赤峰二中（2015级）2016-2017学年度高二上学期试英语试卷及答案

以下是赤峰二中（2015级）2016-2017学年度高二上学期试英语试卷及答案，高二的同学们可以做题结合答案，检测高二英语的掌握程度。
满分：150分 时间：100分钟
第Ⅰ卷
首要部分　阅读理解(共两节，满分40分)
首要节　(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，选出合适选项。
A
Once again, I was at a new school. So was a girl in my class named Paris. That was where the similarities ended.
I was tall and she was small. I was one of the oldest in the class while she was the youngest. My hair was thick, short and ugly while hers was long and beautiful. I was awkward and shy. She wasn't. I couldn't stand her, considering her my enemy. But she wanted to be friends.
One day, she invited me over and I said yes – I was too shocked to say no. Actually, no one had invited me over to play before. But this girl, who wore the latest fashions, wanted to see me.
She lived on the fourth floor in a two-room place with her mother, her stepfather, her two brothers and her sister. When we got to the room she shared with her sister, she took out a big case of Barbies – which was my next surprise. I would have thought she had outgrown them. I had never played with them. But we sat on the floor of a walk-in cupboard laughing as we made up crazy stories about the Barbies. That's when we found out that we both wanted to be writers when we were older. We both had wild imaginations.
We had a great time that afternoon. Our jaws ached from smiling so much. She showed me her outfits（服装）, which had mostly come from a designer clothing store down the block. The woman who owned it sometimes used her as a model for her newspaper ads and gave her clothes in exchange.
Paris charmed the whole neighborhood. The bookstore owners lent her fashion magazines, the movie theater gave her free passes and the pizza place let her have free pieces. Soon I was included in her magic world. We slept over at each other's houses and spent every free moment together. I let my hair grow out and learned to love being tall.
Paris, my first real friend since childhood, helped me get through my tough teenage years and taught me an amazing thing about making friends: Your "worst enemy" can turn out to be your best friend.
1. At the time described at the beginning of the article, ______.
A. the author felt she had little in common with Paris
B. the author envied (嫉妒) Paris for being confident
C. the author felt she was in every way inferior (不如) to Paris
D. the author stayed away from Paris because of their differences
2. In the article, the writer describes Paris as a girl who _______.
A. knew how to exchange services
B. refused to grow up
C. had good people skills
D. bought a lot of designer clothing
3. From the article, we can tell that through her friendship with Paris, the writer ______.
A. started to accept herself
B. also became a neighborhood star
C. learned more about fashion
D. was able to fit in at her new school
4. Which answer best sums up the article's main message?
A. Life holds a lot of surprises for us.
B. If you hate the differences between you and someone else, you'll be bored to death.
C. Never judge a person from their appearance.
D. Sometimes you can make friends if you get past what seem to be differences.
B
In a bookstore, we can lose ourselves and forget what time it is. Being surrounded by walls and walls of stories gives us endless chances to find exactly what we are looking for, or a novel we had no idea even existed. Walking up and down a bookstore, we can look at hundreds of covers and read the backs of many different books. We can open a book and turn the pages, finding a paragraph and seeing if it grabs our attention.
But with online stores and e-books becoming more popular, many find it hard to remember the last time they sat down in a bookstore and enjoyed a peaceful moment.
However, this does not mean that bookstores are losing their appeal. For example, to bring in more readers, Xinhua Bookstore opened a beautiful Fresh Air Bookstore in Baoding, Hebei province earlier this year to help people escape from city life and find somewhere to settle down for a while.
This is just one of the new ways in which people are trying to bring back the world of books in the digital age. According to Qian Xiaohua, who started Librairie Avant-Garde, an independent bookstore based in Nanjing, Jiangsu province, the experience of reading real books may be a good way to bring readers back.
“There is no alternative to replace the touch of different kinds of paper and the smell of print,” Qian said. "For readers, visiting a bookstore is an experience of letting themselves slow down and think. Most readers in a bookstore come not only for the books, but also for the atmosphere and social setting. That's the reason why many bookstores are creatively designed or decorated; they want people to communicate with and enrich their inner world."
When readers shop online, they're often looking for one specific thing. But in a bookstore, they may find a novel that never would have showed up in their search, and that they never would have otherwise read.
“Looking around a store allows us to step out of our comfort zone, sometimes without us even knowing, because so many more choices are given to us in a short walk around the store than on an online search page,” the Elite Daily website reported.
So why not go out and find a story that speaks to you? Pick it up, look through its pages and understand that when you walk out with a book, you're starting a new adventure.
5. Which of the following statements is TRUE according to the article?
A. Bookstores are no longer needed these days.
B. Most people go to bookstores just to get a certain book.
C. More books are provided in bookstores than in online stores.
D. Bookstores can offer people surprises and adventures.
6. The underlined word "appeal" in Paragraph 5 is closest in meaning to ______.
A. function B. attraction C. creativity D. independence
7. Which of the following sentences would Qian Xiaohua probably agree with?
A. Bookstores should be run in the old-fashioned way.
B. Bookstores should offer a pleasant reading environment.
C. Bookstores should allow people to communicate freely.
D. The atmosphere in a bookstore is more important than the reading experience.
8. What's the author's attitude toward the idea of visiting a bookstore?
A. Supportive. B. Negative . C. Uninterested. D. Neutral.
C
New research suggests that there are only four basic facial expressions of emotion. However, how these expressions are understood might depend on where you are from.
Research by scientists from the University of Glasgow in the UK has challenged the traditional view of how the face expresses emotions. Many scientists had believed that there were six basic emotions that people from all cultures recognized. These were happiness, sadness, fear, anger, surprise and disgust. However, the University of Glasgow's work now suggests that the human face only has four basic expressions of emotion. This is because some pairs of emotions are impossible to tell apart, especially when they are first shown on the face. Fear and surprise, for example, both share wide-open eyes. The facial expressions for anger and disgust also look the same.
So if our faces are only able to express four basic emotions, how do we communicate much more complex feelings? The study found that the way expressions are understood is different in different cultures. Lead researcher Rachael Jack was studying this because "facial expressions were considered to be universal", she explained. However, while looking at how people from the East and West recognize different parts of the face, they found that although there are some common features across cultures, the six basic facial expressions of emotion are not recognized universally.
"We said we don't know what a disgust face looks like in China, so the best way to go about that is to make all combinations of facial movements and show to Chinese people and ask them to choose the ones they think are disgust faces." With the software they developed, they discovered that in the early stages of signaling emotion, fear and surprise, and anger and disgust, were often confused. Jack explained that this development of facial expressions is related to biology and social situations.
What has caught people's interest is the cross-cultural aspect of the work. "This study shows which emotions we share, and which are different in different cultures," Jack said. This finding could help us develop new communication technologies, for example ones that use video-calling programs like Skype. When you talk to someone in Japan in the future, a program could "read" your facial expressions and then "translate" them for the Japanese person. The Japanese person would see the Japanese facial expression on their screen. In this way, people from different cultures could understand each other better.
9. From the first two paragraphs, we can conclude that new research ______.
A. has shown that traditional opinions of facial expressions of emotions are correct
B. has shown that our faces only show happiness, sadness, fear and surprise
C. has found that people may not recognize the difference between looks of fear and surprise
D. has suggested that we can recognize six basic emotions from facial expressions
10. Which of the following shows the main point of Paragraph 3?
A. Different people understand facial expressions differently.
B. Facial expressions are considered to be universal.
C. People across cultures show different kinds of feelings.
D. Facial expressions have some common features across cultures.
11. Which of the following is TRUE about the research?
A. Our facial expressions have developed mainly according to cultural backgrounds.
B. Chinese volunteers had a similar idea of a disgusted face to volunteers from the West.
C. Researchers asked Chinese volunteers to pull disgusted expressions and took photographs of them.
D. This research could help future cross-cultural communication when using new forms of technology.
12. The purpose of the article is mainly _______.
A. to report on a study about facial expressions of feelings
B. to remind us that some facial expressions are often confusing
C. to describe how people across cultures read facial expressions
D. to show readers wrong ideas about basic facial expressions
13. When you finish reading a book in the library, _____.
A. you can leave the book anywhere
B. you can bring the book home
C. you have to put it back where you got it
D. someone who works in the library will give you a shelf marker
14. According to the picture, _____.
A. you have to buy a new book if you lose one
B. you will be fined if you return books late
C. you have to wait in line to borrow books
D. you can't borrow books any more if you damage one and don't pay for it
15. If you are a fourth-grader, you can keep a book for _____.
A. one week B. two weeks C. three weeks D. four weeks
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合适选项。选项中有两项为多余选项。
Effective Ways to Be Successful at Events
The holiday season is upon us, and I’m frequently asked for my event success tips. Well, it all begins with taking care of one’s own spirit and keeping a positive attitude. The following are practical things that anyone can do.___16____
1.Greet everyone and wish them well.____17____ You’re a team, for you’re all present in that location together, for the whole process of the event. So open up and join the team from the beginning.
2.Shine your own light. Never mind what or how others are doing. ____18_____ Put away the iPhone, iPad etc., and be present with your own light so that it shines purely.
3._____19_____ Express thanks for the weather, the furniture, the other people attending the event, and the opportunity to be there. Express thanks to those who spare time to talk with you. Of course if it’s a big event, you won’t get to everyone, but include those near you.
4.Keep a sense of happiness throughout the event. People attending events tend to be attracted by happy souls. Your sense of happiness will positively influence those around. So I always keep my sense of humor while at events. ____20_____
If you do these small things regularly during events, I’m sure you will enjoy yourself and become a star.
A.Give thanks throughout the event.
B.Make eye contact and start conversations.
C.You should be polite when attending events.
D.It can make people laugh and spread happiness.
E.Follow them and increase your success at events.
F.Be yourself, offer what you can offer, and stay focused.
G.Concentrating on what isn’t there will not improve conditions.
第二部分　英语知识运用(共两节，满分45分)
首要节 完形填空(共20小题；每小题1.5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，选出可以填入空白处的合适选项。
I have found it to be true that as I have got older, I have had less time to do my own leisure(休闲）activities. So, if I were given a whole month of free time, I’d do __21___ things.
Firstly, traveling around the world is one of my ___22___. If I were given a whole thirty days of___23___, I’d spend at least two weeks of it traveling to several___24___. I’d go to see the major tourist spots, but also the more___25___locations.
Secondly, I would want to spend some time____26____ to cook more types of foods. I___27___ to cook, but my options are very limited due to the fact that I don’t ___28___ many products at the markets here in Korea. ___29___ I was able to spend about four days taking a cooking and shopping course, I could___30___ the simple styles of cooking that I have adopted.
___31___, I have to study Korean harder. Being in a ___32___ country is exciting, but it is also challenging if you can’t ___33___ effectively. So I would spend the majority of the___34____ having my nose in my Korean language textbooks. While flying to the foreign countries, I could____35____, and while at the market shopping for my___36___class, I could be learning even more words. With the ____37____ weeks, I would spend my waking hours memorizing more vocabulary words, and being around only Korean ___38___.
In conclusion, I would be so overjoyed if I could have the month___39____ to do whatever I wanted to do. In doing so, I would be increasing my level of ___40___ and ease while being in a foreign language’s land.
21. A. two    B. three       C. several     D. many
22. A. memories  B. problems C. promises     D. dreams
23. A. life      B. journey     C. freedom     D. performance
24. A. countries B. parks       C. towns     D. museums
25. A. beautiful B. suitable C. inconvenient D. unknown
26. A. learning  B. continuing C. managing     D. planning
27. A. remember  B. agree     C. love         D. stop
28. A. see       B. recognize C. like         D. choose
29. A. As        B. Before C. Unless       D. If
30. A. expand    B. accept     C. understand D. follow
31. A. Suddenly  B. Finally     C. Normally     D. Regularly
32. A. large     B. great     C. foreign     D. faraway
33. A. work          B. develop     C. start        D. communicate
34. A. day           B. week     C. month     D. year
35. A. rest          B. talk     C. study     D. read
36. A. language      B. cooking     C. evening      D. advanced
37. A. remaining     B. coming     C. busy         D. extra
38. A. travelers  B. students C. writers      D. speakers
39. A. again         B. alone     C. off         D. back
40. A. confidence    B. happiness C. curiosity D. kindness
第Ⅱ卷
第二部分 英语知识运用(共两节，满分45分)
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(不多于3个单词)或括号内单词的正确形式。
Most of us believe that babies are like a piece of blank paper. They cannot tell good from bad 41. ______ they learn more about the world. Scientists think this age is between 18 months and two years of age.
But 42. _____ recent study by US scientists had a 43. _____ (surprise) result: Babies as young as six months can tell good from bad acts. Scientists studied 16 10-month-old and 12 six-month-old babies. They made the babies watch a short game 44. ____ someone tried 45. ____ (climb) a hill. While he was climbing, some “triangles (三角形)” 46. _____(help) push him 47._____, but “squares” blocked his way.
The scientists gave the babies triangles and squares to choose from. Then 14 of the 16 10-month-olds and 48. ______ the 6-month-olds chose triangles.
These scientists say the result shows that babies are born 49. ______ the ability to make moral 50. ______ (choose). They do not just learn it from their parents.
第三部分　写作(共两节，满分35分)
首要节　短文改错(共10小题；每小题1分，满分10分)
假定英语课上老师要求同桌之间交换修改作文，请你修改你同桌写的以下作文。文中共有10处语言错误，每句中比较多有两处。每处错误仅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：在错的词下划一条横线，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一词。
2．只允许修改10处，多者(从第11处起)不计分。
I have a little cousin which name is Angela. In two months she is going to be two year old. Her name is given by her mother who loves her very much and thinks she is his angel. Angela has beautiful eyes and has learned to count to 20 recently! Read children’s books regularly, she knows many animals and plants. She is also a typical little girl, who loves dolls and every night puts them to sleeping before going to the bed! She is also very impatient and can play a fishing game for over half an hour at a time! Now she can walk well and even run, and she is fond playing with me. I feel lucky to have so a lovely cousin.
第二节　书面表达(满分25分)
假定你是李华，你不慎丢失了外教Mary借给你的小说Gone with the Wind。请根据所提供的要点给她写一封电子邮件。
要点：
1.表示歉意；
2.丢失原因；
3.补救措施。
注意：1.词数100左右（开头和结尾已给出，但不计入总词数）；
2.可适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。
赤峰二中（2015级）2016-2017学年度上学期试
英语试题答案
阅读：
1-4：ACAD
5-8:  DBBA
9-12：CADA
13-15：CDB
16-20：EBFAD
完型填空：:
21-25：BDCAD
26-30：ACBDA
31-35：BCDCC
36-40：BADCB
语法填空：
41.until/before 42.a 43.surprising 44.where 45.to climb 46.helped 47.up 48.all 49.with 50.choices
短文改错：
首要句：which改为whose
第二句：year改为years
第三句：is改为was; his改为her
第五句：Read改为Reading
第六句：sleeping改为sleep；去掉the
第七句：impatient改为patient
第八句：fond后加of
第九句：so改为such
作文：
Dear Mary,
I am terribly sorry to tell you that I have lost your novel Gone with the Wind, and I am writing this letter to show you how much I regret it. I hope you will excuse me for my carelessness. As you know, I loved the novel so much that I carried it everywhere I went. However, I found my wallet and the novel missing after I got off a crowed bus yesterday. You can imagine how angry I was at that moment. Now I am considering buying a new one for you. What do you think of my plan? I am looking forward to your reply soon.
Yours
 Li Hua