云南省玉溪一中高二英语下学期期末考试试题.doc

玉溪一中2014-2015学年下学期期末考试 高二英语试题 本试卷分为第i卷（选择题）和第ii卷（非选择题）两部分。考试时间：120分钟。满分150分。第i卷（共100分）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 does the man think of rick?a. he seems bright but is dull. b. he is actually very smart.c. he has always been lively.2. where are the speakers? a. in a flower shop. b. in a field. c. in garden.3. how many people are going on the boat? a. 4. b. 5. c. 6.4. why does the man want to lose weight? a. to keep fit in general. b. to have a good figure for the summer. c. to look good when he gets married.5. what does the man advise the woman to do for her parents? a. give them some money. b. spend more time with them.c. buy some gifts for them.第二节 （共15小题；每小题1.5分，满分22.5分） 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 should the man go to practice speaking according to the woman? a. a car repair shop. b. a restaurant. c. a hotel.7. what should the man do to prepare for the english test?a. talk about what hes really interested in.b. go over his grammar notes a lot. c. balance study and relaxation.8. what does the man probably want to do next? a. invite the woman to dinner. b. write a paragraph. c. buy a book.听第7段材料，回答第9至11题。9. why is the man in pain? a. he didnt eat properly. b. he didnt sleep well. c. he had nothing for breakfast.10. where are the speakers? a. in a hospital. b. in an office. c. at home.11. what do the womans last words mean? a. she is angry with the man. b. the man shouldnt have worked so hard. c. health depends on making good choices.听第8段材料，回答第12至14题。12. how will the speakers help the polar bears? a. by going to the arctic. b. by raising some money for them. c. by strengthening public awareness.13. who are the speakers? a. students. b. environmental activists. c. film directors.14. what will the woman do next? a. see a movie about polar bears. b. get some other people to help. c. find some information on the internet.听第9段材料，回答第15至17题。15. how long have marisa and paul been together in total? a. 23 years. b. 25 years. c. 28 years.16. what does the man say about his parents-in-law? a. they live with him. b. they do crazy things. c. they interfere with his life.17. what is the womans advice? a. the man should be a dj. b. the man should travel with his wife. c. the man should get to know his wife better.听第10段材料，回答第18至20题。18. what did robert ask the lady to do? a. fix the car. b. give him some money. c. help others in trouble.19. who was the woman in the house? a. a waitress. b. the ladys friend. c. roberts wife.20. what would happen to robert next month? a. he would become a father. b. he would get a new job. c. he would earn 500 dollars.第二部分 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） 阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项（a、b、c和d）中，选出最佳选项。aits a village in india. the people were poor. however, they were not unhappy. after all, their forefathers had lived in the same way for centuries.then one day, some visitors from the city arrived. they told the villagers that there were some people elsewhere who liked to eat frogs legs. however, they didnt have enough frogs of their own, and so they wanted to buy frogs from other places.this seemed like money for nothing. there were millions of frogs in the fields around, and they were no use to the villagers. all they had to do was catch them. agreement was reached, and the children were sent into the fields to catch frogs. every week a truck arrived to collect the catch and hand over the money. for the first time, the people were able to dream of a better future. but the dream didnt last long.the change was hardly noticed at first, but it seemed as if the crops were not doing so well. more worrying was that the children fell ill more often, and, there seemed to be more insects around lately.the villagers decided that they couldnt just wait to see the crops failing and the children getting weak. they would have to use the money earned to buy pesticides (杀虫剂) and medicines. soon there was no money left. then the people realized what was happening. it was the frog. they hadnt been useless. they had been doing an important job - eating insects. now with so many frogs killed, the insects were increasing more rapidly. they were damaging the crops and spreading the diseases.now, the people are still poor. but in the evenings they sit in the village square and listen to the sound of insects and frogs. these sounds of the night now have a much deeper meaning.21. from paragraph 1, we learn that the villagers _. a. worked hard for centuries b. dreamed of having a better life c. were poor but somewhat content d. lived a different life from their forefathers22. why did the villager agree to sell the frogs? a. because they wanted to please the visitors. b. because they needs money to buy medicine. c. because the frogs made too much noise. d. because the frogs were easy money.23. what might be the cause of the childrens sickness? a. there were too many insects. b. the visitors brought in diseases. c. the crops didnt do well. d. the pesticides were overused.24. what can we infer from the last sentence of the text? a. the harmony between man and nature is important. b. health is more important than money. c. happiness comes from peaceful life in the country. d. good old day will never be forgotten.blike my friend warren buffett, i feel particularly lucky to do something every day that i love to do. he calls it “tap-dancing to work”. my job at microsoft is as challenging as ever, but what makes me “tap-dance to work” is when we show people something new, like a computer that can recognize your handwriting or your speech, or one that can store a lifetimes worth of photos, and they say, “i didnt know you could do that with a pc!” but for all the cool things that a person can do with a pc, there are lots of other ways we can put our creativity and intelligence to work to improve our world. there are still far too many people in the world whose most basic needs go unmet. i believe that my own good fortune brings with it a responsibility to give back to the world. my wife, melinda, and i have committed to improving health and education in a way that can help as many people as possible. as a father, i believe that the death of a child in africa is no less poignant or tragic than the death of a child anywhere else. and that it doesnt take much to make an immense difference in these childrens lives. im still very much an optimist, and i believe that progress on even the worlds toughest problems is possible - and its happening every day. were seeing new drugs for deadly diseases, new diagnostic tools, and new attention paid to the health problems in the developing world. im excited by the possibilities i see for medicine, for education and, of course, for technology. and i believe that through our natural inventiveness, creativity and willingness to solve tough problems, were going to make some amazing achievements in all these areas in my lifetime.25. when a person “tap-dances to work”, he _. a. seldom treats his work seriously b. takes delight in doing his job c. compares his work to dancing lesson d. regards work as a great challenge26. the first paragraph is intended to _. a. introduce the new applications of a computer b. direct readers attention to helping othersc. stress the importance of technologyd. persuade people to value their work27. the writer of the passage would probably agree that _. a. it costs nothing to help children in africa b. there are many problems in developing countries c. being rich has its fare share of responsibilities d. child death in africa cant be controlledcherocarl west is an unassuming（谦逊的）all-american 24 year old . you might think that because he works in a convenience store that hes not the brightest guy youre likely to meet. yet this slightly scruffy（不整洁的）young man in his nike sneakers , was smart enough to break a fake story that successfully fooled the world for 35 years . “i guess i just got lucky,” west smiles. “ it just goes to show you dont have to finish high school to be smart.”forty years study“ive spent 40 years in astronomical study, and 20 years of that specifically in satellite systems study. i have a university chair in three major universities and sat on 5 different governmental committees on space exploration. hell, i wrote a research paper on the lunar landings that took 18 months to research, then a further 3 months just to correct it.” steven pauses to scratch his head. “yet not once did it occur to me to wonder who filmed armstrong as he stepped onto the moon. how could i have been so stupid? ”the evidence if armstrong was the first to walk on the moon, then who filmed him walking down the ladder? theres no gravity on the moon, so why didnt the astronauts just float away? its really hot on the moon, so armstrong should have died of thirst. the deadly radiation belts around the earth turn everyone radioactive and make your eyes boil unless you are wearing 18 inches of lead（铅）. so how did they get through it?28. the writer thinks that carl west _. a. has fooled the worldb. wasnt smart when he was in high school c. is a scientist researching the moond. has discovered a big secret 29. steven mainly intended to tell us that _. a. he is an expert in astronomical studyb. he is active in helping the government c. moon landing might never have happenedd. his research paper is seriously written30. which of the following is not mentioned in the evidence? a. protective measures b. weightless condition c. an astronaut d. a film-maker31. the passage is mainly about _. a. life of carl west and steven b. suspicions about moon landing c. hard work of space exploration d. evidence of moon landingdmost 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 got 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 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 is mentioned above, animals behave dishonestly for survival. is it ok to lie for us humans?32. the writer uses the three questions at the beginning of the passage to _.a. ask the readers to answer the questionsb. show he is at a loss about the questionsc. seek answers to the questionsd. draw the readers attention to the topic33. which of the following is not an example of animals dishonest behaviors?a. the adoptive parents feed their baby birds of cuckoos.b. a plover pretended to have a broken wing to protect its baby birds.c. a scrub jay dug out its buried food and reburied it somewhere else.d. a losing chimp starts fighting again after taking the winners hand.34. the underline word “sneaky” in paragraph 5 most probably means _.a. entertaining b. friendly c. dishonest d. selfish35. what does the author think of the animals dishonest behaviors? a. unforgettable b. acceptable c. negative d. unreasonable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。 in america, it is the custom to express appreciation to people who help you in any way. _36_ sometimes the absence of a “thank you” is misunderstood to mean the effort to help was not appreciated or was not wanted. there are a variety of ways to express gratitude (感谢), and the type of help received can help one determine what method of saying “thank you” is most appropriate (适当的). a foreign student should not be overly concerned about how to say “thank you”. _37_ for example, if you ask someone for directions, for help with a homework problem, for information, etc., saying “thank you” verbally is enough. _38_ if a classmate is your close friend, a verbal “thanks” is probably enough. if another student whom you do not know well spends many hours helping you prepare for a test, perhaps a written note would be nice. if an american student helps you on a regular basis perhaps at the end of the school term you could give him / her a small gift and / or a written note of appreciation. _39_ when an american family or friend invites you into their home for a meal, mailing a thank you note to them a day or so later would be appropriate. _40_ however, you may if you wish since that may be your custom. it is not the american custom but would not be strange or inappropriate. a small bouquet of flowers or a small box of candy would also be appropriate. if you stay overnight in a home, a thank you note should be left on the bed or bedside table as you leave or mailed to the hostess soon after. if an american friend gives you a gift, it would be nice to write a short note to express gratitude to them.a. to write a thank you note soon would not be appropriate or necessary.b. it is not necessary to carry a gift to the home when you go to eat.c. if the favor shown is small, a verbal “thank you” is adequate.d. it is not necessary to present gifts for other holidays.e. the closer the relationship is, the less formal the expression of gratitude needs to be.f. small note cards with “thank you” printed on the front are sold in most campus bookstores, as well as “thank you” greeting cards.g. because it is commonly practiced, most people expect to be thanked when they do something for someone.第三部分 英语知识运用（共两节，满分45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。 a jobless man applied for the position of “office boy” at microsoft. the hr manager _41_ him, then watched him cleaning the floor as a _42_. “you are employed,” he said. “give me your e-mail address, and ill send you the application to _43_, as well as the date when you will start.” the man replied, “but i dont have a _44_, neither an email.” “im _45_,” said the hr manager. “if you dont have an email, that means you do not _46_. and anyone who is not existent cannot have the job.” the man left with _47_. he didnt know what to do, with only $10 in his _48_. he then decided to go to the _49_ and buy a basket of tomatoes. he then sold the tomatoes in a door-to-door round. in less than two hours, he _50_ to double his capital. he repeated the operation three times, and returned home with $60. the man realized that the can _51_ in this way, so he started to go _52_ everyday, and returned later. thus, his _53_ increased with years. soon, he bought a cart (手推车), then a _54_. he had his own fleet of delivery vehicles 5 years later. now the man is one of the biggest _55_ retailers (零售商) in the u.s., selling vegetables and fruit. he started to plan his familys future and _56_ to have a life insurance. he called an insurance broker (经纪人), and chose a protection plan. when the conversation was _57_, the broker asked him for his email. the man replied: “i dont have an email.” the broker answered _58_, “you dont have an email, and _59_ have succeeded in building a business empire. can you imagine what you co