黑龙江省佳木斯市第二中学高二英语下学期期末考试试题.doc

佳二中20142015学年度下学期期末考试高二英语试卷 考试说明：本试卷分第卷（选择题）和第卷（非选择题）两部分，满分150分，考试时间120分钟。（1） 答题前，考生先将自己的姓名、准考证号码填写清楚；（2） 请按照题号顺序在各题目的答题区域内作答，在草稿纸、试题上答题无效。保持卡面清洁，不得折叠，不要弄破、弄皱，不准使用涂改液、刮纸刀。第i卷(满分90分)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)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 does this conversation probably take place? ain a bookstore. b. in a classroom. c. in a library.2.at what time will the film begin?a.7:20 b.7:15 c.7:003. what are the two speakers mainly talking about?a. their friend jane. b. a weekend trip. c. a radio programme.4. what will the woman probably do?a. catch a train. b. see the man off. c. go shopping.5. why did the woman apologize?a. she made a late delivery.b. she went to the wrong place.c. she couldnt take the cake back.第二节(共15小题;每小题1分)听下面5段对话，每段对话后有几个小题，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。听每段对话前，你将有时间阅读各个小题，每小题5秒钟，听完后，各小题给出5秒钟的做答时间。每段对话读两遍。听第6段材料，回答第6， 7题。6. whose cd is broken? a.kathys. b.mums. c.jacks.7. what does the boy promise to do for the girl?a.buy her a new cd. b.do some cleaning. c.give her 10 dollars.听第7段材料，回答第8、9题。8. what did the man think of the meal? a. just so-so. b. quite satisfactory. c. a bit disappointing.9. what was the 15% on the bill paid for?a. the food. b. the drinks. c. the service.听第8段材料，回答第i0至12题。10. why is the man at the shop? a. to order a camera for his wife. b. to have a camera repaired. c. to get a camera changed.11. what colour does the man want?a. pink. b. black. c. orange.12. what will the man do afterwards?a. make a phone call.b. wait until further notice.c. come again the next day.听第9段材料，回答第13至16题。13. what would joe probably do during the thanksgiving holiday? a. go to a play. b. stay at home. c. visit kingston.14. what is ariel going to do in toronto?a. attend a party. b. meet her teacher. c. see a car show.i5. why is ariel in a hurry to leave?a. to call up betty. b. to buy some dvds. c. to pick up daniel.16. what might be the relationship between the speakers?a. classmates. b. fellow workers. c. guide and tourist.听第10段材料，回答第17至20题。17. where does thomas manning work?a. in the guinness company. b. at a radio station. c. in a museum.18. where did the idea of a book of records come from?a. a bird-shooting trip. b. a visit to europe. c. a television talk show.19. when did sir hughs first book of recordsa. in 1875. b. in 1950. c. in 1955.20. what are the two speakers going to talk about next?a. more records of unusual facts.b. the founder of the company.c. the oldest person in the world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，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。aat thirteen, i was diagnosed（诊所） with kind of attention disorder. it made school difficult for me. when everyone else in the class was focusing on tasks, i could not.in my first literature class, mrs.smith asked us to read a story and then write on it, all within 45 minutes. i raised my hand right away and said,“mrs.smith, you see, the doctor said i have attention problems. i might not be able to do it.”she glanced down at me through her glasses, “you are no different from your classmates, young man.”i tried, but i didnt finish the reading when the bell rang. i had to take it home.in the quietness of my bedroom, the story suddenly all became clear to me. it was about a blind person, louis braille. he lived in a time when the blind couldnt get much education. but louis didnt give up. instead, he invented a reading system of raised dots（点）, which opened up a whole new world of knowledge to the blind.wasnt i the “blind” in my class, being made to learn like the “sighted” students? my thoughts spilled out and my pen started to dance. i completed the task within 40 minutes. indeed, i was no different from others; i just needed a quieter place. if louis could find his way out of his problems, why should i ever give up?i didnt expect anything when i handed in my paper to mrs.smith, so it was quite a surprise when it came back to me the next day- with an“a” on it. at the bottom of the paper were these words:“ see what you can do when you keep trying?”21. the author didnt finish the reading in class because.a. he was new to the classb. he was tired of literaturec. he had an attention disorderd. he wanted to take the task home22. what do we know about louis braille from the passage?a. he had good sightb. he made a great invention.c. he gave up readingd. he learned a lot from school23. what is the main idea of the passage?a.the disabled should be treated with respect.b.a teacher can open up a new world to students.c. one can find his way out of difficulties with efforts.d. everyone needs a hand when faced with challenges.bjuly is a month of fun-filled activities for kids and teens as long as you know where to find them. when you want some fun activities for july, consider these ideas happening in this month. secret of the dragontime monday, july1, 2014, 10:30 a.m.cost adult:$7.40 children(under15): halfbooking phone the booking office:34032578address brisbane botanic gardensnote secret of the dragon is a magical story about 2 children who are taken on a dragon ride to explore the universe.the search for life: are we alone?time thursday, july4, 2014, 2:00 p.m.cost adult:$14.50 ,children(under15):$8.70booking phone the booking office:34037689address brisbane botanic gardensnote are we truly alone in space? is there any life out there? these are the questions asked in this show. magic classtime friday, july12, 2014, 10:00 a.m.cost freebooking please call 34038470 to book your place.address centenary community hub, 171 dandenong rdnote would you like to be a magician? then join david, the magician, to learn about real magic with playing cards, coins, ring ropes and diy projects and be able to become the life of the party.science with me: making your own guitartime saturday, july20, 2014, 3:00 p.m.cost freebooking please call 34031226 to book your place.address 10, egginton closenote do you want to make a guitar with katy and her mum? science with me is going to be with you. please remember to bring a piece of wood, a hammer, some rubber bands and some nails with you.24. alec is strongly interested in space life. he may go to _.a. magic class b. science with mec. secret of the dragon d. the search for life25. john and his 10-year-old son want to watch secret of the dragon. how much should they pay?a. $7.40. b. $11.10. c. $14.80. d. $23.20.26. what do the four activities have in common?a. they are all free. b. they happen in the same place.c. they are all weekend activities. d. they can all be booked on phone.cthe writer margaret mitchell is best known for writing gone with the wind, first published in 1936. her book and the movie based on it, tell a story of love and survival during the american civil war. visitors to the margaret mitchell house in atlanta, georgia, can go where she lived when she started composing the story and learn more about her life.our first stop at the margaret mitchell house is an exhibit area telling about the writers life. she was born in atlanta in 1900. she started writing stories when she was a child. she started working as a reporter for the atlanta journal newspaper in 1922. one photograph of ms. mitchell, called peggy, shows her talking to a group of young college boys. she was only about one and a half meters tall. the young men tower over her, but she seems very happy and sure of herself. the tour guide explains: “now in this picture peggy is interviewing some boys from georgia tech, asking them such questions as would you really marry a woman who works? and today itd be would you marry one who doesnt? ”the margaret mitchell house is a building that once contained several apartments. now we enter the first floor apartment where ms. mitchell lived with her husband, john marsh. they made fun of the small apartment by calling it “the dump”.around 1926, margaret mitchell had stopped working as a reporter and was at home healing after an injury. her husband brought her books to read from the library. she read so many books that he bought her a typewriter and said it was time for her to write her own book. our guide says gone with the wind became a huge success. margaret mitchell received the pulitzer prize for the book. in 1939 the film version was released. it won ten academy awards, including best picture.27. the book gone with the wind was _. a. first published on a newspaper b. awarded ten academy awards c. written in “the dump” d. adapted from a movie28. the underlined phrase “tower over” in paragraph 2 is closest in meaning to_. a. be very pleased with b. show great respect for c. be much taller than d. show little interest in29. why did ms. mitchell stop working as a reporter according to the passage?a. because she was rich enough. b. because she was injured then.c. because her husband didnt like it. d. because she wanted to write books.30. which is the best title for the passage? a. gone with the wind: a huge success. b. margaret mitchell: a great female writer. c. an introduction of the margaret mitchell house. d. a trip to know margaret mitchell.din earliest times, men considered lightning to be one of the great mysteries of nature. some ancient peoples believed that lightning and thunder were the weapons of the gods.in reality, lightning is a flow of electricity formed high above the earth. a single flash of lightning 1.6 kilometres long has enough electricity to light one million light bulbs.the american scientist and statesman, benjamin franklin, was the first to show the connection between electricity and lightning in 1752. in the same year he also built the first lightning rod (避雷针). this device protects buildings from being damaged by lightning.modern science has discovered that one stroke of lightning has a voltage (电压) of more than 15 million volts. a flash of lightning between a cloud and the earth may be as long as 13 kilometers, and travel at a speed of 30 million meters per second.scientists judge that there are about 2,000 million flashes of lightning per year. lightning hits the empire state building in new york city 30 to 48 times a year. in the united states alone it kills an average of one person every day.the safest place to be in case of an electrical storm is in a closed car. outside, one should go to low ground and not get under a tree. also, one should stay out of water and away from metal fences. inside a house, people should avoid open doorways and windows and not touch wires or metal things.with lightning, it is better to be safe than sorry.31. people once thought lightning came from _. a. the sky b. the gods c. the earth d. nature32. according to the passage what do you think all buildings need? a. metal fences. b. electricity. c. lightning rods. d. machines.33. lightning can travel _. a. as quickly as water b. not so quickly as electricity c. at very low speed d. at very high speed34. which of the following is not true? a. in the u.s. about 360 people die from lightning in a year. b. the empire state building frequently gets hit by lightning. c. swimming during a thunder storm is a good idea. d. a closed car is the best place to be during an electrical storm.35. lightning is probably _ to man. a. useful b. kind c. useless d. friendly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in the world nothing is more important than health. if people took away our money, houses, cars, or even our clothes, we could still survive. 36 then how can we keep healthy?first of all, we should eat healthily. i usually avoid eating food high in fat, like french fries or cookies, which are junk food. 37 i only eat little meat. 38 it helps us build a strong body. regular exercise is an important part of keeping me healthy. in addition, i think friends are an important part of ones health. 39 i always feel better when i am with friends than when i am alone. when i am with my friends, i always laugh. laughing is also an important part of health. it is good to stay with my friends.by eating properly and exercising regularly, i can keep my body at a proper weight and keep healthy. by spending time with my friends, i can keep my mind as well as my body happy. these things sound easy to do, but not many people can manage them. 40 a. whats more, taking exercise is very important.b. some people appear fat because they often eat too much.c. i think a strong will is necessary if we want to keep fit.d. i eat a lot of vegetables and fresh fruits which are full of vitamins.e. there are some people who like staying alone, but they keep healthy.f. but if our health were taken away, we could surely die.g. many studies show that people with few friends often get sick.第三部分：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，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。i was recently invited to dinner by a friend. during the meal, the 41 of the restaurant came over and said our meal was free. i was 42 . he stood there smiling at me and there was an air of 43 . finally i asked him if he knew me. he said i had 44 forgotten him, but i had 45 his life. my friend was quite 46 and asked him how i had done this.he said twelve years ago i was teaching a stress management class and he was one of the 47 . i asked the group what their number one 48 was and most of them said it was from their bosses.i listened to everyone, then 49 a chair and invited everyone to stand on it. i wanted them to look at the room from 50 there. after that, i asked the group to think about how the room looked 51 when they changed their perspective (角度). then i asked them to 52 their bosses. was this the same person who had 53 their good qualities and hired them? do they remember how 54 they were to be chosen for the job?he said i looked at him and asked if he had ever thanked his boss for the 55 to earn a living and 56 him new skills and to be a better employee. he said he went back to work the next day with a thank-you card to his 57 . he learned to 58 stress in a smart way. now he has been the manager of the restaurant for eight years. he said i had taught him to 59 life from different perspectives and to express 60 .41. a. waiter b. manager c. cook d. owner42. a. satisfied b. excited c. surprised d. moved43. a. familiarity b. understanding c. importance d. dignity44. a. hardly b. rarely c. speciallyd. probably45. a. changed b. planned c. built d. noticed46. a. patient b. anxious c. curious d. doubtful47. a. employers b. students c. organizers d. teachers48. a. joy b. stress c. dangerd. pride49. a. removed b. broke c. held d. took50. a. down b. outside c. up d. inside51. a. natural b. different c. funnyd. strange52. a. consider b. ask c. visit d. watch53. a. seen b. predicted c. chosen d. improved54. a. puzzled b. touched c. happyd. calm55. a. ability b. chance c. process d. luck56. a. allowing b. advising c. encouraging d. teaching57. a. colleague b. customer c. boss d. parent58. a. leave behind b. deal with c. suffer from d. bring about59. a. look at b. talk about c. work on d. take over60. a. apology b. regret c. appreciation d. sympathy第ii卷 60分第四部分 英语知识运用第一节：语法填空（共10小题：每小题1.5分，满分15分）阅读下面材料，在空白处填入适当的内容（不多于3个单词）或括号内单词的正确形式。chaplin made people laugh at a time when they felt _61_( depress), so they could feel more content _62_ their lives. he was popular with people all over the world for his particular form of _63_ (humor) acting. the little tramp became _64_ (know) throughout the world. he played the main character _65_ was poor and homeless, and _66_ (wear) large trousers, worn- out shoes and a small round black hat, and carried _67_ walking stick. the character was a social _68_(fail), but he won the love of his audience for his determination in overcoming difficulties, and being kind to others.in his film the gold rush, chaplin _69_(success) made a sad situation entertaining by eating a boiled shoe.as an everlasting humor master, chaplin chaplin will always _70_ (remember) by us.61. _ 62. _ 63. _ 64. _ 65. _ 66. _ 67. _ 68. _ 69. _ 70. _ 第二节：单词拼写:（共10小题：每小题1分，满分10分） 71. a _（目击者）is a person who sees what happens with his or her eyes on the spot.72. one shouldnt believe in _(命运)。73.he has a _(固定的)pattern of behavior.74.we aim to offer good value and service to all our _(顾客)75. the man _（怀疑）of stealing in six schools was caught by beijing police.76.it is _(估计) that 1.3 billion people will use english as a first or a second language.77. her style of writing is rather _(独特的)。78. finally,the red army finishe