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甘肃省张掖市肃南县第一中学2013-2014学年高二英语下学期期末考试试题新人教版1 my mother is english teacher in no. 2 middle school.a. a b. thec. an d. /2when you dont know a word, you can _ in the dictionary. a. look it upb. set it up c. give it up d. pick it up3mr. smith couldnt open the door because his naughty boy _ it from the insidea. would lockb. was lockingc. has lockedd. had locked4thomas wants to know _nina lives.a. where b. who c. what d. if5why do you insist on buying a car _ you have such good public transportation here?a. because b. unless c. when d. though6the snowstorm _ our difficulties.a. added to b. added up c. added up to d. has added7- hey, mary, your backpack looks nice. when did you buy it. - i _ it for two weeks.a. had b. bought c. have had d. have bought 8 it was a _story, and we all got _.a. shocking; shocking b. shocked; shockedc. shocking; shocked d. shocked; shocking9when _ about one of the biggest concerns today, many citizens mentioned the sharp rise in housing price.a. askingb. to askc. askedd. having asked10 they _to put their hearts into study.a. have made their minds b. have made their mindc. have made up their minds d. have made up their mind11the 13:30 train to shanghai has been put off _ the heavy storm.a. due tob. in case ofc. aside fromd. except for12 what did you say to your sister? i saw her crying in the room. it _ my fault. i just said hello to her when i met her, nothing else.a. must have been b. cant have beenc. oughtnt to be d. should have been13the movie gravity won seven awards at the oscar night, _ was beyond the directors wildest dream.a. which b. that c. where d. what14 _, she is the sort of woman to spread sunshine to people through her smilea. shy and cautious b. sensitive and thoughtfulc. honest and confident . d. lighthearted and optimistic15it comes as no surprise that many parents walk along their young children _ their safety.a. in search of b. in place of c. for fear of d. for lack of 16 the girl _ in bed _ to us that she had _ the dictionary on the bookshelf.a. lay; lied; lay b. lying; lied; laid c. lying; lay; laid d. lied; lied; laid17its reported that global warming is heating the planet twice as quickly as _ feared.a. extremely b. previously c. preciously d. eventually18while watching television, _.a.the doorbell rang b. the doorbell ringsc.they heard the doorbell rings d. they heard the doorbell ring19 anyone _ trying to take knives on board flights would be caught by the police. a. findsb. being foundc. foundd. will find20_ time, the teacher had us do half of the exercises in class and complete the other half for our homework.a. to saveb. savec. savingd. having saved第二节：完形填空(共20小题；每小题1.5分，满分30分)阅读下面短文，从短文后所给各题的四个选项（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。 when my husband and i got married, he worked as a mechanic (机修工) from midnight to 8 am. however, i worked during the _21_. so as he came home from work each morning, i was getting ready to _22_.we had very little _23_ then, so when valentines day came around that first year, i knew we couldnt _24_ anything for each other. after he left to go to work the night before valentines day, i decided to _25_ and make a valentines day card for him. i _26_ wrote a poem on the front of the card. when he came home the next _27_， i felt foolish as i handed him the card, _28_ that he wouldnt laugh at it. when he had finished _29_ it, he slowly raised his head and looked at me. then he reached down into his pocket. when he pulled his _30_ out, he was holding _31_. he told me that he had _32_ it for me during his lunch hour, but he had been _33_ to give it to me because he thought i might think it was _34_， and that i might laugh at it.it was a small heart made out of aluminum (铝). _35_ i had stayed up all night making him a valentine card, he had been cutting out a _36_ for me. i still have the aluminum heart, and i _37_ it in my desk. every time i see it, all those _38_ come flooding back to me. over the years, weve been able to buy each other very nice, _39_ presents for valentines day. but none has ever been as dear or _40_ as much as those handmade gifts made from our hearts the first year that we were married.21a. day b. night c. weekend d. holiday22a. cook b. leave c. rest d. help23a. time b. chance c. money d. energy24a. buy b. choose c. find d. borrow25a. look out b. call back c. slow down d. stay up26a. still b. only c. even d. again27a. morning b. noon c. afternoon d. evening28a. imagining b. hoping c. guessing d. noticing29a. studying b. reading c. examining d. playing30a. hand b. foot c. arm d. leg31a. everything b. anything c. nothing d. something32a. written b. drawn c. made d. invented33a. surprised b. happy c. angry d. afraid34a. wrong b. difficult c. dangerous d. silly35a. before b. though c. while d. if36a. heart b. card c. toy d. book37a. change b. keep c. cut d. divide38a. problems b. pains c. memories d. choices39a. strange b. special c. expensive d. satisfying40a. meant b. proved c. influenced d. explained第二部分：阅读理解（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。apeople have wondered for a long time how their personalities and behavior are formed. it is not easy to explain why one person is intelligent and another is not, or why one is cooperative and another is competitive. social scientists are of course extremely interested in these types of questions. they want to explain why we possess certain characteristics and exhibit certain behavior. there are no clear answers yet, but two distinct schools of thought on the matter have developed. as one might expect, the two approaches are very different from each other, and there is a great deal of debate between proponents of each theory. the controversy is often conveniently referred to as “nature and nurture” those who support the “nature” side of the conflict believe that our personalities and behavior patterns are largely determined by biological factors. that our environment has little, if anything, to do with our abilities, characteristics and behavior is central to this theory. taken to an extreme，this theory states that our behavior is predetermined to such a great degree that we are almost completely governed by our instincts(本能) proponents of the “nurture” theory, or, as they are often called, behaviorists, claim that our environment is more important than our biologically based instincts in determining how we will act. a behaviorist, b. f. skinner, sees humans as beings whose behavior is almost completely shaped by their surroundings. the behaviorists view of the human being is quite mechanistic. they state that, like machines, humans respond to environmental stimuli (刺激) as the basis of their behavior. socially and politically, the consequences of these two theories are far-reaching. in the us，for example, blacks often score below whites on standardized intelligence tests. this leads some “nature” proponents to conclude that blacks are genetically lower in status than whites. behaviorists, on the contrary, say that the differences in scores are due to the fact that blacks are often robbed of many of the educational and other environmental advantages that whites enjoy, and that, as a result, they do not develop the same responses that whites do. neither of these theories can yet fully explain human behavior. in fact, it is quite likely that the key to our behavior lies somewhere between these two extremes and that the controversy will continue for a long time is certain. 41this passage is mainly concerned with _. a. relation between personality and behavior b. relation between behavior and environment c. different accounts of patterns of human behavior d. different theories of the formation of human behavior 42the underlined word “proponents” in paragraph 2 means _.a. creators b. advisors c. advocates d. judges 43in paragraph 5, the author mainly writes about _. a. the considerable influence of the two theories b. differences between the blacks and whites c. racial discrimination in the united states d. different responds to intelligence tests 44whats the authors purpose in writing the passage? a. to call our attention to the changes of human behavior. b. to urge scientists to do more research in social science. c. to give us a detailed explanation of human behavior. d. to present an argument in the field of social science. bsydneya shark savaged a schoolboys leg while he was surfing with his father at a beach in sydney on february 23it was the third shark attack along the coast of australias largest city in a month the 15-year-old boy and his father were in the water off avalon, on sydneys northern beaches, around dawn when he was attackedthe citys beaches are packed with locals and tourists during the summer months the father heard a scream and turned to see his son trashing （扭动） about in the water, police saidfortunately, the shark swam away and the boy was helped to shore by his father lifesaving club spokesman nick miller: it got him around the top of his left leg and the father came and dragged him out of water he said the boy was bleeding heavily when he was brought to shorethere was a lot of pain, as you can imaginethe teenager was airlifted to hospital for treatment for leg injuries police said the bites cut through to the bone , but the boy did not appear to have sustained any fractures （骨折）he was in a stable condition now several beaches were closed after the attackwater police and lifeguards were searching for the shark, while police hoped to identify its species by the shape of the bite marksbut they said it was too early to say what type of shark attacked the boyi dont even know if he saw it, miller said many shark species live in the waters off sydneys beaches, but attacks on humans are still relatively rarehowever, there were two attacks on successive days earlier this month, one on a navy diver in sydney harbor, not far from the famous opera house, and the other on a surfer at the citys world-famous bondi beach fishermen say shark numbers are on the risethere is a ban on commercial fishing in the harbor, which has increased fish stocksmarine experts also claim environmental protection has created a cleaner environment, attracting sharks closer to shore as they chase fishmany shark species, including the great whitethe man-eater made famous in steven spielbergs jawsare protected in australian waters45the report mainly tells us _ashark attacks on humans are on the risebsharks attacked humans three times in one monthca boy was attacked by a shark at a sydney beachdshark numbers are increasing in the waters off sydneys beaches46the underlined word savaged in the first paragraph probably means _aattracted bdragged cbit dpacked47what do we know about the city of sydney from the passage?ait is one of the largest cities in australiabsydney harbor is not far from the famous opera housecthere are many locals and tourists on its coast all year rounddthere are few shark species in the waters off sydneys beaches48all the followings are the causes of australias sharks increasing except that_aenvironmental protection has created a cleaner environmentba ban on commercial fishing has increased fish numberscmany shark species are protected in australia watersdthe film jaws made the great white famouscwe are all interested in equality, but while some people try to protect the school and examination system in the name of equality, others, still in the name of equality, want only to destroy it. any society which is interested in equality of opportunity and standards of achievement must regularly test its pupils. the standards may be changed no examination is perfect but to have no tests or examination would mean the end of equality and of standards. there are groups of people who oppose this view and who do not believe either in examinations or in any controls in schools or on teachers. this would mean that everything would depend on luck since every pupil would depend on the efficiency， the values and the purpose of each teacher. without examinations, employers will look for employees from the highly respected schools and from families known to them a form offavoritismwill replace equality at the moment. the bright child from an ill-respected school can show certificates to prove he or she is suitable for a job, while the lack of certificate indicates the unsuitability of a dull child attending a well-respected school. this defense of excellence and opportunity would disappear if examinations were taken away, and the bright child from a poor family would be a prisoner of his or her schools reputation, unable to compete for employment with the child from the favored school. the opponents（反对者） of the examination system suggest that examinations are an evil force because they show differences between pupils. according to these people, there must be no special, different, academic class. they have even suggested that there should be no form of difference in sport or any other area: all jobs or posts should be filled by unsystematic selection. the selection would be made by people who themselves are probably selected by some computer.49the word “favoritism” in paragraph 3 is used to describe the phenomenon that .abright children also need certificates to get satisfying jobs.bpoor children with certificates are favoured in job markets.cchildren from well-respected schools tend to have good jobs.dchildren attending ordinary schools achieve great success.50what would happen if examinations were taken away according to the author?aschools for bright children would lose their reputation.bthere would be more opportunities and excellence.cchildren from poor families would be able to change their schools.dchildrens job opportunity would be affected by their school reputation.51the opponents of the examination system will agree that .ajobs should not be assigned by systematic se lectionbcomputers should be selected to take over many jobs.cspecial classes are necessary to keep the school standardsdschools with academic subjects should be done aw ay with52the passage mainly focuses on .aschools and certificatesbexamination and equalitycopportunity and employmentdstandards and reputationdone of the latest trend（趋势） in american childcare is chinese au pairs. au pair in stamford, for example, has got increasing numbers of request for chinese au pairs from aero to around 4,000 since 2004. and thats true all across the country. “i thought it would be useful for him to learn chinese at an early age” joseph stocke, the managing director of s company, says of his 2-year old son. “i would at least like to give him the chance to use the language in the future,” after only six months of being cared by 25-year-old woman from china, the boy can already understand basic chinese daily expressions, his dad says. li drake, a chinese native raising two children in minnesota with an american husband, had another reason for looking for an au pair from china. she didnt want her children to miss out on their roots.” because i am chinese, my husband and i wanted the children to keep exposed to(接触) the language and culture.” she says. “staying with a native speaker is better for children than simply sitting in a classroom,” says suzanne flynn, a professor in language education of children.” but parents must understand that just one year with au pair is unlikely to produce wonders. complete mastery demands continued learning until the age of 10 or 12.” 53what does that term” au pair” in the text mean?a. a mother raising her children on her ownb. a child learning a foreign language at homec. a professor in language education of childrend. a young foreign woman taking care of children.54li drake has her children study chinese because she wants them _.a. to live in china some dayb. to speak the language at homec. to catch up wit other childrend. to learn about the chinese culture55what can we infer from the text?a. learning chinese is becoming popular in america,b. educated woman do better in looking after childrenc. chinese au pairs need to improve their english skills.d. children can learn a foreign language well in six months.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项.how to make friendsfriendship is a very important human relationship and everyone needs good friends. good friendship has many benefits. it offers companionship, improves self-worth and promotes good heal