陕西省西安市第七十中学高二英语下学期期末考试试题.doc

高二英语第二学期期末试卷 2016. 06第i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. where is the man?a. at a tailors shop. b. in a restaurant. c. in a hair salon.2. why does the woman want to buy a clock?a. because her clock is broken. b. because the clock is on sale.b. because she wants to buy someone a gift.3. how did the man feel when he was called by the head?a. he was pleased. b. he was nervous. c. he was relaxed.4. what is the man doing?a. offering help b. asking for help. c. asking for permission.5. how much does the man have to pay?a. 20 dollars. b. 30 dollars. c. 40 dollars.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，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至8题。6. why did the man refuse to go to the movies?a. because he didnt want to go with the woman.b. because he had seen the movie before.c. because he had to review his lessons.7. who is the womans favorite movie star?a. tang wei. b. wu xiubo. c. not mentioned.8. what did the woman think about the man?a. he never studied hard.b. he did very well in his study.c. he couldt pass the exam.听第7段材料，回答9至11题。9. how did the woman get into modeling?a. she was a model as a baby.b. her father wanted her to be a model.c. her talent was noticed by a film-maker.10. what does the woman find difficult about being a model?a. staying with her family. b. staying slim. c. making friends.11. what does the woman like the most about being a model? a. the attention she receives.b. the money she makes.c. the travling she is able to go.听第8段材料，回答第12至14题。12. what is mr. carrey doing when mr.woods calls him?a. having a talk with his customer.b. attending a meeting.c. having lunch with his friends.13. whats mr. woods telephone number?a. 68621427 extension 5461.b. 68262714 extension 5641.c. 68261427 extension 5146.14. when can mr. carrey ring mr. woods according to the woman?a. in the moring. b. after lunch. c. not mentioned.听第9段材料，回答第15至17题。15. who has got married?a. rosa. b. toby. c. laura.16. what do we know about the woman?a. she is wealthy.b. she loves kids.c. she has only one child.17. what does the man think of having kid?.a. having only one child is good.b. kids in a large family are happier.c. kids are a trouble.听第10段材料，回答第18至 20题。18. whats the fastest way to lose weight?a. change your diet. b. eat less food. c. take exercise regularly.19. what can you eat when you are on a diet?a. fruits and vegetables.b. grains and meat.c. hamburgers and vegetables.20. how do you exercise if you are out of shape?a. exercise six days a week.b. exercise three days a week.c. exercise seven days a week.第二部分 阅读理解（共两节，满分40分）第一节 （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 和 d ）中 ，选出最佳选项。ano one can change the weather. nobody can control the weather. but if we read correctly the signs around us, we can tell what the more important changes in the weather will be. this way of telling what the weather will be like on the following day or two is called weather forecasting. for many centuries and in all countries, people have studied the weather and tried to make weather forecasting. rings around the sun are a sign of coming rain. that many people feel their joints(关节) hurt is a sign of wet weather. some birds fly high if the weather is fine, but they fly near the ground if rainy or stormy weather is on the way. if you see a rainbow during rainy weather, this is a sign that the weather will become clear and fine. such rainbows come in the evening. if the stars twinkle clearly at night, then fine weather will continue. if a fog appears in the morning just above a river, then the day will be warm. if the sunset is mostly red in color, then the following day will be fine. if a rainbow appears in the morning, rainy weather will probably come.most of the above sayings have been made by the people who have used their eyes and brains to make weather forecasting.21. which is true about weather forecasting? a. weather forecasting is a way of telling what the weather will be like. b. weather forecasting is a report about the weather. c. weather forecasting is a sign of coming rain. d. people can change the weather forecasting. 22. which of the following can be used here to replace the underlined phrase “on the way”? a. continuing b. reducing. c. coming.d. disappearing.23. which of the following signs can tell the weather will probably be rainy? a. some birds fly high. b. a rainbow appears in the morning.c. the sunset is mostly red in color. d. fogs appear in the morning just above a river.24. the best title of the passage is _. a. weather forecasting plays an important role in our life b. weather forecasting can bring people some signs of weather c. weather is forecasted only by eyes and brains. d. people can predict weather by experience in daily life. bmost painters discover a style of painting that is fit for them and stick to that, especially if people admire their pictures. but picasso, the great spanish painter, was like a man who had not yet found his own particular style of painting. he kept on struggling to find the perfect expression till his death in 1973.some of picassos painting are rich, soft colored and beautiful. others are ugly and cruel and strange. but such paintings allow us to imagine things for ourselves. they force us to say to ourselves,“what does he see that makes him paint like that?” and we begin to look under the surface of the things we see.picasso painted thousands of pictures in different styles. sometimes he painted the natural look of things. sometimes he seemed to break them apart and throw the pieces in our faces. he showed us what the mind knows as well as what the eyes see. at the age of 90,he remained as curious about the world as he had been when he was young. that is why people have called him “the youngest painter in the world.”25. the ugly cruel and strange paintings by picasso _.a. make us try to notice something latent(隐藏) in the thingsb. allow us to ask questions about them c. force us to question anything we seed. cause us to think what picasso saw was different from what we see26. the sentence “sometimes he seemed to break them apart and throw the pieces in our faces” means _.a. sometimes he tore his pictures into piecesb. he broke something he was painting and threw them awayc. sometimes he showed some broken pictures to othersd. things in some of his pictures seem to be in disorder27. why have people called picasso “the youngest painter in the world?” a. because he observed things with the eye and the mind.b. because he looked young when he was old.c. because he never stopped painting he was old.d. because he never gave up looking for something new. cyou may not pay much attention to your daily elevator ride. many of us use a lift several times during the day without really thinking about it. but lee gray, phd, of the university of north carolina, us, has made it his business to examine this overlooked form of public transport. he is known as the “elevator guy”. “the lift becomes this interesting social space where etiquette (礼仪) is sort of odd (奇怪的),” gray told the bbc. “they are socially very interesting but often very awkward places.” we walk in and usually turn around to face the door. if someone else comes in, we may have to move. and here, according to gray, lift-users unthinkingly go through a set pattern of movements. he told the bbc what he had observed. he explained that when you are the only one inside a lift, you can do whatever you want its your own little box. if there are two of you, you go into different corners, standing diagonally (对角线地) across from each other to create distance. when a third person enters, you will unconsciously form a triangle. and when there is a fourth person it becomes a square, with someone in every corner. a fifth person is probably going to have to stand in the middle. new entrants to the lift will need to size up the situation when the doors slide open and then act decisively. once in, for most people the rule is simple look down, or look at your phone. why are we so awkward(尴尬的) in lifts? “you dont have enough space,” professor babette renneberg, a clinical psychologist at the free university of berlin, told the bbc. “usually when we meet other people we have about an arms length of distance between us. and thats not possible in most elevators.” in such a small, enclosed space it becomes very important to act in a way that cannot be construed (理解) as threatening or odd. “the easiest way to do this is to avoid eye contact,” she said.28. the main purpose of the article is to _. a. remind us to enjoy ourselves in the elevator b. tell us some unwritten rules of elevator etiquette c. share an interesting but awkward elevator ride d. analyze what makes people feel awkward in an elevator 29. according to gray, when people enter an elevator, they usually _ a. turn around and greet one another b. look around or examine their phone c. make eye contact with those in the elevator d. try to keep a distance from other people30. which of the following describes how people usually stand when there are at more than two people in an elevator? 31. according to the article, people feel awkward in lifts because of _. a. someones odd behaviors b. the lack of space c. their unfamiliarity with one another d. their eye contact with one another dmy mom only had one eye. she ran a small shop at a flea market. she collected little weeds and such to sell anything for the money we needed she was such an embarrassment. during my elementary school, she came to my school on a field day. i threw her a hateful look and ran out. “your mom only has one eye?!” they taunted me the next day.i wished that my mom would just disappear from this world so i said to her, “mom, why dont you have the other eye?! youre only going to make me a laughingstock. why dont you just die?” my mom did not respond. late that night, i woke up, and went to the kitchen to get a glass of water. i saw my mom crying there, so quietly, as if she was afraid that she might wake me. i took a look at her, and then turned away. there was something pinching at me in the corner of my heart. even so, i hated my mother who was crying out of her one eye. so i told myself that i would grow up and become successful, because i hated my one-eyed mom and our desperate poverty.then i studied really hard. i left my mother and came to seoul and got accepted in the seoul university with all the confidence i had. then, i got married, bought a house of my own, and then had kids, too. now im living happily as a successful man. i like it here because its a place that doesnt remind me of my mom.this happiness was getting bigger and bigger, when someone unexpected came to see me. it was my mother, still with her one eye. it felt as if the whole sky was falling apart on me. my little girl ran away, scared of my moms eye.and i asked her, “who are you? i dont know you!” as if i tried to make that real. i screamed at her “how dare you come to my house and scare my daughter! get out of here now!” my mother just quietly answered, “oh, im so sorry. i may have gotten the wrong address,” and she disappeared. thank goodness, she didnt recognize me. i was quite relieved. i told myself that i wasnt going to care, or think about this for the rest of my life.then one day, a letter regarding a school reunion came to my house. after the reunion, i went down to the old shack, which i used to call a house just out of curiosity. there, i found my mother fallen on the cold ground. but i did not shed a single tear. in her hands was a letter to me:my son, i think my life has been long enough now. and i wont visit seoul anymore but would it be too much to ask if i wanted you to come visit me once in a while? i miss you so much. and i was so glad when i heard you were coming for the reunion. but i decided not to go to the school. for you im sorry that i only have one eye, and i was an embarrassment for you. you see, when you were very little, you got into an accident, and lost your eye. as a mother, i couldnt stand watching you having to grow up with only one eye so i gave you mine i was so proud of my son that was seeing a whole new world for me, in my place, with that eye. i was never upset at you for anything you did. the couple times that you were angry with me, i thought to myself, its because he loves me. i miss the times when you were still young around me. i miss you so much. i love you. you mean the world to me.my world shattered. i hated the person who only lived for me. i cried for my mother, i didnt know of any way that will make up for my worst deeds.32. which word can best describe the mother?a. brave b. curious c. respectable d. optimistic33. the author hated his mother because_.a. she had only one eye. b. she was poor.c. she was ugly. d. she made the author laughed at.34. we can learn from the letter that _.a. the mother had an accident when she was little.b. she was unwilling to give her eye to her son.c. she was proud that she still could see the world.d. she loved her son even though he hurt her so much.35. in the end, the author felt_.a. regrettable b. sympathetic c. successful d. proud第二节 (共5小题; 每小题2分, 满分l0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。doctors say anger can be an extremely damaging emotion, unless you learn how to deal with it. they warn that anger can lead to heart disease, stomach problems, headaches, emotional problems and possibly cancer._36_ some people express anger openly in a calm reasonable way. others burst with anger, and scream and yell. but other people keep their anger inside. they can not or will not express it. this is called repressing (压抑) anger.for years many doctors thought that repressing anger was more dangerous to a persons health than expressing it. they said that when a person is angry, the brain releases the same hormones (荷尔蒙). they speed the heart rate, raise blood pressure, or sugar into the blood, etc. _37_some doctors say that both repressing and expressing anger can be dangerous. they believe that those who express anger violently may be more likely to develop heart disease, and they believe that those who keep anger inside may face a greater danger of high blood pressure._38_ they say the first step is to admit that you are angry and to recognize the real cause of the anger, then decide if the cause is serious enough to get angry about. if it is, they say, “_39_ wait until your anger has cooled down and you are able to express yourself calmly and reasonably.”doctors say that a good way to deal with anger is to find humor in the situation that has made you angry. _40_a. doctors say the solution is learning how to deal with anger.b. anger is a normal emotion that we all feel from time to time.c. do not express your anger while angry.d. anger may cause you a cancer.e. expressing anger violently is more harmful than repressing itf. they said that laughter is much healthier than anger.g. in general the person feels excited and ready to act第三部分 英语知识运用（共两节，满分45分）第一节 完形填空（共20小题；每小题1.5分，满分30分） 阅读下列短文，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，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。once there was a very poor and devoted woman who always prayed to god, asking very little, if anything for herself. but she would love to prepare a special 41._ and have god share at her table. and god 42._ her invitation. she prepared a banquet and waited 43._. soon there was a 44._ on the door, and when she opened it, there stood an old beggar asking for something to eat. she invited him in. he 45._ all the food, thanked his hostess and left. though slightly 46._, she prepared another meal, awaiting the arrival of god. a few hours later, an old gypsy woman with no teeth knocked at the door, insisting that any true believer in god would not 47._ her something to eat. though lack of money, she let the woman in. the gypsy ate everything, did not even 48._ the woman and left without closing the door. now without 49._, she hurried to town with a little silver cup that had been in her family for several generations, but she was willing to 50._ with it to share a meal with god. late in the night she 51._ home to prepare yet a third meal. she waited and waited until, once more, there was a knock on the door. holding her 52._, she slowly opened the door to find a wandering monk, 53._ a meal. again, she received him 54._. this man also ate all that was set on the table and left after 55._the woman for her kindness. now it was too 56._, with no way to buy any more food and no more money with which to buy it. she went 57._ on her knees, weeping such heart-broken tears. she asked god 58._ she had done wrong and why had he not come to