湖南省五市十校204-2015学年高二英语下学期期末联考试题.doc

“湖南省五市十校教研教改共同体”高二期末考试英语试题时量：120分钟 分值：150分命题：宁乡一中、东山学校、雷锋中学、南方中学 审校：箴言中学、宁乡一中本试卷分第卷（选择题）和第卷（非选择题）两部分。考生注意： 1. 答题前，考生务必将自己的准考证号、姓名填写在答题卡上。考生要认真核对答题卡粘贴的条形码的“准考证号、姓名、考试科目”与考生本人准考证号、姓名是否一致。2. 第一卷每小题选出答案后，用2B铅笔把答题卡上对应题目的答案标号涂黑，如需改动，用橡皮擦干净后，再选择其他答案标号。第二卷用黑色墨水签字笔在答题卡上书写作答。如在试题卷上作答，答案无效。3. 考试结束，监考员将试题卷、答题卡一并收回。第卷（选择题）第一部分 听力（共两节，满分30分）做题时，先将答案标在试卷上。录音内容结束后，你将有两分钟的时间将试卷上的答案转涂到答题卡上。做题时，先将答案标在试卷上。录音内容结束后，你将有两分钟的时间将试卷上的答案转涂到答题卡上。第一节（共5个小题；每小题1.5分，满分7.5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。现在你有5秒钟的时间阅读第一小题的有关内容。1. How many minutes earlier is the womans watch?A. Five minutes.B. Ten minutes.C. Fifteen minutes.2. Why cant the woman find the car key in the room? A. It is in the car.B. She left it outside.C. Someone has taken it.3. What are the two speakers talking about? A. Their favorite animals.B. Animals theyve seen.C. Some lovely animals.4. What did the man do yesterday afternoon? A. He played football.B. He stayed in his room.C. He went to the cinema. 5. Where did the woman meet her husband again? A. In China.B. In America.C. In India.第二节（共15小题；每小题1.5分，满分22.5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、7题。现在你有10秒钟的时间阅读这两个小题。6. How many books has the woman published? A. Three.B. Five.C. Six.7. What does the man probably do? A. A publisher.B. A teacher.C. A writer.听第7段材料，回答第8、9题。现在你有10秒钟的时间阅读这两个小题。8. When is the mothers birthday? A. May 10th.B. May 11th.C. May 12th.9. What will the woman buy tomorrow? A. A dress.B. Shoes.C. A handbag.听第8段材料，回答第10至12题。现在你有15秒钟的时间阅读这三个小题。10. What was the weather like when the woman was walking home? A. Raining.B. Snowy.C. Fine.11. How did the man go back yesterday? A. On foot.B. By car.C. By bus.12. Whats the womans plan for tonight?A. To copy notes.B. To prepare for an exam.C. To go swimming.听第9段材料，回答第13至16题。现在你有20秒钟的时间阅读这四个小题。13. What is the womans good news for the man? A. He can take part in a competition. B. Hes won a prize in a competition. C. His city will become better.14. What is the size of the mans ideal city? A. Large.B. Medium.C. Small.15. What does the man want people in his ideal city to do?A. Use clean energy.B. Plant a lot of trees.C. Be friendly to others.16. What is the prize? A. A trip to Asia.B. A trip to Europe.C. A big sum of money.听第10段材料，回答第17至20题。现在你有20秒钟的时间阅读这四个小题。17. How many people will travel to Europe? A. 2B. 3C. 418. How long will they travel in Europe? A. For 8 days.B. For 9 days.C. For 10 days.19. How will they go to Southern France? A. By train.B. By plane.C. By bus.20. What does the speaker want to do in Switzerland? A. Go diving.B. Enjoy sunshine.C. Go hiking.第二部分 阅读理解 (共两节，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、C、和D)中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。AGlastonbury Festival:Time and place: 22nd26th June, Pilton, Somerse. Recognized as the best summer festival season, Glastonbury is one of the biggest and oldest festivals in the UK. Last years 40th anniversary was their best ever, even though the supergroup U2 canceled last minute because of Bono injuring his back.Latitude Festival:Time and place:14th17th July, Henham Park, Suffolk. Now in its sixth year, this festival is the choice for more families. It is providing visitors with a range of entertainment to accompany the music, including comedy, show, theatre and literature.Shrewsbury Folk Festival:Time and place: 26th29th August, West Mids Show Ground, Shrewsbury. Announced as one of the best folk festivals in the UK, this festival is only in its sixth year. It takes place over the 4 days of the August bank holiday weekend, and moved to Shrewsbury in 2006. Download Festival:Time and place: 10th and 12th, June, Donington Park Derby. It is a three-day rock music festival held every year. The name Download was chosen for the festival for two reasons. Downloading was a dirty work in the music industry at the time because of file sharing and rock is seen as a rebellious (反叛) type of music.21. Which festival is one of the oldest festivals in the UK? A. Download FestivalB. Latitude Festival C. Shrewsbury Folk FestivalD. Glastonbury Festival22. When and where is the rock music festival held? A. 22nd26th June, Pilton, SomerseB. 26th29th August, West Mids Show Ground C. 10th and 12th, June, Donington Park DerbyD. 14th17th July, Henham Park, Suffolk23. What is special about Latitude Festival? A. It is one of the best folk festivals in the UK. B. It has a long history and is held every year. C. It is the best summer festival in the UK. D. It is attractive and joyful for many families.BBelieve it or not but it is true. There are people who lose the ability to understand or use words due to brain damage. But they become extremely good at something else. They become experts at spotting liars. The condition in which people lose their power to understand or use words due to brain damage are called aphasia(失语症). A study conducted in Massachusetts, U.S., has clearly proved that aphasics make good lie detectors(测谎仪). In the last 100 years, many doctors studying the brain have mentioned examples of this amazing power of patients suffering from aphasia. Recently, scientists conducted tests to see if all that was said about aphasics was true. They studied the powers of a mixed group of people. Some were normal; others were aphasic. And it was proved clearly that the normal volunteers still got fooled by words. The aphasics were far ahead of them in recognizing false speech. The results of the study were reported in the magazine Nature. Fourteen years ago, famous American doctor, Dr. Oliver Sacks, wrote about his experiences with aphasic patients in a book. He remembered a particular incident in a hospital. Patients from the aphasia room were watching TV. Their president, Ronald Reagan, was giving a speech. He was trying to put feelings into each and every word of his speech. But his speech had an opposite effect on the patients. They were not impressed. On the contrary, the whole room shook with their laughter. The aphasics knew that he did not mean a word of what he was saying. Dr. Sacks saw aphasics as more gifted than normal people. Normal people “get carried away” by words. An aphasic cannot understand words. But he or she can still understand what is being said. He said most of the aphasics had this superior understanding. So, while normal people think of aphasic patients as brain damaged, they actually seem to understand human expressions better.24. We can know from the first paragraph _.A. how aphasics get their special abilityB. that aphasics can tell if you are lyingC. that aphasics are good at telling liesD. why aphasics are experts at spotting liars25. The phrase “get carried away” in the last paragraph means _.A. get fooled B. get excited C. get misunderstood D. get discouraged26. Dr. Oliver Sacks thinks that aphasics _.A. can be cured totallyB. can not understand what is being saidC. are specially gifted in a wayD. should be treated equally and nicely27. Which would be the best title of the passage?A. A great discovery B. The great lie detectorsC. Why aphasics cant talk D. A special way of understandingCJames Cleveland Owens was the son of a farmer and the grandson of black slaves. His family moved to Cleveland when he was 9. There, a school teacher asked the youth his name.“J.C., ”he replied.She thought he had said “Jesse”, and he had a new name.Owens ran his first race at age 13. After high school, he went to Ohio State University. He had to work part time so as to pay for his education. As a second year student, in the Big Ten games in 1935, he set even more records than he would in the Olympic Games a year later.A week before the Big Ten Meet, Owens accidentally fell down a flight of stairs. His back hurt so much that he could not exercise all week, and he had to be helped in and out of the car that drove him to the meet. He refused to listen to the suggestions that he give up and said he would try, event by event. He did try, and the results are in the record book.The stage was set for Owens victory at the Olympic Games in Berlin the next year, and his success would come to be regarded as not only athletic but also political. Hitler did not congratulate any of the African American winners.“It was all right with me,” he said years later. “I didnt go to Berlin to shake hands with him, anyway. ”Having returned from Berlin, he received no telephone calls from the president of his own country, either. In fact, he was not honored by the United States until 1976, four years before his death.Owens Olympic victories made little difference to him. He earned his living by looking after a school playground, and accepted money to race against cars, trucks, motorcycles and dogs.“Sure, it bothered me, ”he said later. “But at least it was an honest living. I had to eat.”In time, however, his gold medals changed his life. “They have kept me alive over the years,” he once said. “Time has stood still for me. That golden moment dies hard.”28. In the Big Ten Meet, Owens _.A. hurt himself in the backB. succeeded in setting many recordsC. tried every sports event but failedD. had to give up some events29. We can infer from the text that Owens was treated unfairly in the US at that time because _. A. he did not talk to the US president on the phone B. he was the son of a poor farmerC. he did not shake hands with Hitler D. he was not of the right race30. When Owens says “They have kept me alive over the years”, he means that the medals _.A. have been changed for money to help him live on B. have made him famous in the USC. have encouraged him to overcome difficulties in lifeD. have kept him busy with all kinds of jobs31. What would be the best title for the text?A. Jesse Owens, a great American athlete B. Golden Moment a life time struggleC. Making a living as a sportsman D. How to be a successful athleteDParents and kids today dress alike, listen to the same music, and are friends. Is it a good thing? Sometimes when Mr. Ballmer and his 16-year-old daughter, Elizabeth, listen to rock music together and talk about interests both enjoy, such as pop culture, he remembers his more distant relationship with his parents when he was a teenager.“I would never have said to my mom, Hey, the new Weezer album is really great. How do you like it?” says Ballmer. “There was just a complete gap in taste.”Music was not the only gulf. From clothing and hairstyles to activities and expectations, earlier generations of parents and children often appeared to move in separate orbits.Today, the generation gap has not disappeared, but it is getting narrow in many families. Conversations on subjects such as sex and drugs would not have taken place a generation ago. Now they are comfortable and common. And parent-child activities, from shopping to sports, involve a feeling of trust and friendship that can continue into adulthood.No wonder greeting cards today carry the message, “To my mother, my best friend.”But family experts warn that the new equality can also result in less respect for parents.“Theres still a lot of strictness and authority on the part of parents out there, but there is a change happening,” says Kerrie, a psychology professor at Lebanon Valley College. “In the middle of that change, there is a lot of confusion among parents.”Family researchers offer a variety of reasons for these evolving roles and attitudes. They see the 1960s as a turning point. Great cultural changes led to more open communication and a more democratic process that encourages everyone to have a say.“My parents were on the before side of that change, but todays parents, the 40-year-olds, were on the after side,” explains Mr. Ballmer. “Its not something easily accomplished by parents these days, because life is more difficult to understand or deal with, but sharing interests does make it more fun to be a parent now.”32. The underlined word “gulf” in Paragraph 3 most probably means _.A. interest B. difference C.distance D. separation33. Which of the following shows that the generation gap is disappearing?A. Parents help their children develop interests in more activities.B. Parents put more trust in their childrens abilities.C. Parents and children talk more about sex and drugs.D. Parents share more interests with their children.34. The change in todays parentchild relationship is _.A. more confusion among parents B. more equality between parents and childrenC. less respect for parents from children D. more strictness and authority on the part of parents35. By saying “todays parents, the 40-year-olds, were on the after side,” the author means that todays parents _.A. follow the trend of the change B. can set a limit to the changeC. fail to take the change seriously D. have little difficulty adjusting to the change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。It seems that everyone is travelling on holidays these days. During the travel season, roads, buses, trains and airports are packed. 36 , and getting a seat at a restaurant may be impossible. You can fight these troubles alone, or you can travel, as I do, in a group led by a tour guide. If you travel in a group, the guide will arrange everything for you. 37 . Prices are often cheaper as well, because a tour group can often get group prices and the best deals for nearly everything.38 . Most people do not know much about the history of an attraction and interesting stories related to it. The guides expert knowledge will help make the trip more interesting.If you travel in a group, you can also make more friends. 39 . Often, friendships make the trip more interesting.40 . Your trip will be cheaper, more comfortable, more interesting and more rewarding if you travel this way rather than by travelling alone.A. Hotels are full as wellB. If someone gets ill, others go to his or her aid C. Your tour guide is often an expert in the places you visitD. Using tour guides and travelling in a group is the best way to travel E. There will be no need to worry about hotel or restaurant reservationsF. After all, the travelling companies who have been doing this job for long timeG. Taking part in a group is a fully preparatory plan 第三部分 英语知识运用 (共两节，满分45)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，从短文后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，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。The True Story of Treasure Island It was always thought that Treasure Island was the product of Robert Louis Stevensons imagination. 41 , recent research has found the true story of this exciting work. Stevenson, a Scotsman, had lived 42 for many years. In 1881 he returned to Scotland for a 43 . With him were his American wife Fanny and his 44 Lloyd. Each morning Stevenson would take them out for a long 45 over the hills. They had been 46 this for several days before the weather suddenly took a turn for the worse. Kept indoors by the heavy rain, Lloyd felt the days 47 . To keep the boy happy, Robert asked the boy to do some 48 . One morning, the boy came to Robert with a beautiful map of an island. Robert 49 that the boy had drawn a large cross in the middle of 50 . “Whats that?” he asked. “Thats the 51 treasure”,said the boy. Robert suddenly 52 something of an adventure story in the boys 53 . While the rain was pouring, Robert sat down by the fire to write a story. He would make the 54 a twelve-year-old boy, just like Lloyd. But who would be the pirate (海盗)? Robert had a good friend named Henley, who walked around with the 55 of a wooden leg. Robert had always wanted to 56 such a man in a story. 57 Long John Silver, the pirate with a wooden leg, was 58 . So, thanks to a 59 September in Scotland, a friend with a wooden leg, and the imagination of a twelve-year-old boy, we have one of the greatest 60 stories in the English language.41. A. ThereforeB. HoweverC. BesidesD. Finally42. A. abroadB. aloneC. at homeD. next door 43. A. jobB. storyC. meetingD. holiday44. A. daughterB. sonC. motherD. father45. A. walkB. restC. talkD. game46. A. missingB. attemptingC. enjoyingD. planning47. A. dullB. busyC. quietD. exciting48. A. exercisingB. drawingC. writingD. cleaning49. A. decidedB. doubtedC. noticedD. recognized50. A. the seaB. the houseC. ScotlandD. the island51. A. forgottenB. unexpectedC. discoveredD. buried52. A. madeB. learnedC. sawD. drew53. A. pictureB. mindC. bookD. reply54. A. writerB. heroC. starD. child55. A. problemB. bottomC. helpD. use56. A. saveB. haveC. acceptD. praise57. A. ThusB. ButC. YetD. Also 58. A. readB. writtenC. bornD. hired59. A. sunnyB. windyC. foggyD. rainy 60. A. loveB. adventureC. newsD. real-life第II卷 非选择题第三部分 英语知识运用 (共两节 满分45分)第二节 （共10小题；每小题1.5分，满分15分）阅读下面材料，在空白处填入适当的内容（1个单词）或括号内单词的正确形式。Oliver Twist，written by the novelist Charles Dickens in 1837，is set 61 England in the 1830s