1、 桂林市第十八中学 2014-2015 学年高二下学期期末考试卷英 语（考试时间：120 分钟，分值：150 分）本试卷分第一卷（选择题）和第二卷（非选择题）两部分。考试作答时，将答案答在答题卡上，在本试卷上答题无效。注意事项：1、 考生务必将填写姓名和将考号填涂在答题卷指定的位置，同时将条形码贴在指定位置。2、 选择题答案使用 2B 铅笔填涂，如需改动，用橡皮擦干净后，再选择其他答案标号；非选择题答案使用 0.5 毫米的黑色中性（签字）笔或碳素笔书写，字体工整，笔迹清楚。3、 请按照题号在各题的答题区域（黑色线框）内作答，超出答题区域书写的答案无效。4、 保持卡面清洁，不折叠，不破损。第 I
2、 卷 第一部分 听力 （共两节，满分 20 分）第一节 （共 5 小题；每小题 1 分，满分 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 秒钟时间来回答有关小题和阅读下一题。每段对话仅读一遍。1. What is Linda ?A. A writer . B. A student . C. A teacher .2. What is the man afraid of ?A. Having an accident . B. Missing the interview . C. Sayin
3、g something wrong .3. What does the woman want to do ?A. To return a jacket . B. To change a jacket . C. To buy another jacket.4. Why does the man feel upset ?A. A guy stole his clothes. B. He found his clothes ugly. C. Someone said he was ugly.5. What does the woman mean ?A. She disbelieves her son
4、. B. She feels very sorry for her son .C. She wants her son to use a new key .第二节 （共 15 小题；每小题 1 分，满分 15 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、7 题。6. Why isnt Jenny at the store ?A. She left work
5、early . B. Shes late for work. C. Shes been out of work .7. How does the man feel about Jenny ?A. Angry . B. Curious . C. Concerned .听第 7 段材料， 回答第 8、9 题。8. What is lying on the railway tracks ?A. A man . B. A rock . C. A trunk .9. What are the speakers about to do ?A. To move the rock . B. To wave t
6、he T-shirt . C. To find something red.听第 8 段材料，回答 10 至 12 题。10. What does the man want to talk about ?A. Lucys poor health . B. Lucys school education. C. Lucys work performance .11. What did the customer at Table 4 do that annoyed Lucy ?A. He praised her . B. He made a complaint. C. He ordered the
7、special offer .12. Why is Lucy in low spirits ?A. She hasnt made a plan. B. She hasnt realized her dream. C. She hasnt become a good waitress.听第 9 段材料，回答 13 至 16 题。13. How does the woman think Mark feels ?A. Anxious . B. Unhappy . C. Frightened .14. What was Catherine doing when the speakers got hom
8、e ?A. Reading her books . B. Playing with her friends. C. Chatting with the operator.15. What does the woman want to ensure ?A. Mark can pass the exam. B. Mark can help people in need. C. Mark can apply what hes learned.16. What will the speakers do f or Mark ?A. Keep a record of his reactions. B. C
9、reate an unexpected situation .C. Write down their own experiences.听第 10 段材料，回答 17 至 20 题。17. When did the magician first perform professionally ?A. In 1964 . B. In 1968 . C. In 1972.18. What made the magician world famous ?A. His TV show . B. His global tours . C. His teaching job.19. Which does th
10、e magician think is his greatest achievement ?A. Project Magic . B. Box office records. C. The Magic of ABC .20. How is the magician different from other magicians ?A. He practices h ard. B. He believes in wonder . C. He started his career early .第二部分 阅读理解 （20 小题；每小题 2 分；满分 40 分）第一节 （共 15 小题；每小题 2 分
11、，满分 30 分）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，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。AWhen I told my father that I was moving to Des Moines , Iowa , he told me about the only time he had been there . It was in the 1930s, when he was an editor of the literary magazine of Southern Methodist University (SMU) in Dallas , Texas .
12、 He also worked as a professor at SMU , and there was a girl student in his class who suffered from a serious back disease . She couldnt afford the operation because her family was poor.Her mother ran a boarding house in Galveston , a seaside town near Houston , Texas . She was cleaning out the atti
13、c (阁楼) one day when she came across an old dusty manuscript (手稿). On its top page were the words , “By O. Henry”. It was a nice story , and she sent it to her daughter at SMU , who showed it to my father . My father had never read the story before , but it sounded like O. Henry, and he knew that O.
14、Henry had once lived in Houston . So it was possible that the famous author had gone to the beach and stayed in the Galveston Boarding house , and had written the story there and left the manuscript behind by accident. My father visited an O. Henry expert at Columbia University in New York , who aut
15、henticated the story as O. Henrys .My father then set out to sell it . Eventually , he found himself in Des Moines , meeting with Gardner Cowles , a top editor at the Des Moines Register . Cowles loved the story and bought it on the spot. My father took the money to the girl . It was just enough for
16、 her to have the operation she so desperately needed.My father never told me what the O. Henry story was about . But I doubt that it could have been better than his own story .21. Who found O. Henrys manuscript ?A. The girls mother. B. The authors father. C. The girl. D. The author. 22. Which of the
17、 following might explain the fact that the Manuscript was found in the attic ?A. O. Henry once worked in Houston. B. O. Henry once stayed in Galveston. C. O. Henry once moved to Des Moines. D. O. Henry once taught at SMU. 23. The underlined word “ authenticated” in Paragraph 2 probably means _.A. na
18、med B. treated C. proved D. described24. According to the text , why did the authors father go to Des Moines ?A. To sell the O. Henry story. B. To meet the author himself.C. To talk with the O. Henry expert. D. To give money to the girl.BLife is filled with challenges . As we get older we come to re
19、alize that those challenges are the very things that shape us and make us who we are . It is the same with the challenges that come with friendship . When we are faced with a challenge , we usually have two choices. We can try to beat it off , or we can decide that the thing presenting the challenge
20、 isnt worth the trouble and call it quits. Although there are certainly times when calling it quits is the right thing to do , in most cases all that is needed is commitment and communication .When we are committed to something , it means that no matter how painful or how uncomfortable something is
21、, we will always choose to face it through instead of running away from it. Communication is making a space for discussion and talking about how you feel as opposed to just saying what the other person did wrong. If you can say to a friend , “ I got my feelings hurt.” rather than “ You hurt my feeli
22、ngs.” you are going to be able to solve the problem much faster. In dealing with many challenges that friendship will bring to you , try to see them for what they are : small hurdles（障碍）you need to jump or get through on your way through life. Nothing is so big that it is impossible to get over, and
23、 hurt only serves to make us stronger. It is all part of growing up. It happens to everyone , and someday you will look back on all of this and say , “ Hard as it was , it made me who I am today. And that is a good thing.”25. It can be inferred from the text that _.A. friendship needs challenges B.
24、challenges shape our characterC. small hurdles arent worth the trouble D. commitment promotes friendship26. The writer suggested that _ when faced with a challenge .A. one should call it quits B. one should temporarily run away from itC. one should be committed and communicable D. one should lay it
25、aside for a while27. According to the passage , if your friend hurts your feelings , you are well advised to_.A. forget it B. talk to him / her about it directlyC. communicate properly with him/ her D. run away from it28. The whole passage is centered on the relationship between _ .A. friendship and
26、 challenges B. commitment and communicationC. communication and friendship D. challenges and the ways to get through CThe Matschies tree kangaroo is one of 10 species of tree kangaroos , all of which are endangered or threatened. A tree kangaroo is typically about the size of a raccoon (浣熊) and weig
27、hs around 19 pounds. They live in the high canopy (树冠) of the rainforest , about 100 to 150 feet in the air . The Matschies tree kangaroo is orange and brown with a face that looks like a teddy bear. They can leap 60 feet to the ground from trees without getting hurt .In 1996 , Dr Lisa Dabek helped
28、found the Tree Kangaroo Conservation Program (TKCP). Now, 16 years later , though still endangered , the population of the Matschies tree kangaroo is stabilizing . Much of the success is due to the work of Dabek , Senior Coservation Scientist at the Woodland Park Zoo in Seatle , Washington , and Dir
29、ector of the TKCP.According to Dabek , the TKCP needed to cooperate with the local clans (部落) , some of whom kill them for food and ceremonial clothing . Dabek said, “We and the clans made a compromise . The clans would dedicate a part of their land as a no hunting area. But they could continue to h
30、unt on their other land . Together they set aside 180,000 acres of land . They called this a Wildlife Bank.Animal behavior has always been interesting to Dr Dabek . She said , “ When I was 8 years old , a friend and I wrote down what we wanted to be when we grew up and sealed it inside an envelope t
31、o open when we were teenagers . When I opened it I was reminded that I wanted to be an animal trainer . And that is kind of what I am today.” 29. We know that Matschies tree kangaroo _.A. live at the bottom of trees in the rainforest B. are orange from head to foot C. are the only species of tree ka
32、ngaroos D. face the possibility of extinction30. Dabeks work in protecting the Matchies tree kangaroos is _. A. disappointing B. amazing C. ridiculous D. meaningful31. According to the Paragraph 3 , local clans agreed to _.A. stop hunting the Matschies tree kangaroo completely B. leave all their lan
33、d to the Matschies tree kangaroosC. set aside a no hunting areaD. hunt the Matschies tree kangaroos for special events 32. The best title of the passage could be “_”.A. Dr Dabek , a famous naturalist B. The protection of the Matschies tree kangaroo C. The living habits of the Matschies tree kangaroo
34、 D. How Dabek became an animal loverDPassword strength has been a topic about the Internet lately. I have seen lots of clever methods for generating（创造）and remembering strong passwords. Some are better than others, but in my opinion , none are adequate . Heres the problem : it doesnt matter how stro
35、ng your passwords are if you use the same one on multiple sites. All it takes is for a site to get hacked(侵入) , like Gawker media, or even Sony did , and now your super-strong password has been stolen , and every site on which you used that password has been accessed .So, the bottom line is that no
36、matter how strong your passwords are , and no matter what clever tricks you use to help you remember them , if you surf the Internet often , the only truly secure password system is what you need .Enter LastPass. Its not the only password manager out there, but I like it the best. You create ONE str
37、ong password that you have to memorize and use it to access your LastPass database . The LastPass database is stored online, on LastPasss servers. LastPass recognizes the site youre on and automatically logs you in (after , optionally , asking you to re-enter your master password). LastPass also has
38、 automatic form fill and automatic password generation. This means that you can have a different , unique , very strong password for every site you log into , but you only have to remember one master password . Its the best of both worlds.One argument against LastPass is that if their database is at
39、tacked , then all of your sites are in danger, and thats true, but given that their entire line of work is keeping that information safe , Im willing to take that chance. The alternative is rolling dice (掷骰子) or picking phrase to create passwords, writing all of them down on a piece of paper or some
40、thing , and then having to manually type them in when I go to a site . A terrible mess.There is a free version of LastPass , with additional features unlocked if you pay $ 12 for a years subscription .-Joshua Bardwell 33. When using LastPass , users have to remember _.A. all passwords used B. the la
41、st passwordC. unique password each time D. the master password only34. Critics are against LastPass because _.A. they have better ways to create password B. they think rolling dice is more convenientC. they have no faith in LastPass databases safety D. Gawker media and LastPass were hacked once35. J
42、oshua Bardwell writes the passage to _.A. share his experience B. introduce a product of good qualityC. advertise his product D. teach how to use a new product 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。Taras last-minute winMore than 7,000 people saw an exciting third and
43、last round of the women Big Air contest at the Winter X Games at Mount Snow , Vermont . Tara Dakides , a regular winner of top events , won with the very last jump of the competition .After the first two jumps , Barrett Christy was in first place , with Tara in tenth position . 36 Christy jumped wel
44、l , and Tara knew that her third and last jump had to be good. She jumped perfectly , a 540turn , and the scores came up quickly on the board . 37 “In the first two rounds I jumped badly,” said Tara . “ But in the third round , when I heard the people shouting Tara ! Tara ! I relaxed . I jumped well
45、 , much bette r than before.”38 “ I practice this jump regularly and I know I could do it . So I went down the hill fast , a lot more quickly than the first two times , and it worked ! I dont like waiting until the last jump to win , but its OK , and I won . 39 ”Taras going to the next big snowboard
46、ing event at Mammoth Mountain , California . Maybe shell win again , and more easily next time , but Christy will be there too . 40 A. Who will be the winner next time ?B. When will their next competition be ?C. Christy jumped much higher than Tara .D. They told everyone that Tara was the winner .E.
47、 It wasnt easy , but in these competitions you never win easily .F. In the last round , Tara watched nervously as Christy did her final jump .G. She said the most important thing in the last jump was that she was more confident .第 II 卷 第三部分 英语知识运用 （共三节，满分 55 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，从短文后各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C 和 D）中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答案卡上将该项涂黑。Signs can sometimes be seen at the entrance of a house , expressing that a tramp has passed . This speci
