高二第二学期期末英语检测卷

高二第二学期期末英语检测卷     第一卷 第一部分   听力部分 第一节 1．What will Lily act as this evening?        A．A babysitter                 B．A waitress                          C．A doctor 2．Why wasn’t the woman allowed to join in the competition?        A．She drinks too much     B．She smokes too much.        C．She takes too much drugs. 3．Why does the woman come back ahead of time?        A．To celebrate her grandma’s birthday        B．To celebrate her grandpa’s birthday        C．To celebrate her dad’s birthday 4．Where is the man now according to the talk?        A．In London                   B．In Sydney                           C．In Washington 5．What is The World of American Spoken English mentioned in the talk?        A．A TV play                    B．A CD                                 C．A book  第二节    听第六段材料，回答第6—7题 6．What are the two speakers talking about?        A．A song made for dog owners        B．A song made for dog lovers        C．A song made for dogs. 7．Where was the song made?        A．New Zealand                B．Canada                               C．Australia 听第七段材料，回答第8—10题 8．By what time there be 6.4 billion people living in cities?        A．By the year 2008        B．By the year 2015        C．By the year 2050 9．What are the two speakers mainly talking about?        A．Less people will live in cities．        B．More people will live in cities        C．More people will live in the countryside 10．Which of the following part or country has more people living in the countryside?        A．Europe                         B．Oceania                              C．China 听第八段材料，回答第11—13题 11．Where does the conversation most probably take place?        A．At a hospital                 B．At a shop center                   C．At a post office 12．What would the man like to do ?        A．Send a parcel               B．Buy some stamps                 C．Send a telegram 13．What is the man’s change?        A．$ 8.30                          B．$ 8.13                                 C．$ 1.70     听第九段材料，回答第14—16题 14．What is the man probably doing?        A．Having an interview        B．Having a computer class        C．Giving an interview 15．Why did the man decide to take up computers?        A．His father wants him to learns it .        B．There are no special reasons.        C．He got the engineering degree 16．What does the woman think about the man?        A．She thinks the man isn’t capable enough to take the job        B．She is satisfied with the man’s experience        C．She thinks the man is not wise to get into computers.     听第十段材料，回答第17—20题 17．According to what you heard, what didn’t people know many centuries ago?        A．How to hunt animals        B．How to gather seeds.        C．How to farm 18．Which of the following description about the Kooris is right?        A．They live in places that are easy to reach        B．They have met a few outsiders,        C．They don’t know how to learn from others 19．What do the Kooris do most of their time?        A．Looking for things to eat and drink        B．Raising animals for food        C．Searching for seeds and nuts 20．Where do the Kooris sleep at night?        A．They sleep together in the houses        B．They sleep around fires        C．They don’t sleep at all as they had no houses.   第二部分   英语知识运用（共两节，满分45分） 第一节  单项填空（共15题；每小题1分，满分15分）    从A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。 21．I feel sure that        qualification, ability and experience, you are abundantly suited to the position we have in mind.        A．on account of       B．in spite of             C．in terms of            D．by means of 22．—The head teacher said we had only there days to finish the project. —Don’t worry．We have already      two thirds of it.        A．taken over             B．got through            C．made up               D．given away 23．Look at the trouble I am in! If only I       your advice.        A．followed               B．would follow         C．had followed         D．should follow 24．—Did your father phone you shortly after the accident? —No, it was a fortnight         he gave me a phone call.        A．since                    B．when                    C．while                    D．before 25．The selfless village doctor treated whoever came to his family without any        .        A．cost                     B．payment                C．charge                  D．price 26．Every man in this country had the right to live where he wants to ,       the color of his skin.        A．regardless of                                           B．in the light of                C．with the exception                                     D．with regard to 27．It is important to       between the rules of grammar and the conventions of written language.        A．determine              B．identify                C．explore                  D．distinguish 28．No wonder his wife complain him．No one can bear him       at home, doing nothing day after day.        A．stay                     B．staying                   C．to stay                  D．stayed 29．He           on the exam paper for an four but he has written only about twenty words.        A．worked                                                   B．has been working         C．will be working                                         D．will have worked 30．After       seemed two weeks, Mary       herself to the climate in South Africa.        A．what; had adapted                                    B．what ; adapted        C．when; had adapted                                    D．when ; adapted 31．         his rudeness, she tried to pretend nothing had happened.        A．Overlooked           B．Overlooking           C．To overlook          D．Having overlooked 32．She lost all her belongings and got into great trouble, but luckily enough , she was        by an aged couple.        A．taken up               B．taken on               C．taken in                 D．taken out 33．Gone are the days when China, a major economic power in Asia today，       at the mercy of others.        A．was                     B．is                          C．had been                D．were 34．The Burj Dubai Skyscraper will reach a height of 700 meters,          is said to be the highest building around the world.        A．it                         B．that                     C．where                  D．which 35．—Do you mind if I shut down the radio? —      ．The breaking news will be on the air in a few minutes time.        A．No, please don’t                                       B．I’d rather you didn’t        C．I’m afraid not                                          D．Sure, it’s my pleasure   第二节   完形填空（共20小题，每小题1.5分，满分30分）    阅读下面短文，从短文后所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。       A 10-month-old baby boy died last year and his sad parents have vowed to give him a second chance of life．They’ve   36  $ 500 000 to a company called Clonaid which will make a(n)  37 of their son. “We will do   38  is possible to bring the twin of this boy back to life,” said Brigitte Boisselier, director of Clonaid. Boisselier is not  39  in her desire to duplicate(复制)a human．Another team of scientists recently announced that they, too, have begun a   40  experiment．If either team is successful in copying a human being, it will be a truly   41  event. Scottish research Ian Wilmut created the world’s first  42  clone: a sheep named Dolly．First, he removed an egg cell from an adult females sheep．Then he used a fine needle to such out the egg’s nucleus (housing DNA)．Next , Wilmut  43  a skin cell from another sheep—the sheep he wished to copy．He   44    the two cells with a charge of electricity and got an egg cell from one animal that   45  the DNA of another．The new egg cell divided and   46  into an embryo (the first stage of a baby)．Wilmut then implanted the embryo in the    47   sheep．  48  the embryo developed into a lamb—Dolly. As straightforward as it may sound, Wilmut’s method    49   276 times before Dolly was finally born．Four years later, sheep, mice , cows, pigs and goats have   50   to life in laboratories around the globe．Now, the race is    51   produce the first human clone. Two scientific teams are publicly  52   for the first place in the race. “Human cloning is just around the   53  ,” said Aavos, a scientist of a team．“The gene is out of the bottle.” Clonaid’s lab may be moved to another country    54   the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA)has forbidden the lab’s research. “And if no country on the planet   55   we will do it on a boat in international waters.” 36．A．paid                     B．spent                    C．took                      D．cost  37．A．clone                    B．sample                  C．example                D．substitute 38．A．all                         B．all what                C．that                      D．all that 39．A．alone                    B．lonely                    C．only                    D．like 40．A．different               B．similar                   C．strange                  D．similar 41．A．earthshaking         B．heartbreaking         C．interesting             D．amazing 42．A．animal                  B．egg                      C．human                  D．cow 43．A．removed                B．moved                   C．added                    D．made 44．A．composed             B．compared             C．consisted               D．combined  45．A．contained              B．formed                C．produced              D．brought out 46．A．organized              B．developed             C．increased               D．changed  47．A．mother                  B．baby                     C．big                       D．old   48．A．On time                B．In time                 C．At times               D．For a time 49．A．failed                    B．managed               C．struggled              D．fell 50．A．turned                  B．brought                C．went                    D．come 51．A．on                        B．to                         C．on to                     D．in 52．A．competing             B．looking                  C．searching              D．seeking 53．A．area                     B．corner                  C．place                     D．angle 54．A．on condition that   B．because                C．if                        D．as long as 55．A．forbids                 B．allows                   C．demands               D．invites   第三部分  阅读理解（共20小题；每小题2分，满分40分） 阅读下面短文，从短文后所给各题的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。 A Most mornings, the line begins to form at dawn: scores of silent women with babies on their backs, buckers balanced on their heads and in each hand a bright-blue plastic jug．On good days．They will wait less than an hour before a water tanker goes across the dirt path that serves as a road in Kesum Purbahari, a slum on the southern edge of New Delhi．Om bad days, when there is no electricity for the pumps, the tankers don’t come at all．“That water kills peoples,” a young mother named Shoba said one recent Saturday morning, pointing to a row of pails filled with thick, caramel(焦糖) colored liquid．“Whoever drinks it will die.” The water was from a pipe shared by thousands of people in the poor neibourhood．Women often use it to wash clothes and bathe their children, but nobody is desperate enough to drink it. There is no standard for how much water a person needs each day, but experts unusually put the minimum at fifty litres．The government of India promises (but rarely provides ) forty．Most people drink two or three litresless than it takes to wash a toilet．The rest is typically used for cooking and bathing．Americans consume between four hundred and six hundred litres of water each day, more than any other people on earth．Most Europeans use less than half that．The women of Kesum Purbahari each hoped to drag away a hundred litres that day—two or three buckets’ worth．Shoba has a husband and five children, and that much water doesn’t go far in a family of seven, particularly when the temperature reaches a hundred and ten degrees before noon．She often makes up the difference with bottled water, which costs more than water delivered any other way．Sometimes she just buys mild: it’s cheaper．Like the poorest people everywhere, the people of New Delhi’s slums spend a far greater percentage of their income on water than anyone lucky enough to live in house connected to a system of pipes. 56．The underlined word “slum”in the first paragraph most likely means      .        A．a village        B．a small town        C．an area of a town with badly-built, over-crowded buildings        D．the part of a town that lacks water badly 57．Sometimes the water tanker doesn’t come because             A．the weather is bad        B．there is no electricity        C．there is no water        D．people don’t want the dirty water 58．A person needs at least      litres of water a day.        A．a hundred              B．four hundred         C．forty                     D．fifty 59．The passage mainly tells us      .        A．how women in Kesum Purbahari get their water        B．how much water a day a person needs        C．that India lacks water badly        D．how India government manages to solve the problem of water   B The students have stopped complaining about gas prices．Instead, they’re competing in a nationwide contest to redesign the cars．Final competitors were chosen from a field of 60 applicants. “The schools were selected to find technology that will help our country reach the needs for energy sources, so we don’t have to depend on other countries to provide fuel.” Pickering said．He is vice chairman of the US House of Representatives Energy and Commerce Committee．The teams received $ 10 000 and a Chevrolet Equinox which would be used as a starting place for modifications. Each team can also get $ 25 000 in parts and software from GM and other sponsors．The cars will be taken to GM proving grounds for a national competition．It’s the finale(结束曲) of a three-year competition. In the first year, students designed and worked out their plans．“At the end of first year, our plans for the hybrid(混合动力系统) were approved and we received out own Chevrolet Equinox to begin construction .” said Amanda McAlpin, leader of the outreach team. In the second year, the students’ goal is for their hybrid to exceed the factory Equinox’s fuel efficiency by 50 percent．“Our goal is to place in the top five but increases in the areas we lacked in ,” McAlpin said, “If we can maintain this strategy, we should be able to obtain our goal.” In the final competition this year, GM technicians would examine the cars to approve the safety and make sure they meet all contest rules. “We would like to be in the top half of each event, but they are all different．Every team has their own strategy to win.” said a computer engineering major. “By hosting the competition, GM really gets the cream of the crop(优秀毕业生) from the top engineering schools across the country,” McAlpin said. “Many of our recent graduates who have worked on the car have received jobs with GM,” And Pickering agreed, “Their brainpower will give us firepower and horsepower for the future.” 60．What’s the real purpose for GM to sponsor this contest?        A．To reduce the consumption of fuels.        B．To sell its Chevrolet Equinox.        C．To makes excellent graduates and employ them        D．To find excellent graduates and employ them. 61．The underlined word “modifications ”in Paragraph 2 means       .        A．designs                 B．changes                 C．approvals              D．examinations 62．What can we learn from this passage?        A．Sixty students competed in the final contest.        B．The team could get nothing but $ 35 000 from the sponsors.        C．It was GM technicians who decided which team was the best.        D．Ten teams in all took part in the contest. 63．Which of the following can be the best title for this passage?        A．Students Building Better Hybrid        B．A Competition for Redesigning Cars        C．An Energy-saving Competition        D．GM and the Redesigned Cars   C An epic love story, set against the sweeping landscapes of Wyoming and Texas, tells the story of two young men—a ranch-hand and a rodeo cowboy—who meet in the summer of 1963 while driving cattle on a mountain range．They unexpectedly develop a lifelong connection, one whose complications, joys and tragedies provide a testament to the endurance and power of love. Production Status :Released Genres: Drama, Romance and Western Running Time: 2hrs, 14min Release Date: December 9th 2005(NY/LA/SF) MPAA Rating:  R for sexuality, languages and some violence. Production Co: Focus Features, River Road Entertainment Studios: Universal Pictures Filming locations: Calgary, Canada Produced in :the United States Cast and Credits Starring: Linda Cardellini, Kate Mars, Jake Gyllenhaal, Heath Ledger, Michelle Williams Directed by : Ang Lee Produced by：Michael Costigan, Michael Hausman, Lrry McMurtry Actors Linda Cardellini—Cassie Cartwright Jack Gyllenhaal—Jack Twist Heath Ledger—Ennis Del Mar Michelle Williams—Alam Anne Hathaway—Lureen Randy Quaid—Joe Aguirre Writers Larry McMurtry—Screenplay(Adaptation) Diana Ossana—Screenplay(Adaptation) E．Annie Proulx—Source Material (from short story：“Brokeback Mountain”) Diana Ossans Screenwriter Show times (on Jan．25 ) Embarcadero 1 Embarcadero Center, San Francisco, CA, 94111 12:00 12:30 2:00 3:00  3:30  5:30  6:30   7:00  8:30  9:30  10:00 BAM Roes Cinemas 30  Lafayette Avenue,Brooklyn, NY, 11217 4:15  7:00  9:45 Pacific’s The Grove Stadium 14 189 The Grove Drive, Los Angeles, CA,  90036 1:25 Loews Dupont Circle 5 1350 19th St．NW, Washington, DC．20036 (2:00), (3:00)．(5:00) , 6:00, 8:00 9:00  64．According to the passage, Brokeback Mountain is mainly about                A．language study      B．love                      C．violence                D．funny story 65．The film Brokeback Mountain is mainly from short story by              A．Ang Lee               B．Michelle Willians     C．Diana Ossana        D．E．Annie Proulx 66．According to the passage, the natural sights in Brokeback Mountain was filmed in             A．America               B．Canada                  C．China                   D．Mexico 67．If you live in New York on Jan．25．you’d better enjoy the film in               A．Loews Dupont Circle 5        B．Pacific’s The Grove Stadium 14        C．Embarcadero        D．BAM Rose Cinemas   D     When other nine-year-old kids were playing games, she was working at a petrol station．When other teens were studying or going out, she struggled to find a place to sleep on the street．But she overcame these terrible setbacks to win a highly competitive scholarship and gain entry to Harvard University . And her amazing story has inspired a movie．Homeless to Harvard．The Liz Murray Story , shown in late April．Liz Murray, a 22-year-old American girl, had been writing a real-life story of willpower and determination. Liz grew up in the shadow of two drug-addicted parents．There was never enough food or warm clothes in the house．Liz was the only member of the family who had a job．Her mother had AIDS and died when Liz was just 15 years old．The effect of that loss became a turning point in her life．Connecting the environment in which she had grown up with how her mother had died, she decided to do something about it. Liz went back to school．She threw herself into her studies, never telling her teachers that she was homeless．At night, she lived on the streets. “What drove me to survive had to do with understanding, by understanding that there was a whole other way of being．I had only experienced a small part of the society.” she wrote in her book Breaking Night. She admitted that she used envy to drive herself on．She used the benefits that come easily to others, such as a safe living environment, to encourage herself that “next to nothing could hold me down.” She finished high school in just two years and won a full scholarship to study at Harvard University . But Liz decided to leave her top university for a couple of months earlier this year in order to take care of her father．Who has also developed AIDS．“I love my parents so much．They are drug addicts．But I never forget that they love me all the time.” Liz wants moviegoers to come away with the idea that changing your life is “as simple as making a decision”. 68．In which order did the following things happen to Liz ?        a．Mum died        b．Worked at the petrol station        c．Got admitted into Harvard        d．Had trouble finding a place to sleep        A．b, a. d, c              B．a, b, d, c               C．d, b, a, c,              D. b, d,a, c 69．What decision did Liz make that changed her life?        A．To go back to school        B．To go to the best university        C．To survive        D．To live a different life from her parents’ 70．What actually drove her on towards her goal?        A．Envy        B．Her love for her parents        C．Her mum’s death        D．Her willpower and determination 71．When she wrote：“I had only experienced a small part of the society”， she           A．wanted to encourage herself        B．suggested that she wanted to pursue something more        C．suggested people often look back        D．meant that she had little experience 第二卷 第四部分   写作： 第一节  短文填词（共10小题；每小题1分，满分10分） 阅读下面短文，根据以下提示：1）汉语提示；2）首字母体提示；3）语境提示，在每个空格内填入一个适当的英语单词，并将该词完整地写在右边相对应的横线上。所填单词要求意义准确，拼写正确。 It is a long time since we last saw each other, You can hardly i       how I miss you．How are you                                          1．           getting        with your first job? I remember you once told me                                       2．           you were eager to        (毕业) and become an English                                                  3．            teacher．Now you must have much first hand e          ．                                            4．                     do you find your English teaching? Is teaching                                                     5．               kids English as interesting as you         (预料)in college?                                              6．            And do your students        your classroom teaching ?                                                   7．           Anyway, I believe you must be very p          with                                                       8．                the kids, for you are a born teacher．Wish you great             (成功)in your work! Why not give me                                                         9．                  A call or come for a get-together this       (周末)？                                                        10．                   第二节   书面表达（满分25分）  请根据下列图表及文字说明用英语写一篇短文，内容应包括中美高中生零花钱的主要来源、比例、差异及原因。 注意：1.词数：100左右，短文标题已给出，不计入总词数；       2.可根据内容要点适当增加细节，使行文连贯。 Pocket Money Sources for High School Students