广东省普宁市高二英语上学期期末考试试题

普宁一中2016--2017学年度第一学期高二级期末考试英语科试题卷注意事项：1.答卷前，考生务必用黑色字迹的钢笔或签字笔将自己的姓名和考生号填写在答题卷上。

2.用2B铅笔将选择题答案在答题卷对应位置涂黑；答案不能答在试卷上。

3.非选择题必须用黑色字迹钢笔或签字笔作答，答案必须写在答题卷各题目指定区域内的相应位置上；不准使用铅笔或涂改液。

不按以上要求作答的答案无效。

4.考生必须保持答题卷的整洁。

第Ⅰ卷第一部分听力（共两节，每小题1.5分，满分30分。

）做题时，先将答案标在试卷上，录音内容结束后，你将有两分钟的时间将试卷上的答案转涂到答题卡上。

第一节听下面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.What does the woman thinking the man should do?A. Practice writing.B.Prepare for exams.C. Reply to emails.2.What did the man do?A. He bought a computer.B. He set up a company.C. He hunted for a new job.3.What are the speakers talking about?A. Careers.B. Relatives.C. Health problems.4.What is the man going to do?A. Find the key for the woman.B. Open the door for the woman.C. Ask his friend to help the woman.5. When will the woman probably call again?A. At 3:30.B. A t 4:00.C.At 4:30.第二节听下面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，你将有时间阅读每个小题，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 is the man planning to do?A. Have a picnic .B. Finish his paper.C. Go to the library.7.When will the speakers meet?A. Next Friday.B.Next Wednesday.C. Next Monday.听第7段材料，回答第8、9题。

8.Who does the book belong to?A. David.B. Mary.C. Nancy.9.Why will the woman call Mary?A. To ask to bor row her book.B. To ask about her writing.C. To ask her to buy a book.听第8段材料，回答第10至12题。

10.What special things does the man suggest taking?A. Shorts.B. Toothbrushes.C. Shirts.11.What does the man think of his brown shoes?A. His best-looking pair.B. His most expensive pair.C. His most comfortable pair.12.What will the man do next?A. Attend a meeting.B. Go to a concert.C. Go for a walk.听第9段材料，回答第13至16题。

13.What does the man say about the sitting room?A. It’s old.B. It’s big.C. It’s bright.14.Why is the h ouse so quiet?A. It’s far away from the city centre.B. There are no upstairs neighbors.C.It’s a convenient neighborhood.15.What does the woman say is good about the house?A. It has three bedrooms.B. It has a new refrigerator.C. It has a fire escape.16.What did the house owner promise to do?A. Fix the leak in the kitchen.B. Repair the loose electric wiring.C. Paint the house.听第10段材料，回答第17至20题。

17.When was the first show performed?A. On July 29.B. On July 30.C. On July 31.18.What do we know about the bands who play at the Old Oak?A. They play for free.B. They can practice there.C. They are offered free food.19.What did the band Living World do last month?A. They moved to another club.B. They got a new member.C. They wrote a new song.20.What happened during Living World’s performance?A. Somebody was injured.B. They stopped playing for a while.C. Something was wrong with the stage.第二部分阅读理解（共两节，满分40分）阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

AHe was struggling (费劲) to tie his shoes. I was struggling with whether I should help him.I did, and he was grateful."Thank you," he said. [ZXXKZXXK.ZXXK[ZXXKZXXK]"I'm glad I could help. I just thought it would be easier for me to reach," I said.He was a disabled man, and forced to look down most of the time. His arms and legs were twisted (扭曲的) terribly, and he couldn't do what the rest of us would consider easy tasks. He always managed to look up to see how you reacted (反应) to his words, however. He had a big smile, making me feel comfortable.I was still on my knees by his wheelchair." Nice shoes," he said."Thanks. No one ever complimented（表扬） me on them before," I said."No one has the same view of the world as I do," he replied."Tell me about the world as you see it," I said smiling."Most people can see if someone is comfortable with them or not in their eyes.I see it in their feet." he said."If people keep moving their feet, I just let them go, because I know they're impatient with me. I don't want to make people uncomfortable."What about me? I asked."I could see your compassion（同情）.And then you came down to my level. Iwas the one who was nervous." he said. "I don't normally have someone look me in the eye.""They don't know what they're missing," I told him."My old face is nothing to brag (自夸) about." he said."But that smile is so big."Yes, and it's not only a big smile but an attitude.21. We learn that the disabled man ______.A. had great difficulty looking after himselfB. always asked people for helpC. couldn't have a big smileD. liked to talk about people's shoes22. The writer felt comfortable because ______.A. he had a nice talk to the manB. the man looked him in the eyeC. he didn't move his feet before the manD. the man had a big smile on the face23. We can infer from the passage that ______.A. the disabled man had something wrong with h is mindB. not many people went down to the man's levelC. the man was good at telling people about the worldD. the writer would not give th e man more helpBThere is a popular belief among parents that schools are no longer interested in spelling. No school I have ever taught in has ever ignored spelling or considered it unimportant as a basic skill. There are, however, different ideas about how to teach it, or how much priority (优先) it must be given over general language development and writing ability. The problem is how to encourage a child to express himself freely and confidently in writing without holding him back with the complexities (复杂性) of spelling.If spelling becomes the only focal (焦点的) point of his teacher’s interest, clearly a bright child will be likely to “play safe”. He will tend to write only wordswithin his spelling range, choosing to avoid adventurous l anguage. That’s why teachers often encourage the early use of dictionaries and pay attention to content rather than technical ability.I was once shocked to read on the bottom of a sensitive piece of writing about a personal experience: “This work is terri ble! There are far too many spelling errors and your writing is terrible.” It may have been a sharp criticism of the pupil’s technical abilities in writing, but it was also a sad reflection on the teacher who had omitted（忘记做，遗漏） to read the essay, which contained some beautifulexpressions of the child’s deep feelings. The teacher was not wrong to draw attention to the errors, but if his priorities had centered on the child’s ideas, an expression of his disappointment with the presentation would have given the pupil more motivation (动机) to seek improvement.24. Teachers are different in their opinions about _________.A .the difficulties in teaching spellingB. the role of spelling in general language developmentC. the complexities of the basic writing skillsD. the necessity of teaching spelling25. The underlined expression “play safe” probably means ________.A. to write carefullyB. to do as teachers sayC. to use dictionaries frequentlyD. to avoid using words one is not sure of26. Teachers encourage the use of dictionaries so that ____________.A. students will be able to express their ideas more freelyB. students will have more confidence in writingC. students will have less trouble in correcting mistakesD. students will learn to be independent of teachers27. The author seems to think that the teacher’s judgment on that sensitive piece of writing is __________.A. unf airB. reasonableC. foolishD. careless28. The major point discussed in the passage is ___________.A. the importance of developing writing skillsB. the complexities of spellingC. the correct way of marking compositionsD. the relationship between spelling and the content of a compositionCPerhaps the most famous theory, the study of body movement, was suggested by Professor Ray Birdwhistell. He believes that physical appearance is often cu lturally programmed. In other words, we learn our looks--- we are not born with them.A baby has generally informed face features. A baby, according to Birdwhistell, learns where to set the eyebrows（眉毛） by looking at those around--- family and friends. This helps explain why the people of some areas of the US looks much alike.New Englanders or Southerners have certain common face features that can not be explained by genetics (遗传学). The exact shape of the mouth is not set at birth, itis learned after. In fact, the final mouth shape is not formed until well after new teeth are set. For many, this can be well into grown-ups. A husband and wife together for a long time often come to look somewhat alike. We learn our looks from those around us.This is perhaps why in a single country there are areas where people smile more than those in other areas. In the US, for example, the south is the part of the country where the people smile most frequently. In New England they smile less, and in the western part of New York States still less. Many southerners find cities such as New York cold and unfriendly, partly because people in Madison Avenue smile less than people on Peachtree Street in Atlanta, Georgia. People in largely populated areas also smile and greet each other in public less than people in small towns do.29. Ray Birdwhistell believes that physica l appearance ___________.A. has little to do with cultureB. has much to do with cultureC. is ever changingD. is different from place to place30.According to the passage, the final mouth shape is formed _________.A. before bi rthB. as soon as one’s teeth are newly setC. some time after new teeth are setD. around 15 years old31. Ray Birdwhistell can tell what area of the US a person is from by _______.A. how much he or she smilesB. how he or she raise his or her eyebrowsC. what he or she likes bestD. the way he or she talks32. This passage might be taken out of a book dealing with _________.A. physicsB. chemistryC. biologyD. none of the aboveDNewspapers are one method of bringing the news to the public. Reporters, photographers,correspondents, and editors are some of the people who create newspapers. They are known as journalists.Reporters are journalists who go out and get the news. They attend meetings. They cover events such as court cases, plays, and sporting events. They interview people to get their views about what is going on. Reporters must be able to write a story quickly so as to meet a deadline. People do not want to read old news. They want to know what is going on as soon as it happens. Reporters sometimes phone or emailtheir notes and quotations (引用语) to the paper from the scene. A reporter in the office then writes the story.A "stringer" is a part-time reporter who works when called on. A fire might break out in one part of town. An editor may ask a stringer who lives near the sceneto cover the story.Reporters often work with photographers, or photojournalists. Photojournalists take the pictures that illustrate (图解) the stories in a newspaper. They have to edit their pictures in time for them to appear with the story.A correspondent is a journalist who covers the news in a particular place or on a subject that he or she has special knowledge in. Large newspaper groups have correspondents in foreign countries to report the news there. A paper may have a correspondent who covers just medical news.An editor is a journalist who works at a desk in a newspaper office. Editors prepare the reporters'stories to be printed in the paper. They decide which story is most important and gets the frontpage headline. They decide which pictures to use. Editors do not often write the news, but they do write editorials (社论) in which they state their views on a topic or an issue.People who work as journalists have some things in comm on. They are curious, they like to write and they have a "nose for news". They can spot news as it happens. They know what people want to read about.33. The underlined word "They" in Paragraph 2 refers to________.A. readersB. journalistsC. reportersD. stringers34. According to the passage, both the reporter and the editor________.A. usually work in the officeB. decide which pictures to useC. have the ability to discover newsD. often write editorials for their paper35. The passage is mainly written to________.A. introduce different posts and duties of journalistsB. describe the characters of journalistsC. explain how the news is collectedD. show how reporters work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的最佳选项。