安徽省合肥市实验学校高二下学期考试英语试题.pdf

1 高二下学期考试英语试题第一部分听力（共两节，满分30 分）第一节（共 5 小题；每小题1.5 分，满分7.5 分）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。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。例：How much is the shirt?A.19.15.B.9.18.C.9.15.答案是C。1.What will Mary do tonight?A.Go to the theatre.B.Prepare supper at home.C.Take care of her father.2.What s the probable relationship between the speakers?A.Colleagues.B.Customer and waiter.C.Teacher and student.3.How did the girl read the book?A.She read some parts of it.B.She read it slowly.C.She read it page by page.4.What are the speakers talking about?A.A painting.B.Painting classes.C.The man s daughter.5.What was the woman s dream?A.A worker.B.A footballer.C.A lawyer.第二节（共15 小题；每小题1.5 分，满分22.5 分）听下面 5 段对话或独白。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。听第 6 段材料，回答第6、7 题。6.What time is it now?A.5:50.B.6:00.C.6:40.7.Where are the speakers?A.At the airport.B.At the station.C.At a bookstore.听第 7 段材料，回答第8 至 10 题。8.What does the man think of the department store?A.Famous.B.Large.C.Deserted.9.What s close to the men s clothing store?A.A bank.B.A food store.C.A theater.10.Where does the post office lie?A.Across the street.B.Next to the theatre.C.Three blocks away.1 听第 8 段材料，回答第11 至 13 题。11.How does the man advise going to the park?A.On foot.B.By bus.C.By bike.12.What will the speakers do on Saturday night?A.Relax at home.B.Organize a party.C.Have dinner with friends.13.When will they visit the museum on Sunday?A.In the morning.B.In the afternoon.C.In the evening.听第 9 段材料，回答第14 至 17 题。14.What is the man speaker?A.A secretary.B.A manager.C.A roommate.15.What happened to the woman?A.Her window was broken.B.Her house was broken into.C.Some children scolded her.16.Why will the man come over?A.To comfort the woman.B.To know about the damage.C.To seek for some clues.17.How did the woman feel when hearing“he can bill me directly”?A.Joyful.B.Surprised.C.Calm.听第 10 段材料，回答第18 至 20 题。18.Why did Steve like staying on the hills?A.The views were excellent.B.It contributed to imagination.C.He could get full relaxation.19.What stories does Steve love writing?A.Fairy tales.B.Fantastic stories.C.Horrible stories.20.What life is Steve living?A.A busy life.B.A hard life.C.A quiet life.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)阅读下列短文，从每题所给的A、B、C 和 D 四个选项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。A Reading may be fundamental,but how the brain gives meaning to letters on a page has been a mystery.Two new studies fill in some details on how the brains of efficient readers handle words.One of the studies,published in the April 30 Neuron,suggests that a visual-processing area of the brain recognizes common words as whole units.Another study,published online April 27 in PLOSONE,makes it known that the brain operates two fast parallel systems for reading,linking visual recognition of words to speech.1 Maximilian Riesenhuber,a neuroscientist at Georgetown University in Washington,D.C,wanted to know whether the brain reads words letter by letter or recognizes words as whole objects.He and his colleagues showed sets of real words or nonsense(无意义的词语)words to volunteers undergoing fMRI scans.The words differed in only one letter,such as“farm”and“form”or“soat”and“poat”,or were completely different,such as“farm”and“coat”or“poat”and“hime”.The researchers were particularly interested in what happens in the visual word form area,or VWFA,an area on the left side of the brain just behind the ear that is involved in recognizing words.Riesenhuber and his colleagues found that neurons(神经元)in the VWFA respond strongly to changes in real words.Changing“farm”to“form”,for example,produced as great a change in activity as changing“farm”to”coat”,the team reports in Neuron.The area responded slowly to single-letter changes in made-up words.The data suggests that readers grasp real words as whole objects,rather than focusing on letters or letter combinations.And as a reader s exposure to a word increases,the brain comes to recognize the shape of the word.Meaning is passed on after recognition in the brain,Riesenhuber says.The researchers don t yet know how longer and less familiar words are recognized,or if the brain can be trained to recognize nonsense words as a unit.21.Riesenhuber s research probably focuses on whether the brain _.A.handles nonsense words as a unit B.operates two fast parallel systems for reading C.takes longer to read less familiar words or not D.recognizes words as a unit or reads them letter by letter.22.Riesenhuber and his colleagues carried out their research by _.A.showing pairs of different words B.arranging the words in different order C.giving pairs of real words totally different D.making volunteers read some longer words 23.Riesenhuber s research is significant in that it shows how the brain _.A.responds to familiar words B.recognizes the form of a word C.relates meaning to letters D.reacts to made-up words B Over the past couple of days,on our local Freecycle page there have been a lot of wanted posts,all from the same person,basically asking for everything you d need to set up a house from scratch.One of the things they asked for was a queen-sized bed.At that time we just happened to have an extra one,so I messaged them.They immediately came in the afternoon.The people who came,two ladies and a man,are actually friends of another woman named Jenny who owned a young boy.This woman has escaped from a dangerous,violent relationship and these friends of hers are helping her and her son start over again,with everything from furniture to toothbrushes on their list of needs.While they were here,I also gave them one of our spare bookcase and some coffee cups.I even asked them to keep in touch in case they needed anything else I have a way of connecting people with things.I offered the woman a cupboard we had as well;her friends just needed to see if there was a place or a need for it in their friends new home.I was so excited to meet those loving people,who were obviously willing to help their friend.It was clear how protective they felt of this woman and her boy,how much they love her and wanted her 1 to have a happy and safe life,and to spend even a few minutes with people like that is an experience I ll remember for a long,long time.A quick thank-you to all who have sent more donations over the last couple of days,as well as lovely messages of thanks and blessings.Sometimes it s hard to keep up with it all,but it s a problem I m happy to have.24.What were the people who arrived at the au thor s in the afternoon going to do?A.Promote some products customers needed.B.Fetch the bed the author would give away.C.Recycle second-hand furniture.D.Help repair the authors furniture.25.Which of the following words can best describe the author?A.Warm-hearted.B.Mean.C.Narrow-minded.D.Intelligent.26.From the last two paragraphs,we can infer that_.A.the author doesnt like to spend too much time with those people like Jennys friends B.Jenny and her boy will hardly get help from the authors friends C.the author was disappointed with those only sending messages of thanks and blessings D.Jenny and her boy will have a new start with the help of people 27.The suitable title for the text should be“_”A.No pains,no gains B.God helps those who help themselves C.Many hands make light work D.Where there is will,there is a way C When you start working on something but dont finish it,thoughts of the unfinished work continue to jump into your mind even when youve moved on to other things.Psychologists(心 理学 家)refer to this psychological phenomenon as the Zeigarnik effect.The effect was first observed by a Russian psychologist named Bluma Zeigarnik.While sitting in a busy restaurant in Vienna,she noted the waiters had better memories of unpaid orders.Once the bill was paid,however,the waiters had difficulty remembering the exact details of the orders.In research,participants were asked to complete simple tasks such as putting together puzzles,or solving math problems.Half of the participants were interrupted halfway through these tasks.After an hour-long delay,Zeigarnik asked the participants to give an account of what theyd been working on.She discovered that those who had their work interrupted were twice as likely to remember what they had been doing as those who had actually completed the tasks.We can use this effect to our advantage.For example,if youre struggling to memorize something important,momentary interruptions might actually work to your advantage.Rather than simply remember the information over and over again,review it several times and then take a break.While youre focusing on other things,youll find yourself mentally returning to the information you were studying.We often put off tasks until the last moment,only completing them in a rush at the last possible moment.Unfortunately,this tendency can lead to heavy stress and even poor performance.One way to overcome this is to put the Zeigarnik effect to work.Start by taking the first step,no matter how small.Once youve begun but not finished your work,youll find yourself thinking of the task until,at last,you finish it.You might not finish it all at once,but each small step you take puts you closer to your final goal.28.What does the Zeigarnik effect refer to?1 A.Waiters tend to have good memories.B.Once interrupted,one will forget things easily.C.Most people cant focus on one thing for a long time.D.People remember unfinished tasks better than completed ones.29.What were all the participants required to do in the study?A.Describe their tasks.B.Express their feelings.C.Test their intelligence.D.Design simple activities.30.How should we study according to the Zeigarnik effect?A.Repeat over and over again.B.Divide up our study session.C.Focus on several tasks at a time.D.Have enough rest before studying.31.Whats the main idea of the last paragraph?A.How to get rid of heavy stress.B.Why we should set a final goal.C.How to break the habit of delaying work.D.Why we always complete tasks in a rush.D The Silk Road is arguably the most famous long-distance trade route of the ancient world.This passage connected Europe in the West with China in the East,and allowed the exchange of goods,technology,and ideas between the two civilizations.Although merchants could make huge profits travelling the road,it was not without risk.The main Silk Road started in Chang an(known today as Xi an),the early Han capital.Travelers commencing their journey from this city could take a northern route that would take them across China s northwestern provinces.After this,they would face the Gobi Desert,arguably the greatest danger of the Silk Road.The Gobi Desert,the largest desert in Asia,consists mainly of rocky,hard earth.This feature made it easier for traders to travel across,compared to sandy deserts like the neighboring Taklamakan Desert.Like other deserts,the Gobi Desert is dry and hot,and therefore the biggest challenge travelers faced was obtaining enough water for themselves as well as for their camels.So,rest stops were created along the route,allowing travelers to rest,eat and drink.These places also promoted the exchange of goods,and even ideas,amongst the travelers who stopped there.Usually,th e rest stops were placed within a day s journey of each other.In this way,travelers could avoid spending too much time in the desert,which would make them targets for robbers,another danger of the Silk Road.Once through the Gobi Desert,travelers would continue their journey into Iran,Turkey,and finally Europe.Whilst this part of the journey may have been less dangerous,it is not entirely without its perils.1 32.The underlined word“it”in the first paragraph refers to.A.making huge profits B.traveling the Silk Road C.exchanging goods and ideas D.connecting different civilizations 33.Why was the Gobi Desert easier to cross than other deserts?A.The desert s surface was easier to walk on.B.Camels for transportation were easier to find.C.It was smaller and could be crossed in less time.D.There were more natural water sources available.34.What can we guess about the rest stops in the Gobi Desert?A.Travelers were offered free accommodation.B.They were located around the edges of the desert.C.Travelers staying there were often attacked by criminals.D.They were shared by travelers from different countries.35.What is the passage mainly about?A.The origins of the Silk Road.B.The benefits of the Silk Road.C.The difficulties faced by Silk Road travelers.D.The cultural exchanges among Silk Road travelers.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。Leonardo da Vinci and Nature In the modern world,art and science are two very separate activities,but in Leonardo s time they were closely connected.Science meant mathematics and medical studies.36 Mathematics included practical work like surveying land for making maps as well as measuring the movements of the stars in the sky.An artist might need to measure the different parts of the body.He could also use mathematics to place things in relationship to each other in a drawing or painting so the scene looked correct.37 Mathematics was also connected to music because musical sounds have a fixed relationship with each other that can be described in numbers.38 More than this,though,Leonardo believed that numbers were a part of all things in the world,including music,and he said that“without them nothing can bedone.”“Nature has kindly given us things everywhere to copy,”wrote Leonardo.In all his activities,Leonardo was trying to discover the rules that control nature.In his search for those rules,he looked very carefully at a lot of examples and details.Actual experience was more important to him than opinion,and he worked from facts to ideas.39 His purpose was to examine the world so he could copy it in beautiful paintings and sculptures.He also wanted to learn from the clever solutions of nature.40 His quick little sketches,often done while wandering outside,helped him to catch a movement or a shape.More careful drawings would be done at a desk with a pen and ruler.In July 2001,a small drawing by Leonardo was sold for$12 million.It was the most expensive 1 drawing in the world.A.Leonardo was always drawing.B.How could these be connected with art?C.Leonardo s ideas were vastly ahead of his time.D.Mathematicians and doctors worked to discover the unknown.E.Above all,Leonardo wanted to understand how and why things worked.F.You will see a good example of such positioning in the painting of The Last Supper.G.Leonardo himself was a very good musician and liked to play an instrument and sing.第三部分语言知识运用(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)阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的A、B、C 和 D 四个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。My son did well in his final exam,so I took him to a popular restaurant today for a lunchtime 41.It seemed everyone else had the 42 idea.So the place was 43!I drove around the small parking lot for 30 minutes 44 for a spot and I 45 found one.A lady returnin