高二英语下学期期末测试卷.doc

11-12学年高二下学期英语期末试题I. 听力测试（共20小题；每小题1.5分，满分30分）第一节 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. What's the most probable relationship between the two speakers?A. They are host and guest.B. They are waiter and customer.C. They are husband and wife.2. Where did this conversation take place?A. At the hospital. B. At the airport. C. At the post office.3. Why will the woman go to London?A. To have a look at London.B. To go with her friend.C. To spend the weekend.4. What's the woman's job?A. She is a saleswoman. B. She is a waitress. C. She is a hotel clerk.5. How is the weather now?A. It's snowing. B. It's raining. C. It's clear.第二节 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。请听第6段材料，回答第6至8题。6. Why was Paul angry with Jane?A. She told the others about his salary.B. She told Mrs. Wallace his salary.C. She always talks to everybody.7. Why did Jane tell Mrs. Wallace the news according to her own explanation?A. Because she thought it doesn't matter.B. Because she knew everybody would know at last.C. Because she got too excited and wasn't thinking.8. What does Paul mean by "Everyone in this town got a big nose"?A. People in this town have big noses.B. People in this town are always eager to know about others' things.C. People don't care about each other.请听第7段材料，回答第9至11题。9. What is the man reading?A. A magazine. B. A Chinese play. C. A newspaper.10. Where are they going at the weekend?A. Beijing Theater. B. Beihai Park. C. Beihai Cinema.11. What are they going there for?A. For a visit. B. To see Beijing Opera.C. To learn Beijing Opera.请听第8段材料，回答第12至14题。12. Why didn't Mike take an examination yesterday?A. Because he didn't want to do so.B. Because he got sick.C. Because he got the examination date wrong.13. What did the professor permit Mike to do? A. Have all examination at home.B. Have an exam sometime later when he got better.C. Have an exam next term.14. Why didn't Mike drive his car?A. Because the doctor told him not to.B. Because he liked taking a walk.C. Because he didn't think he was able to.请听第9段材料，回答第15至17题。15. What does Rogers mean in this conversation? A. Tom's friend. B. Tom's teacher. C. The name of a person.16. What does Tom tell his mother in yesterday's lecture?A. He had made a new discovery.B. He had lost his new job.C. He had just bought a car.17. Why does Tom tell his mother about his job?A. Because he doesn't want her to worry about his job.B. Because he doesn't want her to worry about his life.C. Because he doesn't want her to worry about his marriage.请听第10段材料，回答第18至20题。18. Where did the fire probably start?A. On the first floor. B. On the second floor. C. On the third floor.19. When was the building built?A. In 1930. B. In 1782. C. In 1718.20. What was the building used as at the time of the fire? A. A history museum. B. A hotel.C. The old people's home.II. 单项填空（共20小题；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，并在答题纸上将该选项标号涂黑。21.Just after Afghanistan's government announced it had no _ to his return, the former officer flew home from exile (流放) in Turkey this month. A. objection B. identification C. distinction D. correction22. A book had been stolen from the newly-built library in our school yesterday, but the teacher said he was sure Jack was .A. moral B. innocent C. current D. acute23. Some experts argue that we are approaching the limit of the number of people the earth can support, and they feel we shall turn to birth control.A. convenient B. conservative C. commercial D. compulsory24. After years study with the help of Professor Henry Higgins, Eliza was able to various levels of English usages, such as standard and substandard.A. disguise B. differ C. distinguish D. mark25. The man said firmly: “We cannot with those whose principles are directly opposed to our own.”A. cast B. compromise C. condemn D. classify 26. I didnt to accept her invitation, when she invited me to visit her during the vacation. A. hesitate B. bother C. bear D. grasp27. Some scholars think this kind of fertilizer which can the growth of these tomato plants may do harm to peoples health.A. assume B. arrest C. associate D. accelerate28. I know I was really a fool to trust him but he is a true charmer who totally .A. took me on B. took me in C. took me out D. took me up29. Jack almost fell off the cliff, but managed to _ until help came. A. keep on B. count on C. hang on D. catch on 30. Everyman has the right to live where he wants to, the color of his skin.A. in terms of B. in favor of C. in need of D. regardless ofIII. 完形填空（共20小题；每小题1.5分，满分30分）阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从3655各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项，并在答题纸上将该选项标号涂黑。My mother used to ask me what is the most important part of the body. Through the years I would   36    the correct answer. When I was younger, I thought   37 was very important to us as humans, so I said, "My ears, Mummy." She said. "No, Many people are   38  . But you keep thinking about it and I will ask you again soon."Several years passed before she asked me again. Since making my first   39 , I had often thought over the question. So this time I told her, "Mummy, it must be our eyes." She looked at me and said, "You are   40   fast, but the answer is not correct because there are many people who are blind."   41  the years, mother asked me a couple more   42  and always her response to my answers was, "No, but you are getting   43   every year, my child." Then last year, my Grandpa   44 . Everybody was heart broken. Everybody was crying. My mum looked at me when it was our   45   to say our final good-bye to Grandpa. She asked me, "Do you know the most important body part yet, my dear?"I was   46   when she was asking me this now. I always thought this was a   47   between her and me. She saw the   48  on my face and told me, "This question is very important. It shows that you have really   49  your life." I saw her eyes well up with tears. She said, "My dear, the most important body part is your   50  ." I asked, "Is it because they hold up your head?" she replied, "No, it is   51   on them a crying friend or loved one can rest their head. I only hope that you have enough friends and   52   that you will have a shoulder to cry   53   when you need it." Then and there I understood the most important body part is not a   54   one. It is sympathetic（同情的）to the pain of   55_.36. A. noticeB. believe inC. doubtD. guess at37. A. soundB. healthC. loveD. sight38. A. blindB. deafC. invisibleD. thoughtful39. A. discoveryB. decisionC. attemptD. suggestion40. A. changingB. thinkingC. growingD. learning41. A. OverB. TillC. BeyondD. Before42. A. waysB. thingsC. questionsD. times43. A. strongerB. tallerC. smarterD. nicer44. A. leftB. got ill C. diedD. got wounded45. A. dutyB. turnC. pityD. chance46. A. excitedB. satisfiedC. interestedD. shocked47. A. gameB. testC. matchD. secret48. A. worryB. puzzlementC. regretD. pain49. A. enjoyedB. foundC. dislikedD. lived50. A. shouldersB. feetC. handsD. hair51. A. howB. becauseC. whyD. whether52. A. respectB. favourC. loveD. fun53. A. byB. onC. aboveD. for54. A. valuableB. usefulC. selfishD. precious55. A. othersB. the deafC. GrandpaD. the blindIV. 阅读理解 (共20小题；每小题2分，满分40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，并在答题纸上将该选项标号涂黑。AImagine a boy from a small village in East Africa, He from a very early age has been looking after cattle. At twelve years old he knows mote about cattle than most of you. However, he has never been to school. Has dais boy ever had any education?Education is discovering about ourselves and about the people and things around us. All the people who care about us our parents, brothers , sisters, friends are our teachers. In fact, we learn something from everyone we meet. We start learning on the day we are born, not on the first day" we go to school . Every day we have new experiences, like finding a bird's nest, discovering a new street in our neighborhood, making friends with someone we didn't like before. New experiences are even more fun when we share them with other people.Encouragement from the people around us enables us to explore things as much as possible. As we grow up, we begin to find out what we are capable of doing. You may be good at cooking, or singing or playing football. You find this out by doing these things. Just thinking about cooking doesn't tell you if you are good at it.We learn so much just living from day to day. So why is school important? Of course you can learn some things better at home than at school, like how to do the shopping, and how to help old or disabled people who can' t do everything for themselves. At school, teachers help us to read and write. With their guidance, we begin to see things in different ways.56. The writer takes the African boy as an example to show that _.A. African children are very poor B. some children are unluckyC. education takes many ways D. schools are of great importance57. In the eyes of the writer .A. we have to learn from the people around us B. school is not important at allC. only the people caring for us can teach usD. education takes place everywhere58. One can find out what lie is good at by _ .A. the encouragement of people around B. the teachings of those lie or she meetsC. thinking of it when growing up D. trying mid practicing it59. How the writer looks at the role of school is that .A. school is not so important as our living placesB. school enables us to understand the world in other waysC. school teaches us something useless at homeD. school cannot prepare us for our daily lives60. The passage tells us that _ .A. everyone gets education from the day lie or she is bornB. different education trains different classes of peopleC. school is absolutely necessary if one wants to understand the worldD. everyone will find out what he or she is good atBTwo American scientists told the people in industrial nations that they would be much healthier if they ate more of the same kind of foods eaten by humans living more than 10,000 years agoThe scientists say that the human body has changed very little since human first appeared on earth, but the way we live has changed greatlyOur body has not been able to deal with these changes in life style and this has led to new kinds of sicknessesThese new sicknesses were not known in ancient timesSo they are called “diseases of civilization （文明）”Many cancers and diseases of the blood system, including heart attacks and strokes（中风）are examples of such diseasesScientists noted that early stone-age people used very little alcohol（酒精） or tobacco, probably noneAncient people also got a great deal of physical exercise, but a change in food is one of the main differences between life in ancient times and life todayStone-age people hunted wild animals for their meat, which had much less fat than farm animalsThey also ate a lot of fresh wild vegetables, and fruitsThey did not use milk and other dairy products, and they made very little use of grainsBut today, we eat a large amount of dairy product and grain foodsWe eat six times more salt than stone-age peopleWe eat more sugarWe eat twice as much fat but only one third as much protein（蛋白质）and much less vitamin CPeople today probably do not want to live as people thousands of years ago did, but scientists say that we would be much healthier if we ate as those ancient people did, cutting the amount of fatty, salty and sweet foods46. The people in industrial nations would be much healthier if they ate A. more foods as humans living 10,000 years ago did B. as humans living 10,000 years ago C. more kinds of food eaten by people living over 10,000 years agoD. more of the same kind of foods eaten by people over 10,000 years ago47. New kinds of sicknesses have been found because A. the human body has changed compared with human first appeared on earthB. the way we live has changed a little C. our body cant deal with the changes in life styleD. the way we live today is proper for the human body48. What is the main cause mentioned in the article why people suffer from a lot of new sicknesses?A. Ancient people did a great deal of physical exerciseB. People today have a lot of alcoholC. People today have more tobacco D. Food is quite different between life today and life in ancient times49. Stone-age people were much healthier than people today because they ate a lot of A. milk and other dairy products B. grain foods and farm animalsC. salt and sugar D. wild animals, fresh wild vegetables and fruits50. From this article, we know that are not good to our healthA. protein and vitamin C B. milk and grain foodsC. wild animals, vegetables and fruits D. a huge amount of fatty, salty and sweet foodsCHere is the Nine Oclock News：    1. President Absul Krim of Syria says that the danger of war in the Middle East is greater now than for the past two years. His country does not want war，he says，but the Syrian people have waited too long for an end to the troubles with their neighbors. If war comes，says Mr. Krim， Syria will be ready.来源:学科网    2. Ben Kitson，a writer of stories and plays for children，has died at his home in California. Mr. Kitson was 82. His most famous book of stories，“The Gentlemans House” sells all over the world，in more than twenty-five languages.    3. Policemen in New York have gone on strike. Their leader Mr. Paul Angeli says that they will return to work only when they receive more money for working long hours and doing what Mr. Angeli calls “the most dangerous job in the city”。    4. It has been a good year on the farm. The warm， wet spring and the fine summer have been very good for all kinds of food plants. This means that fruits and vegetables will cost less in the shops this year.5. MORE than 1，100 people committed suicide（自杀）in Beijing last year， and experts have been encouraging the capital to set up a mental health care system as soon as possible，local media reported last week. About 20 per cent of the people of Beijing live in unhealthy c