泰安市2014-2015年高二下学期期末英语试题及答案.docx

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1、 试卷类型：A泰安市20142015学年度下学期期末高二年级考试 英语试题 2015.7 本试卷分为第1卷（选择题）和第II卷（非选择题）两部分，共10页。满分150分。考试用时120分钟。考试结束后，将答题卡交回。注意事项： 1答第1卷前，考生务必用0.5毫米黑色签字笔将自己的姓名、座号、考生号填写在答题卡和试卷规定的位置上。 2第1卷选出每小题答案后，用2B铅笔把答题卡上对应题目的答案标号涂黑；如需改动，用橡皮擦干净后，再选涂其他答案标号。 3第1I卷必须用0.5毫米黑色签字笔作答，答案必须写在答题卡各题目指定区域内相应的位置，不能写在试卷上；如需改动，先划掉原来的答案，然后再写上新的答案

2、；不能使用涂改液、胶带纸、修正带。不按以上要求作答的答案无效。第I卷第一部分 听力（共两节，满分30分） 做题时，先将答案标在试卷上。录音结束后，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1.5分，满分7.5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，你将有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 will the woman do this weekend? A. Go swimming. B.Camp in the mountain. C.G

3、o hiking.2，Who catches the fish? A. Jason. B.The man. C.The woman.3. How many people will go to the park? A2 B3 C44.What is gomg to be cleaned? A. The toilets. B.The bedrooms. C.The living room.5What will the man buy? A. Nothing. B.A computer. C.A cellphone.第二节（共15小题；每小题1.5分，满分22.5分） 听下面5段对话或独白。每段对话

4、或独白后有几个小题，从题中所给的A、B、C-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。 听下面一段对话，回答第6和第7两个小题。6. Whats the mans father? A.A scientist. B.A businessman. C.A travel agent.7. What does the man probably like most now? A. Science. B.Business. C.Travel. 听下面一段对话，回答第8和第9两个小题。8.

5、 How soon must the speakers finish lunch? A. In an hour. B.In 45 minutes. C.In half an hour.9. Why wont the speakers go to Daves? A. It is closed today. B.It is too far away. C.It is usually crowded. 听下面一段对话，回答第10至第12三个小题。10. What does the man show to the woman? A.A toy car. B.A new phone. C.An alar

6、m clock.11. How is the new product different from others? A. It can ring and talk, B.It can roll and jump. C.It can sing and move.12. Who doesnt need the new product? A. The man. B.The woman. C.The womans nephew. 听下面一段对话，回答第13至第16四个小题。13. Where does the conversation probably take place? A. In a shop

7、. B.At the seaside. C.In a travel agency.14. What does the man plan to do? A.Go traveling. B.Book a ticket. C.Buy new sunglasses.15. What will the man do first? A. Learn to swim. B.Learn to surf. C.Surf the Internet.16. Why is May the best time to visit Hawaii? A. The expenses are the lowest. B. The

8、 weather is pleasant. C. The sceneries are the most beautiful. 听下面一段独白，回答第17至第20四个小题。17. Why does the speaker give the talk? A. To announce some changes. B. To apologize.for an accident. C. To inform passengers of leaving.18. From which platform will the train to London leave? A。3 B6 C919. When will

9、 the train to Bristol leave? A. At 10:15 am. B.At 12:20 pm. C.At 10:55 am.20. What do we know about Mr. Green? A. He is traveling to London. B. He works in the luggage office.C. He lost his computer at the railway station.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和D)中，选出最佳选项，并

10、在答题卡上将该项涂黑。AChildren love gardening. Are you interested in a gardening gift for them? Here are 4 unique and memorable gifts that are sure to be appreciated:1Gardening GlovesGardening gloves are an absolute must for any gardening child who spends time digging, weeding, building, or accomplishing any

11、otherwise impressive thing with his hands. Gloves are available in numerous materials, colors, and of course, sizes, but make sure to select a glove that is well-suited to his outdoor purpose.2. Grow Light SystemHeres the next best thing! The Jump Start T5 Grow Light System is ideal for seedlings, c

12、uttings, flowers and other house plants, The super efficient T5 lights help you grow faster by providing 15-200/o more heat than traditional grow lights. It features a simple clamp（夹子） for easy lamp height, adjustment, and the fixture has an internal reflective finish that directs more light to plan

13、ts. The equipment wont take up too much space, and its not too expensive.3. Indoor Vegetable GardenIs your child gardener also a chef? If so, combine two of his hobbies/. loves by gifting him with an Indoor Vegetable Kit（成套用品）! There are many vegetable kits on the market, but we highly recommend tha

14、t you take a look at the wide variety of kits offered by Urban Farmer. Available in several types of attractive yet practical containers, you can personally select the herbs that suit your childs tastes, giving a gardening gift that truly does keep on giving.4. Electric Pressure WasherThe Sun Joe El

15、ectnic Pressure Washer can perform a variety of cleaning tasks outdoors. Remove oil from concrete, rust from steel and caked mud on equipment. Its 34-inch spray c喷射) length and rear wheels provide easy access to hard-to-reach areas such as 2 story buildings.For more information, call Anaclerio at 70

16、8-864-6584 0r Carlisle at 708-205-9141.21. What is the main purpose of writing this text? A. To share information about gardening. B. To introduce the joys of gardening. C. To announce gardening plans. D. To sell gardening services.22. If your child prefers to plant at home, what gifts should you ch

17、oose?A. Gardening Gloves and Grow Light System.B. Indoor Vegetable Garden and Electric Pressure Washer.C. Grow Light System and Indoor Vegetable Garden.D. Electric Pressure Washer and Gardening Gloves.23. What use does the Grow Light System have? A. It can help the plants grow faster. B. It can decr

18、ease your living cost. C. It can protect you from being hurt. D. It can help you do the cleaning.B The mystery of why a baby is comforted by being picked up has been discovered. A new study not only shows that babies deeply relax when they are carried, but goes on to explain the physical processes a

19、t work. An instinct（本能） in evolution causes crying babies to calm down, when they are held in their mothers arms. When babies are picked up and carried, their heart rate slows down and they automatically and deeply relax. But this doesnt happen when they are simply held, the study found. The scienti

20、sts say the study is the first to show that the babys response to being camed is a coordinated (协调的) set of nervous regulation of hearts. The findings could help parents who have trouble tranquilizing their babies, claim the scientists. Their baby response reduces the mothers burden of carrying, and

21、 is important to both the mother and the baby, Dr Kumi Kuroda, from the Riken Brain Science Institute in Japan. The researchers believe the calming response is a survival traii(特征) preserved by evolution in many mammals, including lions and squirrels. The research involved measuring electrical brain

22、 activity in both human babies and mouse babies. When baby mice are carried by their mothers, their legs flexed (弯曲的) and they stopped giving off loud sound. In mice, the calming response was depended on the sense of touch and the ability to feel body movement. The findings may have importance for p

23、arerting, say the scientists. Such proper understanding of babies would reduce parents feeling of failure and be important, because crying is a major risk for child abuse, said Dr Kuroda. Although our study was done on mothers, we believe that this is not specific to mums and can be used by any prim

24、ary caregiver.24. What response do crying babies have when they are picked up? A. They stop crying and fall asleep quickly.B. They smile at the mothers at once. C. They relax with the heart rate slowing down. D. They ask for more body contact,25. What does the underlined word tranquilizing in Paragr

25、aph 3 probably mean? A. raising. B. calming. C. carrying. D. teaching.26. Who will be interested in the text? A. Primary school teachers. B. Parents with teenagers. C. People who take care of babies. D. Couples who want to have children.27. What does the text mainly talk about? A. How we can take go

26、od care of babies.B. Mothers have trouble in bringing up children.C. What to do when your baby cries.D. Why babies calm down when picked up and carried.CAmy Pankratz spent a few nights in the hospital with her daughter, Isabella, who caught a bad flu. Lying in bed beside Isabella, I could hear the c

27、ries of children in pain, says Amy. It completely broke my heart. When Isabella was getting well and could Ieave her room, she wore her prized possession - a superhero cape (短斗篷)Amy had sewn to encourage her and walked into the hallway. The pink cape was an instant hit with the other young patients,

28、 who were doing exercise around the nursing station. Then, all the kids were taking turns wearing the cape, giggling, Amy says. These were some of the same children I had heard crying the night before, and here they were playing and having fun - kids just being kids! From that moment on, Amy began m

29、aking Comfort Capes for little ones battling with serious illnesses. I felt God presenting an opportunity, she says. I hoped Comfort Capes can help these kids feel brave, to lift some of the fear away, Since then, Amy has made and donated more than 5, 000 capes in the United States. Amy usually pays

30、 for materials herself, although she accepts donations. The capes she makes for kids in treatment are different from those her own children have. Before Amy starts to sew she learns what image or character the little boy or girl connects with. I choose the pattern, color and theme specially for each

31、 child, explains Amy. When she is not sewing, Amy is raising awareness of childhood cancers and looking into ways to get Comfort Capes to more kids who need them, If a cape can help a child, even only for a moment, forget his illness, its worth the time spent sewing, she says.28. What made Amy feel

32、sad when she was staying with her daughter in the hospital?A. Her daughters serious illness.B. The cries of children in pain.C. The tiredness from sewing the cape.D. The illness of children in her daughters room.29. Why did Amy begin to make Comfort Capes for sick children?A. She wished- to make the

33、m happy and fearless.B. She hoped to find friends for her daughter.C. She wanted to make them feel warm.D. She meant to raise the awareness of childrens illness.30. According to the passage, whats the authors attitude toward Amys behaviour?A. Supportive. B. Neutral(中立的). C. Negative. D, Indifferent.

34、31. Which of the following can be the best title of the text?A. Amy: a Considerate Woman. B. How to Treat the Sick Children.C. A strong Mom Who Helps Others. D. Turning Sick Kids into Superheroes.D Scientists at Harvard University have recycled a kidney(肾)-in a rat. The researchers removed a kidney

35、froru a dead rat. Later, the renewed kidney was put into a living rat. It wasnt perfect. It did, however, show signs of working like a kidney should. Its really beautiful work, Edward Ross, a kidney researcher at the University of Florida in Gainesville, told Science News. He didnt work on the new s

36、tudy.Kidneys are bean-shaped and act like guards in the body. They clean the blood by reruoving waste and extra water. Every day, an adults kidneys filter(过滤) enough blood to fill a bathtub half full. Along the way, they produce eight cups of urine(屎) from that waste and water. When a persons kidney

37、s fail, all of that waste stays in the body. Such patients can quickly become very sick and die, unless they are regularly connected to a machine that filters their blood. At any given time, about 100,000 people in the United States are waiting for a replacement kidney. But healthy donated kidneys a

38、re difficult to get. Either a living person must donate one, or a kidney must be removed from someone who just died and earlier had agreed to the donation. In either case, people receiving new kidneys face the risk that their bodies will reject the donated ones. But there may be another option. Rese

39、archers use knowledge of living things to grow or improve tissue that can aid human health. Harald Otts team at Harvard started with a used kidney.Scientists added kidney cells from rats and blood vessel cells from people to the matrix（母体）. These cells attached themselves and began to multiply. Befo

40、re long, they formed new kidney tissue. The scientists placed this renewed kidney into another rat. There it produced a small amount of urine. rfhis experiment shows that the lab-grown kidney can do at least some of the workperformed by a healthy kidney. The results are a promising first step toward

41、 helping people with serious kidney problems. This is still very early, but theyve come a long way, Ross said.32. What can we infer from Paragraph l? A. Biology is a new and helpful science. B. Its hard to put the rebuilt kidney into the rat. C. Kidneys are very important to our life. D. A used kidn

42、ey may be recycled for new life. 33. What does Paragraph 3 mainly talk about? A. The relationship between kidneys and health. B. The difficulty of curing serious kidney diseases. C. The function and importance of kidneys. D. The methods of curing kidneys diseases. 34. For what purpose does the autho

43、r use the figure 100,000 in Paragraph 4? A. To stress used kidneys are hard to get. B. To show the great need for healthy kidneys. C. To explain many American people get kidney diseases. D. To call onpeople to donate kidneys. 35. Which of the following is true according to the text? A. The scientist

44、s are satisfied with the result of the experiment. B. Ross is a kidney expert who is involved in the experiment. C. The function of the renewed kidney is the same as a healthy kidney. D. The renewed kidney produced a great deal of urine.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。

45、 Running may be good exercise. but it can be difficult on the body. Here are five commonly shared ideas among fitness experts to reduce the risk of injury for people new to running or Joggmg. Take it easy 36 Most people get running injuries when they push themselves too hard. The body needs time to

46、get used to increases in distance or speed. Muscles and joints need time to recover. Listen to your body Most running injuries do not come out of the blue. 37 They ruay include body aches, sore muscles and pain that does not go away. Get good running shoes There is no single best shoe for every runner. You should find the shoe that offers the best fit and support for your feet. More importantly, you should replace your shoes every 500 t0 800 kilometers. 38 Take good notes