2012学年高二上学期期末复习考试英语试题.doc

2012年高二上学期实验班期末复习试题 制卷人 周小明 2012-12-30罗田一中2012学年高二上学期期末复习英语试题（一）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 does the woman mean?A. She is too busy to get the opener.B. She doesnt know where the opener is.C. She wants to man to help her dress the baby.2. Why doesnt the woman send Jim to Grammar School?A. She cant afford the fee. B. Jim doesnt like it. C. Its too far away.3. How does the man suggest the woman go to the zoo?A. By bus. B. By subway. C. By streetcar.4. Where is the woman probably from?A. Peru. B. Britain. C. Mexico.5. What is the woman?A. An actress. B. A director. C. A writer.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段材料，回答第6 - 7题。6. What is the woman interested in?A. Watches. B. Tie-clips. C. Wallets.7. What does the woman think is more important?A. Quality. B. Style. C. Fashion.听第7段材料，回答第8 - 10题。8. When did the man play basketball best?A. In elementary school. B. In high school. C. In college.9. How does the man follow the NBA game now?A. On the Internet. B. On the radio. C. On TV10. What do we know about the man?A. He used to play forward. B. He seldom plays basketball now.C. He started playing basketball at the age of 11.听第8段对话，回答第11 -13题。11. What is Kim always complaining about?A. Her work. B. Her boyfriend. C. Her roommate.12. What does the man think of Kim?A. Mean. B. Talkative. C. Popular.13. Why does the woman say its worth listening to Kims problems?A. She can get some benefits from Kim. B. Kim often takes her to concert. C. Kim often buys her things . 听第9段材料，回答第14 - 16题。14. What does the man suggest doing? A. Leaving work early. B. Watching a late show.C. Having dinner before the movie.15. What will the speakers watch? A. A thriller. B. A comedy. C. A science fiction.16. When does the movie the speakers want to watch start? A. At 6:00. B. At 6:30. C. At 7:00.听第10段材料，回答第17 - 20题17. Which road trip does the speaker mainly talk about? A. The one to Mexico. B. The one to California. C. The one to Ciudad Warez.18. Where is the speaker from? A. Colorado. B. Wyoming. C. New Mexico.19. How long did the trip take all together? A. 13 hours. B. 15 hours. C. 30 hours.20. What was the rule on the speakers road trips? A. Having good meals. B. Staying in comfortable hotels. C. Stopping to swim in waters.第二部分：词汇知识运用（共两节，满分30分）第一节 多项选择（共10小题；每小题1分，满分10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.At the end of each year, the HR department _ each members performance in the past year. If it is not good, the employee perhaps will be fired. A.praisesB.evaluatesC.puzzlesD.suggests22.According to the _ passed by the court, half of his possessions shall belong to his wife. A.banB.consequenceC.judgmentD.punishment23.Do you have those moments when you go out somewhere but are so bored that you _ need something to do? A.faithfullyB.illegally C.desperatelyD.constantly24.The course book is a little too difficult, but we can _ it to suit the needs of the students. A.adoptB.adaptC.operateD.abolish25.China has decided to spend 600 million yuan building 190 special schools to make education _ to more disabled children. A.similarB.concreteC.accessibleD.ambitious26.In a few big cities some companies are adopting _ working hours so that their staff will not be caught in a traffic jam in the rush hour. A.steadyB.permanentC.automaticD.flexible 27.The housing prices in big cities have not gone down sharply with the new housing policy, so people just feel that the houses are _ cheap now. A.relativelyB.absolutelyC.obviouslyD.eventually28.I have _ Newsweek, which is one of my favorite magazines, for many years. A.glanced through B.met with C.put up with D.subscribed to 29.The Sino-U.S. relations, although they have experienced twists and turns（曲折）in the past, _ have moved forward. A.in returnB.in other wordsC.on the wholeD.on the other hand 30.Though these dresses are low in quality, they may _ women who dont want to spend much on clothes. A.refer to B.devote to C.apply to D.appeal to 第二节：完形填空（20小题，每小题1分，共20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。Recently, I experienced a wonderful lesson in how little things still mean a lot. My home is on the Big Island of Hawaii. About a month ago, when I 31 my car and was about to drive off, I 32 at the roadside. A piece of paper 33 my eye. I picked it up and read it 34 . Instantly, I was grateful that I had done that. The form turned out to be a receipt from the State Motor Vehicle Division, documenting the owners 35 of their Vehicles Registration fees. Quickly, I put myself in their shoes and 36 : no one would throw this away, especially 37 it was current. I also looked over the form for contact or any personal 38 , perhaps a license tag or telephone number. But that seemed 39 .The form had been blown by the wind, so 40 would I find the owners? Had it been lying there for a few minutes or a week? So I checked the date and 41 the names of the owners, who must 42 in our town, I believed that the best and easiest step to take was to put the form in a(n) 43 addressed to the couple and mail it by post. Further, I imagined that if I had posted the receipt to a wrong 44 ,how frantic（慌乱的）Id be. But it was much 45 to attempt to return it than to leave them angry, upest, etc. over the 46 , so I did as I thought.My hunch（预感）was right. On the weekend, a happy couple 47 my house and brought me a big gift. They said they had panicked（恐慌）and 48 the receipt madly everywhere before giving up. Without it they would have to 49 another $8,000. It felt great to know Id helped someone avoid a major trouble by doing 50 which at first glance seemed minor.31.A.foundB.startedC.boughtD.parked32.A.lay downB.flew downC.glanced downD.jumped down33.A.caughtB.blocked C.keptD.covered34.A.suddenlyB.gladlyC.formallyD.carefully35.A.applicationB.paymentC.permissionD.achievement36.A.decidedB.plannedC.calculatedD.thought37.A.ifB.becauseC.whenD.though38.A.opinionsB.newsC.dataD.matters39.A.possibleB.importantC.usefulD.unlikely40.A.whyB.howC.whatD.which41.A.notedB.recalledC.calledD.changed42.A.waitB.liveC.stopD.study43.A.bagB.pocketC.envelopeD.dustbin44.A.placeB.countryC.wayD.station45.A.sadderB.betterC.worseD.faster46.A.luckB.painC.mistake D.loss47.A.called atB.toured aroundC.ran towardsD.returned to 48.A.took awayB.searched forC.looked atD.asked about49.A.earnB.saveC.borrowD.spend50.A.anythingB.nothingC.somethingD.everything第三部分：阅读理解（共20小题，每题2分，满分40分）AMore and more governments all over the world are increasingly having swimming incorporated（包含）into their national school courses. This trend is formed by many factors.One factor is the understanding that swimming is an important life skill, much like writing or cooking. A person without swimming skills risks losing his life in a situation where the ship he is traveling in happens to sink and he has to swim to the shore. Of course, not everyone chooses to travel in vessels（船只）.But sometimes travel in vessels is inevitable, such as in a city where the only way to cross from one part to another is by boat. There is also the risk of a bus falling off a bridge into a river, where the only way to save ones life is by swimming.Another factor in the decision to incorporate swimming skills into school courses is that swimming is a good way of exercising. Now many countries in the developed world are struggling with the problem of people being overweight, and any activity that can help in fighting this problem should be encouraged.The third factor is that swimming is a great activity because once a person gets a feel of it, they tend to get hooked on to it. So it is not a “painful”form of exercise, but something one does for fun, while at the same time keeping fit.The decision to incorporate swimming into school courses is also influenced by the understanding that activities like swimming are best learned when a person is young , and that between 8 and 12 years is a good time to learn it. Of course, it is even better for a child to learn swimming at an earlier age, though swimming is not encouraged for children under the age of 4.51.According to the author , more and more governments_. A.are encouraging teachers to swim with their childrenB.are requiring students to swim after schoolC.are encouraging schools to attach more importance to swimmingD.are planning to test their students on swimming52.The underlined word “inevitable”in Paragraph 2 probably means “_”. A.not being solvedB.dangerous or worryingC.interesting or meaningfulD.sure to happen53.How many factors that influenced the decision to make swimming a school course are mentioned in the passage? A.Two.B.Three.C.Four.D.Five.54.What is the best age for a child to learn swim according to the passage? A.At the age of 3. B.Between 4 and 8.C.Between 8 and 12. D.After the age of 14. BIn the United States, when one becomes rich, he wants people to know it. And even if he does not become very rich, he wants people to think that he is. That is what “keeping up with the Joneses” is about. It is the story of someone who tried to look as rich as his neighbours. The expression was first used in 1913 by a young American called Arthur Momand. He told this story about himself. He began earning $125 a week at the age of 23. That was a lot of money in those days. He got married and moved with his wife to a very wealthy neighbourhood outside New York City. When he saw that rich people rode horses, Momand went horseback riding every day. When he saw that rich people had servants, Momand and his wife also hired a servant and gave big parties for their new neighbours.It was like a race, but one could never finish his race because one was always trying to keep up. The race ended for Momand and his wife when they could no longer pay for their new way if life. They moved back to an apartment in New York City.Momand looked around him and noticed that many people do things just to keep up with rich lifestyle of their neighbors. He saw the funny side of it and started to write a series of short stories. He called it “Keeping up with the Joneses” because “Jones” is a very common name in the United States. “Keeping up with the Joneses” came to mean keeping up with rich lifestyle of the people around you. Momands series appeared in different newspapers across the country for over 28 years.People never seem to get tired of keeping up with the Joneses. And there are “Joneses” in every city of the world. But one must get tired of trying to keep up with the Joneses because no matter what one does, Mr Jones always seems to be ahead.55.Some people want to keep up with the Joneses because they _. A.want to be as rich as their neighborsB.want others to know or to think that they are richC.dont want others to know they are richD.want to be happy56.It can be inferred from the story that rich people like to _. A.live outside New York CityB.live in New York city C.live in apartmentsD.have many neighbors57.Arthur Momand used the name “Jones” in his series of short stories because “Jones” is _. A.an important name B.a popular name in the United StatesC.his neighbours name D.not a good name58.According to the writer, it is _ to keep up with the Joneses. A.correctB.interestingC.impossibleD.goodCReal Christmas trees on farms would not exist if people stopped buying them. Just one acre of growing Christmas trees produces the daily oxygen requirements for at least eighteen people.Christmas tree farms protect water supplies, stabilize soil, and help protect wildlife. The forests of North America spread over roughly the same area of land as they did a century ago and in the past ten years have in fact expanded by almost ten million acres. Furthermore, to guarantee a steady supply, one to three new seedlings are planted for every tree they harvest.With global warming being such a major concern, developing woodlands is an essential part of the fight. While potted trees are a better alternative than artificial, they require a certain amount of care. Bur it would be a better choice than a plastic tree which will remain under the ground for centuries once its discarded.On average, it takes a Christmas tree five to sixteen years to become mature. Before the Christmas tree industry appeared, people used to cut trees from forests, sometimes unlawfully, and usually with no concern for the possible harm to the forest. But today, Christmas tree growers plant as many as fifty million trees per year.Several districts have recycling programs that turn Christmas trees into mulch（覆盖物）.For a small fee, the Boy Scouts will deal with it. Fake Christmas trees cant be recycled, while real Christmas trees support life. We shouldnt add more pollution to our earth.If you know a needy family in need of a Christmas tree, buy them a real one. Give a live Christmas tree to someone this Christmas and what you do will help protect the environment.59.The underlined word “discarded”(in Paragraph3) can be replaced by _. A.plantedB.movedC.transportedD.deserted60.According to the passage, real Christmas trees _. A.cant be recycledB.need much careC.will stay under the groundD.make the global warming worse61.We may infer from the passage that the Boy Scouts will _. A.buy artificial Christmas treesB.sell real Christmas treesC.make artificial Christmas treesD.recycle real Christmas trees62.The purpose of the passage is to call on people to _. A.plant real Christmas treesB.stop cutting down Christmas treesC.stop buying fake Christmas treesD.deal with plastic Christmas trees DEmily Elizabeth Dickinson was born on December 10,1830 in the quiet community of Amherst, Massachusetts, the second daughter of Edward and Emily Norcross Dickinson. Emily, Austin (her elder brother) and her younger sister Lavinia were raised in a quiet, reserved family headed by their authoritative father Edward. Throughout Emilys life, her mother was not “emotionally accessible”, the absence of which might have caused some of Emilys strange behaviors. The Dickinson family was famous in Amherst. Unlike her father, Emily did not enjoy the popularity and excitement of public life in Amherst, and she began to withdraw. Emily did not fit in with her fathers religion in Amherst, and her father began to monitor the books she read because of their potential to draw her away from the faith.Emily had a good education and attended the Amherst Academy. Although Emily never married, she had several important relationships with a select few. In her early twenties, Emily began to write poetry seriously. Fortunately, Emily met two very influential men that would be sources of inspiration and guidance: Charles Wadsworth and Thomas Wentworth Higginson. Charles Wadsworth, aged 41, had a powerful effect on Emilys life and her poetry. On her trip to Philadelphia, Emily met Wadsworth, who was to become her “dearest earthly friend”. Wadsworth, like Dickinson, was a solitary（喜欢独处的）,romantic person that Emily could trust in when writing her poetry. Most importantly, it is widely believed that Emily had a great love for Wadsworth even though he was married. On April 15,1862 she met Thomas Wentworth Higginson, a famous literary man and sent four poems to ask for his advice about publication. Although Higginson advised Dickinson against publishing her poetry, he did see the creative talent in her poetry. As a result, only seven of her poems were published in her lifetime. On May 15,1886 Emily took her last breath at 56, leaving behind nearly 2,000 poems. 63.According to Paragraph 1 , Emily Dickinson_. A.had at least three sistersB.was the second child in the familyC.was born in a rich familyD.had an authoritative mother64.Who might be responsible for Emilys strange behaviors according to the passage? A.Edward Dickinson. B.Emily Norcross Dickinson.C.Austin Dickinson. D.Lavinia Dickinson65.Why did Emily probably regard Wadsworth as her best friend? A.Because Wadsworth guided Emily how to write poems.B.Because Wadsworth was more influential than Higginson.C.Because Wadsworth was the first poet Emily met on her trip.D.Because Emily and Wadsworth had much in common.66.It can be inferred from the passage that _. A.Emily died from anger by not publishing her poemsB.the rest of Emilys poems were of little valueC.most of Emilys poems werent widely circulated before her death D.Higginson was jealous of Emilys creative talentERobots that can make their own decisions have so far been limited to science fiction movies, but a child-sized figure with big eyes and a white face is trying hard to turn fiction into reality. Its name is iCub and scientists are hoping it will learn how to adapt its behavior to changing situations, offering new ideas into the developmen