【新课标版】高二英语上学期期末考试.doc

2012-2013学年度上学期期末考试高二英语试题【新课标】第一部分：听力（共两节， 满分10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。每段对话仅读一遍。1what does the woman mean?ashes already visited the museumbthe man could probably go with linda at 8:30clinda will take him to the museum at 8:302what are they doing?awatching tvbgoing to the moviescseeing films in a cinema3how much will the woman pay if she buys 15 pounds of tomatoes?a$156b$110c$1654how much time will they have to enjoy a drink?aan hourbthree quarterscfifty-five minutes5who is chris paine?aa computer programmerba book printerca writer第二节 （共5小题；每题1分，满分5分）听下面2段话。每段话后有几个小题，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。每段对话读两遍。听第6段材料，回答第6、7题。6where did kurt live before?ain oak creek apartment bin a student dorm cin his friends unit7which one of the followings is not true?akurt can enjoy all kinds of foods including japanese foodblena would like to meet kurts roommatesclena suggests having a meal together听第7段材料，回答第8、9、10题。8what could old people do if they wanted to stay young?athink well of their old ages bgo back to collegecget attention paid to their brain9which of the following statements is not true?athe retired electrical engineer cant earn much money nowbthe housewife is now a famous industrial designercthe 71-year-old man later became a lawyer10which of the following expresses the main idea of the passage?ait is never too old to learnbyou can keep yourself young if you care enough to tryckeeping an active mind is an easy thing第二部分： 英语知识运用 （共两节， 满分30分）第一节 单项填空 （共20小题；每小题05分，满分10分）从a、b、c、d四个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。11the arrangements for _ concert next saturday are all in _ placeathe; theba; ac/; /dthe; /12-how does the story the emperors new clothes _?-once upon a time, there was a silly emperor who loved clothing more than anything elseaclarifybinformcgodannounce13later in this chapter cases will be introduced to readers _ consumer complaints have led to changes in the lawawherebwhencwhodwhich14after the accident i tried whatever i can to help him，but it didnt make any _ausebdifferencecresultdcase15- how is your mother doing? is she _?- oh, thank youas a matter of fact, she _alooking up; has recoveredbpicking up; is already back on her feetclifting up; is well againdtaking up; has already been back on her feet16on entering the botanical garden, i noticed it _ with _ leavesacovering; fallenbcovered; fallingccovering; fallingdcovered; fallen17in todays class miss wang is going to _ the story where he left off yesterdayatake upbset upclook updput up18the customer didnt choose_ of the coats and went away without looking at a third oneabothballcanydeither19yesterday i read an article about the film mulan who _ herself as a man to joined an all-male armyapossessedbcursedcdisguiseddremoved20i _ in london for many years, but ive never regretted my final decision to move back to chinaalivedbwas livingchave liveddhad lived21much to our surprise, they carried on _ the extremely difficult conditionsain spite ofbno matter howceven ifddespite that22-i cant recite the poem-well, you are supposed _ it many times yesterday eveningato readbreadingcto have readdhaving read23he was about to say something more _ a boy rushed in, gun in handathatbwhencin casedwhile24the machine has been used many years_ it doesnt work well occasionallyathats because bits no wonder thatctheres no doubt if dits unlikely that25i forgot all about jenny because my wife hurried towards me _ i went outsideaat the momentbfor the momentcthe momentdthe instantly26after waiting for the early bus for nearly 55 minutes, he grew _aimpatientbunattractivecdisappointingdinaccurate27_ and short of breath, andy and kate were the last to arrive at the top of the high riseabeing tiredbtiredctiringdto be tired28when we got there, he was about to leaveso he only had time to explain _ to us how he _ our planaimpatiently; likebrepeatedly; thought aboutccarefully; thought ofdroughly; found29-what do you think we can do for our aged parents?-you _ do anything except to be with them and be yourselfamustntboughtnt tocdont have todcant30- jim, do you have the time?- _- never mindthanks anywayaof course, i dothe time is 10:30bsurebut im afraid its too late for mecyes, its half past ninedsorry, but i left my watch at home第二节：完形填空 （共20小题；每小题1分，满分20分）surfing: its not just for boys anymoreif you asked high school girls to name their favorite sports, most would probably say basketball or volleyballi happen to be one of the few girls who would 31 : surfingbut isnt that a boy thing? some people 32 most certainly noti started surfing about five years ago and 33 in love with the sport on the very first dayriding that first 34 was the best feeling i had ever experiencedwhen i try to 35 surfing with other things, i find it very difficult because, in my 36 , theres nothing like itit involves body, 37 , and soultheres sand between my toes and cool, salt water all 38 usthe feeling i get when im surfing across that 39 , becoming one with the 40 , is like im weightlessthe one thing i can 41 from surfing and not any other sport is endless challengeyou can never be the “best surfer” because the ocean 42 an uncountable variety of waves that nobody can ever masterthe variations of surfing styles are wonderfulsome surfers are free and flowing; others are very aggressive（活跃有力的）and 43 all of these things attract me to surfing and make it 44 from any other sportive 45 to tell every girl i know to do something that people dont think girls can doits part of being human to advance to new 46 , so shouldnt it be expected that girls should step up and start 47 the limits of things boys and men used to dominate（主宰）？therere women 48 side by side with the president of our country, so why not side by side with the boys 49 the football team or out in the water surfing? give girls a chance to 50 , and they will31atellbanswercgivedspeak32awonderbunderstandcreplydbelieve33astayedbcamecdroppeddfell34awavebstormcsaildboat35acirculatebconnectccomparedpresent36aworkbstudycholidaydlife37amindbeffortchealthdthought38aoverbabovecarounddby39abeachbwatercboarddlake40askybworldcearthdocean41atakebgetcmakedkeep42arepresentsbincludescoffersdcollects43asharpbgreatcharddcalm44aaccuratebessentialcimaginativeddifferent45achosenbtriedclearneddpromised46alevelsbpointscstepsdparts47areachingbacceptingcpushingdsetting48asittingbwalkingcacquiringdworking49aofbfromcondwith50athinkbsucceedcperformdclarify第三部分 阅读理解（共15小题；每题2分，满分30分）阅读下列短文,从所给的四个选项（a、b、c和d）中，选出最佳选项。adaniel stays home on workdayshe starts his personal computer in order to connect with the office which is about three hundred miles away in another cityafter work, he puts on his headphones, watches a movie on his home video recorder, or plays baseball on the computeron many days, daniel doesnt talk to any other human beings, and he doesnt see any people except the ones on televisiondaniel is imaginary, but his lifestyle is very possiblethe inventions of modern technology seem to be cutting us off from contact with our fellow human beingsthe world of business is one area in which technology is separating usexperts say, for example, that many people will soon be able to work at homewith access to a large central computer, employees such as office clerks, insurance agents, and accountants could do their jobs at display terminals （终端） in their own homesthey would never have to actually see the people theyre dealing within addition, the way employees are paid will changeworkers salaries will be automatically paid into their bank accounts, making paper checks unnecessaryno workers will stand in line to receive their pay or cash their checkspersonal banking will change, toocustomers will deal with machines to put in or take out money from their accountsmany companies and consumers have already changed the way they sell or buy productse-commerce, or business done on the internet, is becoming more and more popularthis, therefore, makes it possible for people to do shopping without going out of their homesanother area that technology is changing is entertainmentmusic, for example, was once a group experiencepeople listened to music at concert halls or in small social gatheringsfor many people now, however, music is an individual experiencewalking along the street or sitting in their living-rooms, they wear headphones to build a wall of music around themmovie entertainment is changing as wellmovies used to be social eventsnow, fewer people are going out to see a moviemany more are choosing to wait for a film to appear on television or are borrowing videotapes to watch at homeinstead of laughing with others, viewers watch movies in their own living-rooms51after work, daniel likes to _alisten to music at the concert hallbwatch a movie in his living-roomcchat with his friends on the netdplay baseball with his workmates52the underlined sentence “daniel is imaginary, but his lifestyle is very possible” means _adaniel is a person full of imagination and he can make his life colourfulbdaniel is not a real person but the lifestyle of his kind does existcdaniel is only an ordinary person but he has his own way of livingddaniel is a model who makes full use of modern technology in life53what will the writer most probably discuss after the last paragraph?agames and sportsbpersonal bankingcmusic and filmsdinternational business54what is the main idea of the passage?awe may no longer need to communicate wit other human beingsbmodern technology seems to be separating human beingscwe may no longer need to work in the officedmodern technology makes it possible for us to work and entertain ourselves at homebbeauty has always been regarded as something admirablealmost everyone thinks that attractive people are happier and healthier; they have better marriages and have more respectable jobspersonal consultants（顾问）give them better advice for finding jobseven judges are softer on attractive personsbut in the executive circle, beauty can become a liabilitywhile attractiveness is a positive thing for a mans rise, it is harmful to a womanshandsome male executives （主管）were considered as having more honesty than plainer men; effort and ability were thought to be the reasons for their successattractive female executives were considered to have less honesty than unattractive ones; their success was attributed not to ability but to factors such as luckall unattractive women executives were thought to have more honesty and to be more capable than the attractive female executiveswhy are attractive women not thought to be able? an attractive woman is thought to be more feminine（女性的）and an attractive man more masculine（男性的）than the less attractive onesthus, an attractive woman has an advantage in traditionally female jobs, but an attractive woman in a traditionally masculine position appears to lack the “masculine” qualities requiredthis is true even in politicsanne bowman recently published a study on the effects of attractiveness on political candidatesshe asked 125 undergraduate students to rank two groups of photographs, one of men and one of women, in order of attractivenessthe students were told the photographs were of candidates for political officesthey were asked to rank them again, in the order they would vote for themthe results showed that attractive males completely defeated unattractive men, but the woman who had been ranked most attractive always received the fewest votes55 in traditionally female jobs, attractiveness _ astrengthens the feminine qualities requiredbmakes women look more honest and capablecis of great importance to womendoften enables women to succeed quickly56 bowmans experiment shows that when it comes to politics, attractiveness _aturns out to be an obstacle to menbaffects men and women alikechas as little effect on men as on womendis more of an obstacle than a benefit to women57 it can be inferred from the passage that peoples views on beauty are often _apractical bold-fashioned cprejudiced dserious58 the author writes this passage to_adiscuss the negative aspects of being attractivebgive advice to job-seekers who are attractivecdemand equal rights for womendemphasize the importance of appearancecyou do not have to pay any tax or duty in the uk on goods you have bought in other european union （eu） countries for your own use, but please remember the following：own use includes gifts, but you may be breaking the law if you sell goods that you have boughtif you are caught selling the goods, they will be taken off you and you could get up to seven years in prisonany vehicle you used to transport the goods could also be taken off youthe law sets out guidelines for the amount of alcohol and tobacco （烟酒） you can bring into the ukif you bring in more than this, you must be able to satisfy our officer if you are asked, that the goods are for your own useif you cant, the goods may be taken off youthe guidelines for goods you canbuy in the eu for your own use arecigarettes 800cigarillos 800cigars 800smokingtobacco1kgspirits10 litresfortifiedwine(such as port and sherry)wine90 litres(onlyr 60 litres of this can be sparkling wine)beer110 litrespeople under 17 are not allowed to bring in tobacco and alcohol59if you are caught selling the goods for your own use, _ayou will be taken off into prison for seven yearsbthe goods you bought could be taken off and put into prisoncyou could be taken off the goods and get up to seven years in prisondyour vehicle could be taken away60if you bring in 1000 cigarettes into the uk _aall the cigarettes will be taken away if you are askedb200 cigarettes will be taken away if they are not for your own usec800 cigarettes may be taken away if you cant give the suitable reasondall the cigarettes may be taken away if the officer doesnt believe they are for your own use61what do you think the text is?athe notice for travellers to the ukbthe guidelines for goods bought in the eucthe way to pay tax and dutydwhat one should buy in the eudthe majority of astronauts from america have been menat the start of the space programme there was strong resistance from some people against having women in spacehowever, some women were very keen to become astronauts and in the end they were successfulin 1978, nasa began the first training programme for women astronautsjudy resnick and christa mcauliffe were both astronauts and they were both women, but in many other ways they were very differentboth of them were on flight sts-5l-ljudy resnick was born in 1949 and studied engineering at university and went on to obtain a phd in 1977she was a member of the first group of women selected for astronaut training in 1978, and in 1984, she became the second woman in spaceduring that flight, she helped to launch three new satellites and she carried out a programme of researchshe was, in many ways, a professional astronaut whose whole life was devoted to space travelchrista mcauliffe was born in 1948 and she was an astronaut almost by accidentin 1984, nasa decided to find a teacher who could accompany （go with sbespon a journey ） astronauts into spacethey hoped that she would be able to communicate with students from space and encourage every one of them to be interested in space travelchrista was a secondary teacher in history and social studiesshe was a gifted teacher and she was selected from over 11,000 applicants to go on flight sts-51-lshe was also a very good communicator and she immediately established （set up） a very good relationship with the news media （radio, television and newspapers）it was partly because of this that there was a great deal of interest and excitement about the flightthousands of students in schools and universities all around the country were looking forward to communicating with christa in spacemillions of people were watching her flight with great interestit is partly because of the excitement over mcauliffes place in the flight that the disaster in 1986 had such an effect on people62we can learn from the first two paragraphs that _ajudy was against the idea of having women in space at firstbjudy was the first woman selected for astronaut trainingcjudy helped to launch three new satellites at the age of 35djudy carried out a programme during her second space travel63christa mcauliffe was chosen for training because _ashe was popular with the news media