山西省右玉一中高二英语下学期期末试题.doc

2014年7月右玉一中期末考试(卷)高二英语考试时间：120分钟满分：1501、 阅读理解（共20小题，每小题3分，满分60分）amany jokes are made up about famous people. here is one about bill clinton, the former(先前的) president of the united states. hillary died and went to heaven. when she was met by the angel gabriel she noticed behind her a wall of unimaginable proportions(部分) that was completely covered with clocks. “what are they?” she asked the heavenly angel in complete surprise. “they are lie clocks. each time you lie, the hand moves a little bit to the right. see that one?” the angel pointed to one that hadnt moved at all, “thats mother theresas, who has never told a lie. and that one, ” he points to another, “that was abraham lincolns. he only ever told two lies. ” hillary looked around with some interest, then wandered back over to the angel again. “excuse me, ” she asked, “but where is bill clintons clock?”“the lord jesus is using it in his office for a ceiling fan. ”1、the clock of bill clinton is used as a ceiling fan because_. athe lord jesus likes him bthe wall was already covered by other clocks chis clock moves the fastest dhis clock moves too slowly2、it was suggested in the joke that_. ahillary couldnt find her own clock bmother theresa told the fewest lies cclinton is a big liar dthe lord jesus likes clocks very much3、who is the most honest person mentioned? abill clinton bmother theresa cabraham lincoln dhillarybi attended a birthday party in 1991. my teacher was then 59 years old. but her fellow teacher said that we were celebrating her 39th birthday! we were all surprised and puzzled. after the party i was told by the fellow teacher that american women have a special saying about birthdays. if a woman is over 40, or even if she is 80, her birthday is always the 39th. if she is in her thirties, her birthday will be the 29th. and in her twenties, its the 19th. they usually have their “real” birthday when they are below 20. this shows that american women, especially elderly women, are very sensitive(敏感的) about their ages. but my teacher always says, “we want to be younger,” so about the age of western women, my advice is that if you dont know it, dont ask about it; if you really know it, dont mention it. 4、 the writer felt the birthday party he attended was _. a. very interesting bvery strange cvery common dvery sensitive5、the writer must be from_.awestern countries beastern countriescchina dthe united states6、in order to please an old western woman , you can say to her,“_”ayou are so old that you shouldnt do that. bhow old are you?cyou look so young and beautiful. dcan i help you, granny?7、the writer wants to tell us_.a. that a western woman always celebrates her 39th birthday b. not to ask a western womans age whether you know her well or notc. to ask a western womans age freely d. not to attend an old western womans birthday partycthe golden compass is the first movie based on the philip pullmans bestselling novel, his dark materials. it is a work of imagination that tells us about a young girl who travels to the far north to save her best friend. along the way she meets strange creatures, like witches and so on. finally , she saves not only her world, but also ours as well.lyra is a young girl among scholars in oxfords jordan college. she spends most of her time with her friend roger, a kitchen boy. together, they share a life with no worries. however, when lyra hears a conversation about a very tiny particle(颗粒), she is thrown into a dangerous adventure. this particle is said to unite different worlds, and is feared by many people who want to destroy it. at the same time , children began to disappear without a trace, including lyras good friend, roger. as lyra starts this horrible struggle, and begins to search for roger, she meets strange creatures both big and small, and bad people who are not what they seem to be. gobblers(饕餮者) that kidnap(绑架)children appear in the most unexpected places. and a magical compass made of gold will answer any question if one is skilled enough to read it. in unbelievable danger, lyra doesnt know that she is doomed to win, or to lose, this battlewith the movie the lord of the rings making new line cinema over a billion dollars, its easy to see why they got the rights to pullmans his dark materials quickly. the books, sold more than nine million copies in the world, have a different idea from the harry potter series. pullmans imagination may look suitable for children, but it works far better for adults.8、in the film the golden compass, lyra_. ais a student in oxfords jordan college bis a kitchen boy chears a conversation of rogers dmeets many strange creatures9、the film is named the golden compass probably because_.athe compass is useful enough to help lyra bonly skilled people can read the compass cthe compass which is made of gold can answer any questiondthe compass throughout the whole story is a clue10、from the passage we can conclude that_. anew line cinema won pullmans trust through its achievement bthe lord of the rings is also based on one of pullmans novelschis dark materials is similar to the harry potter series dnew line cinema made over a billion dollars through the harry potter series 11、which group of people will like the film the golden compass the best according to the passage? achildren bjunior students cadults d. only old peopledevents(赛事) bicycle tour and race a bike tour and race will be held on august 26 and 27(sat. & sun. ). at 5:30am, the riders will leave tiananmen square and ride the first 35 kilometers as a training leg. then the next 55 kilometers leg, from yanjiao to jixian, will be the first competitive part of the tour. the riders and their bikes will then be taken from jixian to changli. the second racing leg of the tour will be from changli to the seaside of nandaibe, covering a distance of 20 kilometers. saturday night includes the stay at nandaihe and supper. sunday morning is free for play at the seaside. at noon all the people and their bikes will be taken back to beijing. cost: 200 yuan telephone: 4675027 brazilian footballers the brazilian football club will play beijing guoan team at the workers stadium on august 26. the club has four national team players. also coming is 1994 us world cup starromario ho has promised to play for at least 45 minutes. ticket prices: 60,100,150 yuan time/date: 4:30 pm, august 26(sat.) telephone: 5012372 rock climbing the third national rock climbing competition will be held on august 26-27 at the huairou mountain-climbing training base. more than 10 teams from beijing, wuhan, dalian, jilin and other places will take part in it. a japanese team will give an exhibition climbing. free for spectators(观众). take a long-distance bus from dongzhimen to huairou. time/dates: 9-12 am, august 26 and 27 telephone: 7143177, 7144850, wang zhenghua 12、 if you take part in the bike tour, you will ride for _. a. 35 kilometers b. 55 kilometers c. 75 kilometers d. 110 kilometers 13、 the underlined word leg in bicycle tour and race probably means _. a. race b. practice c. part of the training d. part of the tour 14、 what is special about the rock climbing competition? a. a foreign team takes part in it. b. you can watch it without paying. c. you dont have to be a sportsman to take part. d. the bus trip to the place of the competition is free. 15、 if you want to find something to do for saturday afternoon, which telephone number will you call? a. 4675027b. 7143177 c. 5012372d. 7144850e if you are hungry, what do you do? have your favorite meal and stay quiet after that? _16_ but it never lets you know, because you keep it busy thinking about your friends or favorite starsso it silently serves your needs and never lets itself growwhen mind loses its freedom to grow, creativity gets a full stopthis might be the reason why we all sometimes think what happens next?, why cant i think? _17_ why reading but not watching tv? it is because reading has been the most educative tool used by us right from childhoodsince it develops other aspects of our life, we have to get help from readingonce you read a book, you run your eyes through the lines and your mind tries to explain something to you_18_ now this seed is unknowingly used by you to develop new ideasif it is used many times, the same seed can give you great help to relate a lot of things which you would have never thought of in your wildest dreams!this is nothing but creativity _19_ within no time you can start talking with your friends in english or any other language and never run out of the right wordsso guys, do give food for your thoughts by reading, reading and more reading_20 _ go and get a book!athe interesting part of the book is stored in your mind as a seedbwhy not do some reading while you are hungry?cjust like your stomach, your mind is also hungryd. now what are you waiting for?e. hunger of the mind can be actually solved through wide reading.f. reading can help you make more friends, too.g. also this makes a significant contribution to your vocabulary2、 英语知识应用完形填空（共20小题，每小题2分，满分40分）when we talk about a bad man, we like to call him a “wolf”. but is it really true that the wolf stands for devil and ugliness？have you read the book “the wolf totem” by a famous writer jiang rong, which tells the story of the relationship between wolves and human beings? have you ever 21 the wolves world? if you had, you would 22 the wolves.in the book, wolves are heroes on the large grassland. they know more about 23 than humans. they can attack lambs without disturbing their mothers. they also know how to 24 full use of the shape of land to 25 sheep. i believe that if wolves were humans, they would be 26 experts good at fighting.the wolf is a kind of special creature that can deeply understand 27 . each wolf serves its group with its heart and soul. a 28 wolf has little power, but a pack of wolves 29 nothing. all the wolves obey the rules. 30 they are defeated, they run away together. it is their teamwork 31 makes wolves powerful.the wolves also have great self-respect and wont 32 to anyone. the writer, who wrote the book “the wolf totem”, 33 stole a one-month-old baby wolf and raised it very carefully. to his 34 , he found the little wolf still wanted to go back with 35 wolves. he bit through the iron chain that limited him. the wolf was 36 and he never gave in, fighting 37 his death. the little wolf died as a glorious fighter.i was shocked by this kind of 38 : wolves are one of the most respected creatures on earth. i want everyone to look at wolves in a 39 way. they are our teachers. they show us how to survive and 40 in this not simple and dangerous world. please honor the wolves, please honor all these heroes of nature!21、a. talked about b. walked into c. thought about d. cared for22、a. hunt b. admire c. draw d. watch23、 a. space b. spot c. food d. survival24、 a. make b. take c. have d. get25、 a. fight b. avoid c. trap d. discover26、 a. special b. imaginative c. outstanding d. creative27、 a. operation b. teamwork c. lifestyle d. control28、 a. single b. brave c. lonely d. fair29、 a. fight b. struggle c. fear d. fail30、 a. as for b. as though c. even so d. even if31、a. what b. he c. that d. one32、 a. turn in b. give in c. take in d. break in33、 a. once b. just c. soon d. only34、 a. satisfaction b. disappointment c. pleasure d. sorrow35、 a. rest b. others c. another d. the other36、 a. proud b. satisfied c. willing d. eager37、 a. until b. although c. before d. unless38、 a. selflessness b. self-confidence c. self-respect d. self-protection39、 a. curious b. different c. strange d. humorous40、 a. walk b. hand c. get d. succeed3、 语法填空(每题1.5分，共10题，满分15分阅读下面短文，按照句子结构的语法性和上下文连贯的要求，在空格处填人一个适当的词或使用括号中词语的正确形式填空，并将答案填写在答题卷为16-25的相应位置上。many accidents happened in our daily life, including the traffic, drowning, stampeding and so on, which caused many disasters. as a result, _41_ ( person) safety lessons are very necessary. actually, more and more accidents took place around us, _42 (make) our personal safety under threat. therefore, personal safety should be the priority to the students.having read the report _43_ accidents that happened in china, i instantly think of the accident _44_ occurred to me ten years ago. like other naughty boys, i like doing sports, especially swimming. it was a hot summer noon. i went out to swim with _45 neighbor without parents permission. happy as we were, we even tried having a _ 46 (compete) to see who could swim _47 (fast) and farthest. in order to show my ability of swimming, i spared no effort to swim. i did not realize that i had no other strength left _48 i reach the middle of the river. i and my body was sinking into _49 bottom of the river. _50 , (fortune) with the help of my friends, i had a narrow escape. what an unforgettable experience! it was my showing off that caused the unnecessary accident.this case is only one among several hundred terrible accidents that take place around us every day. it is high time that we realized the importance of personal safety. and only with a good sense of personal safety can we live a safe and happy life!4、 短文改错(每题1分，满分10分)下面短文中有10处语言错误。请在有错误的地方增加、删除或修改某个单词。增加：在缺词处加上一个漏字符号()，并在其下面写出该加的词。删除：把多余的词用斜线()划掉。修改：在错的词下划一横线，并在该词下面写上修改后的词。注意：1. 每处错误及其修改均仅限一词。today is mothers day. i love mother so much that ive done many things for him. in the morning i buy some flowers with my pocket money and put them in a vase. in the afternoon, i went to buy some vegetable and cooked simple but delicious dinner for my family. after the meal, i gave mother a card what i made myself and said “happy mothers day” to her. then i told her to pay more attention on her health and not overwork. i also promised to help her to do some housework from today on. heard the words, mother was moved to tears.today is a specially day, warm but meaningful.5、 书面表达 (满分25分)随着我国经济的发展与对外开放程度的提高，越来越多的学子走出国门留学深造。根据下面的提示，请你以“studying abroad”为题，写一篇150词左右的文章。内容提示：1. 出国留学的优点：开阔视野；体验当地的风情，交更多的朋友；更快更好地掌握一门外语。2. 出国留学的缺点：语言障碍不利于学习；费用高昂，而花大量时间打工又会影响学习。参考词汇：语言障碍language barrier；足够的adequate高二英语第二学期期末考试答案1-5ccbbb 6-10cbdda 11-15cddbc 16-20ceagd 21-25cbdac 26-30 cbacd 31-35cbabd 36-40 aacbd41personal 42 making 43 about 44 which/that 45 my 46 competition 47 fastest 48until 49 the 50 fortunatelytoday is mothers day. i love mother【too-so 】 much that ive done many things for her.in the morning i bought many flowers with pocket money and put 【 it -them】 in the vase as soon as i returned 【去掉 to 】home. in the afternoon i went to the market to buy different 【 kind-kinds 】 of vegetables and cooked a simple 【 and-but 】 delicious dinner for my family. after supper, i gave mother the card 【 what-that 】 i made by myself and said happy mothers day to her. then i told her to pay more attention to her 【healthy - health 】 and【加上 not 】 to overwork. i also promised to help her do some housework from today on.【 hear- hearing】 the words, mother was moved to tears.today is 【 the -a 】special day, warm and meaningful书面表达with the economic development of our country, more and more students choose to go abroad for further study. this phenomenon has drawn great attention. some people think it is great to study abroad. if you go abroad, you can expand your horizons and experience the local culture at the same time. also, you can make friends with more people. above all, you can master a foreign language more quickly if you live in a place where the language is widely spoken. other people dont think it a good idea to go abroad. they think students who have language barrier may come across great difficulties in their study. and the expense for going abroad is too high. if you want to lower the expense by working part-time, your study will be influenced. on my person note, going abroad for further study is a good choice for people who can afford it. but for those who are not rich enough, they had better study here in china高二英语第二学期期末考试答案1-5ccbbb 6-10cbdda 11-15cddbc 16-20ceagd 21-25cbdac 26