江苏省盐城市20152016学年高二下学期期末考试英语试卷Word版含答案.docx

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1、2015/2016学年度第二学期高二年级期终考试英 语 试 题第一局部 听力（共两节，满分20分）做题时，先将答案标在试卷上。录音内容完毕后，你将有两分钟的时间将试卷上的答案转涂到答题卡上。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秒钟的时间来答复有关小题和阅读下一小题。每段对话仅读一遍。1. What does the man mean? A. Hell be happy to help. B. His hands are already full. C. Th

2、e suitcase is too heavy for him. 2. What are the speakers going to do this evening? A. Go to the cinema. B. Do their homework. C. Attend the womans sister. 3. What is the weather like now? A. Rainy. B. Cloudy. C. Sunny. 4. Where will the woman put her sports bag? A. In her car. B. On the desk. C. On

3、 the floor. 5. What are the speakers talking about? A. An exam. B. A book. C. A story. 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，答复第6、7题。6. What color dress would the man like to buy? A. Purple.

4、B. Blue.C. Red.7. How much should the man pay? A.120. B.100.C.80. 听第7段材料，答复第8、9题。8. What is the woman doing? A. Asking for directions. B. Checking job information. C. Having an interview. 9. What do we know about the woman? A. She has been working for three years. B. She teaches second-year students

5、. C. She is a student reporter. 听第8段材料，答复第11至12题。10. Where is the man? A. In Chicago. B. In New York. C. In Los Angeles. 11. How will the woman go to meet the man from the airport? A. By car. B. By taxi. C. By bus. 12. What does the woman ask the man to do? A. Book a hotel for her. B. Talk to the st

6、aff. C. Spend some time with her. 听第9段材料，答复第13至16题。13. Why will the woman move out of her aunts home？A. Her cousin needs the room. B. Her aunt is leaving for Singapore. C. She prefers to live in a homestay family. 14. How long has the woman been in Sydney? A. Half a year. B. One year. C. One and a h

7、alf years. 15. What does the woman plan to study next year? A. General English. B. Academic English. C. Medicine. 16. What will the speakers talk about next? A. When the woman can move out. B. What kind of place the woman likes. C. What kind of house the man has got. 听第10段材料，答复第17至20题。17. How long d

8、id Westlife last? A. 19 years. B. 14 years. C. 12 years. 18. Which is Westlifes first single? A. Flying Without Wings. B. If Let You Go. C. Swear It Again. 19. What do we know about Westlife? A. They broke up in 2011. B. They sold over 15 million records in all. C. Their first three singles topped t

9、he lists in the UK. 20. Which country did Westlife fail to break into? A. The US. B. Ireland. C. The UK. 第二局部：英语学问运用（共两节，满分35分）第一节 单项选择（共15小题；每小题1分，满分15分）请仔细阅读下面各题，从题中所给的A、 B、 C、D 四个选项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。21. In the Spring of 2016, she _ a challenging program designed for senior people at a local TV

10、 station. A. hatched B. possessed C. scanned D. tuned22. This kind of medicine should not be placed _ it is accessible to young children. A. when B. why C. where D. if23. The talks between the two companies _ due to some conflicts over their interests. A. broke out B. broke away C. broke in D. broke

11、 down24. Through superior production techniques the factory is able to gain the competitive _ in the international market. A. support B. edge C. reputation D. balance 25. Difficult as French is _, my elder brother goes all out for it. A. mastered B. to be mastered C. mastering D. to master 26. My co

12、mputer has got another kind of virus. If only I _ that program!A. didnt run B. shouldnt run C. hadnt run D. wouldnt run27. KFC opens concept store in Shanghai, which _ to attract more young and middle class customers. A. will be expected B. has been expected C. was expected D. is expected 28. My sis

13、ter got the job she had been dreaming about all the time. Never in all her life _ so happy.A. had she felt B. did she feel C. she had felt D. she felt29. Nowadays more and more people tend to buy things on the Internet, _ they believe the qualities are good.A. at which B. of which C. in whichD. for

14、which30. As is well-known to us, education for all would be _ to promote social and economic development. A. content B. vital C. reliable D. sensitive31. We are all eager to see whether or not the chairman himself is going to _ the commitment he has made.A. get down to B. look forward to C. live up

15、to D. think back to 32. I wonder if you can tell me how to use this new type of machine. _ . I know nothing about it. A. Youve got me there B. You name it C. You are welcome D. You said it 33. Students must be taught the skills to locate, _ and communicate information from the Internet. A. ensure B.

16、 evaluate C. contain D. cast34. Many diseases arise from _ people really dont know about in their daily life. A. how B. that C. what D. why 35. _ too much to TV programs, many children are performing badly in their studies. A. Being exposedB. Exposing C. To expose D. Exposed第二节：完形填空（共20小题；每小题1分，满分20

17、分）请仔细阅读下面短文, 从短文后各题所给的A、B、C、D 四个选项中, 选出最佳选项, 并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。A 12-year-old California student who already has three community college degrees said he plans to go to college in the fall. The boy named Tanishq Abraham 36 to turn doctor and medical researcher by age 18. Tanishq has been 37 to University of

18、 California, where he received an official 38 . “I think Ill be 18 when I get my M.D.,” Tanishq said, 39 to a doctor of medicine degree. As for what comes next for the child, he hopes to become a doctor, a medical researcher, and in the end, 40 of America. He started community college at 7, and last

19、 year he 41 associates degrees from American River College, 42 general science, math and physical science, and foreign language studies. 43 , professors at the college didnt want Tanishq in their classes because of his age. 44 finally a professor agreed to let him enter his class if his mother, a do

20、ctor of medicine, also 45 the class.Tanishq looks into a microscope(显微镜) in a 46 at American River College in Sacramento, California. “There were 47 when I had to explain general relativity and 48 relativity to my mom,” he said.Biology professor Marlene Martinez said the boy was not 49 to ask lots o

21、f questions. In lecture he would always raise questions 50 like “so, does that mean”or “what about this?” “I think 51 he puts his heart into it, he can achieve whatever he wants.” Martinez said.Tanishq is also unique in that he can 52 to people of all ages. He says child geniuses are often seen as o

22、dd（怪人）. “When you think of a 53 , you think of a mad scientist kind of thing,” he said. But he 54 hes just an ordinary kid who likes learning and 55 for experiments but also playing video games. “I just think learning is fun,” Tanishq said.36. A. remains B. aims C. agrees D. promises 37. A. committe

23、d B. opposed C. accepted D. condemned38. A. diploma B. license C. membership D. scholarship39. A. referring B. pointing C. sticking D. taking40. A. professor B. president C. chemist D. captain41. A. offered B. applied C. employed D. earned42. A. about B. in C. with D. beyond43. A. GraduallyB. Eventu

24、allyC. Initially D. Directly44. A. So B. And C. But D. Or45. A. gave B. taught C. held D. took46. A. library B. lab C. stadium D. store 47. A. times B. hours C. weeks D. years48. A. universal B. diverse C. effective D. special49. A. afraid B. ready C. willing D. anxious50. A. suddenly B. shortly C.

25、deliberately D. sincerely51. A. while B. unless C. as D. if52. A. lead B. connect C. come D. return53. A. genius B. doctor C. professorD. researcher 54. A. votes on B. thinks outC. points out D. focuses on55. A. ideas B. materialsC. microscopesD. books第三局部 阅读理解（共15小题；每小题2分，满分30分）请仔细阅读下列短文，从短文后各题所给的A

26、、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。AHow to Book Tours with TravelChinaGuide?Step 1：Selection & Sending an InquiryBrowse the ready-made tour routes on our website and select the route most suitable for you. Please click the “Free Inquiry” button below the price, fill in the form and then submit it to us.

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34、r on phones.C. It provides information for those who want to visit China. D. It requires travelers to follow the advice on how to pack. BTheres a thin line between downtime and wasting time.Were surrounded with statistics and stories about how were all overscheduled and underslept. “Busy-ness,” desc

35、ribed as both a virtue and an epidemic, inspires countless blog posts and a healthy number of books.Experts warn parents and educators against overscheduling children, whose growing minds and bodies need downtime to develop in every field social, emotional, academic and physical. But we dont spend a

36、s much energy defending unstructured time for adults.“Theres a misunderstanding with downtime,” says Shimi Kang, a Harvard-trained child and adult psychiatrist.“It sounds a little ridiculous to say you prioritize rest,” she says. “People judge you as not very ambitious, not very competitive.”In trut

37、h, Kang says, restorative downtime is critical for our mental and physical health.“Breaks are moments of breakthroughs,” Kang says. “Certain biological processes occur only during moments of relaxed wakefulness, when the brains default-mode (预设形式) network becomes activated.”Productivity, problem-sol

38、ving, attention, creativity, a moral compass all are strengthened and improved when our bodies have a chance to rest, Kang says.“A time of relaxed wakefulness is when we integrate what weve felt or heard,” she says. “Its when we make sense of our past and apply it to our future, so our sense of mora

39、lity and our sense of self are shown to improve.”But all downtime is not created equal, says time use expert Laura Vanderkam. “Theres a big difference between consciously doing nothing versus actually wasting time,” Vanderkam says. “Wasting time is spending it on things that arent particularly meani

40、ngful or even enjoyable to you.”“You want to make sure downtime is doing what its supposed to do, which makes you return to your busy life more refreshed,” Vanderkam says.Her patients often tell her they dont have time to build rest into their lives, Kang says.“I tell people, then youre too busy for

41、 best health,” she says. “Youre too busy to perform best. Too busy to be brilliant, to be the best athlete, to be the best CEO, writer, homemaker whatever it is youre trying to achieve. Because you need rest to do all of those things.”58. The underlined word “unstructured” in Paragraph 3 is closest

42、in meaning to _.A. travellingB. relaxingC. precious D. perfect59. Downtime differs from waste time in that it makes people _. A. spend more time on relaxingB. have a good understanding of the pastC. improve efficiency in work or studyD. have a full schedule for the future60. Whats the purpose of the

43、 last paragraph? A. To indicate the consequence of being too busy. B. To analyze why people fail to become successful.C. To advise people to spare time to relax themselves. D. To urge people to apply themselves to achieving goals. 61. What can we infer from the passage? A. Downtime can result in a p

44、erson lacking motivation. B. Its generally unacceptable if people regard rest as high priority. C. Being hardworking is no longer a virtue in society nowadays. D. “Busy-ness” damages people both emotionally and physically. CSince the start of the deadly AIDS epidemic in the 1980s, scientists have be

45、en working towards a cure. Now, they may be close to finding one.Researchers have developed a method to cut the viral (病毒) DNA from a persons infected cells. It is called CRISPR/Cas9 and it means the person could be virus-free.DNA is a substance that carries genetic information in the cells of animals and plants.This gene-editing took place in a scientific lab, but has not been tested on humans yet.“Its a big step,” said Kamel Khalili, Ph. D. He is lead researcher and chair at the Department of Neuroscience at Temple Univers