高二英語(yǔ)下學(xué)期期末考試試題

1、峨山一中2014-2015學(xué)年下學(xué)期期末考高二年級(jí)英語(yǔ)試卷 本試卷分第卷（選擇題）和第卷（非選擇題）兩部分，共計(jì)8頁(yè),考試用時(shí)120分鐘，滿(mǎn)分150分?？忌鞔饡r(shí)，請(qǐng)將答案答在答題卡上，在本試題卷上答題無(wú)效。第一部分：聽(tīng)力（共兩節(jié)，滿(mǎn)分30分）第一節(jié)：聽(tīng)下面5段對(duì)話(huà)，選出最佳選項(xiàng)。（共5小題；每小題1.5分，滿(mǎn)分7.5分）1. What will the man do?A. Open the window. B. Find another room. C. Go out with the woman.2. Whats the date of the womans birthday?A. Mar

2、ch 15th. B. March 11th. C. March 7th.3. What does the man mean?A. John has some personal problems. B. The problem is common for young men.C. Its not common for young men to leave home.4. Where does the woman work?A. In a shop. B. In a school. C. In a hospital.5. What does the man mean?A. It was impo

3、ssible for Tom to go to the party.B. Everybody was surprised by Toms appearance at the party.C. Tom had expected to go to the party for a long time.第二節(jié)：聽(tīng)下面5段對(duì)話(huà)或獨(dú)白，選出最佳選項(xiàng)。（共15小題；每小題1.5分，滿(mǎn)分22.5分）聽(tīng)下面一段對(duì)話(huà)，回答第6至第8三個(gè)小題。6. Why does the woman want to go to the library?A. To return some books. B. To borrow s

4、ome new books. C. To find some test papers.7. When does the library close?A. At 9:00. B. At 9:40. C. At 10:00.8. What does the man ask the woman to do?A. He asks her to return some books for him. B. He asks her to borrow some books for him.C. He asks her to go to the library with him.聽(tīng)下面一段對(duì)話(huà)，回答第9至第1

5、1三個(gè)小題。 9. What was the man doing when he heard someone shouting?A. Sleeping. B. Swimming. C. Listening to the radio.10. What happened to the little boy?A. He fell into the water. B. He couldnt find his parents. C. His eyes were hurt by the sand.11. What did the man do after hearing someone shouting

6、for help?A. He went on enjoying the music. B. He looked for the boys parents.C. He jumped into the water.聽(tīng)下面一段對(duì)話(huà)，回答第12至第14三個(gè)小題。12. What is the probable relationship between the two speakers?A. Teacher and student. B. Husband and wife. C. Manager and secretary.13. Where are the two speakers going?A.

7、The airport. B. The railway station. C. The bus station.14. Why do the speakers call Brenda?A. To ask her to change clothes. B. To ask her when their mother arrives.C. To ask her if she can go with them.聽(tīng)下面一段對(duì)話(huà)，回答第15至第17三個(gè)小題。15. Whats wrong with the womans son?A. He has got a fever.B. He is seriousl

8、y ill.C. He has drunk too much water.16. Why doesnt the womans son go to the hospital?A. Because he is too weak to walk.B. Because he is afraid of doctors.C. Because he doesnt think he is ill.17. When will the woman go to the mans office?A. Around 4:00 pm. B. Around 5:00 pm. C. Around 6:00 pm.聽(tīng)下面一段獨(dú)

9、白，回答第18至第20三個(gè)小題。18. When did Grandma Moses turn to painting?A. At the age of 76.B. At the age of 39.C. At the age of 101.19. What did Grandma Moses do before she became an artist?A. She sold other artists works in a shop.B. She worked on her farm.C. She taught at a school.20. What is the story mainl

10、y about?A. A famous American artist. B. Making money from painting. C. Collecting paintings.第二部分 閱讀理解（共兩節(jié)，滿(mǎn)分40分）第一節(jié) （共15小題； 每小題2分，滿(mǎn)分30分） 閱讀下列短文，從每題所給的四個(gè)選項(xiàng)（A、B、C、D）中，選出最佳選項(xiàng)，并在答題卡上將該項(xiàng)涂黑。 AThere are roughly 55 million single women in the US, many of them fashionable, sexy and smart, with their finger o

11、n the pulse of life. But when that certain finger is ringless, even the most self-confident finger fears the shame and blame of disappointed family during a visit home. The holidays are known to cause stress to scores of single women in the pains of “The Panic Years”, who call the annual visit-and-i

12、nterrogation (審訊) the “Thanksgiving Third Degree”. Now some women have admitted to buying fake, cheap “engagement rings” just to prevent parents and other overly-critical family members from delivering ridicule and judgment over their single status.It may sound like a slippery slope towards avoidanc

13、e issues and other psychological problems, but if it quiets them long enough without you getting questioned about why your boyfriend of three years hasnt proposed yet, it could be well worth the $30 investment. Sometimes its completely soul-pressing when you come home for the holidays empty-handed l

14、iterally (準(zhǔn)確地) watching your family members faces show disappointment that youre back another year without any engagement ring.Heather, a 31-year-old lawyer from New York, was well on her way to being both unhitched and unhinged (神經(jīng)錯(cuò)亂), thanks to her mothers persistent request about marriage. She fe

15、ared that the constant blaming could destroy not just her own wise judgment, but threaten her long-time relationship with her boyfriend, Tony, who was regularly interrogated about his intentions from his would-be mother-in-law. Well aware that showing up without a ring for the holidays would ruin th

16、e mood of the entire weekend, she became very resourceful.“I got a fake ring for $30 just to shut her up,” she said. “It actually worked and it turned into a really great visit!” Just three months later, Heather had a real ring to show off. Tony proposed on their own timetable on Valentines Day and

17、her mother was never the wiser.21. From the passage some single women buy fake rings _.A. to save money for their future marriageB. to keep away from blame from parentsC. being vain to show their beautiful fingersD. to check how others evaluate them22. Some single women fear their holidays because _

18、.A. they cant find suitable partnersB. they will be questioned for being single C. their parents blame them for just not wearing ringsD. their parents arent satisfied with their casual attitude23. What caused Heather to be resourceful?A. Getting help from her parents on weekends.B. Thinking of how t

19、o make weekends meaningful.C. Having many resources to enjoy the weekends.D. Not wanting to spend stressful weekends home.BHere is a question I have often asked at dinner parties: Youre on an island with only one other person, your best friend. Hes dying of cancer. In his final days, he tells you, I

20、 have 100,000 dollars in a bank back home. When I die, make sure my son goes to medical school. Then he dies. But his son is a no-good playboy who has no interest in going to medical school and will waste that money away in a very short time. But your son is entering college, and he is willing to be

21、come a doctor. Which one do you give the money to for medical school? Ive asked this question of everyone from the president of a famous university to an ordinary young soldier, and it has never failed to get a discussion going. Everyone has an opinion, most of them different, but all of them correc

22、t. Sometimes this one topic lasts the whole evening.24. Which of the following is TRUE to the passage? A. Only the clever people can answer the question rightly. B. Some people refuse to answer such a silly question. C. Everyone at the dinner party seems to be interested in the question. D. Most of

23、the people have the same answer.25. What the writer often says at dinner parties is _. A. not a true storyB. a true story C. a strange storyD. just a joke26. Why does the writer often ask people such a question? Because _.A. he wants to find the answer for a researchB. he is interested in such a que

24、stionC. he likes to make fun of people at partiesD. he wants to offer people a topic in which everyone could say something27. Which of the following decisions is most likely NOT correct?A. You give the money to your friends son.B. You give the money to your son for medical school.C. You keep the mon

25、ey for your future medical care.D. You keep the money for your friends son.CThe Worlds Largest InsectThis giant insect can be used as a toy. A child ties one end of a string to a stick and the other end around the neck of an insect. Holding the stick, the child lets the insect go. With a loud whirri

26、ng sound, the insect takes off, pulling the string in a large curve over the childs head. The child laughs as the stick jumps around. The child is African, and the toy is the African Goliath beetle, the largest insect in the world. The Goliath is a true insect because it has six legs and a body that

27、 is divided into three parts. Like all beetles, it has two pairs of wings. The front pair are thick and stiff and protect the back pair, which are soft. It is these soft back wings that make the beetle fly forward. They also cause the loud whirring sound the beetle makes when it flies. To steer, the

28、 beetle twists and turns its legs the same way you steer a bike by turning its front wheel. African children often use the Goliath beetle as a toy. Although it is over 15 centimeters long, it is quite harmless. 28. The African Goliath beetle is _. A. the worlds largest insect B. a toy used in many p

29、arts of the world C. the only insect found in Africa D. the worlds smallest insect 29. What made the whirring sound that the child heard?A. The curved string. B. The beetles soft wings. C. The beetles six legs. D. The beetles body. 30. We know the Goliath beetle is a true insect because it _. A. mak

30、es a whirring sound when it flies B. has both soft and hard wings C. has six legs and a body with three parts D. can fly 31. When flying, the Goliath steers by_. A. turning its soft back wings B. twisting and turning its hard front wings C. twisting and turning its legs D. twisting and turning its w

31、hole bodyDSome English words are made up of the same part and have different beginnings and different endings, such as import, export, report and transport. All these words, you can see, have the same port, which come from the Latin word, meaning to carry or to move from one place to another. And ac

32、cording to the bit at the beginning, which we call the prefix the meaning changes. Import means to carry in or to bring into a country, export, ex means out of, so this word means to carry out of the country, re means back, so the report means to tell somebody, to bring back information to somebody,

33、 transport, trans means across and it means to carry across one place to another. Lets look at the following words: supporter, reporter, importer and exporter. You can see that in this case these words are nouns which are made up of the verbs plus a suffix, thus meaning a person who completes the ve

34、rb. So supporter means somebody who supports. A reporter is somebody who reports. Importer is somebody who imports and exporter is somebody who exports, and so on. 32. In the first sentence the word part means _. A. different beginnings and different endingB. the same part that has several meaningsC

35、. the root of the wordD. the same root that has different meanings33. By adding a prefix or a suffix to a root, we can get a word which has _. A. the meaning of a Latin word B. a different meaningC. the meaning of in or out of D. a lot of meanings34. We can get a noun _. A. just by adding er to verb

36、s B. by changing a prefixC. only by adding er to a root D. by adding a suffix to a verb35. According to the passage, if we talk about a man of refinement, you may guess that he must be _. A. a man having good manners and education B. a person who should be educatedC. somebody having bad manners D. a

37、 person punished by somebody else第二節(jié) （共5小題； 每小題2分，滿(mǎn)分10分）根據(jù)短文內(nèi)容，從短文后的選項(xiàng)中選出能填入空白處的最佳選項(xiàng)。選項(xiàng)中有兩項(xiàng)為多余選項(xiàng)This Way to DreamlandDaydreaming means people think about something pleasant, especially when this makes them forget what they should be doing. Daydreamers have a bad reputation for being unaware of whats

38、 happening around them. They can seem forgetful and clumsy. 36 They annoy us because they seem to be ignoring us and missing the important things.But daydreamers are also responsible for some of the greatest ideas and achievements in human history. 37 Can you imagine what kind of world we would have

39、 without such ideas and inventions?So how can you come up with brilliant daydreams and avoid falling over tree roots or otherwise looking like a fool?First, understand that some opportunities(機(jī)會(huì)) for daydreaming are better than others. Feeling safe and relaxed will help you to slip into daydreams. 3

40、8 And if you want to improve your chances of having a creative idea while youre daydreaming, try to do it while you are involved in another taskpreferably something simple, like taking a shower or walking, or even making meaningless drawings.Its also important to know how to avoid daydreams for thos

41、e times when you really need to concentrate. “Mindfulness”, being focused, is a tool that some people use to avoid falling asleep. _39 Finally, you never know what wonderful idea might strike while your mind has moved slowly away. 40 Always remember that your best ideas might come when your head is

42、actually in the clouds.A. Having interesting things to think about also helps.B. They stare off into space and wander by themselves.C. Without wandering minds, we wouldnt have relatively, Coke or Post-it notes.D. At one time, daydreaming was thought to be a cause of some mental illnesses.E. It invol

43、ves slow, steady breathing for self-control that helps people stay calm and attentive.F. Daydreams are often very simple and direct, quite unlike sleep dreams, which may be hard to understand.G. Therefore, its a good idea to keep a notebook or voice recorder nearby when youre in the daydream zone.第三

44、部分 英語(yǔ)知識(shí)運(yùn)用（共兩節(jié)，滿(mǎn)分45分）第一節(jié) 完形填空（共20小題；每小題15分，滿(mǎn)分30分）閱讀下面短文，掌握其大意，然后從各題所給的A、B、C、D四個(gè)選項(xiàng)中，選出可以填入空白處的最佳選項(xiàng)，并在答題卡上將該項(xiàng)涂黑。It was two days before Christmas and young Maggie Dotson was already being told that her Christmas wish would not be coming true. Paxton, she was 41 , would not be coming back.Before that Dec

45、ember day a/an 42 baby deer had been abandoned in the woods behind the Dotsons home. So 43 was the little deer that he hadnt the strength to run from Maggies father when he 44 him. 45 he carried the little deer towards their home, Maggie rushed outside and 46 rubbed the little deers nose; it licked

46、(舔) Maggies hand, which made her laugh. Mr. Dotson smiled and just shook his head. He proceeded to carry the little deer to the 47 .In what seemed like a few seconds to Mr. Dotson, Maggie rushed to the house and came back carrying a medical bag, and a 48 of lettuce (萵苣) she had 49 from the refrigera

47、tor. Maggie handed her father the bag, and then placed the lettuce by the little deers mouthbut he wasnt 50 .As Mr. Dotson placed a 51 around the little deers injured hoof (蹄), Maggie became excited as the little deer began to bite on the lettuce. It was dark outside and the temperature was quite 52

48、 . Maggie insisted that her father return with carrots and warm blankets for him. He promised he 53 .After he 54 the light in the garage, Maggie turned to her father and said, “Im going to name him Paxton, Daddy.With time and 55 , Maggie finally gained the little deers 56 . In fact, he was soon eati

49、ng carrots right out of her hand. And when the holidays were over and Maggie was back in school, she never left 57 feeding Paxton first thing every morning.Mr. Dotson could see the 58 that his daughter felt for the little deer. That scared him, 59 , because he knew Maggie would never be able to say

50、60 . So when his hoof had finally healed, Mr. Dotson came home early one afternoon to set him free.41. A. askedB. told C. advisedD. meant42. A. lost B. escaped C. injured D. freed43. A. tired B. sick C. weak D. frightened44. A. threatenedB. approached C. witnessed D. scratched45. A. As B. SinceC. Wh

51、ile D. Before46. A. slightly B. gently C. toughly D. voluntarily47. A. houseB. woods C. garageD. backyard48. A. rowB. mouthful C. basket D. handful 49. A. grabbedB. stole C. threwD. kept50. A. absorbedB. interested C. satisfied D. engaged51. A. ingredientB. label C. bandage D. restriction52. A. warm

52、 B. freezing C. hot D. normal53. A. couldB. shouldC. would D. might54. A. turned upB. turned on C. turned out D. turned off 55. A. recognition B. persistence C. sequence D. sacrifice56. A. appetiteB. trust C. awareness D. security57. A. exceptB. until C. after D. without 58. A. bondB. bridge C. beau

53、tyD. bitterness59. A. thereforeB. thus C. though D. still 60. A. good nightB. goodbye C. hello D. apology第二節(jié) 語(yǔ)法填空 （共10小題；每小題15分，滿(mǎn)分15分）閱讀下面材料，在空白處填入適當(dāng)?shù)膬?nèi)容（不多于3個(gè)單詞）或者用括號(hào)內(nèi)單詞的正確形式填空。Crying marriage? 61 (surprise), isnt it? Factually, the custom of crying marriage existed a long time ago in many areas of Southwest Chinas Sichuan Province and 62 (remain) in fashion 63 the end of the Qing Dynasty. Though not so popular as before, the custom is still observed by people