2017-2018年度高二第一学期期中考试英语试卷（含答案）

2017-2018年度高二第一学期期中考试

英语 试题

本试卷共10页，满分135分，考试用时120分钟

注意事项：

1. 本试卷分为阅读理解、英语知识运用、写作三部分。

2. 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、试室号、座位号填写在答题卡上。

3. 选择题每小题选出答案后，用2B铅笔把答题卡上对应题目选项的答案信息点涂黑，如需改动，用橡皮擦干净后，再选涂其他答案，答案答在试卷上无效。

4. 非选择题必须用黑色字迹的钢笔或签字笔作答，答案必须写在答题卡各题目指定区域内相应位置上，如需改动，先划掉原来的答案，再写上新的答案，不准使用铅笔和涂改液。不按以上要求作答的答案无效。 5. 考生必须保持答题卡的整洁。考试结束后，将答题卷和机改答题卡一并交回。

第一部分 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。

A

The Hawaii Volcanoes (火山) National Park

The Hawaii Volcanoes National Park, on the island of Hawaii, has two active volcanoes：Mauna Loa, which last erupted in 1984, is 13,677 feet (4.17km) above sea level; the other is Kilauea that is next to Mauna Loa and it has been erupting since January 3rd, 1983. it is 4,190 feet(1.23km) above sea level.

When to visit:

The park is open 24 hours a day year round. There are no plants or trees on the lava(火山岩) fields and no protection from the sun, so you must bring sunglasses and sunscreen(防晒霜).

How to get there:

The best way to get to the park is to take Highway 11. From the airport at Hilo, Highway 11 will take you southward across the eastern part of the island.

Things to see:

If you want to know more about the park, the Kilauea Visitor Center is surely a stop to make. It is a quarter of a mile (402m) from the park entrance. There, you can see a great movie about real lava and learn about the island’s geological, natural, and cultural history. The center is open from 7:45 am to 5:00 pm. There are also many guided walks and hikes around the park. You must check weather conditions and volcanic before hiking alone. If possible, you may drive down Chain of Craters Road to see lava flowing into the ocean.

Tickets:

Entrance to the park is $10.00 for each vehicle including people, $5.00 for those who travel on foot or ride a bicycle. Children under the age of 15 are free.

1. Different from Mauna Loa, Kilauea _______.

A. will disappear soon. B. is closed to visitors. C. is much bigger. D. erupts more often. 2. The Kilauea Visitor Center_______.

A. lets visitors learn about the park. B. is next to the park entrance.

C. offers all kinds of movies. D. is open for 8hours every day.

3. If a family of three drives a car into the park, they need to pay_______.

A. $5.00 B. $10.00 C. $15.00 D. $20.00 4. The text is most probably taken from_______.

A. A travel magazine. B. A geography textbook. C. A newspaper report. D. A research paper.

B

It was raining as I ran out of the church, eager to get home and play with the gifts Father Christmas sent me. Across the street was a gas station, which was closed for Christmas, but I noticed a family standing under the narrow overhang to keep dry. I wondered briefly why they were there but then forgot about them as I couldn’t wait to see my gifts.

Once I got home, there was hardly any time to enjoy my gifts. My grandparents were still waiting for us to have Christmas dinner together at their house. As we drove down the highway, I noticed that

the family was still there.

The closer we got to my grandparents’ house, the slower the car went. Suddenly, my father U-turned and said, “I can’t stand it!” “What?” asked my mother. “It’s those people back there at the gas station, standing in the rain.”

When my father pulled into the station, I saw there were five of them: the parents and three children—two girls and a small boy. Then we learned that the family was waiting for the bus to Birmingham, where the man planned to find a job.

“Well, that bus won’t come along for several hours. Winborn’s just a few miles away, and there is a shed (棚) with a cover there,” my father advised. “I will run you up there.”

Then they climbed into our car,. My father looked back and asked the children if Father Christmas had found them. Three sad faces gave him his answer.

“Well, Father Christmas said he was having trouble finding you, so he just left your toys at my house this morning. Let’s go to get them first,” my father said. All at once, the three children’s faces lit up.

When we arrived at our house, one girl spied a lovely doll, that little boy took a ball, and the other girl picked up something else. That was the Christmas when I learned the joy of making others happy. 5. At the gas station the family might feel______.

A. frightened B. disappointed C. anxious D. delighted

6. The three children received Christmas gifts thanks to_______. A. the author B. the author’s father C. their parents D. their grandparents 7. We can learn from the text that the author’s father_____.

A. knew that family very well B. got lost on the way to Winborn

C. was happy to help those in trouble D. sent that family to Birmingham

8. What would be the best title for the text?

A. Father Christmas saved us B. My father never gives up C. A hard-working family D. Special Christmas gifts

C

She was returning from teaching out in a small community (社区).

It was a moonless night, and a heavy snow was falling.

She remembered back to when she had first started teaching out in small communities. In those days she had always picked up hitchhikers (搭便车者), until the day her sister told her of a friend who had been killed by a hitchhiker, all because she had stopped out of kindness to help him during a storm. Her family worried about her safety over the hitchhikers until the family heard her promise: “No more hitchhikers!”

Then, one night, she saw a man waving. She slowed down for him, but now as he ran toward the car in the dark she shook with fear. Yet she thought that if he was truly in need she couldn’t leave him here in this storm.

The stranger explained that his car was broken, and she told him to get in the car. They drove for an hour into the next city and she took him to a telephone booth (公用电话亭). When he reported back to her that a family member would soon come for him, she wished him well and left.

Tears fell on her cheeks as she drove away. She felt as though she had been holding her breath for an hour. “I hope they’ll understand why I had to break my promise,” she thought. 9. What can we learn about the woman?

A. She taught in small communities. B. She used to be a hitchhiker. C. She was a taxi driver. D. She seldom picked up strangers.

10. What made her family worried about her safety? A. She had been hurt by a hitchhiker.

B. Her sister’s friend was killed by a hitchhiker. C. There were often snowstorms on her way home. D. Her car often broke down on her way home.

11. We can infer from the underlined sentence in the last paragraph that _________.

A. She regretted picking up the stranger. B. She felt too tired to breathe.

C. She had been afraid being with the stranger. D. She had been too careful driving in the storm.

12. We can infer from the passage that the woman is___________. A. kind-hearted B. outstanding