2017-2018学年下学期期中考试试卷
高二英语
注意事项：
本试卷满分120分，时间120分。
第I卷
第一部分听力（略）
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）
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Lake Forest High School Clubs
Environmental Club
Club members are provided opportunities to realize their goals of environmental service. The major ity of projects are student-initiated. Last year’s activities included: the LFHS Courtyard Garden upkeep, Bike to School Day with free cocoa and snacks, an “eat local” 100mile dinner, recycling solutions for LFHS, beach cleanup through the Great Lakes Alliance, and Earth Week celebrations.
Meetings: First Friday of the month in Room 5 at 7：00 a.m.
Advisor: Ms Mary Beth Nawor, mnawor@
Peer Tutoring
Students volunteer to help fellow students in improving their academic and organizational skills. Students tutor LFHS and middle school students on an individually scheduled basis. LFHS tutors must have proficiency(精通) in the academic area in which they wish to tutor, but middle school tutors only need general academic proficiency.
Meetings: All tutoring is done on an individually scheduled basis.
Advisor: Ms Kathy O’Hara, kohara@
Young Idea
Young Idea is LFHS’s art and literary magazine. Students of all ages who love writing and art are encouraged to become part of the staff of this award winning magazine. Young Idea encourages all students to submit art and literature works to the magazine, whether they are a part of the staff or not. From September to February, Young Idea meets on Thursdays after school in the Public Room to discuss the pieces that have been submitted to the magazine and provide feedback for the authors.
Meetings: See above explanation.
Advisor: Ms Debbie Zare, dzare@
Scout Buddies
Scout Buddies is a friendship club which helps build friendship among individuals with and without disabilities. Club members participate in a variety of social activities both within the school and in the community. Activities include organizing holiday parties in the school, bowling, going to the movies, and eating out in local restaurants.
Meetings: Monthly meeting dates vary, but in Room 134.
Advisor: Ms Donna Lovitsch, dlovitsch@
21. Which club provides help for students poor in study?
A. Peer Tutoring.
B. Environmental Club.
C. Young Idea.
D. Scout Buddies.
22. When is the staff of Young Idea most likely to meet?
A. 6:30 p.m., August 11, Thursday
B. 6:00 p.m., January 5, Thursday
C. 7:30 a.m., November 17, Thursday
D. 7:00 p.m., September 23, Friday
23. What is the requirement for students to join a certain club?
A. They are required to have a bike to join Environmental Club.
B. They need to be athletic to join Scout Buddies.
C. They need to win a literary award to join Young Idea.
D. They need to be academically proficient to join Peer Tutoring.
B
Lying in the sun on a rock, the cougar（美洲豹）saw Jeb and his son Tom before they saw it. Jeb put his bag down quickly and pulled his jacket open with both hands, making himself look big to the cougar. It worked. The cougar hesitated, ready to attack Jeb, but ready to forget the whole thing, too.
Jeb let go of his jacket, grasped Tom and held him across his body, making a cross. Now the cougar's enemy looked even bigger, and it rose up, ready to move away, but unfortunately Tom g ot scared and struggled free of job.
"Tom, no! " shouted his father.
But Tom broke and ran and that's the last thing you do with a cougar. The second Tom broke free, Jeb threw himself on the cougar, just as it jumped from the rock.They hit each other in mid-air and both fell. The cougar was on jeb in a flash, leaving Tom alone, which was what Jeb wanted.
Cougars are not as big as most people think and a determined man stands a chance, even with just his fists. As the cougar's claws（爪子）got into his left shoulder, Jeb swung his f ist at its eyes and hit hard. The animal howled（吼叫）and put its head back. Jeb followed up with his other fist. Then out of the corner of his eye, Jeb saw Tom. The boy was running back to help his father.
"Knife, Tom," shouted Jeb.
The boy ran to his father's bag, while Jeb started shouting as well as hitting, to keep the cougar's attention away from Tom. Tom got the knife and ran over to Jeb. The cougar was moving its head in and out, trying to find a way through the wall Jeb was making out of his arms. Tom swung with the knife, into the cougar's back. It howled horribly and ran off into the mountains.
The whole fight had taken about thirty seconds.
24. Why did Jeb pull his jacket open when he saw the cougar?
A. To get ready to fight.
B. To frighten it away.
C. To calm himself down.
D. To protect his son.
25. What can we learn from the passage about cougars?
A. They always forget things.
B. They dislike loud noises.
C. They like to attack running people.
D. They hesitate before attack.
26. Jeb tried to hold the cougar's attention by .
A. making a wall with his arms
B. swinging his fists at the cougar's eyes
C. throwing himself on the cougar
D. keeping shouting and hitting
27. Which of the following words can be used to describe Jeb?
A. Smart but bad-tempered.
B. Loving and determined.
C. Tough and warm- hearted.
D. Determined but hesitant
C
Some people will do just about anything to save money. And I am one of them. Take my family’s last vacation. It was my six-year-old son’s winter break from school, and we were heading home from Fort Lauderdale after a weeklong trip. The flight was overbooked, and Delta, the airline, offered us $400 per person in credits to give up our seats and leave the next day. I had meetings in New York，So I had to get back. But that didn’t mean my husband and my son couldn’t stay. I took my nine-month-old and took off for home.
The next day, my husband and son were offered more credits to take an even later flight. Yes, I encouraged—okay, ordered—them to wait at the airport, to “earn” more Delta Dollars. Our total take: $1,600. Not bad, huh?
Now some people may think I’m a bad mother and not such a great wife either. But as a big-time bargain hunter, I know the value of a dollar. And these days, a good deal is something few of us can afford to pass up.
I’ve made a living looking for the best deals and exposing（揭露）the worst tricks. I have been the consumer reporter of NBC’s Today show for over a decade. I have written a couple of books including one titled Tricks of the Trade: A Consumer Survival Guide. And I really do what I believe in.
I tell you this because there is no shame in getting your money’s worth. I'm also tightfisted when it comes to shoes, clothes for my children, and expensive restaurants. But I wouldn't hesitate to spend on a good haircut. It keeps its shape longer, and it’s the first thing people notice. And I will also spend on a classic piece of furniture. Quality lasts.
28. Why did Delta give the author’s family credits?
A. They took a later flight.
B. They had early bookings.
C. Their flight had been delayed.
D. Their flight had been cancelled.
29. What does the author do?
A. She’s a teacher.
B. She’s a housewife.
C. She’s a media person.
D. She’s a businesswoman.
30. What can we learn about the author?
A. She rarely misses a good deal.
B. She seldom makes a compromise.
C. She is very strict with her children.
D. She is interested in cheap products.
31. What does the author want to tell us?
A. How to expose bad tricks.
B. How to reserve airline seats.
C. How to spend money wisely.
D. How to make a business deal.
D
Many of the world's tallest buildings will make you dizzy if you reached their top. But these grand buildings could soon look like bungalows in comparison to a three-mile-high skyscraper which it is said could be built by 2062.
The skyscraper is the idea of Arconic, a materials science company based in New York, as part of its larger campaign called “The Jetsons” —a homage (致敬) to the 1962 cartoon, set in 2062. Arconic has imagined the skyscraper created using materials that are either in-development or have already been brought to market, including smog-eating surfaces and retractable (可伸缩的) balconies.
Sherri McCleary, one of Arconic's chief materials scientists, says one of the most exciting and immediate projects is EcoClean, a special coating that helps buildings self-clean and purify the surrounding air. It was first released in 2011 and offers a number of benefits over traditional glass windows. The functional coating provides beauty and a benefit to the surrounding environment by reducing the content of pollutants around it.
EcoClean uses a mix of chemicals, which use both light and water vapour (蒸汽) to produce atoms known as free radicals. These free radicals draw in pollutants in the air, breaking them down before they fall off the side of the building.
Another innovation (创新) is in the windows themselves, which Arconic also hopes could be a part of the three-mile-high tower. The new design is called Bloomframe. Essentially, it's a motorized window that changes into an
all-glass balcony in under a minute. The firm has already showcased the Bloomframe technology at several trade shows, and hopes it will become available to buy in the near future.
Fitting in with “The Jetsons” theme, the firm is also working on flying cars, featuring ultra-lightweight car bodies and airplane wings. In the meantime, it continues working to push the limits of what modern-day skyscrapers can look like and do. Thanks to 3D printing, McCleary says many structures that aren't currently feasible (可行的) could withstand high winds and unique climates. “We're looking at improving materials that can be 3D-printed to give more and more options to designers and architects,” she says.
32. What can we learn about the skyscraper?
A. It is now in-development.
B. It has many futuristic features.
C. It was first put forward in 1962.
D. It will be the tallest building in 2062.
33. What is EcoClean supposed to achieve?
A. A tidier coating.
B. A quieter environment.
C. A cleaner building surrounded by cleaner air.
D. A more beautiful view through glass windows.
34. What does paragraph 4 mainly talk about?
A. How EcoClean works.
B. How we can avoid pollution.
C. What free radicals are.
D. Where EcoClean comes from.
35. Which of the following may require Bloomframe technology?
A. Flying cars.
B. Balcony walls.
C. Airplane wings.
D. Changeable windows.
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。
About ten percent of spending on primary and secondary education in the United States comes from the federal government. 36 States have been required to show progress through yearly testing.
But states say testing tells only part of the story about efforts by schools and students to improve. So the Obama administration has eased the limits in states in measuring performance.
37 . This new measurement tool is called the Colorado Growth Model. The ideas is to show academic growth, not just achievement on tests. It combines test scores, family income levels, school size, the ethnicity of the student and many other factors.
38 . The graph shows a school’s average score on standardized tests as well as its academic growth.
On average, students enter sixth grade at WEST Denver Prep performing below grade level. 39
The new assessment(评价) method shows that, each year, the average West Denver Prep student learns m ore math than ninety-four percent of all the students in Colorado. 40
Josh Smith says perhaps the most important thing they should learn is to believe in themselves.
A. The results from schools across the state are shown online on a graph.
B. Reading and writing scores also show growth.
C. For ten years now, federal law has tied this spending to student performance.
D. Therefore, the government feels it a great pressure.
E. But three years later, most are outperforming other students across the state.
F. However, the limits don’t work at all.
G. The western state of Colorado, for example, has a new assessment method.
第三部分英语知识运用（共两节，满分45分）
第一节完形填空（共20小题；每小题1.5分，满分30分）
In 1956 Phoenix, Arizona, was a city with boundless blue skies. One day as I walked around the house with my 41 Kathy’s new parakeet(小鹦鹉)on my finger, I wanted to show Perky 42 the sky looked like. Maybe he could make a little bird friend out there. I took him into the backyard, and then, 43 to my horror, Perky flew off. The enormous, , blue sky swallowed up my sister’s blue 44 and suddenly he had gone, clipped wings and all.
Kathy managed to 45 me. With fake(假的) optimism, she even tried to comfort me that Perky would find a new 46 . But I was far too clever to 47 that such a thing was possible. Decades later, I watched my own 48 growing. We shared their activities, spending soccer Saturdays in folding chairs with the 49 of the kids’ friends, the Kissells. The two families went camping around Arizona together. We became the 50 of friends. One evening, the game was to tell Great Pet stories. One person claimed to 51 the oldest living goldfish. Someone else had a psychic dog. 52 Barry, the father of the other family, took the floor(在辩论中发言)and 53 that the Greatest Pet of All Time was his blue parakeet, Sweetie Pie.
“The best thing 54 Sweetie Pie,” he said, “ was the 55 we got him. One day, when I was about eight, out of the clear, blue sky, a little blue parakeet just dived down and 56 on my finger.”
When I was 57 able to speak, we examined the amazing evidence. The dates and the locations and the pictures of the bird all 58 . It seems our two families had been 59 long before we ever met. Forty years later, I ran to my sister and said, “You were 60 ! Perky lived!”
41．A．niece B．sister C．friend D．aunt
42．A．what B．which C．how D．where
43．A．many B．much C．great D．very 44．A．pleasure B．sadness C．treasure D．sense
45．A．forgive B．comfort C．help D．delight 46．A．parent B．home C．house D．life
47．A．imagine B．suppose C．doubt D．believe
48．A．birds B．happiness C．worries D．children 49．A．parents B．birds C．interests D．games
50．A．first B．best C．last D．happiest 51．A．catch B．find C．buy D．have
52．A．But B．Fortunately C．Then D．However 53．A．announced B．argued C．told D．hoped
54．A．in B．about C．from D．on
55．A．day B．place C．way D．story
56．A．fell B．flew C．landed D．went
57．A．firstly B．finally C．exactly D．even
58．A．came up B．turned up C．turned out D．matched up 59．A．known B．joined C．connected D．introduced 60．A．right B．wrong C．silly D．mad
第Ⅱ卷
第三部分英语知识运用
第二节（共10小题；每小题1.5分，满分15分）
阅读下面材料，在空白处填入适当的内容（1个单词）或括号内单词的正确形式。
Our grandparents seem to have magical powers sometimes. Give them a Chinese lunar calendar 61 they will know what the weather will be like days or even months later.
What’s the secret? They are following the 24 Solar Terms（节气）, 62 were added on Nov.30 to the list of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity （人类非文化物质遗产）by the United Nations. It is a knowledge system and social practice 63 （form）through people’s observations of the sun’s annual movement and its influence on the climate.
The 24 Solar Terms 64 （come）into being during the Qing and Han 65 （dynasty）. At that time, most Chinese people made their living on farms, so weather changes were 66 （extreme）important for them. But they had no satellite, Internet or weather broadcast 67 （help）them. 68 these difficulties, they
managed to work out 24 Solar Terms by studying the sun’s movement and also observing other natural changes such as air temperature, water and crop 69 （grow）.
It is honored as China’s 70 （five）great invention, after papermaking, printing, the compass and gunpowder. Now, it is still widely used in daily life even in the age of technology -based modern farming.
第四部分写作（共两节，满分35分）
第一节短文改错（10分）
下面文中共有10处语言错误，每句中最多有两处。
错误涉及一个单词的增加、删除或修改。
增加：在缺词处加一个漏字符号（∧），并在其下面写出该加的词。
删除：把多余的词用斜线（\）划掉。
修改：在错的词下划一横线，并在该词下面写出修改后的词。
注意：1.每处错误及其修改均仅限一词；
2.只允许修改10处，多者（从第11处起）不计分。
Dear Jim,
I'd like to invite you for dinner in a Chinese restaurant in Los Angeles. I can imagine how surprising you are! In fact, I am there visiting my uncle, who happened to be working in the city at present.
The Chinese restaurant naming New Panda Buffet provides genuine Chinese food, where many diners have given 5-star reviews. It is located at 5120 Rodeo Rd, Los Angeles. Could you come at 6 p.m. on Friday?
By the way, I will present you with a go set then. I really appreciate that you have done to help me with my English during the past two years. But you, I would not have made such a great progress in English.
Looking forward to you early reply!
Yours’
Li Hua
第二节书面表达（满分25分）
假设你是华夏中学的学生李华。
你和在郑州上学的英国朋友Tom约好下周末去上海旅游，但你因故不能赴约。
请你根据以下要点用英语给他写一封电子邮件：
1.表示歉意；
2.解释原因；
3.另约时间。
注意：1. 词数100左右；
2. 可适当增加细节。
Dear Tom，
Yours,
Li Hua
高二英语期中考试试题答案
阅读理解: 21-23 ABD24-27 BCDB28-31 ACAC32-35 BCAD36-40 CGAEB
完形填空: 41-45 BABCA46-50 BDDAB51-55 DCABC56-60 CBDCA
短文填词: 61. and 62. which 63. formed 64. came 65. dynasties
66. extremely 67. to help 68. Despite 69. growth 70. Fifth
改错:
I'd like to invite you dinner in a Chinese restaurant in Los Angeles. I can imagine how you are! In fact, I am visiting my uncle, who to be working in the city at present.
The Chinese restaurant New Panda Buffet provides genuine Chinese food, many diners have given 5-star reviews. It is located at 5120 Rodeo Rd,Los Angeles. Could you come at 6 p.m. on Friday?
By the way, I will present you with a go set then. I really appreciate you have done to help me with my
English during the past two years. you, I would not have made such a great progress in English.
Looking forward to early reply!
书面表达:
Dear Tom，
I am really sorry to tell you that I can’t go to Shanghai with you next weekend, which I have promised. I apologize for it and want you to know what happened.
Just now, my cousin, Xiaoming, who left home to Australia for his fu rther study last year, inf ormed me that he would return this Saturday morning and asked me to pick him up at the airport with his family. You know, we haven’t seen each other for nearly a year.
I sincerely hope you can accept my apology. Shanghai is a place worth visiting, so I’d like to make another date with you to go there together. Once again, I’m sorry for any inconvenience caused.
Yours,
Li Hua。
