广西桂林中学高二英语下学期期中试题新人教版.doc

桂林中学2015届高二下段考英语试题考试时间：2014年4月18日 8：00-10：00本试卷分第卷（选择题）和第卷（非选择题）两部分。试卷共8页。试卷满分150分。考试时间120分钟。第i卷 选择题第一部分：听力（共两节，满分30分）第一节听下面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 will the woman do this evening? a. go to the dinner. b. help her brother with his english. c. go to make a phone call.2. what does henry do? a. he is a teacher. b. he is a writer. c. he works in a publishing house.3. what do we learn about the first speaker? a. he is not tall. b. he doesnt like his teacher. c. he is not doing well in his schoolwork.4. which of the following is not true according to the mans instructions? a. take the first right. b. pass a hospital. c. go over a bridge.5. what is the man going to do with the money he won? a. he is going to buy a lot of expensive things. b. he is going to buy a new car. c. he is going to make much more money with it.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8题。6. where does the conversation take place? a. at a police station. b. at a bank. c. at a travel agency.7. what does the customer have to provide to open an account? a. a passport. b. a driving license. c. an id card.8. what can we learn from the conversation? a. the man has to pay 1500 in all. b. the man has got two accounts. c. the man knows the service well.听第7段材料，回答第9至11题。9. how does the woman want to change the appointment? a. to change it to next sunday. b. to change it to next monday. c. to change it to next wednesday.10. why does the woman want to change the appointment? a. because she has some work to do. b. because she has another appointment. c. because something unexpected happens.11. when will the two speakers meet? a. in the morning. b. in the afternoon. c. in the evening.听第8段材料，回答第12至14题。12. how often does the woman go to the cinema? a. once a week. b. once a month. c. twice a month.13. what does the woman usually do in the evening? a. visit some friends. b. watch tv. c. surf the internet.14. what can we learn about the man from the conversation? a. he wants to buy a car. b. he often goes to the cinema with the woman. c. he is a poor man.听第9段材料，回答第15至17题。15. whats the probable relationship between the two speakers? a. husband and wife. b. customer and waitress. c. cook and waiter.16. what are the two speakers looking for? a. wine. b. corkscrew.(瓶塞钻) c. beef and vegetables.17. what are the two speakers busy for? a. an amazing party. b. an important competition.c. a home dinner.听第10段材料，回答第18至20题。18. where is the speaker talking? a. at an airport. b. at a restaurant. c. on the phone.19. why does the speaker come to the town where dickey lives? a. to see dickeys family. b. to have a meeting. c. to take a holiday.20. who is camilla? a. tonys wife. b. tonys daughter. c. dickeys wife.第二部分：阅读理解（共两节，满分30分）第一节（共10小题：每小题2分，满分20分）阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项(a、b、c、d)中，选出最佳选项。 （a）karaoke is from japan. the “kara” of karaoke means empty, while the “oke” is a japanese abbreviation (缩略词) of the english word “orchestra”. these two words coming together mean an orchestra without a singer. i know “karaoke bars” are well known by americans, but actually we have few karaoke bars in japan. what we call “karaoke box” is more popular in japan. shinjuku may be a place you want to go. there are huge shopping malls, video centers, movie theaters and many kinds of amusement. it is very crowded, especially on weekends, and you can hardly walk through the area. but dont worry if you dont know where to go because people who work at those karaoke boxes are on the street, and they will introduce you to the service they have, or they offer you a discount to visit their karaoke box. after you have settled into the room and your music starts, you can adjust the key or tempo (调) of the song if you feel it is too high or low, or too fast or slow. also, if you want to have harmony (和声), you can. but the important thing here is you should listen to other people singing. usually people like to have audiences and thats what people like when doing karaoke. at karaoke boxes, you should not look into other rooms. you cant smoke or drink if you are under twenty. though there are no specific people who go around the boxes because they dont want to make their customers feel nervous, it is important to follow these rules. though some people would not like singing in front of people even if they were friends or family, in my opinion, you can still have a lot of fun there. i think it is a way to express ourselves to people whom we like, and we want to say, “listen to me! i am here!” 21. which of the following is true about shinjuku in japan?a. the karaoke box originated there. b. its easy for people to get lost there. c. it provides a wide choice of entertainment. d. most of japanese karaoke boxes are located there. 22. what does the author think is important when enjoying karaoke?a. trying to choose different types of music.b. listening to others and being their audience. c. changing the key or tempo of the music. d. adding harmony to the songs you like. 23. according to the text, it can be learned that the author thinks _. a. singing in front of friends or family is very interesting b. doing karaoke can be a way to communicate with othersc. karaoke boxes in japan are better than karaoke bars in americad. karaoke workers should teach their customers to follow the rules（b）my passage into eighties a few weeks ago gave me a moments reflection and the thought that i should watch how others in this situation have been affected. after a while it seemed to me that the first 80 years are the hardest. once you reach 80, everyone wants to carry your baggage and help you up steps. if you forget your name or anybody elses name, or an appointment or your own telephone number, or promise to be three places at the same time, or you cant remember how many grandchildren you have, you need only explain that you are 80. being 80 is a lot better than being 70. at 70 people are mad at you for everything. at 80, you have a perfect excuse no matter what you do. if you act foolishly, its your second childhood. everybody is looking for symptoms of your failures of the brain. being 70 is not fun at all. at that age they expect you to retire to a house in florida and complain about your arthritis( 关节炎) and you ask everybody to stop mumbling (咕哝) because you cant understand them. (actually your hearing is about 50% gone.) if you survive until you are 80, everybody is surprised that you are still alive. they treat you with respect just for having lived so long. actually they seem surprised that you can walk and talk sensibly. so please, folks, try to make it to 80. its the best time of life. people forgive you for anything. in response to the question of what years were the most difficult, an 80-year-old responded “those between 10 and 70.” life begins at 80.24. according to the passage, how old is the writer now? a. sixty. b. seventy. c. eighty. d. not known.25. what does the writer say people do to an eighty-year-old man? a. they are often mad at him. b. they offer help to him. c. they talk loudly to him. d. they make fun of him.26. what problems do the 80-year-olds often have? a. they are not respected by other people. b. they are afraid of death. c. they cant understand other people. d. they are often forgetful.27. the writer wrote this passage in a _ way. a. humorous b. serious c. negative d. passive（c）google has been collecting tons of data about smartphone usage around the world. here are some of the most surprising and interesting facts: android is most popular in japan, with 55% of respondents（调查对象）using it, compared with 39% for ios. android is also number one in a few other countries, including new zealand （41%）, the us（40%）, and china（38%）. ios is farthest ahead in switzerland, with 52% usage vs 23% for android. other countries where ios is far ahead include australia （49% vs 25% android）, canada（45% vs 23% android and 23% blackberry）, and france（43% vs 25% android）. in egypt, windows mobile is far more popular than ios. 13% of survey respondents use the microsoft smartphone platform, behind symbian（19%）and android （14%）. ios is very far down at 4%. mobile social networking is biggest in mexico and argentina, where 74% and 73% of users visit a social network daily. but mobile-social is weak in japan where 34% of users never visit a social network on their phone, and this figure rises to 41% in brazil. watching video is most popular in saudi arabia, with 59% of respondents doing it daily. number two is egypt, with 41%. chinese users shop from their phones. 59% of chinese users do this, compared with only 41% in second-place egypt. chinese users also love to write reviews. 41% of them write a review of a local business after looking it up on their smartphone. number two, japan, is far behind, with only 24% of respondents doing this. 28. which of the following best describes the usage of the smartphone operating systems in egypt? a. windows mobileiossymbianandroid b. androidwindows mobileiossymbian c. iosandroidsymbianwindows mobiled. symbianandroidwindows mobileios29. in which of the following countries is mobile social networking least popular?a. brazil. b. japan. c. mexico. d. argentina. 30. in which section of a newspaper can we most probably read the passage?a. health. b. environment. c. technology. d. entertainment. 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。business is the organized approach to providing customers with the goods and services they want. the word business also refers to an organization that provides these goods and services. most businesses seek to make a profit（利润） that is, they aim to achieve income that is more than the costs of operating the business. 31 commonly called nonprofits, these organizations are primarily nongovernmental service providers. 32 business management is a term used to describe the techniques of planning, direction, and control of the operations of a business. 33 one is the establishment（制定） of broad basic policies with respect to production; sales; the purchase of equipment, materials and supplies; and accounting. 34 the third relates to the establishment of 3standards of work in all departments. direction is concerned primarily with supervision（监管）and guidance by the management in authority. 35 a. control includes the use of records and reports to compare actual work with the set standards for work.b. in this connection there is the difference between top management and operative management.c. examples of nonprofit business include such organizations as social service agencies and may hospitals.d. however, some businesses only seek to earn enough to cover their operating costs.e. planning in business management has three main aspects.f. in the theory of business management, organization has two main aspects.g. the second aspect relates to the application of these policies by departments.第三部分：英语基础知识运用。（55分）第一节：完形填空（共20小题；每小题1.5分，满分30 分）阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的四个选项（a、b、c和d）中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。i went to a group activity, “sensitivity sunday”, which was to make us more 36 the problems faced by disabled people. we were asked to “ 37 a disability” for several hours one sunday. some members, 38 , chose to use wheelchairs. others wore sound-blocking earplugs（耳塞）or blindfolds（眼罩）.just sitting in the wheelchair was a 39 experience. i had never considered before how 40 it would be to use one. as soon as i sat down, my 41 made the chair begin to roll. its wheels were not 42 . then i wondered where to put my 43 . it took me quite a while to get the metal footrest into 44 . i took my first uneasy look at what was to be my only means of 45 for several hours. for disabled people, “adopting a wheelchair” is not a temporary（临时的） 46 .i tried to find a 47 position and thought it might be restful, 48 kind of nice, to be 49 around for a while. looking around, i 50 i would have to handle the thing myself. my hands started to ache as i 51 the heavy metal wheels. i came to know that controlling the 52 of the wheelchair was not going to be a(n) 53 task.my wheelchair experiment was soon 54 . it made a deep impression on me. a few hours of “disability” gave me only a taste of the 55 , both physical and mental, that disabled people must overcome.36. a. curious aboutb. aware of c. interested in d. careful with37. a. cureb. adopt c. prevent d. analyze38. a. instead b. strangely c. as usual d. like me39. a. learningb. working c. satisfying d. relaxing40. a. convenientb. awkward c. boring d. exciting41. a. heightb. force c. skill d. weight42. a. lockedb. repaired c. powered d. grasped43. a. hands b. feet c. keys d. handles44. a. place b. action c. play d. effect45. a. operation b. communication c. transportation d. production46. a. exploration b. education c. experiment d. entertainment47. a. flexibleb. safe c. starting d. comfortable48. a. yet b. just c. still d. even49. a. shown b. pushed c. driven d. guided50. a. realized b. suggested c. agreed d. admitted51. a. lifted b. turned c. pressed d. seized52. a. pathb. position c. direction d. way53. a. easyb. heavy c. major d. extra54. a. forgotten b. repeated c. conducted d. finished55. a. weaknessesb. anxieties c. challenges d. illnesses第二节：语篇语法填空。（每空不得超过3个词，共15分）although old tom and the other killers were fierce hunters, they 56. _ harmed or attacked people. 57. _ fact, they protected them. there was one day 58. _ we were out in the bay during a hunt and james 59. _ (wash) off the boat.“man overboard! turn the boat around!” urged george, shouting 60. _ (loud). the sea was rough that day and 61. _ was difficult to handle the boat. the waves were carrying james further and further away from us. from james face, i could see he was terrified of 62. _ (abandon) by us. then suddenly i saw a shark.“look, there is a shark out there,” i screamed.“dont worry. old tom wont let it near.” red replied.it took over half 63. _ hour to get the boat back to james, and when we approached 64. _, i saw james being firmly held up in the water by old tom. i couldnt believe my 65. _.第三节：单词拼写。(10分)1. the few who cant see the real person inside my body do not make me _(颇为生气的), and i just ignore them.2. wilberforce then r_ (辞职) from government in 1825 and died in 1833.3. claire thought it was ridiculous to be offered _ (同情) by a robot. 4. she shouted “leave me _” and ran to her bed.5. i thought, at the time, that this was just a story but then i w_ it with my own eyes many times.6. within a moment or two, its body was d_ (拖) swiftly by the killers down into the depths of the sea.7. the water was quite _(浅的) but where the reef ended, there was a steep drop to the sandy ocean floor.8. i know you are d_ to hear all about my life here.9. the hut was dark inside so it took time for our eyes to _.(调整)10. he was the nicest boy she had ever met, _ she wouldnt not have fallen in love with him.第四部分： 写作（共两节，满分35分）第一节：短文改错（共10小题；每小题1分，满分10分）假定英语课上老师要求同桌之间交换修改作文，请你修改你同桌写的以下作文。文中共有10处语言错误，每句中最多有两处。每处错误仅涉及一个单词的增加、删除或修改。增加：在缺词处加一个漏字符号（），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，并在该词下面写出修改后的词。注意： 1. 每处错误及其修改均仅限一词； 2. 只允许修改10处，多者（从第11处起）不计分。wang dan, a quiet girl, is one that you can make friends. i got to know her three years before, when she was moved to the city with her parents. i still remember the afternoon that i first met her. she was working in a shoe shop where i was a regularly customer. we then began to talk and i learned that we all studied in the same school. she took a part-time job in her spare time, hoped to be independent. wang dan gives me so m