广西钦州市高二英语上学期期末考试试题.doc

2015年秋季学期期末考试高二英语第一部分：听力（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. where are the two speakers? a. on a ship. b. on a train. c. on a plane.2. what will the woman do next? a. go to her brothers office. b. stay for supper. c. buy some things.3. what is the woman complaining about? a. the long wait. b. the broken computer system. c. a mistake in her bill.4. why did bill lose his job? a. he was in poor health. b. he made a big error. c. he often went to work late.5. what did the woman do last night? a. she attended a party. b. she did her homework. c. she went to the cinema.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，从每题所给的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题。6. where does the woman want to go? a. to the public library. b. to the national museum. c. to the department store.7. which bus goes by the department store? a. no.226 bus. b. no.325 bus. c. no. 105 bus. 听第7段材料，回答第8至9题。8. what size does the woman want? a. small. b. large. c. medium.9. what color swimsuit does the woman take? a. green. b. blue. c. yellow.听第8段材料，回答第10至12题。10. why does the woman refuse to go to the cinema? a. she dislikes seeing films. b. she wants to watch football. c. there have not been any interesting films recently.1l. what are the two speakers going to do tomorrow? a. visit an exhibition. b. go to a pop concert. c. go hiking.12. what does the man like? a. hiking. b. sailing. c. climbing.听第9段材料，回答第13至16题。13. whats the probable relationship between the two speakers？ a. brother and sister. b. manager and assistant. c. customer and salesman.14. whats wrong with the mp5 player? a. the screen is broken and not clear. b. it doesnt play songs. c. it has been dropped and no longer works.15. what does the man ask the woman to show him? a. the receipt. b. the package. c. her telephone number.16. when will the woman get her mp5 player back? a. in three weeks. b. in two weeks. c. in one week. 听第10段材料，回答第17至20题。17. what did the man do in china？ a. he worked in a school. b. he drove a taxi. c. he ran a pub.18. how did the man lose his wallet in the taxi? a. he left in a hurry and left his wallet in the taxi. b. he drank too much and left it on the seat. c. he didnt notice when it slipped out of his pocket.19. what does the man think of chinese people? a. hardworking. b. honest. c. smart. 20. how did the shop owner return the wallet to the man? a. she mailed it to the man. b. she gave it to a policeman. c. she asked the mans friend to pass it to him.第二部分 阅读理解（共20小题；每小题 2 分，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、cd）中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。ait was already dark when an old man came to a small town. he found an inn and wanted to stay there for the night. after he had gone to his room, the owner said to his wife, “look at his bag, dear. im sure there are lots of valuable things in it. i want to steal it when he is asleep.” “no, no,” said the woman. “he must look for his bag tomorrow morning. then hell take you before the judge.” they thought and at last the woman had an idea. “we have forgetful grass,” said the woman, “why not put some into his food? if he has the food, he will forget to take his bag away.” “how clever you are!” said the owner, “dont forget it when you prepare supper for him.” the old man had the food with the forgetful grass and went to bed. the next morning, when the owner got up, he found the door was open and the old man had left with his bag. he woke his wife up and said angrily, “what a fool! your forgetful grass isnt useful at all.” “no, no,” said the woman. “i dont think so. he must forget something.” “oh, ive remembered!” the owner cried out suddenly, “he forgot” 21the old man came to the inn _. ain the morningbin the afternoon cin the eveningdat night22the owner and his wife wanted to _. aget the mans bagbsteal the mans moneycmake the man pay them moredhide the mans bag23the owner and his wife put the forgetful grass into the food because _. athe old man always forgot somethingbthey wanted to make the food bettercthey hoped the old man would leave the bag in the inndthey wanted to know if the grass was useful24according to the passage the old man forgot _. ato take his bag away bto tell the owner when he leftcto close the door when he went to sleepdto pay them the inn moneybamerica is growing older. fifty years ago, only 4 out of every 100 people in the united states were 65 or older. today, 10 out of every 100 americans are over 65. the aging of the population will affect american society in many ways education, medicine, and business. quietly, the graying（老龄化）of america has made us a very different society one in which people have a quite different idea of what kind of behavior is suitable at various ages.a persons age no longer tells you anything about his / her social position, marriage or health. theres no longer a particular year in which one goes to school or goes to work or gets married or starts a family. the social clock that kept us on time and told us when to go to school, get a job, or stop working isnt as strong as it used to be. it doesnt surprise us to hear of a 29-year-old university president or a 35-year-old grandmother, or a 70-year-old man who has become a father for the first time. public ideas are changing.many people say, i am much younger than my mother-or my father- was at my age. no one says act your age anymore. weve stopped looking with surprise at older people who act in youthful ways.25it can be learned from the text that the aging of the population in america _.ahas made people feel younger bhas changed peoples social positionchas changed peoples understanding of agedhas slowed down the countrys social development26the underlined word one refers to _.aa society bamerica ca place dpopulation27act your age means people should _.abe active when they are oldbdo the right thing at the right agecshow respect to their parents young or olddtake more physical exercises suitable to their age28if a 25-year-old man become general manager of a big firm, the writer of the text would most probably consider it _.anormal bwonderful cunbelievable dunreasonableca couple had two little boys aged 8 and 10 who were very naughtythey were always getting into trouble and their parents knew that if any trouble occurred in their town their sons were probably involved.the boys mother heard that a clergyman（牧师） in the town had been successful in educating children so she asked if he would speak with her boysthe clergyman agreed but asked to see them individuallyso the mother sent her 8-year-old first in the morning with the elder boy to see the clergyman in the afternoon.the clergyman, a huge man with a booming （嗡嗡） voice, sat the younger boy down and asked him strictly, where is god?the boys mouth dropped open but he made no answer, sitting there with his mouth hanging open, wide-eyedso the clergyman repeated the question in an even stricter tone where is god? again the boy made no attempt to answerso the clergyman raised his voice even more and shook his finger in the boys face and shouted where is god?the boy screamed and escaped from the room, ran directly home and dove into his closet, slamming the door behind himwhen his elder brother found him in the closet, he asked what happened?the younger brother replied out of breath, we are in big trouble this timegod is missing-and they think we did it29what were the two boys like?athey always made troublebthey were brave.cthey were easygoing.dthey were honest.30what did their parents plan to do?athey gave up their children.bthey liked their children very much.cthey wanted the clergyman to persuade their childrendthey helped their children to make trouble.31what do you suppose the boy felt when he was asked by the clergyman?ahappy bsad.cafraid dsurprised.32what do you think the underlined word slamming in paragraph 5 means?aopen bshutcknock dpull.dit was a winter morning, just a couple of weeks before christmas 2005. while most people were warming up their cars, trevor, my husband, had to get up early to ride his bike four kilometers away from home to work. on arrival, he parked his bike outside the back door as he usually does. after putting in 10 hours of labor, he returned to find his bike gone. the bike, a black kona 18 speed, was our only transport. trevor used it to get to work, putting in 60-hour weeks to support his young family. and the bike was also used to get groceries（食品杂货）, saving us from having to walk long distances from where we live. i was so sad that someone would steal our bike that i wrote to the newspaper and told them our story. shortly after that, several people in our area offered to help. one wonderful stranger even bought a bike, then called my husband to pick it up. once again my husband had a way to get to and from his job. it really is an honor that a complete stranger would go out of their way for someone they have never met before. people say that a smile can be passed from one person to another, but acts of kindness from strangers are even more so. this experience has had a spreading effect in our lives because it strengthened our faith in humanity（人性）as a whole. and it has influenced（影响）us to be more mindful of ways we, too, can share with others. no matter how big or how small, an act of kindness shows that someone cares. and the results can be everlasting. 33why was the bike so important to the couple?athe mans job was bike racing. bit was their only possession.cit was a nice kona 18 speed. dthey used it for work and daily life.34we can infer from the text that _. athe couple worked 60 hours a week. bpeople were busy before christmas cthe stranger brought over the bike dlife was hard for the young family.35how did people get to know the couples problem? afrom radio broadcasts. bfrom a newspaper. cfrom tv news. dfrom a stranger.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。millions of people all over the world use the word okin fact, some people say the word is used more often than any other word in the worldok means all right or acceptableit expresses agreement or approval 36 some people say it came from the native american indian tribe known as the choctaw（乔克托语）the choctaw word “okeh” means the same as the american word okayexperts say early explorers in the american west spoke the choctaw language in the nineteenth centurybut many people doubt thislanguage expert allen walker read wrote about the word “ok” in reports published in the 1960she said the word began being used in the 1830s 37 some foreign-born people wrote “ all correct” as “o-l-l-k-o-r-r-e-c-t”, and used the letters okother people say a railroad worker named obadiah kelly invented the word long agothey said he put the first letters of his name-o and k-on each object people gave him to send on the train 38 the organization supported martin van buren for president in 1840they called their group the ok clubthe letters were taken from the name of the town where martin was born-old kinderhook, new yorkthen there is the expression a-okit is a space-age expressionit was used in 1961 during the flight of astronaut alan shepardhe was the first american to be launched into spacehis flight ended when his spacecraft landed in the ocean, as plannedshepard reported, “everything is a-ok.” 39 one story says it was first used during the early days of the telephone to tell an operator that a message had been receivedthere are also funny ways to say okay 40 these expressions were first used in the 1930stoday, a character on the american television series “the simpsons” says it another wayhe says okely-dokeasome people say okey-dokey or okey-dokebstill others say a political organization invented the wordctherefore, it has become popular in that area from then ondbut many experts dont agree on what the expression meansestill, language experts do not agree about where the word came from.fit was a short way of writing a different spelling of the word “all correct”.ghowever, some experts say the expression did not begin with the space age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，掌握其大意，然后从4160各题所给的四个选项（a、b、c和d）中，选出最佳选项。 i was required to read one of bernie siegels books in college and was hooked on his positivity from that moment on. the stories of his unconventional 41 and the exceptional patients he wrote about were so 42 to me and had such a big 43 on how i saw life from then on. who knew that so many years later i would look to dr. bernie and his cds again to 44 my owncancer experience ？im an ambitious 45 , and when i started going through chemo( 化疗 )，even though im a very 46 person, i lost my drive to write. i was just too tired and not in the 47 . one day,while waiting to go in for 48 , i had one of dr. bernies books in hand. another patient 49 what i was reading and struck up a conversation with me 50 he had one of his books with me as well. it 51 that among other things, he was an eightyyear-old writer. he was 52 a published author, and he was currently 53 on a new book. we would see each other at various times and 54 friends. sometimes he wore a duck hat, and i would tell myself, he was definitely a ( n ) 55 of dr. berline. he really put a 56 onmy face. he unfortunately 57 last year due to his cancer, 58 he left a deep impression on me and gave me the 59 to pick up my pen again. i 60 to myself, “if he can do it, then so can i. ”41aideas btastes cnotesdmemories 42aamazing bshocking camusing dstrange 43a. strikeb. pushc. challenged. impact 44 . a. learn fromb. get through c. go overd. refer to 45. a. readerb. writerc. editord. doctor 46. a. honest b. agreeablec. humorousd. positive 47. a. state b. positionc. moodd. way 48. a. adviceb. referencec. protectiond. treatment 49. a. viewedb. knewc. noticedd. wondered 50. a. because b. whilec. althoughd. providing 51. a. came outb. turned outc. proved outd. worked out 52. a. naturallyb. merelyc. hopefullyd. actually 53. a. decidingb. investingc. relyingd. working 54. a. becameb. helpedc. missedd. visited 55. a. patientb. operatorc. fand. publisher 56. a. smile b. signc. markd. mask 57. a. showed upb. passed awayc. fell downd. set off 58. a. sinceb. butc. sod. for 59. a. guidanceb. trustc. opportunityd. inspiration 60. a. promisedb. sworec. repliedd. thought第 卷第二节 （共10个小题：每个小题1.5分，满分15分）阅读下面材料，在空白处填入适当的内容（不多于3个单词）或括号内单词的正确形式。 until recently daydreaming was viewed as a waste of time or it 61 (consider) an unhealthy escape from real life and its duties. but now some people are taking a fresh look at daydreaming. some think it may be a very 62 (health) thing to do. some researchers are finding that daydreaming may be important to mental health. daydreaming, they tell us, 63 a good means of relaxation. but its benefits go 64 this. a number of psychologists have conducted experiments and have reached some 65 (surprise) conclusion. dr. joan t. freyberg has concluded that daydreaming contributes growth. it also improves 66 (concentrate),attention span, and the ability to get along with others. industrialist henry j.kaiser believed that much of his success was due 67 the positive use of daydreaming. florence nightingale dreamed of becoming a nurse. the young thomas edison pictured 68 as an inventor.for these notable achievers, it appears that their daydreams came 69 .dr harry emerson fosdick offered this advice: “hold a picture of yourselfin your minds eye, and you will be drawn toward it. picture yourself 70 (vivid) as defeated and that alone will make victory impossible.注意：将答案写在答题纸上。写在本试卷上无效。第四部分 写作请认真阅读下列短文，并根据所读内容在文章后表格中的空格里填入一个最恰当的单词。注意：每个空格只填1个单词。请将答案写在答题卡上相应题号的横线上。third-generation mobile phones, known as 3g, are the next big step for the telecom industry. data speed in 3g networks is much quicker than that in present technology. this means users can have high-speed internet access and enjoy video and cd-quality music on their phones.mobile data is not a dream; its not an option but a requirement, said len lauer, head of a u.s. communications company, sprint pcs, at a 3g conference in bangkok earlier this month.with 3g, you can forget about text messages telling you yesterdays news; a 3g phone can receive video news programs, updated four times a day. internet access will also be much