高二英语下学期期末考试
注:本试卷分第Ⅰ卷(选择题)和第Ⅱ卷(非选择题)两部分。共 12 页,四部分,满分
值:150 分。考试时间 1。考生只交第Ⅰ卷答题卡和第Ⅱ卷。
第一卷(三部分,共 115 分)
第一部分:听力(共两节,满分
第一节: (共 5 小题;每小题 1 分,满分 5 分)
听下面 5 段对话。每段对话后有一个小题,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. Why did the woman go to the States?
A. To do some business. B. To go sightseeing C. To visit some friends
2. How much are the three books?
A. $ 1.50 B. $ 1.75 C. $ 2.25
3. How old is the school at the time of the talk?
A. More than 15 years. B. More than 5 years C. More than 100 years
4. Who telephoned the man ?
A. Miss Grey. B. Mr. White. C. Mr. Brown.
5. How many students are there in the woman’s college?
A. 1,590. B. 1,060. C. 530
第二节:(共 15 小题 ;每小题 1 分, 满分 15 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 8 题。
6. What's the job of the man?
A. He is a taxi driver. B. He is a conductor. C. He is a bus driver.
7. How long does it take to get to the Grand Hotel?
A. 30 minutes. B. More than 30 minutes. C. 13 minutes.
8. How much tip does the woman give to the man?
A. $1.25. B. $15. C. $12.75.
听第 7 段材料,回答第 9 至 11 题。
9. What does Dr. Wilson teach?
A. English B. History C. chemistry
10. Which subject will Fred probably get an “A” in?
A. History B. Maths. C. chemistry
11. What will Dr. Wilson do in order to help Fred have a good chance to get an “A”?
A. She will give her students two more tests.
B. She will give her students two less tests.
C. She will ask her students to write a composition in English.
听第 8 段材料,回答第 12 至 14 题。
12. When are they going to meet?
A. Wednesday morning. B. Friday C. Wednesday evening
13. What is the probable job of the woman?
A. She is a film star. B. She is a musician. C. She is a football player.
14. What are they going to do?
A. They are going to see a film. B. They are going to have dinner together.
C. They are going to enjoy a concert.
听第 9 段材料,回答第 15 至 17 题。
15. What does the person buy?
A. Notebooks. B. Pencils. C. Both A and B.
16. How much does the person pay?
A. 22 yuan. B. 12 yuan. C. 32 yuan.
17. How much do the pencils cost?
A. 4 yuan B. 6 yuan. C. 2 yuan.
听第 10 段材料,回答第 18 至
18. What happened to Mrs. White one day?
A. Her fridge was broken. B. Her washing machine worked badly.
C. Her washing machine didn’t work.
19. Why wasn’t Mrs. White glad when the repairman arrived?.
A. Because the man came too early.
B. Because the man didn’t come to repair it in time.
C. Because the man asked for too much money.
When did Mrs. White telephone the workshop?
A. On the 21st. B. On the 22nd C. On the
第二部分:英语知识运用(共两节,满分 55 分)
第一节:单项填空 (共 25 小题:每小题 1 分,满分 25 分)
21. The small town has changed beyond all _____ in the last 10 years.
A. facility B. sympathy C. dignity D. recognition
22. I don’t like such people _____ like laughing the disabled in public.
A who B. which C. as D. that
23. The 18-storeyed building, when _____, will shut out the sun _____ up the rooms in my house.
A.completed; lighted B.completing; lighting
C.completing; lighted D.completed; lighting
24. He budgeted _____ buying a house.
A. for B. to C. in D. on
25.--If we take a plane, we’ll of course arrive in Guangzhou by the next weekend.
--Don’t be so sure, we should _____the weather factor. What shall we do if it is foggy?
A. think B. allow for C. take into D. regard to
26.--I expect that you’ll enter for the English Song Contest, Tod.
--Oh, sorry, I won’t. I haven’t ___________voice as any of you.
A. as good a B. as a good C. so a good D. such good a
27.--Mike, you shouldn’t have spoken to your boss like that, you ________dismissed.
--But I had to. I felt it unfair.
A. may be B. might have been C. may have been D. must have been
28.There have been countless conflicts between the native Americans and European
settlers____ they came to America.
A. from B. after C. since D. when
29.Our city has grown into a big city, which is _____what it used to be.
A. two times the size than B. twice the size of
C. two times the size as D. twice the size than
30.It has been rather costly to install the machinery, but it should ____ in the long run..
A. pay off B. pay for C. pay back D. pay up
31. Anyway, that evening,____ I’ll tell you more about later, I ended up staying at Rachel’s
place. A. when B. where C. what D. which
32. When ____ why he had broken the law, the man kept silent.
A. being questioned B. questioning
C. questioned D. to be questioned
33. His daughter is always shy in _____ and she never dares to make a speech to ____.
A. the public; the public B. public; public
C. the public; public D. public; the public
34. They have no idea at all _____.
A. where did he go B. where he has gone
C. which place he has gone D. where had he gone
35. ----How would you like your coffee?
----_________.
A. The stronger, the better B. Very nice, thank you
C. One cup. That's enough D. It's well done
36. —Hi, Jack! I’m glad I came across you here.
— , Alice?
A. Who is that speaking B. How about another cup of tea
C. Why? What’s up D. What can I do for you
37. In reading stories we expect what is to come on our memory of what has gone before.
A. based B. basing C. to base D. to be based
38. Not having finished his homework, ________ to watch TV.
A.Mother forbade him B.so he was forbidden
C.and he wanted D.he was forbidden
39.Clothes made of this material _______ comfortably, but _______ easily.
A.wear; aren’t washed B.are worn; don’t wash
C.wear; don’t wash D.are worn; aren’t washed
40.— How are they getting on with their work.
— All goes well as _______.
A.to be planned B.being planned C.planned D.planning
41.—Must I turn off the gas after cooking ?
—Of course . You can never be careful with that .
A.enough B.too C.so D.very
42. I’d like to take _____ of this opportunity to thank you all for your cooperation.
A.profit B.benefit C.advantage D.interests
43. Without electronic computers, much of today's advanced technology ________.
A.will not have been achieved B.have not been achieved
C.would not have been achieved D.had not been achieved
44.— Hurry up, or there will be a long queue to buy the tickets.
— Don’t worry, they can be _____________ at any time these days.
A.available B.present C.kept D.takeable
45. There was such long queue for coffee at the interval that we ________ gave up.
A.eventually B.unfortunately C.generously D.purposefully
第二节:完形填空(共;每小题 1.5 分,满分 30 分)
Certainly dustmen prefer to be known as "Reuse Collection and Disposal Officers"(垃圾
回收处理官员). You may think that this is rather 46 , and it is better to call a spade a spade.
But dustmen can be as 47 as people of any other occupation(职业), though we must 48
that their job is not a 49 one in the world. We often take dustmen for granted.
Perhaps because they usually come very early in the morning, before most people are
50 . We are likely to forget their 51 . Our dustbins are 52 regularly, but we 53 stop to
think about the men who do this. However, it is one of the most important jobs in the world,
and when there are no dustmen to 54 the rubbish, the general 55 soon becomes aware that
something is wrong. Recently, the dustmen of England went on strike for higher wages. During
the first few days it was regarded as a 56 . But when the first two weeks had passed, and the
dustbins were overflowing in nearly every backyard in the country, the joke did not seem so 57
any more. 58 the strike continued, people could not 59 the hills of rubbish around their
dustbins, and they looked for other places in which to 60 it. Even Leicester Square, in the
heart of West End of London, was 61 high with plastic bags full of smelly rubbish. This
was a(n) 62 attraction that the people of Lon don were not at all 63 to see. Even when the
strike was over, it took several weeks for the country to get cleaned up completely. Perhaps
now the English people 64 the work of their dustmen rather more 65 and won't take
them for granted any more.
46. A. clever B. silly C. interesting D. reasonable
47. A. sensitive B. careless C. hopeful D. shy
48. A. realize B. believe C. know D. admit
49. A. necessary B. difficult C. romantic D. heavy
50. A. away B. up C. down D. in
51. A. existence B. presence C. absence D. performance
52. A. cleaned B. filled C. emptied D. burned
53. A. generally B. frequently C. sometimes D. seldom
54. A. take away B. take off C. take up D. take on
55. A. society B. citizen C. public D. community
56. A. trick B. joke C. trouble D. show
57. A. pleasing B. excited C. stupid D. funny
58. A. When B. While C. As D. Because
59. A. bear B. contain C. manage D. control
60. A. keep off B. give up C. take care of D. get rid of
61. A. crowded B. piled C. fixed D. put
62. A. business B. industrial C. tourist D. agricultural
63. A. disappointed B. serious C. nervous D. happy
64. A. like B. recognize C. find D. appreciate
65. A. highly B. eagerly C. differently D. entirely
第三部分:阅读理解(共;每小题 2 分,共计 40 分)
A
Physicist Stephen Hawking moved to heart hospital
World-renowned British physicist Stephen Hawking, author of science best-seller A Brief
History of Time, has been transferred to a specialist heart and lung hospital due to the effects of
pneumonia(肺炎), the hospital said on Tuesday.
Mr Hawking, 62, who is wheelchair-bound due to the motor neurone(运动神经元病)
disease he has suffered for more than 40 years, was moved to Papworth Hospital in Cambridge,
eastern England, from a general hospital also in his home.
"He's stable and was brought in yesterday [Monday] morning," said a spokeswoman for
Papworth, a centre of excellence in cardiac treatment. Cambridge University, where Mr
Hawking is a mathematics professor, was unable to say why he had been moved but said he
had initially(最初) gone to hospital "in relation to the pneumonia he was being treated for in
December and January".
British police are currently investigating claims made by nurses looking after Mr.
Hawking who say that he had been physically abused(虐待) by his wife, Elaine. Last month the
physicist issued a statement saying he "firmly and whole-heartedly" rejected the rumors,
describing media reports of supposed assaults(攻击) by his wife as "completely false". Brief
History, which sold more than 10 million copies, made Mr Hawking a millionaire and one
of the most famous scientists on the planet.
When Mr. Hawking was diagnosed with motor neurone disease while still a university
undergraduate, his life expectancy was put at around two years, and he is one of the
longest-surviving sufferers of the condition. Despite his illness and his need to speak through
an electronic voice box, Mr. Hawking has continued to tour the world, giving science lectures.
66.From the passage we can see___________.
A. Hawking has moved to a new hospital to treat his pneumonia
B. Hawking has moved to a new hospital to treat his long-suffered disease
C. Hawking has moved to a new hospital to avoid assaults.
D. Hawking has moved to a new hospital to give lectures.
67.It seems that _________________.
A. Hawking has not good relation with his wife. B. Hawking will recover his speech.
C. The first hospital will not be able to cure Hawking’s disease.
D. Hawking is a teacher.
68.The writer writes this passage mainly to ___________.
A. tell of the seriousness of Hawking’s disease. B. tell of the family life of Hawking.
C. tell of the present condition of Hawking.
D. Hawking’s wealth comes from the book “A brief history of time”.
69._____has made Hawking a millionaire.
A. the book “A brief history of time” B. his lectures
C. His teaching position D. His wife
B
A couple of months ago I got an email from the JC Penney department store in the US
trying to persuade people to buy the chain's new super shirt--a men's dress shirt made of
"functional (功能的) material" that didn't simply prevent wrinkles (皱), it also helped get rid
of sweat and controlled smell.
The writer of the message declared that the big trend (趋势) in men's wear today was
"performance". Really? Men surely think about performance in all kinds of ways, but do they
really connect it with their clothing?
So I was already wondering about materials when I got a shirt years ago that was said to
have similar functions. I must say, I had a lot of fun pouring all kinds of things on this shirt to
mess it up, but without success.
I have since found out that even wilder, more wonderful functions are on the edge of
showing up, shoes with silver molecules to get rid of bad smell, clothing and curtains with a
pleasant smell that can last years.
At JC Penney, the company's newly-developed trousers with special functions cost more
than its regular ones but became the top-selling trousers as soon as they were introduced 18
months ago, said Tami Wolfe, director of product development of JC Penney.
"We're going to see this all over the place not only in materials, but also in car applications
(应用), carpet applications." said Ingrid Johnson, a professor of textile (纺织) development and
marketing for the Fashion Institute of Technology in New York. She foresees widespread
consumer acceptance and demand.
"Somebody throws a glass of wine on you and it just rolls off--that's very, very easy to see
and to understand,'" she said.
Already, she said, the costs of using such technology are coming down because its
application is growing. Right now much of the performance clothing is aimed at men's dress
shirts, suits and underwear. And there's a reason: Men not only want something that looks all
right, they are drawn to clothes that are easy to care for.
70. After reading the text, we can know that JC Penney is ______.
A. a clothing company with many chain stores
B. the person who writes the email advertisement
C. a New York department store that sells men's clothes
D. a product development department in the charge of Tami Wolfe
71. The word "performance" in the second paragraph is similar in meaning to _____.
A. acting B. function
C. application D. development
72. Which of the following best explains the big trend in men's wear today?
A. Men's wear will become more and more expensive.
B. Men's wear will become more colorful with more pleasant smell.
C. Men's wear will suit those who care more about their appearances.
D. Men’s wear will have more functions and will be easier to care for.
73. According to the passage, performance clothing ______.
A. takes in any liquid easily B. is very popular all over the world
C. will probably become less expensive D. can keep you from giving out sweat
C
So far as I know, Miss Hannah was the first person to give the basic difference between
work and labor. To be happy, a man must feel, firstly, free and, secondly, important. He can not
be really happy if he is forced by society to do what he does not enjoy doing, or if what he
enjoys doing is lowly thought of by society as valueless or unimportant. In a society where
slavery in the strict sense has been got rid of, the sign that what a man does is of social value is
that he is paid money to do it, but a laborer today can rightly be called a wage slave. A man is a
laborer if the job that society offers him is not interesting to himself but he has to take it just
owing to the necessity of earning a living and supporting his family.
The opposite side to labor is play. When we play a game, we enjoy what we are doing,
otherwise we should not play it. It is a purely private activity, and society could not care
whether we play it or not.
Between labor and play stands work. A man is a worker if he is personally interested in the
job which society pays him to do; what from the point view of society is necessary labor is
from his own point of view willing play. Whether a job is to be classified as labor or work
depends, not on the job itself, but on the tastes of the individual who does it. The difference
does not, for example, agree with the difference between a physical and a mental job; a
gardener or a cobber may be a worker, a bank clerk a labor.
Which a man is can be seen from his attitude toward leisure. To a worker, leisure means
simply the hours he needs to relax and rest in order to work efficiently. He is therefore more
likely to take too little leisure than too much. To the laborer, on the other hand, leisure means
freedom from compulsion (强迫),so that it is natural for him to imagine that the fewer hours
he has to spend laboring, and the more hours he is free to play, the better.
74. A man feels happy when __.
A. he is supposed to what is important in his opinion.
B. he has to take a job to earn a living and support his family
C. he is doing something personally interesting and socially valuable.
D. what he enjoys doing is what he thinks highly of
75 .The reason why a laborer can be called a wage slave is that __
A. he has a family to support
B. his wages are as low as what a salve used to make
C. society doesn’t care whether he plays or not
D. he is doing the job only for money, not for interest
76 .Whether a job can be classified as labor or work depends on__
A. whether it is physical or mental
B. the tastes of the person who does it
C. the attitude of the society toward it
D. the necessity of the job to the society and individual
77 .Which of the following can be the best title of the text?
A Whether to Work or to Play B Work, Labor, and Play
C Differences between Labor and Play
D Leisure, Key to Work, Labor and Play
D
Li Xiaopeng, who started to practice gymnastics in Changsha, Hunan Province at the
age of 6 and entered the national team at 15, is considered an excellent gymnast (体操运动员).
“He can skillfully use his strength,” according to Huangbin, Chinese national head coach.
Li, a 22-year-old man, is good looking, fit and popular. On Nov.24 he added another 2 gold
medals to his collection. He won many golds thanks to his self-confidence, hard training and
perfect performance.
This time, at the 36th Gymnastics World Championships in Hungary, the Chinese
gymnast’s flexible(灵活)and high-quality performance won him gold in the vault and parallel
bars . Li was the only person to win two golds in the competition. Li was excellent using his
strong push and solid landing on his vault to score 9.818 points, the highest mark of the closing
day. He has ever had his routine ( 动 作 ) named after him by the International Gymnastics
Federation. At the moment no other gymnast in the world can copy his routine because it’s too
difficult.
Li said he felt nervous at big events. “But nervousness gives me excitement, which brings
my abilities into full play.” Although he is often under great pressure, he thinks that if a person
can bear the pressure, he or she will be successful. “Even talent needs hard training. Hard work
brings good results.” Li always says.
78. Li Xiaopeng in Hungary won 2 golds in the vault and parallel ______.
A. because he was confident
B. because of his flexible and high-quality performance
C. because his score was 9.818 and that was the highest mark of the last day of the
competition
D. because his routine was named after him by the International Gymnastics Federation
79. According to Li Xiaopeng, feeling nervous ______.
A. helps him to make the best of himself B. makes him exciting
C. stops him doing his best D. drives him mad
80. Which of the following is true according to Li ?
A. Li’s good look does great help to his success and makes him an excellent gymnast.
B. Li is not worried about gymnastics games for he never takes them seriously.
C. Li’s great success in gymnastics lies in his hard training.
D. Li was a born gymnast so he doesn’t need to make any effort.
81. From the passage we can learn that ______
A. great success depends on one’s nature.
B. whether a person succeeds or not depends on his hard work, besides his nature and
talent.
C. if a person begins hard work in his childhood, he must be a great success.
D. a player must go to famous matches if he or she wants to be successful.
E
People are making more and more demands on the world’s natural resources. If babies
born in 1991 live for eighty years, the human population of the world may be anything from
twice to three times the present total by . In other words, they will have to share what is left of
the earth’s resources with 15 billion other people. But hopefully there will be an important
decrease in the growth of population. What if this does not happen? The answer is that by the
time before the babies born in 1991 reach the age of 40 they could be sharing resources with as
many as 10 billion other people.
Limiting the pollution of water and the atmosphere, controlling the output of the
chemicals that may be causing the global warming and climate change, and eating less meat
may go some to help, but can anyone seriously imagine that these are going to solve the
problems of the “baby class” of 1991?
There is no getting away from the fact that people are responsible (对……负责)for the
present state of the world, and only people can solve the problems. The decisions have to be
taken by people as members of national and local governments; as leaders and decision-makers
in industry; as scientists and technologists; as professional engineers and designers; as religious
(宗教的)leaders and individual citizens.
82. Which of the following can be the best title of the passage?
A. Making More Demands on the Natural Resources
B. Limiting the Pollution of Air and Water
C. Reducing the World Population D. Saving the Babies of 1991
83. What does the author mean by “the problems of the ‘baby class’ of 1991”?
A. A large number of babies will be born after 1991.
B. Babies born in 1991 won’t live a long life.
C. The children of 1991 are not given good education.
D. The problems caused by babies born in 1991.
84. This short passage is probably taken from _________.
A. a news report B. a guide to the world
C. an article by a medical worker D. a government report
85. Which of the following is NOT mentioned in the last paragraph as people responsible for
the present state of the world?
A. Officials. B. Industrialists. C. Businessmen. D. Scientists.
第Ⅱ卷(满分 35 分)
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)
此题要求改正所给短文中的错误。如无错误,在该行右边横线上画一个对号;如多词,
则用( \ )划掉;如缺词,则在此处加一个(^),并把正确的写在横线上;如错一词,
则在此词下面划线,,在右边横线上写出改正后的词。
There were a football game on TV last Saturday evening. 86. _______
The game was among a Spanish team and an Italian team. 87. _______
I sat in the front of the TV at 7o’clock, when the game just 88. _______
began. An hour later, my wife came in to join in me. She 89. _______
seemed be absent-minded while she was watching the game. 90. _______
As the clock showed one minute, forty-two seconds leaving 91. _______
in the game, she began cheering excited. “Come on--get going!” 92. _______
Since she has never been a football fan, I looked at her 93. _______
with surprise and asked which team she was cheering for. 94. _______
“Neither.” she replied, “I’m cheering the clock on.” 95. _______
第二节 :书面表达(满分 25 分)
下面是某市 1995 年与人们节假日出游的情况对照表。请你根据表中内容,用 New Trend
of Holiday-taking 为题,为《中国日报》写一篇 110 字左右的报道。文章开头已给出,不
计入总字数。
时间 出游率 出游地 出游方式
1995 13.2% 省内、市内各主要景点 自行车、公汽、出租车
28.6% 国内各大名胜、名川大山;境外旅
游
自驾私家车、随旅行社等
New Trend of Holiday-taking
The way people spend their holidays is quite different from what it was ten years
ago…
答题纸
第Ⅱ卷(满分 35 分)
第一节:短文改错(共 10 小题;每小题 1 分,满分 10 分)
此题要求改正所给短文中的错误。如无错误,在该行右边横线上画一个对号;如多词,
则用( \ )划掉;如缺词,则在此处加一个(^),并把正确的写在横线上;如错一词,
则在此词下面划线,,在右边横线上写出改正后的词。
There were a football game on TV last Saturday evening. 86. _______
The game was among a Spanish team and an Italian team. 87. _______
I sat in the front of the TV at 7o’clock, when the game just 88. _______
began. An hour later, my wife came in to join in me. She 89. _______
seemed be absent-minded while she was watching the game. 90. _______
As the clock showed one minute, forty-two seconds leaving 91. _______
in the game, she began cheering excited. “Come on--get going!” 92. _______
Since she has never been a football fan, I looked at her 93. _______
with surprise and asked which team she was cheering for. 94. _______
“Neither.” she replied, “I’m cheering the clock on.” 95. _______
第二节 :书面表达(满分 25 分)
下面是某市 1995 年与人们节假日出游的情况对照表。请你根据表中内容,用 New Trend
of Holiday-taking 为题,为《中国日报》写一篇 110 字左右的报道。文章开头已给出,不
计入总字数。
时间 出游率 出游地 出游方式
1995 13.2% 省内、市内各主要景点 自行车、公汽、出租车
28.6% 国内各大名胜、名川大山;境外旅
游
自驾私家车、随旅行社等
New Trend of Holiday-taking
The way people spend their holidays is quite different from what it was ten years
ago…
____________________________________________________________________________
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