河北省承德市第八中学高二英语上学期期末考试试题新人教版.doc

承德八中2011-2012上学期期末考试（无答案）高二英语一、听力（共20小题，每小题1.5分，满分30分）第一节（共5小题；每小题1.5分，满分7.5分）请听下面5段对话，选出最佳选项。1. what does the man want ? a.coffee. b.tea. c.orange juice.2. whats wrong with the mans clock? a.its 45 minutes slow? b. its 15 minutes fast? c. its 30 minutes slow?3.what will the woman probably do? a.visit the smiths. b.go to buy some food. c.go to wash some peaches.4.what did the man do this morning? a.he borrowed a book from henry. b.he went to the bookstore. c.he called the woman.5.whats the weather like tomorrow? a.rainy. b.fine. c.cloudy.第二节（共15小题；每小题1.5分，满分22.5分）请听下面5段对话或独白，选出最佳选项。请听第6段材料，回答第6、7题。6.how did the man buy the bag? a.he went downtown and bought it. b.he asked lisa to buy it for him. c.he surfed the internet and bought it.7.where does the conversation probably take place? a.in a store. b.on the street. c.in front of a computer.请听第7段对话，回答第8.9题8.where are the speakers probably now? a.at home. b.at the airport. c.in a bookstore.9.what time is it now? a.1:30 b.2:00 c.2:30请听第8段独白，回答第10至12题10.where did the man have a great time? a,in britain. b.in france. c.in bazil.11.whats the mans second reason for the popularity of football? a.it is exciting to play. b.it is a cheap sport. c.it is fun to watch.12.who is crazy about football? a.the man speaker. b.the woman speaker. c.the womans brother.请听第9段对话，回答第13至16题13.what do we know about the little boy that the speakers talk of? a.he doesnt eat anything. b.he is eating others food. c.he is eating in a bad manner.14.who are the speakers probably? a,parents. b.teachers. c.children.15.whats the man going to do? a.buy a cat. b.look for his cat. c.get some cat food.16.what is mary doing in china? a.doing some sightseeing. b.having a meeting. c.visiting her relatives.请听第10段独白，回答第17至20题17.what did the speaker think of mothers day at first? a,nothing special. b.exciting. c.surprising.18.what was the speakers husbands plan for the celebration of mothers day? a.to have a trip with her. b.to give her a present. c.to eat out with the family.19.who gave the speaker a surprise? a.her sister. b.her daughter. c.her son.20.what do we know about the speaker? a.she took her mother out to dinner. b.she gave her mother a mothers day card. c.she said “happy mothers day” to her mother.二、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选项，并在答题卡上将其涂黑。21. -im sorry, im late. -_, we have a few minutes left.a. you dont sorry b. not sorry c. never mind d. you shouldnt sorry.22. not until all the fish die in the river _ how serious the pollution was.a. did the villagers realize b. the villagers realizedc. the villagers realizedd. didnt the villagers realize23. whatever work you are doing, you should concentrate your attention _ it.a. to b. with c. on d. towards24.the manager promised to keep us _ of how our business was going on. a. informedb. informingc. being informedd. to be informed25.they held a party to celebrate their completing the task _ time.a. in front ofb. out of c. ahead of d. according to26.the _ on her face suggested that she was greatly shocked at the news.a. introductionb. impression c. descriptiond. expression27. she first _ singing and dancing, but soon lost interest and became a businesswoman.a. took upb. took in c. took over d. took down28. i watched the plane go higher and higher until i lost _ of it.a. view b. scene c. vision d. sight 29. although they just met for the first time, they talked _ they had been friends for many years.a. as ifb. even if c. such asd. so long as30.come and see me whenever _.a you are convenient b you will be convenient c it is convenient to you d it will be convenient to you31. he sent me an e-mail,_ to get further information.a hoped b hoping c to hope d hope32. he was born in _, and now he is in _a his 1950s; his fifties b the 1950s; his fifties c the 1950s; the fifties d the 1950s; thefifties33 we visited the factory _ makes 80 percent of the toys in the city.a. where b. there c. in which d. which34. you can not imagine that a wellbehaved gentleman _be so rude to a lady.a. might b. need c. should d. would35.the united kingdom _ great britain and northern ireland.a make up b consisted of c consist in d consists of三、完形填空（共20小题，每小题1.5分，满分30分）when i woke next morning, i was dying of _36_. i seemed to have a hole instead of a _37_. i dressed quickly and hurried down to the dinning-room. it was a big room with six tall windows and the ugliest wallpaper i had ever seen ! _38_ ，i had been told the hotel was not beautiful but that you were better _39_ there than in any other hotel; and that was _40_ i wanted just then. the waiter came hurrying up. before i came downstairs i had prepared _41_ carefully for what i must _42_. i had looked three times in my dictionary to make sure _43_ “breakfast” really meant “breakfast”. i had tried to get the right _44_ and i had stood in the front of a mirror and twisted my mouth until it ached. the waiter asked me _45_ i could not understand, but i spoke only my one prepared word “breakfast”. he looked at me in a _46 way. so i repeated it. still he did not understand. it was _47_ that english people didnt understand their language. the waiter _48_ his head and went away, but he came back in a minute and brought a tray with tea, bread and butter- enough to feed a small army- and went away. but i was hungry, and i left _49_. when the waiter came back i thought his face showed a little _50_, but you can never _51_. what a waiters face really shows. in another minute he brought _52_ tray with some bacon(熏肉) and some eggs. he _53_ have misunderstood me , but i thought it was no use explaining to people who dont understand their own language , so i just set to work on the bacon and eggs, wondering whether i could possibly clear that plate. well, i finished the bacon and eggs. i got up and made my way slowly to my room- at least five pound _54_. i never believed until then that any meal could _55_ me, but on that day i met my waterloo(滑铁卢).36. a hunger b. cold c. anger d. illness37. a. stone b. head c. breast d. stomach38. a. therefore b. otherwise c. so d. however39. a. received b. fed c. cared d. eating40. a. just b. what c. that d. why41. a. english b. meal c. questions d. myself42. a. speak b. answer c. say d. explain43. a. that b. about c. of d. to44. a. pronunciation b. meaning c. form d. spelling45. a. whether b. something c. when d. what46. a. surprised b. friendly c. puzzled d. touched47. a. unbelievable b. true c. thought d. a pity48. a waved b. shook c. bowed d. patted49. a. much b. a little c. nothing d. empty50. a. pleasure b. surprise c. pride d. satisfaction51. a. tell b. guess c. design d. express52. a. other b. another c. more d. me53. a. should b. might c. would d. must54. a. lighter b. heavier c. weightier d. more55. a. hurt b. fat c. defeat d. please 四、阅读理解（共20小题，每小题2分，满分40分）athere was a pilot and four people traveling in a small plane. suddenly there was something wrong with the machine and the smoke was coming up.“i must go and repair the machine,” the pilot said and jumped out with one of the parachutes.a fat woman stood up. “im a doctor,” she said, “i have to live to save the patients lives.” with that word she jumped out with another parachute.a thin businessman said, “im a very clever man! i can make good plans for our country; i can make a lot of money; i can” without finishing his words, he quickly picked up a pack and jumped out.two men were left behind an old professor and a young mountain climber. seeing the plane was going down fast, the professor said, “young man, im old but you are still young. please take the last parachute.” the young mountain climber smiled, “dont worry, sir. just now the clever man jumped out with my backpack!”56. there were people in the plane including the pilot.a. fiveb. onec. fourd. six57. who thought he was a clever man?a. the pilot.b. the young mountain climber.c. the businessman.d. the professor.58. the businessman jumped out with .a. a parachute b. the climbers pack c. his own parachute d. the doctor59. from the story we know that might lose his life.a. the businessman b. the professor c. the mountain climber d. the doctor60. what is the best title for this story?a. a small plane. b. an accident c. clever or stupidd. travel by airbmost people want to work, but it has become more difficult in todays world to find work for everyone. the economy ( 经济 ) of the world needs to grow by 4% each year just to keep the old number of jobs for people. often this is not possible, and so more people are out of work. some people have no jobs now because new machines can do the work of many people in short time. also, machines do not ask for more money and longer holiday. in all of the countries of the world, machines are taking work from people, not only in factories but also on the farms. one machine can often do the work from forty people. about 75,000 people are moving to the cities a day to look for jobs, but only 70% of them can find jobs. 61. it was _ for people to find work before than today. a. not possible b. difficult c. more difficult d. easier 62. if the economy of the world grows by 4% each year, _ . a. people will have no jobs b. people can still have jobs as before c. 4% of the people will have jobs d. 97% of the people will have jobs 63. one machine can do as much work as _ . a. 40% of the people b. 4% of the people in the world c. 40 people d. 75,000 people 64. how many people outside cities go into to look for jobs each day? a. 70% of the people. b. 4% of the people in the world. c. more than 75,000. d. about 75,000 people. 65. which of the following is not true? a. machines are taking work instead of people. b. now more people are out of work. c. machines need more money and longer holidays. d. most people want to have jobs. ca traveller was staying in an egyptian village. one day, she held up her camera to take pictures of the children. suddenly the young ones began to shout at her. the travellers face turned red and she apologized to the head for what she was doing, and told him she had forgotten that people in some places believed a person would lose his soul(灵魂) if his picture was taken. she explained to him the operation of a camera for a long time. several times the head tried to say something, but he couldnt. when she believed that the head didnt fear any longer, the traveller then let him speak. with a smile, he said, the children were trying to tell you that you forgot to take off the lens(镜头) cap! 66. the children shouted when the traveller was taking pictures of them because _.a. they didnt want to stop playing b. the traveller forgot to take off the cap on her headc. they didnt want to have their pictures taken d. the traveller was not doing well with her camera67. the traveller made an apology to (向道歉) the head because _.a. she thought it was not right to take peoples pictures without telling them beforehand(事先)b. the children would lose their souls c. she had stayed in the village too longd. she didnt take a picture of the head first68. the traveller explained how to use a camera to the head because _.a. the head was very interested in her camera b. the head wanted to learn to take picturesc. she was afraid of the head d. she wanted the head not to worry about what she was doing69. when the head smiled, its clear that _ .a. the children wanted to play with her b. the traveller didnt know what the children meantc. he wanted the traveller to tell him something elsed. the traveller didnt let him speak70. which of the following is not right?a. the traveller knew something about people in some countries.b. the children wouldnt mind if the traveller took pictures of them.c. the head was afraid that the travellers camera would hurt the children.d. the traveller didnt understand why the children shouted.dpopeye the sailor first became a popular cartoon in the 1930s.the sailor in that cartoon ate lots of spinach to make him strong. people watched him, and they began to buy and eat a lot more spinach. popeye helped sell 33 percent more spinach than before! spinach became a necessary part of many peoples diets. even some children who hated the taste began to eat the vegetable.many people thought that the iron in spinach made popeye strong, but this is not true. spinach does not have any more iron than any other green vegetable.people only thought spinach had a lot of iron because the people who studied the food made a mistake. in the 1890s, a group of people studied what was inside vegetables. this group said that spinach had ten times more iron than it did. the group wrote the number wrong, and everyone accepted it.today, we know that the little iron there is in spinach cannot make a difference in how strong a person is. however, spinach does have something else which the body needsfolic acid.it is interesting to point out that folic acid can help make a person strong. maybe it was really the folic acid that made popeye strong all along. 71. a good title for this reading passage is_.a. popeye the sailorb. the truth about spinachc.a mistake with numbersd. folic acid makes you strong72. why did many peopl