1、Unit 5（测试时间：60分钟 满分：100分）I. 阅读理解（40）A【黑龙江省哈尔滨市第三中学2017-2018学年高二下学期期末考试英语试题】Sydney Opera House ToursWe offer three different tours of this iconic buildings.The Essential Tour brings to life the story behind the design and construction of one of the worlds most famous landmarks. Using in
2、teractive audiovisual technology, your guide will take you on a memorable journey inside the youngest building ever to be World Heritage listed.Afterwards, why not stay around and eat at the Studio Caf, with its modern Australian menu? You can both enjoy the best views in Sydney and claim a 20% redu
3、ction on the total cost of your meal. (Dont forget to show your ticket in order to claim your discount.)Language: English, French, GermanTakes place: Daily between 9 am and 5 pm.Prices: Adult $35/ Online $29.75.Concessions（优惠）： Children of 16 and under $24.50. Prior bookings are not essential.The Ba
4、ckstage Tour gives you backstage access to the Sydney Opera House. It is a unique opportunity to experience the real-life dramas behind the stage! You might even get to stand on the concert hall stage, take up a conductors baton in the orchestra pit and imagine you are leading the performance. You w
5、ill also get to see inside the stars dressing rooms.The tour concludes with breakfast free of charge in the Green Room, the private dining area of performers past and present.Takes place: Daily at 7 am.Prices: $155. No concessions.To purchase: Bookings are essential. Limited to 8 people per tour.Onl
6、ine sales expire at 4:30 pm two days prior.Notes: The tour includes up to 300 steps. Flat, comfortable shoes must be worn. Foe safety reasons, children of 12 years old and under are not permitted.Opera High Tea consists of a tour where you will walk in the footsteps of world-class singers, dancers a
7、nd musicians, followed by fine food and music in the spectacular surroundings of the Bennelong Dining Room. What could be better than a treat of delicious light snacks and soft drinks followed by a live recital（独唱会）by a leading Australian singer? An unforgettable treat for young and old!Takes place:
8、 Every second Wed, 2 pm.Duration: 1.5 hours.Prices: $145 per person.Book online or visit the Guided Tours Desk.1. A traveler will enjoy a performance if he chooses _.A. the Essential Tour B. the Backstage TourC. Opera High Tea D. any of the tours2. Joining the Backstage Tou
9、r, a traveler _.A. is allowed to wear sport shoes when standing on the stageB. will have an opportunity to be the conductor of the orchestraC. can take his big family of 8 members to free breakfast except himD. can buy the discount ticket the day before the tour3. If a couple who travelled with thei
10、r 17-year-old son joined the Essential Tour and had a meal of $150 there, what would the lowest cost be if paid in cash?A. $203.25. B. $214.5.C. $225. D. 239.25.【答案】1. C 2. A 3. C【解析】【分析】本文是一篇广告布告类短文阅读。文章主要介绍了三个到悉尼歌剧院游玩的旅游项目。【1题详解】【点睛】本文是一篇广告布告类短文阅
11、读。广告类或布告类的文章主要考查学生根据问题迅速从文中定位、提取有效信息的能力。考生需要根据问题中的信息迅速定位到相关的广告板块，并从中寻找有用信息。有的题目有时需要进行简单的计算或推理。例如小题2需要根据生活基本常识进行简单的推理；小题3需要进行简单的计算，特别注意总费用可以减少20%是指吃饭的总费用，并不包括门票。B辽宁省辽河油田第二高级中学2017-2018高二英语期末测试卷】I grew up in a big familyfive brothers, three sisters and I with just enough of all the right part to make
12、a childhood well remembered. It was a very strict upbringing.On the first day of my second grade, my father asked me if I could read well. “Yes, I can,” I said. So he gave me a hand-draw map with street names and directions on how to walk to school. The school was three miles away, and I had never b
13、een there by myself.He handed me the map and my lunch box and said, “Dont stop and dont turn back.” I was standing, scared, but he kissed me goodbye and sent me out of the door. On my way to school, I couldnt help crying, but I continued to walk. I didnt know how long it would take me to get there,
14、or how many fearful and anxious moments I would have, but I do remember forever how I felt when I came around the last corner, and saw my school.My heart was filled with relief and joy. I made it! I wished I could tell my father right then that I had made it. When he got home, he said to me, “Hi, di
15、d you have fun?” I murmured, “Yes,” and waited for him to ask what had happened, but he never did.Years later, I finally got the courage to ask him why he did that and why he didnt care about what had happened. He just looked at me for a few minutes and then said, “I didnt have to ask you, because I
16、 knew. I followed you the whole way. I saw you jump up and down at the last street corner. I felt what you felt.” Then I understood and cried. Z#xxk4. According to the passage, how many children does the authors father have?A. Five B. ThreeC. Eight D. Nine5. Which of
17、the following statements is TRUE on the first day of the authors second grade?A. The author asked her fathers permission to go to school on her own.B. The authors father gave the author lots of directions and guidance before he let her go to school alone.C. The author cried because she couldnt see h
18、er father and lost her way.D. The author felt relieved and joyful when she finally reached school by herself.6. We can know from the passage that _.A. the author misunderstood her father at firstB. the author hates her father because he was too strict with herC. the authors father didnt care about t
19、he authors feelings at allD. the authors father regretted for what he had done to his daughter7. What does the passage mainly want to tell us?A. Living in a big family is not good at all.B. Parents love for their children is often unnoticed.C. Children cannot grow up under parents protection.D. We s
20、hould be brave enough to accept challenge at a young age.【答案】4. D 5. D 6. A 7. B【解析】本文是一篇记叙文，作者的父亲在很小的时候就让作者独自一人上学，而且事后并不关心路上所发生的事情。多年以后作者质问父亲为什么要这样做，实际上父亲一直跟在作者的后面确保他的安全。有时候父母对孩子的爱并没有被孩子们注意到。【4题详解】【7题详解】主旨大意题。本文是一篇记叙文，作者的父亲在很小的时候就让作者独自一人上学而且事后并不关心路上所发生的事情，多年以后
21、作者质问父亲为什么要这样做，实际上那一天父亲一直跟在作者的后面确保他的安全。有时候父母对孩子的爱并没有被孩子们注意到。故B项正确。C【广东省佛山市2017-2018学年高一上学期期末教学质量检测英语试题】After years of debate, gray wolves were reintroduced (重新引进) to Yellowstone National Park. Fourteen wolves were caught in Canada and moved to the park. By 2016, the Yellowstone wolf population had gr
22、own to more than 170.Gray wolves once were seen here and there in the Yellowstone area and other pans of United States, but they were gradually displaced by human development. By the 1920s, wolves had disappeared from the Yellowstone area. They went farther north into (he deep forests of Canada, whe
23、re there were fewer humans around. The disappearance of the wolves had many unexpected results. Deer and elk populationsmajor food sources(来源) for the wolfgrew rapidly. These animals ate large amounts of plants, which reduced plant diversity(多样性) in the park. With the disappearance of gray wolves, c
24、oyote (草原狼) populations also grew quickly. The coyotes killed a great number of red foxes in the park, and completely drove away the parks beavers (河狸).As early as 1966, biologists asked the government to consider reintroducing wolves to Yellowstone Park. They hoped that wolves would be able to cont
25、rol the elk and coyote problems. Many framers were against the plan because they feared that wolves would kill their farm animals or pets.The government spent nearly 30 years thinking lip a plan to reintroduce the wolves. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service carefully monitors and manages the wolf pac
26、ks in Yellowstone. Today, the debate continues over how well the gray wolf is fitting in at Yellowstone. Elk, deer, and coyote populations are down, while beavers and red foxes have made a comeback. The Yellowstone wolf project has been a valuable experiment to help biologists decide whether to rein
27、troduce wolves to other parts of the country as well.8. What is the text mainly about?A. Wildlife research in the United States.B. Plain diversity in the Yellowstone area.C. A war between American farmers and gray wolves.D. The reintroduction of wolves to Yellowstone Park.9. What docs the underlined
28、 word “displaced” in paragraph 2 mean?A. Killed one by one.B. Separated from relatives.C. Forced to move out.D. Followed secretly.10. Which is an unexpected result of the disappearance of gray wolves?A. The number of deer increased fast.B. More people moved into the park.C. Red foxes ate too many pl
29、ants.D. Beavers in the park were all killed.11. Biologists suggested the government reintroduce the wolves because _.A. they believed it could keep the park back to normalB. they knew the government was considering that tooC. they were sure it would solve the elk and coyote problemsD. they thought f
30、armers neednt worry about animals and pets【答案】8. D 9. C 10. A 11. A 【解析】文章报道了多年争论后灰狼被重新引进到黄石国家公园，这样做保持了当地的生态平衡。8. DD【河南省中原名校（即豫南九校）2017-2018学年高二下学期第一次联考英语试题】Silvia Maier works at the University of Zurich, Switzerland. She and her colleagues invited
31、 51 young men into the lab for 3 hours of tests. They showed each man 180 food items on a computer. Each time, they asked the men to judge how healthy, tasty and appealing the food was. Z#xxkThen the researchers stressed out 29 of the men. They did this by asking each to put one hand in ice wa
32、ter for three minutes. If the water was too unpleasant, the volunteers could remove their hands, but must continue looking into a video camera. The men were also encouraged to put their hands back into the cold water. All the while, a researcher watched and videotaped the ordeal (考验). Another 22 men
33、 held one hand in warm water. They were not videotaped.Afterward, the researchers showed each man a series of two food items. They did this 210 times. And before making choices, the men were told to choose the healthier of the two items. When the testing was over, the scientists gave the volunteers
34、a snack. Each man got one of the items he had said that he preferred. Despite being coached to choose healthy foods, the stressed men proved more likely to pick the less healthy.The researchers also performed brain scans of the volunteers. It showed what part of the brain was active as they made the
35、ir choices. “Our findings indicate that stress affects the decision making,” Maiers team concluded. And it does this by changing two brain pathways. One affects sensory information, such as taste. The other affects a persons ability to make decisions such as eating what is good for us.More studies w
36、ill be needed to confirm the new findings. But the early signs suggest that stress not only makes junk food more appealing, but also weakens the brains ability to resist eating it.12. How did the scientists mainly get the result?A. By doing experiments.B. By asking questions.C. By conducting surveys
37、.D. By secret observations.13. The cold water used in the experiment may make men feelA. pleasantB. frightenedC. relaxedD. stressed14. Why did the scientists scan the brains of the volunteers?A. They wanted to find the IQ of them.B. They wanted to observe the activities of their brains.C. They wante
38、d to discover the potential disease of them.D. They wanted to know the health conditions of them.15. What does the last paragraph imply?A. The new Swiss study is the final conclusion.B. Stress may increase self-control in eating.C. Stress makes junk food more attractive.D. It is easy for stressed pe
39、ople to resist tasty foods.【答案】12. A 13. D 14. B 15. Cthe less healthy.可知实验中使用的冷水，可能会让人们感觉有压力，选D。14. 推理判断题。由The researchers also performed brain scans of the volunteers. It showed what part of the brain was active as they made their choices.可知科学家对志愿者进行脑部扫描是因为他们
40、想要观察志愿者的脑部活动，选B。15. 推理判断题。More studies will be needed to confirm the new findings. But the early signs suggest that stress not only makes junk food more appealing, but also weakens the brains ability to resist eating it. 这一段暗示出压力使得垃圾食品更具吸引力，选C。第二节（共5小题；每小题2分，满分10分） 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
41、两项为多余选项.Handwriting can make or break the first impression. If your handwriting is difficult for others to read, you will sometimes feel embarrassed. 16 . It needs lots of practice to improve your handwriting.17 . Try each of them out on a piece of paper by signing your name. Find out wh
42、ich type of pen you can write best with. You may be amazed at the change in your handwriting just by changing to another pen.18 . Do not just do what feels comfortable because that is just your old bad habit coming back into play. Try to hold the pen lightly and dont press too hard.Use your chosen p
43、en to write Os on some pieces of lined paper. Write until you have filled up all the lines. Be careful with each O that you write. 19 . Practice writing Os as much as possible. Remember : practice makes perfect. You may practice for weeks or months if you need to. 20 .As your handw
44、riting shows signs of improvement , go ahead and keep on practicing by writing more words.A. Gather different types of pens.B. Practice holding your pen in different ways.C. However , a bad writing habit is hard to break.D. Choose a type of pen with which you write best.E. It wont help if you write
45、a lot of careless Os on the paper.F. Two to three months practice is enough to get good handwriting.G. After you are confident in your Os, do the same thing with your name.【解析】【名师点睛】 “七选五”型阅读理解题试题模式为：给出一篇缺少5个句子的文章，对应有七个选项，要求同学们根据文章结构、内容，选出正确的句子，填入相应的空白处。考试说明对该题型命题目的的表述为“主要考查考生对文章的整体内容和结构以及上下文逻辑意义的理解
46、和掌握。 一7选5的考察要点 这一考查题型对阅读理解提出了更高层次的要求，即不仅要有阅读速度，要对所读文章的主旨要义、具体信息要有所了解，尤其重要的是要掌握作者的写作意图、观点，区分出论点和论据，并且能够把握文章的写作结构和脉络层次，只有了解了这一切，才能比较准确地确定应该选择哪个选项。1)快速阅读全文要点词句，包括首尾段、首尾句以及独立成段的句子和文章中带转折词的句子等，目的是掌握文章的主要内容。 2)然后再边读边做题，重点阅读各个问题附近的句子，圈定线索词，然后从选项中寻找相关的特征词，以确定答案。
47、做题时可以采用代入排除法。如果一题做不出或拿不准，可先放过，继续往下读，先做容易的能做出的题，直到读完整篇文章。至此，文章的要点和主旨、各个段落之间的逻辑关系应基本清楚了。 3)重新阅读相关词句，重点做刚才没做出的题或不确定的题，此时可将已选出的答案代入原文，利用排除法。同时检查核对已选出的答案，看文章从内容上是否语义连贯合理，语篇结构上是否通顺连贯、具有一致性、合乎逻辑，写作思路是否清晰明了，格式以及用语是否恰当贴切。如果所选的答案可以满足上述标准，则表明各个问题的答案基本正确。 4）比较两类关键词 ：将7个选项的关键词与5个空的前后句中
48、的关键词进行比较，匹配的是正确答案。考点：考查七选五阅读.完形填空（每个1分，共20分）【江苏省泰州中学2017-2018学年高二下学期开学摸底考试英语试题】By the time we reach adulthood, many of us have had the good fortune to have at least one best friend. If we have_41_around or changed our life situation_42_,we may be lucky enough to have had several. The best friend rel
49、ationship is often our earliest_43_peer relationship, and it can be a source of great warmth and_44_throughout our lives. The characteristics of best friendship change as we grow up and grow older, but the heart of it remains the_45_. Our best friends are a warm shelter in which we feel free to be fully ourselves, to share our deepest secrets, to_46_when we are overtaken by tiredness, to have a_47_when there is something nice to happen in
