江苏省扬州中学2017届高三下学期期中考试 英语
江苏省扬州中学2017届高三第二学期期中考试英语试题
第I卷(三部分共85分)
第一部分：听力 (共两节，满分20分)
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秒钟的时间回答有关小题和阅读下一小题。每段对话仅读一遍。
1. What does the man imply?
A. He can’t go now.
B. He can’t wait any longer.
C. He wants to call someone.
2. What does the woman mean?
A. Furnished apartments will cost more.
B. She can provide the man with the apartment he needs.
C. The apartment is just what the man is looing for.
3. What is the man going to do?
A. Loo for a hotel.
B. Have his watch repaired.
C. Meet someone at the hotel.
4. What are the speaers mainly taling about?
A. A boo.
B. A teacher.
C. An eam.
5. What do the speaers thin of the music?
A. Pleasant.
B. Acceptable.
C. Disturbing.
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，各个小题将给出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至7题。
6. What do people do at the si club meeting?
A. Buy siing equipment.
B. Plan siing trips.
C. Present siing lectures.
7. What is the probable relationship between the speaers?
A. Close friends.
B. Teacher and student.
C. Interviewer and interviewee.
听第7段材料，回答第8至9题。
8. According to the man, what is the best way to manage aniety?
A. To tae medicine.
B. To sleep more.
C. To wor less.
9. What does the man thin of the anti-aniety drugs?
A. They are not harmful to the brain.
B. They have more benefits than harm.
C. They are valuable but costly.
听第8段材料，回答第10至12题。
10. Why does the woman call?
A. To report a robbery.
B. To mae a complaint.
C. To buy some T-shirts.
11. How did the woman describe the young man?
A. He was short in a blac shirt and jeans.
B. He was tall in a white shirt and jeans.
C. He was tall in a blac shirt and jeans.
12. What might the man do after the conversation?
A. Meet the woman.
B. Apologie to the woman.
C. Loo for that handbag.
听第9段材料，回答第13至16题。
13. Which is the largest ethnic group in San Francisco?
A. The Chinese.
B. The whites.
C. The blacs.
14. Where do most of the Chinese people live in San Francisco?
A. In the northern part of the city.
B. In Chinatown.
C. All over the city.
15. What is the Japanese population in San Francisco?
A. 12, 000.
B. 700, 000.
C. 50, 000.
16. Why does the man now SO much about San Francisco?
A. He travels a lot in the city.
B. He teaches ethnic history at a university.
C. He thins the city is pretty.
听第10段材料，回答第17至20题。
17. Why did the speaer give up the idea of being a chocolate tester?
A. It is a dangerous job.
B. It is hard to be professional.
C. He had to tae more responsibility.
18. What made the speaer want to become a football referee（裁判）?
A. The salary.
B. The hobby.
C. The advisor.
19. What can Philipo be?
A. A dog.
B. A stylist.
C. A doctor.
20. Why did the speaer decide to become a journalist?
A. He wanted to earn much money.
B. He was good at finding out information.
C. He was epected to follow in his father’s footsteps.
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)
21. Both sides agreed that the meeting "was positive and fruitful," Wang said, adding that the meeting has set
______ constructive tone for the development of China-US relations, and helped set ______ direction for collective endeavors.
A. a; /
B. a; the
C. the; the
D. a; a
22. It is said that a most popular emoji (epression of emotion on the Internet) is the “face with
the rolling eyes”, ______ is used in 14 percent of tet messages.
A. that
B. what
C. whose
D. which
23. Home is ______ we complain the most, but are often ______ the best.
A. which, treated
B. where, treated
C. that, being treated
D. how, treating
24. How long do you thin ______ the computer company brings out a new product?
A. it will be before
B. will it be until
C. will it be when
D. it will be that
25.— Could we phone our English teacher now?
— Not now. I’m afraid he ______ be driving.
A. shall
B. may
C. will
D. can
26. Nine in ten parents said there were significant differences in their approach to______ their children
compared with ______ of their parents.
A. educating; those
B. educate; one
C. educating; that
D. educate; it
27. Purchases online are to be believed provided that you and the seller have communicated and reached a
compromise ______ the wishes of both parties.
A. in defense of
B. in view of
C. in company with
D. in line with
28. --- Haven’t you handed i n your essay yet?
--- Yes. I ______ on it for the whole weeend.
A. have wored
B. was woring
C. wored
D. have been woring
29. The house should ______ a good price as it is ______ in a commercial centre.
A. charge; located
B. deposit; locating
C. sell; locating
D. fetch; located
30. The increased responsibilities ______ her best qualities ______ were beyond most people.
A. brought about; which
B. brought out; that
C. brought in; which
D. brought up; that
31. They ______ for continually being late, which made her feel depressed.
A. gave her the boot
B. liced her boots
C. pulled her socs up
D. got in her way
32. But for the fact that he ______the truth, he ______for a wee’s imprisonment.
A. didn’t now; would be punished
B. hadn’t nown; might have punished
C. didn’t now; would have been punished
D. hadn’t nown; could be punished
33. China and Finland ______ a joint declaration with 17 items last Wednesday.
A. issued
B. developed
C. featured
D. symbolied
34. ---What’s the matter with you, Jacie?
---After the long journey, my legs ___________ and I couldn’t go any farther.
A. gave off
B. gave away
C. gave up
D. gave out
35. ---I was laid off. Perhaps I’ll be reduced to a penniless person.
--- Don’t worry. Please believe that ______. Everything will be better.
(1)a wise head maes a close mouth B. a beggar can never be banrupt
(2)actions spea louder than words D. learning without thought is labour lost
第二节完形填空(共20小题；每小题1分，满分20分)
The Best Love
I have been married to Scott for 20 years. He has__ 36__ 15 pounds. Once a marathon runner, he now
runs only down__ 37__ halls. His hair is becoming less and his body shows the __ 38__ of long woring hours and too many candy bars.
When my friend ased me “What will mae this love last?”I ran through all the obvious __ 39__ responsibility, unselfishness, physical attraction, communication. Yet there's more. We still have fun. Last Saturday at the grocery, we split the shopping__ 40__ and raced each other to see who could mae it to the checout first. We__ 41__ being together.
There is understanding I understand why he must play basetball with the guys. And he understands why, once a year, I must get away from the house to__ 42__ my sisters for a few days of nonstop taling and laughing.
There is sharing. Not only do we__ 43__ household worries and parental burdens-we also share__ 44__ .Once, Scott sent me a thic historical novel. __ 45__ he prefers thrillers（惊险小说）and science fiction, he had read the novel first. He __ 46__ my heart when he eplained it was because he wanted to be able to __ 47__ ideas about the boo after I’d read it.
There is forgiveness. When I’m embarrassingly loud and __ 48__ at parties, Scott forgives me. When he admitted __ 49__ some of our savings in the stoc maret, I gave him a hug and said, “It's nothing __ 50__.
It’s only mon e y.”
Finally there is sensitivity. Last wee he came home and told me about a 60-year-old woman who'd had
a stroe（中风）and would probably never __ 51__. He wept as he re called the woman’s __ 52__standing
beside her bed, holding her hand. I __ 53__ too. Because it was of the medical crisis. Because there were still people who have been married 40 years. Because my husband is still moved and __54__after years of hospital rooms and dying patients.
I guess we’ve got what it __ 55__to mae our love last.
36.A.reduced B. lost C. gained D. made
37.A.hospital B. college C. concert D. lecture
38.A.abilities B. chances C. sign D. rights
39.A.methods B. reasons C. solutions D. advantages
40.A.baset B. center C. cost D. list
41.A.avoid B. enjoy C. hate D. mind
42.A.meet B. leave C. attend D. follow
43.A.bear B. share C. tolerate D. escape
44.A.happiness B. sorrow C. interests D. ideas
45.A.Though B. Since C. Unless D. Once
46.A.hurt B. too C. stuc D. touched
47.A.echange B. epress C. find D. provide
48.A.polite B. gentle C. cray D. enthusiastic
49.A.increasing B. losing C. getting D. winning
50.A.strange B. interesting C. special D. serious
51.A.move B. wal C. spea D. recover
52.A.daughter B. son C. husband D. brother
53.A.cried B. smiled C. regretted D. agreed
54.A.ecited B. astonished C. concerned D. delighted
55.A.means B. taes C. promises D. brings
第三部分阅读理解(共15小题；每小题2分，满分30分)
A
The following safety riss may result in serious injury or death to the user of the MINI Cooper S
This product contains small parts that are for adult
assembly (组装) only. eep small children away when
assembling. Remove all protective materials before
assembly. Be sure to remove all pacaging materials and parts from underneath the car body.
Battery posts contain lead nown to the state of
California to cause cancer and reproductive harm. Never open the battery.
Body parts such as hands, legs, hair and clothing can get caught in moving parts. Never place a body part near a moving part or wear loose clothing while using the vehicle. Always wear shoes when using the vehicle.
Using the vehicle near streets, motor vehicles, drop-offs such as steps, water (swimming pools) or other bodies of water, hills, wet areas, in alleys, at night or in the dar could result in an unepected accident.
Instead, use the vehicle on the highway. Always use the vehicle in a safe, secure environment.
Using the vehicle in unsafe conditions such as snow, rain, loose dirt, mud, or sand may result in unepected action, for eample tip over.
Using the vehicle in an unsafe manner. Eamples include but are not limited to
(3)Pulling the vehicle with another vehicle or similar device
(4)Allowing more than two riders
(5)Pushing the user from the bac
(6)Traveling at an unsafe speed
Always use common sense and safe practices when using the vehicle.
Store the vehicle indoors or cover it to protect it from weather. Water will damage the motor, electric system, and battery.
56. When assembling, you should ______.
A. open the battery on the spot
B. ignore the pacaging materials
C. eep small children off the spot
D. tae away all protective materials
57. According to the tet, it is safer to ______.
A. have at least four passengers
B. push the user from behind at the start
C. drive on the highway instead of on hills
D. wear loose clothes while using the vehicle
58. Where can you probably find the tet?
A. An official report.
B. A popular magaine.
C. A physics tetboo.
D. A product handboo.
B
The literal meaning of philosophy is “love of wisdom”. But this meaning does not tell us very much.
Unlie the other disciplines, philosophy cannot be defined by what you study, because it is actually unlimited.
Anything can be the subject matter of philosophy history, law, language, literature, mathematics, and in fact, the other academic disciplines are directly related to philosophy. For this reason you get a Doctorate of Philosophy (Ph. D.) in biochemistry, or computer science, or psychology.
Two broad sub-fields of philosophy are logic and the history of philosophy. Logic is the science of argument and critical thining. It provides sound methods for distinguishing good from bad reasoning. The history of philosophy involves the study of major philosophers and periods in the development of philosophy.
Of what use is philosophy? First it is useful in educational advancement. It is necessary for understanding other disciplines. Only philosophy questions the nature of the concepts used in a discipline, and its relation to other disciplines. And through the study of philosophy, one develops sound methods of research and analysis that can be applied to any field.
There are a number of general uses of philosophy. It strengthens one’s ability to solve problems, to communicate, to organie ideas and issues, to persuade, and to tae what is the most important from a large quantity of data. These general uses are of great benefit in the career field, not necessarily for obtaining one’s first job after graduation, but for preparing for positions of responsibility, management and leadership later on. It is very short-sighted after all, to tae a course of studies only for the purpose of getting one’s first job. The useful sills developed through the study of philosophy have significant long-term benefits in career advancement. No other discipline systematically follows the ideals of wisdom, leadership, and capacity to resolve human conflict.
59. According to paragraph 1, philosophy can best be described as the study of ______.
A. social sciences
B. natural sciences
C. both social and natural sciences
D. the subject matter of politics
60. With the study of philosophy, you can ______.
A. become a great leader
B. succeed in everything
C. find a good job soon after graduation
D. mae progress in your career development
61. According to the passage, which of the following statements is TRUE?
A. Philosophy is an independent discipline.
B. Logic helps you to become a better thiner.
C. The study of philosophy brings you immediate benefits.
D. The meaning of philosophy is too limited to define.
62. From the passage, we can conclude ______.
A. not all the subjects have to do with philosophy
B. a person will get a Ph. D. if he/she studies philosophy
C. philosophy can be helpful for the study of any other subjects
D. philosophy is the only solution to all the problems in the world
C
The twenty-four horses dash around a racetrac. The thunder of their hooves (蹄) rings in the riders’ears, nearly drowning out the cheering of the crowd. After three or four minutes of suspense, one horse crosses the finish line first, winning the Melbourne Cup and earning a place in history.
The horses that compete in the Melbourne Cup—one of the world’s most famous horse races—were fated to race. Bred for speed, these horses are the few that were singled out as having potential to become champions.
Preparing a racehorse to compete requires a team. A horse’s owner manages the team and decides which races to enter. A trainer determines the racehorse’s diet and eercise. Regular eercise maes a horse less liely to be injured, but overtraining tires the horse. A groomer (动物美容师) cares for the racehorse and reports any problems he discovers to the trainer. And of course, no horserace could be run without a rider. These riders train for long hours and travel constantly from one race to another. They need to mae a strategy, adapt to changing conditions and communicate with their horse to guide it to victory.
Australia’s most famous horserace, the Melbourne Cup, is 3,200 meters of pure ecitement. Each year 300 or 400 horses are nominated(提名), but only 24 can run. The competitors are chosen based on a number of factors, but winners of certain races qualify automatically.
Each racehorse receives a handicap—a certain weight it must carry to give each horse an equal chance of winning—two months before the race. Originally, horses that seemed liely to win were assigned larger handicaps. But the rules have changed, reducing the handicap for previous winners.
The first Melbourne Cup in 1861 drew a crowd of 4,000 spectators, and the race’s popularity has grown since then. Held on the first Tuesday of November, the cup has become a four-day festival with fine food and entertainment.
The Melbourne Cup began during a gold rush as a form of entertainment for the rich. Today it still attracts society’s upper class. They come dressed in their finest to enjoy the event in comfort.
But anyway it’s all about the race—the effort of horses and riders, the suspense and the thrill of victory.
63. What can be learned about the horses in the Melbourne Cup?
A. They are all winners of a certain race.
B. They are raised and trained by joint effort.
C. They are chosen from ordinary horses.
D. Their fates are determined by their trainers.
64. The racehorses are given handicaps so that _____.
A. they will weigh the same
B. previous winners are unliely to win
C. the race will be fair enough
D. they will be more adaptable to the race
65. It can be learned from the passage that _____.
A. the spectators of the Melbourne Cup must dress well
B. the Melbourne Cup was intended for wealthy people
C. the winner of the Melbourne Cup can earn a large fortune
D. the Melbourne Cup is the best-nown horserace worldwide
66. The passage can most probably be found in _____.
A. a sports journal
B. a business newspaper
C. an academic paper
D. a health magaine
Role-Playing in Child Development
Playing is a ey component in the learning process for virtually all of the children. There are various ways in which children play, but one of the most important is role-playing. This involves a child engaging in an activity during which he or she pretends to be another person.
Eperts on child development believe that role-playing can increase the connections in children’s brains that help them learn. Language sills are some of the most important aspects of learning. When children role-play, they must wor out steps that need to be taen to complete a tas, and create plans to act out a story. These activities enable children to develop their oral language sills. They become able to organie others and to give directions.
Children’s social sills can also be developed. When engaged in group activities, children have different roles. Some are leaders while others are followers. At times, the children will disagree, so they must learn to negotiate and compromise with one another, and they must learn to apologie when they have strong arguments or disagreements as well. Children further learn about cooperation and sharing and, hopefully, begin to understand things from another person’s point of view.
Besides helping children learn some inds of sills, role-playing fosters children’s imaginations and can therefore assume a number of forms. For eample, boys may pretend to shave lie their fathers or perform various tass around their homes. Girls, meanwhile, often pretend to be mothers to do some daily tass, particularly if it involves caring for young babies. Sometimes children may imagine belonging to a group of superheroes or imitate(模仿)real-life situations. They might dress up and assume different roles. Another eample is the performing of stories they read in boos, which is also very common when they role-play.
Another beneficial aspect of role-playing is that it can help children deal with certain actions that may cause them emotional(情感的) pain, such as the fear they face when going to school for the first time or maing a visit to the doctor. If children role-play situations lie these beforehand, the first that they eperience when doing these actions in reality frequently lessons. For this reason, eperts encourage parents to allow their children to role-play and even to tae part in these activities to help their children master their fears.
Role-playing can benefit children in many ways. There is no activity for which young children are better prepared than fantasy play. Nothing is more dependable and ris-free, and the dangers are only pretend.
67. From the author’s description in Paragraph 4, we learn that children often ______. .
A. involve daily-life activities in groups
B. perform daily tass instead of their parents
C. act out the activities that their parents do
D. change real-life situation when role-playing
68. The author believes that role-playing may help children ______. .
A. develop a better awareness of grammar
B. understand how to be both leaders and followers
C. improve creativity by using their imaginations
D. receive benefits from their emotional pain
69. The underlined word “master” in Paragraph 5 probably means ______. .
A. ignore
B. confirm
C. predict
D. overcome
70. Which of the following shows the organiation of the passage? ______.
A. B.
C. D.
I Introduction PPoint Sp Sub-point (次要点) C Conclusion
第Ⅱ卷(两部分共35分)
第四部分任务型阅读(共10小题；每小题1分，满分10分)
Real estate recovery
China’s real estate industry has been an important item of news in newspapers or on the radio or television as the housing maret continued to heat up in January.
According to the National Bureau of Statistics(NBS), more than half of the 70 surveyed cities eperienced month-on-month rises in both new and eisting home prices.
Favorable policies could be part of the driving force behind this upward trend, according to inhua News Agency.
Property prices too a downtown in 2014 with wea demand and a supply glut（供应过剩）. There were 719 million square meters of unsold homes at the end of 2015, reported inhua. That amount of space is enough to house nearly 24 million people to live in, according to estimates from the Ministry of Housing and Urban-Rural Development.
Policy maers made reducing the number of unsold homes one of their priorities this year and announced a slew of new measures to promote home sales.
Early last month, reductions to the minimum down payments for first -and second-time home buyers were announced. On Feb. 22, taes on some property transactions were also cut bac on. Both measures mae it cheaper and easier for people to buy real estate.
These measures have implications not just for home buyers but also for society as a whole, according to Shenhen Overseas Chinese News.
The housing price fluctuation(波动) affects people’s lives regardless of whether they’re
buying property or not.
If prices go down, related industries lie construction and manufacturing will eperience drops too. If prices go up, costs for epanding corporation and innovation will increase, limiting the funds available for recruitment, reported the newspaper.
The new measures encourage speculative(投机的) investment, warns Yi ianrong, a professor of economics from Qingdao University, in an opinion piece for the Global Times.
“Those who aren’t in need of a home also invest in properties. They drive up the housing prices. As a result, people with real demand can no longer afford a home,” he wrote.
These speculators mainly focus on houses in first-and second-tier cities. And their purchases are reflected by an uneven recovery in China’s housing maret, reported China Daily. Many third-and forth-tier cities haven’t eperienced price increases or sale surges.
Analysts epect more support measures to be unveiled this year, as the country tries to support the property sector in these cities amid slowing economic growth, reported inhua.
※There were too many square meters of unsold homes owing to wea
demand and a supply glut.
※Policy maers determined to give 74_________ to reducing the number of
unsold homes and announced varieties of new measures to boost home sales.
The minimum down payments for first-and second-time home buyers
are 75_________.
Taes on transacting property business are also 76 ________.
※Whether people are buying property or not, their lives are affected by the
change of home price.
If prices go down, related industries lie construction and
manufacturing will eperience drops too.
If prices go up, costs for corporate 77_________ and innovation will
increase.
※The measures lead to many speculators 78_________ in property, maing
a home 79_________ for people with real demand.
第五部分：书面表达（满分 25 分）
请阅读下面短文，并按照要求用英语写一篇150词左右的文章。
【写作内容】
1. 用约30个单词概述上述信息的主要内容；
2. 用约120个词就慈善捐助谈谈你的想法，内容包括：
（1）慈善捐助对受惠人群会有哪些影响；
（2）你最想加入的慈善组织是哪一类（助学、济贫、关爱残疾人、……），理由是什么。
【写作要求】
1. 写作过程中不能直接引用原文语句；
2. 作文中不能出现真实姓名和学校名称；
3. 不必写标题。
I. 听力
1-5 ABCCC
6-10 BAACA 11-15 BABCA 16-20 BCBAB Total donations to the Chinese government and registered charities (2011-2015) 【评分标准】 内容完整，语言规范，语篇连贯，词数适当。
II．单选题
21---25 BDBAB 26---30 CDCDB 31---35 ACADB
III. 完形填空
36---40 CACBD 41---45 BABDA 46---50 DACBD 51---55 DCACB
IV.阅读理解
56---58 CCD 59---62 CDBC 63-66 BCBA 67---70 CBDA
V. 任务型阅读
71.situation 72. headlines 73. Reasons 74. priority 75. reduced
76. decreased 77.epansion 78.investing 79. unaffordable 80. Epectation(s)
VI. 书面表达
Possible version
Actively involved in the charitable wor, many western billionaires lie ucerberg have won themselves much praise. Meanwhile, charity in China also enjoys a boom with the perfection of the relevant legal system.
Donors’ unselfishness will mae it easier for those in need t o access good facilities and resources, maing their future change for the better and fostering their sense of positive outloos. In addition, the receivers will eperience a high level of love and care and learn the virtue of being grateful, which will drive them to tae responsibility for repaying the society.
Given a chance for charity, I would lie to wor for the children in the remote areas. Born in the underdeveloped country areas, most of them have to drop out of school due to poverty, leaving their compulsory education uncompleted. Our funding will cover their tuition and living costs, helping their life to get bac on trac. (150 words)