涡阳县2014-2015高二英语下学期期末试卷（附答案）
第一部分 听力（共两节，满分30分）
第一节（共5小题：每小题1.5分，满分7.5分）
听下嘛5段对话。每段对话后有一个小题，从题中所给的ABC三个选项中选出最佳答案，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；来回答有关小题和阅读下一小题。每段对话仅读一遍。
1. Where does the conversation take place?
A. At an airport. B. At a hotel. C. At a travel agency.
2. Who will probably decide the place to go?
A. The man. B. The woman. C. Harry.
3. What does the man mean?
A. He quite agrees with the woman.
B. He enjoys the lecture the whole time.
C. He doesn’t agree with the woman.
4. Where will the man plant the tree?
A. By the front door. B. Next to the garage. C. In the back yard.
5. Why does the man want to see the manager?
A. To put an advertisement. B. To sell him a mobile phone. C. To apply for a job.
第二节 （共15小题；每小题1.5分，满分22.5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 colour is the suit?
A. Light green. B. Dark blue. C. Dark gray.
7. What does the man think of the suit?
A. It’s too small. B. It’s too expensive. C. It’s too dark.
听第7段材料，回答第8、9题。
8. Why does Diana say sorry to peter?
A. She has to give up her travel plan.
B. She wants to visit another city.
C. She needs to put off her test.
9. What does Diana want Peter to do?
A. Help her with her study. B. Take a book to her friend. C. Teach a geography lesson.
听第8段材料, 回答第10至12题。
10. Where does the man want to go?
A. To a lecture. B. To a concert. C. To a movie.
11. What is the problem with taking the shuttle bus？
A. The bus doesn’t go to the Music Building.
B. The bus goes very slowly to the Music Building.
C. The bus will not come for a while.
12. What does the man finally decide to do?
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A. Walk. B. Wait for the bus. C. Think of another plan.
听第9段材料，回答第13至16题。
13. What’s the relationship between the speakers?
A. Landlord and tenant(房客). B. Agent and tenant. C. Agent and landlord.
14. What does the woman want the man to do?
A. To cut down the rent. B. To discuss with the landlord. C. To do some repair work.
15. What is the man’s reply for the request?
A. He needs time to consider it. B. He thinks it is impossible. C. He can’t decide it.
16. What can we learn from the conversation?
A. The woman hasn’t made the decision yet.
B. The man doesn’t know how much the rent is.
C. The woman doesn’t think the house is good.
听第10段材料，回答第17至20题。
17. Where did the children mostly play?
A. In the lake. B. Only in the house. C. Outside around the neighborhood.
18. What did the speaker like the most as a child?
A. Visiting the yards. B. Working in the garden. C. Going to the lake.
19. Where did the family go on a trip?
A. To a big lake. B. To New York City. C. To the Pacific Ocean.
20. What did the speaker probably do later?
A. He moved to a big city.
B. He lived in the same house.
C. He moved to a place near the ocean.
第二部分 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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It could not have been harder to leave one of the children behind when we moved. I know that parting with our dog was one of the most painful decisions to make. This is Zachary’s story.
Ann and the children and I moved from our rural home in Virginia so that I could retrain for a new career. It meant leaving behind our best friend, Zachary, a six year old Black Lab. This was for his good; he would be miserably locked up in suburban Birmingham while we were away from home every day. We all agreed that he should remain free and explore the countryside. We found friends of friends, who would be glad to give him a new home. He trembled beside me as I drove him there. And I left him tearfully, watching him on his new front porch, disappearing in the distance of the rear view mirror(后视镜). I tried to convince myself that old Zach did not really care who cared for him. He would be fine and we would soon outgrow our mutual loss.
A year tater, in our new home in a Birmingham suburb, we got a call from the people who bought our farmhouse. Ann took the phone; the color drained from her face as the kids and I watched the conversation unfold. Our callers told Ann. “There’s a strange dog showed up here a couple days ago. He’s right thin and his paws don’t look so good. He just seems sort of lost and confused. The neighbors down the road say they think he’s your old dog.”
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“It’s Zachary and he found his way home. He’s looking for us. Fred, you have to go get him.” Ann said through tears. She was right. We had to go. But bringing Zachary there to Birmingham made no more sense than it would have a year earlier. Even so, the next day, my daughter and I drove ten hours to our old farmhouse.
21. The author’s family decided to leave Virginia because .
A. they were already tired of rural life B. they wanted to leave children behind
C. the author wanted to find a new job D. they had more friends elsewhere
22. Why was Zachary left behind when the family moved?
A. Zachary was no longer cared for by the family. B. Moving along would do Zachary no good.
C. Zachary was unwilling to leave. D. Some friends wanted to keep Zachary
23. It can be inferred from the passage that .
A. the author regretted having left Zachary behind
B. the author thought it made more sense to bring him back now
C. Zachary got lost on her way to finding them in Birmingham
D. Zachary was badly treated in the friends’ family
24. Which of the following best describes the story?
A. Distance makes two hearts grow closer.
B. Love me, love my dog.
C. Past experience, if not forgotten, is a guide for the future.
D. Love will take you home.
B
Have you ever been to the world’s smallest bookstore?
The World’s Smallest Bookstore，whose official name is just these three words，sits quietly about 100 miles northeast of Toronto．
The bookstore is about 10 feet by 10 feet，so it is easy to imagine how tiny it really is．The bookstore is open 24 hours a day．Inside the bookstore are various books，especially literary books and classic authors’ works．So if you are looking for something less popular，you may get a bit disappointed there．
Another special feature of this bookstore is that each book only costs three dollars．All the expenses are paid on the honor system，which means buyers should make a note of what they’ve bought and leave their money by themselves．So the tools of the trade in this bookstore are quite simple: pens，papers，light bulbs and a label-maker．
In order to catch passers-by’s attention，the billboards(广告牌）of the bookstore are several times bigger than the store itself．With these large eye-catchers，many people are willing to stop by and have a visit．
25．What’s the passage mainly about?
A．The world’s smallest bookstore． B．A strange way of selling books．
C．The popular books nowadays． D．The popular bookstores in the world．
26．Which of the following books might you most probably get in the store?
A．Books on popular science． B．Literary books．
C．The year book of a university． D．Books on economic control．
27．How could you buy a book from the store?
A．The salesman will help you find the book．
B．The salesman will get the money for the book．
C．Choose the book(s）and leave the money there．
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D．Pay on the net and then get the book(s）in the store．
C
A study of English learning problems was carried out among a total of 106 foreign students. It shows that most students considered understanding spoken English to be their biggest problem on arrival. This was followed by speaking. Writing increased as a problem as students discovered difficulties in writing papers that they were now expected to hand in. Reading remained as a significant problem.
The information gained helped us in determining where special attention should be paid in our course. Although many students have chosen to join the course with a reasonable motivation, we considered it important to note what seemed to encourage interest. Nearly all the students have experienced some kind of grammar-based English teaching in their own country. To use the same method would be self-defeating because it might reduce motivation, especially if it has failed in the past. Therefore a different method may help because it is different.
Variety of activity was also seen as a way of maintaining or increasing motivation. Several years ago we had one timetable that operated throughout, but we soon found that both the students and the teachers lost interest by about halfway through the ten weeks. This led us to a major re-think, so finally we brought it into line with the expressed language needs of the students.
28. What is the text mainly about?
A. Foreign students have more problems.
B. Teaching should meet students’ needs.
C. English learning problems should be studied again.
D. There are many ways to improve English.
29. Writing became a bigger problem when foreign students________.
A. became less interested in reading B. became better at speaking
C. had to write their papers D. had fewer problems with listening
30. We may infer from the last two paragraphs that ________.
A. teaching content should be changed halfway
B. grammar-based teaching seems to be encouraging
C. English courses are necessary for foreign students
D. different teaching methods should be used
31. The underlined word “it” in the last paragraph refers to “______”.
A. re-think B. timetable C. motivation D. activity
D
Education is a process which enables a student to think for himself and make his decisions in life. However, the present day Education system puts emphasis on rote-learning (死记硬背) and unhealthy competition. This often leads students to depression (抑郁症) at times. However, if a student is allowed to continue his own interests then their personalities would bloom and they would also be successful in their careers.
There exists difference between market demands and the skills of India’s educated youth. For example, every year approximately 650, 000 engineering graduates pass, out of whom nearly two thirds need to be re-skilled, so that they can get jobs in the industry. The developed world requires knowledge workers and skilled professionals. By 2020, the developed world will have a shortage of 40 million working people, says a report.
These figures show the shortage of skilled manpower in India in comparing to the jobs existing in the market. This mismatch occurs due to many reasons.
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A few of them are as follows:
A. Low motivation among students to receive vocational (职业的) education.
B. The inflexible minds of parents and educators in accepting vocational courses.
C. Many vocational courses that are being offered have become out of date.
D. There is poor linkage between institutions offering vocational courses and the private sector (行业). Students often find it difficult to secure proper employment immediately after completing their courses.
In order to keep up with the market demands of India, students should be encouraged to take up vocational education. They should be allowed to study the subjects they like. Teachers and parents must become more open-minded about students’ career and life choices. There should be enough infrastructures (基础设施) to support vocational education. Educational institutes could link up with companies so that students can be employed soon after they complete their studies. These are a few ways in which the gap between vocational education and market demand for skilled manpower can be bridged.
32. In the author’s opinion, educators need to .
A. give students more room B. let students have more free time
C. make students know how to memorize D. teach students to compete appropriately
33. The developed world will have a shortage of working people mainly because .
A. college graduates can get better jobs B. there aren’t enough college graduates
C. most college graduates aren’t skilled enough
D. there aren’t enough colleges offering vocational courses
34. According to the last paragraph, which of the following about vocational education in India is true?
A. Too many students arc taking vocational courses.
B. Educational institutes need more cooperation with companies.
C. The government forbids certain students to receive vocational education.
D. The government has been stressing the importance of vocational education.
35. The text is mainly developed by .
A. comparing different arguments B. describing a phenomenon and giving examples
C. following the order of places D. analyzing a problem and seeking solutions
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。选项中有两项为多余选项。
Google is one of the largest and most powerful technology companies in the world. It was launched by Stanford University students Larry Page and Sergey Brin in 1998. Now, it has over 50,000 employees and makes about $50 billion a year. 36
Build the right team
37 “Having great people involved is tremendously important,” says Larry. “Some entrepreneurs（企业家）are in such a rush to start a new business that they don’t wait to find the right people to work with.”
Make it simple
“Technology has this way of becoming overly complex, but simplicity is one of the reasons why people are attracted to Google,” writes Sergey. If your products are simple, then people will be more likely to use them. 38
Become an expert
Larry and Sergey spent years researching www. google. com before they lauched the website. 39 The Google founders think that entrepreneurs should take time to really understand their
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business and their market as it’ll pay off in the long run.
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“You should set really aggressive goals that you’re not sure you can achieve,” explains Larry. He says that some entrepreneurs only set goals they think they can attain. But, he explains, if you only set achievable goals you’re never going to create something truly extraordinary.
A Set tough goals
B Set achievable goals
C Larry and Sergey owe much of their success to teamwork.
D Google stresses cooperation with other entrepreneurs.
E And that meant they knew everything about how search engines worked.
F If you don’t understand your products, your customers certainly won’t.
G So, what are Larry and Sergey’s top tips for success?
第三部分 英语知识运用（共两节，满分45分）
第一节 完形填空（共20小题；每小题1.5分，满分30分）
阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
My father’s friend Jane recently related a story to us. Due to some unfortunate circumstance her sister Cathy was left in the snow, far away from her cabin and companions during a trip to mountains. She was____41____because a man on his snow plow（铲雪车）found her and took her to a ___42_____at 2:00 am.
The hospital first_____43____Cathy was dead because she had been____44_____in the snow for hours. But luckily, they were able to revive（使复苏）her. Cathy has been in hospital_____45____. When she woke up, the doctor couldn’t_____46____ Jane that Cathy would be the____47_____as before, but it seemed that she would be okay and back to normal____48____!
Jane was __49__ of money, and she got into trouble since she needed to__50____ her sister’s hospital fees. Today she came to ask if my father could__51___ her a few hundred dollars, since her employer didn’t give her all her salary in advance __52___ the situation.
My father was only _53___ to give only $150 to her. I’m only a college student. I don’t have too much__54__ of my own, but I was thinking about what I could do to help her. Finally I managed to _55___ together $100 from my own money and passed it to her. She was really surprised, but also _56___ grateful, and I felt happy that I could help ease someone else’s __57__ in time of need.
It may not be a huge_____58_____of kindness, but I felt great that I could be there to ___59_____someone----emotionally and financially. It always reminds me that I can reach out to those in need______60_____ I am not wealthy!
41. A. worried B. freezing C. lucky D. weak
42. A. base B. hospital C. cabin D. hotel
43. A. found B. reported C. discovered D. thought
44. A. waiting B. blocked C. trapped D. lying
45. A. ever since B. at once C. soon after D. for long
46. A. remind B . assure C. say D. warn
47. A. pretty B. active C. same D. heavy
48. A. too B. yet C. forever D. soon
49. A. aware B. afraid C. short D. fond
50. A. apply for B. pay for C. long for D. stand for
51. A. lend B. offer C. present D. provide
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52. A. in view of B. in need of C. in honor of D. in spite of
53. A. willing B. prepared C. able D. likely
54. A. freedom B. money C. thought D. time
55. A. gather B. join C. hold D. bring
56. A. instantly B. strongly C. lightly D. extremely
57. A. fear B. pain C. burden D. press
58. A. act B. trick C. plan D. behavior
59. A. meet B. cure C. pity D. support
60. A. if B. though C. because D. when
第II卷
注意：将答案写在答题卡上，写在本试卷上无效。
第三部分 英语知识运用（共两节，满分45分）
第二节（共10小题：每小题1.5分，满分15分）
阅读下面材料，在空白处填入适当的内容（1个单词）或括号内单词的正确形式。
Tim Cook, the CEO of Apple, showed off their__61____ (late) product, the Apple Watch. “It will change what people expect from 62 watch,” Cook said, “and the watch will be one of the best 63 (product) Apple has ever created.” The Apple watches will be sold at different prices, from $349 64 $ 15,000.
An Apple Watch will be able to do the same things 65 an iPhone. You can read email, texts, news, health data and other information on a small screen. Besides, you will be able to answer telephone calls on your wrist. By 66 (turn) the crown on an Apple Watch, you can zoom in and out, to look at a map. You can also capture and send your heartbeat to another person with an Apple Watch. 67 , its 24-hour battery is a big problem. You need to charge(充电) your watch every night, 68 will be very inconvenient.
Apple fans look forward to 69 (get) an Apple Watch, but it remains to be seen 70 other customers can accept it.
第四部分 写作（共两节，满分35分）
第一节 短文改错（共10小题；每小题1分，满分10分）
假定英语课上老师要求同桌之间交换修改作文，请你修改你同桌写的以下作文。文中共有10处语言错误，每句中最多有两处。每处错误仅涉及一个单词的增加、删除或修改。
增加：在缺词处加一个漏字符号(∧)，并在其下面写出该加的词。
删除：把多余的词用斜线(＼)划掉。
修改：在错的词下划一横线，并在该词下面写出修改后的词。
注意：1．每处错误及其修改均仅限一词；
2．只允许修改10处，多者(从第11处起)不计分。
In order to raise the awareness of students’ protecting the environment, our school organized activity of visiting a photo exhibition about haze on January, 2015. None of us took part in it.
At the art gallery of our city, we enjoyed a lot of photos, reading captions and analyzed some related data. We were astonishing by the harm caused by haze. Meanwhile, we thought high of some works and admired the photographers’ skills. Additionally, we learned what to deal with haze.
For conclusion, the activity benefited to us a lot. Not only did it make us learn more about haze, it also made us awareness of the urgency of protecting our living environment. We all decided to take action to protect the environment.
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第二节 书面表达
假如你是李华,上周六，在一家餐馆你有一次不愉快的就餐经历。请给该餐馆的经理写一封投诉信，讲述所发生的事情。（投诉信的开头和结尾已给出）
内容涉及以下要点：
服务员的态度不好
等待时间太长
食物的味道差
餐馆太吵闹
（可以参考以上提示，也可以根据自己实际适当发挥；不少于120词，开头已经给出，不计入总词数。）
Dear Sir，
My name is Li Hua. I am writing to tell you something about your restaurant.
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标准答案
听力部分：
1-5 ACACC 5-10 CBABA 11-15 CABAC 16-20 ACCBC
阅读理解
21-24 CBAD 25-27 ABC 28-31 BCDB 32-35 ACBD
36-40GCFEA
完形填空
41-45 CBDCA 46-50 BCDCB 51-55 ADCBA 56-60 DCADB
61. latest 62. a 63.products 64. to 65. as
66. turning 67. However 68. which 69. getting 70. whether/ if
短文改错
1. activity 前加an
2. on—in
3. None—All
4. reading—read
5. astonishing—astonished
6. high—highly
7. what—how 或deal --- do
8. For—In
9. 去掉benefited to 中的to
10. awareness-- aware
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