武汉市武昌区2015-2016学年度第二学期期末高二英语试题(含答案).doc

武昌区 2015-2016学年度第二学期期末调研考试 高二英语 本试卷共150分，考试用时120分钟 祝考诚顺利本试卷分第I卷（选择题）和第II卷（非选择题）两部分。 注意事项： 1.答题前，考生务必将自己的学校、班级、姓名、准考证号填写在答题卡指定位臵，认真核对与准考证号条形码上的信息是否一致，并将准考证号条形码粘贴在答题卡上的指定位臵。 2.选择题的作答：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，再选涂其他答案标号。答在试题卷上无效。 3.非选择题的作答：用黑色墨水的签字笔直接答在答题卡上的每题所对应的答题区域内。答在试题卷上或答题卡指定区域外无效。 4.考试结束，监考人员将答题卡收回，考生自己保管好试题卷，评讲时带来。 第 I 卷第一部分：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。 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 is the woman looking at?A Pictures.B. Fields.C. Gifts.2. What place is the man calling to?.A theatre. .B A restaurant.C. A ticket office.3. Whats the most possible relationship between the speakers ?A. Boss and employee B.Sellerand customer C. Teacher and student.4.Where docs the conversation take place probably?A. At a station. B,In a taxi. C.At the airport.5. Why docs the man want to go home next weekend?A. To surprise his parents. B.To take care of his family.C.To celebrate his brothers birthday.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。听完每段对话或独白前，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秒钟的做答时间。每段对话或独白 读两I听第6段材料，回答第6至7题。6.Why did so many people die?A.Because of the flood.B.Because of the accident C. Because of the earthquake.7.How will the speakers help the people?A.To donate them some food.B.To donate them some money.C.To donate them some clothes.听第7段材料，回答第8至9题。8.How long did the man stay at Washington, D.C.?A.A week.B,A few days. C.Just one day.9.Why was the man warmly welcomed there?A.He saved the city from pollution.B.He was a soldier in World War IIC.He designed World War II Monument.听第8段材料。回答第10至12题。10.What is the first tip given to the man by the woman?A.To replace his sons soda drinks with fruit juice.B To ask his son to choose between soda and fruit juice.CTo set an example by changing his bad eating habits first.11.What does the woman advise the man to do in her second tip?A.Buy some biscuits for his son to cat in the house.B.Tell his son the harm of eating too much junk food.C.Give his son fruit instead of food with too much sugar.12.Who is the most probably the woman?A.The mans neighbor.B The mans sons doctor.C. The mans sons teacher.听第9段材料，回答第13至16题,13.What do we learn about Jolly?A.She broke her left arm.B.She was bom with only a left arm.C.She was bom with only half a left arm.14.What is Jolly good at?A. Gymnastics.B。Teaching.C. Swimming.15. When did Jolly pass her ballet exam? A. In May,B. Last June.C.last July.16. What does Jolly want to do in the future?A.Run a gymnastics and dance school,B.Become a professional ballet player.C.Become a teacher of gymnastics and dance.听第10段材料，回答第17至20题17.What is the talk mainly about?A.How to read faster.B. How to remember more words.C.How to understand reading materials.18.What does the speaker mean by mentioning running?A.Reading speed needs practice.B. Reading is like a long journey.C.Reading requires physical effort.19. What is the worst reading habit?A. Pausing on every word.B. Moving lips while reading.C.Going back over the words.20.What would the speaker probably like the students to do?A. Take reading course regularly. B.Get help at the Learning Centre.C. Read in a relaxing environment.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。 AAncient Egypt included in the National Curriculum(课程)and Tutankhmun stressed, the Tutankhmun Exhibition has been recognized as a major resource in the study of Ancient Egypt by schools from England. School children can experience the mystery and wonder of the discovery of Tutankhmun*s tomb first hand. The Exhibition - the best on the boy Pharaoh outside of Egypt - actually recreates the tomb, treasures, and mummy of Tutenkhamun. NATIONAL CURRICULUM: HISTORY aspects of the history of the wider world, the achievements of the earliest civilizations and a deep study of one such civilization - Ancient Egypt & Tutenkhamun . ENGLISH 一 Development of writing systems. GEOGRAPHY 一 Egypts position in the world. Importance of the Nile. TECHNOLOGY 一 Trade, Raw material 一 Gold. RELIGIOUS EDUCATION - Religion of Ancient Egypt Gods & Goddesses. Funeral Customs. SCIENCE - Egyptian technology - invention of glass. Chemistry of mummification. Egyptian science. MATHEMATICS - Mathematics of the ancient Egyptians, etc. ART - Great Treasures of Egyptian artPRICES: (for 15 or more in a group) &5 per pupil. One adult is admitted free for every ten pupils. Extra adults are charged &6 each.OPEN: All year, daily, Apr - Sepl0:00-17:00 (16:00 Oct-Mar). Closed 13-26 December. DISABLED: The Exhibition is suitable for those with impaired mobility. There are two steps at access point, but temporary ramps(斜坡)are available. Other special needs: Hearing Impaired - Although there are several audio programmers, all information is clearly labeled. Partially Sighted 一 Some difficulty may be experienced with the low level of atmospheric lighting. Address: The Tutankhamun Exhibition, High West Street, Dorchester, Dorset DTI 1UW. Telephone: 01305 269571 Email: infotutankhamun-exhibition.co.uk Website: www.tutankhamun-exhibition.co.uk 21. What is the purpose of the writing? A. To introduce a national curriculum.B. To attract student visitors to the exhibition.C. To emphasize the importance of Tutankhamun.D. To promote the awareness of cultural protection.22Which subject will the student pay attention to if he is interested in how glass was invented?A. Technology.B. Art.C. Science.D. history. 23.What does the exhibition do for visitors in wheelchairs? A .Make temporary ramps.B. Label all the information.C. Lower the atmospheric lighting.D. Build two steps at the access point. BIt was long past noon when he awoke. His valet(男仆）had entered several times on tiptoe into the room to see if he was waking up, and had wondered what made his young master sleep so late. Finally his bell sounded, and Victor came in softly with a cup of tea and a pile of letters on a small tray of old china, and drew back the curtains.Monsieur has well slept this morning, he said, smiling.What oclock is it, Victor?” asked Dorian Gray sleepily.“One hour and a quarter, Monsieur.”How late it was! He sat up, and having sipped some tea, turned over his letters. One of them was from Lord Henry, and had been brought that morning. He hesitated for a moment, and then put it aside. The others he opened at a random. They contained the usual collection of cards, invitations to dinner, tickets for private views, programmers of charity concerts, and the like that are showered on fashionable young men every morning during the season. There was a rather heavy bill for a silver Louis-XVI toilet-set that he had not yet had the courage to send on to his guardians(监护人), who were extremely old-fashioned people and did not realize that we live in an age when unnecessary things are our only necessities; and there were several very politely worded communications from Jermyn Street money-lenders offering to advance any sum of money at a moments notice and at the most reasonable rates of interestAfter about ten minutes he got up, and passed into the bathroom. The cool water refreshed him after his long sleep. He seemed to have forgotten all that he had gone through. A dim sense of having taken part in some strange tragedy came to him once or twice, but there was the unreality of a dream about itAs soon as he was dressed, he sat down to a light French breakfast It was a nice day. The warm air seemed laden with sweet flavor. A bee flew in, buzzed round and stood before him. He felt perfectly happy.24.How did Victor feel when he entered Grays room several times?A. Afraid.B. Nervous.Worried.Curious.25.What kind of life did Gray live probably?A. A simple life. B.A wasteful life. C. A healthy life. D.A hard life.26. What might Dorian Gray have gone through the day before?A Happy dinners.B. Charity concerts.C. Money lending.D. A strange tragedy.27. What does the underlined word “laden” in the last paragraph mean?A. FilledB Burdened.C. Equipped.D. Mixed. CA Google-developed supercomputer has beaten a South Korean Go(围棋)grandmaster again, taking a commanding 2-0 lead in a five-game series that has become an amazing global debut(首演)for a new style of artificial intelligence (AI).After shocking the world by defeating Lee Se-dol one of the greatest modem players of the ancient board game 一 in their opening match on Wednesday, the AlphaGo computer proved it was no luck with another victory after a tiring four-and-a-half-hour meeting.“I am quite speechless,” Mr. Lee said after the match, adding he had found “no weakness” in AlphaGos performance. “I admit it was a very clear loss on my part. AlphaGo played a near perfect game today . I will try my best so that I will win at least one game.”The grandmaster had earlier predicted that he would beat the supercomputer by a “landslide”.The 33-year-old must win all three remaining matches to win the series that has a cash prize of $US 1 million.AlphaGos creators have described Go as the“Mt Everest” of AI, mentioning the complexity of the game, which requires a degree of creativity and intuition(直觉)to defeat an opponent(对手)The most famous AI victory came in 1997, when the IBM-developed supercomputer Deep Blue beat Garry Kasparov, the then-world class chess champion, in its second attempt.But a true mastery of Go, which has more possible move arrangements than there are atoms in the universe, had long been considered the unshared field of humans 一 until now.AlphaGo first rose to fame with a 5-0 defeating European champion Fan Hui last October, but it had been expected to struggle against 33-ycar-old Mr. Lee, who has topped the world rankings for most of the past decade.The computer uses two sets of “deep neutral networks” that allow it to calculate data in a more human-like fashion 一 dropping millions of potential moves that human players would know were senseless. It also employs algorithms(运算法则）that allow it to learn and improve from match play experience.28. In how many games has AlfaGo beaten Lee Se-dol up to now according to the news report?A. One.B. Two.C. Three.D.Five29.What result did Lee Se-dol expect himself of before the game series?A clear loss.B. complete failure.C.A lucky victory.D.A complete victory.30.How did Lee Se-dol feel about Afagosl performance?A. Surprised. B. Envious.C. Hopeless.D. Regretful31.Which of the following is the most important to the victory of AlfaGo?A. Match play experience.B. Complexity, creativity and intuition. C. Deep neutral networks and algorithms.D. Potential moves and human-like fashion. DThe “Pygmalion effect” is a theory teaching that people will act or behave in the way that others expect them to. The effect has both positive and negative outcomes 一 a person expected by his or her superiors(上司)to succeed will, but the opposite is also usually true.The effect has its origins in Greek mythology(神话).According to a popular myth. Pygmalion was a prince of Cyprus and a sculptor who created and fell in love with an ivory statue of a woman. He begged the goddess Venus to give life to his creation, and she did. Pygmalion married the resulting woman and they had a perfect life together. He had expected the statue to be perfect in every way, and she fulfilled his expectations when she was brought to life.English writer George Bernard Shaw expanded this idea in his popular play Pygmalion, which served as the inspiration for the perhaps better known My Fair Lady. In these dramas, a well-educated professor transforms a low-class woman into a lady fit for society mainly by believing in her and expecting the best of her.Many studies have been conducted on the Pygmalion effect in the classroom. Teachers who are given information that certain students are more likely to achieve than others often find that those students do, in fact, perform better 一 even if they are not objectively advantaged. Even teachers who try not to convey their beliefs or expectations for certain students often find that those expectations have influential power.Many psychologists think that teachers do actually convey their expectations to their students, even if neither they nor the children ever actually realize it. Body language is just as important as verbal communication when conveying both positive and negative expectations, as is tone of voice. The use of body language is most commonly a subconscious form of communication, but it can prove to be very powerful.The Pygmalion effect also has an important role in the working world. Managers and bosses can often influence the work and success of employees by expecting them to either rise or fall. The same as in school, these expectations never have to be conveyed clearly in order to take root32,What is a necessary factor in the Pygmalion effect?A.A polite behavior. B A code of conduct.C. successful superior. D.A passively-conveyed expectation.33.Which of the following is a possible Pygmalion on their occasions?A. Excellent students in education.B. Hard-working employees in business.C. The goddess Venus in Greek mythology.D. The educated professor in My Fair Lady.34.What is mainly discussed about Pygmalion effect in Paragraph 2 and Paragraph 3?A. Its origins in mythology and literature. B. its success in mythology and literature. C. Its popularity in mythology and literature. D. Its application in mythology and literature.35.What is the least powerful in conveying the expectations?A. Tone of voice. B . A strong belief.C. Body language. D. VerbaL communication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人空白处的最佳选项。选项中有两项为多余选项。 How to apply for a masters degree in the UK Studying for a masters degree in London brings many advantages. Most masters courses are one year in length, allowing you to enter the working world sooner. 36 To be qualified for a masters degree, you must first complete your bachelor studies. Each university has different entry requirements, so you should contact your preferred universities before submitting an application to ensure you meet all the academic and English language requirements.How do I apply for a masters degree? In order to apply for a masters degree, you usually need to apply directly to the university via the universitys own website. 37 .This means you complete all your details online and scan and upload any relevant documents such as a copy of your passport and degree certificates. You can apply to as many universities as you like and application are usually free. you will increase your chances of acceptance by sending an application which is specific to the course and university you are applying for.What do 1 need to include in my masters application? 39 The following items are common:A scan of your passport A completed masters application formA personal statement which is specific to the course you are applying forScans of your academic qualifications, with certified translations if they are not in EnglishReference letters or contact information for your refereesProof of English language abilityWhen do I apply for a masters degree? You should apply for your chosen masters degree as early as possible as it can take some time for the university to make a decision. Universities usually accept applications up to a year in advance of the course start date. You can apply for a course before you have completed your previous studies in which you would receive a conditional offer to study at the university, 40 A.You can find a guide to general entry requirements.B.What are the requirements to study a masters degree?C.Contact your chosen universities with any questions you have.D.All London universities have online application systems for masters courses.E.The online application system will tell you exactly what information is required F This means you will be accepted as long as you meet the conditions of your offer.G. However, remember that many universities receive more applications than they have places.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，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。 Once, when I was a kid I was waiting for my grandmother to arrive at New Orleans airport 41 the flight attendants sailed by pulling suitcases on wheels. Their smiles and casual conversation 42 my attention. I knew at that moment that I wanted to be part of their world.Actually, the signs that I was 43 to be a flight attendant were always there. My mother once asked me what item from nature I would be if I could. Without 44 、I replied “A cloud, because they are always moving and never stay the same:、And my favorite heroine一Wonder Woman 一 45 my future job