江苏省阜宁中学高二英语上学期期末考试试题.doc

江苏省阜宁中学2015年秋学期高二期末考试英 语 试 题第i 卷（选择题）第一部分：听力(共两节，满分20分)第一节（共5小题，每小题1分，满分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 woman want to do? a. buy a place. b. find a map. c. get an address.2. what will the man do for the woman? a. repair her car b. pick up her aunt. c. give her a ride.3. who might mr. peterson be? a. a company director. b. a department head. c. a new professor.4. what does the man think of the book? a. quite difficult. b. too simple. c. very interesting.5. what are the speakers talking about? a. clothes. b. weather. c. news.第二节 （共15小题；每小题1分,满分15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7小题6. why is harry unwilling to join the woman? a. he wants to watch tv. b. he has a pain in his knee. c. he is too lazy.7. what will the woman probably do next? a. stay at home. b. do some exercise. c. take harry to hospital.听第7段材料，回答第8至9小题。8. when will the man be home from work7 a. at 6:50. b. at 6:15. c. at 5:45.9. where will the speakers go? a. the green house cinema. b. the ume cinema. c. the new state cinema.听第8段材料，回答第10至12小题。10. how will the speakers go? a. by bus. b. by taxi. c. by air.11. why are the speakers making the trip？ a. for shopping. b. for business. c. for holiday.12. what is the probable relationship between the speakers? a. fellow workers. b. husband and wife. c. driver and passenger.听第9段材料，回答第13至16小题。13. where does this conversation probably take place? a. in a restaurant. b. in a classroom. c. in an office.14. what does john do now? a. hes a college student. b. hes a tour guide. c. hes a trainer. 15. how much can a new person earn for the first year? a. $15,000. b.$12,000. c. $10,500.16. how many people will the woman hire? a. two. b. three. c. four.听第10段材料，回答第17至20小题。17. how long has the speaker lived in a big city? a. one year. b. ten years. c. eighteen years.18. what is the speakers opinion on public transport? a. its comfortable. b. its cheap. c. its time-saving.19. what is good about living in a small town? a. its more convenient. b. its healthier. c. its safer.20. what kind of life does the speaker seem to like most？ a. colorful. b. busy. c. quiet.第二部分：英语知识运用（共两节，满分35分）第一节：单项填空（共15小题；每小题1分，满分15分）从a、b、c、d四个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳答案，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。21 bonfire night is a celebration that takes place on november 5th every year, where inappropriate behavior, though, can cause offence. a. the; / b. the; a c. /; / d. /; a22as president, im thankful that i get to see the best of america every day and of course, every american can be thankful for the chance to live in a country founded on the that all of us are created equal. a. prediction b.commitment c. expectation d. belief23although some people may think it is not it to spend a hot summer helping poor children learn english, the smiles on the childrens faces made the hard work . a. worthy; worthwhileb. worth; worthyc. deserved; worthd. worthwhile; deserved24floods in the upper reach of the river nile many people leaving their hometown.a. permitted of b. accounted for c. drove away d. took up25almost all the students in our school prefer taking pains in their study four “a” grades in the coming academic proficiency test.a. to attainb. to guaranteeingc. to accomplishingd. to acquire26 the prices of vegetables are going up madly. its really too much for us. but for the situation where many vegetable producing areas constant low temperatures, things would not be like this.a. meet withb. met withc. have met withd. had met with27when paula was pushed onto the coach eventually, she found herself standing with a _ stare at all the occupied seats. a. cosyb. vividc. vacantd. invisible28 look, your shoes are worn out again, but i bought them a fortnight ago! mom, im not to blame. they dont . a. stand up b. hold out c. put on d. come over29you should have known waiting for you in the rain more than one student, along with all the teachers. a. is b. wasc. ared. were30i wont get , believe it or not, to taking off my shoes before going into someones house every time when visiting brunei. a. adjusted b. permitted c. advocated d. accustomed31although chinas two-child policy gained popularity among many families when it came out, its effect is still considerable debate and suspicion. which of the following is wrong ?a. surrounded withb. greeted withc. accompanied byd. masked by 32it reminded me of my time in sudan, several doctors without borders staff were attacked there as people tried to get the food. a. whenb. wherec. whyd. who33after sightseeing in the palace museum in the morning, the foreign tourists, without pause, were all the great wall. a. setting offb. going offc. left ford. headed for34shall we go to the movie tonight?no, id rather _at home with our baby. wed better not leave it to the babysitter at night.a. stayed b. we stayed c. to stay d. staying35 you shouldnt have told her about the secret! . you know, no one believes her. a. how come?b. thats amazing.c. oh, come on!d. whats up?第二节：完形填空（共20小题；每小题1分，满分20分）阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从3655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。one sunday, nicholas, a teenager, went skiing at sugarloaf mountain in maine. in the early afternoon, when he was planning to go home, a fierce snowstorm 36 into the area. unable to see far, he accidentally 37 the path. 38 he knew it, nicholas was lost, all alone! he didnt have food, water, a phone, or other 39 . he was getting colder by 40 . nicholas had no idea where he was. he tried not to panic. he thought about all the survival shows he had watched on tv. it was time to put the tips he had learned 41 .he decided to stop 42 . there was a better chance of someone finding him if he stayed put. the first thing he did was to find 43 from the freezing wind and snow. if he didnt, his body temperature would get very low, which could quickly kill him.using his skis, nicholas built a snow cave. he 44 a huge mass of snow and dug out a hole in the middle. then he 45 branches on top of himself, like a blanket, to stay as warm as he 46 .by that evening, nicholas was really hungry. he ate snow and drank water from a nearby stream 47 his body wouldnt lose too much water. not knowing 48 he could last, nicholas did the only thing he couldhe huddled(蜷缩) in his cave and slept.the next day, nicholas 49 to look for help, but he couldnt find anyone. he followed his 50 and returned to the snow cave, because without shelter, he could die that night. on tuesday, nicholas went out 51 to find help. he had walked for about a mile when a volunteer searcher found him. after two days stuck in the snow, nicholas was saved.nicholas might not have survived this snowstorm 52 for tv. he had often watched grylls survival show man vs. wild. thats 53 he learned the tips that saved his life. in each episode(一期节目)of man vs. wild, grylls is 54 in a wild area and has to find his way out.when grylls heard about nicholas amazing deeds, he was super impressed that nicholas had 55 since he knew better than anyone how hard nicholas had to work to stay alive.36. a. swept b. struck c. expand d.fell37. a. burst intob. turned off c. beat downd. came onto38. a. before b. when c. unless d. after39. a. equipment b. acquaintances c. supplies d. vehicle40. a. the day b. the night c. the hour d. the minute41. a. to travel b. to obtain c. to use d. to survive42. a. skating b. skiing c. panicking d. worrying43. a. path b. tent c. cave d. shelter44. a. put b. gathered c. rolled d. carried45. a. piled b. allocated c. lit d. fetched46. a. should b. might c. could d. must47. a. so that b. even though c. in case d. only if48. a. how far b. how long c. how much fartherd. how much longer49. a. crawled out b. went out c. stayed out d. ran out50. a. feet b. steps c. tracks d. angle51. a. only b. again c. directly d. hopefully52. a. would it not b. should it notc. were it notd. had it not been53. a. where b. how c. why d. when54. a. gone b. deserted c. lost d. admitted55. a. helped it b. enjoyed it c. made it d. appreciated it第三部分：阅读理解（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，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。ametroraileach passenger needs a farecard to enter and go out. up to two children under age five may travel free with a paying customer.farecard machine are in every station. bring small bills because there are no change machines in the station and farecard machine only provide up to $ 5 in change.get one of unlimited metrorail rides with a one day pass. buy it from a farecard machine in metro stations. use it after 9:30 a.m. until closing on weekdays, and all day on weekends and holidays.hours of service open: 5 a. m mon. fri.7a.m. sat.sun. close: midnight sun. thurs.3a.m. fri. sat. nights last train time vary. to avoid missing the last train, please check the last train time posted in the station.metrobus when paying with exact change, the fare is $ 1.35. when paying with a smartrip card, the fare is $1.25fares for the senior /disabled customerssenior citizens 65 and older and disabled customers may ride for half the regular fare.on metrorail and metrobus, use a senior/disabled farecard or smartrip. for more information about buying senior/disabled farecards, smartrip card and passes, please visit metroopend or call 202-637-7000 and 202-637-8000.senior citizens and disabled customers can get free guide on how to use proper metrobus and metrorail services by calling 202-962-1100travel tipsavoid riding during weekday rush periodsbefore 9:30 a.m. and between 4 and 6 p.m.if you lose something on a bus or train or in a station, please call lost & found at 202-962-1195.56. what should you know about farecard machines? a. they start selling tickets at 9:30 a.m. b. they are connected to change machines. c. they make change for no more than $5. d. they offer special service to the elderly.57. what is good about asmartrip card?a. it is convenient for old people b. it is sold on the internet.c. it can be bought at any time d. it saves money for its users58. which number should you call if you lose something on the metro?a.202-962-1100 b. 202-962-1195c.202-637-7000d.202-637-8000b beijingw一chinas ruling communist party announced thursday that the country will start allowing all couples to have two children, abolishing the policy that limited many urban couples to only one child for more than three decades. a communiqu from the partys central committee said that the decision to allow all couples to have two children was “to improve the balanced development of population” and to deal with an aging population.china, which has the worlds largest population at 1.4 billion people, introduced the one-child policy in 1979 as a temporary measure to keep a then-exploding population in check and limit the demands for water and other resources. soon after it was carried out, rural couples were allowed two children if their firstborn was a girl. ethnic minorities are also allowed more than one child.couples who have broken the rules were forced to pay a fee in proportion to their income. in some cases, rural families saw their livelihood in the form of their pigs and chickens taken away.in november 2013, the party announced that it would allow couples to have two children if one of the parents is a single child, the first substantial easing of the policy in nearly three decades.the government credits the one-child policy with preventing 400 million births and helping lift countless families out of poverty by easing the strain on the countrys limited resources. but many demographers(人口统计学家)argue the birthrate would have fallen anyway as chinas economy developed and education levels rose.moreover, the abrupt fall in the birthrate has pushed up the average age of the population and demographers foresee a oncoming crisis because the policy reduced the young labor pool that must support the large baby boom generation as it retires.“the good news is, it is here. the bad news is, it is too little too late,” said cai yong, a sociology professor at the university of north carolina at chapel hill.59. where can you most probably read this article?a. in a magazine b. on the internetc. in a social report d. in a newspaper 60. which is not the reason for the new policy?a. to help countless families out of poverty.b. to deal with an aging populationc. to make the development of population balanced.d. to increase the young labor pool61. whats the public attitude towards the new policy according to what cai yong said?a. they welcome the long-waited policy.b. it is really a dilemma for many people.c. in spite of the new policy, many still dont want to give birth to babies.d. better late than never.62. what is the best title of this passage?a. falling birthrate and rising economyb. good news or bad newsc. china ends controversial one-child policyd. chinas reform for three decadesc seeing in stereo(立体的)have you wondered why you have two eyes and why they are set close together on the front of your face? the reasons are simple and important to the way you see the rest of your world.your eyes are like two small cameras. a camera catches an image of an object and records it on film. similarly, when you look at something, each eye takes in what it sees and sends this image to the back of the eyeball. because your eyes are set close together, they view the world from about the same height but from slightly different angles. working as a team, the eyes send the images to your brain, which puts them together into a single, centered image.seeing in stereo means seeing with two eyes working together, which is called stereoscopic sight. this allows you to view the world in three dimensions, or 3-d. seeing depth helps you to judge the distance between you and the objects you see and to adjust to the changing angle at which you see something as you move closer to or farther away from it. if images are coming from only one eye, however, only two of these dimensionsheight and width-can be perceived. a world seen with one eye is thus two-dimensional, as in a photograph. now consider why your two eyes are on the front of your face. think of other animals with the same arrangement. they are all animals that hunt, like lions and wolves. their eyes face directly in front of them. this provided a field of sight about 180 degree wide, which is called binocular sight. on the other hand, animals that are hunted have eyes on the sides of the head, which provides nearly 360-degree field of sight. in order to stay alive, they need to see things coming from the sides and from behind. however, without stereoscopic sight, they have difficulty determining how far a danger is. with sight both stereoscopic and binocular, humans share with animal hunters the ability to see from side to side and to accurately determine the distance. if you think it would be great to have another type of sight, perhaps with hundreds of tiny eyes like many insects do, think again! each tiny insect eye sees only a tiny part. besides, what if you needed glasses? be glad for the eyesight that you have. 63. according to the passage, an eye is like a camera because both_a. can imagine objectsb. can record imagesc. provide centered imagesd. work at the same height64. stereoscopic sight is a result of having_.a. two eyes close to one another that work together b. hundreds of eyes, all seeing parts of an image c. a three-hundred-sixty-degree field of sightd. one eye on either side of the head, each seeing a different image65. the underlined word “perceived” in paragraph 3means_.a. set b. taken c. understood d. sensed66. the author implies “seeing in stereo” _.a. is similar to the way cameras workb. would be better for a wide field of sight c. is an ability humans are fortunate to haved. helps people have better sight than animalsdbeforeiwastwoyearsoldacircumstancehappened whichihave never forgotten. itwasearly in the spring; there had beenalittle frost in the night, andalight fog still hung over the woods and grasslands.iand the other young horses were feeding at the lower part of the field when we heard, quite in the distance, what sounded like the cry of dogs. the oldest of us young horses raised his head, pricked his ears, and said, “there are the hunting dogs!” and immediately cantered off, followed by the rest of us to the upper part of the field, wh