福建省莆田市第二十四中學(xué)2017-2018學(xué)年高二下學(xué)期期中考試英語含答案

學(xué)必求其心得，業(yè)必貴于專精學(xué)必求其心得，業(yè)必貴于專精學(xué)必求其心得，業(yè)必貴于專精莆田二十四中2017~2018學(xué)年下學(xué)期期中考高二英語試題（考試時間：120分鐘總分：150分）第Ⅰ卷聽力(共兩節(jié)，共20題，每題1。5分，滿分30分）第一節(jié)（共5小題;每小題1.5分，滿分7。5分）聽下面5段對話。每段對話后有一個小題,從題中所給的A、B、C三個選項中選出最佳選項,并標(biāo)在試卷的相應(yīng)位置。聽完每段對話后，你都有10秒鐘的時間來回答有關(guān)小題和閱讀下一小題。每段對話僅讀一遍.1。WhatdoesShirleyplantodothisafternoon? A.Haveclasses. B。Goswimming. C.Doherhomework.2.WhenisPeter’sfather’sbirthday？ A。OnSeptember1st。B.OnSeptember10th. C.OnSeptember20th。3。Wherewillthemangofirst？ A.NewYork。 B.Chicago。 C.Washington4。Whatdoesthemanoffertodo？ A。Lendthewomanhiscopy. B。Underlinetheimportantparts。 C。Accompanythewomantothebookstore。5。Whatwillthemanprobablydotomorrowafternoon? A.Attendameeting。 B。Meetthewoman。 C。Seeafilm.第二節(jié)聽下面5段對話或獨白.每段對話或獨白后有幾個小題，從題中所給的A、B、C三個選項中選出最佳選項，并標(biāo)在試卷的相應(yīng)位置。聽每段對話或獨白前，你將有時間閱讀各個小題，每小題5秒鐘；聽完后,各小題將給出5秒鐘的作答時間。每段對話或獨白讀兩遍。聽下面一段對話，回答第6和第7兩個小題。6。Whatmagazinewillthewomanworkfor？ A。SportsWeekly。 B。SwimWorld。 C.NationalFootball.7.Whatwillthewomanmostprobablyworkas? A.Adesigner. B。Aneditor. C.Asecretary.聽下面一段對話，回答第8和第9兩個小題.8。Whatistheman’scousin？ A。Asailor. B。Ateacher. C。Ajournalist。9.Howdoesthemanfindteaching? A。Exciting. B.Boring。 C.Challenging。聽下面一段對話，回答第10至第12三個小題。10。WhatisthematterwithMr。Smith？ A。Heisunqualifiedforhisjob。B.Hecan’tsleepatnight。 C.Hegotasorethroat.11。WhatdoesMr。Smithteach? A.Chinese. B.English. C。Physics.12.Whydoesn’tMr。Smithwanttotakearest? A.Hehastohelphisstudents。 B。Hehasrestedforaweek。 C.Hewantstovisitauniversity。聽下面一段對話，回答第13至第16四個小題。13。Whatdoesthewomanthinkofherco-workers? A。Selfish. B.Nice。 C.Unfriendly.14.Howistheresearchprogramgoing? A.Itwon’tbestartedtillMarch. B。ItwasfinishedlastChristmas. C。Ithasn'tbeenfinishedyet。15。Whatdoweknowaboutthewoman? A。ShetraveledalotinAmerica. B。Shewon’tgobacktoAmerica. C.Sheenjoyedherselfinparties。16.WhatdaydoesBoxingDayfallon? A。December24。 B.December25。 C.December26.聽下面一段獨白,回答第17至第20四個小題。17。Whatwilltheheadmasterdotomorrowmorning？ A。Meetthelistenersinthelibrary. B。Introducetheschooltothelisteners。 C。Takephotosinthelabbuilding.18.WherewillthelistenersvisitonTuesdaymorning？ A。CentralPark. B。BrooklynBridge. C。TheStatueof19.WhatwillbeheldonTuesdaynight? A。Atalkshow。 B。Aparty。 C.Alecture.20.WhenwillthelistenersgotoWashington？ A.OnTuesdayafternoon. B。OnWednesdaymorning. C。OnWednesdayafternoon。第二部分閱讀理解(共兩節(jié)，滿分40分）

第一節(jié)(共15小題；每小題2分，滿分30分)閱讀下列短文，從每題所給的四個選項中（A、B、C和D)，選出最佳選項，并在答題卡上將該項涂黑。AUniversityofCategories:Writing，Arts/Photography/Film，Sports/Boating/Riding，Science/Math,Technology/Computers,Academic/Pre—College,Business/DebateAges:15-17Gender:Co-EdType:Residential（住校的)MailingAddress:SummerScholarsProgram，UniversityofMiami,TheUniversityofMiamiSummerScholarsProgram（SSP)isanexcitingopportunityforcurrenthighschoolsophomores(二年級生)andjuniorstoexploretheiracademicpassionsandexperiencewhatit'sliketobeacollegestudent。Thisuniqueacademicprogramallowsstudentstoearncollegecredits，interactwithworldclassprofessors，makelastingfriendships，andgrowasindependentthinkers。Forparentswithquestionsaboutwhethertheirson/daughtershouldapplyfortheSummerScholarsProgram，considerthis：manyhighschoolstudentsareunsureaboutwhatcollegestoapplyto,letalonewhatmajortopursue。Choosingapre-collegesummerprogramlikeSummerScholarsallowsstudentstoexplorepossiblemajors,colleges，andcareeropportunitiesinanenvironmentwheretheycanearncollegecreditswhileconcentratingonsubjectmattertheyareinterestedin.Studentsselectedforthisthree—weekscholarlyprogramexperiencethefollowing：·Chooseanacademictrackbasedontheirpassion/interest·Participateinclasseswithhighschoolstudentsfromaroundthecountryandworld·Learnfromastudent—centeredcurriculumandearnupto6collegecredits·Participateinnumeroushands—onactivities·Liveoncampusforthreeweeksandexperiencecollegelife·Participateineducationalfieldtrips·And,more！21.What’stheaimoftheprogram?A.Toimprovetheattendees’socialskills.B。Topreparetheattendeesforfuturestudies.C。Tohelpimprovehighschoolperformance.D.ToestablishUniversityof22。Whyareparentsmentionedinthetext？A.Toencouragethemtogivetheirkidsmorehelp。B。Totellthemtheimportanceofchoosingmajors.C.Topersuadethemtospreadthemessageontheprogram。D.Toconvincethemofthenecessityofattendingtheprogram。23.Howistheprogramarranged?A。Itfocusesontheoreticalknowledge.B。Italltakesplaceinsidetheclassroom.C.Studentsstayinsidethecampusovernight。D.Scienceandtechnologycoursesarethemainstream。BStephenHawking，aworldfamousBritishphysicist,alsowroteachildren’sbookwithhisdaughter。Hawkingsaidthebookwouldbe“abitlikeHarryPotter"butwithoutthemagic.“Itexplainsthewondersoftheuniverse，”saidHawking,whilehewasonavisittoHongKongover10yearsago。

Hawking,isprobablytheworld'smostfamousscientistafterAlbertEinstein。Heisanexpertonblackholes。Hehasputhiswholelifeintodiggingintothebeginning(andtheend）oftheuniverse.“Mygoalissimple，”Hawkingoncesaid?！癐tistocompletelyunderstandtheuniverse，whyitisasitisandwhyitisthereatall?！?/p>

Hawkinghasabadillnessthatstopshimfrommovingortalking。Foraperiodoftime,hehadnowaytocommunicateexceptbyblinking（眨眼）.

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AlthoughHawkingissuchadisabledman，hemadegreatachievements。Hehasreceivedmanyawardsandprizesforhisworkovertheyears.ThisincludeswinningtheAlbertEinsteinAward。Itisthehighestachievementintheoreticalphysics.24.Inthefirstparagraph,thebookthatStephenHawkingwroteis_____。A.aboutthemagicB.aboutscienceC.thesameasHarryPotter D。isquitedifferentfromHarryPotter。25.Fromtextwecanlearn_____.A。HawkingismorefamousthanEinstein B.HawkingislessfamousthanEinsteinC.BothHawkingandEinsteinareveryfamous D。NeitherHawkingnorEinsteinisfamous26.Whatdoestheunderlinedpronoun“it”standfor？A。Thegoal. B。Themagic。C。Theuniverse.D。Thebook.27。Accordingtothetext，whichofthefollowingstatementsisthefact?A。Hecommunicateswithothersbyspeaking。B。Theillnesskeepshimfrommovingandtalking.C.Theillnessstoppedhimfrombeingsuccessful.D。HawkinghasreceivedmanyawardsandpricesexcepttheAlbertEinsteinAward。CAnewstudysuggeststhattinyorganismslivingundergroundmaystoremostofthecarboninSwedishforestfloors.That'sagoodthingfortheenvironment:Ifthecarbonremainshiddeninthesoil，thenit'snotescapingintotheatmosphere.There,itcouldcontributetoglobalwarming。Theseorganisms,calledmycorrhizalfungi(菌根真菌)，growontreeroots。Theyprovidetreeswithnutrientsinexchangefortheirsugars，whichcontaincarbon.Scientistshadlongbelievedthatmostofthecarbonsitsaboveground。Butthenewstudysuggestsmostcarbonistrappedinthesoil.Carbonisabuildingblockofeverylivingorganism，frompeopleandfishtobacteriaandtrees。Treesaremastersatstashingcarbon.Theybreatheincarbondioxidefromtheair。Theyusethecarbontogrowbranches，leavesandroots。Buttheelementmovesaround。Ifatreefallsdownandrots—oriscutdownandburned—itscarbongoesbackintotheairascarbondioxide。Toomuchofthegasintheaircanfosterglobalwarming.Incoldnorthernforests，likethoseinSweden，fallenleavesandbranchestakealongtimetorot.Thatmeansthecarboninthosematerialscanstayputforalongtime.Tolearnmoreaboutwhatatreedoeswithitscarbon,ecologistsattheSwedishUniversitycollectedsoilfrom30forestedSwedishislands。Theythenmeasuredtheamountandageofthecarboninthesamples。Thescientistsfoundthatdeeper,fungi-filledsoilscontainedmorecarbonthansoilsfromthesurfaceoftheforestfloor.Whenthescientistsdatedthecarboninthesamples，theygotasurprise:Theyfound"young”carbonindeepersoils.Theresearchershadexpectedtofindyoungcarbononlyinsoilsclosertothesurfaceoftheforestfloor.Theonlyexplanation,theysay:Theyoungcarboncamefromtheundergroundfungithatswallowcarbon-containingsugarsfromtreeroots。Withthenewfindings，scientistsmaybetterunderstandsoil’sroleinstoringcarbon。Thatinformationcouldhelpimproveforecastsforglobalwarming。28.Howdofungigrow?A。Theyconsumecarbondioxide。B.Theydigestfallentreebranches。C.Theyabsorbnutrientsfromthesoil.D。Theyobtainsugarsfromtreeroots.29.Whatdoestheunderlinedword"stashing"inPara.3mean?A.Storing。B.Reducing.C。Transforming.D.Producing.30。Whywerethescientistssurprisedatthefindings？A.Youngcarbonwasfoundinthesurfaceoftheforestfloor。B.Thefindingscouldnotbeexplainedscientifically.C.Thefindingsprovedtheirpreviousideaswrong.D。Itishardtofindyoungcarbonintheundergroundfungi。31。Whichofthefollowingcanbethebesttitleforthetext？A.FungiInColdNorthernForests.B.FungiAsCarbonKeepers。C.FungiOntheRootsofTrees. D。FungiIntheDeepSoil。DManyoftheworld’stallestbuildingswillmakeyoudizzyifyoureachedtheirtop。Butthesegrandbuildingscouldsoonlooklikebungalowsincomparisontoathree—mile-highskyscraperwhichitissaidcouldbebuiltby2062.TheskyscraperistheideaofArconic，amaterialssciencecompanybasedinNewYork，aspartofitslargercampaigncalled“TheJetsons”—ahomage(致敬)tothe1962cartoon,setin2062.Arconichasimaginedtheskyscrapercreatedusingmaterialsthatareeitherin-developmentorhavealreadybeenbroughttomarket,includingsmog-eatingsurfacesandretractable（可伸縮的)balconies。SherriMcCleary,oneofArconic’schiefmaterialsscientists，saysoneofthemostexcitingandimmediateprojectsisEcoClean，aspecialcoatingthathelpsbuildingsself-cleanandpurifythesurroundingair.Itwasfirstreleasedin2011andoffersanumberofbenefitsovertraditionalglasswindows.Thefunctionalcoatingprovidesbeautyandabenefittothesurroundingenvironmentbyreducingthecontentofpollutantsaroundit。EcoCleanusesamixofchemicals，whichusebothlightandwatervapour（蒸汽）toproduceatomsknownasfreeradicals.Thesefreeradicalsdrawinpollutantsintheair,breakingthemdownbeforetheyfalloffthesideofthebuilding.Anotherinnovation(創(chuàng)新）isinthewindowsthemselves,whichArconicalsohopescouldbeapartofthethree-mile-hightower。ThenewdesigniscalledBloomframe.Essentially，it'samotorizedwindowthatchangesintoanall-glassbalconyinunderaminute.ThefirmhasalreadyshowcasedtheBloomframetechnologyatseveraltradeshows,andhopesitwillbecomeavailabletobuyinthenearfuture。Fittinginwith“TheJetsons”theme,thefirmisalsoworkingonflyingcars，featuringultra-lightweightcarbodiesandairplanewings。Inthemeantime，itcontinuesworkingtopushthelimitsofwhatmodern-dayskyscraperscanlooklikeanddo.Thanksto3Dprinting,McClearysaysmanystructuresthataren'tcurrentlyfeasible（可行的）couldwithstandhighwindsanduniqueclimates.“We’relookingatimprovingmaterialsthatcanbe3D—printedtogivemoreandmoreoptionstodesignersandarchitects,"shesays。32.Whatcanwelearnabouttheskyscraper?A。Itisnowin-development.B.Ithasmanyfuturisticfeatures.C.Itwasfirstputforwardin1962。D。Itwillbethetallestbuildingin2062。33.WhatisEcoCleansupposedtoachieve?A。Atidiercoating。B.Aquieterenvironment。C.Acleanerbuildingsurroundedbycleanerair.D。Amorebeautifulviewthroughglasswindows.34.Whatdoesparagraph4mainlytalkabout？A。HowEcoCleanworks.B。Howwecanavoidpollution。C.Whatfreeradicalsare。D.WhereEcoCleancomesfrom。35。WhichofthefollowingmayrequireBloomframetechnology？A。Flyingcars。 B.Balconywalls.C.Airplanewings. D。Changeablewindows。第二節(jié)（共5小題；每小題2分，滿分10分)根據(jù)短文內(nèi)容,從短文后的選項中選出能填入空白處的最佳選項.選項中有兩項為多余選項。Mostofusmistakenlythinkthatcreativityisaqualitybelongingonlytoinventorsrathertoourselves.36Thefollowingtipsareagreatbeginningfordevelopingourcreativity.1。GetoutofyourcomfortzoneBreakoutofyourusualpatternsandwelcomecreativityintoyourlife。Thehumanbrainwasdesignedtorecognizepatterns.Wecontinuetocreatepatternsandroutinesforalmosteverythingwedo。37Aswebecomemoreefficientatusingpatterns，werelylessoncreativitytofindnewpaths。Weshouldforceourselvesoutofourcomfortzonesandopenupnewpossibilities。2。38Ifyoualwaysdowhatyou'vealwaysdone，you'llalwaysgetwhatyou'vealwaysgot.Wearecreaturesofhabitsandroutines，butcreativityhatesroutines。Interruptyourroutineandtrysomethingnew.Undoubtedly,newthingsareoftencreative。3。Takeaction39Youmustworktomakeitareality。Haveyoueverseenanewproductandrealizedthatyouthoughtofthesamethinglongago？Yetsomeoneelseismakingmoneywith“your”idea。40Thedifferencebetweenadreamerandadoerisaction。Ifyoucanputyourideasintopractice,youarewellonyourwaytoimprovingyourcreativity。Youcanbecomeatrueinventorinyourownlifesomehow！A.Trydifferentthings.B。Seekseveraloptions。C。Havingagreatideaisnotenough。D.Wemayattempttothinkfromtheotherperson'spoint。E。Infact,ourcomfortzoneisonlyacollectionofpatterns。F.However,thetruthisthatweareallbornwiththepotentialtobecreative.G。Weallhavegreatideassometimes,butonlyafewpeopleturntheirideasintoreality.第三部分英語知識運用(共兩節(jié)，滿分45分)第一節(jié)完形填空(共20小題;每小題1。5分,滿分30分）閱讀下面短文,從短文后各題所給的四個選項(A、B、C和D)中,選出可以填入空白處的最佳選項。ImaybeabitoldschoolbutIthinkthatpeoplewhostorealloftheirpicturesontheirsmartphonesaremissingoutonsomething。Thereis41likeseeingalovedone’ssmilingfacelookingdownonyoufromapictureframeonyourwall.Itisboth42andassuring,almostliketheyarewatching43youwhileyouworkatyourdesk。AsIworkatmyowndeskIcanseemyMom’spicturesmilingdownonme。Sheleftustoosoon.Shewasonly55yearsoldwhencancer44her.Ifone’syearsherewere45onvirtuethensheshouldhavelivedtobeover100。MyDad’skindsmileis46hers。Ithasonlybeenafewyearssincehepassed.SometimesIstill47thetelephonewantingtocallhimandtellhimsomethingthathasjusthappenedtomeonlytorememberthatheisgone。MyNana’spictureistheretoo，48the90yearsyoungsignatherbirthdayparty16yearsago。HowIwishI49walkintoherkitchenagain，haveatalk,and50abigsliceofhomemadeItalianbreadwithher。Sometimeslookingatthesepicturesgivesmea（an）51ofsadness.IstillmissthemallandIdon’tfeel52tobetheoldestgenerationyet。Mostofthetime，53，Ionlyfeelthewarmthandjoythatcomesfromamillionlovingmemories54thesepicturesbringback。Itmakesmefeel55knowingthatIhadthemallinmylifefortheyearsthatIdid.Itmakesmewanttofollowtheirlovingexample56inmyownlifeaswell。Alotofpeoplesaythatyouhavetohavea57hearttogetthroughlife。Otherssayasoftheartisbetter。Imyselfthinkthatastrongheartisbest.Weneedaheartthatlovesthroughthe58。Weneedaheartthatkeepsloving59whenwelosethepeoplewelovethemost。Weneedaheartthatknowsthat“AnyonewholivesinlovelivesinGod，andGodlivesinhim."Mayyourheartbestrongthen。Mayyourlove60fromyourpicturesandfromyourlife。41.A。something B。anything C.everything D。nothing42。A。confusing B.disgusting C.comforting D.frustrating43.A.out B。overC。for D.on44。A.claimed B.attacked C.sacrificed D。took45。A.based B。dependent C。keen D。reliable46.A.secondto B。nextto C.relatedto D.inferiorto47。A。putup B.pickup C。bringup D.hangup48.A.celebrating B。catching C。arranging D。holding49。A。could B。shall C.might D。should50.A.share B。prepare C.bake D。purchase51.A.rate B.emotion C.logic D。touch52。A。satisfied B.ready C。happy D。thrilled53。A.but B。therefore C.thoughD.instead54.A.that B.what C.where D.when55.A.graceful B。blessed C.cheerful D。despaired56。A。purposely B.naturally C.desperatelyD。frequently57.A。rigid B。solid C.tough D。stubborn58。A。harvest B。future C。pain D。happiness59.A。since B。even C。ever D。only60。A。spread B。grant C。ripen D。shine第二節(jié)語法填空（共10小題；每小題1.5分，滿分15分）閱讀下面材料，在空白處填入適當(dāng)?shù)膬?nèi)容(1個單詞)或括號內(nèi)單詞的正確形式。(61）_______weallknow，lifeisfullofdreamsandhavingagooddreamisofgreatimportanceinourdailylife.（62）_______agooddream，peoplecan’tmakeprogressandcountriescan'tdevelop.AndIholdthestrongbelief(63)_______everyone,whetherheisoldoryoung,poororrich，juniororsenior,doeshaveagooddream!Afterall,dreamingiscertainlyapositivepartofourlife,and(64)______(wish)forgoodthings,however，costsnothing!What’smore，itisimportanttoflyourdreams,especiallyforthose（65）_______areseniorhighschoolstudents。Itishightimeforthemtoflytheirdreams.Iftheycan'tletoutdreamsfly,thedreamwouldjustbe(66)_______dream,notreality!Therefore,（67)_______isnowonderthatsomanypeoplehaveadreamsincetheirchildhood。Withanicedream,Chinasucceededinhostingthe29thOlympicGamesin2008；withanicedream，HongKong(68)________（return）tothemotherlandpeacefullyin1997;withanicedream,YuanLongPingridstheworldofhunger；withanicedream，MichaelJordonbecomesthemostpopularbasketballstar；withanicedreamIcanstandonthisstagetocompeteinthefinalEnglishspeechcontest。Andwithanaimofachievingsuccess,Imustdothebest!Somygoodfriends，ifyouwanttorealizeyourdream，pleasedonotbeafraidinfaceofdifficultiesorgiveupinfaceoffailure（69)______loseyourdreaminfaceofpains.Youmustkeepgoingforward（70）_________(brave)!Justflyyourdreamhighlyabovethesky!第四部分寫作（共兩節(jié);滿分35分）第一節(jié):短文改錯（滿分10分）假定英語課上老師要求同桌之間交換修改作文，請你修改你同桌寫的以下作文.文中共有10處語言錯誤，每句中最多有兩處，每處錯誤僅涉及一個單詞的增加、刪除或修改。增加：在缺詞處加一個漏字符號（∧）,并在其下面寫出該加的詞。刪除：把多余的詞用斜線（\）劃掉.修改：在錯的詞下劃一橫線,并在該詞下面寫出修改后的詞。注意：1。每處錯誤及其修改均限一詞.2。只允許修改10處，多者（從第11處起）不計分.WhenIwasachild，Ihopedtoliveinthecity.IthinkIwouldbehappythere.NowIamlivinginacity,butImissmyhomeincountryside.Theretheairiscleanorthe