深圳市高级中学2017－2018学年第二学期期中测试
高二英语
本试卷分第Ⅰ卷（选择题）和第Ⅱ卷（非选择题）两部分，第Ⅰ卷第1至第7页，第Ⅱ卷第7至第9页。全卷满分150分：第Ⅰ卷80分；第Ⅱ卷70分。考试时间120分钟。
注意事项：
1、答题前，考生将自己的姓名、准考证号、考试科目涂写在答题卡上。
2、答第Ⅰ卷时，每小题选出答案后，用2B铅笔把答题卡上对应题目的答案标号涂黑。如需改动用橡皮擦干净后，再涂其它答案，不能答在试题卷上。
3、答第Ⅱ卷时，使用黑色墨水签字笔在答题卡指定区域书写，要求字体工整，笔迹清晰。 4、考试结束，监考人员将答题卡按座位号、页码顺序收回。
第I卷
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。
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National RankingsBest High Schools
The U.S. News rankings include data on more than 22,000 public high schools in 50 states and the District of Columbia. Schools were awarded gold, silver or bronze medals based on their performance on state assessments and how well they prepare students for college. About the Awards
Gold --- Top 500 Schools based on highest college readiness.
Silver --- High-performing schools based on lower college readiness.
Bronze --- High-performing schools based on state exam performance, listed alphabetically. Award Distribution Gold 2.4% Silver 10.3% Bronze 16.8%
No Medal 70.5%
HOWWeDetermine the Awards
STEP 1 Students perform better than expected in their state.
We looked at reading and math results for students on each state’s proficiency (水平) tests and then factored in the percentage of economically disadvantaged students, who tend to score lower.
STEP 2 Disadvantaged students perform better than state average.
We compared each school’s math and reading proficiency rates for disadvantaged students --- black, Hispanic and low-income --- with the statewide results for these student groups and then selected schools that were performing better than their state averages.
STEP 3 Student graduation rates meet or are greater than a national standard. We left out schools from consideration if their graduation rates were lower than 75 percent --- astarting point that is higher than a federal law that requires states to give extra resources to schools below 67 percent.
STEP 4 Students are prepared for college-level coursework.
We calculated a College Readiness Index, which is based on the school’s AP participation rate and how well the students did on those tests. Tiebeakers were used to determine ranks of schools that achieved the same College Readiness Index. 1. What plays an important part in winning medals?
A. Schools’ intention. B. College assessment. C. Government’s judgment D. State evaluation. 2. How much do schools winning medals account for?
A. 16.8％. B. 27.1％. C. 29.5％. D. 70.5％. 3. Which school can get the awards?
A. The school whose students do better than demanded.
B. The school whose disadvantaged students perform averagely. C. The school whose graduation rates were lower than 67 percent.
D. The school whose students have a knowledge of College Readiness Index.
B
The Right Thing
“Hi, Mrs. Grady,” said Mark when their neighbor opened her door. “Would you like us to shovel your sidewalk and driveway?” Shoveling was Jamie’s idea, a way to earn enough money for the new Ocean Kingdom video game that came out the next day. Mrs.Grady was happy, “That would be wonderful, boys. I think the job is getting to be too much for me.”
“It will cost 10 dollars,” Jamie said. “If that’s OK,”Mark added. “Oh dear,” Mrs. Grady said disappointedly, “I haven’t been able to get to the bank. I can offer homemade cookies, but I realize that’s not what you had in mind.”
Mark was going to say that Mrs. Grady could pay them another time, but Jamie cut him off. “We’ll come back later.”
Mrs. Grady doesn’t look like the person who’d come to his rescue last summer when Mr. Dunn’s dog, Goldie, had just wanted to play, but Mark didn’t feel comfortable around big dogs. He wanted to call for help, but his tongue seemed locked behind his teeth. Then Mrs. Grady’s front door had flown open. She must have seen him from across the street. “Hold on, Mark. I’m coming!” “Goldie” she’d called. As soon as Goldie had turned her head, Mrs. Grady had slipped between Mark and the dog. She wasn’t much taller than Mark, but she’d stood firm as a rock in front of him. “Goldie, go home!” Then she’d swept her broom to hurry the dog
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along.“Get away!” Goldie had obeyed. When Mark showed thanks to Mrs.Grady, Mrs. Grady laughed.“It was nothing. Good neighbors watch out for each other, don’t they?”
And now Mrs. Grady needed Mark as much as he’d needed her last summer. He smiled and waved at Mrs. Grady, then his shovel deep into the snow.
“Hey!” Jamie shouted. “What are you doing?”Mark couldn’t explain about Goldie and watching out for neighbors.“I like Mrs. Grady’s cookies,” he said. 4. Why did Jamie and Mark plan to clear the snow for Mrs.Grady at first?
A. To help the lady. B. To earn pocket money. C. To do volunteer work. D. To visit New Kingdom.
5. What was the most probable reason why Mrs. Grady couldn’t pay them?
A. She didn’t have enough cash. B. She couldn’t find the bank. C. She thought it was worthless. D. She couldn’t afford it. 6. According to the story, which of the following word CAN NOTbe used to describe
Mrs.Grady?
A. Positive. B. Helpful. C. Brave. D. Hopeful.
7. Which of the following proverb can best summarize the story?
A. A penny saved is a penny earned. B. Kindness is repaid with kindness. C. A clear conscience. D. Actions speak louder than work.
C
Imagine this scene: it’s blowing outside, and you snuggle (蜷伏) up on the sofa under a warm quilt, chatting and recalling with your closest friends.
That content, cosy feeling has a name in Danish --- hygge. And, as Denmark recently won the title of “the happiest country in the world”, the concept of hygge is known to more and more people interested in finding ways to understand this concept.
Hygge --- originally from a Norwegian word meaning well-being --- doesn’t have an exact equivalent (等同物) in English. It’s often translated as coziness, or as blogger Anna West told the BBC, “coziness of the soul”. But, as professor Maren Spark explains, “Hygge was never meant to be translated. It was meant to be felt.”
Basically, hygge involves creating a warm, cosy atmosphere and enjoying it with your loved ones. Danish winters are long and dark and so achieving hygge is particularly relevant during this season. A typical hygge activity during winter could be enjoying delicious homemade food and light-hearted conversation with friends --- preferably in the warm glow of candlelight, or maybe sipping a glass of wine in the hot tub after a day spent skiing.
However, hygge isn’t only limited to the cold winter months --- it can also describe that warm, fuzzy feeling you get after a walk through a forest with friends on summer’s day or a family barbecue in the park. Hygge is meant to be shared. 8. Why does the author ask the readers to imagine the scene in thefirst paragraph?
A. Help the readers to calm down.
B. Introduce the topic of the passage.
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C. Present the main idea of the passage.
D. Remind the readers of their past memories. 9. What do the underlined words by Maren Spark mean?
A. The translation of the word “hygge” is not good enough. B. Only Danish speakers know what “hygge” means. C. “Hygge” is easy to translate but hard to feel.
D. We can get the true meaning of “hygge” by feeling it.
10. Which of the following can be best described as a “hygge” activity?
A. Skiing in the cold winter months. B. Living through long dark winters. C. Taking afternoon tea with friends. D. Walking alone in the forest.
11. What is the main purpose of the author?
A. To explain. B. To persuade. C. To comment. D. To advertise.
D
In the mid-2000s, Waze Mobile co-founder Ehud Shabtai received a cutting-edge (尖端的) gift from his girlfriend: a GPS. The expensive gift was supposed to be helpful. But straight out of the box, it was already out of date.
Shabtai, a coding enthusiast,had an immediate reaction to reinvent. Shabtai’s solution? To build an app. With 50 million monthly active users globally and nearly 400,000 superusers who function much like Wikipedia volunteer editors (editing maps rather than words), Waze Mobile caught the eye of Google as a revolutionary approach to navigation(导航).
Acquired by Google in 2013, Waze’s value mainly lies in its high rate of user involvement. Unlike traditional navigation apps that simply show directions, Waze asks its users to report accidents and other road conditions in real time, so other users can avoid the traffic by using an alternative route.
The goal behind Waze’s approach is an ambitious one: not just avoid traffic, but end it altogether. Waze is finding new ways to put its loyal and active user base to use to make that vision a reality, including a plan to make carpooling (拼车) cool.
To be sure, traffic jams are troubling people all over the world. Waze has been quietly ahead of the game for some time. In 2013, when Waze was just a small digital-mapping business with limited resources, it had something Google Maps and other competitors didn’t: richer GPS guidance thanks to its stream of live traffic reports from users.
These users were the basis of Shabtai’s plan to solve for his GPS device’s “silent” hardware: he grounded the app in software that could be perpetually updated by users, anywhere and anytime.
Waze Carpool is going straight to the heart of traffic jams, trying to get more drivers off the road and into carpools. The app has already connected tens of thousands of rideseekers with drivers willing to ferry them along a shared route, and that trend could be the answer to a traffic-free future.
12. What did Shabtai do when he found his girlfriend’s gift out of date?
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A. He improved it. B. He took it apart. C. He put it away. D. He used it anyway. 13. What sets Waze Mobile apart from traditional navigation apps?
A. It has the most users.
B. It can indicate directions.
C. It reports road conditions in real time. D. Most users help edit its words.
14. What does the underlined word in paragraph 6 probably mean?
A. Difficulty. B. Carefully. C. Greatly. Constantly.
15. What is mainly talked about in the text?
A. The rise of carpooling. B. An advanced navigation app. C. The development of Google. D. Traffic problems in the world. 第二节（共5小题；每小题2分，满分10分）
D.
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。选项中有两项为多余
选项。
How to Remember What You Read
Reading is important.But the next step is making sure that you remember what you’ve read! 16You may have just read the text, but the ideas, concepts and images(形象)may fly right out of your head. Here are a few tricks for remembering what you read. ●17
If the plot, characters, or word usage is confusing for you, likely you won’t be able to remember what you read. It’s a bit like reading a foreign language. If you don’t understand what you’re reading, how would you remember it? But there are a few things you can do. Use a dictionary: look up the difficult words. ●Are you connected?
Does a character remind you of a friend? Don’t the settings make you want to visit the place? Does the look inspire you, and make you want to read more? With some books, you may feel a connection right away. 18 How willing are you to make the connections happen?
●Read it; hear it; be it!
Read the lines. Then, speak them out loud. And, put some character into the words. When he was writing his novels, Charles Dickens would act out the parts of the characters, He’d make faces in the mirror, and change his voice for each character. 19
●How often do you read?
If you read frequently, you’ll likely have an easier time with remembering what you’re reading(and what you’ve read). 20 As you make reading a regular part of your life, you’ll make more connections,stay more focused and understand the text better. You’ll learn to enjoy literature --- as you remember what you read!
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广东省深圳市高级中学2017-2018学年高二英语下学期期中试题
