1、陕西省宝鸡市渭滨区学年高二英语下学期末考试题陕西省宝鸡市渭滨区2017-2018学年高二英语下学期期末考试试题 第I卷（选择题）第一部分 听力（共两节，满分20分）做题时，请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卷上。第一节（共5小题；每小题1分，满分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和阅读下一小题。每段对话仅读一遍。1. When will the man leave for New York City?A.At 10:00.
2、 B. At 10:30. C. At 15:40.2. How does the woman get out of town?A.By bike. B. By car. C. By subway.3. Where are the speakers?A. In a bar. B. In a restaurant. C. In a classroom.4. When will Helen run for the 400-meter race?A. On the first day. B. On the second day. C. On the third day.5. What are the
3、y talking about?A. Leaving a job. B. Taking a job. C. Finding a job.第二节（共15小题；每小题1分，满分15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 is Sam like?A. Outgoing. B. Serious. C. Funny.7. What did the woman a
4、nd her friend Jo do on Sunday evening?A. They had dinner. B. They went shopping. C. They watched a film.听第7段材料，回答第8、9题。8. Where does the man want to go?A. To the seaside. B. To his school. C. To a gym.9. What will the speakers have for lunch?A. Hamburgers. B. Noodles. C. Pizza.听第8段材料，回答第10至12题。10. W
5、hat is this years fashionable color? A. Red. B. Green. C. Yellow.11. What size does the woman try on probably? A. Size 12. B. Size 14. C. Size 16.12. How much money does the man give to the woman? A. 10 dollars. B. 20 dollars. C. 80 dollars.听第9段材料，回答第13至16题。13. What does the woman do? A. An actress.
6、 B. A singer. C. A dancer.14. Where will the woman go first in the US? A. To Los Angeles. B. To San Francisco. C. To New York.15. What does the woman have before the performance? A. Yogurt. B. Fruit juice. C. Water.16. What is the womans dream for the next five years?A. To grow taller. B. To move to
7、 the US. C. To perform for more people.听第10段材料，回答第17至20题。17. What did the speakers father do to help the villagers?A. He taught their children B. He opened a night school. C. He invited teachers to the village.18. What is the percent of the women in the adults who cant read? A. 40%. B. 50%. C. 60%.1
8、9. Whats the speakers dream? A. All children can go to school. B. All women can go to school. C. All villagers can go to school.20. What is the speaker talking about? A. Fathers dream. B. Education in China. C. Womens life in China.第二部分 阅读理解（共两节，满分30分）第一节（共10小题；每小题2分，满分20分）阅读下面短文，从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，
9、选出最佳选项，并在答题卷上将该项涂黑。ATen-year-old Laura and her mother, Lynn, were sitting in front of the family computer, checking out models and prices of bikes. “Lets pick one out for Dads birthday,” Lynn suggested.As Laura got to the home page of the Bike Rack, a video link(链接) to Project Mobility caught her ey
10、e. She watched it out of curiosity. The video told how Bike Rack co-owner Hal Honeyman had created an organization to provide specially engineered bikes for people with disabilities. It showed the happy faces of those who were riding them.“Im going to buy a bike for one of those kids,” Laura told he
11、r mother. Two days later, she showed Lynn a letter she had written asking for donations(捐赠). “I think its amazing for a guy to make bikes for kids who cant walk,” the letter said. “I saw how happy a boy was when he got one Im writing to ask for your help.”Lynn was surprised by her daughters effort,
12、but doubts quickly appeared. The cost of just one of those special bikes could be $4,000. “She could never raise the money,” Lynn thought. But Lauras letter went out to 75 relatives and friends. Within three days, money began arriving. The girl finally raised more than $12,000.Last Christmas Eve, La
13、ura wore a Santa hat and delivered the bikes to three of the lucky kids: Ava, Jenny, and Rose. Ever since then she and Ava have ridden bikes together. “When I ride a bike, I like to go fast and feel the light wind,” Laura said. “So does Ava. She rides with her arms, not her feet, but she really flie
14、s.”Laura is determined to keep her campaign going every holiday season. “I want kids to feel the wind on their faces,” she says.21. What does Project Mobility do?A. It makes bikes for kids to donate. B. It collects bikes for the disabled.C. It offers special bikes to the disabled. D. It catches the
15、happy faces of cyclists.22. What was Lynn uncertain about?A. Whether Lauras effort could get noticed. B. Whether Laura should ask for donations.C. Whether Laura could bring down the cost. D. Whether Laura could get enough money.23. Which of the following statements is TRUE according to the passage?A
16、. Lauras father was moved by what she did.B. Laura got a lot of support from many people.C. Laura donated all her money to Hal Honeymans organization.D. Laura helped to make every child ride happily.24. What can we learn from the passage?A. Laura will continue helping the disabled. B. Laura worked w
17、ith Ava to deliver the bikes.C. Laura got support from Bike Rack co-owner. D. Laura will donate three bikes every holiday.25. What could be the best title for the passage?A. A love for riding bikes B. A birthday gift for DadC. Special delivery on Christmas Eve D. Project Mobility of Hal HoneymanBOn
18、Tuesday night, September 11, 2018, Jews will begin celebrating one of their most important religious holidays, Rosh Hashanah(犹太新年), during which apples covered with honey are a sign of a sweet new year. Many Jews eat honey cakes or carrots cooked in honey to start the new year.It takes up to two mil
19、lion flowers and 556 bees to make one pound of honey. A hive(蜂房) of bees have to fly over 55,000 miles, gathering nectar(花蜜) from all kinds of flowers, to produce a pound of honey: thats over twice around the world! A worker bee visits between 50 and 100 flowers on each nectar-gathering trip. In tot
20、al, a worker bee makes about 1/12 of a teaspoon in his lifetime.Honey is the only food widely used by humans thats made by animals. Honey is one of the two products produced by animals that are clean and contain neither milk nor meat. The other is human milk for babies. However, modern doctors alert
21、 mothers against feeding babies on honey because it can lead very young children to illness, which probably does much harm to them.In Israels northern region, archeologists(考古学家) found the oldest beehives, dating from the 10th century BC, over 3,000 years ago. Made up of about 100 beehives, they see
22、med to have produced about half a ton of honey every year. Israel is called “a land that flows with milk and honey” in the Bible. Today, Israel produces about 3,500 tons of honey every year. Israelis eat about 1,600 tons of honey each year on Rosh Hashanah. Thats nearly half of their total honey for
23、 the entire year. That isnt too much compared with Americans; an American eats about 1.31 pounds of honey each year.Honey is central to a beautiful Jewish tradition carried out in many communities on the first day of preschool. As children prepare to learn letters, they are shown the letters covered
24、 with a block of honey. As the children lick(舔) off the honey, they learn their first valuable lesson that studying is sweet.26. Whats the second paragraph mainly about? A. How hard it is for honey to be produced. B. How many bees make one pound of honey.C. How much honey a worker bee makes in its l
25、ife. D. How far a hive of bees have to fly to gather nectar.27. The underlined word “alert” in the 3rd paragraph probably means _. A. applaud B. undertake C. warn D. adapt28. What did the archeologists finding of the oldest beehives in Israel show? A. Israel was a great country in ancient time. B. I
26、sraelis have enjoyed honey for a long time. C. Israelis were those who tried honey first. D. Israel produced much honey in the past.29. When do Jews probably eat most honey each year?A. On their new year. B. When they gather honey. C. On the first day of preschool. D. When they celebrate the birth o
27、f a child.30. What does the writer mainly tell us through the passage? A. A traditional food of honey. B. The history of producing honey.C. Some difficulties in producing honey. D. Some interesting facts about honey.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，并在答题卷上将该项涂黑。选项中有两项为多余选项。Therere ma
28、ny fears that, even if we dont have them ourselves, are quite common - snakes, spiders, heights, darkness. And then theres the number 13. Its a number just like any other, and yet some buildings dont have the 13th floor. 31 Although it is rare, about 9 to 10 percent of Americans are uneasy about the
29、 number 13. 32 Historians have found a few reasons for it. 33 There were 13 diners at the Last Supper. The 13th to arrive was Judas, who turned his back on Jesus. In myths(神话), too, a table of 13 turned out to be unlucky. According to one of them, 12 gods were dining together peacefully until god Lo
30、ki showed up. As soon as this 13th guest arrived, bad things happened.On its own, there are no problems with the number itself. Its the fact that 13 is close to the number 12 that makes it look bad, according to scientists. 34 Some ancient countries based their systems of telling time around the num
31、ber 12. There are 12 hours on a clock, and 12 months in a year. In English 12 is also the largest number that has one syllable(音节). As the number immediately following this “perfect” one, 13 doesnt seem good, spreading unease throughout the ancient world. 35 The uneasiness about the number, dating b
32、ack to ancient times, has created a very real, modern fear.A. So facts from the Bible, myths and math make this number more evil(邪恶的) than any other.B. The most popular about the origin of this fear is connected with the Bible.C. In many ancient cultures, 12 was considered to be a perfect number.D. And some couples av
