江西省南昌三中高二英语上学期期末考试试题新人教版.doc

南昌三中2012-2013学年度上学期期末考试高二英语试卷第卷（三部分，共115分）第一部分：听力（共两节，满分30分）第一节（共5小题，每小题15分，满分75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. what does the man like about the movie?a. the story. b.the ending c.the actress2. what is the woman probably doing now?a. going to summer camp b.making a phone call c.sorting things out3. what will the speakers probably do next?a. finish a project b. go out to eat c. go to a concert.4. what are the speakers trying to find?a. a hotel b. a bank c. a park5.when will the speakers meet?a. 8:30 am b. 8:15 am c. 7:45 am第一节（共5小题，每小题15分，满分225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，各小题将给出5秒钟的作答时间。每段对话读两遍。听第6段材料，回答第6、7题。6. what is the girls brother doing?a. serving the guests b. walking the dog c. helping his dad7. what will the girl probably do first?a.conform the guests b.set the table c.put the candles on the cake听第7段材料，回答第8、9题。8. what are the speakers talking about?a. a family holiday b. a busimess trip c. a travel plan9. where did jeff go?a. italy b. spain c. india听第8段材料，回答第10至12题。10.where does the conversation probably take place?a. in a restaurant b. at the womans home c. at the mans home11.what is mapo tofu famous for?a. its lovely colour b. its nice smell c. its spicy flavor12.what does the man want to do?a. to learn to cook chinese food b. to learn chinese table mannersc. to stay at the womans home听第9段材料，回答第13至16题。13. where does the conversation probably take place?a. in a supermarket b. at the lost and found c. in a street14. what does the handbag look like?a. it is a brown handbag b. it is a small leather handbag c. there are some patterns on it15. what is inside the handbag?a. the womans picture b.the womans door key c. a pair of sunglasses16. what can we know about the woman?a. she didnt see her handbag when she left the office.b. she went to the nearby supermarket to buy some drinksc. she probably lost her handbag in the taxi听第10段材料，回答第17至20题。17. when did shadow boxing come into being?a. in the early ming dynasty b. in the late ming dynasty c. in the early qing dynasty18. what was shadow boxing based on?a. a combination of ancient boxing and folk boxingb. classical works of chinese traditional philosophyc. ideas of taoism and confucianism19. what is the purpose of shadow boxing?a. to defend oneself b. to cure illness c. to make people strong and healthy20. what do we learn about shadow boxing?a. it has a history of 500 years b. it absorbed ideas from chinese farmersc. its movements are gentle and slow第二部分：英语知识运用（共两节，满分45分）第一节：单项填空（共15小题；每小题1分，满分15分）从a、b、c、d四个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。21. the achievements we have made are largely _ the wise leadership of the party.a. thanks for b. resulting in c. leading to d. due to22. with its economy in great stress, chinese government is now for a way out and looking forward to a new stage in 2011.a. awkwardb. desperatec. ashamedd. automatic23. it remains to be seen whether qian yunhuis family will the case to a higher court since the police consider it a normal traffic accident.a. predictb. transformc. stated. appeal24. in order to the audience rating, hunan tv and jiangsu tv turned their new years party into a star show.a. removeb. guaranteec. recognized. ignore25. my younger sister enjoys listening to music very much, with pop music _. a. in detail b. in brief c. in particular d. in advance 26. if we _ the occurrence of the strong earthquake in sichuan, we wouldnt have suffered so much loss. a. predicted b. had predicted c. were to predict d. might have predicted27david had prepared carefully for the chemistry exam, as he wanted to be sure of passing it at the first _. a. experiment b. intention c. attempt d. aim28. -i hear lao li is much worse now. -how can _be? he looked better when we saw him in the hospital this morning.a. it b. he c. this d. one29. the poor man , _，ran out of the dark cave.a. trembled and frightened b. trembling and frightened c. trembled and frightening d. trembling and frightening30. the cigarette end thrown away by a careless woodcutter _ the big forest fire.a. resulted from b. resulted in c. brought off d. brought up31. _ is it _ has made peter _ he is today?a. what; that; what b. that; that; what c. what; what; that d. what; that; that32. _ nice，the food was all eaten up soon.a. tasting b. taste c. tasted d. to taste33. _ made his mother worried.a. the child was addicted to playing computer gamesb. the childs being addicted to playing computer gamesc. the child addicted to playing computer gamesd. the childs being addicted to play computer games34. the new tax would force companies to _ energy-saving measures.a. receive b. apply c. convoy d. adopt35. _ environmental damage is done, it takes many years for the ecosystem（生态系统） to recover.a. even ifb. if onlyc. whiled. once第二节：完型填空（共20 小题；每小题15分；满分30分）阅读下面短文，然后从3655各题所给的a、 b、c、d四个选项中，选出最佳选项。when i walked into the house after school, the first thing i noticed was a box with items i recognized from my dads office.“what are you doing at home?” i asked casually.“andrew, i was 36 today,” he answered quietly.i was sure he was joking. “no, you werent. why are you 37 at home?”then i noticed his 38 and realized he was telling me the truth. my father has always been a hard worker and prided himself on his career. 39 our family has been his joy, and i guess i have 40 his work for granted.my fathers unemployment 41 many changes in our lives. for starters, he was at home all the time, which meant my bed had to be 42 , my room cleaned up, and my 43 done right after school. i would come home every day to find him at the computer 44 jobs. i began to notice how 45 he seemed, and how losing his job affected his self-esteem, though he tried to be 46 . for the first time, i 47 my dad as vulnerable (易受伤的). he asked my brother and me to 48 less. i gave up my pocket money, 49 it wasnt much. i felt i was doing the right. i also found a part-time job.after several difficult months of searching, my dad 50 to go in a totally different direction. he 51 that he never wanted to be laid off again, so he was going to start his own business. day by day, i watched him 52 it, and i admired how much time and 53 he expended. i 54 knew he was a hard worker, but watching him in action really affected me. although this was one of the 55 experiences for our family, it taught me a lot about dealing with adversity (逆境), and will be my foundations for success.36a. taken offb. put offc. laid offd. called off37a. eventuallyb. reallyc. frequentlyd. especially38a. happinessb. kindnessc. lonelinessd. seriousness39a. supporting b. abusingc. offeringd. shooting40a. regardedb. takenc. viewedd. looked41a. came outb. brought aboutc. gave offd. let out42a. madeb. soldc. bannedd. applied43a. jobb. homeworkc. fund. time44a. falling intob. putting upc. keeping ond. searching for45a. downb. flexiblec. concreted. honest46a. disappointedb. optimisticc. anxiousd. appropriate47a. consideredb. rememberedc. rejectedd. predicted48a. earnb. enjoyc. spendd. find49a. even sob. if onlyc. even thoughd. as if50a. hopedb. decidedc. dreamedd. expected51a. advisedb. informedc. explainedd. insisted52a. formb. openc. setd. build53a. strengthb. powerc. forced. energy54a. neverb. seldomc. alwaysd. hardly55a. worstb. bestc. mostd. least第三部分：阅读理解（共20小题； 每小题2分，满分40 分）阅读下列短文，从每题所给的a、b、c、d四个选项中， 选出最佳选项。abody and foodyour body, which has close relations with the food you eat, is the most important thing you own, so it needs proper treatment and proper nourishment (营养).the old saying “an apple a day keeps the doctor away ” is not as silly as some people think. the body needs fruit and vegetables because they contain vitamin c. many people take extra vitamins in pill form, believing that these will make them healthy.but a good diet is made up of nourishing food and this gives all the vitamins you need. the body doesnt need or use extra vitamins, so why waste money on them?in the modern western world, many people are too busy to bother about eating properly. they throw anything into their stomachs, eating hurriedly and carelessly. the list of illnesses caused or made worse by bad eating habits is frightening.56.“your body has close relations with the food you eat.”it really means that . a. all kinds of food you eat can be made into your body b. your body is made up of the food you eat c. what you eat has a great effect on your healthd. the more you eat, the fitter you will feel57.the old saying referred to in the passage tells us that _.a. eating apples regularly does lots of good to our healthb. the apple is the best among all kinds of fruitsc. apples can take the place of doctorsd. an apple is a sure cure for illness 58.in the second paragraph, the writer tries to let us know _.a. our bodies need food or we can t liveb. often eating apples is a good habitc. taking extra vitamin pills is completely uselessd .a good diet is of great importance for our health 59.in the modern western countries _.a. people don t want to pay more attention to their eatingb. lots of people s illnesses are caused or made worse by bad eating habitsc. people throw everything into their stomachs without chewingd. people are only too busy to cook meals for themselves 60.from the passage we can draw a conclusion that if we want to keep healthy, we should _.a. only eat an apple a dayb. eat properlyc. take as many vitamin pills as possibled. throw something into our stomachs slowly and carefullybdear mr. president,i would like to personally thank you for your time and concern for our great country. i would like to take a few minutes to address a few concerns that i have with the united states.first of all, i would like to address the war. in my opinion, we should have never been involved with iraq to the extent that we are now. i believe we should pull our troops out. however, i think there should be a timetable that we follow but the timetable should not be released because the enemy does not need to know when we are going to pull out. also, the war takes out a ton of our money, which leads me to my next issue.the economy right now, in the opinion of many americans is the biggest issue with which we are facing right now. no one can predict what will happen one day or the next. the obvious thing to do is to put 700 billion dollars in the economy, but that bill failed and was rejected by the house of representatives. instead of putting 700 billion dollars in, i think the money should be equally distributed among americans to pay off their debts. im not sure if this would work, but i think it is a positive alternative we could take.my final issue i would like to call to your attention is teachers salaries. the high school students of today are americas future. in a way, americas future depends greatly on the high school teachers of america. saying this, it is sad that teachers salaries are where they are. while teachers are working harder and harder every day to teach high school students, ceos of big companies that are driving our countrys economy into the ground are getting bonuses. im not saying that teachers salaries should be the same of ceos of companies, but i do strongly believe that action should be taken to increase the salaries of teachers because they have one of the most important jobs in america-preparing our country for the future.once again, thank you for your time and your effort you put into making this great country a better place. sincerely, walker61. whats the authors attitude towards the iraq war?a. supportiveb. objectivec. negatived. positive62. whats true about the time of pulling the troops out?a. we should pull the troops out without delay.b. there is no need to have a timetable to follow.c. the public has the right to know the timetable.d. we should keep the time secret from the enemy.63. according to the author, the 700 billion dollars _ a. is the biggest issue with which we are facing right now.b. has been accepted by the house of representatives.c. should be equally shared among americans.d. should be put in the economy.64. when talking about high school teachers, the author thinks that _a. the teachers salaries are not high enough.b. the teachers salaries should be as high as ceos.c. the teachers work harder than ceos of companies.d. teaching is more important than any other job in america.65. which of the topics is not included in the letter?a. election b. international affair c. finance d. educationclondon undergroundthe worlds first subway was built in london in 1863. at that time, the government was looking for a way to reduce traffic problems in the city of london. the poor areas of the city were so crowded with people that it was almost impossible for horse carriages to get through. the city officials were interested in trying to make it possible for workers to live outside of london and travel easily to work each day. if people had a cheap and convenient way that they could depend on to go to and from work, they would relocate their homes outside of the city. this would help ease the pressure of too many people living in the poor parts of london. from these problems, the idea of the london underground, the first subway system, was born.the plans for building the underground met with several problems and delays, but the fast track was finally opened in january 1863. a steam train pulled the cars along the fast underground track which was 6 kilometers (3.7 miles) long. about 30,000 people got on the subway the first day. riders were treated to comfortable seats (standing up while the train was moving was not allowed), and pleasant decorations inside each of the cars. however, the smoke from the engine soon filled the air in the tunnels with ash and soot, as well as chemical gases. fans had to be put in the tunnels later to keep the air clean enough for people to breathe. even with its problems, riding in the underground did catch on. it carried 9 million riders in the first year.66. what led the british government to build the london underground? a. traffic jams and pollution b. population and pollution c. overcrowding and traffic jams d. the poverty and subway problems67. how did the london underground solve the smoke problem? a. it made the tunnels larger b. it put fans in the tunnels c. it cleaned the chemical gases in the tunnels d. it reduced the number of passengers riding in the train68. the underlined phrase “catch on” most probably means “_”. a. be troublesome b. become popular and fashionable c. keep up with d. seize69. which of the following is true? a. to locate the workers homes outside london, the government built the subway b. there were so many problems and delays that in 18th century the first subway opened c. the subway greatly eased the pressure of traffic d. there were not enough seats for the passengers the first day the subway opened.70. it seems that the writer is going to talk about _. a. more problems with subways b. subways around the world later on c. the history and culture of london d. the beijing subway deverything happens for the best, my mother said whenever i faced disappointment. if you can carry on, one day something good will happen. and youll realize that it wouldnt have happened if not for that previous disappointment.mother was right, as i discovered after graduating from college in 1932. i had decided to try for a job in radio, then work my way up to sports announcer. i hitchhiked（搭便车） to chicago and knocked on the door of every station and got turned down every time. in one studio, a kind lady told me that big stations couldnt risk hiring inexperienced person. go out in the sticks and find a small station thatll give you a chance, she said. i thumbed home to dixon, illinois. while there was no radio-announcing jobs in dixon, my father said montgomery ward had opened a store and wanted a local athlete to manage its sports department. since dixon was where i had played high school football, i applied. the job sounded just right for me. but i wasnt hired. my disappointment must have shown. everything happens for the best, mom reminded me. dad offered me the car to hunt a job. i tried woc radio in davenport, iowa. the program director, a wonderful scotsman named peter macarthur, told me they had already hired an announcer.as i left his office, my frustration(挫折) boiled over（沸溢，发怒）. i asked aloud, how can a fellow get to be a sport announcer if he cant get a job in a radio station? i wa