高二英语下学期期末考试试题(共13页).docx

精选优质文档-倾情为你奉上峨山一中2014-2015学年下学期期末考高二年级英语试卷 本试卷分第卷（选择题）和第卷（非选择题）两部分，共计8页,考试用时120分钟，满分150分。考生作答时，请将答案答在答题卡上，在本试题卷上答题无效。第一部分：听力（共两节，满分30分）第一节：听下面5段对话，选出最佳选项。（共5小题；每小题1.5分，满分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. March 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 impossible 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.第二节：听下面5段对话或独白，选出最佳选项。（共15小题；每小题1.5分，满分22.5分）听下面一段对话，回答第6至第8三个小题。6. Why does the woman want to go to the library?A. To return some books. B. To borrow some 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.听下面一段对话，回答第9至第11三个小题。 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 for help?A. He went on enjoying the music. B. He looked for the boys parents.C. He jumped into the water.听下面一段对话，回答第12至第14三个小题。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. 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.听下面一段对话，回答第15至第17三个小题。15. Whats wrong with the womans son?A. He has got a fever.B. He is seriously 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.听下面一段独白，回答第18至第20三个小题。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 mainly about?A. A famous American artist. B. Making money from painting. C. Collecting paintings.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、D）中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。 AThere are roughly 55 million single women in the US, many of them fashionable, sexy and smart, with their finger on 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-interrogation (审讯) 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 avoidance 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 literally (准确地) 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 (神经错乱), thanks to her mothers persistent request about marriage. She feared 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 the 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 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 _.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 to 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: You're on an island with only one other person, your best friend. He's dying of cancer. In his final days, he tells you, "I 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 become a doctor. Which one do you give the money to for medical school? I've 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 correct. 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 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 questionC. 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 friend's son.B. You give the money to your son for medical school.C. You keep the money for your future medical care.D. You keep the money for your friend's son.CThe World's 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 whirring sound, the insect takes off, pulling the string in a large curve over the child's 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 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 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 world's largest insect B. a toy used in many parts of the world C. the only insect found in Africa D. the world's smallest insect 29. What made the whirring sound that the child heard?A. The curved string. B. The beetle's soft wings. C. The beetle's six legs. D. The beetle's body. 30. We know the Goliath beetle is a true insect because it _. A. makes 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 whole 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 according 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", "transport", "trans" means "across" and it means "to carry across one place to another". Let's 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 verb. 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. 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 verbs 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 person punished by somebody else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 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 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(机会) for daydreaming are better than others. Feeling safe and relaxed will help you to slip into daydreams. 38 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 those 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 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 involves 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15分，满分30分）阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从各题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，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。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 December 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 (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 (莴苣) she had 49 from the refrigerator. 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 . Maggie insisted that her father return with carrots