1、 高二年级英语下册期末考试题 英语试卷 第卷 (满分 81 分 ) 一、听力部分（共 20 小题；每小题 1 分，满分 20 分） 第一节 请听下面 5 段对话，选出最佳选项。 1. Who is the man speaking to? A. Brown s secretary. B. Betty. C. Mary. 2. What is the girl going to do on Sunday? A. Go to the shop. B. Stay at home. C. Go to the park. 3. When did the man come back home last n
2、ight? A. At 8:30. B. At 9:00 C. At 9:30. 4. What has the man done? A. Something dangerous. B. Something bad. C. Something good. 5. What can we learn from the conversation? A. The rain will last half a month. B. There will be rain throughout the month. C. It will be raining in the second half of the
3、month. 第二节 请听下面 5 段对话或独白，选出最佳选项。 请听第 6 段材料，回答第 6 至 8 题 6. How will Peter spend Christmas? A. By himself. B. With John. C. With his friends. 7. What will Peter give his friends as a present? A. Christmas trees. B. Christmas sweets. C. Christmas cakes. 8. What s the probable relationship between the s
4、peakers? A. Co-workers. B. Classmates. C. Friends. 请听第七段材料，回答第 9 至 11 小题。 9. What s the conversation mainly about? A. Some injury. B. How to give first aid. C. How to save a patient. 10. What must a person do when he suffers from an animal bite? A. Wash the wound under cold running water and bandage
5、（包扎） it. B. Wash the wound under a cold tap, and see the doctor. C. Bandage it and go to see a doctor immediately. 11. What should be done if a person has a simple cut? A. The person should be sent to the hospital as soon as possible. B. After the cut area is washed, he should be sent to the hospita
6、l. C. The cut should be washed and bandaged with dry and clean cloth. 请听第 8 段材料，回答第 12 至 14 题。 12. What s the cane toad? A. A kind of animal that eats Zhewa. B. A kind of animal named Zhewa. C. A kind of animal named cane beetle. 13. Where are the cane toads originally from? A. Australia. B. North A
7、merica. C. South America. 14. What did people want the cane toads to do? A. To kill the beetles in the cane fields. B. To kill the native frogs and snakes. C. To kill dogs within minutes. 请听第 9 段材料，回答第 15 至 17 题 15. Where does the conversation take place? A. At a dinner. B. At a party. C. In a coffe
8、e shop. 16. What is Mr. Smith worried about? A. Chinese food. B. His business. C. Table manners. 17. What are the speakers? A. Students. B. Business partners. C. Workers. 请听第 10 段材料，回答第 18 至 20 题 18. What is the main topic of this announcement? A. A class in stilt (高跷 ) walking. B. A stilt walking p
9、erformance. C. A very formal dance. 19. What organization is offering the event? A. A sports team. B. A student art committee. C. A dance club. 20. On what day of the week is the event to be held? A. On Sunday. B. On Saturday. C. On Friday. 二、单项填空（共 15 小题；每小题 1 分，满分 15 分） 21. Established in 1990, th
10、e HSK test was initially _ for those learners who regard Chinese as a second or foreign language. A. written B. meant C. attended D. proposed 22. Mr. Ma is nowhere to be found. Where _ he have gone? A. may B. must C. can D. need 23. The meeting _ tomorrow will be about how to spend a meaningful summ
11、er holiday. A. held B. being held C. to hold D. to be held 24. Persians, Arabs and Jews came to live in Chinese towns, _ with them their own religions and customs. A. brought B. to bring C. bringing D. and bring 25. She is too proud, _ keeps her classmates away from her. A. it B. this C. that D. whi
12、ch 26. The news _ Beijing won the bid to host the 2008 Olympic Games excited all of us. A. that B. which C. what D. in which 27. Only after some minutes _ speaking. A. the warden started B. the warden had started C. did the warden start D. had the warden started 28. It is in the village _ he was bor
13、n and brought up _ he is going to set up some factories. A. which, that B. where, that C. where, where D. that, that 29. Incredible _ it may seem, those strange beings who landed in the New Jersey farm are considered to be the vanguard of an invading army from the planet Mars. A. as B. although C. w
14、hile D. since 30. _ more time, we could have done the job better. A. Give B. Giving C. To give D. Given 31. _ about 14 million square kilometers around the South Pole, Antarctica is the fifth largest continent in the world. A. Cover B. Covering C. Covered D. To cover 32. Mr. Clark, who _ for G.M. fo
15、r ten years, is now teaching English at Nankai University. A. worked B. has worked C. had worked D. would work 33. The classroom was so dark that it was hard for the students to _ what the teacher had written on the blackboard. A. send out B. give out C. make out D. try out 34. Perhaps correctness d
16、oesn t matter -_ speakers understand each other-it s communication that _. A. so that, counts B. as long as, counts C. in case, matters D. as far as, matters 35. These romantic poets were interested in _ was happening in the rest of the continent. A. that B. anything C. which D. what 三、完型填空 （共 20 小题
17、；每小题 1 分，满分 20 分） I can honestly say that it was the best of times and also the worst of times in my life. I was _36 expecting my first child but my once energetic mother was _37_ her battle against a brain disease. For ten years, my mother had fought against the disease, but 38 of the treatments ha
18、d been successful. Unfortunately, she became totally 39 _ , unable to speak, walk, eat or dress 40_ her own. As she grew closer and closer to 41 _, my baby grew closer and closer to life inside me. I was sad not only for the upcoming 42 of my mother, but also that she and my baby would never know ea
19、ch other. A few weeks 43 my due date, Mother 44 a deep coma（昏迷） . Her doctors did not hold any hope and said that it was 45 to put in a feeding tube she would never wake up. We brought Mother home, and tried our best to keep her 46 . I sat beside her and talked to her about the baby moving 47 me. On
20、 February 3, 2008, just as I gave birth to my baby, Jacob, something impossible occurred: Mother was sitting up, her oxygen tubes 48_ . When I brought Jacob home, Mom was sitting in her chair, 49 to welcome him. Tears of joy filled my eyes as I 50 my son in her arms. They just 51 at each other. For
21、two weeks, Mother smiled and held Jacob. She spoke to my father, her children and grandchildren in complete 52_ . She gave us 53 . Then she quietly slipped back into a coma and, after 54 from all of her children she was finally free of the pain and 55 away. Believe it or not, love can last forever.
22、36 A gladly B sadly C briefly D extremely 37 A fighting B winning C losing D starting 38 A all B some C none D any 39 A helpful B disabled C unhappy D healthy 40 A with B by C in D on 41 A death B life C smile D fear 42 A recovery B loss C arrival D miss 43 A after B before C until D past 44 A fell
23、for B kept up C fell into D took part 45 A easy B careless C hopeful D useless 46 A comfortable B relaxed C energetic D excited 47 A beyond B inside C with D towards 48 A recovered B rebuilt C removed D reacted 49 A willing B ready C free D astonished 50 A dropped B laid C lied D threw 51 A shouted
24、B glanced C stared D noticed 52 A regards B sentences C silence D words 53 A joy B sorrow C trouble D anger 54 A concerns B sighs C visits D sights 55 A drove B ran C moved D passed 四、阅读理解（共 13 小题；每小题 2 分，满分 26 分） A Dear Sir/Madam, I read Alison Burnhams review of When We Were 12, and I do not agree
25、 with her I thought the programme was wonderful I found the old news pictures really interesting they helped to bring to life the stories the people were telling The programme reminds me of many things from my own childhood For example, one day when I was about five, I was going to school on the bus
26、 by myself (this was the late 1960s) My mother had given me exactly the right money for a return ticket I held out my hand with the money in it one big coin on top of one little coin The bus conductor took the big top coin only and she gave me a ticket, but it was a pink one for a single journey I n
27、eeded a white one for a return journey, but I was too frightened to say anything When school finished for the day, I couldn t catch the bus home I had to walk As a grown-up, whenever I ve been in a situation where I need to say something or take some action, this early memory of my bus ride comes ba
28、ck to me, and I m able to take control of the situation I would like to say to the director, Bret Chrysler, carry on making this kind of programme Too much TV these days is quiz shows and so-called “ reality programmes” I appreciate the human story that can make me laugh and cry Yours faithfully, Ch
29、ris Daniels 56 What is Chris Daniels purpose of writing this letter? A To persuade Bret Chrysler to turn away from quiz shows B To entertain other readers with old news pictures C To express his appreciation of the programme D To have his story told on the programme 57 Chris Daniels tells the story
30、about the bus ticket to A describe how painful his early experience was B draw a direct response from Alison Burnham C show how the programme made him think D teach the readers of TV Weekly a lesson 58 According to the passage, Chris Daniels had to walk home because A he hadnt got a return ti cket B
31、 he had lost his bus ticket C he didnt like big crowds D he missed the bus home 59 What does Chris Daniels now think about his experience on the bus? A He should have told the conductor then B He should have been well treated C He regrets going to school alone D He wishes it hadnt happened B T-shirt
32、s out; uniforms in School uniforms are becoming more and more popular across the U S A That s no surprise, because they offer many benefits They immediately end the powerful social sorting and labeling (标记 ) that come from clothing If all students are dressed in the same way, they will not pay too m
33、uch attention to their clothing, and some of them will not be laughed at for wearing the “wrong” clothes Some people are against the strict rule of school uniforms, but they do not realize that students already accept a kind of rule wanting to look just like their friends The difference is that the
34、clothing students choose for themselves creates social barriers; school uniforms tear those barriers down As in other places, uniforms remind the wearers of their purposes and duties For example, when a man or woman puts on a police uniform, he or she becomes, for a time, the symbol of law and order
35、 The uniform means to the wearer his or her special duties and sends the same message to everyone the wearer meets People with different jobs wear uniforms of one kind or another For students, the school uniform reminds them that their task for the six or seven hours they are in school is to get an
36、education Some parents are unhappy about uniforms, saying that school uniforms will affect their children s “ creativity” First, as noted above, the clothes students choose to wear do not necessarily express their individuality (个性 ) They just copy their classmates Second, students have the rest of
37、the day to be as creative as they like While theyre in school, their job is to master reading, writing, and maths; this should take up all the creativity they have Mastery of those skills will be good for the students to build up their creativity in every way 60 In Paragraph 1, the word “benefits” p
38、robably means A tasks B messages C differences D advantages 61 From the passage we learn that uniforms in general A prevent the wearers from being laughed at B are seen as a symbol of power C help the wearers keep their duties in mind D help to create social barriers 62 Some people are against schoo
39、l uniforms because A they fail to realize that students have accepted the uniforms B they believe that uniforms will make students less creative C they dont agree that uniforms can remove social barriers D they think that school uniforms are too popular 63 The author would probably agree that A it m
40、akes no difference whether to wear school uniforms or not B students individuality may not come from school education C students creativity is related to the clothes they choose D school uniforms help to create a sense of equality among students C In times of need, Japanese say they can even ask the
41、 cat for help. In this town in western Japan, people look to Tama, a nine-year-old cat working as master of an unmanned train station. The tortoiseshell-colored creature, born and raised at Kishi Station on the Kishigawa Line, wears a formal uniform cap of Wakayama Electric Railway and calmly watche
42、s passing passengers who greet her. There are 10 train stations on the 14.3-kilometre line. “Tama is the only stationmaster as we have to reduce personnel costs. You say you could ask for the cats help, but she is actually bringing luck to us,“ Wakayama Electric spokeswoman Keiko Yamaki said. Tama w
43、as born from a stray (流浪 ) cat brought to the station by a cleaner and kept by Toshiko Koyama, a local who runs a grocery store next door. The station went unmanned in April 2006 as the line was losing money. But Tama stuck around. She rose to national star in January 2007 as the railway company for
44、mally appointed her as “stationmaster“. Her appointment had an immediately positive effect, boosting the number of passengers using the line in January by 17 percent from a year earlier. Happy with her successful job as stationmaster, the company promoted Tama to “super-stationmaster“ in January this year, making her “the only female in a managerial position“ in the companys 36-strong workforce.“She now holds the fifth highest position in the company,“ Yamaki joked. In reward for the promotion, Tama got a new “
