1、 高二年级英语 上学期 期末测试卷 本试卷分第一卷（选择题）和第二卷（非选择题）两部分。共 150 分。考试用时 120 分钟。 第 I 卷 （选择题 共 115 分） 第一部分：听力理解 (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 ) 听下面五段对话，每段对话后有一道小题，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.Why is the man worried? A. He must read a lot of books
2、. B. He doesnt like history. C. He cant get the books he needs. 2.What does the woman suggest the man should do? A. Calm down a little B. Get medical advice C. Read a book 3.What does the man probably want to do ? A. Make a phone call B. Go on a business tour C. Read a book. 4. What is the man doing
3、? A. Asking for help B. Offering suggestions C. Expressing wishes 5.How long does it take the woman to drive home when there is not much traffic? A.20 minutes B .50 minutes C. 25 minutes 第二节（共 15 小题，每小题 1.5 分，满分 22.5 分） 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
4、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，你将有时间阅读每个小题，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 6-7 小题。 6.Where does the conversation take place? A. At school B. In the street C. on the phone 7.Why is the girl worried about her physics exam? A Because she hasnt prepared well B. Because she has lost h
5、er physics book. C. Because she has no old exam papers. 听第 7 段材料，回答第 8-10 小题。 8.What is the relationship between the two speakers? A. Colleagues B. Taxi driver and customer C. A professor（教授） and her assistant 9.What time is it now? A. About 2:10 B .2:00 C. About 1:50 10.What s the weather like now?
6、 A. Windy B. Sunny C. Rainy 听第 8 段材料，回答第 11-14 小题。 11.Why does the man think hes putting on weight? A. Because he doesnt exercise B. Because he has got married C. Because he eats too much good food cooked by his wife 12.What prevented the man from joining a health club? A. His tiredness B. His work
7、C. The cost of the club and his limited leisure(休闲 ) 13How does the woman look now? A. She looks fat B. She looks thin C. She looks tired 14According to the woman, what misconception (误解 ) do most people have with exercise? A Exercise makes people ill. B Exercise makes people tired C Exercise is not
8、 so effective in losing weight 听第 9 段材料，回答第 15-17 小题。 15.What salary（薪水） does the company pay the first year? A. $15,000 B.$13.500 C. $10.500 16.Who is the woman most probably? A. The mans wife B. The manager of the company C. The mans teacher 17.What is not talked about in the interview? A. Pay B.
9、Vacation C. College life 听第 10 段材料，回答第 18-20 小题 18.To whom does the university open? A. Students from India B. Students from China C. Students throughout the world 19.Where does the university lie? A. In England B. In India C. In America 20.What can we learn from what the speaker said? A. Bradford s
10、upplies you with good situation B. The university is the best of all C. You can take only English course 课程） there 第二部分：英语知识运用 (共两节，满分 45 分 ) 第一节：单项填空 (共 15 小题；每小题 1 分，满分 15 分 ) 21Dont you think that island nations have advantages over other countries? _. A. Yes. I agree with you. B. No. I believe t
11、hat youve got it right. C. Yes. I dont think so. D. No. I think so. 22.- Lets try to solve this problem _. - Ok. Then we neednt worry about it any more. A. after all B. at one time C. once and for all D. once in a while 23.Recently CCTV Station has taken great _to make an important _of the past 20 y
12、ears. A. steps; affairs B. efforts; matters C. pains; events D. efforts; incidents 24. Its generally considered dangerous to let the children who are _go swimming. A. too young to B. so young C. not old enough to D. not brave to 25. Who would you rather _ you tomorrow ? A. had helped B. help C. to h
13、elp D. helped 26 How disappointing ! They have finished _5% of the work. A. no more than B. no less than C. more than D. not less than 27.When the ship was on _point of sinking, people on _board rushed to the bank like _crazy. A. the ; / ; / B. a ; a ; / C. the ; the; a D. the ; / ; a 28. I fell in
14、love with her _I met her. This is the first time we _. So it is time I _. A. first time ; have a date ; leave B. for the first time ; have had a date ;have left C. the first time; have had a date ; left D. by the first time ; have a date; left 29.One of the students held the view _ the teacher said
15、was wrong. A. that B. what C. that what D. what if 30. I like getting up very early in summer. The morning air is so good _. A. to be breathed B. to breathe C. breathing D. being breathed 31. When_ about his future plans, Zhang Yimou said that his next movie would follow a modern theme. A. asking B.
16、 asked C. to ask D. being asked 32._about wild animals that they decided to make a trip to North Africa for further research. A. So curious the couple was B. So curious were the couple C. How curious the couple were D. So curious the couple were 33.This drug _ the nerves ; we dont use it. A. acts as
17、 B. acts on C. acts up to D. act against 34. That was really a splendid evening. Its years _ I enjoyed myself so much. A. when B. that C. before D. since 35.Why! I have nothing to confess. _ you want me to say ? A. What is it that B. What it is that C. How is it that D. How it is that 第二节：完形填空（共 20
18、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 . We all like to think that we are perfect to a fault .And whose fault is that? Not mine. Recently , my husband and I got up at the 36 of 4 am to catch an early 37 to New York .We were extremely 38 ,perhaps because we were s
19、leep-walking . And we were all ready when the taxi came to 39 us 45 minutes later. It was a quiet 40 to the airport .We didnt even chat ,because he was enjoying his new iPod .At the airport ,the taxi 41 to let us get off ,at which point the iPod guy 42 me and said , “We dont have our 43 .” “You are
20、44 ,right?” I replied , for he 45 lied like that. “No. I mean it .Did you bring it down?” I didnt” “What do you mean , you didnt ?” I shouted. “All our things are there.” “How 46 !” I was thinking, “Youre always 47 to do things like bringing down luggage .This is your fault , 48 now ,we may 49 our f
21、light.” I didnt say that out loud, 50 .He already knew how I felt. The experience showed I had a hard time accepting 51 . But what do you think of me? Psychologists think that the best way to assess ourselves is 52 the eyes of others. We often dont recognize that weve done wrong. Oh ,and that missin
22、g suitcase? We went home 53 in the taxi ,picked it up ,returned to the airport and made it through with minutes to 54 . Later ,while walking along Broadway, I noted how 55 I was. I hadnt said a thing about his forgetting our suitcase at home. 36 A point B hour C strike D period 37 A bus B train C fl
23、ight D taxi 38 A still B excited C calm D disappointment 39 A collect B pick C fetch D draw 40 A drive B experience C travel D ride 41 A pulled in B pushed in C hurried in D dragged in 42 A turned to B turned up C turned against D turned away 43 A briefcase B suitcase C clothes bag D food bag 44 A r
24、unning B laughing C joking D cheating 45 A rarely B always C hardly D never 46 A clever B stupid C terrible D unlucky 47 A expected B asked C requested D supposed 48 A and B if C while D but 49 A catch B quit C change D miss 50 A either B as well C though D besides 51 A punishment B advice C respons
25、ibility D belief 52 A in B through C over D on 53 A slowly B carelessly C sadly D hurriedly 54 A spare B use C leave D share 55 A stupid B sorry C wise D funny 第三部分：阅读理解（共 20 小题；每小题 2 分，满分 40 分） 阅读下列短文，从每小题所给的四个选项（ A、 B、 C 和 D）中，选出最佳选项 。 A Safe online shopping starts here Additions Direct www. addit
26、ionsdirect. co, uk Womens fashion, womens shoes sometimes as short as twenty-four hours, but always we were interested in discovering just how the man chose to spend his last days or his last hours. Such stories set up thinking, wondering what we should do in similar situations . What happiness shou
27、ld we find in reviewing the past, what regrets? Sometimes, I have thought it would be an excellent rule to live each day as if we should die tomorrow. Such an attitude would emphasize sharply the values of life. We should live each day with a gentleness, a vigor, and a keenness of appreciation which
28、 are often lost when time continues before us in the constant repetition of more days and months and years to come. Most of us take life for granted. We know that one day we must die, but usually we picture that day as far in the future, when we are in pleasant health, death is all but unimaginable.
29、 We seldom think of it. So we go about our little task, hardly aware of our listless attitude towards life. The same attitude, I am afraid, falls on the use of our abilities and senses. Only the deaf appreciate hearing, only the blind realize the various blessings that lie in sight. Particularly doe
30、s this observation apply to those who have lost sight and hearing in adult life. But those who have never suffered loss of sight of hearing seldom make the fullest use of these blessed abilities. Their eyes and ears take in all sights and sound hazily, without full attention, and with little appreci
31、ation. Seldom do people realize how good it is being in good health until they have fallen ill. It is the same old story of not being grateful without missing. 60. When reading the exciting stories, we usually _. A. have curiosity about the heros limited life B. show great interest in our own lives
32、C. find many regrets in reviewing the past D. have mercy on the doomed man 61. From the passage, we can learn that _. A. the author thinks it would be excellent to live if he should die the next day B. the disabled are anxious to regain their abilities and senses C. each of us should treasure what w
33、e have possessed today D. many of us are able to make full use of our time 62. The underlined word “hazily” in the last paragraph probably means _. A. happily B. unclearly C. freely D. enthusiastically 63. The best title for this passage may probably be _. A. Not Being Grateful without Missing B. Gi
34、ving a Hand to the Disabled C. Making Use of Abilities and Senses D. Learning from Exciting Stories C It is difficult for parents of nearly every family to teach their children to be responsible for housework, but with one of the following suggestions, you really can get your children to help at hom
35、e. If you give your children the impression that they can never do anything quite right, then they will regard themselves as unfit or unable persons. Unless children believe they can succeed, they will never become totally independent. My daughter Carlas fifth - grade teacher made every child in her
36、 class feel special. When students received less than a prefect test score, she would point out what they had mastered and declared firmly they could learn what they had missed. You can use the same technique when you evaluate your childs work at home. Dont always scold and give lots of praise inste
37、ad. Talk about what he has done right, not about what he hasnt done. If your child completes a difficult task, promise him a Sunday trip or a ball game with Dad. Learning is a process of trying and failing and trying and succeeding. If you teach your children not to fear a mistake of failure, they w
38、ill learn faster and achieve success at last. 64.The whole passage deals with _. A. social education B. school education C. family education D. pre-school education 65.The author thinks that _. A. there is no way to get children to help at home B. the more encouragement and praise you give, the more
39、 responsible and helpful children will become C. it is very difficult to make children responsible for housework D. children can be forced to help with housework 66. What is a good suggestion about how to evaluate your childs work at home? A. praise his success B. promise him a trip C. give him a pu
40、nishment D. promise him a ball game 67. We can conclude from the passage that _. A. pride goes before a fall B. practice makes perfect C. no pains, no gains D. failure is the mother of success D Animals seem to have the sense to eat when they are hungry and they do not eat more than their bodies nee
41、d. It has been demonstrated that rats will, when given a choice over a period of time, prefer water with vitamins to water without vitamins even though there is no difference in taste or smell between the two water bottles. When a fragrant flavor was added to the vitamin-enriched fluid, the rats did
42、 seem to develop a taste for it and kept drinking it ,even after the vitamins were switched to the clear water. In time, however ,they broke the habit and went back to where the necessary vitamins were. In a classic experiment, babies of 6 to 12 months old were placed in a cafeteria feeding arrangem
43、ent, with a wide selection of baby food before them. They were given whatever food they pointed to or appeared interested in. We are told that at first they showed some unusual eating patterns, but that over a period of time they managed to select well-balanced diet. So, in selecting food, rats and
44、babies do seem to know and act on whats best for them. Clearly, there is a kind of “body wisdom, which humans soon lose. Most of us do not eat as wisely as we could. Many of our food preferences are culturally determined and influenced by long-established habits. Some people eat fox, dog and blackbi
45、rds , while we eat cows and pigs. So what people eat and how much they eat seems to be greatly influenced by what is going on around them. 68 In the experiment on rats, a fragrant flavor was added to the rats drinking water to_. A encourage rats to drink vitamin-enriched water B find out rats prefer
46、ence in flavor C test whether rats know which drink is good for them D demonstrate that vitamins are tasteless 69 As far as their eating habits are concerned, babies and rats are similar because _. A both have the wisdom to choose a balanced diet B both prefer flavored food and drink C both have the same eating patterns D both develop a taste for the same kinds of flavors 70.In the classic experiment mentioned in the second paragraph, babies were . A give many choices of drinks B provided with various kinds of b
