高二英语试题含答案

第1页，共10页第2页，共10页高二英语（选修七）普通高中新课程模块（期中）考试题（卷）（含答案）注意事项：1.全卷共150分，考试时间120分钟。2.考生必须将班级、姓名、学号、考场号和座位号填写在相应置上。3.考生必须将答案填写在答题卡上，在试卷上做答的一律无效。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A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳答案。ADictionariesplayanimportantpartinlearningalanguage.Mostdictionarieswilltellyouanumberofthingsaboutalanguage.Therearethreeimportantthings.Thesethreethingsarespelling,pronunciationandmeaning.First,adictionarywilltellyouthespellingofaword.Ifyouarenotsureaboutthespellingofaword,youcantrytofindthecorrectspellinginadictionary.Wordsarelistedinanalphabeticalorder---a,b,candsoon.Forexample,onadictionarypagethe“poor”comesbefore“poverty”andtheword“poverty”comesbeforethe“power”.Thewordsarealwaysgiveninalphabeticalorder.Thesecondthing,adictionarywilltellyouthepronunciation.Mostdictionariesgivephonetic(语音的),orsoundalphabet.Thephoneticalphabetshowspronunciation.Thethirdthing,adictionarywilltellyouthemeaningofwords.Youcanlookupawordandfindoutwhatitmeans.Manywordshavemorethanonemeaning,andagooddictionarywilltellyoualloftheword’smeanings.Forexample,inEnglishthecommonword“get”hasover20differentmeanings.1.Manywordshave_______.A.fewmeaningsB.onemeaningC.nomeaningD.severalmeanings2.Agooddictionarywilltellyou_____A.moreofword’spronunciationB.moreoftheword’sspelling.C.moreoftheword’smeaningsD.moreofgrammar3.Phoneticalphabetsareusedtoshow________A.handwritingsB.meaningsC.pronunciationD.spellingBNowadays,almosteveryoneknowsthatairpollutionandwaterpollutionareharmfultopeople’shealth.However,notallthepersonsknowthatnoiseisalsoakindofpollution,andthisisharmfultopeople’shealth,too.Peoplewhoworkandliveundernoisyconditionsusuallybecomedeaftoday.However,scientistbelievethat10％ofworkersinBritainarebeingdeafenedbythenoisewheretheywork.Manyoftheworkerswhoprintnewspapersandbooks,andwhoweaveclothbecomedeaf.Quiteafewpeoplelivingnearairportsalsobecomedeaf.RecentlyitwasdiscoveredthatmanyteenagersinAmericacouldhearnobetterthan65-year-oldpersons,fortheseyoungpeopleliketolistentopopmusicandpopmusicisakindofnoise,Besides,noiseproducedbyjetplanesormachineswillmakepeopleillorevendrivethemmad.Itissaidacontinuousnoiseofover85decibelscancausedeafness.Nowthegovernmentinmanycountrieshavemadelawstocontrolnoiseandmakeitlessthan85decibels.InChina,thegovernmentistryingtosolvenotonlyairandwaterpollutionproblemsbutalsonoiseproblems.4.Thetextismainlyabout______.A.noisepollutionB.waterpollutionC.whitepollutionD.airpollution5.Accordingtothetext,acontinuousnoiseof____decibelscanmakepeopledeaf.A.lessthan85B.lessthan65C.morethan85D.about656.TenpercentoftheworkersinBritainarebeingdeafenedbecause______.A.theylivenearairportsB.theyareworkinginnoisyplacesC.theyarebusyinlisteningtoother’stalkD.theyoftenlistentopopmusicCFailureisprobablythemostfatiguing(令人疲劳)experienceapersoneverhas.Thereisnothingmoretiredthannotsucceeding,beingblocked,notmovingahead.Itisanevilcircle.Failurecausesfatigue,andfatiguemakesithardertogettowork,whichaddstothefatigue.Weexperiencethistirednessintwomainways:start-upfatigueandperformancefatigue.Intheformercase,wekeepputtingoffataskthatweareforcedtotakeup.Eitherbecauseitistooboringorbecauseitis第3页，共10页第4页，共10页toodifficult,weavoidit.Andthelongerweputitoff,themoretiredwefeel.Suchstart-upfatigueisveryreal,althoughnotactuallyphysical,notsomethinginourmusclesandbones.Thecureisobvious,thoughperhapsnoteasytoapply:willpowerexercise.ThemomentIfindmyselfturningawayfromajob,orputtingitunderapileofthingsIhavetodo,Iclearmydeskofeverythingelseandattackthedifficultitemfirst.Topreventstart-upfatigue,alwaystreatthemostdifficultjobfirst.Performancefatigueismoredifficulttohandle.Herewearewillingtogetstarted,butwecan’tseemtodothejobright.Itsdifficultiesappeartobeinsurmountableandhoweverhardwework,wefailagainandagain.Themountingexperienceoffailurecarrieswithitanever-increasingburdenofmentalfatigue.Insuchasituation,IworkashardasIcan,andthenlettheunconsciousnesstakeover.7.Whichofthefollowingcanbecalledanevilcircle?A.Failure---tiredness---failure---tirednessB.Success---tiredness---success---tirednessC.Failure---success---failure---successD.Success---failure---success---failure8.Accordingtothepassage,whenkeepingputtingoffatask,wecanexperience__.A.failureB.start-upfatigueC.performancefatigueD.unconsciousness9.Toovercomestart-upfatigue,weneed______.A.doingexerciseB.preventionC.strongwillpowerD.strongmuscles10.Theunderline“insurmountable”(inthelastparagraph)probablymeans____.A.knowntoeveryoneB.easytounderstandC.imaginaryD.toodifficulttoovercomeDTheholeintheEarth'sozonelayer(臭氧层)hasuntilnowprotectedAntarcticafromtheworsteffectsofglobalwarming.Butscientistshavewarnedthatastheholeclosesupinthenextfewdecades,temperaturesonthecontinentcouldrisebyaround3℃onaverage,withmeltingicecontributingtoaglobalsealevelincreaseofupto1.4metres.InthepastdecadesthewesternAntarctichasseenrapidicelossastheworldhaswarmed,buttheotherpartsofthecontinenthave,paradoxically,beencooling,resultingina10%increaseiniceintheseasaroundtheregion.ThisisbecausetheholeintheozonelayerhasincreasedcoldwindsinAntarctica