福建省龙海市程溪中学2015-2016学年高二上学期期末考试英语试题.doc

1、2015-2016 年高二上英语期末考试卷 第卷 第一部分：听力 (共两节，满分 30 分 ) 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. Who is answering the phone? A. Elaine. B. Allan MacFarlane. C. Bob Harris. 2. What happened to the driver? A. He

2、ran into a bicycle. B. He drove too slowly. C. He ran into a tree. 3. What can we learn from the dialogue? A. They like summer. B. They dont like summer. C. They think hot weather is nicer. 4. When should Susan go to meet Professor Brown? A. At 9:30. B. At 10:00. C. At 10:30. 5. What does the woman

3、plan to do this afternoon? A. Buy a new pair of glasses. B. Shop for some clothes. C. Go to her classes. 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，回答第 6至 8题。 6. Where does the con

4、versation most likely take place? A. In a restaurant. B. In a hotel. C. On the phone. 7. When does the restaurant stop serving lunch? A. At 1 p. m. B. At 2 p. m. C. At 3 p. m. 8. How many people will come with the woman for lunch? A. One. B. Two. C. Three. 听第 7段材料，回答第 9至 11题。 9. What are the speaker

5、s talking about? A. Buying a car. B. Choosing a gift. C. Using a computer. 10. Whats the relationship between the two speakers? A. Husband and wife. B. Professor and student. C. Salesman and customer. 11. What do we know about the person mentioned by speakers? A. Maybe he likes something expensive.

6、B. He is surely over sixty years old. C. He must be fond of learning. 听第 8段材料，回答第 12至 14题。 12. Whats the probable relationship between the speakers? A. Close friends. B. Strangers. C. Colleagues. 13. Whats the woman going to do? A. She is going to work in a post office nearby. B. She wants to do som

7、e exercise. C. She intends to post a letter. 14. What does the woman have to do to reach the destination？ A. She has to find the entrance inside a building complex. B. She has to turn right to the main street. C. She has to register her letter. 听第 9段材料，回答第 15至 17题。 15. What is the present condition

8、of hotline like today? A. Poor. B. Popular. C. Rare. 16. What is the purpose of starting the hotline for teenagers? A. To gain the belief of teenagers. B. To make teenagers study hard. C. To protect teenagers rights. 17. What does the woman think of the hotline for teenagers? A. It wont last long. B

9、. It will be useful. C. It will save many lives. 听第 10段材料，回答第 18至 20题。 18. What is the purpose of the passage? A. To report on the growing middle class of China. B. To introduce a US company. C. To analyze the current market. 19. How many new babies does China have every year? A. 11 million. B. 20 m

10、illion. C. 21 million. 20. Which of the following is true? A. The toys made by China are of poor quality. B. China has a lot of high-quality toys exported. C. China is behind in toys-making. 第 二 部分：阅读理解 (共 15 小题；每题 2 分，满分 30 分 ) 第一节 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。 A When humans and nature g

11、o head to head, nature often ends up losing. Rivers get polluted. Trees are knocked down. Natural resources are used up. That s what makes the Galapagos Islands（加拉帕格斯群岛） so special it s one of the few places on the Earth that nature can truly call its own. A visit to the Galapagos is a real eye-open

12、ing experience. Over 1,600 km west of Ecuador（厄瓜多尔） , the islands are home to a unique variety of animals that have absolutely no fear of people. Visitors can play on the beach with sea lions and giant sea turtles, swim with dolphins and whales, and get close enough to the penguins to count the eggs

13、 in their nests. The islands were declared a national park over 40 years ago, and the number of human visitors is tightly limited to avoid damaging the environment or putting stress on the animals. Tourists have to pay $100 for the daily fee, and can t step off the boat unless accompanied by an offi

14、cial guide. Once on the islands, you have to stay on the special car. The animals are so curious about people that they ll usually come up to say hello. “It s a little like being in a zoo,” said one traveler. “ But instead of us looking at the animals, the animals are looking at us.” Besides the wil

15、dlife, one of the islands more unusual features is its post office. You can send postcards for free, but the problem is that there s no postman to collect them. Instead, travelers pick up mail addressed to people who live near them back home and then hand-deliver the postcards when their trip is fin

16、ished. 21. The Galapagos Islands are _. A. terribly polluted B. in the Atlantic Ocean C. near Ecuador D. independent of Ecuador 22. Which animal is NOT mentioned in the passage? _. A. Whales B. Sea lions C. . Dolphins D. Goats 23. On the Galapagos Islands the mail is delivered by _. A. the governmen

17、t B. the post office C. the tourists D. the guides 24. What would be the best title for the passage? _. A. Human and Nature B. A Special “ Zoo” C. Go Head to Head D. Ecuador An Island Country 25. What is one of the islands more unusual features? _. A. There are some postmen to collect letters B. The

18、re are only the wild animals on the islands C. You need to buy stamps to send letters D. Travelers deliver the letters by themselves B Sydney Mobile phone has become a problem for middle schools. Some middle schools in Australia have banned students from carrying mobile phones during school hours. M

19、obile phone use among children is now a problem this year. Several children have got mobile phones as Christmas gifts from their friends, and more students want them. Mary, an official, said mobile phone use is a distraction（分心） to students during school hours and it also gives teachers so much trou

20、ble in their classrooms. Teachers were also saying that sometimes students might use phone messages to cheat during exams. She said some schools had tried to ban mobile phones. Some parents felt unhappy because they couldn t get in touch with their children. Many teachers said students should not ha

21、ve mobile phones at school, but if there was a good reason, they could leave their phones at school offices. They also said there were many reasons why the students should not have mobile phones at school: they were easy to lose and were a distraction from studies. Many people say that they understa

22、nd why parents would want their children to have phones, but they think schools should let the students know when they can use their mobile phones. 26. Some middle schools in Australia have banned students from carrying mobile phones _. A. because they are students B. when they are free C. because t

23、hey are young D. when they are at school 27. We know from the passage that some children get mobile phones from _. A. the makers and sellers B. their parents and friends C. some other strangers D. some mobile phone users 28. Some parents felt unhappy because they couldn t _ during school hours. A. c

24、ontact their children B. leave their mobile phones C. help teachers with their work D use the mobile phones. 29. The underlined word “ they” in the last paragraph refers to _. A. many teachers B. some messages C. mobile phones D.some students 30. The topic mainly talked about in the passage is _. A.

25、 why the students should not use mobile phones in some Australian schools B. when the students of some Australian schools can use their mobile phones C. whether the Australian students can have mobile phones at school D. how some parents feel when their children should not carry mobile phones C Why

26、do we laugh? For years scientists have asked themselves this question. No animals laugh and smile only human beings, so does laughing help us to live longer? The answer seems to be that smiling and laughing help us to become calm and less worried, preventing illness which are caused by stress. Laugh

27、ing is really the best medicine. Scientists in California asked a group of students to act five different feelings: happiness, sadness, anger, surprise and fear just using their faces. Changes in their heart rate, blood pressure and body temperature were recorded. Most of the feelings they acted did

28、n t cause changes, but when the students smiled their heart rate and their blood pressure went down. That happened even though they were only acting! So even if we feel sad inside, smiling makes us feel better. Now, what makes us laugh? The answer to the question is far from simple. Everyone likes j

29、okes, but we don t laugh at the same ones. It depends largely on how old we are. There s a kind of jokes, for example, which children love but older people might not find funny. 31. In the passage, the writer seems to pay more attention to _. A. comparison between human beings and animals B. how lau

30、ghing and smiling are connected with health C. the degree to which laughing and smiling are harmful D. finding out if any research has been done about laughing 32. The passage tells us that smiling and laughing _. A. have nothing to do with heart rate B. do no good when someone is sad C. lower one s

31、 blood pressure D. lower the temperature of the body 33. In the first paragraph, the underlined word “ stress” can be best explained as “_” . A. pressure and worry B. work and duties C. happiness and sadness D surprise and fear. 34. It is _ to answer the question “ What makes us laugh?” A. really si

32、mple B. a funny joke C. an interesting matter D. not easy at all 35. Why did the scientists in California ask students to act five different feelings? _. A. They wanted to test the changes of their blood pressure B. They wanted to test the changes of their heart rate C. They would like to record the

33、ir body temperature D. They tested the effect of laughing and smiling on health 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。 What makes one person more intelligent than another? What makes one person a genius, like the brilliant Albert Einstein, and another person a fool? A

34、re people born intelligent or stupid, or is intelligence the result of where and how you live? 36 . We know, however, that just being born with a good mind is not enough. In some ways, the mind is like a leg or an arm muscle. 37 . Mental (done with the mind) exercise is particularly important for yo

35、ung children. Many child psychologists (心理学家 ) think that parents should play with their children more often and give them problems to think about. 38 . If, on the other hand, children are left alone a great deal with nothing to do, they are more likely to become dull and unintelligent. 39 . Accordi

36、ng to some psychologists, if parents are always telling a child that he or she is a fool or an idiot, then the child is more likely to keep doing silly and foolish things. 40 , such as “That was a very clever thing you did.” or “You are such a smart child.” A. Parents should also be careful with wha

37、t they say to young children B. The children are then more likely to grow up bright and intelligent C. It needs exercise D. These are very old questions and the answers to them are still not clear E. So it is probably better for parents to say very positive (helpful) things to their children F. A pe

38、rson often thinking about difficult problems is more likely to become a genius G. What makes a person bright or stupid is still under discussion 第三部分 英语知识运用（共三节） 第一节 ：完形填空 (共 30 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 41 60 各题所给的四个选项(A、 B、 C 和 D)中，选出最佳选项。 Many Chinese youth enjoy American country mu

39、sic or Western pop songs. They drink Coca-Cola, 41 at McDonald s, and watch Hollywood s 42 movies. Western popular culture has established 43 in Asia. In the same way, some Chinese culture has become very fashionable in the West. Westerners have always appreciated delicious Chinese 44 . But the curr

40、ent interest in 45 culture extends 46 the food. Some of today s latest trends among Westerners are 47 from China and have made their way in the West. Here are some 48 . Starbucks coffee is popular in Asia, 49 bubble tea（泡泡茶） has recently become the new 50 drink in North America. It has 51 in coffee

41、shops and teahouses all over the US and Canada. Although this Asia drink started out as simple iced tea that is shaken to produce 52 , bubble tea can now mean a variety of Asia tea beverage（饮料） . The fact is 53 more and more Americans are willing to drink bubble tea now. Most Westerners can t 54 Chi

42、nese characters(汉字 ). But today Chinese 55 are quite popular among Western youth. Characters can be seen on T-shirts, baseball caps, jewelry and many other items, 56 many Westerners think Chinese characters look cool, even if they don t know what they mean. Until recently, Westerners considered tofu

43、 an exotic（外来的） Asia food. But as its health 57 have become 58 known in the West, tofu can be found in many Western 59 . Western cooks now use this food in ways that Chinese cooks probably 60 dreamed of. 41.A. cry B. laugh C. work D. eat 42. A. oldest B. funniest C. latest D. silent 43. A. concepts

44、B. thoughts C. roots D. ideas 44. A. cooking B. cook C. cooker D. cooks 45. A. American B. Chines C. Western D. Canadian 46. A. on B. under C. beyond D. across 47. A. brought B. borrowed C. caught D. lent 48. A. countries B. places C. names D. examples 49. A. and B. but C. however D so 50. A. popula

45、r B. hot C. cold D. bitter 51. A. come B. appeared C. disappeared D. opened 52. A. coffee B. tea C. bubble D. ice 53. A. that B. what C. which D. why 54. A. write B. spell C. speak D. read 55. A. characters B. lifestyles C. traditions D. cultures 56. A. although B. otherwise C. because D. however 57

46、. A. harm B. disadvantages C. uses D. benefits 58. A. good B. better C. hardly D. best 59. A. hotels B. houses C. shops D. kitchens 60. A. never B. usually C. forever D. ever 第二节 阅读下面材料，用不多于 1 个单词的正确形式填空 ，每题1.5 分，共 15分 The attitudes of scientists 61 this rise are completely different. On the one hand, Dr Foster thinks that any trend in 62 the temperature increases by 5 degrees would lead to a catastrophe . Others who 63 with her think