佛山一中2012届高二下学期期末考试(英语)【含答案与评分标准】.doc

佛山一中2012届高二下学期期末考试英语试卷本试题分笔试和听力，其中笔试部分140分，听力10分，满分150分。考试用时：120分钟。第一部分：听力（共二节，满分10分）（请将答案写在答卷上）第一节：听录音回答问题 （共5小题；每小题1分，满分5分）请听下面2段对话，回答问题，请将答案写在横线上，每段对话读两遍。请听第一段对话，回答下列问题。1. Whats the weather like now? _.2. How long will it take to get to the hotel? _.3. Whats wrong with the woman?_.请听第二段对话，回答下列问题。4. What was the score? _.5. Why didnt the man score any goals? _.第二节：听取信息（共5小题；每小题1分，满分5分）听下面一段独白，请根据题目要求，从听到的内容中获取必要的信息。Information cardName: TomWish: To be a 6 in the group to explain some cultural differencesQualities: Be 7 and willing to help Do well in his studies Know much about 8 Be 9 in organizing these kinds of activitiesHow to contact: Write to Class Two 10 第二部分：语言知识及应用（共三节，满分55分）第一节：单项选择 （共10小题；每小题1分，满分10分） 从11-20各题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳答案，并将答题卡上相应题目的答案标号涂黑。11. In many places in China, _ bicycle is still _ popular means of transportation.A. a; theB. /; a C. the; aD. the; the12. _ is the power of TV that it can make a person suddenly famous.A. SuchB. This C. ThatD. So13. The how-to book can be of help to _ wants to do the job.A. whoB. whomever C. no matter whoD. whoever14. All the dishes in this menu, _ otherwise stated, will serve two or three people.A. asB. if C. thoughD. unless15. I have reached a point in my life _ I am supposed to make decisions of my own.A. whichB. where C. howD. why16. _ well prepared you are, you still need a lot of luck in mountain climbing.A. HoweverB. Whatever C. No matterD. Although17. - Dont you think it necessary that he _ to Miami but to New York? - I agree, but the problem is _ he has refused to.A. will not be sent; that B. not be sent; thatC. should not be sent; what D. should not send; what18. He did not regret saying what he did but felt that he _ it differently.A. could express B. would expressC. could have expressed D. must have expressed19. - Ann is in hospital. - Oh, really? I _ know. I _ go and visit her.A. didnt; am going to B. dont; wouldC. dont; will D. didnt; will20. The wet weather will continue tomorrow when a cold front _ to arrive.A. is expected B. is expectingC. expects D. will be expected第二节：完形填空（共15小题；每小题2分，满分30分）阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从21-35各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C、D）中，选出最佳选项，并将答题卡上相应题目的答案标号涂黑。When I entered Berkeley, I hoped to earn a scholarship. Having been a Straight-A student, I believed I could 21 tough subjects and really learn something. One such course was World Literature given by Professor Jayne. I was extremely interested in the ideas he 22 in class.When I took the first exam, I was 23 to find a 77 C-plus, on my test paper, but English was my best subject. I went to Professor Jayne, who listened to my arguments but remained unmoved. I decided to try harder, although I didnt know what that 24 because school had always been easy for me. I read the books more carefully, but got another 77. Again, I 25 with Professor Jayne. Again, he listened patiently but wouldnt change his 26 .One more test before the final exam. One more 27 to improve my grade. So I redoubled my efforts and, for the first time, 28 the meaning of the word “thorough”. But my 29 did no good and everything went as before.The last hurdle was the final. No matter what 30 I got, it wouldnt cancel three C-pluses. I might as well kiss the 31 goodbye.I stopped working hard. I felt I knew the course material as well as I ever would. The night before the final, I even 32 myself to a movie. The next day I decided for once Id have fun with a test.A week later, I was surprised to find I got an A. I hurried into Professor Jaynes office. He 33 to be expecting me. “If I gave you the As you 34 , you wouldnt continue to work as hard.”I stared at him, 35 that his analysis and strategy were correct. I had worked my head off, as I had never done before.I was speechless when my course grade arrived: A-plus. It was the only A-plus given. The next year I received my scholarship. Ive always remembered Professor Jaynes lesson: you alone must set your own standard of excellence.21. A. take B. discussC. coverD. get22. A. soughtB. presentedC. exchangedD. obtained23. A. shockedB. worriedC. scaredD. anxious24. A. reflectedB. meantC. improvedD. affected25. A. quarreledB. reasonedC. bargainedD. chatted26. A. attitudeB. mindC. planD. view27. A. choiceB. stepC. chanceD. measure28. A. memorizedB. consideredC. acceptedD. learned29. A. ambitionB. confidenceC. effortD. method30. A. gradeB. answerC. lessonD. comment31. A. scholarshipB. courseC. degreeD. subject32. A. helpedB. favoredC. treatedD. relaxed33. A. happenedB. provedC. pretendedD. seemed34. A. valuedB. imaginedC. expectedD. welcomed35. A. rememberingB. guessingC. supposingD. realizing第三节：语法填空（共10小题；每小题1.5分，满分15分）请仔细阅读下面的短文，短文中有10个空格。请按照句子结构的语法性和上下文连贯的要求，在空格处填入一个适当的词或使用括号中词语的正确形式填空，并将答案填写在答题卷标号为36-45的相应位置上。 A man walked into a bar and asked for a glass of water. The girl behind the bar pulled 36 a gun and shot him 37 (die). Why? The reader 38 (ask) to give a reasonable explanation for the strange happening. All sorts of suggestions are made: she recognized him 39 a dangerous criminal on the run; she thought 40 was about to attack her; she misheard 41 he said: asking for a glass of water had a special secret meaning for her, and so on. All the explanations suppose that the gun was used in order to hurt the man. It is easy to be blocked by this obvious idea. In fact, the explanation is that the man had a bad attack of hiccups (打嗝), 42 is why he asked for a glass of water. The girl behind the bar was in fact to help him, 43 she knew that 44 sudden fright could cure hiccups. 45 (know) to her, the gun happened to have been put bullets in that day.第三部分：阅读（共两节，满分45分）第一节：阅读理解（共20小题；每小题2分，满分40分）阅读下列短文，从每题所给的A、B、C和D项中选出最佳选项, 请将答案按题号涂到相应的答题卡题号上。 AMy father was Chief engineer of a merchant ship, which was sunk in Word War II. The book Night of the U-boats told the story. Memories In September, 1940, my mother, sister and I went to Swansea, where my fathers ship was getting ready to sail. We brought him a family photograph to be kept with him at all times and keep him safe.Then I remember my mother lying face down, sobbing. She had heard from a friend that the ship had been sunk by a torpedo (鱼雷). I can remember the arrival of the telegram, which in those days always brought bad news. My grandmother opened it. It read, Safe, Love Ted. My most vivid memory is being woken and brought down to sit on my fathers knee, his arm in a bandage. He was judged unfit to return to sea and took a shore job in Glasgow for the rest of the war. For as long as I can remember, he had a weak heart. Mother said it was caused by the torpedoes. He said it was because of the cigarettes. Whichever, he died suddenly in his early 50s. Ten years later I read Night of the U-boats and was able to complete the story. Torpedo One torpedo struck the ship. Father was in the engine room, where the third engineer was killed. He shut down the engines to slow the ship making it easier for it to be abandoned. By the time he got on deck he was alone. Every lifeboat was gone except one which had stuck fast. When he tried to cut it free, it swung against the ship, injuring his hand and arm. He had no choice but to jump still with the photograph in his pocket. Three days later, he and other survivors were safe in Glasgow. All 23 with him signed the back of the photograph. A Toast In my room is the book and the photograph. Often, glass in hand, I have wondered how I would have dealt with an explosion, a sinking ship, a jump into a vast ocean and a wait for rescue? Lest we forget, I have some more whisky and toast the heroes of the war.46. We can infer that the mother and children went to Swansea _. A. to meet a friend B. to see the father off C. to take a family photo D. to enjoy the sailing of the ship47. What did the author learn about the father from the telegram? A. He was still alive. B. His knee was broken. C. His ship had been sunk. D. He had arrived in Glasgow.48. The underlined word it in Paragraph 6 refers to the fathers _. A. weak heart B. taking a shore job C. failure to return to sea D. injury caused by a torpedo49. What can we know about the authors father after his ship was attacked? A. He lost his arm B. He repaired the engines. C. He managed to take a lifeboat. D. He was the last to leave the ship.50. What is the massage mainly about? A. A group of forgotten heroes B. A book describing a terrifying battle. C. A ship engineers wartime experience. D. A merchants memories of a sea rescue.BI am a writer. I spend a great deal of my time thinking about the power of language the way it canevoke (唤起) an emotion, a visual image, a complex idea, or a simple truth. Language is the tool of my trade. And I use them all all the Englishes I grew up with.Born into a Chinese family that had recently arrived in California, Ive been giving more thought to the kind of English my mother speaks. Like others, I have described it to people as “broken” English. But I feel embarrassed to say that. It has always bothered me that I can think of no way to describe it other than “broken”, as if it were damaged and needed to be fixed, as if it lacked a certain wholeness. Ive heard other terms used, “limited English,” for example. But they seem just as bad, as if everything is limited, including peoples perceptions (认识) of the limited English speaker.I know this for a fact, because when I was growing up, my mothers “limited” English limited my perception of her. I was ashamed of her English. I believed that her English reflected the quality of what she had to say. That is, because she expressed them imperfectly and her thoughts were imperfect. And I had plenty of evidence to support me: the fact that people in department stores, at banks, and at restaurants did not take her seriously, did not give her good service, pretended not to understand her, or even acted as if they did not hear her.I started writing fiction in 1985. And for reasons I wont get into today, I began to write stories using all the Englishes I grew up with: the English she used with me, which for lack of a better term might be described as “broken”; and what I imagine to be her translation of her Chinese, her internal (内在的) language, and for that I sought to preserve the essence, but neither an English nor a Chinese structure. I wanted to catch what language ability tests can never show: her intention, her feelings, the rhythms of her speech and the nature of her thoughts.51. By saying “Language is the tool of my trade”, the author means that _. A. she uses English in foreign trade B. she is fascinated by languages C. she works as a translator D. she is a writer by profession52. The author used to think of her mothers English as _. A. impoliteB. amusing C. imperfect D. practical53. Which of the following is TRUE according to Paragraph 3? A. Americans do not understand broken English. B. The authors mother was not respected sometimes. C. The authors mother had positive influence on her. D. Broken English always reflects imperfect thoughts.54. The author gradually realizes her mothers English is _. A. well structuredB. in the old styleC. easy to translateD. rich in meaning55. What is the passage mainly about? A. The change of the authors attitude to her mothers English. B. The limitation of the authors perception of her mother. C. The authors misunderstanding of “limited” English.D. The authors experiences of using broken English.C “In only six days I lost seven pounds of weight.” “Two full inches in the first three days!”These are the kinds of statements used in magazine, newspaper, radio and television ads, promising new shapes and new looks to those who buy the medicine or the device. The promoters of such products say they can shape the legs, slim the face, smooth wrinkles, or in some other way add to beauty or desirability.Often such products are nothing more than money-making things for their promoters. The results they produce are questionable, and some are dangerous to health.To understand how these products can be legally promoted to the public, it is necessary to understand something of the laws covering their regulation. If the product is a drug, FDA (Food and Drug Administration) can require proof under the Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act that it is safe and effective before it is put on the market. But if the product is a device, FDA has no authority to require premarketing proof of safety or effectiveness. If a product already on the market is a danger to health, FDA can request the producer or distributor to remove it from the market voluntarily, or it can take legal action, including seizure (查封) of the product.One notable case a few years ago involved an electrical device called the Relaxacisor, which had been sold for reducing the waistline. The Relaxacisor produced electrical shocks to the body through contact pads. FDA took legal action against the distributor to stop the sale of the device on the grounds that it was dangerous to health and life. Obviously, most of the devices on the market have never been the subject of court proceedings (法律诉讼), and new devices appear continually. Before buying, it is up to the consumer to judge the safety or effectiveness of such items.56. It can be inferred that the ads mentioned in the text are _. A. objective B. costly C. unreliable D. illegal57. Which of the following is TRUE according to the text? A. The court is in charge of removing dangerous products. B. New products are more likely to be questionable. C. The production of a device must be approved by FDA. D. The promoters usually just care about profits. 58. FDA can ask for the proof of safety and effectiveness of a product _. A. if it is a drug B. if it is a device C. if its consumers make complaints D. if its distributors challenge FDAs authority59. The Relaxacisor is mentioned as _. A. a product which was designed to produce electricity B. a product whose distributor was involved in a legal case C. a successful advertisement of a beauty product D. an example of a quality beauty product60. The author intends to _. A. make consumers aware of the promoters false promises B. show the weakness of the law on product safety C. give advice on how to keep young and beautiful D. introduce the organization of FDAHis new idea is not only in the batterys size, but also in its semiconductor (半导体). Kwons battery uses a liquid semiconductor rather than a solid semiconductor.“The key part of using a radioactive battery is that when you harvest the energy, part of the radiation energy can damage the lattice structure (晶格结构) of the solid semiconductor,” Kwon said. “By using a liquid semiconductor, we believe we can minimize that problem.”Together with J. David Robertson, chemistry professor and associate director of the MU Research Reactor, Kwon is working to build and test the battery. In the future, they hope to increase the batterys power, shrink its size and try with various other materials. Kwon said that battery could be thinner than the thickness of human hair.61. Which of the following is TRUE of Jae Kwon?A. He teaches chemistry at MU.B. He developed a chemical battery.C. He is working on a nuclear energy source.D. He made a breakthrough in computer engineering.62. Jae Kwon gave examples in Paragraph 4 _. A. to show chemical batteries are widely appliedB. to indicate nuclear batteries can be safely usedC. to describe a nuclear-powered systemD. to introduce various energy sources63. Liquid semiconductor is used to _.A. get rid of the radioactive wasteB. test the power of nuclear batteriesC. decrease the size of nuclear batteriesD. reduce the damage to lattice structure64. According to Jae Kwon, his nuclear battery _.A. uses a solid semiconductorB. will soon replace the present onesC. could be extremely thinD. has passed the final test65. The text is most probably a _.A. science news reportB. book reviewC. newspaper adD. science fiction story第二节：信息匹配（共5小题；每小题1分，满分5分）阅读以下有关大型文娱活动项目的介绍，然后按照要求匹配信息。选E同时涂黑A和B选F同时黑C和D。A. The Chicago Outdoor Film FestivalExperience again the fun of the Drive-In movie with Chicagos wonderful skyline as your backdrop. Classic American films appear on a huge screen plus a modern sound system. Films are shown on seven continuous evenings in the summer at dusk.B. The Chicago International Film FestivalFor 45 years, it has brought you the brightest films and filmmakers from Kevin Smith to Slumdog Millionaire. If you get your passes to our 45th anniversary Festival now, youll be the first to see the movies and the artists.C. The Gen Art Chicago Film Festival Summer i