【全国百强校】天津市第一中学2014-2015学年高二下学期期末考试英语试题.docx

天津一中 2014-2015-2 高二年级英语学科期末质量调查试卷本试卷分为第 I 卷（选择题）、第 II 卷（非选择题）两部分，共 100 分，考试用时 90 分钟。第 I 卷 1 至 5 页，第 II 卷 5 至 5 页。考生务必将答案涂写答题纸或答题卡的规 定位置上，答在试卷上的无效。金题教育第 I 卷 I. 听力 (共 20 小题，每题 0.5 分，满分 10 分) 第一节听下面 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，你将有 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. How much are the cards all together?A. 10 cents.B. 14 cents.C. 40 cents.2. What happened to the man?A. He met an accident. B. His car was hit.C. He met a traffic jam.3. What can be inferred about the man?A. He cant afford that much for a trip.B. Hes fortunate to have made a lot of money.C. 15,000 dollars is only a small sum of money for him.4. Where are the speakers?A. At a garage.B. At a bus stop.C. At a restaurant.5. What is the woman likely to do during the festival?A. She may do anything that she will meet.B. She will help her mother do some shopping.C. She will help her mother do some cooking. 第二节听下面材料。每段材料后有几个小题，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。听每段材料前，你将有时间阅读每个小题，每小题 5 秒钟；听完后，各小题将给出 5 秒钟的作答时间。每段材料读两遍。听第 6 段材料，回答第 6 至 8 题。6. Why does the man need to finish his paper?A. Its very important for his future.B. Hes about to leave for a new job.C. He wants to present it at the conference.7. What month is it now?A. May.B. July.C. September.8. What does the woman offer to do for the man?A. Type his paper.B. Help him with his research.C. Present his findings at the July conference.听第 7 段材料，回答第 9 至 11 题。9. Where is the woman back from?A. New York.B. California.C. Ohio.10. Why did the woman live in her aunts friends home?A. She couldnt afford to live on campus.B. Living on campus wasnt so comfortable.C. She wanted to practice spoken English.11. What will the man do if he has a chance in America?A. Live on campus.B. Live with a local family.C. Share a flat with his roommates.听第 8 段材料，回答第 12 至 14 题。12. What time is it when the speakers are having the conversation? A. 7:25 pm.B. 8:25 pm.C. 9:25 pm.13. What are the speakers talking about?A. A football game on TV.B. What they are going to do tonight.C. The TV program Nature & Science.14. What will the speakers probably do first?A. Take a walk.B. Watch the football game.C. Watch the program Nature & Science.听第 9 段材料，回答第 15 至 17 题。15. Who answers the telephone?A. Tom.B. Susan.C. Susans husband.16. When are the couple going to New Zealand?A. In two weeks.B. In a couple of months.C. In half a year.17. Where are they going to meet?A. At a restaurant.B. At the mans home.C. In New Zealand.听第 10 段材料，回答第 18 至 20 题。18. Whats the topic of the monologue?A. Advertising and consuming.B. Advertisement and consumers.C. The effect of advertising and the way to advertise.19. What does modern advertising give to people?A. Advice to buy certain brands.B. News about products and services.C. Useful information about which products to buy.20. Whats the secret of writing a good advertising copy?A. It must provide some pleasure.B. It must be exciting and entertaining.C. It must offer a good idea and a product.II. 单项选择（共 15 小题，每题 1 分，满分 15 分）21. Im sorry that Ive spilt some coffee on the table cloth._. It will wash out easily.A. No hurry.B. Take it easy.C. Never mind.D. Be careful.22. I am determined to have a tryit means risking losing everything.A. now thatB. as thoughC. as long asD. even though23. Ill never forget_ trip to Beijing with my parents, which was really unforgettable experience for me.A. a; /B. the; /C. the; anD. a; an24. Ill save her cellphone number.Thats right., you can call to ask for help in Shanghai.A. If soB. If everC. If notD. If necessary25. _ is known to all is that red is a symbol of luck and happiness in China.A. ItB. WhatC. AsD. That26. Have you ever been to Beijing, our capital?Yes, only once. Ithere only for two days.A. had stayedB. stayedC. have stayedD. were staying27. When firstinto Europe in the 16th century from South America, tomatoes were mistaken for red apples.A. to introduceB. being introducedC. introducedD. having introduced28. I will go to Australia for my holiday next week.Australia? Its a wonderful country,well worth visiting.A. thisB. thatC. oneD. it29.Its not doing the things we like, but liking the things we have to do makes life happy.A. thatB. whichC. whatD. who 30.What about getting something to eat? Im hungry. So am I. Lets go to a restaurant.A. See youB. My treatC. Im fullD. Allow me31.My daughter and son have settled in happily in our new homekids are better atto new environments than us adults.A. adjustingB. intendingC. applyingD. appealing32.Choosing the right dictionary depends on_ you want to use it for.A. whatB. whyC. howD. whether33.There is a long interval between the second class and the third class in most schoolsstudents can take exercise.A. whereB. whenC. whichD. whose34.Now that people present had different opinions, it was proposed that this matter _ at the next meeting.A. would be discussedB. must be discussedC. be discussedD. was discussed35.Maybe you have been to many countries, but nowhere else in the world more fascinating scenery than that in Switzerland.A. you can findB. can you findC. you foundD. did you findIII. 完形填空（共 20 小题，每题 1 分，满分 20 分）My grandmothers eightieth birthday was approaching and I was at a loss as to what to give her. She had recently moved into a nursing home and didnt have room for _36 _ things. She insisted that she didnt need a thing. _37, I came up with an idea. In her _38 _ card, I sent her a gift certificate (礼券) for “A letter a _39 _ for the next year!” It was a big_ 40_ . I knew that shed love to _41 _ what was going on in my life.The letter gift certificate was a big42_. She got fifty-two letters that first year. Some were43and filled with homesickness. Others were short and newsy. More than once what she _44was just a funny card with a fewshort _45. All showed her that I was thinking of her regularly. _46her next birthday came around, she asked for another letter gift certificate.47, thats also what she wanted next eight birthdays.For nine years I wrote her. She was rarely able to _48back. I flew home annually to _49 _ and soon realized that the entire nursing home staff knew all the details of my50 _, as more and more often they were _51 _ the letters to her.My52letter arrived the day after her death. I felt I had given her the best gift I could. What I hadnt counted on (指望) was how her gift would come full circle to me. Months later, while _53 _ her things, my dad found a box full of lettersfrom me. Those letters were filled with moments and pictures I had completely forgotten. She54_ those memories for me in my letters. Sometimes our gifts to others come back to us in _55ways.36.A. lovelyB. expensiveC. extraD. unimportant37.A. FinallyB. HopefullyC. FortunatelyD. Surprisingly38.A. invitationB. ChristmasC. greetingD. birthday39.A. monthB. weekC. dayD. season40.A. lieB. dealC. problemD. promise41.A. faceB. feelC. hearD. tell42.A. jokeB. hitC. mistakeD. challenge43.A. longB. boringC. interestingD. formal44.A. soldB. sentC. receivedD. held45.A. notesB. questionsC. tipsD. lines46.A. AlthoughB. AsC. IfD. Unless47.A. In factB. In generalC. After allD. Above all48.A. turnB. writeC. stepD. look49.A. workB. huntC. visitD. cook50.A. lifeB. husbandC. vacationD. business51.A. writingB. sendingC. handingD. reading52.A. shortB. handwritingC. openD. last53.A. seeing throughB. going throughC. throwing awayD. taking away54.A. savedB. lostC. brokeD. refreshed55.A. practicalB. funnyC. unexpectedD. similarIV. 阅读理解（共 20 小题，每题 1.5 分，满分 30 分）AWhen you leave school, you can breathe a sigh of relief and leave learning behind, right? Wrong! Learning should last a lifetime. You exercise your body to stay strong, and you should exercise your mind to stay sharp.An English idiom says, “You cant teach an old dog new tricks.” But scientists have discovered that isnt true. Older people can learn, and they should, in order to keep their brain active. Now a new trend has begun in several states in the US that encourages learning. Adults can attend One Day University. They can spend a Saturday or Sunday hearing four 70-minute lectures. Each one is given bya top university professor. One of the original participants said, “Its like a health club for the brain.” Also, universities like MIT have made all of theircourses and lectures available online for free. Libraries offer learning programs too.With so much available, there is no excuse not to learn! Learning is a habit. Dont leave it behind after you leave school. On thewebsite , author Scott Young mentions several things to help you.Always have a book. It doesnt matter if you read fast or slow. Just read. If you read just one book a week, youll read 52 over the course of a year. Think of the knowledge youll gain.Practice it. As you read, do something with what youve learned. Dont just enjoy the mental exercise. Use the knowledge. If you read about painting, try it!Make a “to learn” list. Compose a “to learn” list for yourself. Maybe you want to speak better English, play the piano, or cook French food. Whatever interests you, put it on your list and then make the time to do it.Teach others. Whatever you learn, teach someone else. Youll not only help others but also understand what youve learned.56.Whats the best title for this passage?A. Make learning last a lifetime.B. What you should do after leaving school.C. Several tips on learning.D. A new trend in learning.57.What does the underlined part in Paragraph 1 mean?A. You dont need to consider what you have learnt after graduation.B. Leaving learning behind is what you should do after a break.C. You can relax as you have escaped from the hard life of studying.D. You should have a good rest and then go on learning.58.How many ways of learning for adults in the US are mentioned in Paragraph 2?A. One.B. Two.C. Three.D. Four.59.Which of the following is NOT a suggestion made by Scott Young in the passage?A. Keep learning as a habit.B. Always have a book.C. List what you want to learn.D. Teach others what you learn.60.From the passage we learn that.A. we should read as fast as possible to gain more knowledgeB. we should use the knowledge we have gained from booksC. we can gain every kind of knowledge through booksD. the main purpose of gaining knowledge is to teach othersBMoms birthday present? It may be a difficult thing for some people, but for me, it is an easy thing. Mom loved flowers, so every year I sent her flowers.Actually she had a bed of irises (鸢尾花) in the backyard of her small, Indiana farm. They were beautiful. “Take some,” she said, “Dig some up and plant them onthe side of your own house.”But in my yard they became lacking in energy. A year passed, then two, but not one flower appeared. I cut back all their green leaves. I was tired of seeing them so lonely. Finally, I dug the irises up and threw them away.About that time Mom died unexpectedly. My sister and I sold the farm. I never went back to see the irises. I just couldnt bear seeing another family living in our homeMoms home. Autumn came, then winter. The following spring, as Moms birthday approached, I struggled with the question of how to remember her. I stared out of the window and saw a few stubborn irises in my side yard sprouting (发芽), tall, thin but flowerless. Because of seeing them, I decided to order flowers as I always did on Moms birthday, and send them to my sister. I wished so badly I could still send flowers to Mom. But that was impossible.In the morning of Moms birthday, I was in my car ready to work. Something in the yard caught my eye. The irises! One had bloomed with flowers, big, showyand purple, as lovely as they ever had been on Moms farm. I smiled and turned my eyes upward. I could no longer send flowers to Mom. But somehow, shed been able to send them to me.61.According to the first paragraph, Mom.A. wanted to give the author some flowersB. didnt like the presents from the authorC. lived with the author on an Indiana farmD. got different birthday presents from the author every year62.At first, the irises in the authors yard.A. all died quicklyB. didnt bloom at allC. grew as well as on Moms farmD. grew better than those on Moms farm63.What troubled the author?A. She didnt know how to grow irises.B. She regretted they had sold Moms farm.C. She didnt know what to do in memory of Mom.D. She couldnt bear others living in Moms home.64.After seeing the irises sprouting, the author_.A. decided to send flowers to her sister on Moms birthdayB. dug them out because they were flowerlessC. decided to send them to Mom after they bloomD. ordered flowers for the people living in Moms home 65.What can be learned from the last paragraph?A. All the irises in the authors yard bloomed.B. The author went to see the irises in Moms yard.C. It was Mom who took care of these irises in the authors yard.D. The author thought the blooming irises were gifts from Mom.CAbout five years ago, an American electrical engineer named Scott Brusaw and his wife Julie came up with the idea of putting solar panels on the groundrather than the roof. Then they began to develop the Solar Roadway specially for a new type of carseco-cars. The Solar Roadway is an intelligent road that provides clean renewable energy using power from the sun while providing safer driving conditions, along with power and data delivery. They predict that the Solar Roadway will pay for itself through the generation of electricity along with other forms of income and that the same amount of money that is being used to build and resurface current roads can be used to build the Solar Roadways.Each Solar Road Panel measures roughly 4 meters by 4 meters and contains a microprocessor (微处理器) that monitors and controls the panel, while communicating with neighboring panels and the vehicles traveling overhead. The inventors suggest that this provides a communication device every 4 meters on every road which could be used for example to warn drivers of cars which are moving across a centre line and various other speed control problems. The top of the Solar Road panels is made of super-strong glass that would offer vehicles the tractions (抓地力) t he y need.According to the inventors, the Solar Roadway creates and carries clean renewable electricity and therefore electric vehicles can be recharged at any conveniently located rest stop, or at any business that has paved Solar Road Panels in their parking lots.The inventors say their Solar Roadway has many functions and advantages from main roads to driveways, parking lots, bike paths, sidewalks and runways. The Federal Highway Administration has given Brusaw $100,000 to develop the invention and Brusaw hopes to build a smart-road parking lot in the coming spring.66.In the inventors opinion, the Solar Roadway.A. is too expensive to build at presentB. costs no more money than current roadsC. can provide as many data as present computersD. will bring them a large sum of money 67.The underlined word “they” in Paragraph 2 refers to.A. the panelsB. the inventorsC. the researchersD. the vehicles 68.The Solar Roadway includes all the following advantages EXCEPT.A. providing safer driving conditionsB. helping drivers communicate with each other while drivingC. creating and carrying clean renewable electricityD. warning drivers of various speed control problems 69.It can be inferred from the text that.A. the Solar Roadway has already been put into useB. 100,000 is not enough to build a smart-road parking lotC. the Solar Roadway is not available for gas-powered carsD. future electric vehicles can be charged anytime and anywhere70.What can be the best title for the text?A. Solar-powered smart road of the futureB. The great changes on the roadwayC. The influence the Solar Roadway has on peopleD. The Solar Roada much faster roadDMany companies that enlarge their market to another country have to familiarize themselves with the culture of that country, as the more they know about their new customers, the better they will know about the market. These companies also need to know the educational content, policies and systems of the target country in order to judge its needs.By understanding the education of the target country, we take a look at the values of the country. For example, there is a great emphasis (强调) on good education in Japan. Throughout the country, Japanese children are taught that hard work and self-discipline are the highest values. An international company operating in Japan would have to add those values to its marketing strategies.Education, to a large degree, can reflect peoples needs. Take Japan for example, because of its emphasis on good education, most of the products it needs are related to education. An international toy company in Japan would not concentrate on selling toys which are for fun, but rather on games, books and activities that can teach children a practical skill.The emphasis on a certain type of training in a culture-specific educational system can also show that countrys particular viewpoint towards what is important in business relations. For example, a company operating in a fast and business-oriented (以商业为导向的) country such as the U.S. would emphas