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20152016学年度第一学期 期末试卷高 二 英 语 第卷客观卷（共60分）第一部分 阅读理解（共两节，满分40分）第一节：（共15小题；每小题2分，满分30分）a it was 7:00 am in kyoto, japan, and the taxi company had just called a second time to say they couldnt find my house. once again i spelt out directions even a blind person could follow. i glanced impatiently at my watch, and waited. only two hours remained until my flight leftand it was an hour and a half trip to the airport. outside, heavy rains were pouring down. my house was so far north in the city that buses pass only here times a day. the telephone rang again. “terribly sorry,” began the man at the taxi company. then i realized that the taxi company, flooded with calls, could only offer in-city runs. i had heard this happens when the weather gets bad. i shouted into the phone that i had a plane to catch and i would meet the taxi outside my house. standing in the wind-driven rain, i looked up and down the road. no taxi. a car went by, the driver and passenger staring at the crazy foreigner in the downpour. finally a white car appeared and pulled to a stop. a young man threw open the door, waving for me to get in. shaking with cold and anger, i climbed in. in the most polite japanese, the man said he was called mike, with who i had spoken three times that morning. he had left his post in the office and raced here in his personal car. he apologized again, but didnt explain why a taxi would not pick me up. delivering me straight to the airport, he refused the 2,000 yen i pressed into his hand. a few hours later, as the storm-delayed 727 took off, i opened the newspaper. on the second page my eyes caught the headline of a short article: taxi strike begins this morning in kyoto.1. why did the writer call a taxi early in the morning? a. he wanted to catch a plane.b. he as unable to find the airport. c. there were few taxis in town.d. all the buses stopped because of the rain.2. what was the reason for the taxi company not being able to pick him up? a. more people were riding in taxis on rainy days. b. the writer didnt give the correct address. c. the taxi drivers refused to work. d. the taxi drivers didnt like to drive long distance.3. the writer got to the airport _. a. by riding in mikes car from the taxi company b. with the help of mike from the post office c. by getting a lift in a passing car d. with the help of a taxi driver sent by his company4. we can learn from the text that the driver was _. a. quick-minded at taking actionb. a self-employed driver c. unwilling to drive to the airportd. warm-hearted toward peoplebone night mrs. riley, an elderly woman, was walking along a dark london street. she was carrying her handbag in one hand and a plastic carrier bag in the other. there was nobody else in the street except two young men. they were standing in a dark shop doorway. one of them was very tall with fair hair, the other was short and fat with a beard. the two young men waited for a few moments, and then ran quickly and quietly towards mrs. riley. the tall one held her from behind while the other one tried to seize her handbag.suddenly mrs. riley threw the tall one over her shoulder. he crashed into the other one and they both landed on the ground. without speaking, mrs. riley struck both of them on the head with her handbag and walked calmly away.the two surprised young men were still sitting on the ground when mrs. riley crossed the street towards a door with a lighted sign above it. mrs. riley paused, turned round, smiled at them and walked into the south west london judo club. 5. the two young men were standing in a dark shop doorway because .a. they had nothing to do b. they were homeless c. they were waiting for a victim d. they were guarding the shop 6. how did the story end?a. the woman was robbed of her handbag. b. the woman taught the two young men a lesson. c. the woman reported the two young men to the police. d. the woman sent the two young men to a judo club. 7. the story tells about an elderly woman who .a. went shopping at night b. was on her way home c. had just left a shopping center d. had a skill of self-defensecelectric shocks can be fatalgovernment statistics recently showed that in the uk, more than 3,000 people a year experience electric shocks in their home. a smaller number of people are killed after contact with power lines outside the home. electric shocks can cause a persons heart or breathing to stop, can also cause burns and are potentially fatal. it is essential for people to learn basic first aid techniques to deal with such emergencies.what to do?l if you are the first person to reach someone who has had an electric shock, dont touch them!l if they are still holding the appliance that has given them shock (e.g. a hair dryer), unplug it or turn off the power at its source. under no circumstances will you try to move the appliance with your hand!l if you cant turn off the power, use a piece of wood, like a broom handle or a chair, to separate the victim from the appliance or the power source. you may even be able to do this with a folded newspaper.l the victim must remain lying down. if they are unconscious, victims should be placed on their side. but they should not be moved if there is a possibility of neck or spine injuries unless it is absolutely necessary.l it is essential to maintain the victims body heat, so make sure you cover him or her with a blanket before you do anything else. if the victim is not breathing, apply mouth-to-mouth resuscitation(恢复呼吸). keep the victims head low until professional help arrives.l if the electric shock has been caused by an external power line, the dangers to the victim and to anybody providing first aid are much greater.8. what kind of passage is it?a. an advertisement.b. a horror story. c. a news report. d. first aid emergency advice.9. the underlined sentence, “under no circumstances will you try to move the appliance with your hand!” implies that .a. you should move the appliance that caused itb. you should pick up the appliance and turn off the electricityc. it is very dangerous to touch the appliance with your handsd. it is unnecessary to unplug the appliance with your hands10. if you cant turn off the power, you cannot separate the victim from the appliance or the power source by using _. a. a folded newspaper b. a blanket c. a broom handled. a chair 11. when a person has got an electric shock, you should .a. separate the victim from the appliance and let them sit upb. keep the victim warm and help them breathe againc. move the victim onto their side if they have got neck injuriesd. keep the victims head high until professional help arrivesda man walks into a doctors office. he has a cucumber up his nose, a carrot in his left ear and a banana in his right ear. “whats the matter with me?” he asks the doctor. the doctor replies, “youre not eating properly.”this is a popular joke among british schoolchildren. it reflects britains famous dry and satirical way of seeing the funny side of life. this unique sense of humor is often cited as one of britains defining national characteristics.“the famous british sense of humor has long been our most cherished national characteristic,” says the british journalist leo mckinstry. “we have valued it above historic military victories and great works of literature, above our rich scenic landscape and our talent for invention.”the british sense of humor differs from other countries because it is generally more negative. when it comes to making the british laugh, there is nothing more effective than a socially inappropriate joke.popular british comedy shows such as fawlty towers, blackadder and the office are full of sarcasm(讽刺), teasing and self-deprecation(自嘲). it reflects the culture where mocking, moaning and ridicule is part of everyday life.while most britons dont take these jokes too seriously, foreigners are often puzzled by them. a recent survey found that most foreigners who visited britain found that the british are “arrogant, unfriendly and have almost no sense of humor”.do foreigners not understand british humor or are the british just not as funny as they think they are? mckinstry certainly thinks the british are funny. “accusing the british of having no sense of humor is like telling rolls-royce that its cars are down-market.” he says.12. what does the doctor actually mean by the remark, “youre not eating properly”? a. what you have had is the cause of these problems. b. you are not having the right food. c. you dont eat the way people usually do. d. you eat with the wrong cutlery(餐具)13. the word “dry” in paragraph 2 means _. a. without water or liquid insideb. special and popular among school children c. dull and meaninglessd. pretending to be serious when really joking14. why do most visitors, who once visited britain , think that the british are unfriendly? a. because the british always take things seriously. b. because the british have no sense of humor. c. because the british are cold and difficult to get along with d. because the british have a different sense of humor15. which of the following are not the characteristics of british humor? a. dry and satiricalb. negative and mocking c. encouraging and gentled. clever and witty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选项。 ali is from a middle eastern country. he now stays in the usa. he smokes a lot of cigarettes every day. he has smoked for nine years. ali says, “ i tried to quit smoking in my hometown, but it was impossible. my parents smoke. my brothers smoke. all my friends smoke. at parties and at meetings, almost all the men smoke. here in the united states, not as many people smoke. _16_ ” many smokers are like ali: they want to stop smoking. _17_ they know it can cause cancer and heart disease. but it is difficult for them to give up smoking because cigarettes have a drug in them. the drug is nicotine. people who smoke a lot need nicotine. _18_ the nicotine makes him sick. in a few days, the smokers body is used to the nicotine, and he feels fine. later, the smoker needs nicotine to keep feeling fine. without nicotine, he feels bad. _19_ many people who quit will soon smoke again. at a party or at work they will decide to smoke “just one” cigarette. then they will smoke another cigarette, and another. soon they become smokers again. _20_ a. it is very hard to quit smoking. b. it will be easier to change the smoking habit here. c. thus nicotine makes smokers addicted to cigarettes. d. the smokers know that smoking is bad for their health. e. when a person first begins to smoke, he usually feels terrible. f. maybe there is only one easy way to quit smoking: never start. g. but it is said that medicine is needed to stop them from smoking.第二部分：语言知识运用（共两节，满分35分）第一节：完形填空 （共20小题；每小题1分，满分20分）when i was 17, i read a quote that went something like: “if you live each day as if it were your last, someday youll most certainly be right.” it made a deep 21 on me, and since then, for the past 33 years, i have 22 in the mirror every morning and asked myself: “if today were the last day of my life, 23 i want to do what i am about to do today?” and whenever the answer has been “no” for too many days in a 24 , i know i need to change something.remembering that ill be 25 soon is the most important tool ive ever known to help me make the big 26 in life because almost everything falls away in the face of death, 27 only what is truly important.about a year ago i was 28 with cancer. my doctor even advised me to go home and get my affairs 29 order, which is a doctors way of telling people to prepare to die. i 30 with that diagnosis all the days. 31 , at last an advanced test showed that it was a very rare cancer that is 32 with surgery. i had the surgery and im fine now. 33 wants to die. even people who want to go to heaven dont want to die to get there. and yet death is the destination we all 34 . no one has ever escaped it. and that is as it should be, because death is very likely the single best invention of 35 . it is lifes change agent. it clears out the old to 36 for the new. right now the new is you, but someday not too 37 from now, you will gradually become the old and be cleared away. sorry to be so dramatic, but it is quite true.your time is 38 , so dont waste it living someone elses life. dont be 39 by dogma(教条)which is living with the results of other peoples thinking. dont let the noise of others opinions drown out your own inner 40 . and most importantly, have the courage to follow your heart.21. a. impressionb. cursec. decisiond. joke22. a. seenb. lookedc. foundd. lost23. a. wouldb. shouldc. mightd. could24. a. hurryb. linec. momentd. row25. a. successfulb. richc. deadd. frustrated26. a. apologiesb. fortunec. impressionsd. choices27. a. provingb. leavingc. confirmingd. telling28. a. diagnosedb. curedc. treatedd. found29. a. onb. forc. ind. at30. a. metb. gotc. didd. lived31. a. howeverb. butc. therefored. so32. a. incurableb. curablec. fatald. changeable33. a. anyoneb. someonec. no one d. everyone34. a. wantb. avoidc. shared. escape35. a. destinationb. lifec. scienced. disease36. a. make upb. make for c. make outd. make way37. a. distantb. shortc. longd. away38. a. limitedb. rarec. enoughd. lost39. a. wastedb. cheatedc. excitedd. trapped40. a. voiceb. lovec. directiond. confusion第卷主观卷（共40分）第二节 （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（1个单词）或括号内单词的正确形式。a successful scientist is generally a good observer who 41 (make) full use of the facts he observes. he doesnt accept ideas not 42 (base) on obvious facts, and he refuses to accept authority (权威) 43 the only reason for truth. he always checks ideas carefully and carries out experiments 44 (prove) them.galileo, however, 45 lived between 1564 and 1642, was 46 (great) of the great men. before him, 47 (learn) men believed that larger bodies fell more 48 _(quick) towards the earth than smaller ones. but galileo, going to the top of the leaning tower of pisa, let fall two solid stones and proved it was wrong. it is his spirit 49 has led _50 all the discoveries of modern science. 第三部分 写作（共两节，满分25分）第一节：短文改错（共10小题，每小题1分，满分10分）文中共有10处错误，每句中最多两处。错误涉及一个单词的增加、删减或修改。增加：在缺词处加一个漏字符号（），并在其下面写出改加的词。删除：把多余的词用斜线（）划掉。修改：在错的词下画一横线，并在该词下面写出修改后的词。注意：1. 每处错误及其修改均仅限一词，并按上述方法修改，否则不计分。 2. 只允许修改10处，多者（从第11处起）不计分。 as students, we have classes from early morning till late afternoon. therefore, take a ten-minute break between class is definitely important, even necessary. otherwise we may feel both physically or mentally tired. during the ten-minute break we did something to get rid of tiredness. what we need is to have real rest instead of getting even tired. so dont do anything what will make you too much excited. my ten-minute break is always pleasing. i usually do some simple exercises. sometime i have a free chat with my classmates or just take a walk during the break. when the new class begins, i feel freshly again.第二节：书面表达(满分15分)假设你是李华, 你上个星期天去市图书馆看书时发现以下问题, 你写信向馆长mr. li 反映:1. 新书太少;2. 书架上的书比较混乱;3. 阅览室的一盏灯坏了;4. 管理员工作时彼此闲聊.注意: 1. 词数100左右; 2. 可适当增加细节, 以使行文连贯; 3. 信的开头和结尾已经为你写好, 不记入总词数.dear mr. li,last sunday, i went to do some reading in your library. _ so for the sake of readers i suggest that you change all these as soon as possible. yours, li hua20152016学年度第一学期 期末试卷高二英语答案 i. 阅读理解（40分）14 acad 57 cbd 811 dcbb 1215 cddc 1620 bdea