江西省赣州市六校高二英语上学期期末联考试题新人教版.doc

2013-2014学年度第一学期期末联考高二英语试题本试卷分第i卷（选择题）和第ii卷（非选择题）两部分。第i卷 （选择题 满分115分）第一部分 听力 (共两节，满分30分) 第一节 (共5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。1. what was the forecast for todays weather? a. warm. b. windy. c. cold.2. how did the woman want to go to the zoo at first?a. on foot. b. by taxi. c. by bus.3. what does the man probably do?a. a photographer. b. a director. c. a building designer.4. why didnt the woman get the job?a. she didnt perform well in the interview.b. she didn t write well enough as before.c. she didnt get any professional experience.5. how many people were on the spot all the time? a. three. b. two. c. one.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段对话, 回答第6至8题 6. what season is it most likely now?a. spring. b. summer. c. autumn.7. why does the woman come here?a. to teach skating. b. to attend a wedding. c. to visit john.8. where does the man work now? a. at bank of america. b. at the radio station. c. at the tv station.听第7段对话, 回答第9至11题9. who supported the woman financially for her study at the nurse school?a. her parents. b. the government. c. the woman herself.10. what do you learn about the womans parents?a. they respect her choice. b. they treat her as a child.c. they control her too much.11. what do we know about the man?a. he will be forced to study abroad. b. he is longing for more freedom.c. he is open to persuasion.听第8段对话, 回答第12至14题12. what is the woman asking about?a. the boy rescued from danger. b. the adventure that happened to jack.c. jacks holiday on the seaside.13. what happened to the boy?a. he fell off the cliff. b. he was stuck in the rocks.c. he was badly hurt.14. who actually rescued the boy? a. the people nearby. b. jack. c. the coast rescue service.听第9段材料，回答第15至第17题。15. what are the two speakers mainly talking about?a. cartoons and cartoon movies.b. the relationship between humans and animals.c. the difference between kids and adults.16. which of the following statements about ice age is correct?a. the plot is not easy to understand. b. all the characters are animals.c. its an imaginative film.17. whats the usual image of humans in cartoon movies? a. lovely. b. brave. c. unkind.听第10段材料，回答第18至第20题。18. what kind of clothes does the speakers sister like?a. clothes of new design. b. cheap clothes. c. ordinary clothes.19. what do the twin sisters have in common?a. they both want to be alone. b. they enjoy loud music. c. they enjoy friendship.20. why doesnt the speaker like living in the same room with her twin sister?a. her twin sister often brings friends home and makes too much noise.b. the speaker likes to keep things neat while her sister doesnt.c. they cant agree on the color of the room.第二部分 英语知识运用（共两节，满分45分）第一节 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。21. jumping out of _ airplane at ten thousand feet is quite _ exciting experience.a. an; an b. /; the c. /; an d. the; the22. fully _ in preparing for the coming exam, she no longer has time to enjoy the various activities in her neighborhood.a. devoted b. contributed c. attended d. absorbed23. nowadays, children are _ too many violent online games, which is bad for the development of their characters.a. defeated by b. limited to c. handled by d. exposed to24. with everything she needed _, she went out of the shop, with her hands full of shopping bags.a. bought b. to buy c. buying d. buy25. _ all my family, i sincerely thank you for what you have done for us.a. on behalf of b. in honor of c. in case of d. instead of26. _ from the moon, our earth with water _ seventy percent of its surface looks like a blue sphere.a. seen; covered b. seeing; covering c. seen; covering d. seeing; covered27. he was driving home on the highway last night when a policeman stopped him and _ him of speeding.a. charged b. accused c. warned d. reminded28. unsatisfied _ with the payment, he took the job just to get some work experience.a. though was he b. though he was c. he was though d. was he though29. in my opinion, the idea of a family is much narrower than _.a. that used to be b. it used to c. it was used to d. it used to be30. this printer is of good quality. if it _ break down within the first year, we would repair it at our expense.a. would b. should c. could d. might31. after the earthquake, _ food and medicine was sent there.a. a good many b. scores of c. a good deal of d. a large number of32. they are quiet, arent they? yes. they are accustomed _ at meals.a. to talk b. to not talk c. to talking d. to not talking33.he got his first book published. it turned out to be a bestseller. when was _? _ was in 2000 when he was still in college.a. that; this b. this; it c. it; this d. that; it34. its not what we do once in a while _ shapes our lives, but what we do consistently.a. which b. that c. how d. when35. i need to get changed. _! well be late for the party.a. oh, come on b. go ahead c. take it easy d. its a pity第二节 完形填空（共20小题；每小题1.5分，满分30分）阅读下面短文后面所给各题的四个选项（a、b、c和d）中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。some years ago when i was in my first year in college, i heard salome bey sing for the first time. the moment was exciting. salomes 36 filled the room and brought the theater to life. i was so 37 that i decided to write an article about her.i 38 salome bey, telling her i was from essence magazine, and that i wanted to meet her to talk about her career .she 39 and told me to come to her studio next tuesday. when i hung up, i was scared out of mind. i 40 i was lying. i was not a writer at all and hadnt even written a grocery list.i interviewed salome bey the next tuesday. i sat there 41 , taking notes and asking questions that all began with, “can you tell me?” i soon realized that 42 salome bey was one thing, but writing a story for a national magazine was just impossible. the 43 was almost unbearable. i struggled for days 44 draft（草稿）after draft. finally i put my manuscript（手稿）into a large envelope and dropped it into a mailbox.it didnt take long. my manuscript 45 . how stupid of me! i thought. how could i 46 in a world of professional writers? knowing i couldnt 47 the rejection letter, i threw the unopened envelope into a drawer.five years later, i was moving to california. while 48 my apartment, i came across the unopened envelope. this time i opened it and read the editors letter in 49 :ms profit, your story on salome bey is fantastic. yet we need some 50 materials. please add those and return the article immediately. we would like to 51 your story soon.shocked, it took me a long time to 52 . fear of rejection cost me greatly. i lost at least five hundred dollars and the chance of having my article appear in a major magazine. more importantly, i lost years of 53 writing. today, i have become a full-time writer. looking back on this 54 , i learned a very important lesson: you cant 55 to doubt yourself. 36. a. joyb. voice c. speech d. smile37.a. proudb. activec. satisfiedd. moved38.a. visited b. emailedc. phonedd. interviewed39.a. agreedb. refusedc. hesitatedd. paused40.a. repliedb. discoveredc. explainedd. knew41.a. seriouslyb. patientlyc. nervouslyd. quietly42.a. blamingb. foolingc. invitingd. urging43.a. hardshipb. failurec. commentd. pressure44.a. withb. byc. ond. in45.a. disappearedb. returnedc. spreadd. improved46.a. compareb. strugglec. survived. compete47.a. ignore b. deliverc. faced. receive48.a. decoratingb. repairingc. cleaningd. leaving49.a. surpriseb. anxietyc. horrord. trouble50.a. subjectiveb. detailedc. privated. complex51.a. broadcastb. createc. publishd. assess52.a. recoverb. preparec. escaped. concentrate53.a. energeticb. endlessc. typicald. enjoyable54.a. experienceb. successc. benefitd. accident55.a. attemptb. affordc. expectd. pretend第三部分 阅读理解（共20小题；每小题2分，满分40分）阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项（a、b、c和d）中，选出最佳选项。acompassion is a desire within us to help others. with effort, we can translate compassion into action. an experience last weekend showed me this is true, i work part-time in a supermarket across from a building for the elderly. these old people are our main customers, and its not hard to lose patience over their slowness. but last sunday, one aged gentleman appeared to teach me a valuable lesson. this untidy man walked up to my register（收款机）with a box of biscuits. he said he was out of cash, had just moved into his room, and had nothing in his cupboards. he asked if we could let him have the food on trust. he promised to repay me the next day.i couldnt help staring at him, i wondered what kind of person he had been ten or twenty years before, and what he would be like if luck had gone his way. i had a hurt in my heart for this kind of human soul, all alone in the world, i told him that i was sorry, but store rules didnt allow me to do so. i felt stupid and unkind saying this, but i valued my job.just then, another man, standing behind the first, spoke up. if anything, he looked more pitiable. “charge it to me” was all he said.what i had been feeling was pity. pity is soft and safe and easy. compassion, on the other hand, is caring in action. i thanked the second man but told him that was not allowed either, then i reached into my pocket and paid for the biscuits myself. i reached into my pocket because these two men had reached into my heart and taught me compassion.56. the aged gentleman who wanted to buy the biscuits _.a. promised to obey the store rules b. forgot to take any money with himc. hoped to have the food first and pay later d. could not afford anything more expensive57. which of the following best describes the old gentleman?a. kind and lucky. b. poor and lonely.c. friendly and helpful. d. hurt and disappointed.58. the writer acted upon the store rules because _.a. he wanted to keep his present job b. he felt no pity for the old gentlemanc. he considered the old man dishonest d. he expected someone else to pay for the old man59. what does the writer learn from his experience?a. wealth is more important than anything else.b. helping others is easier said than done.c. experience is better gained through practice.d. obeying the rules means more than compassion.60. how would the old men feel at the end of the story?a. sad and disappointed. b. happy and lucky.c. depressed and unlucky. d. surprised and grateful.brecently i spoke to some of my students about what they wanted to do after they graduated, and what kind of job prospects they thought they had.given that i teach students who are trained to be doctors, i was surprised to find that most thought that they would not be able to get the jobs they wanted without “outside help”. “what kind of help is that?” i asked, expecting them to tell me that they would need a relative or family friend to help them out.“surgery（外科手术）”, one replied. i was pretty alarmed by that response. it seems that the graduates of today are increasingly willing to go under the knife to get ahead of others when it comes to getting a job. one girl told me that she was considering surgery to increase her height. “they break your legs, put in special extending screws, and slowly expand the gap between the two ends of the bone as it regrows. you can get at least 5 cm taller!”at that point, i was shocked. i am short. i cant deny that, but i dont think i would put myself through months of pain just to be a few centimeters taller. i dont even bother to wear shoes with thick soles, as im not trying to hide the fact that i am just not tall!it seems to me that there is a trend toward wanting “perfection”, and that is an ideal that just does not exist in reality.no one is born perfect, yet magazines, tv shows and movies present images of thin, tall, beautiful people as being the norm（标准）. advertisements for slimming aids, beauty treatments and cosmetic surgery clinics fill the pages of newspapers, further creating an idea that “perfection” is a requirement, and that it must be purchased, no matter what the cost. in my opinion, skills, rather than appearance, should determine how successful a person is in his chosen career.61. we can know from the passage that the author works as _.a. a professor b. a model c. a teacher d. a reporter 62. many graduates today turn to cosmetic surgery to _.a. marry a better man/woman b. become a model c. get an advantage over others in job-hunting d. attract more admirers63. what was the authors reaction towards the girls decision?a. excited. b. surprised. c. happy. d. angry.64. according to the passage, the author believes that _.a. everyone should pursue perfection, whatever the cost b. its right for graduates to ask for others to help them out in hunting for jobs c. media are to blame for misleading young people in their seeking for surgery d. it is ones appearance instead of skills that really matters in ones career65. what does the author think of his height?a. he hates to be called a short man. b. he tries to increase his height through surgery. c. he always wears shoes with thick soles to hide the fact. d. he just accepts it as it is.cwhile income worry is a rather common problem of the aged, loneliness is another problem that aged parents may face. of all the reasons that explain their loneliness, a large geographical distance between parents and their children is the major one. this phenomenon is commonly known as “empty nest syndrome”.in order to find better chances outside their countries, many young people have gone abroad, leaving their parents behind with no clear idea of when they will return home. their parents spend countless lonely days and nights, taking care of themselves, in the hope that someday their children will come back to stay with them. the fact that most of these young people have gone to europeanized or americanized societies makes it unlikely that they will hold as tightly to the value of duty as they would have if they had not left their countries. whatever the case, it has been noted that the values they hold do not necessarily match what the actually do. this geographical and cultural distance also prevents the grown-up children from providing response in time for their aged parents living by themselves.the situation in which grown-up children live far away from their aged parents has been described as “distant parent phenomenon”, which is common both in developed countries and in developing countries. our society has not yet been well prepared for “empty nest syndrome”.66. according to the passage, the loneliness of aged parents is mainly caused by _.a. their earlier experience of living aloneb. the poor living conditions in their native countriesc. the common worry that they have not saved much moneyd. the distance between where parents live and where their children live67. many young people have gone abroad, leaving their aged parents behind, to _.a. realize their dreams in foreign countries b. seek a better place for their aged parentsc. live in the countries with more money d. continue their studies abroad68. if young people go abroad, _.a. they do not hold to the value of duty at allb. they can give some help to their parents back homec. they cannot do what they should for their parentsd. they believe what they actually do is right69. from the last paragraph, we can infer that _.a. the situations in the developed and developing countries are differentb. “empty nest syndrome” has arrived unexpectedly in our societyc. children will become independent as soon as they go abroadd. the aged parents are not fully prepared for “empty nest syndrome”70. the society discussed in the passage is most probably _.a. france b. america c. china d. britain din modern society there is a great deal of argument about competition. some hold an optimistic attitude. they value it highly, believing that it is a natural outcome of social progress and prosperity（繁荣）and that anyone who wants to be outstanding has to keep the pace. others think otherwise. they say that competition is bad; that it sets one person against another; that the unfriendly relationship between people because of competition.i have taught many children who held the belief that their self-worth depended on how well they performed at tennis and other skills. for them, playing well and winning are often life-and-death affairs. in their single-minded pursuit（追求）of success, the development of many other human qualities is sadly forgotten.however, while some seem to be lost in the desire to succeed, others have an opposite op