听力题，解析略。5. 音频 Where does the conversation probably take place ?A. At school B. In a hospital. C. In a shop.【答案】B【解析】此题为听力题，解析略。第二节（共 15小题）第二节 听下面 5段对话或

4、独白。每段对话或独白后有几个小题，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。听下面一段较长对话，回答以下小题。 音频6. How did Edward go to school this morning?A. By car. B. By bus. C. By subway.7. What does the woman suggest Edward do ?A. Learn more about the traffic. B. Read more

5、 books on the subway.C. Place his book in a proper place.【答案】6. C 7. C【解析】此题为听力题，解析略。【6 题详解】，解析略。【7 题详解】，解析略。听下面一段较长对话，回答以下小题。 音频8. Why is Andrew late again?A. Because of the heavy traffic. B. Because of his broken bike.C. Because of the bad weather.- 3 -9. What does the woman suggest Andrew do?A. G

6、et up earlier. B. Move closer to the company.C. Live in the center of the city.【答案】8. A 9. B【解析】此题为听力题，解析略。【8 题详解】，解析略。【9 题详解】，解析略。听下面一段较长对话，回答以下小题。 音频10. Who will go skating on Saturday ?A. Andrew and the man . B. Sally and the woman.C. Andrew and the woman11. What does the man think of the 1991 mo

7、vie ?A. Boring. B. Wonderful. C. Crazy.12. How will the woman get tickets?A. Through booking them online.B. Through buying them from Sally.C. Through buying them in the theatre.【答案】10. A 11. B 12. A【解析】此题为听力题，解析略。【10 题详解】解析略。【11 题详解】解析略。【12 题详解】解析略。听下面一段较长对话，回答以下小题。 音频- 4 -13. When did the music clu

8、b hold their activity?A. Last night. B. Tonight. C. This afternoon.14. Why didnt William tell his parents about the performance?A. He hoped to surprise them.B. He didnt think he would play wellC. He would feel nervous if they were necessary.15. How many pieces of music were played in total?A. Four.

9、B. Five. C. Six.16. What s the most probable relationship between the two speakers?A. Schoolmates. B. Sister and brother. C. Husband and wife.【答案】13. C 14. C 15. A 16. B【解析】此题为听力题，解析略。【13 题详解】解析略。【14 题详解】解析略。【15 题详解】解析略。【16 题详解】解析略。听下面一段独白，回答以下小题。 音频17. How often does the speakers father go to the p

10、ing-pong club?A. Every day. B. Every other day. C. Every weekend.18. How is the speakers mother now?A. Thirty years old. B. Thirty-five years old. C. Forty years old.19. Why does the speakers elder brother like winter most?A. Because he can go skiing. B. Because he likes cold weather.C. Because he c

11、an draw in the snow.20. What does the speaker often do after school?- 5 -A. Talks with foreign friends.B. Practices sign language in a club.C. Takes courses in a university.【答案】17. B 18. C 19. A 20. B【解析】此题为听力题，解析略。【17 题详解】解析略。【18 题详解】解析略。【19 题详解】解析略。【20 题详解】解析略。第二部分 阅读理解（共两节；每小题 2分，满 40分）阅读下列短文，从每题

12、所给的四个选项(A、B、C 和 D)中，选出最佳选项。.ATwelve years ago, I arrived in Central Florida from Puerto Rico. I had heard of a job opportunity and decided to pursue it. But it never became a reality. I quickly learned that being alone without resources in an unfamiliar city was not a comfortable situation to be in.

13、Once my limited funds ran out I became homeless and spent a year and a half living on the streets of Orlando. Apart from feeling not being noticed and missing my family, I had to face another challengehunger.For the first time in my life, I, as a foreign man, who had lived my life in the relative co

14、mfort of the middle class, understood the desperation someone feels when they dont get enough to eat. I clearly remembered having run a distance of more than 7 miles on many occasions just to make it to a local feeding program before they closed at 7 pm.Once the need for food was met, the next chall

15、enge would arisewhere to find a - 6 -place to sleep for the night. Fortunately, local programs like the Coalition for the Homeless, Second Harvest Food Bank and the Wayne Densch Center were an important part of my ability to survive my painful experience.With the assistance of these programs, I was

16、accepted by a college scholarship program through the Coalition and obtained two degrees from Valencia.My experience has helped me understand that devoting my life to helping others offers lasting rewards. Today, I am employed as Childhood Hunger Programs Manager at Second Harvest Food Bank and over

17、see the summer feeding, Hi-Five Kids Pack, and Kids Caf programs. I am so proud to be able to distribute food resources to those wonderful programs and help hundreds more like me.21. What can be inferred from Paragraph 1?A. It was impossible for the author to get a job then.B. Many local people were

18、 out of work in Florida.C. Florida was not a good place for people living there.D. The author rejected many chances to get a job in Florida.22. Why did the author run a distance of over 7 miles on many occasions?A. Because he didnt want to be late for work there.B. Because he desired to get some foo

19、d to eat.C. Because he went there to help the poor.D. Because he helped distribute food resources to the poor.23. Before being accepted by a college scholarship program, the author_.A. had lived with his relatives happily.B. had won his degree in a university.C. had been struggling financially.D. ha

20、d lost hope of facing the future.24. From his experience, the author learns that _.A. misfortune may be an actual blessing.B. a friend in need is a friend indeed.C. where there is a will there is a way.D. one good turn deserves another.- 7 -【答案】21. A 22. B 23. C 24. D【解析】试题分析：本文中作者讲述了自己从波多黎各来到美国后找不到

21、工作成为了无家可归的流浪汉，后来在一些慈善机构的帮助下作者完成了学业，最后决定去帮助他人，把爱心传递下去。【21 题详解】A 推理判断题。根据第一段第而、三句 I had heard of a job opportunity and decided to pursue it. But it never became a reality.可知我听说了一个工作机会，然后就去找这份工作，但是它没有成为现实。也就是说作者并没有得到那个工作。故 A正确。【22 题详解】B 推理判断题。根据第三段最后一句 I clearly remembered having run a distance of more

22、 than 7 miles on many occasions just to make it to a local feeding program before they closed at 7 pm.可知作者走了 7英里，就是为了赶上当地的给无家可归者食物的一个活动。故 B正确。【23 题详解】C 推理判断题。根据第二段第一句 Once my limited funds ran out I became homeless and spent a year and a half living on the streets of Orlando.可知作者的钱用完以后，就变得无家可归了，在奥兰多

23、的大街上睡了一年。故 C正确。【24 题详解】D 推理判断题。根据最后一段第一句 My experience has helped me understand that devoting my life to helping others offers lasting rewards.和最后一句 I am so proud to be able to distribute food resources to those wonderful programs and help hundreds more like me.可知这次经历让我理解帮助他人意义巨大，正是因为自己受到了别人的帮助，所以作者

24、也要去帮助别人。故 D正确。考点：考查夹叙夹议类阅读B阅读理解。Even if trees cannot walk, they are still on the move.In parts of the Arctic, entire forests are moving northward. Across the Arctic, temperatures are rising faster than anywhere else in the world. As that happens, - 8 -the tree line that marks where forests stop and

25、the treeless tundra (冻原) starts has been shifting northward. Trees growing along the tree line must protect themselves from the cold wind. To dothis,_plants tend to grow horizontal (水平的) branches low to the ground. The energy it takes for trees to grow this way means they dont have enough energy to

26、make seeds.But as Earths climate has been warming, trees no longer have to just grow horizontally. Many can instead grow up toward the sky. This takes less energy. And with all that leftover energy, these trees have started producing more seeds. This happens especially in places where white spruce (

27、白云杉) grows.White spruce, which is a North American tree, is quite able to produce a lot of seeds, which can move long distances in the wind. When windblown seeds end up on the tundra beyond the tree line, they eventually can sprout(发芽) new trees. This explains how a forest can move. Of course, the p

28、rocess would work only if the tundra were warm enough. But in recent years, the whole planet has been warming.New trees will provide shelters for some snow. Keeping the suns rays from making the white surface disappear. Instead, the trees absorb the suns heat. This warms the surrounding air. The ext

29、ra warmth encourages even more trees to produce seeds. That further boosts a forests ability to expand. In addition, more trees will trap more snow, preventing much of it from being blown away. Snow can trap heat in the soil below, which encourages trees to grow. The recent rise of temperatures has

30、helped more trees grow past the tree line. People worry about impacts on the animals that depend on frozen conditions for food and shelter.25. What is the main cause of the trees in the Arctic moving northward?A. The shrinking of northern tundra.B. The rising temperature.C. The fierce and cold wind.

31、D. The abundant resources in the north.26. What does the underlined word “this” in Paragraph 2 mean?- 9 -A. To produce more seeds.B. To move northward.C. To respond to the climate change.D. To protect themselves from the cold wind.27. What can be inferred from the last paragraph?A. New trees can tra

32、p the snow, which may make the soil colder.B. The trapped snow prevents new trees from producing more seeds.C. New trees can make the surrounding air warmer.D. New trees can bring more food and shelter to local animals.28. The passage is most probably taken from _.A. a science report B. a health rep

33、ortC. a fashion magazine D. a childrens magazine【答案】25. B 26. D 27. C 28. A【解析】试题分析：【25 题详解】细节理解题。根据第二段的第二句“Across the Arctic, temperatures are rising faster than anywhere else in the world.”以及本段的整体内容可知，不断上升的气温是北极圈树木北移的主要原因，即 B项正确。【26 题详解】代词指代题。根据画线词前的“Trees growing along the tree line must protect

34、themselves from the cold wind.”可知，画线词 this 指代的是本句中的“protect themselves from the cold wind”，故 D项正确。【27 题详解】推理判断题。根据最后一段中的“New trees will provide shelters for the surrounding air.”可推知，新树会让周围的空气更加温暖，故 C项正确。【28 题详解】文章出处题。根据文章的整体内容可推知，本文主要研究的是气候变暖对北极圈植物的影响，故该文应选自科研报告，故 A项正确。C- 10 -When my friend Lesa was

35、 diagnosed(诊断) with cancer, another friend and I went to the hospital to spend some time with her. We bought her a small toy and named him LemonAide. We gave LemonAide to Lesa and told her he was to go with her to all of her treatments to remind her that we were thinking of her and caring about her

36、even though we could not always be with her. When the treatments were completed, she said when someone else needed him she would pass him along.A few months later，much to my surprise, it was me that she passed him to. LemonAide went with me to all of my treatments.One day while waiting for my doctor

37、 I decided we could market the idea to fight cancer. Lesa thought it was a great idea so we founded the organization that came to be known as LemonAide s Friends, Inc. We designed our organization to remind people fighting cancer that there are people who love and care about them all the time. Today

38、 we have totally 5013 volunteers. The money raised is donated to cancer patients who do not have insurance. The physicians on our Board of Advisors determine how and where our money is donated.LemonAide is for men, women, and children of all ages and to date has been sent to 34 states and 33 countri

39、es to provide smiling support for people fighting cancer. When life gave us lemons we made LemonAide, a soft smiling toy that represents love, support, and encouragement.29. The author went to the hospital with her friend _A. to operate on LesaB. to treat her diseaseC. to accompany LesaD. to look af

40、ter LemonAide30. Lesa was given a small toy because _A. he represented her organizationB. he could help weaken her painC. she would think of her friendsD. her friends tried to comfort her- 11 -31. It can be inferred that _A. the author had suffered from cancerB. LemonAide had suffered from cancerC.

41、Lesa had recovered from cancerD. LemonAide learned to look after the author32. Lesa and the author formed an organization to _A. cure cancerB. raise moneyC. help cancer patientsD. help their friend【答案】29. C 30. D 31. A 32. C【解析】试题分析：朋友得病，作者送给她礼物以示安慰，后来得到启示，专门成立了一个组织用以帮助患癌症的病人。【小题 1】C 细节理解题。根据第一段“ano

42、ther friend and I went to the hospital to spend some time with her.”可知，作者和朋友去医院 Lesa。故选 C。【小题 2】D 细节理解题。根据第一段“We gave LemonAide to Lesa and told her he was to go with her to all of her treatments to remind her that we were thinking of her and caring about her even though we could not always be with

43、her.”可知，作者和朋友买礼物送给 Lesa是要安慰她。故选 D。【小题 3】A 推理判断题。根据第一段“when someone else needed him she would pass him along.”和第二段以及后文可知，Lesa 说会把玩偶送给别的需要它的人，而令人意想不到的是这个人竟然是作者自己。后来作者和朋友一起建立了帮助癌症患者的公益组织。由此可推知，作者也曾患有癌症。故选 A。【小题 4】C 细节理解题。根据第三段“We designed our organization to remind people fighting cancer that there are

44、 people who love and care about them all the time.Today we have totally 5013 volunteers.The money raised is donated to cancer patients who do not have insurance.”可知，作者和朋友建立公益组织是为了帮助癌症患者。故选 C。【学法指导】- 12 -细节题的破解一般采用寻读法，即先看试题，再读文章。对有关信息进行快速定位，再将相关信息进行整合、甄别、分析、对比，有根有据地排除干扰项，选出正确答案。此法加强了阅读的针对性，提高了做题的准确率，

45、节省了宝贵的时间。寻读法还特别适用于对图形表格类题材的理解。做此类型的题目还要特别注意句子的逻辑关系。英语中有许多功能词，如：表因果关系的 because, since, as等；表转折关系的 but, however ,on the contrary, on the other hand等等。2.【小题 2】D 细节理解题。根据第一段“We gave LemonAide to Lesa and told her he was to go with her to all of her treatments to remind her that we were thinking of her a

46、nd caring about her even though we could not always be with her.”可知，作者和朋友买礼物送给 Lesa是要安慰她。故选 D。考点：考查日常生活类阅读DIt seems that the great desire among the young is to be popular. The desire to be popular can force you into looking and acting like everyone else. You can lose yourself in a sea of identical h

47、airstyles and thinking styles.I was forced to think about popularity not too long ago in a talk I had with my daughter. Margy had to change schools when my busy work schedule made it necessary for me to move houses. I suppose that，for a girl in her teens，entering a new school is like spending a seas

48、on alone in the tropical jungles. At least thats how Margy found it at first. However，as the school year drew to a close，one student after another came to her.I told Margy that I would have been more concerned if she had been an instant social success in her new school. Nobody can please everyone. I

49、f you try to do so，you will find values as lasting as soap bubbles blown into the air.Some teenagers claim they want to dress as they please. But they all wear the same clothes. They set off in new directions in music. But somehow they all end up listening to the same record. Their reason for thinking or acting in a certain way is that the crowd is doing it. They have come out of their cocoon into a larger cocoon.I know that it has become harder for a young per