2017江苏高二下学期人教版高中英语期末考试

Her friendliness soon overcame the          of her stepchildren.

A. reservation    B. characteristic

C. restriction    D. prejudice

She fully            to continue her sporting career once she has recovered from her injuries.

A. undertakes    B. intends

C. bothers    D. hesitates

Although living on a            income, the Smiths lead a happy life.

A. modest    B. mild

C. evident    D. acute

In response to increasing accidents involving e-bikes, the new traffic regulation states that the speed limit for e-bikes is 30 kph, unless stated          .

A. regardless    B. however

C. otherwise    D. instead

Due to the rising rents, the new graduate has decided to leave Beijing for his hometown,         have many other classmates.

A. so    B. as

C. which    D. nor

The Belt and Road Initiative is viewed by many as a history-making project,         applauded by the Chinese and those along the route as well.

A. one    B. one that

C. the one    D. the one that

---She           her driving license when she drove her car into a river.

---What a terrible road killer!

A. was just getting    B. was just about to get

C. had just got    D. has just got

After arriving in Suzhou, the representatives first            their hotel before going to the conference center.

A. ran into    B. burst into

C. pulled into    D. checked into

 It was in 1981        Robert Redford changed the focus of the festival.

A. which    B. that

C. when    D. who

Few people can         why a pretty-looking woman like her would fall in love with an old and ugly man like him.

A. held up    B. subscribe to

C. went for    D. who

 He sold me the house at a cheap price and threw in some of the furniture        .

A. on the spot    B. subscribe to

C. went for    D. made out

 ---Those senior citizens cheated should have been warned of illegal fund-raising.

---       . But few could resist the temptation.

A. They were    B. They should

C. They must    D. They did

        , we can take some measures to minimize the losses.

A. As earthquakes are difficult to be predicted

B. As earthquakes are difficult to predict

C. Difficult as earthquakes are to predicted

D. Difficult as earthquakes are to predict

Chinese scientists have made great advances in satellite technology,         I suppose is of great significance to all mankind.

A. in which case    B. for which reason

C. which    D. what

--Hey, man! Carrying so many bags!

---Oh, it’s OK. I can manage myself. Thanks anyway.

A. May I do you a favor?    B. Do you need a hand?

C. Can I take your order?    D. Would you let me have a go?

Jaguar （美洲虎）is an endangered animal. It is said that there are less than 20 jaguars in the world currently, one of which is living in the national zoo of Peru. To protect this jaguar, Peruvians ____16____ a zone in the zoo for it, where there are groups of cattle, sheep and deer for the jaguar to eat. Anyone who has visited the zoo ____17____ it to be the “Heaven of Tiger”. ___18___, strange enough, no one has ever seen the jaguar ___19___the animals. What we could see is it’s lying in its house sleeping and eating the meat ____20____by the zoo staff.

Some people thought that the jaguar felt too ____21____, so they collected money and rented a female tiger to accompany it. Nonetheless, it did not make too much sense. “It is ___22___ for the jaguar to be lazy in this environment. Tiger is the king of forest but you ___23___ put some small animals around him. That is why the jaguar shows no ___24___ in going out. Why don’t you put some ___25___ around him?”a visitor suggested. The zoo ___26___his advice and put five wolves into the jaguar’s territory(领地). Since then, it either stands on top of the hill roaring ___27___goes down from the hill running without sleeping all day，totally getting back to its ___28___.

In our world, one creature ___29___ any rival(对手) is lifeless. Actually, this principle also ____30____to human beings. If a man lives without competitors, he is sure to be satisfied with the present and will ___31___before all difficulties. Difficult environment tends to ___32___successful people. Therefore, we need some rivals to push us with strict requirements and standards, leaving us going ahead in all ____33____and challenges. Due to our rivals, we can ___34___the best in us. Due to our rivals, we will continuously ___35___our capabilities when competing with them!

16. A. condemn    B. grab    C. overlook    D. circle

17. A. praised    B. classified    C. claimed    D. related

18. A. Therefore    B. Consequently    C. However    D. Moreover

19. A. feed    B. hunt    C. shoot    D. obey

20. A. wrapped    B. provided    C. equipped    D. abandoned

21. A. lonely    B. merciful    C. disturbing    D. awesome

22. A. understandable    B. changeable    C. reliable    D. unbelievable

23. A. possibly    B. truly    C. simply    D. actually

24. A. competence    B. interest    C. qualification    D. attempt

25. A. cattle    B. sheep    C. deer    D. wolves

26. A. adopted    B. demanded    C. delayed    D. reformed

27. A. nor    B. but    C. or    D. and

28. A. reality    B. nature    C. world    D. position

29. A. over    B. with    C. without    D. for

30. A. appeals    B. agrees    C. sticks    D. applies

31. A. break down    B. hold on    C. hold back    D. break out

32. A. shape    B. conquer    C. resemble    D. acknowledge

33. A. instructions    B. curriculums    C. arrangements    D. competitions

34. A. bring on    B. bring out    C. bring up    D. bring on

35. A. evaluate    B. appreciate    C. decrease    D. promote

Connecting the best chefs and restaurants in the world with their fans.

For True Foodies Only puts the world of food in your pocket. It is a global app and social platform where lovers of the art of food and wine come to connect, be inspired and share that love.

What makes the For True Foodies Only app different?

·It is exclusive (专一的). A “food Facebook” for only the best chefs and restaurants in the world and their fans.

·Users of the app from around the world can find out where to eat when they travel, giving restaurants and chefs free advertising and making sure that your vacation is full of wonderful meals at the restaurants your favorite chefs would eat at.

·New restaurants and chefs can only be chosen by chefs in the app, so together we build a trusted community of the highest quality.

·There is no cost to restaurants to be included or to users –the app is free.

·Buy recipes the way you buy music on the internet –one recipe, a bitebook or a whole cookbook. Restaurants and chefs make more profits by selling digital recipes through the app.

The story behind the app

Cordon Bleu Chef Ted and his foodie partner Joanne love eating in great restaurants around the world. But they spent a lot of time researching where to go, in guidebooks, online and from friends, and looking for news about what their favorite chefs were creating. They wished they could easily see where their favorite chefs and foodie loved to eat, and find the latest about the best chefs and restaurants all in one place.

And so the idea was born. They wanted to build a trusted community of those who love the art of food and wine, with chefs and true foodies at its heart.

Ted and Joanne spent the next two years using all their experience—Ted as a chef in Michelin star restaurants, and Joanne as an international food marketer—to build a truly amazing app that included only the top restaurants and chefs. Fortunately, their work also included a lot of fine dining, which made it all worthwhile.

36. How does the For True Foodies Only app differ from other apps?

A. It tries to include as many chefs and restaurants as possible.

B. It only charges restaurants a small amount of money to be included.

C. It provides a free download service through the app for digital recipes.

D. It doesn’t accept new restaurants unless recommended by trusted chefs.

37. What can we learn about the app from the last three paragraphs?

A. It is the idea that was created by two famous chefs.

B. It has enabled foodies to eat with their favorite chefs.

C. Developers spent a lot of time and energy building it.

D. Most of its material comes from travel guidebooks.

Are you sick of going to bed late and waking up tired? Then grab your hiking boots and a tent. A new study suggests that camping in the great outdoors for a couple of days can reset your body clock and help you get more sleep.

The body clock is an internal system that tells our bodies when it’s time to go to sleep and when it's time to wake up. Scientists track this clock by measuring the amount of melatonin (褪黑激素)circulating in a person’s blood at any given time.

In a healthy sleeper, melatonin levels rise a few hours before bedtime, stay high through the night, and then settle back down when it’s time to wake up.

In our modern society，however，most of us stay up many hours past sunset and would probably sleep in many hours after sunrise if we could. And the trouble is，your melatonin levels may still be high when your alarm clock goes off in the morning, which leads to fatigue. It may also have other health consequences as well, such as diabetes (糖尿病)，overweight and heart disease.

Professor Kenneth Wright of the University of Colorado in the US wanted to see if our body clocks can be reset by a short stay in nature. His team recruited (招募)fourteen physically active volunteers in their 20s and 30s. Nine went on a weekend camping trip, while the other five stayed home. At the end of the weekend, the researchers reported that in just two days, the campers’ body clocks had shifted so that their melatonin levels began to rise more than an hour earlier than they did before they left on the trip. By contrast, the body clocks of the group that stayed home shifted even later over the course of the weekend.

“This tells us we can reset our clocks fast,” Wright said.

Therefore, if you want to change your sleep patterns you could try to increase your exposure to natural light during the day and decrease the amount of artificial light you see at night. And if that doesn’t work，there’s always camping.

38. The underlined word “fatigue” in Paragraph 4 probably means   _

A. excitement

B. tiredness

C. relief

D. disappointment

39. What did Wright's team discover from their experiment?

A. Those staying outdoors reset the clock inside their bodies over a short period.

B. The body clocks of the two groups didn’t show much difference.

C. The body clocks of those who stayed at home remained the same.

D. Changes to the body clock don't necessarily affect melatonin levels in our bodies.

40. According to the passage, to change our sleeping habit, we’ d better_      .

A. stay home to reset our body clock and get more sleep

B. stay up late long past sunset and sleep long after sunrise

C. get exposed to more natural light but less artificial light

D. try to reduce melatonin levels as much as possible at night

41. What is the author’s main purpose of writing the passage?

A. To inform us of a possible way to adjust the body clock.

B. To explain how a lack of sleep is bad for our health.

C. To analyze how the body clock influences our sleeping habits.

D. To explore how the body clock is connected with melatonin levels.

The death of the plastic credit card could be a step closer as high street names including McDonald's and the Co-op prepare to test a breakthrough finger-scanning payment technology.

FingoPay, developed by British start-up Sthaler, uses a biometric reader to scan the veins of a shopper’s finger, building up a “map” that is unique to each individual.

By connecting this pattern with a credit card or bank account, the company plans to let shoppers pay simply by placing their finger in a pocket-sized scanner, doing away with cash and credit cards.

Sthaler, founded by former music industry executive Nick Dryden, will begin testing the technology next month in Proud, a London nightclub. Mr. Dryden said McDonald's is experimenting with a pilot of the technology, and that Sthaler is also planning a project with Co-op’s food stores.

It comes amid growing interest in using biometric identification in payments, which backers believe are more secure and efficient than passwords and PINs. Apple Pay, which uses the iPhone’s fingerprint technology, launched in the UK in 2015 and was followed by the Android equivalent in May 2016.

Hendrik Kleinsmiede, the director of Visa Europe’s innovation arm Collab, which is backing Sthaler, said the Fingopay technology was less immune to problems such as wet and dusty fingers or fraud. “People are ready to accept biometrics as a secure authentication mechanism,” he said.

Sthaler says the chance that two people have the same vein structure is 3.4bn-to-one, making it virtually impossible to crack. The vein scanner, developed by Hitachi, is already being used by Barclays to identify business customers as well as in cash machines in Japan, but Sthaler has the unique rights to license it to retailers.

In the trial at Proud set to begin in September, the technology will be used to speed up waiting times at the bar both by cutting down on cards and by being able to suggest drinks based on what a patron has previously ordered.

42. Which of the following is TRUE about Fingopay?

A. It works by identifying shoppers’ fingerprints.

B. It scans the finger veins to identify shoppers.

C. It was first tested on Barclays’ cash machines in Japan.

D. It is currently being tested in the Co-op Group’s food stores.

43. According to Hendrik Kleinsmiede,          .

A. it is impossible to find two people who share the same vein structure

B. people have to clean their hands before they use Fingopay

C. it won’t be long before biometrics are more widely used

D. Fingopay technology is much more effective than passwords and PINs

44. What can we conclude from the last paragraph?

A. The use of Fingopay technology has bought in more customers.

B. Fingopay technology helps businesses to meet customers’ needs.

C. Fingopay technology could increase the sales of certain drinks.

D. The use of Fingopay technology wasn’t allowed in the trial at Proud.

45. What might be the best title of the passage?

A. Pay with your vein: Fingopay.

B. Cedit cards vs. Fingopay.

C. Different ways of payment.

D. A new technology: fingerprints.

Author Norman Mailer published an essay in which he declared the graffiti(涂鸦) of the New York subway to be "The Great Art of the 70s". But what happened to the artists and why is there no subway graffiti any more?

"It started with someone just writing their name - someone saw that, and added on to it," recalls New York graffiti artist Nicer, born Hector Nazario."Letters going in front of letters, coming back through a letter, behind a letter, going across a letter... the subways became our playground," adds Riff170.

New York in 1974 was a city in crisis. The Mayor, Abe Beame, slashed the city's budget in a bid to stave off bankruptcy(破产), which meant laying off school teachers, police officers and subway staff.

"They were taking the money from the schools, there was a lot of corruption here, in this community, and so they took the after-school programmes away, and there was no outlets for this. So the outlet became our city," says Bronx-born designer Eric Orr.

"It was like an explosion. The graffiti explosion. All of a sudden it took over the whole city. I don't know what happened, but overnight in the early 70s it was from no graffiti to all graffiti," says another former artist, Flint Gennari.

Eric Felisbret, author and former graffiti artist, says graffiti culture was in a way a product of the civil rights movement. "It was never political," he says, "but many people were brought up with that, and to express yourself by breaking the law became a natural process for them."

The graffiti pioneers came from all races, however. "There were writers that were African American, Latino - Puerto Rico, Dominican, Cuban - Jewish, Asian, and it became one unit - one family," says another graffiti pioneer, Roberto Gualtieri.

Prof Gregory Snyder, sociologist and author of Graffiti Lives, says: "For lots of people, graffiti is ugly, vandalistic, and I'm not denying that. It's vandalism... now, oftentimes it's very clever vandalism. It can be written on a dumpster, like a garbage bin, and if someone's attempting to make a garbage bin look a little prettier maybe that's not the worst thing in the world."Although Mailer was not alone in welcoming the flowering of creativity, the authorities hated it, as did many passengers.

So when Mayor Ed Koch took office, he was determined to clean up the city and set about targeting graffiti.

"I remember in 1982 he brought everyone out to a train yard and there was a single train painted white," says former New York Daily News reporter Salvatore Arena. Trains were taken out of service and cleaned as soon as graffiti was spotted. Carriages were protected at night and the city agreed to ban the sale of spray cans.

If in 1984 80% of subway carriages contained graffiti by May 1989 the network was graffiti-free. “Graffiti has gone through an evolution, and it will continue to evolve. It’s now socially accepted in places where 20-30 years ago that would have been impossible. It’s now showcased(展示)in certain museums –and let’s say in another 30 years from now it may be hanging in the White House,” says Nicer.

Nowadays painted graffiti is largely gone from the New York subway trains themselves and is seen instead on the walls and tunnels of the city. It has been replaced by scratchiti(刮擦艺术) created onto carriage windows using keys, knives. Unlike the vivid images of 40 years ago, these ghostly patterns are somehow easy to ignore. After all, graffiti has faded quietly into the background.

46. What caused the graffiti’s sudden appearance in New York in the 1970s?

A. The worse economy in New York then.

B. It is a product of the civil rights movement.

C. The support and encouragement of the Mayor.

D. Publishment of Norman Mailer’s essay on graffiti.

47. In the 1970s, New York’s graffiti artists         .

A. could only do graffiti on trains

B. organized a political movement

C. often left their own names on their works

D. realized they were actually against the laws

48. What’s Gregory Snyder’s attitude towards graffiti?

A. Negative.

B. Critical.

C. Objective.

D. Approving.

49. The main reason why Mayor Ed Koch took measures to stop graffiti may be that        .

A. all passengers were against graffiti

B. it wasn’t the art that Ed Koch was fond of

C. it became out of date because of scratchiti

D. it didn’t benefit most subway passengers

50. What is the last but one paragraph mainly about?

A. Graffiti evolution makes New York subways graffiti-free.

B. Graffiti has evolved and is widely accepted in some places.

C. It took 5 years to clean 80% of the graffiti in New York city.

D. Graffiti will sure appear on the walls of the White House.

The worst time to look for a job is when you must have a new one immediately. Job Searching under pressure often results in nervous interviewing and decision-making from rela-tively few options. If you are not in need of an immediate career change, here are ways you can improve your long-term career prospects （前景） today:

Identify at least two different roles. You do not have to be qualified for these positions today, nor do they have to exist in your company. However, these roles should be related to your current skill set. They are career options that look interesting. Once you have a couple of targets, think about why and what interests you. Pay close attention to what appeals to you, and write it down. This will give insight into your motivations and targets.

Subscribe to a career specific magazine. Knowledge is power in the workplace. All busi-nesses must stay relevant to their customers in order to win the competitions and increase revenue（收益）.Reading about industry trends, advancements and success stories keeps you in touch with market conditions. This information allows you to see which companies and professionals are leading the peck. You can follow their examples in your own workplace. If you associate with those that stand out from the rest, you are likely to find yourself with better opportunities.

Do exceptional work. In any role, there is a way to perform at your best. Look for ways to deliver a top performance. Show up early, be flexible to new assignments, have a positive attitude, cooperate with other departments, pay attention to the little details.

Be professionally curious. Talk to people about their careers. Learn more about how success is measured in other roles, departments and companies. Ask people their thoughts on different industries. Challenge yourself to expand your business knowledge through interactions with people at regular time. People hire people. You never know what connections may be relevant when you start your next job search, so develop a habit of making good connections no matter where you go. Take the time to learn about others, and be helpful when you can.

As in all things in life, getting in front of a difficult task early is always less stressful than reacting to a career surprise. Changing jobs is to be expected. No matter how secure you feel today, the time will come when either you or your employer decide it is time to change.

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