甘肃省临夏河州中学2011-2012学年高二下学期期末考试英语试题无答案.doc

河州中学2011-2012学年高二下学期期末考试英语试题出卷人： 审核人： 题号一二三四五六七八总分得分本试卷分为第卷和第卷两部分。（请将答案写到答题卡上否则以零分记）第卷一、语音知识（共5小题，每小题1分，共5分） 从A. B. C. D.四个选项中，找出其划线部分与所给单词的划线部分读音相同的选项。1stomach A . Christmas B. speech C. charge D. Church2breathe A. south B. tooth C. health D. mother3doubt A. climb B. book C. club D. trouble4. suggestion A. education B. information C. invitation D. question5. news A. support B. desert C. sugar D. research二、单项填空（共15小题，每小题1分，共15分）6As he reached _ front door, Jack saw _ strange thing. A. the; 不填 B. a; the C不填. ; a D. the; a7The village is far away from here. Its _ walk. A. a four hours B. a four hour C. a four hours D. a four-hours8_ student can have two days off at weekend. A. some B. any C. every D. all9. The new stadium being built for the next Asian Games will be _ the present. A. as three times big as B. three times as big as C. as big as three times D. as big three times as10. I havent seen _ Linda since I came here. A. as lovely a girl as B. so a lovely girl as B. girl as lovely as D. as a lovely girl as11. We will meet again _ four years. A. after B. since C. in D. when12. _ his carelessness, he lost his job. A. Since B. As a result C. Because of D. Because13. The room needs _ . A. to clean B. cleaning C. cleaned D. to cleaning14. I _ have come but for an unexpected visitor. A. must B. might C. could D. would15. _ I you, I _ the challenge. A. Were; would accept B. Were; would receive C. Had; would accept D. should; would receive16. -Wow! What a beautiful place! -Exactly! Its _ description. A. beyond B. over C. without D. in17. By this time of next year, all of you _ college students. A. will become B. will have become C. have become D. had become18. All the teachers live on _ floor. A. the second B. two C. second D. the two19. Lets do it together, _ ? A. shall we B. will we C. need we D. will we120. It was on October 1st _ new China was founded. A. which B. when C. as D. that三、完形填空（共20小题，每小题1.5分，共30分） 阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的A . B. C. D四个选项中，选出一个可以填入空白处的最佳选项。Do you know how many languages there are in the world? There are about 1, 500, but many of them are not considered very 21 .English is considered one of the most important languages because many people 22 it, not only in England and America, 23 in other countries of the world. About 200, 000, 000 speak it 24 their own language, and another 230, 000, 000 use it as 25 language. It is 26 to say how many people are learning it. 27 boys and girls in schools are trying to do so. Many 28 children study French. French is also a very important language. 29 children study German, Russian, Japanese and Chinese. Which is the best 30 to learn a language? We know that we all learnt 31 language well when we were 32 . If we learn a second language in the 33 way, it may not seem so difficult. What does a small child do? It 34 what people say, and it tries to guess what it hears. When it wants something, it has to 35 it. It is using the language, 36 and talking in it all of the time. If people use a second language 37 , they will learn it 38 . In school, you learn to read, to write, to hear and to 39 . It is best to learn all new words through the 40 . You can read them, spell them and speak them later.21. A. spoken B. happy C. important D. ideal(理想的)22. A. like B. use C. operate D. play23. A. but B. and C. too D. so24. A. like B. with C. for D. as25. A. distant B. a second C. the second D. a special26. A. easy B. again C. difficult D. best27. A. Millions of B. Hundreds of C. Tens of D. Thousands of28. A. Chinese B. Japanese C. English D. Asian29. A. Some B. Thousands C. All D. Much30. A. time B. way C. thing D. place31. A. a foreign B. our mothers C. others D. our own32. A. born B. children C. grown D. boys33. A. same B. different C. useful D. good34. A. talks B. wants C. cries D. follows35. A. ask B. want C. get D. ask for36. A. speaking B. writing C. thinking D. doing37. A. some time B. sometimes C. all the time D. for the time38. A. fluent B. confident C. freely D. easily39. A. fight B. sing C. speak D. play40. A. mouth B. hands C. ears D. eyes四、阅读理解（共15小题，每小题2分，共30分）阅读下列短文，从每题所给的A . B. C. D四个选项中，选出最佳选项。 Put sunscreen on before going out in the sun .Take it with you.Use it after a swimevery hour or so while playing outdoorsif you get sweaty.Cover up when the sun is overhead10 a.m.- 2 p.m.especially at lunch time. P.O.Box Spring Hill,QLD.4000Phone (07) 839 7077Provided for community awareness by the Queensland Cancer41. This passage is most likely to beA. an article from a student text bookB. a direction from a bottle of medicineC. an advertisement from a newspaperD. a suggestion from a chemist42. Which statement is true?A. The more you get sunshine, the better your health will be.B. Youll never have skin cancer with controlled exposure.C. You mustnt stay outside from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. D. You should frequently put on sunscreen while playing outdoors.43. According to the passage we can see that Queensland Cancer Fund wants to . A. sell sunscreen, shirt and hat B. encourage people to play in the sunC. help people guard against skin cancerD. make money out of sunscreen44. If you want a sunscreen , you should ask _for advice.A.the seller B.the advertiserC.your parents D.your doctorA Fathers day is a day set aside for honouring fathers in church services and in the home. Its celebrated in the U.S. in the third Sunday of June. This idea was begun by Mrs John Bruces Dodd, who in 1909 persuaded an organization in Washington to salute fathers with special church services. The idea was officially agreed to by President Woodrow Wilson in 1916. In 1924, President Calvin Coolidge suggested national celebration of the day to form closer relations between fathers and their children, and to impress upon fathers the full measure of their duties. The red or white rose is recognized as the official Fathers Day flower. 45. Fathers Day, at first, meant _. A. to respect all the fathers B. to win honour for fathers in church services C. to do honour to fathers at home D. to warn the fathers of their duties 46. Fathers Day was first celebrated by _. A. the French B. the British C. the German D. the American 47. The first president who agreed to Fathers Day was _. A. Woodrow Wilson B. Calvin Coolidge C. George Washington D. Abraham Lincoln 48. The president wanted Fathers Day to be a day on which _. A. people remembered their fathers B. the relations between fathers and their children became closer C. fathers must remember that they should be good fathers D. both B and C If you wish to become a better reader, here are four important points to remember about rate, or speed, of reading:1. Knowing why you are readingwhat you are reading to find outwill often help you to know whether to read rapidly or slowly.3. Some things should be read rapidly throughout. Examples are simple stories meant for enjoyment, news, letters from friends, items, or bits of news from local, or hometown, paper, telling what is happening to friends and neighbours.4. In some of your readings, you must change your speed from fast to slow to fast, as you go along. You need to read certain pages rapidly and then slow down and do more careful readings when you come to important ideas which must be remembered.49. According to the passage, your reading speed depends on _.A. whether the reading material is easy or difficultB. what you are readingC. what your purpose in reading something isD. both B and C50. If one wants to be relaxed by reading, one should take up _.A. a story bookB. a book on science and technologyC. news, letters from friendsD. some material full of information51. Which of the following readings should you read slowly and carefully?A. Fairy tales. B. News.C. Directions for use of a machineD. An evening paper.52. Which of the following can best express the main idea of the passage?A. How to decide your reading speed.B. How to raise your reading speed.C. How to improve your reading skills.D. How to choose your reading materials.George Banks was a clever journalist. He worked for a good newspaper, and he liked arguing very much. He argued with anybody, and about anything. Sometimes the people whom he argued with were as clever as he was, but often they were not.He did not mind arguing with stupid people at all: he knew that he could never persuade them to agree, because they could never really understand what he was saying, and the stupider they were, the surer they were that they were right; but he often found that stupid people said very amusing things.53. It seemed to George as if _.A. it was more interesting to argue with as clever people as he wasB. it was more interesting to argue with clever people than with stupid onesC. it was more interesting to argue with stupid people than with clever onesD. it was no good arguing with stupid people54. From the passage we can conclude that_.A. George did nothing but argue with othersB. George was a man full of sense of humourC. George always won the argumentsD. What George said was difficult to understand55. Why didnt George mind arguing with stupid people? Because _A. he wanted to win the argumentsB. he wanted to make the arguments more heatedC. stupid people could be easily fooledD. what stupid people said could often give him greater pleasure五、补全对话（共5小题，每小题2分，共10分）根据对话内容，从对话后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。选项中与两项为多余选项。W: Hi, Meimei. 56 ?M: Ill stay at home and watch TV.W: 57 ?M: Great. Here is the newspaper. 58 .W: Ok. Look, there is a talk on science at 8:00 on CCTV-10.M: Wonderful! I like science programs.W: 59 .M: There is still a little time left. Lets watch other programs first.W: 60 .A. I prefer TV plays. B. Lets find out whats on.C. So do I. D. Why not watch TV together?E. Neither do I. F. All right.G. What are you going to do tonight? 第卷六、单词拼写（共15分） A. 根据汉语释义完成下列句子（每小题1分，共5分）61. Animals are our friends, so _ (保护) them is our duty.62. Its a _ (传统)to eat dumplings on New years Eve for people in China.63. We must _ (遵守)the rules