高二上学期英语期末考试试卷一、完形填空1. 完形填空When I was a teenager I volunteered to work at the water station at a 10,000m race. My job was to 1water to the runners. I remember being so 2to see all the different kinds of people who passed by and grabbed a cup of water. Some ran past, some walked past and a few wheeled past. I saw so many types of people doing it. I thought maybe I could do it too! So the next year I 3up for the race.That first 10,000m race was quite an4I jogged, I walked, I jogged and I walked.5I didn’t know if I could finish. Then came a defining 6.At one point near the end, a 70-year-old man ran past me, very, very fast, and I felt7because I was 15 years younger than he but I couldn’t even keep up with him. I felt8for a second.But then I 9something. He was running his race and I was running mine. He had 10abilities, experience, training and goals for himself. I had mine. Remember my 11was only to finish.After a minute, it 12me that this was a lesson I could draw from. I learned something about myself in that moment. I turned my embarrassment into13.I 14that I would not give up on running races. In fact, I would run even more races and I would learn how to train and prepare 15and one day I wouldbe one of those 70-year-old persons who were still running. As I crossed the finish line, I was proud of my16.In life we all have those moments where we 17ourselves to others. It’s only 18. Don’t allow those moments to 19you. Turn them into motivation and let them inspire you. With the proper preparation and training, you can improve your result to 20anything you want in life.（1）A . bring outB . pass outC . take outD . pick out（2）A . excitedB . worriedC . concernedD . anxious（3）A . gaveB . madeC . signedD . dressed（4）A . achievementB . courageC . interestD . experience（5）A . At timesB . In timeC . In allD . After all（6）A . victoryB . decisionC . momentD . conclusion（7）A . embarrassedB . annoyedC . movedD . thrilled（8）A . relaxedB . defeatedC . puzzledD . frightened（9）A . realizedB . lostC . noticedD . remembered（10）A . necessaryB . evidentC . commonD . different（11）A . mottoB . planC . goalD . direction（12）A . worriedB . hitC . reachedD . hurt（13）A . attractionB . devotionC . inspirationD . expectation（14）A . hopedB . promisedC . decidedD . suggested（15）A . slightlyB . hardlyC . clearlyD . properly（16）A . excitementB . accomplishmentC . movementD . judgment（17）A . introduceB . relateC . presentD . compare（18）A . greatB . naturalC . strangeD . funny（19）A . weakenB . destroyC . amuseD . cheer（20）A . reserveB . deliverC . achieveD . abandon二、阅读理解2. 阅读理解Worlds of FunLocation: Worlds of Fun is located off Highway 435 in Kansas City,Missouri.History: Worlds of Fun was opened on May 26, 1973, at a cost of 25 million dollars, which was founded by Hunt Midwest Company. In 1982, Hunt Midwest bought a nearby water park，Oceans of Fun, In 2013, Worlds of Fun and Oceans of Fun were combined to a one ticket admission, providing all guests with 235 acres of amusement and water rides.Hours: Worlds of Fun is open from April through Halloween.Tickets: Buy and print online. Always try to buy your tickets in advance, to save time when you get to the park.Reservations: Worlds of Fun sells “Fast Lane” cards that save riders’ time by allowing them to bypass the majority of wait for most of rides and attractions. Ride as many times as you want all day long.Strategy : Most visitors tend to begin the day with Prowler, the hottest attraction in the park. However, you’d better use that trend and head to the Patriot first. After that, try the Dragons. Then work your way back to the Prowler. After riding the Prowler, there is only one coaster left, Mamba. Hit it next. If the park is not very crowded, you can ride Boomerang on the way to Mamba. After riding Mamba, head back for a ride on the Wolf. By then you will have tried most of the popular rides and attractions in the shortest possible time.News: In 2017, Worlds of Fun is adding Steel Hawk, a ride that will take guests up 301 feet in the air and spin them at a 45-degree angle for a 60-second flight. Wait to have a try!（1）When did Hunt Midwest’s two parks start to share one ticket？A . In 1973.B . In 1982.C . In 2013.D . In 2014.（2）With a “Fast Lane” card, the visitor can _________.A . save some moneyB . buy tickets onlineC . avoid lining up for longD . enjoy all the rides for free（3）What is talked about in the part of Strategy？A . The hottest attractions in the park.B . The highest ride in the park.C . The most popular tour season.D . The best visiting route.（4）According to the passage, by beginning with ________ a visitor can try most of the popular rides and attractions in the shortest possible time.A . ProwlerB . DragonsC . PatriotD . Wolf3. 阅读理解The Peales were a famous family of American artists. Charles Willson Peale is best remembered for his portraits of leading figures of the American Revolution. He painted portraits of Franklin and Jefferson and over a dozen of George Washington. His life-size portrait of his sons Raphaelle and Titian was so realistic that George Washington reportedly once tipped his hat to the figures in the picture.Charles Willson Peale gave up painting in his middle age and devoted his life to the Peale museum, which he founded in Philadelphia. The world’s first popular museum of art and natural science mainly covered paintings by Peale and his family as well as displays of animals in their natural settings Peale found the animals himself and found a method to make the exhibits morelifelike. The museum’s most popular display was the skeleton of a huge, extinct elephant, which Peale unearthed on a New York farm in l801.Three of Peale’s seventeen children were also famous artists. Raphaelle Peale often painted still lives of flowers, fruit, and cheese. His brother Rembrandt studied under his father and painted portraits of many famous people, including one of George Washington. Another brother, Rubens Peale, painted mostly landscapes and portraits.James Peale, the brother of Charles Willson Peale, specialized in miniatures . His daughter Sarah Miriam Peale was probably the first professional female portrait painter in America.（1）What is the main topic of the passage?A . The life of Charles Willson Peale.B . Portraits in the l8th century.C . The Peale Museum.D . A family of artists.（2）The author mentions in Paragraph l that Washington tipped his hat to the figures in the painting to show that ________.A . Charles Willson Peale’s painting was very lifelikeB . Washington respected Charles Willson Peale’s workC . Washington was friendly with Raphaelle and Titian PealeD . the painting of the two brothers was very large （3）The unde rlined word “unearthed” is closest in meaning to “________”.A . showedB . dug upC . inventedD . looked over（4）The author’s attitude toward the Peales is in general ________.A . puzzlingB . excitingC . admiringD . disappointing4. 阅读理解Most people, when they travel to space, would like to stay in orbit for a few days or more. And this stands to reason, if you’re paying $ 20,000 for your trip to orbit! So in order for tourism to reach its full potential there’s going to be a need for space hotels. What would a space hotel actually be like to visit? Hotels in orbit will offer the services you expect from a hotel—private rooms, meals, bars. But they’ll also offer two unique experiences: impressive views—of Earth and space—and the endless entertainment of living in zero gravity—including sports and other activities that make use of this.The hotels themselves will vary greatly—from being quite simple in the early days to huge luxury structures at a later date. It’s actually surprising that as later as 1997, very few designs for space hotels were published. This is mainly because those who might be expected to design them haven’t expected the costs to come down far enough to make them possible.Lots of people who’ve been to space have described vividly what it’s like to live in zero gravity. There are obviously all sorts of possibilities for dancing, gymnastics, and zero-G sports. Luckily, you don’t need to sleep much living in zero gravity, so you’ll have plenty of time for relaxing by hanging out in a bar with a window looking down at the turning Earth below.Of course all good things have come to an end, unfortunately. And so after a few days you’ll find yourself heading back to the earth. You’ll be thinking how soon you can save up enough to get back up again-or maybe you should change jobs to get to work in an orbiting hotel!（1）When traveling in space, most people would like to stay in orbit for a few days because ________.A . it is expensive to travel in spaceB . they would find the possible life in other star systemsC . they could enjoy the luxury of space hotelsD . they want to realise the full potential of tourism（2）Which of the following is a unique experience that space hotels will offer?A . The gravitational pull.B . The special views.C . The relaxation in a bar.D . The space walk.（3）Which of the following is NOT discussed in the passage?A . When was the space traveling made possible?B . What are the unique experiences that space hotels will offer?C . Why were there not many published designs for space hotels?D . How can the travelers enjoy themselves in space hotels?（4）This passage is mainly about ________.A . traveling in spaceB . the ways of living in space hotelsC . zero gravity and space hotelsD . the description of space hotels5. 阅读理解Next time a customer comes to your office, offer him a cup of coffee. And when you’re doing your holiday shopping online, make sure you’re holding a large glass of iced tea. The physical sensation of warmth encourages emotional warmth, while a cold drink in hand prevents you from making unwise decisions—those are the practical lesson being drawn from recentresearch by psychologist John A. Bargh.Psychologists have known that one person’s perception of another’s “warmth” is a powerful determiner in soc ial relationships. Judging someone to be either “warm” or “cold” is a primary consideration, even trumping evidence that a “cold” person may be more capable . Much of this is rooted in very early childhood experiences, Bargh argues, when babies’ sense of t he world around them is shaped by physical sensations, particularly warmth and coldness.Feelings of “warmth” and “coldness” in social judgments appear to be universal. Although no worldwide study has been done, Bargh says that describing people as “warm”or “cold” is common to many cultures, and studies have found those perceptions influence judgment in dozens of countries.To test the relationship between physical and psychological warmth, Bargh conducted an experiment which involved 41 college students. A research assistant who was unaware of the study’s hypotheses , handed the students either a hot cup of coffee, or a cold drink, to hold while the researcher filled out a short information form: The drink was then handed back. After that, the students w ere asked to rate the personality of “Person A” based on a particular description. Those who had briefly held the warm drink regarded Person A as warmer than those who had held the iced drink.“We are grounded in our physical experiences even when we thin k abstractly ,” says Bargh.（1）According to Paragraph I，a person’s emotion may be affected by ________.A . the visitors to his officeB . the psychology lessons he hasC . his physical feeling of coldnessD . the things he has bought online（2）In Bargh’s experiment, the students were a sked to _________.A . judge someone’s personalityB . write down their hypothesesC . fill out a personal information formD . hold coffee and cold drink alternatively（3）We can infer from the passage that ________.A . abstract thinking does not come from physical experiencesB . feelings of warmth and coldness are studied worldwideC . physical temperature affects how we see othersD . capable persons are often cold to others三、任务型阅读6. 任务型阅读Like it or not, there will be difficult times in our lives. You might lose your job, fail in your exams or have an illness.________Here are some ways not to lose hope during difficult times.⒈Have faith.________No matter how bad the situation is, things will turn out to be good in the end. Several years ago I failed t o get my master’s degree. It was a really bad experience.________It was of much better quality than my previous university. Experiences like this strengthen my belief that having faith is important during difficult times.⒉Be around supportive people.Going through difficult times is hard, and going through them alone is even harder. You need a group of positive people who can support you.________If you don’t, my suggestion is to start looking for one. Don’t wait until you need it, because it will be too late by then. You need the community before difficult times come.⒊Help others.An additional benefit of being in a good community is that it encourages you to think about other people. It pushes you to help others and, therefore, think about other peopl e ________As a result, your situation won’t look as bad as it would be otherwise. Often the situation looks worse than it really is because we give too much attention. Shifting some of your attention away will put the situation in a better view.A. Your community helps a lot.B. Whatever it is, it’s important not to lose hope.C. I changed my attitude towards failure.D. In this way you take your focus away from yourself.E. But I got a scholarship at an overseas university later.F. You must believe that things will work out well eventually.G. You should become part of a community that cares for one another.四、短文改错7. 下面短文中共有10处语言错误。