上海市金山中学2015-2016学年高二上学期期末考试英语试卷.doc

金山中学2015学年度第一学期高二年级英语学科期末考试卷（考试时间：90分钟满分：100分命题人：马林审核人：杨晓丽） 2016.1(答案一律写在答题纸上)第I卷（共75分） .Listening Comprehension (20%) Section ADirections: In Section A, you will hear ten short conversations between two speakers. At the end of each conversation, a question will be asked about what was said. The conversations and the questions will be spoken only once. After you hear a conversation and the question about it, read the four possible answers on your paper, and decide which one is the best answer to the question you have heard. 1. A. He can use her dictionary. B. The dictionary is nowhere to be found.C. He is not allowed to use the dictionary. D. She wants to help the man. 2. A. $50. B. $28 C. $14 D. $153. A. To the dinning hall. B. To a shopping mall. C. To a restaurant. D. To a bookshop.4. A. By bus. B. By subway. C. By car. D. On foot.5. A. He is eager to go home. B. He enjoys the weather here. C. He doesnt agree with the woman. D. He doesnt miss his home. 6. A. She has got over the stomachache. B. Her condition is improving. C. She hasnt seen a doctor yet. D. She took the medicine by mistake. 7. A. In an elevator. B. On a bus. C. In a taxi. D. On a boat. 8. A. Sue didnt plan to come to the party. B. Sue was always changing her mind. C. Sue wasnt willing to attend parties. D. Sue enjoyed being alone. 9. A. He suffered from a high fever. B. He didnt want to leave his mother. C. He didnt like hiking with his mother. D. He got hurt when coming down.10. A. She doesnt like having parties. B. She is ready to do anything. C. She would rather do something else. D. She isnt willing to help others. Section BDirections: In Section B, you will hear one short passage, and you will be asked three questions on the passage. The passage will be read twice, but the questions will be spoken only once. When you hear a question, read the four possible answers on your paper and decide which one would be the best answer to the question you have heard.Questions 11 through 13 are based on the following passage.11. A. Write down every word. B. Learn everything by heart. C. Make an outline of important points. D. Keep every sentence in mind. 12. A. Keep eye contact with your audience. B. Keep yourself straight while standing. C. Pause after an important point. D. Refer to your notes quite often. 13. A. To emphasize ones points. B. To relieve your nervousness. C. To hold audiences interest. D. To make your speech vivid. Questions 14 through 16 are based on the following passage.14. A. How to improve listening ability.B. How to develop reading ability.C. How to write better English and read fast. D. How to improve spoken English. 15. A. Its better to have a dictionary at hand. B. Its better to choose a good radio set. C. Its better read the news in Chinese first. D. Its better not to look up words in a dictionary. 16. A. Listening is more important than reading and writing. B. Start the second book even if you dont understand the first. C. Dont try to run before you can walk. D. Special English is too difficult for English learners. Section CDirections: In Section C, you will hear one longer conversation. The conversation will be read twice. After you hear the conversation, you are required to fill in the numbered blanks with the information you have heard. Write your answers on your answer sheet. Questions 17 through 20 are based on the following conversation. Where to be installed What to be installed Beside each side of the bed._17_ small beside table lamps.The _18_ side of the bedroom.A large standing floor stamp.In the living room. One large standing floor lamp and one _19_ size table lamp.In the kids room. A star-shaped _20_ lamp.Complete the form. Write ONE WORD for each answer.II. Grammar and vocabulary（25%）Section A (16%)Directions: After reading the passages below, fill in the blanks to make the passages coherent and grammatically correct. For the blanks with a given word, fill in each blank with the proper form of the given word; for the other blanks,use one word that best fits each blank.(A)There was this wise teacher who took all his students for tea. They were surprised that all the cups on the table were different. They all took a cup and thought of _(21)_ (drink) their tea, each looking at the cups of others. The teacher let them do that for a while and then said: “Do you notice your behavior? You are all looking at each others tea cup and I _(22) _ see some of you who have the chipped (有残缺的) ones are even envious of the finer cups of others. Is this not so?” The students agreed, for they _(23)_ (amuse) by their own behavior. “I put them there on purpose, and you may probably wonder _(24) _ you all had different cups. You see, they are like life itself. Life is like that tea and the cups are like the physical circumstances of your life. You all got _(25) _ same thing in your cups tea. And yet you cannot truly enjoy _(26) _ in your being envious of anothers cup. Its quite similar to life. You forget to enjoy your own life just _(27)_ you concentrate on being envious of the circumstances of someone elses life. So now, close your eyes, and taste your own tea. Really taste it. And tell me did it matter _(28) _ which cup it came?”(B)When the door of happiness closes, another opens, but often times we look so long at the closed door that we dont see the one which has been opened for us.Maybe God wants us to meet a few wrong people _(29)_ meeting the right one so that when we finally meet the right person, we _(30) _ (know) how to be grateful for that gift.The best kind of friend is the kind you can sit on a porch and swing (荡秋千) with, never say a word, and then walk away feeling like it was the _(31)_ (good) conversation youve ever had.Its true that we dont know what weve got until we lose it, but its also true that we dont know _(32)_ weve been missing until it arrives.Giving someone all your love is never an assurance that theyll love you back! Dont expect love in return; just wait for it _(33) _ (grow) in their heart but if it doesnt, be content it grew in yours. It takes only a minute to get a crush (痴迷) on someone, an hour to like someone, and a day to love someone, _(34)_ it takes a lifetime to forget someone.Dont go for looks; they can cheat you. Dont go for wealth ; Even that disappears. Go for those people _ (35)_ make you smile because it takes only a smile to make a dark day seem bright. Find the very one _(36) _makes your heart smile.Section B（9%）Directions: Complete the following passage by using the words in the box. Each word can only be used once. Note that there is one word more than you need. A. positive B. contact C. stressing D. schedule E. potentially F. nervous G. time H. especially I. parents J. offerAs the beautiful holiday ends, a new semester comes. Most children have a difficult _37_ making the back-to-school transition. As with any new or _38_unsettling situation - like starting school for the first time or entering a new grade or new school - allow children time to adjust. Remind them that everyone feels a little _39_ about the first day of school. Emphasize the _40_ things about going back to school, such as hanging out with old friends, meeting new classmates, buying cool school supplies and getting involved in sports and other activities. It is also important to talk to children about what worries them and _41_ comfort: are they afraid they wont make new friends or get along well with their teachers? Is the thought of schoolwork _42_ them? Are they worried about the bully from last year? Consider adjusting your own _43_ to make the transition smoother. If possible, it is especially beneficial for parents to be home at the end of the school day for the first week. But many working parents just dont have the free time. Try to arrange your evenings instead so that you can give your children as much time as they need_44_ during those first few days. If your child is starting a new school, _45_the school the first day to arrange a visit. And ask if your child can be paired up with another student, and if you can be connected with other new parents. This will help both of you with the adjustment to new people and surroundings. III. Reading Comprehension Section A （10%）Directions: For each blank in the following passage there are four words or phrases marked A, B, C and D. Fill in each blank with the word or phrase that best fits the context.When it comes to eating smart for your heart, stop thinking about short-term solutions. Just live a _46_ life in a straightforward way that will serve you well for years to come. Smart eating is more than having a second thought about every bite of food you lift to your _47_ “In the past we used to believe that certain amounts of individual nutrients（营养）were the key to_48_ health,” Professor Linda Van Horn, chair of the American Heart Associations Nutrition Committee. “But now we have a different understanding of healthy eating and the kinds of food necessary to _49_ not only heart attack but also common diseases,” she adds. Scientists now focus on the bigger picture of the_50 _ diet eaten over several days or a week rather than on the low count of this or that eaten at each meal. Fruits, vegetables and whole grains, for example, provide nutrients and plant-based mixture _51_to good health. “The more we learn, the healthier we are by the good things they _52_,” Van Horn continues, “and how they work together with each other to keep us healthy.” Youll automatically be on the right heart-healthy road if vegetables, fruits and whole grains make up three quarters of the food on your _53_ plate. Fill in the remaining one quarter with lean meat or chicken, fish or eggs. The foods you choose to eat as well as those you choose to _54_clearly contribute to your health. Without a doubt, each of the small decisions you make in this can _55_ your health in the years to come. 46. A. lazy B. kindC. crazyD. simple47. A. nose B. headC. mouth D. eyes48. A good B. awful C. normalD. present49. A. cure B. preventC. damageD. grow50. A. daily B. balancedC. vegetarianD. protein51. A. similar B. adequateC. seniorD. necessary 52. A. attract B. containC. produceD. lack53. A. metal B. steakC. dinnerD. soup54. A. preserve B. overuseC. tasteD. avoid55. A. abandon B. beatC. influenceD. signalSection B（14%）Directions: Read the following two passages. Each passage is followed by several questions or unfinished statements. For each of them there are four choices marked A, B, C and D. Choose the one that fits best according to the information given in the passage you have just read. (A)Even before my father left us, my mother had to go back to work to support our family. Once I came out of the kitchen, complaining, “Mom, I cant peel potatoes. I have only one hand.”Mom never looked up from sewing. “You get yourself into that kitchen and peel those potatoes,” she told me. “And dont ever use that as an excuse for anything again!”In the second grade, our teacher lined up my class on the playground and had each of us race across the monkey bars, swinging from one high steel rod to the next. When it was my turn, I shook my head. Some kids behind me laughed, and I went home crying.That night I told Mom about it. She hugged me, and I saw her “well see about that” look. The next afternoon, she took me back to school. At the deserted playground, Mom looked carefully at the bars.“Now, pull up with your right arm,” she advised. She stood by as I struggled to lift myself with my right hand until I could hold the bar with my other elbow （肘）. Day after day we practiced, and she praised me for every rung （横档）I reached. Ill never forget the next time, crossing the rungs, I looked down at the kids who were standing with their mouths open.One night, after a dance at my new junior high, I lay in bed sobbing. I could hear Mom come into my room. “Mom,” I said, weeping, “none of the boys would dance with me.”For a long time, I didnt hear anything. Then she said, “Oh, honey, someday youll be beating those boys off with a bat.” Her voice was faint. I peeked out from my covers to see tears running down her cheeks. Then I knew how much she suffered on my behalf. She had never let me see her tears.56. Which can be used to describe Moms attitude when she made the child peel potatoes?A. Cruel. B. Favorable. C. Strict. D. Sympathetic.57. From the passage, we know monkey bars can help a child train _.A. the strength and skill to hang and swayB. the speed of ones hand movementC. the skill to throw and catch thingsD. the bodily skill to rotate round a bar58. What does the sentence “I saw her well see about that look” imply?A. Mom believed every aim could be achieved if you stuck to it.B. The race across monkey bars was not difficult enough for a child to give up.C. Mom was determined to prove she herself was better than the teacher.D. What the child had said brought Mom great attraction and curiosity.59. When the author looked down at the kids, they were standing with their mouths open because_.A. they felt sorry for what they had done beforeB. they were afraid the author might fall off and get hurtC. they wanted to see what the author would do on the barsD. they were astonished to find the authors progress(B)Most people agree that honesty is a good thing. But does Mother Nature agree? Animals cant talk, but can they lie in other ways? Can they lie with their bodies and behavior? Animal experts may not call it lying, but they do agree that many animals, from birds to chimpanzees, behave dishonestly to fool other animals. Why? Dishonesty often helps them survive.Many kinds of birds are very successful at fooling other animals. For example, a bird called the plover sometimes pretends to be hurt in order to protect its young. When a predator（猎食动物）gets close to its nest, the plover leads the predator away from the nest. How? It pretends to have a broken wing. The predator follows the hurt adult, leaving the baby birds safe in the nest. Another kind of bird, the scrub jay, buries its food so it always has something to eat. Scrub jays are also thieves. They watch where others bury their food and steal it. But clever scrub jays seem to know when a thief is watching them. So they go back later, unbury the food, and bury it again somewhere else.Birds called cuckoos have found a way to have babies without doing much work. How? They dont make nests. Instead, they get into other birds nests secretly. Then they lay their eggs and fly away. When the baby birds come out, their adoptive parents feed them. Chimpanzees, or chimps, can also be sneaky. After a fight, the losing chimp will give its hand to the other. When the winning chimp puts out its hand, too, the chimps are friendly again. But an animal expert once saw a losing chimp take the winners hand and start fighting again. Chimps are sneaky in other ways, too. When chimps find food that they love, such as bananas, it is natural for them to cry out. Then other chimps come running. But some clever chimps learn to cry very softly when they find food. That way, other chimps dont hear them, and they dont need to share their food.As children, many of us learn the saying You cant fool Mother Nature. But maybe you cant trust her, either.60. A plover protects its young from a predator by_.A. getting closer to its young B. driving away the adult predatorC. leaving its young in another nest D. pretending to be injured61. Which of the following is true according to the passage?A. Some chimps lower their cry to keep food away from others.B. The losing chimp won the fight by taking the winners hand.C. Cuckoos fool their adoptive parents by making no nests.D. Some clever scrub jays often steal their food back.62. Which of the following might be the best title of the passage?A. Do animals lie? B. Does Mother Nature fool animals?C. How do animals learn to lie? D. How does honesty help animals survive?Section C (6%)Directions: Read the passage carefully. Then answer the questions or complete the statements in the fewest possible words. Most of the people experience the natural feeling of jealousy at some point in their lives when it comes to romance. Some people feel it more strongly than others and some even suffer from the feeling to the extent that jealousy starts consuming them. In some cases the feeling is justified and in others it is not. Frankly speaking, jealousy is a poisonous emotion, both for the person experiencing it and for their partner. For the most part, jealousy is a byproduct of ones own problems with self-confidence and self-esteem. It is also about a deep fear of the unknown and of change, fear of be