浙江省乐清市芙蓉中学高二英语下学期期末考试试题.doc

2015学年第二学期高二英语期末考试卷本试卷分为四部分，满分150分。考试时间120分钟。第一部分 听力（共两节，满分30分）第一节 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. which country does the woman come from?a. japan. b. australia. c. france.2. what job does the boys mother do?a. a secretary. b. a nurse. c. a doctor.3. what does the woman suggest?a. going to the chemists. b. staying in bed. c. seeing the doctor.4. when is the parents meeting?a. on monday. b. on tuesday. c. on thursday.5. what do we know about jerry?a. he is leaving law school soon.b. he is going to law school.c. he isnt in a law school.第二节 听下面四段对话或独白。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，每小题将给出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 will the woman go to florida?a. for a holiday. b. for a business trip. c. for a wedding.7. what does the woman ask the man to do?a. look after her house. b. look after her bird. c. look after her dog.8. what does the woman give the man?a. a list. b. a key. c. some pet food.听第7段材料，回答第9至11题。9. where is the new sports center?a. on east road. b. on park street. c. on west road.10. what did the man do last saturday?a. he played tennis.b. he played table tennis.c. he played basketball.11. what are the speakers planning to do?a. go skating. b. go swimming. c. go skiing.听第8段材料，回答第12至14题。12. what does the man do?a. a salesman. b. a traveler. c. a journalist.13. why did the man give up chinese halfway?a. because of the speaking.b. because of the writing.c. because of the grammar.14. how long did the man attend japanese classes?a. 2 or 3 years. b. 2 or 3 months. c. 2 or 3 weeks.听第9段材料，回答第15至17题。15. what kind of room does the man want?a. a room with a double bed.b. a room with a bathroom.c. a room with a single bed.16. on which floor is there a room available?a. on the first floor. b. on the fourth floor. c. on the fifth floor.17. what do we know about the man?a. he comes here to attend a meeting.b. he will check in at this hotel.c. he will try to find another hotel.听第10段材料，回答第18至20题。18. who is the speaker probably?a. a journalist. b. a guide. c. a lecturer.19. what does sydney opera house look like to most people?a. sea birds.b. seashells.c. white sails of a sailboat.20. when was the sydney opera house designed?a. about two centuries ago.b. about a century ago.c. about half a century ago.第二部分 阅读理解（共两节, 满分35分）第一节（共10小题；每小题2.5分，满分25分）afun dayto celebrate the year of the roosterorganized by lam tin youth centre and kwun tong high schooldate：2 february 2017time：10 am 5 pmplace：kwn tong playgroundfee: $ 20 (buy three get one free)programmes：drama, lion dance, magic show and ballet performancehighlights: 1) enter the lucky draw to win a digital camera 2) learn to make festival foodjoin us on the fun day! all are welcome!note: tickets are available at the general office of lam tin youth centre.for those who would like to be a volunteer, please contact miss olivia wong one week before the activity.21. what is going to take place on 2 february, 2013?a. a party for close friends to meet and have fun.b. a social gathering to raise money for wildlife.c. a big event to welcome a chinese new year.d. a meeting of kwun tong high school students.22. how much do you have to pay in total if four of you go together?a. $ 20.b. $ 60.c. $ 40 d. $ 80.23. which of the following statements is true?a. tickets are sold in kwun tong high school.b. free digital cameras are provided for everybody.c. festival food will be served without extra charge.d. its unnecessary to take soft drinks with you. bcharles dickens (1812-1870), the great nineteenth century english novelist, was born near portsmouth. his father ran heavily into debt and when he was twelve, he had to go and work in a factory for making boot polish. the only formal education he received was a two-year schooling at a school for poor children. in fact, he had to teach himself all he knew. he worked for a time as a junior clerk in a lawyers office. after that, he worked as a reporter in the law courts, and later in parliament, for london newspapers. his career as a writer of fiction began in 1833 with short stories and essays in periodicals(期刊), and in 1837 his comic novel the pickwick papers made him the most popular author at his time in england.he was a great observer of people and their places because he was attracted by life and conditions in mid-nineteenth century london. he wrote 19 novels all his life and in many of them, dickens gave a realistic picture of all classes of england society, showing deep sympathy for the poor and unfortunate, exposing the injustice and inhumanity of the middle class. many of his novels like oliver twist, david copperfield, nicholas nickleby, great expectations, a tale of two cities and so on drew attention to the unsatisfactory social conditions that existed in england over a hundred years ago. dickens criticized capitalist society from the point of view of bourgeois humanism. he wished to see improvement in the living conditions of the poor, but failed to find any effective means to achieve that end.24. dickens only received a little formal education because_.a. he wanted to teach himselfb. he wanted to work and made a lot of money c. he was too poor to afford any more formal educationd. he wanted some working experiences to be a novelist25. according to the passage, which of the following about dickens is true?a. he didnt go to school at all. b. he only wrote about poor people and showed deep sympathy for them.c. he began to write fictions when he was 21 years old.d. he found some effective ways to improve the living conditions of the poor.26. it can be inferred from the passage that_.a. dickens had a miserable（悲惨的；可怜的）childhood b. his career as a writer of fiction began in 1837c. dickens wrote many novels but only some of them are populard. dickens criticized capitalist society and helped to improve the living conditions of the poorcyou wake up in the morning，the day is beautiful and the plans for the day are what you have been looking forward to for a long time. then the telephone rings，you say hello, and the drama startsthe person on the other end has a depressing tone in his voice as he starts to tell you how terrible his morning is and that there is nothing to look forward to. you are still in a wonderful mood? impossible! communicating with negative people can wash out your happinessit may not change what you think，but communicating long enough with them will make you feel depressed for a moment or a long timelife brings ups and downs，but some people are stuck in the wrong idea that life has no happiness to offerthey only feel glad when they make others feel badno wonder they can hardly win others pity or respectwhen you communicate with positive people，your spirit stays happy and therefore more positive things are attractedwhen the dagger(匕首) of a negative person is put in you，you feel the heavy feeling that all in all，brings you downsometimes we have no choice but to communicate with negative peoplethis could be a co-worker，or a relativein this case，say what needs to be said as little as possible. sometimes it feels good to let out your anger back to the negative person，but all this does is to lower you to that same negative level and they wont feel ashamed of themselves about thatnegativity often affects happiness without even being realizedthe negative words of another at the start of the day can cling to(附着) you throughout the rest of your day，which makes you feel bad and steals your happinesslife is too short to feel negativestay positive and avoid negativity as much as possible27. the purpose of the first paragraph is to _.a. make a comparison b. offer an evidencec. introduce a topic d. describe a daily scene28. how can negative people affect us?a. by influencing our emotion b. by telling us the nature of lifec. by changing our ways of thinking d. by comparing their attitudes to life with ours29. some negative people base their happiness on _.a. other peoples pity for them b. making other people unhappyc. building up a positive attitude d. other peoples respect for them30. according to the passage, to reduce negative peoples influence on us，we are advised to _. a. change negative peoples attitudes to lifeb. show our dissatisfaction to negative peoplec. make negative people feel ashamed of themselvesd. communicate with negative people as little as possible第二节（共5小题；每小题2分，满分10分）simple ways to reduce stress do nothing 31. its harder than it sounds. try it right now. just sit. set an alarm so you dont have to look at your watch. be content doing nothing. what youll get in return is peace of mind that will spread to other parts of your day. listen to some gentle music need inspiration? 32. research shows that music can help slow down the heart rate and lower bloodpressure. stop clock-watching were very often reminded of how little time we have to achieve things. this increases frustration(挫败感) and we put ourselves under pressure to meet deadlines(最后期限). 33. be old-fashioned do things that people in your grandmothers time would dogrow vegetables, write a letter, spend an evening preparing a traditional dinner for the family. 34. speak slowly im not suggesting you completely change the speed at which you speak. but if you learn to control the speed and think about what you say, youll finally get a calmer brain. 35. forward planning you cant beat it. get into the habit of making to do lists, shopping lists and even wish lists. avoid being late by breaking big projects into small goals and never be afraid to ask for help if you need it.a. ask for helpb. get organizedc. put on a favourite cd.d. take ten minutes a day to do nothing at all.e. join your friends and tell them what you think.f. any of these ideas will slow your busy life right down.g. try to limit the number of clocks in your home and work area.第三部分 语言运用（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） 阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从 3655 各题所给的四个选项（a、b、c和d）中，选出最佳选项，并在答题纸上将该选项标号涂黑。my mother always says that im born to dance ballet（芭蕾）but that september when i was in a ballet 36 and went to do a turn，something just happened. i heard it and i surely 37 iti went right to a doctor and got an mri，which 38 a lot of damage to my knee-a(n) 39 injury for a danceri had to have a(n) 40 .everything had been going so well and now i had this huge injurydance was my life，but 41 ，i wasnt going to be able to do it for a year or possibly never againmy dad was really a big inspiration for me. he was 42 a battle against cancer at that timehe showed me how to make it through a 43 situationi thought that if he could do that，i could handle this，too. 44 my operation，i had great difficulty walking，but i knew that if i really worked hard，my injury would 45several months later, i definitely wasnt at my strongest，but i could 46 a class. the dancing i did was basic at first- 47 hat my knee could handleonce we started practicing in the fall，i was beginning to feel like myself againone day，i 48 the schedule and my name was next to eliot feldi thought it must be a(n) 49 because he is very famous in the ballet worldbut it wasnthe 50 me and taught me a lot of thingsat l8，i had a solo（单独） performance! it was a big 51i was so excited and felt like a real ballerinaafter the 52，eliot said，“you know, you have a giftand you are also made of 53that，coming from him，was the 54compliment(赞美)i have ever receivedid like to think that 55 my injury made me strong36aclass bschool cteam dplay37atouched baccepted cbroke dfelt38apointed bsaid cread dshowed39anecessary bdeadly cpractical dimportant40aholiday bcry coperation dtest41ain time ball of a sudden cat present donce in a while42aleading bfighting closing dinventing43awonderful bdifficult cpositive dheavy44aafter bduring cat dover45amove bgo cheal ddie46aget through btake up cbreak into dset out47amoves bactivities cdamages dbreathes48astole bborrowed cfaced dchecked49amistake bopportunity cproblem dtask50aheld bobeyed cencouraged dreceived51asurprise bsecret csuccess dposition52aspeech bperformance ccompetition dmatch53amud bwood cgold dsteel（钢铁）54asimplest bdeepest cgreatest dsmartest55adealing with b1etting out csetting up dturning to 第二节 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或括号内单词的正确形式my wife is addicted to shopping on the internet. it seems that she cant control 56._ (she) well, just clicking constantly with the mouse. let me tell you what happened last night. it was the fourth time she 57._(shop) online for hours. i had already reminded her 58._ (think) twice before buying anything, but my wife ignored what i said and replied confidently, “ with the new year 59._ (approach), preparation is necessary. 60._, i havent bought things on the internet for a whole week.” hearing her words, i was really speechless. in most cases, the things she bought arent good value for money. maybe she just enjoys 61._process of buying online. nowadays, with the 62._(develop) of technology, online shopping is becoming more and more convenient. those 63._stay at home can buy whatever they want. in the meanwhile, it causes a series of 64._(problem). one of them is more spending than before, because people are 65._(easy) attracted by the discount. so how to keep a good state of mind in front of temptation(诱惑) is an important lesson many people need to learn.第四部分 写作（共两节，满分40分）第一节 应用文写作（满分15分）假如你是李华， 一名高中生。请根据以下提示写一篇发言稿， 呼吁同学们调节好自己的学习和生活。发言稿的内容要点如下：1.许多同学为了学习，晚上经常熬夜，白天课堂上容易犯困2.有的同学没有养成良好的饮食习惯3.针对以上现状，提出建议注意：1.词数80左右，开头和结尾已为你写好，不计入总词数2.可适当增加细节，以使行文连贯dear everyone, im greatly honoured to make a short speech today. _ thats all. thank you for listening!第二节 概要写作（满分25分）阅读下面短文，根据其内容写一篇60词左右的内容概要。 an average adult breathes more than 3,000 gallons of air every day. children breathe even more. air pollution is more harmful to the children than to the adults. air pollution can cause breathing problems, disorders(紊乱) in the nervous system and an increased risk of cancer later in life. the american lung association explains why children are so affected by air pollution. children are usually more active than adults. as a result, they breathe more rapidly and take more pollution deep into their lungs. children also often breathe through their mouths, not through their noses. the mouth cant filter（过滤） out pollutants as well as the nose. finally, children usually spend an average of 50 percent more time outdoors than adults, especially in summer. air pollution is the worst in summer. in the past 30 years, programs to reduce air pollution in cities have made great progress. most of the programs have centered on getting factories to reduce the pollution that they put into the air. new programs aim at reducing air pollution in childrens daily lives. a good example of this is a new kind of “no smoking” law. its goal is to reduce secondhand smokecigarette smoke in the air that others breathe in. experts say that secondhand smoke is just as dangerous outside as inside. over 70 cities in the united states now prohibit(禁止) smoking in public places. several cities rule that smokers have to pay 100 to 25o dollars for their smoking in any outdoor public area. some city officials are in favor of the new laws because they want to reduce the amount of secondhand smoke that children breathe. others want to improve the environment in general. most want both. a city health official in san francisco, california, said “al