1、黑龙江省安达市田家炳高级中学学年高二下学期期末考试英语试题安达田中20162017学年下学期期末考试高二英语试题 时间：120分钟 满分：150分第一部分： 阅读理解（共两节，满分60分）第1节（共25小题；每小题2分，满分50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 Many years ago, my dad was facing a serious heart condition. He was unable to do a steady job. He fell suddenly ill and had to be admi
2、tted to the hospital. He wanted to do something to keep himself busy, so he decided to volunteer at the local childrens hospital. My dad loved kids. It was the perfect job for him. He ended up working with the seriously ill children. He would talk, play, and do arts with them. One of his kids was a
3、girl with a rare disease that paralyzed（瘫痪）her from the neck down. She couldnt do anything, and she was very depressed. My dad decided to try to help her. He started visiting her in her room, bringing paints, brushes and paper. He stood the paper up, put the paintbrush in his mouth and began to pain
4、t. He didnt use his hands at all. All the while he would tell her, “See, you can do anything you set your mind to.” At the end of the day, she began to paint using her mouth, and she and my dad became friends. Soon after, the little girl was sent home because the doctors felt there was nothing else
5、they could do for her. My dad also left the childrens hospital for a little while because he became ill. Some time later after my dad had recovered and returned to work, in came the little girl who had been paralyzed and only this time she was walking. She ran straight over to my dad and hugged him
6、really tight. She gave him a picture she had done using her hands. At the bottom it read: “Thank you for helping me walk.” My dad would cry every time he told us this story and so would we. He would say sometimes love is more powerful than doctor, and my dad who died just a few months after the litt
7、le girl gave the picture loved every single child in that hospital.1. The authors father worked at the local hospital to _.A. realize his childhood dream B. ease his serious heart conditionC. earn money to pay for treatment D. keep himself occupied and happy2. How did the authors father help the par
8、alyzed little girl?A. He helped her practice walking. B. He visited her and made a toy for her.C. He showed her she could still do things. D. He painted special pictures for her.3. According to paragraph 4, the paralyzed girl _.A. gradually recovered and walked B. eventually became a unique painterC
9、. was sent home and never seen again D. sent him a picture painted with her mouth4. What message does the passage mainly convey(传达)?A. Its better to give than to receive. B. Love can sometimes bring great results. C. Volunteering is a worthwhile thing to do. D. A sick person should not focus on his
10、disease.BHave you got any wonderful plans for your coming winter vacation? Here are some wonderful films for you to kill time.Away We Go Verona De Tessant (Maya Rudolph) and Burt Farlander (John Krasinski) are in their early thirties and struggling to meet daily needs and build fulfilling lives as a
11、n artist and a salesman. When they learn they will soon become parents, they are faced with the challenge of how and where to raise a child and build a happy family. With a baby on his way, the young couple, look at their lives and are puzzled about what they really want. So they hit the road and se
12、ek a place to call home.On their journey, they visit a handful of characters and learn a lot. Its about taking the scenic route in life, preparing for the hope and excitement and fear of new beginnings, while never forgetting to look out of the window.Another Happy Day Lynn was married to Paul, but
13、they broke up and Lynn took their daughter Alice while Paul got their son Dylan. Years later, now Dylan is getting married, and Lynn is attending the wedding, with her younger sons Elliot and Ben; Elliott is a drug addict and Ben keeps everything to himself. Meanwhile, Alice deals with her anxieties
14、 through cutting; Dylan hasnt spoken to Lynn in years, and Lynn is fearful of Paul and his wife Patty; Lynns mother, Doris, blames her daughter for her familys many troubles, and her father is in poor health and hardly cares whats happening around him. At last, all this has put Lynn in a depressed s
15、ituation, and shes not sure just how shes going to get through the day.La Vita e bella Also named as Life is Beautiful, the film is a black comedy and also a best medicine that heals the scar left by war. This movie has some kind of characteristics as natural and active. On the 7th Oscar Award Cerem
16、ony, the movie won three great awards. It is not a sad movie from the very beginning, but when the father uses a great way to hide his murder from his son, all people are impressed by this moving deed. This is a simple story with only one theme but shows the greatest love from the father to son. Und
17、er the protection of the father, the son has lived a happy life but how can we say the dad is not enjoying this beautiful life at the same time?The Shawshank Redemption The film is an American film directed by Frank Darabont and starring Tim Robbins and Morgan Freeman. The film tells the story of An
18、dy, a banker who spends nearly two decades in Shawshank State Prison for the murder of his wife and his wifes lover despite his claims of innocence. There he makes friends with Red. Andy manages to escape from the prison by digging a tunnel with the rock hammer over the years. When Red is later rele
19、ased, fearful of the outside world, he remembers Andys advice. He then visits the place Andy mentions before he escapes. There, he finds money and a note left by Andy, telling him to get to Zihuatanejo. In the end, the two are happily reunited on the beach. 5. Based on the introduction above, we kno
20、w _ of each film. A. the director B. main characters C. the ending D. the award6. Which film might best help a newly married couple, Justine and Dorothy to figure out their new roles in future life?A. Away We Go. B. Another Happy Day. C. La Vita e bella. D. The Shawshank Redemption. 7. The passage i
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28、Keep In Touch With Teen InkDThey like using the Internet. They have lots of pocket money to spend. And they spend a higher proportion of it online than the rest of us. Teenagers are just the sort of people an online seller is interested in, and the things they want to buygames, CDs and clothingare e
29、asily sold on the Web.But paying online is a tricky business for consumers who are too young to own credit cards. Most have to use a parents card. They want a facility that allows them to spend money.That may come sooner than they think: new ways to take pocket money into cyber (网络的) space are comin
30、g out rapidly on both sides of the Atlantic. If successful, these products can stimulate online sales.In general, teenagers spend huge amounts: $153bn (billion) in the US last year and 20bn annually in the UK. Most teenagers have access to the Internet at home or at school88 percent in the US, 69 pe
31、rcent in the UK. According to the Jupiter Research, one in eight of those with Internet access has bought something onlinemainly CDs and books.In most cases, parents pay for these purchases with credit cards, an arrangement that is often unsatisfactory for them and their children. Pressing parents t
32、o spend online is less productive than pressing on the high street. They are more likely to ask “Why?” if you ask to spend some money online.One way to help teenagers change notes and coins into cybercash is through prepaid cards such as Internet Cash in the US and Smart cards in the UK. Similar to those for pay-as-you-go mobile tele
