江苏省常熟市2017_2018学年高二英语上学期期中试题（含解析）.doc

1、- 1 -江苏省常熟市 2017-2018 学年高二上学期期中考试英语试题2017.11本试卷分第一卷（选择题）和第二卷（非选择题）两部分，满分 120 分，考试时间 120 分钟。考试结束后，请将答题卡和答题卷交回。第 I 卷（共 70 分)第一部分听力（共两节，满分 15 分）做题时先将答案标在试卷上，录音内容结束后，你讲有两分钟的时间将试卷上的答案转涂到答题卡上。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，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

2、和阅读下一小题。每段对话仅读一遍。1. What does the man mean?A. John cannot play the piano. B. John wants to be a writer. C. John is busy at the moment.2. What is the woman doing?A. Helping a friend find the right department.B. Buying herself some shoes.C. Taking a class at the gym.3. Who is this woman talking to?A.

3、James. B. Robert. C. Paul.4. How will the woman get to Scotland?A. By car. B. By plane. C. By bus.5. Why was the man late?A. His car was out of petrol.B. He couldnt mend his car.C. He had to go back for clean clothes.第二节（共 10 小题；每小题 1 分，满分 10 分）- 2 -听下面 4 段对话或对白，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

4、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 most possible relationship between the speakers?A. Husband and wife. B. Doctor and patient. C. Classmates.7. Whom did the man chat with?A. People from Canada. B. People in need of his help. C

5、. People on the same project.听第 7 段材料，回答第 8、9 题。8. What has happened to the red sweater?A. It has become much too formal.B. It has been lent to Julia.C. It has a new tear.9. What will the man do next?To mend the short dress. B. To say sorry to the woman. C. To fetch the sewing basket.听第 8 段材料，回答第 10

6、 至 12 题。10. Which of the following is often used in America?A. French fifes. B. Crisps. C. Pavement.11. Which of the following is often used in Britain?A. Sidewalk. B. Elevator. C. Film.12. What are they mainly talking about?A. How American English differs from British English.B. How confusing Ameri

7、can English is.C. How American English becomes popular.听第 9 段材料，回答第 13 至 15 题。13. Why did the speaker ask the people to leave the building as quickly as possible?A. Because there might be an explosive device in the building.- 3 -B. Because a robbery would happen soon.C. Because electricity went out

8、in the building.14. Where did this announcement take place?A. At an airport. B. At a railway station. C. In a theatre.15. When did this incident happen possibly?A. In the morning. B. In the afternoon. C. In the evening.第二部分 英语知识运用(共两节，满分 35 分）第一节 单项填空（共 15 小题；每小题 1 分，满分 15 分）1. Although we produce c

9、arbon when we breathe, the carbon we produce is much less than produced by a car.A. that B. itC. one D. the one【答案】A【解析】考查代词。句意：虽然我们呼吸的时候生产碳，我们生产的碳比汽车生产的碳少得多。carbon 是不可数名词，用 that 替代，故答案为 A。2. We should produce fewer things from raw materials, the supply is growing smaller and smaller.A. whose B. of

10、whichC. where D. with which【答案】B【解析】考查非限制性定语从句。句意：我们应该更少的从原材料中生产出东西，因为原材料的供应正变得越来越少。which 引导非限制性定语从句，构成 the supply of which 的结构，which 指代上交的 raw materials（原材料） 。故选 B。3. I noticed that he was wearing shoes that did not match. He too hard to notice.A. might be working B. can have workedC. must have bee

11、n working D. should have been worked【答案】C【解析】考查情态动词完成式表示推测。句意：我注意到他穿着不相配的鞋子。他一定是在一直工作很难注意到。must have been doing sth.一定是在做某事，表示对过去事情有把- 4 -握的肯定推测，故选 C。4. Im still working on my project.Oh, youll miss the deadline. Time is .A. running out B. using upC. giving out D. losing out【答案】A【解析】考查短语辨析。A. runnin

12、g out 用完； B. using up 用完，耗尽（及物动词） ；C. giving out 分发，精疲力竭（及物动词） ；D. losing out 输掉，失败。当表示时间用完、耗尽的时候多用 run out。give out 分发，精疲力竭。句意：我仍然在做这个项目。啊！你肯定不能如期完成了。因为快没时间了。故 A 正确。5. When you look at will have become a large tree, you will find a sense of satisfaction that you did your part to help solve the prob

13、lem of climate change.A. something; known B. which; to knowC. those; know D. what; knowing【答案】D【解析】考查宾语从句和非谓语动词。当你看到将变成了一棵大树的时候，你会发现一种满足感，知道你为解决气候变化问题所做的贡献。第一空是 what 引导的宾语从句，既做引导词又在句中做主语；此处是现在分词做伴随状态，故选 D。6. In no country Britain, as has been mentioned previously in this brochure, experience four se

14、asons during the course of a single day.A. aside from; one can B. more than; one canC. rather than; can one D. other than; can one【答案】D【解析】考查固定词组和倒装句。Other than 除之外；apart from 除之外（适用所有情况） ；rather than 而不是；当否定词或者半否定词放在句首的时候，后面句子使用部分倒装的形式。句意：除了在英国，没有一个国家在一天可以经历四个季节。根据句意说明 D 正确。【名师点睛】当否定词或者半否定词放在句首的时候，

15、后面句子使用部分倒装的形式；than 的词组较多，- 5 -平时要注意辨析。1.含有否定意义的副词位于句首时的倒装：在正式文体中，never, seldom, rarely, little, hardly, scarcely, no sooner, no longer, nowhere 等含有否定意义的副词若位于句首，则其后要用部分倒装： 如：I shall never forgive him./ Never shall I forgive him. 我永远不会宽恕他。 注：对于 notuntil 句型，当 not until位于句首时，其后的主句要用倒装语序： 如：He didnt leav

16、e the room until the rain stopped./Not until the rain stopped did he leave the room. 雨停了之后他才离开这房间。 2.某些起副词作用的介词短语，由于含有否定词，若位于句首，其后要用部分倒装： 如：On no accounts must this switch be touched. 这个开关是绝不能触摸的。7. Dont worry! You can easily find a job_ skilled workers are badly needed.A. when B. thoughC. unless D.

17、 where【答案】D【解析】考查状语从句。A.when 当-时候； B. though 尽管；C. unless 除非； D. where 在哪里。句意：不要担心，在熟练工人非常缺的地方你能很容易找到一个工作。此处是 where 引导的地点状语从句，故选 D。8. I wouldnt have punched him if it for the fact that he to apologize to me yesterday.A. were not; refused B. were not; had refusedC. had not been; refused D. had not be

18、en; had refused【答案】C【解析】考查虚拟语气和时态。句意：如果不是昨天他拒绝向我道歉这个事实的话，我就不会揍他。第一空是过去完成时态，表示与过去的事实相反；第二空陈述过去一个事实，用一般过去时态。故选 C。9. In this library, you can use your own computer to connect to Wi-Fi specially for readers.A. preparing B. to prepareC. prepared D. prepare【答案】C- 6 -【解析】考查过去分词。句意：在这个图书馆，你能用你自己的电脑连接特别为读者准备

19、的Wi-Fi。此处是过去分词做后置定语，故选 C。10. No decision about any future appointment until all the candidates have been interviewed.A. will be made B. is madeC. is being made D. has been made【答案】A【解析】试题分析：考查时态：时间状语从句是现在完成时，主句用一般将来时的被动，句意：只有当所有的应试者都被采访了，才能做出进一步约会的决定。选 A。考点：考查时态语态点评：时态的考查要放在上下文中进行，要抓住句子的关键词，这题的关键词就是

20、 until all the candidates(应试者) have been interviewed.还要注意被动语态。11. When the minister came in, the two cheaters were sitting before the weaver, busily.A. pretending working B. pretended having workedC. pretending to be working D. pretended to have worked【答案】C【解析】考查非谓语动词。句意：当部长进来的时候，两个骗子坐在织工前面，假装正在忙着工作

21、。pretend to be doing sth.假装正在做某事，根据句意可知此处是现在分词做伴随状态，故选 C。12. Although this product is environmental protection, few people show interest in it because of its high price.A. in terms of B. in favor ofC. on account of D. in response to【答案】B【解析】考查词组。A. in terms of 就-而言； B. in favor of 支持；C. on account o

22、f 为了-的缘故；D. in response to 对-有反应。句意：虽然这种产品有利环保，但因其价格昂贵，几乎无人问津。 故选 B。13. cloning human embryos is not legal in many countries, some scientists are already pushing ahead with research in order to produce a cloned human baby.- 7 -A. As B. IfC. Unless D. While【答案】D【解析】考查连词。A. As 由于；B. If 如果；C. Unless 除非

23、； D. While 尽管。句意： 虽然克隆人类胚胎是违法的，但一些科学家已经在努力推进研究为了制造克隆的人类婴儿。选 A。【名师点睛】考查连词主要是弄清每个冠词本身的含义，做题时一定要根据上下文的逻辑关系选择。有的连词有几个意思，比如 While 尽管（引导让步状语从句） ；当-时候（引导时间状语从句） ；然而（并列连词，引导并列句，前后像成鲜明对比） ，只有弄清楚了上下文的语境含义，才能做出正确的判断。14. It is important to pay your electricity bill on time, as late payments may affect your .A.

24、profession B. creditC. income D. profit【答案】B【解析】考查名词辨析。考查名词。A. profession 职业； B. credit 信用；C. income收入； D. profit 利润。句意：准时付电费很重要，因为付晚了会影响你的信用。根据句意故选 C。15. - Do you enjoy your present job as a salesman?. I just do it for a living.A. Not really B. Of courseC. Not likely D. Not a little【答案】A【解析】考查交际用语。

25、A. Not really 不是真的；B. Of course 当然； C Not likely 不可能；D Not a little 非常，很。句意：-你喜欢现在的推销员工作吗？-不是很喜欢，我只是谋生。选 A。第二节 完形填空（共 20 小题；每小题 1 分，满分 20 分）请认真阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的 A、B、C、D 四个选项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。- 8 -In Thanks for What We HaveI sat nervously and waited for Kathleen to speak. Being called to the human

26、resources department is a little like being called to the principals office. “Annie,” she said, “A food bank in our town that serves the elderly is asking for _16_. Id like you to organize the event and see it through.” “Well, um, errr.sure. I guess so.” As I stuttered (结结巴巴地说）through my _17_ , all

27、I could think was, “What? Why me?”I walked back to my office without any idea as to where to _18_. This was a time when the economy was _19_ . The rise in unemployment forced the families of many of my coworkers to _20_ to survive. How could I ask my coworkers for more?That evening I drove home fill

28、ed with _21_ . Then I remembered a time long ago when my father was out of work. Mom wrote a note to Jim, the milkman, asking him not to _22_ any more milk. Two days later Jim picked up the _23_ and left four liters of milk. He wrote his own message on the back side of Moms. It read, “Kids need milk

29、.” The milk; delivery_24_ as usual and Jim left four liters of milk every other day, never collecting a cent with us.The memory of Jims 40 fired my enthusiasm Perhaps Id be in for a pleasant surprise.The next morning I _25_ signs about our food drive all over the cafeteria and on every notice board

30、I could find. Each sign read, “Food drive to support the elderly poor of our town! _26_ of non-perishable(不易腐的）foods are greatly needed.”Within a few days I had to locate empty office space to _27_ the massive number of contributions we had _28_ . One of my coworkers, Maggie, made the rounds with me

31、 every day from one department to another to pick up the canned goods and other _29_ . Maggie was over sixty but pushed our food trolley around with the _30_ of a woman half her age.As we were making our rounds one day, I asked her where she got all the energy and enthusiasm. “Annie,” she said, “wit

32、h the unemployment rate - 9 -touching 10 percent, I cant think of a better way to be _31_ for keeping our jobs when so many have _32_ theirs. Sure money is _33_. But when isnt it? People need food.”As I listened to Maggie, the milkmans words _34_ in my ears, “Kids need milk.”16. A. advice B. help C.

33、 pity D. medicine17. A. response B. comment C. explanation D. complaint18. A. sit B. stay C. begin D. work19. A. growing B. fading C. recovering D. booming20. A. drive B. attempt C. refuse D. struggle21. A. appreciation B. identity C. responsibility D. negativity22. A. spare B. drink C. deliver D. s

34、ell23. A. keys B. kids C. cents D. empties24. A. returned B. continued C. stopped D. delayed25. A. kindness B. happiness C. patience D. politeness26. A. designed B. noticed C. marked D. posted27. A. Bargains B. Demands C. Donations D. Purchases28. A. check B. store C. separate D. clear29. A. collect

35、ed B. bought C. found D. selected30. A. clothes B. books C. foods D. gifts31. A. satisfaction B. quality C. energy D. motivation32. A. lucky B. proud C. delighted D. grateful33. A. lost B. deserved C. abandoned D. warned34. A. available B. tight C. enough D. powerful35. A. rang B. transformed C. hid

36、 D. responded【答案】16. B 17. A 18. C 19. B 20. D 21. D 22. C 23. D 24. B 25. A 26. D 27. C 28. B 29. A 30. C 31. C 32. D 33. A 34. B 35. A【解析】作者儿时家庭受到送奶人的资助，当需要他奉献时受此鼓舞，积极投身到帮助贫穷老年人筹集食物的活动中。文章表达了作者的感恩之情。- 10 -16. B 考查名词。A. advice 建议；B. help 帮助；C. pity 同情；D. medicine 药。此处指一家为老年人服务的食物银行需要帮助，根据下文的 the ma

37、ssive number of contributions 和 pick up the canned goods and other _14_.可知这里需要帮助，需要筹集食物。故选 B.17. A 考查名词。A. response 回应；B. comment 评论；C. explanation 解释；D. complaint 抱怨。此处指我结巴得回应这个任务，答应了 Kathleen，故选 A.18. C 考查动词。A. sit 坐；B. stay 停留；C. begin 开始；D. work 工作。我走出办公室，想着从哪里开始这个任务，根据句意选 C.19. B 考查动词。A. growin

38、g 生长；B. fading 衰减；C. recovering 恢复；D. booming 兴旺。此处指当时是经济萧条时期，根据下句 The rise in unemployment forced many of my coworkers to _5_ to survive.和倒数第二段“with the unemployment rate touching 10 percent 也可知答案，故选 B.20. D 考查动词。A. drive 驾驶；B. attempt 尝试；C. refuse 拒绝；D. struggle 挣扎。失业率上升使同事们挣扎着生存，此处指为了生存拼搏，故选 D.21

39、. D 考查名词。A. appreciation 欣赏；B. identity 身份；C. responsibility 责任； D. negativity 消极性。那天晚上我开车回家时充满了消极情绪。with negativity 带着消极情绪，故选 D。22. C 考查动词。A. spare 节约；B. drink 喝；C. deliver 递送；D. sell 卖。此处指由于父亲失业，母亲告诉 Jim 不用送牛奶了，根据 Jim, the milkman 可知是送牛奶，故选 C.23. D 考查名词。A. keys 钥匙；B. kids 儿童；C. cents 分；D. empties

40、空瓶。此处指Jim 来收空奶瓶，故选 D.24. B 考查动词。A. returned 回来；B. continued 继续；C. stopped 停止；D. delayed 延迟。Jim 给我们留言说孩子们需要牛奶，然后像往常一样继续送奶。故选 B.25. A 考查名词。A. kindness 仁慈；B. happiness 幸福；C. patience 耐心；D. politeness 有礼貌。此处指 Jim 对我家仁慈的记忆点燃了我的热情，指 Jim 免费让我家的孩子们喝奶这件事，故选 A.26. D 考查动词。A. designed 设计；B. noticed 注意到；C. marke

41、d 做记号；D. posted 张贴。此处指第二天早上我开始行动，在我能找到的所有自助餐厅和布告牌上张贴告示。表示“张贴告示” ，故选 D.27. C 考查名词。A. Bargains 交易；B. Demands 需求；C. Donations 捐赠；D. Purchases- 11 -获得物。告示上写着：支持给贫穷的老年人食物，急需捐赠不易腐的食物。根据下文的 the massive number of contributions 也知是捐赠食物，故选 C.28. B 考查动词。A. check 核实；B. store 储藏；C. separate 分开；D. clear 清除。此处指我必须

42、为储存大量的捐赠物资腾地方，故选 B.29. A 考查动词。A. collected 收集；B. bought 买；C. found 找到；D. selected 挑选出来。此处指我们筹集来的捐赠品，上文贴告示的目的也是筹集食物，故选 A.30. C 考查名词。A. clothes 衣服；B. books 书籍；C. foods 食品；D. gifts 礼品。根据上文的 Food drive，non-perishable(不易腐的) foods 和本句的 canned goods 可知筹集的是食物，故选 C.31. C 考查名词。A. satisfaction 满意；B. quality 质量

43、；C. energy 能量；D. motivation 动机。这位年过六旬的老人用年轻人的力量每天推着食物车工作，故选 C.32. D 考查形容词。A. lucky 幸运的；B. proud 自豪的；C. delighted 高兴的；D. grateful 感谢的。此处指 Maggie 认为在高失业的年代，她很感激有这个工作机会。故选 D.33. A 考查动词。A. lost 失去；B. deserved 值得；C. abandoned 抛弃；D. wanted 想要。与上文的 The rise in unemployment 和 with the unemployment rate touc

44、hing 10 percent 对应可知许多人失业，故选 A.34. B 考查形容词。A. available 可获得的；B. tight 紧的；C. enough 充足的；D. powerful 强大的。此处指当时经济情况下，钱是紧的，但人们更需要食物。故选 B.35. A 考查动词。A. rang 响；B. disappeared 消失；C. hid 隐藏；D. fell 掉下。此处指此时送奶人“孩子们需要牛奶”的话又回响在我耳边，与上文呼应再次想起他的话，故选 A.B.【名师点睛】完形填空题的命题特点及答题方法：1.侧重基础知识，考查学生语言知识的能力完形填空以文入手，结合文章的内容考查

45、学生的基础知识，主要是词语搭配、固定句型、近义词辨析、辨析句子结构、掌握语法规则的能力，其中考查实词居多。2.上下文对照，考查学生捕捉关键词的能力- 12 -3.结合生活，考查学生利用常识题的能力目的考查学生的生活常识，看看学生是否善于观察生活，积累生活常识，能否利用常识去做恰当的选择。如第小题 13 考查动词。A. check 核实；B. store 储藏；C. separate 分开；D. clear 清除。此处指我必须为储存大量的捐赠物资腾地方，根据常识可知筹集大量物资之后要想办法储存，故选 B。第三部分 阅读理解（共 10 小题，每小题 2 分，满分 20 分）阅读下列短文，从每题所给

46、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。AEvery man wants his son to be somewhat of a clone, not in features but in footsteps. As he grows you also age, and your ambitions become more unachievable. You begin to realize that your boy, in your footsteps, could probably accomplish what you hoped for. But f

47、ootsteps can be muddied and they can go off in different directions.My son Jody has hated school since day one in kindergarten. Science projects waited until the last moment. Book reports werent written until the final threat.Ive been a newspaperman all my adult life. My daughter is a university - 1

48、3 -graduate working toward her masters degree in English. But Jody? When he entered the tenth grade he became a “vo-tech” student (技校学生).Theyre called “motorheads” by the rest of the student body.When a secretary in my office first called him “motorhead”, I was shocked. “Hey, hes a good kid,” I wanted to say. “And smart, really.”I learned later that motorheads are, indeed, different. They usually have dirty hands and wear dirty work clothes. And they dont often make school honor rolls.But being the parent of a motorhead is itself an experience in education. We who lab