福建省福州市八县2014-2015学年高二下学期期末考试英语试题 Word版含答案.doc

1、高考资源网（ ） ，您身边的高考专家投稿兼职请联系：2355394692 2014-2015学年度第二学期八县（市）一中期末联考高中 二 年 英语 科试卷第卷（共 90 分）第一部分 听力（共两节 20 小题，每小题 1.5 分，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. What does the man plan to do this afternoon

2、?A. Buy a new pair of glasses. B. Go to the library. C. Go to a clothes shop.2. What does the man mean?A. He doesnt know why she came here. B. He himself is Dr. Johnson. C. The doctor will turn up soon.3. What does the man think of the tea? A. Bad. B. Expensive. C. Cheap. 4. How much will the man pa

3、y for the tickets?A. 28 dollars. B. 40 dollars. C. 32 dollars. 5. Whats the relationship between the two speakers?A. Customer and salesgirl. B. Brother and sister. C. Friends.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

4、钟；听完后，各题将给出 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 7 题。6. Who is supposed to attend the meeting?A. Tom. B. John. C. Sam.7. When does the meeting start?A. At 3:30. B. At 3:00. C. At 3:15.听第 7 段材料，回答第 8 至 10 题。8. Where does this conversation take place?A. In the booking office. B. In the company office

5、. C. In the railway station.9. Where should the man change trains for the first time?A. In San Antonio. B. In Chicago. C. In Houston.高考资源网（ ） ，您身边的高考专家投稿兼职请联系：2355394692 10. Why will the man take a train?A. Its much cheaper. B. He wants to enjoy the country scenery.C. Its more comfortable.听第 8 段材料，回

6、答第 11 至 13 题。11. Who does the woman buy the shoes for?A. Her grandson. B. Her son. C. Herself. 12. What does the woman care about most?A. The color. B. The size. C. The price.13. How much change will the woman get?A. $35. B. $75. C. $65.听第 9 段材料，回答第 14 至 16 题。14. How long will it take the man to dri

7、ve to Salt Lake City?A. Four days. B. Three days. C. Five days.15. Where will the man stay for the nights during the journey?A. At his brothers home. B. In his sleeping bag. C. In hotels.16. What will the man do during his journey?A. Drive fast so as to arrive at Disneyland earlier.B. Take his time

8、to do lots of sightseeing on the way.C. Spend his fortieth birthday with his brother and family.听第 10 段材料，回答第 17 至 20 题。17. Why do customers think Billy does a good job?A. Because Billy puts newspapers where they can be protected.B. Because Billy delivers newspapers even when it is dark.C. Because B

9、illy doesnt charge them for delivering newspapers.18. Why does Billy collect the money at night?A. Because he was free only at that time.B. Because the customers went to work at day.C. Because he could ride on a truck then. 19. How much does Billy earn a year?A. $490. B. $70. C. $840.20. What prize

10、does Billy want more?A. A trip to Europe. B. A new bike. C. A title of a newspaper boy.第二部分 阅读理解（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。ALindsay Binegar of Greenfield, Ohio, made her first $ 100 at the age of four, when she won a prize for showing a pig from her fami

11、lys farm to the local 4H Club. 高考资源网（ ） ，您身边的高考专家投稿兼职请联系：2355394692 Most kids would be thrilled to spend that money on toys, but not Lindsay. “I didnt get the money; it went to the bank,” she told the Columbus Dispatch.Over the years, Lindsay kept on raising and showing pigs, and kept on winning pri

12、zes. Some were $ 100 for small wins, but she won thousands of dollars for championship prizes at county fairs. Before long, she earned an impressive amount of cashbut, aside from a purse when she was 14, Lindsay had never spent a dollar of her savings. By the time she was 18, she had got more than $

13、 40,000, which she planned to put towards her college education at nearby Ohio University.But her parents said that if she continued living at home while attending school, they wouldnt have to pay for her dorm housing, and would be willing to cover the entire cost of her education. It sounded like a

14、 good deal to Lindsay. But what should she do with her savings?Her father had an idea：buy a house, just as hed done when he was young. He used the houses sale to help him buy the family farm where Lindsay had grown up and raised all those lucrative(赚大钱的) pigs. Lindsay was able to buy a house in Gree

15、nfield, paying for the entire purchase in cash. She did a bit of painting and then rented it out for $ 450 a month.After finishing college, Lindsay plans to marry Heath McNeal, and use the income from her house to buy a block of land and build a new house. But shell never move too far from home. “I

16、would like to stay in Greenfield,” she said. “I just love everybody here. ”At her current rate, shell probably be the towns biggest real estate tycoon(房地产大亨) by the age of 25.21What did Lindsay do with her first prize?A. She kept it as pocket money.B. It was spent on toys.C. She used it to buy more

17、pigs.D. It was put in the bank.22By the time she was 18, Lindsay had got more than $ 40,000 by _.A. winning prizes for raising and showing pigs B. selling pigsC. getting the interest from the bankD. trading houses23Lindsays father advised her _.A. to pay for her college education with the moneyB. to

18、 pay the money for her dorm housingC. to buy a house with the moneyD. to save the money for her future life 24What can we learn about Lindsays parents from the passage?高考资源网（ ） ，您身边的高考专家投稿兼职请联系：2355394692 A. They are very rich.B. They are considerate.C. They dont know how to manage money.D. They don

19、t care for money. BPhonetics Professor Henry Higgins first meets Eliza Doolittle, a flower girl, near the Royal Opera House, late on a cold March night. Eliza is selling flowers. Higgins is out on his endless search for new dialects of Londons speech. Higgins makes a bet with Colonel Pickering that

20、he can turn the cockney(伦敦腔)flower girl, Eliza Doolittle, into a lady within three months. To do so, he must change her thick London accent, teach her to speak proper English and teach her manners.Higgins looks upon her not as a person but as raw material for his experiment. He trains Eliza for week

21、s. When no progress is made, Eliza, loses her courage, Higgins loses his temper, and even Pickerings patience wears thin.At last she improves. In order to test Eliza, he decides to introduce her to his mothers guests at the Ascot Race Meeting. Eliza proves to be a success. Pickering and Higgins are

22、very proud, and neither of them takes into account Elizas personal accomplishments in the matter. Eliza has absorbed the sophistication(世故) and the courage to see the unfairness of this, and she blows up, demanding recognition. The Professor is astonished. It is as though a statue has come to life a

23、nd spoken. Eliza rushes out of the house angrily.Higgins discovers that he is hurt because Eliza leaves him. He meets her at his mothers flat where she has gone for advice. They argue violently and she storms out. It is only a moment after her departure that Higgins finally wakes up to the fact that

24、 Eliza has become an entirely independent and admirable human being. He realizes that he will have a difficult time getting on without her.25. From the passage we can see that _. A. Eliza has made rapid progress during the first weekB. turning Eliza into a “lady“ is not an easy jobC. Higgins gives u

25、p when no progress is made D. Pickering often loses his temper when teaching Eliza26. What does the underlined phrase “blow up“ mean in this passage?A. To become very excited. B. To be very disappointed.C. To become very angry. D. To be very interested.27. Why is Higgins astonished when Eliza demand

26、s recognition?A. Because he thought Eliza was only a statue.B. Because his mothers friends dont like Eliza at all.C. Because he thinks highly of Elizas personal achievements.D. Because he didnt realize that Eliza had become an independent person.高考资源网（ ） ，您身边的高考专家投稿兼职请联系：2355394692 CEverybody loves

27、to play board games sometimes, but it is surprising to know how long this pastime has been in existence. Some of the earliest board games are over 5,000 years old. The oldest is probably Senet, an American Egyptian game which has been found in burials from before 3000 BC. The game involves an elemen

28、t of luck, and so it was thought by the Ancient Egyptians that those who won the game were protected by God. For this reason, games of Senet were often buried alongside the dead body, to be used on the dangerous game board is set out as a grid of three by ten rows, and uses two sets of at least five

29、 pawns. The actual rules are unknown, although some historians have proposed rules which were used in the Senet sets available today.The Royal Game of Ur, also known as the Game of Twenty Squares, is another ancient game which dates back to the First Dynasty of Ur, in 2600 BC Mesopotamia. It was pla

30、yed with two sets of seven counters, one black and one white, and three four-sided dice (骰子). Although the ancient rules are unknown, a stone tablet has been found which describes a reliable record of how the game was played in 177-176 BC.Both Senet and The Royal Game of Ur probably came into existe

31、nce long before the game backgammon (西洋双陆棋 )，which itself has a long history. The game of Nard, which existed in Iran in around 3000 BC, used two sets of fifteen counters, four dice and same board as the one used in backgammon today, although the initial starting positions and rules are different. S

32、imilar games were played in Ancient Rome and India.28. The text is meant to introduce_.A. a common origin of board games B. several kinds of earliest board games C. the unknown rules of board game D. the newly discovered board games29. What do we know about the game of Senet in paragraph 1?A. Its ac

33、tual rules are still in use. B. It used to be played in tombs.C. Its design is closely related to God D. It is probably the oldest board game. 30. What can be inferred from the text?A. All the games used the same number of dice.B. The earliest board game was found in Europe.C. There were some simila

34、rities between the games.D. We havent got any record of the board games.31. What does the underlined word “itself ” in the last paragraph refer to?A. The game of Senet. B. The Royal Game of Ur.C. The game backgammon. D. The game of Nard.D高考资源网（ ） ，您身边的高考专家投稿兼职请联系：2355394692 Our world is a noisy plac

35、e, but quiet places remain. Eight years ago, audio (声音的) engineer Gordon Hempton identified the quietest place in the continental United States. He calls the place “One Square Inch of Silence.” He has used his symbolic spot in a northwestern rain forest to campaign against noise pollution. But the s

36、elf-described “Sound Tracker” is now going deaf.For Gordon Hempton, it started with an experience known to many people. “I was lying in the bed in the springtime about a year ago. The sun was shining. The birds could be singing. They should be singing. But I was hearing none. I knew my life was goin

37、g to be different.”Hemptons eyes get watery as he describes his cruel situation. More than 20 years ago he trademarked his nickname as “The Sound Tracker.” Sharp hearing defined his career as an Emmy award winning sound recordist. It also led to his activism against noise pollution. He has circled t

38、he globe three times in search of the perfect sounds of nature.Hempton says his hearing loss is quickly getting worse but he has to finish his project.“I am running a race to finish the Quiet Planet collection.” Thats the title of a planned 19-volume set of nature recordings. The sound tracks could

39、be licensed for use in movies, video games, exhibits, plays and the like. Volunteer assistants now help Hempton review and edit sound files and identify imperfections.The exact cause of his hearing loss is not clear. Doctors say it may be the result of an infection, or a tumor (肿瘤) or a combination

40、of things. Hempton is self-employed. His health care plan does not pay for hearing loss treatment. So, for now, hes directing his attention to completing his “greatest hits” album. “After I get it finished, I have an economic cash flow to get my hearing back. Thats the first thing on my to-do list.”

41、 Hes hopeful his hearing loss can be recovered.32. How did Gordon Hempton feel when he knew his ears were going deaf?A. Curious. B. Sad C. Annoyed. D. Inspired. 33. What contributed most to his successful career?A. Travelling experiences. B. His reliable assistants.C. His sharp hearing. D. The sound

42、s of nature.34. What is Gordon Hempton doing now?A. Listening to the birds in the forest. B. Working on the Quiet Planet collection.C. Doing activities for noise pollution. D. Receiving medical care in the hospital.35. What may be the best title of the text?A. Searching for the sound of nature. B. H

43、oping to get the hearing back.高考资源网（ ） ，您身边的高考专家投稿兼职请联系：2355394692 C. Deaf fighter against noise pollution. D. Successful Sound-Tracker going deaf.第三部分 : 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 , 然后从每题所给的 A , B , C , D 四个选项中选出最佳答案 .When Pat picked up the receiver, her face became the only

44、 bright spot in that gloomy(阴沉)day.It was our son, David, an army helicopter pilot. Three months 36 , he had begun a one-year assignment in South Korea. David made an effort to sound 37 , but his voice suggested homesickness.38 a booming clap of thunder shook the windows only inches 39 the phones Pa

45、t and I were using.“What was that?” David asked, “It sounded like a(n) 40 .”“Just thunder,” Pat said, “Its been raining here all week.”There were several seconds of 41 . “David,” I asked, “Are you still there?”“I was 42 what Mother saidJust thunder. 43 parents, do you know what many of the men here

46、44 most of all? Thunder. We have rain, wind, snow and some violent storms, but it 45 thunders.”“I wish I were there now to listen with you,” he said softly.46 I hung up the phone, I got my tape recorder, my large umbrella and a wooden chair and 47 out. I sat in the driving rain under my umbrella and

47、 48 half an hour of the finest Mississippi thunder a 49 man could ever want to hear. The next day I mailed the tape to David with a single line: “A(n) 50 gift.”Three weeks later David called again, “Dad,” he said, “You wont 51 what I did last night. I 52 some friends over to my quarters(营房)for a thunder party. When we heard the tape, we all 53 the same way. Instant silence, followed by a few minutes of 54 . But once we realized we were li