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贵州省习水市第二中学2014-2015学年度高一下学期期末考试英语试题题号一二三总分得分注意事项：1答题前填写好自己的姓名、班级、考号等信息2请将答案正确填写在答题卡上第一部分，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。每段对话后有一小题，从题中所给出的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 advise the woman to do this weekend?go camping b. stay home c. go swimming2. how much should the woman pay?a. $16 b. $18 c. $203. which sports does the woman like?skating. b. swimming c. boating. 4. how does the woman usually go shopping?by car. b. by bus. c. on foot 5. where will the woman go?to a clothing store. b. to a party. c. to the bank. 第二节听下面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，各个小题将给出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7题。6. what makes the man so tired?a. playing games.b. surfing the internet. c. searching for interesting people.7. whom did the man chat with?a. people from canada.b. people in need of his help.c. people on the same project. 听第7段材料，回答第8至9题。8. what does the law forbid people to do?a. to take dogs to parks.b. to walk dogs in the street.c. to treat dogs cruelly.9. what do we know from what the woman said? a. dogs should be kept at home.b. building a dog park is necessary.c. people would remove the dog waste.听第8段材料，回答第10至12题。10. according to the man, what did he do before he watched tv? a. he washed his hands.b. he had his supper.c. he took a bath.11. what place had the man been to the night before? a. james street.b. a restaurant.c. a friends home.12. what does the man try to do in the conversation? a. to prove the truth.b. to find the truth.c. to hide the truth.听第9段材料，回答第13至16题。13. why did the son come back late? a. he hurt his hands and knees.b. he went to a pub with linda.c. he waited a long time for the bus.14. what was the old lady doing in the middle of the road? a. looking for something.b. struggling to stand up.c. trying to seek help.15. what happened to linda? a. she was fined.b. she got injured.c. she had an accident.16. where was the witness? a. outside the pub.b. at a bus stop.c. in his car. 听第10段材料，回答第17至20题。17. what is the problem of some of the university students? a. they dont spend all their time on studies. b. they dont know what to do with their free time. c. they dont have choices for outside class activities.18. how is the students high school life? a. controlled and busy.b. regular and colorful.c. active and independent.19. according to the speaker, what is the role of outside class activities at university? a. to make students healthier.b. to improve students test scores. c. to enrich students experience.20. what does the speaker advise his students to do? a. learn to enjoy themselves.b. learn to be their own masters.c. learn to develop their potential.二、阅读理解（共20小题, 每小题2分，满分40分） the world itself is becoming much smaller by using modern traffic and modern communication means. life today is much easier than it was hundreds of years ago, but it has brought new problems. one of the biggest problems is pollution. to pollute means to make things dirty. pollution comes in many ways. we see it, smell it, drink it and even hear it.man has been polluting the earth. the more people, the more pollution. many years ago, the problem was not so serious because there were not so many people. when the land was used up or the river was dirty in one place, man moved to another place. but this is no longer true.man is now slowly polluting the whole world.air pollution is still the most serious. its bad for all living things in the world, but it is not the only one kind of pollution. water pollution kills our fish and pollutes our drinking water. noise pollution makes us angry more easily.many countries are making rules to fight pollution. they stop people from burning coal in houses and factories in the city, and from putting dirty smoke into the air. pollution by so2 is now the most dangerous kind of air pollution. it is caused by heavy traffic. we are sure that if there are fewer people driving, there will be less air pollution.the earth is our home. we must take care of it. that means keeping the land, water and air clean. and we must take care of the rise in pollution at the same time.1 _, our world is becoming much smaller.a. because of the rise in pollution b. thanks to science developmentc. because the earth is being polluted day and nightd. because the earth is blown away by the wind every year2hundreds of years ago, life was _ it is today.a. much easier than b. as easy as c. much harder than d. as hard as3 pollution comes in many ways. we can even hear it. here “it” means _.a. rubbish（垃圾）b. noise pollution c. air pollutiond. water pollution4 which of the following is not true?a. many countries are making rules to fight pollution.b. the pollution of the earth grows as fast as the world population does.c. the problem of pollution is not so serious because there are not so many people living on the earth.d. if people could go to work by bus or bike instead of car or motorbike, it would be helpful in fighting against the problem of so2. most british telephone cards are just plain green, but card collecting is becoming a popular hobby in britain and collectors even have their own magazine, international telephone cards. one reason for their interest is that cards from around the world come in a wide variety of different and often very attractive designs. there are 100, 000 different cards in japan alone, and there you can put your own design onto a blank card simply by using a photograph or a business card.the first telephone cards, produced in 1976, were italian. five years later the first british card appeared, and now you can buy cards in more than a hundred countries. people usually start collecting cards because they are attractive, small and light , and they do not need much space. it is also a cheap hobby for beginners, although for some people it becomes a serious business. in paris, for example, there is a market where you can buy only telephone cards, and some french cards cost up to 4, 000 pounds. the first japanese card has a value of about 28, 000 pounds. most people only see cards with prices like these in their collectors magazine.5the text is mainly about _ .a. the history of phone cards b. phone card collecting as a hobbyc. reason for phone card collecting d. the great variety of phone cards6when did people in britain begin to use phone cards?a. in 1971. b. in 1975. c. in 1976.d. in 1981.7the main reason for most people to collect phone cards is that _ .a. they find the cards beautiful and easy to keepb. they like to have something from different countriesc. they want to make money with cardsd. they think the cards are convenient to use8the writer mentions a market in paris in order to show that _ a. card collecting is popular among young people b. french and japanese cards are the most valuable c. people can make money out of card collecting d. card collectors magazines are very useful these days, it seems that almost all of us are too seriousmy older daughter often says to me, “daddy, youve got that serious look again” even those of us who are committed to non-seriousness are probably too seriouspeople are frustrated and anxious about almost everything - being five minutes late, witnessing someone look at us wrong or say the wrong thing, paying bills, waiting in line, overcooking a meal, making an honest mistake - you name it, and we all lose perspective（理性判断） over itthe root of being anxious is our unwillingness to accept life as being different, in any way, from our expectationvery simply, we want things to be a certain way but theyre not a certain waylife is simply as it isperhaps benjamin franklin said it best: “our limited perspective, our hopes and fears become our measure of life, and when circumstances dont fit our ideas, they become our difficulties” we spend our lives wanting things, people, and events to be just as we want them to be - and when theyre not, we fight and we sufferthe first step in recovering from over-seriousness is to admit that you have a problemyou have to want to change, to become more easygoingyou have to see that your own anxiety is largely of your own creation - its made up of the way you have set up your life and the way you react to itthe next step is to understand the link between your expectations and your frustration levelwhenever you expect something to be a certain way and it isnt, youre upset and you sufferon the other hand, when you let go of your expectations, when you accept life as it is, youre freea good exercise is to try to approach a single day without expectationdont expect people to be friendlywhen theyre not, you wont be surprised or bothered; if they are, youll be delighteddont expect your day to be problem-freeinstead, as problems come up, say to yourself, “ah, another barrier to overcome” as you approach your day in this manner youll notice how elegant life can berather than fighting against life, youll be dancing with itpretty soon, with practice, youll lighten up your entire lifeand when you lighten up, life is a lot more fun9why are people easily frustrated and anxious these days?abecause their children are disappointingbbecause they have to look serious in publiccbecause life is becoming a greater burdendbecause people have lost sensible judgment10according to benjamin franklin, what was the cause of over-seriousness?athe fact that peoples perspective, hopes and fears are limitedbthe fact that people cant change life itselfcthe fact that things fail to meet peoples expectationsdthe fact that circumstances turn out to be difficult11in what pattern is this article developed?aphenomenon, causes and solutionsbproblems, explanation and conclusioncexamples, causes and argumentsdphenomenon, analysis and conclusion12what might be the best title for the passage?apeople seem to be too seriousblife is simply as it ischopes can turn into difficultiesda good exercise removes over-seriousness most people agree that honesty is a good thing. but does mother nature agree? animals cant talk, but can they lie in other ways? can they lie with their bodies and behavior? animal experts may not call it lying, but they do agree that many animals, from birds to chimpanzees, behave dishonestly to fool other animals. why? dishonesty often helps them survive. many kinds of birds are very successful at fooling other animals. for example, a bird called the plover sometimes pretends to be hurt in order to protect its young. when a predator（猎食动物）gets close to its nest, the plover leads the predator away from the nest. how? it pretends to have a broken wing. the predator follows the hurt adult, leaving the baby birds safe in the nest. another kind of bird, the scrub jay, buries its food so it always has something to eat. scrub jays are also thieves. they watch where others bury their food and steal it. but clever scrub jays seem to know when a thief is watching them. so they go back later, unbury the food, and bury it again somewhere else.birds called cuckoos have found a way to have babies without doing much work. how? they dont make nests. instead, they get into other birds nests secretly. then they lay their eggs and fly away. when the baby birds come out, their adoptive parents feed them. chimpanzees, or chimps, can also be sneaky. after a fight, the losing chimp will give its hand to the other. when the winning chimp puts out its hand, too, the chimps are friendly again. but an animal expert once saw a losing chimp take the winners hand and start fighting again. chimps are sneaky in other ways, too. when chimps find food that they love, such as bananas, it is natural for them to cry out. then other chimps come running. but some clever chimps learn to cry very softly when they find food. that way, other chimps dont hear them, and they dont need to share their food.as children, many of us learn the saying you cant fool mother nature. but maybe you cant trust her, either.13a plover protects its young from a predator by_.a. getting closer to its young b. driving away the adult predatorc. leaving its young in another nest d. pretending to be injured14by chimpanzees, or chimps, can also be sneaky (paragraph 5), the author means_.a. chimps are ready to attack others b. chimps are sometimes dishonestc. chimps are jealous of the winners d. chimps can be selfish too15which of the following is true according to the passage?a. some chimps lower their cry to keep food away from others.b. the losing chimp won the fight by taking the winners hand.c. cuckoos fool their adoptive parents by making no nests.d. some clever scrub jays often steal their food back.16which of the following might be the best title of the passage?a. do animals lie? b. does mother nature fool animals?c. how do animals learn to lie? d. how does honesty help animals survive? dear betty,my roommates family wants me to celebrate thanksgiving day with them in their home. i accepted the invitation, and im excited about going, but im a little nervous about it, too. the social customs in my country are different from those here, so im a little worried about making mistakes.should i bring a gift, such as candy or flowers? should i arrive on time or a little late? at the dinner table, how can i know which fork or knife to use? how can i let the family know that im thankful for their kindness?yours,knowing nothingdear knowing nothing,its a good idea to bring a gift when you go to a dinner party. flowers are always welcome, or you can bring a bottle of wine if you know the family drink it.you should arrive on time or five to ten minutes late. dont get there early. if you are going to be more than fifteen minutes late, you should call and tell them.try to relax at the dinner table. if you dont know how to use the right fork, knife or spoon, just watch the other guests, and follow them. if you still have no idea of what to do, dont be shy about asking the person next to you; its better to ask them than to be silently uncomfortable and nervous.if you like the food, say so. of course, youll thank the host and hostess for the meal and for their kindness. its also a good idea to send a card to thank them the day after.yoursbetty17knowing nothing wrote a letter to betty to _.a. tell betty some good newsb. ask for some advicec. answer some questionsd. invite her to dinner18according to betty, knowing nothing _ when going to a dinner party.a. can only bring some flowersb. cant bring winec. should arrive on time or five to ten minutes lated. should arrive twenty minutes late19 betty does not advise knowing nothing to _.a. relax at the dinner table b. watch the other guestsc. ask the person beside himd. keep silent at table20after a dinner party , knowing nothing should _.a. say nothing but goodbye.b. send a card to thank them the day after.c. thank the host and hostess for the meal and for their kindness at onced. invite the host and hostess for a dinner the next day三、完形填空（共20小题, 每小题1.5分，满分30分） every morning at eleven, a bright new car drove through the central park in new yorkinside the car a driver and his boss, a well-known millionaire（百万富翁）.each morning the millionaire a poorly-dressed man on a park bench(长凳)the man always sat staring at the hotel in which the rich man livedone day the millionaire was so in the man that he asked his driver to stop the car and heto the benchhe said to the poor man, “excuse me, i just have to know why you sit staring at my hotel every morning.” “sir, ”said the poor man, “im a failurei have no job, no family and no i sleep on this bench and every night i dream that day i will sleep in this hotel.” the rich man had he said to the poor man, “tonight your dream will come . ill for the best room in that hotel for you for .” the millionaire smiled and felt of himself.a few days , the millionaire went by the poor mans room to ask him how he himselfto his great , he found that the poor man had moved out of the hotel, back to his park benchwhen the millionaire asked why, the man said, “you see, when im here sleeping on the benchi always dream im up there in the hotelits a wonderful dreambut when i was up there in the hotel, i dreamed i was here on this cold benchit was dream and i could not get any sleep at all.”21a stayed b stood c sat dseated22a had b noticed c laughed d heard23a thinking b lying c sitting d resting24a down b up c there d here25a interested b surprise c stran