广东省韶关南雄市黄坑中学高二英语下学期期末考试试题.doc

高二下学期期末考试英语试题本试卷共三大题，满分150分。考试用时120分钟。 语言知识及应用 (共两节，满分50分)第一节 完形填空 (共15小题；每小题2分，满分30分)阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从各题所给的a、b、c和d项中，选出最佳选项。almost every family buys at least one copy of a newspaper every day. some people subscribe (订阅) to as many as two or three different newspapers. but why do people read newspapers？five hundred years ago, 1 of important happeningsbattles lost and won, kings or rulers overthrown or killedtook months and even years to 2 from one country to another. the news 3 by word of mouth and was never 4 . today we can read in our newspaper of important events that occur (happen) in faraway countries on the same day they happen.besides 5 news from all over the world, newspapers also give us a lot of other usual information. there are weather reports, radio, television and film guides, book reviews, stories and of course advertisements. there are all kinds of advertisements. the 6 ones are 7 by large companies to 8 attention to their products. they 9 the newspapers thousands of dollars for the advertising space, but it is 10 the money, for news of their products goes into almost every home in the country. for those who 11 newspapers, advertisements are also very 12 . money earned from advertisements 13 it possible for them to sell their 14 at a low price and still make a profit.newspapers often have information on gardening, cooker and fashion(时装), and a small but very 15 section on jokes and cartoons.()1. anews binformation cpassage dmessage()2. areach breceive cbroadcast dtravel()3. apassed bcame ctold dheard ()4. aexact breal ctrue daccurate()5. asupplying bmaking casking ddepending ()6. aricher bbusier cbetter dbigger()7. ataken in bmoved in cput in dturned in()8. apay breceive cbring dgive()9. aspend bpay ccost dtake()10. aworth bworthy cvaluable dcosting()11. aprint bsell cproduce ddeliver()12. aexpensive bimportant cnecessarily dvaluable()13. amakes bregards cthinks dconsiders ()14. aproducts bgoods cadvertisements dnewspapers()15. afamous bproper cpopular dregular第二节 语法填空 (共10小题；每小题2分，满分20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卡标号为16 25的相应位置上。zhou yangs first assignment was at the office of china daily. at the first time hu xin, his new boss, sent him with an 16_(experience)reporter and a 17_(photograph) to cover the story. before going out to work, he told him to be 18_(curiosity)and must have a “nose” for the story and listen to the speakers 19_(careful) in order to grasp the 20_(detail) facts. he also advised him 21_ (prepare)the next question depending on 22_ the person says, use a small recorder to get all the facts straight, if 23_ (permit)by the24_ (interview), and finally judge whether the interviewed person is lying or 25_. 阅读 (共两节，满分50分)第节 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和d项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。 awhat is homestay? literally it is a home for you to stay when you are not home. to be specific, homestay provides foreign language students with the opportunity to speak native language outside the classroom and the experience of being part of a local home. here is what you will experience in our british homestay program. what to expectthe host will provide accommodation and meals. rooms will be cleaned and bedcovers changed at least once a week. you will be given the house key and the host is there to offer help and advice as well as to take an interest in your physical and mental health.accommodation zonesmeal plans availablecontinental breakfastbreakfast and dinnerbreakfast, packed lunch and dinnerits important to note that few english families still provide a traditional cooked breakfast. your accommodation includes continental breakfast which normally consists of fruit juice, cereal(谷物类食品), bread and tea or coffee. cheese, fruit and cold meat are not normally part of a continental breakfast in england. dinners usually consist of meat or fish with vegetables followed by desert, fruit and coffee.friendsif you wish to invite a friend over to visit, you must first ask your hosts permission. you have no right to entertain friends in a family home as some families feel it is an invasion of their privacy.selfcatering accommodation in private homesaccommodation on a roomonly basis includes shared kitchen and bathroom facilities and often a main living room. this kind of accommodation offers an independent lifestyle and is more suitable for the longstay student. however, it does not provide the same family atmosphere as an ordinary homestay and may not benefit those who need to practice english at home quite as much.()26.the passage is probably written for .ahosts willing to receive foreign studentsbforeigners hoping to build british culturectravelers planning to visit families in londondenglish learners applying to live in english homes()27.which of the following will the host provide?amedical care. broom cleaning. cfree transport. dphysical training.()28.what can be inferred from paragraph 3?azone 3 is more crowded than zone 2.bthe business centre of london is in zone 2.chosts dislike traveling to the city centre.dzone 1 offers bigger accommodation.()29.according to the passage, what does continental breakfast include?adessert and coffee. bfruit and vegetables.cbread and fruit juice. dfruit and cold meat.()30.why do some people choose selfcatering accommodation?ato experience a warmer family atmosphere.bto enrich their knowledge of english.cto entertain friends as they like.dto enjoy much more freedom.beven with the multimedia excitement of the web. electronic mail, email, is the most frequently used application of the internet. many people who have a chance to use the internet at school, home, and work. they use the internet for no other purposes than to send or receive emails.its all very easy. you prepare the message, log onto(登录) the internet, and send it. the message first goes to your internet service providers mail server, which in turn sends it to the recipients(邮件接收者) mail server. on the way your message may go through several servers, each reading the name in order to send it to the right server. the message then remains in the recipients mail email server until he requests it by “checking his mail”the benefits of emails are obvious: mostly its quick. also, many people feel that the rules for regular mails dont apply to email, making it less formal, which in turn make email easier to write and send.its not just friends and coworkers that are receiving emails. wherever you look, the web is providing email addresses. this has made communication between strangers easier than ever. you can read an interesting article online and immediately send the author an email. anyone who posts his email address on a web page is saying he wants to receive email.there are places you can go if you dont know someones email address. check out bigfoot, the internet address finder, or netscapes email directories for more information.email is one of the services offered by your internet service providera service that youre applying for every month.()31. the passage is about .athe multimedia excitement bemail cdifferent websites dmail server()32. we can infer from the passage that .amany people use the internet only for the purpose of sending and receiving emailbif you want to send and receive emails, all you have to do is to log onto the internet.cemail is the only application of the internetdyou can send emails to friends and coworkers but you cant make communication between strangers()33. which of the following is not true according to the materialaif you want to send your message, first you have to log in.bon the way your message may be passed by several servers.cthe first advantage of email is fastdthe writing rules for emails are more formal.()34. if you dont know someones email address, .alook up in a dictionary brefer to your textbookcask your computer teacher dcheck on netscapes email directories()35. what can you infer from the fourth paragraph?aonly friends and coworkers send emails.byou cant log onto the internet except at home.cits difficult to contact the author on the internet.d. its convenient to communicate between strangers online.ci am a professor of sports and exercise so i often deal with nervousness in my research with sports people. actually, most people experience nervousness at some time or another.if you are feeling anxious, my advice is to first find the cause or causes. make a list of those things that are making you nervous and work out which ones you can do something about. focus all of your efforts on managing the causes that you can control.most people cannot tell the difference between controllable(可控制的) and uncontrollable causes, so things they cant control become a big reason for nervousness. dealing with this is very important if people want to keep a healthy mind.simply try to accept the uncontrollable causes of nervousness. you might be worried about the weather on a big day, an accident or an attack on the train, or perhaps just things that other people are doing at work. the results may be very important but there is still no use worrying because you cant control any of these things. accept that you cant control everything. once you understand this, it becomes easier not to worry.if a situation, such as swimming, is causing you to be anxious, try to face it as often as possible so that you can get used to it.it can often help to think about yourself doing the thing that makes you nervousthen close your eyes and imagine it going well. imagine how the flight or job interview is going to happen so that you can get used to it. this will help you understand that the thing you fear most is probably not going to happen.()36.who wrote this passage?aa reporter. ba sportsman. ca patient. da professor.()37.the writer thinks there is no use worrying about some causes of nervousness because .amost are not very importantbthey are not the real causes of the problemcthey cannot be controlled by peopledits better to deal with one cause at a time()38.if swimming makes you nervous, what should you do according to the writer?ago swimming often to get used to it. bavoid going to the swimming pool.cfind a swimming teacher. dimagine watching others swim.()39.what is true about nervousness according to the passage?ait usually has only one cause. bit is usually caused by people.cpeople can easily manage it. dmost people suffer from it.()40.what is the main purpose of this passage?ato introduce the writers sports experience.bto advise on how to deal with nervousness.cto help people remember their fears.dto explain the dangers of nervousness.dthe common cold is the worlds most widespread illness，which is plagues(疫病) that flesh receives. the most widespread fallacy(谬误)of all is that colds caused by cold. they are not. they are caused by viruses(病毒)passing on from person to person. you catch a cold by coming into contact, directly or indirectly, with someone who already has one.if cold causes colds, it would be reasonable to expect the eskimos to suffer from them forever. but they do not. and in isolated arctic regions explorers have reported being free from colds until coming into contact again with infected people from the outside world by way of packages and mail dropped from airplanes.during the first world war soldiers who spent long periods in the trenches(战壕), cold and wet, showed no increased tendency to catch colds.in the second world war prisoners at the notorious auschwitz concentration camp(奥斯维辛集中营), naked and starving, were astonished to find that they seldom had colds. at the common cold research unit in england, volunteers took part in experiments in which they gave themselves to the discomforts of being cold and wet for long stretches of time. after taking hot baths, they put on bathing suits, allowed themselves to be with cold water, and then stood about dripping wet in drafty room. some wore wet socks all day while others exercised in the rain until close to exhaustion. not one of the volunteers came down with a cold unless a cold virus was actually dropped in his nose.if, then, cold and wet have nothing to do with catching colds, why are they more frequent in the winter？despite the most painstaking research, no one has yet found the answer. one explanation offered by scientists is that people tend to stay together indoors more in cold weather than at other times, and this makes it easier for cold viruses to be passed on. no one has yet found a cure for the cold. there are drugs and pain suppressors(止痛片)such as aspirin, but all they do is relieve the symptoms (症状)()41.the writer offered examples to support his argument.a4 b5 c6 d3 ()42.which of the following does not agree with the chosen passage?athe eskimos do not suffer from colds all the time.bcolds are not caused by cold.cpeople suffer from colds just because they like to stay indoors.da person may catch a cold by touching someone who already has one.()43.arctic explorers may catch colds when .athey are working in the isolated arctic regionsbthey are writing reports in terribly cold weathercthey are free from work in the isolated arctic regionsdthey are coming into touch again with the outside world()44.volunteers taking part in the experiments in the common cold research unit .asuffered a lot bnever caught coldscoften caught colds dbecame very strong()45.the passage mainly discusses .athe experiments on the common coldbthe fallacy about the common coldcthe reason and the way people catch coldsdthe continued spread of common colds第二节信息匹配(共5小题；每小题2分，满分10分)请阅读下列应用文和相关信息，并按照要求匹配信息。以下是学习英浯的方法：apractice speaking as often as you caneven speaking to yourself is good practice. try recording yourself whenever you can.bit helps if you can learn with someone else. if you can persuade a friend or family member to study with you, it will make you keep working. agree times to meet and set goals for the week. and test each other regularly.cpractice improvising (即兴的) ways of getting your meaning across, even if you dont know the exact words or phrases. think of things you might want to say whenever you have time. an example is the use of tenses. use facial expressions, hand movements, anything to get your meaning across.dguesswork is important in learning a new language. when listening to recorded material, you arent expected to understand everything the first round. if you play the same piece several times, you will most probably understand something new each time. learn to make maximum (最大限度) use of all the clues (提示) you can pick up.ea wide vocabulary is the key to successful language learning, but dont try to learn too much vocabulary at once.fif you are the person on the bus, street or restaurant asking how you can improve your english, you are on the right track. the only way to improve your speaking is by speaking. dont worry about a bad accent or forgetting words or not being understood.以下是学习者在学习英语中所碰到的困难。请匹配这些困难与他们所对应的学习方法。()46.jack andersons vocabulary is very small. he is very anxious to improve his english. therefore, he wants to enlarge his vocabulary in a short time and tries his best to memorize new words as many as possible at a time.()47.margret lillians pronunciation is poor. and she doesnt know how to improve her pronunciation. she is very worried and doesnt know what to do.()48. alice fingelhamm has difficulty in understanding the meaning of the english text. so she looks up the new words in the dictionary in order to understand everything. however, she made little progress in english.()49.although peter florian wants to communicate with people on the bus when he is on the way home, he is afraid of being laughed at because of his poor accent.()50.lynne nagata cant express herself clearly in english because she sometimes forgets some key words and doesnt know the tenses exactly. 写作 (共两节，满分50分)第一节 基础写作(满分20分)【写作内容】假如你是新华中学的学生李华，某学生英文报正在招聘兼职的学生记者，你想应聘。请根据以下要点给该报社写一封自荐信。1写信目的： 对兼职记者感兴趣，决定应聘。 2自身优势： 知识面广， 英语水平高，写作能力强；有过类似的经历(学校广播站记者)；性格外向，善于交际，乐意与他人合作。 3个人要求： 希望能收到回复，并被聘用。 【写作要求】1只能使用5个句子表达全部内容；2信中不能出现真实姓名和学校名称；3信的开头已为你写好，不计入总句数。【评分标准】句子结构准确，信息内容完整，篇章结构连贯。_第二节 读写任务 (共1小题,满分30分)阅读下面的短文，然后按照要求写一篇150词左右的英语短文。when sam first got to his boarding school with his parents, he was very happy. he thought he would be able to go home every weekend. when he was told he would not, he started crying because the thought of not seeing his parents was driving him crazy.he was given