甘肃省东乡族自治县第二中学2017-2018学年高二英语下学期期中试
题
第一题：完形填空（共10小题；每小题2分，满分20分）
阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从21-30各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项。
In order to improve relationship with others, you need to be aware of several sensible ways to complain. 1 , you need to be specific. Don’t say, “Boy, did you 2 like a fool at the party?” Instead, say, “You embarrassed me by getting 3 and loud and telling offensive (冒犯的) jokes to my parents.” Secondly, stick to the present. Don’t mention old offences from last month or last year. By doing this, you 4 attention from the problem at hand. Moreover, 5 you complain, don’t add insults. If you start calling the other person names, that will 6 create anger and hurt any chance of getting the person to really 7 you. A last point to remember is to complain privately. Never criticize the other person in front of friends, parents, children, or anyone else, for that 8 . Criticizing in front of a third party has the same effect as 9 . This shames the person being criticized and makes it very likely that the person will want to attack you orally rather than listen to you.
Sensible ways to Complain: ? Be specific
? Stick to the present ? 10 ? Complain privately
1．A．To start with
say
2．A．conduct B．play
3．A．upset 4．A．take away 5．A．before 6．A．even 7．A．listen to 8．A．time 9．A．jokes
C．do B．bored B．set off B．after B．never B．work for B．matter B．insults
D．act C．delighted C．draw up C．when C．only C．look after C．person C．criticism
D．drunk D．catch up D．unless D．still D．wait on D．party D．embarrassment
B．Frankly speaking
C．Anyway D．Needless to
10．A．Don’t add insults
C．Don’t lose temper
B．Don’t mention old offenses D．Don’t tell embarrassing jokes
第二题：语法填空（共10小题，每小题1.5分，满分15分）
阅读下面短文，根据上下文填入适当的词语，或使用括号中的词语的适当形式填空，并
将答案填写在答题卡上标号为31-40的相应位置。
We may be very 11_________(please) with the rapid progress we have made in every field of study, but we have almost done nothing to improve our present 12___________(exam) systems which focus 13_______ testing the students’ memory instead of their 14_________(able). As soon as a child begins school, he enters a world of examination, 15____________will decide his future of job. In fact a good examination system should encourage students to think for themselves. But the examination now does anything but that. It forces the students to remember 16___________is taught to get high marks. Thus the students who come out first in the examination often may be the 17____________(good) in their studies. In addition, such 18_____ examination system often drives teachers to cram all the time and forces them to train students what to do with the 19______________(come) examination. There must be a better way to test a student’s true ability as 20_____________.
第三题. 阅读（共两节，满分40分）
第一节：阅读理解（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项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
(A)
To find how the name Canada came about we must go back to the 16th century. At that time, the French dreamed of disclosing and controlling more land, of expanding(扩展)trade beyond(超出) their borders and of spreading their faith(信仰) across the world .In 1535, Francois I ,King of France, ordered a navigator (航海家) named Jacques Cartier to explore(探险) the New World and search for a passage to India.
Cartier first arrived at the Gulf of the St. Lawrence, which he wanted to explore. He did not know what to expect but he hoped that this Gulf was just an arm of the ocean between two islands. If it was, he would soon be on his way to the Far East. So he sailed upstream along the St. Lawrence River. However, instead or reaching Asia he arrived at Quebec or Stadacona, as the Indians called it. It was at this point that the term “Canada” entered the country’s history. Apparently the word
“Canada” came from an Indian work “Kanata”, which means community or village. Cartier first used it when he referred to Stadacona or Quebec. What a huge “village” Canada is!
21. In the early sixteenth century, the King of France ordered Cartier to ______ A. B. C. D.
find the new world
build an entirely new country go and visit the American Indians
get more information about America and find a way to Asia
22. Having reached the Gulf of St. Lawrence Cartier thought _____ A. B. C. D.
he had already got to India it was a water way to the New World it was a water passage to the East he had sailed into the Atlantic
23. In the early sixteenth century, Quebec was only ____. A. B. C. D.
an Indian village
a little town in southern Canada
a village at the entrance to the Gulf of St. Lawrence the place which we call Canada now
24. Pick out the right statements from the following _____ A. B. C. D.
Quebec was a village and Stadacona was another Cartier mistook Quebec for Stadacona Stadacona was a village in Quebec
Stadacona was what the Indians called Quebec then
25. “Canada” was first used to refer to _____ A. B. C. D.
a small town in Stadacona the place called Quebec a long water passage
a huge village including Quebec and Stadacona
(B)
“The Lord of the Rings”, one of the best sellers in the new millennium（千年）, was made up of three parts——“The Fellowship of the Ring”, “Two Towers”, and “The Return of the King”. Millions upon millions of people have read it in over 25 different languages, but fewer know about the author and the history of the
composition of the creative masterwork.
John Ronald Reuel Tolkien was born in South Africa in 1892. His parents died when
he was a child. Living in England with his aunt, Tolkien and his cousins made up play languages, a hobby that led to Tolkien’s becoming skilled in Welsh, Greek, Gothic, Old Norse and Anglo-Saxon.
After graduating from Oxford, Tolkien served in World War I. In 1917, while
recovering from trench fever, he began composing the mythology for The Rings. As a professor of Anglo-Saxon in 1930s at Oxford, Tolkien was part of an informal discussion group called the Inklings, which included several writers. The group was soon listening to chapters of Tolkien’s imaginative work “The Hobbit”.
Hobbit was a name Tolkien created for a local people that could best be described
as half-sized members of the English rural（乡村的）class. Hobbits live in hillside holes. One of them, Bilbo Baggins, looks for treasures with a group of dwarves（侏儒）. On the way, he meets the twisted, pitiful creature Gollum, from whom he sees a golden ring that makes the holder invisible.
One of Tolkien’s students persuaded her employer, publisher Allen & Unwin, to look at a draft（草稿）. The chairman of the firm, Stanley Unwin, thought that the best judge for a children’s book would be his ten-year-old son. The boy earned a shilling for reporting back that the adventure was exciting, and “The Hobbit” was published in 1937.
It sold so well that Unwin asked for a continuation. Over a dozen years later,
in 1954, Tolkien produced “The Lord of the Rings”, a series of books so creative that they hold readers—new and old —after their publication. 26．What can we learn from the text?
A．“The Lord of the Rings” didn’t sell well in the last millennium. B．People know better about Tolkien himself than about his works. C．Tolkien was quite familiar with Old English.
D．Tolkien knew very well about different kinds of local languages in Africa.
27．What can we learn about “Hobbit” that Tolkien created in his works?
A．Hobbit was a race living in English downtown areas. B．Hobbit was a local people who were very tall and strong. C．Hobbit was a social group of people who lived in old castles. D．Hobbit was a group of people who were mostly dwarves.
28．Which of the following helped most in making “The Hobbit” published?
A．One of Tolkien’s students. C．Allen & Unwin.
B．Stanley Unwin’s son. D．Bilbo Baggins.
29．What is mainly discussed in the text?
A．“The Lord of the Rings” and its writer.
B．A completely new masterwork in the new millennium. C．a famous professor at Oxford University. D．The power of the magic ring.
30．Which of the following shows the right order of Mr J.R.R.Tolkien’s life experience?
a．He had his “The Hobbit” published. b．He became a member of the lnklings. c．He served in World WarⅠ
d．He became an undergraduate at Oxford.
e．His work “The Lord of the Rings” came to the world. f．He moved to England to live with his aunt. A．f-d-b-c-a-e
B．f-d-c-b-a-e
C．f-c-d-b-e-a （C）
\is that true?\cried out Peng Weiye, a Senior 2 girl in Shanghai and die-hard S. H.E. fan.
After checking it on the Internet, Peng quickly phoned friends to spread the news. For fans like her, S. H. E. ’s performance is perhaps the only part of the old fashioned evening to get excited about.
The Taiwanese band is made up of Selina, Hebe and Ella. Their name comes from the first letter of each of the singers' English names.
Last week S. H. E. announced they would perform in Las Vegas, US, over Christmas and then in Guangzhou on January 15.
At their Shanghai show on October 30, hundreds of parents waited outside the Hongkou Stadium. Inside, thousands of teenagers sang, cried and shouted as the band performed. \that, although my parents don't understand why I love them so much, they still bought me a ticket for that show,\
It is not just on the mainland that the three girls have made audiences much
D．d-f-c-a-b-e
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