1、泉港一中期末考高二英语试卷第 1 页 （共 12 页）泉港一中 2015-2016 学年下学期期末考高二英语试题（考试时间：120 分钟 总分：150 分）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. What is the womans opinion on the research paper?A. Its perfect.B. It
2、 needs revising.C. Its topic is too wide.2. How will the woman go to the Peoples Square?A. By bus. B. On foot. C. By subway.3. Whats wrong with the mans phone?A. It was out of service.B. It was set on silent mode.C. It was power off.4. What will the speakers do today?A. Visit some tourist spots. B.
3、Find a tour guide. C. Stay at the hotel.5. Why didnt Jack sleep well last night?A. He was awakened by the terrible noise.B. He met with a traffic accident.C. He had to work.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，
4、各小题将给出5秒钟的作答时间。每段对话或独白读两遍。泉港一中期末考高二英语试卷第 2 页 （共 12 页）听第6段材料，回答第6至7题。6. What do we know about the zoo?A. Its the largest one in the city.B. It will be rebuilt this year.C. Its open to the public for free.7. What animal does the woman want to see?A. Tigers. B. Camels. C. Monkeys.听第7段材料，回答第8至9题。8. Wher
5、e are the speakers?A. In a bookstore. B. In a restaurant. C. In a shopping mall.9. How did the man plan to pay his bill?A. In cash. B. By credit card. C. By check.听第8段材料，回答第10至12题。10. What does the woman want the man to do?A. Meet her at the airport.B. Fly to Chicago tomorrow.C. Deliver a message fo
6、r her.11. When does the flight take off?A. At 5:00 am. B. At 5:00 pm. C. At 11:00 am.12. What will the woman wear?A. A skirt. B. A hat. C. Shorts.听第9段材料，回答第13至16题。 13. What will John get?A. A bike. B. A toy car. C. A football.14. Who is learning Chinese probably?A. John. B. Jane. C. Jack.15. When wi
7、ll the woman buy the gifts?A. On Friday. B. On Saturday. C. On Sunday.16. Why will the man take the kids to the McDonalds?A. To have lunch.B. To keep a secret.C. To make them quiet.听第10段材料，回答第17至20题。17. Why did the speaker go to Tanglewood?泉港一中期末考高二英语试卷第 3 页 （共 12 页）A. To enjoy the festival for free
8、.B. To go to college nearby.C. To enter a competition.18. How many concerts are there in the summer musical season?A. About 9. B. About 15. C. About 50.19. When does the summer musical season end?A. In July. B. In August. C. In September.20. What is the disadvantage of sitting on the lawn?A. It is u
9、sually very crowded.B. The sound effects are poor.C. The audience might get wet.第二部分 阅读理解 （共两节， 满分 32 分）第一节（共 11 小题；每小题 2 分，满分 22 分）阅读下列短文,从每小题后所给的 A、B、C、D 四个选项中,选出最佳选项。(A)A new study of 8,000 young people in the Journal of Health and Social Behavior shows that although love can make adults live hea
10、lthily and happily，it is a bad thing for young people. Puppy love（早恋）may bring stress for young people and can lead to depression. The study shows that girls become more depressed than boys, and younger girls are the worst of all. The possible reason for the connection between love and higher risk o
11、f depression for girls is “loss of self”. According to the study, even though boys would say “lose themselves in a romantic relationship”, this “loss of self” is much more likely to lead to depression when it happens to girls. Young girls who have romantic relationships usually like hiding their fee
12、lings and opinions. They wont tell that to their parents. Dr Marianm Kaufman, an expert on young people problems, says 15% to 20% young people will have depression during their growing. Trying romance often causes the depression. She advises kids not to jump into romance too early. During growing up
13、, it is important for young people to build strong friendships and a strong sense of self. She also suggests the parents should encourage their kids to keep close to their friends, attend more interesting school activities and spend enough time with family. Parents should watch for signs of depressi
14、oneating or mood changesand if they 泉港一中期末考高二英语试卷第 4 页 （共 12 页）see signs from their daughters or sons，they need to give help. The good news is that the connection between romance and depression seems to become weak with age. Love will always make us feel young, but only maturity gives us a chance to
15、 avoid its bad side effects. 21. Whats the main idea of the passage?A. Puppy love may bring young people depression. B. Parents should forbid their childrens love.C. Romance is a two-edged sword for adults. D. Romance is good for young people.22. Which of the following is more likely to have depress
16、ion?A. Young people who have a strong sense of selfishness.B. Young boys whose parents watch for their behavior. C. Young girls who always hide their feelings and opinions.D. Careless parents whose children are deep in love.23. What can be inferred from the passage?A. Lacking love can lead young peo
17、ple to grow up more quickly.B. Early love makes young people keep close to their friends and parents.C. Parents should help their children to be aware of the signs of depression.D. The older a woman is, the less likely she seems to lose herself in romance.24. Whats the authors attitude towards puppy
18、 love?A. Confused B. Disapproving C. Disinterested D. Scared(B)The English test will be removed from Chinas college entrance exam by 2020, according to details of exam and admission reform revealed by the Ministry of Education. The national college entrance exam, known as the “Gaokao” has been used
19、to evaluate Chinese students for three decades. The Ministry of Education has worked out a plan for reforming exams and enrollment. The Ministry will solicit(征求) public opinions before its release. Instead, tests will be held several times a year to allow students to choose when and how often they s
20、it the exam so as to alleviate(减轻) study pressure and change Chinas once-in-a-lifetime exam system.The plan and suggestions for its implementation（实施） will be announced in the first half of next year. It will be piloted in selected provinces and cities and promoted 泉港一中期末考高二英语试卷第 5 页 （共 12 页）nationw
21、ide from 2017. A new exam and admission system will be established by 2020, according to the education ministry.The decision has aroused a heated discussion among Shanghai educators and parents who doubted the reform would reduce the burden of learning English or if the substitute test could reflect
22、 a students English skills and help students learn English better.“The reform shows China is learning from the West to give students more test-taking chances. But more chances might become more of a burden since Chinese students are likely to repeat the test until they get the highest score,” said C
23、ai Jigang, a professor at Fudan Universitys College of Foreign Languages and Literature and chairman of the Shanghai Advisory Committee for College English Teaching at Tertiary Level.Yu Lizhong, chancellor of New York University Shanghai, where classes are in English and students are required to hav
24、e a high standard of English, said the most important aspect of the reform lay in what to test and how to test.“As far as I see, the reform doesnt mean English is no longer important for Chinese students after it will be excluded（排除） from the unified（统一标准的） college entrance exam,” Yu said. “In a way
25、, English is even more important than before since the test would only serve as reference, while every college and university, even every major, can have different requirements of a students English skills under a diverse evaluation system.Yu said some students will have their study pressure reduced
26、 if the major they choose doesnt need excellent English while others still need to study hard if they want to be among the best students.The education ministry said the reform would not affect students attending the college entrance exam over the next three years.25. What can we learn from the first
27、 paragraph?A. English will become less and less important in the stage of compulsory education.B. It has been 30 years since English became one subject of national college entrance exam.C. Chinas once-in-a-lifetime exam system is unacceptable at all.D. The system that tests are held several times do
28、es more good than once-in-a-lifetime exam system.26. According to the passage, Shanghai educators and parents argue that _泉港一中期末考高二英语试卷第 6 页 （共 12 页）A. the new exam and admission system will make no differenceB. English shouldnt be removed from Chinas college entrance examC. the reform may accomplis
29、h the very oppositeD. Western educational system does not apply to China27. What does the passage try to express in the underlined sentence?A. Students neednt lay a good foundation during the period of high school.B. Whether students should study hard English may depend on their major.C. Students ca
30、n constantly strive for perfection only in their major.D. English must be close to full mark.28. Whats the purpose of the passage?A. To advise students not to devote themselves to English.B. To call on Education Department to remove English from “Gaokao”.C. To support the act of Ministry of Educatio
31、n.D. To encourage students to do as they have planned.(C)It s 2040. You have a job, a family and you re about 40 years old. Welcome to your future life. Getting ready for work，you pause in front of the mirror， “Turn red,” you say. Your shirt changes from sky blue to deep red. Tiny devices are rearra
32、nged in your shirt to change its color. Looking into the mirror，you find it hard to believe that you are 40. You look much younger. With amazing advances in medicine，people in your generation may live to be 150 years old. You re not even middle-aged.As you go into the kitchen and prepare to pour you
33、r breakfast cereal (麦 片 ）into a bowl，you hear, “To lose weight，you shouldnt eat that!” from your shoes. They read the tiny electronic code on the cereal box to find out the nutrition details. You decide to listen to your shoes. “ Kitchen，what can I have for breakfast？” A list of possible foods appea
34、rs on the counter as kitchen checks its food supplies.“Ready for your trip to space ? you ask your son and daughter. In 2015 only specially trained astronauts went into space and very few of them. Today anyone can go to space for day trips or longer vacation. Your best friend even works in space. Ha
35、nding your children three strawberries each, you add, “The doctor said you need these for space travel. ” Thanks to medical advice，vaccination shots (防 疫 针 )are a thing of 泉港一中期末考高二英语试卷第 7 页 （共 12 页）the past. Ordinary foods contain specific vaccines. With the berries in their mouths, the kids head f
36、or the front door.It s time for you to go to work. Your car checks your fingerprints and unlocks the doors. “My office ， Autopilot. ” you command. Your car drives itself down the road and moves smoothly into traffic on the highway. You sit back and unroll your e-newspaper. The latest news downloads
37、and fills the viewer. Looking through the pages， you watch the news as video films rather than read it.29. The shoes know that you shouldnt eat the breakfast cereal by_ .A. pouring the breakfast into a bowlB. checking the nutrition details of the foodC. testing the food supplies in the kitchenD. lis
38、tening to the doctors advice30. The children eat the strawberries as _ .A. breakfast B. lunch C. vaccines D. nutrition31. The text is organized in the order of _ .A. time B. direction C. preference D. importance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。Tomorrow is not promi
39、sedThere is an old Spanish Proverb which states, “Tomorrow is often the busiest day of the week”. 32 Id say, too many. Our dreams should not, and can not wait. We have to go for them now! Here is why: Tomorrow is not promised.Nobody likes to talk about death, but the reality is everybody is going to
40、 die at one point. None of us know the day, or the hour. Today is all we have. 33 Dont go to your grave(坟墓 ) with unfulfilled dreams. 34 You can dream about writing the greatest American play, but its never going to happen unless you actually put pen to paper. You can dream about finding a cure for
41、cancer, but it will never happen unless you actually go to school to become 泉港一中期末考高二英语试卷第 8 页 （共 12 页）equipped with the necessary tools to find that cure. 35 They require you to get your head out of the clouds, and actually do the work to make them happen. Get to it! Possibilities you never knew ex
42、isted are waiting on youThere are so many amazing opportunities and people waiting on you. Films Festivals, the top people in your field and all these things are waiting on you! How do you get to them? Simple. Follow your dream. 36 You will never see those doors if you sit around waiting on a dream
43、to happen, instead of actually working to make it happen.A. There are many amazing people waiting on you.B. Go after your dreams, big or small, right now!C. In other words, dreams dont work unless you do.D. Dreams are always full of joys as well as sufferings.E. Your dreams will never come true unle
44、ss you put the first step.F. Doors that you couldnt imagine open up when you go after the dream.G. How many times have we put off our dreams until tomorrow?第三部分 英语知识运用 （共一节， 满分 30 分）第一节 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，从短文后所给的四个选项（A 、B 、C 和 D）中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。Where do you go when you want
45、 to learn something？A friend? A tutor? These are all_37_places of learning. But it may well be that the learning you really_38_want somewhere else instead. I had the_39_of seeing this first hand on a_40_My daughter plays on a recreational soccer team. They did very well this season and so_41_a tourn
46、ament, which normally was only for more skilled club teams. This led to some_42_experiences on Saturday as they played against teams_43_trained. Through the first two games, her_44_did not get one serious shot on goal. As a parent, I_45_seeing my daughter playing her best, _46_ still defeated.It see
47、med that something clicked with the_47_between Saturday and Sunday. When they _ 48_for their Sunday game, they were_49_different. They had begun to integrate (融合)the kinds of play and teamwork they had_50_the day before into 泉港一中期末考高二英语试卷第 9 页 （共 12 页）their_51_.They played aggressively and_52_ score
48、d a goal.It _53_ me that playing against the other team was a great_54_ moment for all the girls on the team. I think it is a general principle. _55_ is the best teacher. The lessons they learned may not be_56_what they would have gotten in school, but are certainly more personal and meaningful, because they had to work them out on their own.37. A. public B. traditional C. official D. special38. A. passes B. works C. lies D. ends39. A. dream B. idea
