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辽宁省大连24中20112012学年度高二下学期期末考试英 语 试 题第I卷（三部分，共115分）第一部分：听力（共两节，满分30分）做题时，先将答案划在试卷上。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15分，满分75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。1What has the woman done?AShe has seen her doctorBShe has called her doctor inCShe has taken some medicine2How much did the man earn each week last year?A$400 B$800 C$ 1,6003Where is Mary probably now?AAt school BAt home CIn the street4What does Helen have to do?ARead three books m a monthBRead a book in a monthCRead three books in a week5What did the man intend to do at first?ATo visit an exhibitionBTo buy some books,CTo buy some art works第二节 （共15小题；每题15分，满分225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，每小题将给出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67题。6Who broke Franks camera?AAlice BFrank himself CJack7Where can Frank get Alices camera?AAt the BakersBAt Alices homeCAt Alices uncles home听第7段材料，回答第810题。8Who does the woman see?ABill Franks BAlbert Einstein, CTom Hanks9Where are the speakers probably now?AIn London BIn New York CIn Paris10What will the speakers do next?AAttend a party BVisit a friend CSay hello to an actor.听第8段材料，回答第1113题。11Who is Mike?ASusans son BBobs son CJohns son12Where is the driver of the small red car now?AIn his house BIn the police station CIn the hospital13What does Susan give Bob?AA calculator BThe key to her car CThe key to her desk听第9段材料，回答第1417题。14What do we know about Miss Yang?AShe wrote a letter to the companyBShe has worked for ten yearsCShe built a nursery15How long shall Miss Yang work every day?A2 hours B5 hours C10 hours16Why does Miss Yang want to work part-time?ABecause the job is badly paidBBecause she has to work for another companyCBecause she has to look after her mother?17When shall Miss Yang start her work?ATomorrowBThe day after tomorrow.CNext Monday听第10段材料，回答第1820题。18What is the first important thing to do on the first day in college?AFind out where the classrooms areBKnow about the professorsCArrive at the classroom on time19What is an advantage of Welcome Week to new students?AThey can receive a teaching planBThey can meet new friendsCThey can learn about a professors lecture style20How should a new student take notes during a class?AWith a laptopBWith a desktopCWith a pen and a notebook第二部分：英语知识运用（共两节, 满分45分）第一节：单项填空（共15小题，每小题1分，满分15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，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。21It is thought that _ Gothic architect we appeared in Europe during_ Middle AgesA/, the Bthe, the Ca, the Dthe, /22Some adults are so _ with the mahjong game that its affecting theirhealthAdevoted Baddicted Cabsorbed Dobsessed23What do you think of the performance?Its perfect _ such a yourng ageAat Bto Cfor Dof24They are coming into an area _ we have no access, so we have tooperate with the help of the local policeAwith which Bto which Cfor which Dto where25You have to focus on the terms of the agreement which were sometimes_ vagueAinstantly BbasicallyCcasually Ddeliberately26_ finish the task I gave you last month better than the others, I thinkADo only you BOnly can youCOnly do you DOnly you can27The Renaissance is, of course, _just Mona LisaAother than Bmore than Crather than Dless than28There _ be no doubt that he is guilty after the trialAcan Bmust Cshould Dwould29With the Olympic _, many Chinese plan to tour London to have a feastfor the eyesAto approach BapproachingCapproached Dbeing approaching30Can you help me to send this document to MrSmith?No problem, I _him tomorrowAam going to see Bwill haveseen Cwill be seeing Dam to see31How do you like the health club you go to?IEveryone is saying its management is going from bad to worse.Aought not to join Bshould have joinedCwould rather not have joinedDwould like to have joined32the ideas of the Renaissance developed, so did the demand for theGreekand Latin Classics AWith BThat CWhat DAs33Rickthechallenge and cycled the 250 mile route aloneAtook up Bended up Cheld up Dbroke up34She is a good manager and mother and tries to spend_little time she hadwith her sonAhow Bwhich Cwhat Dthat35Did you enjoy the party last night?_So I left earlyAWhy not? B, Not really CNever mind DOf course第二节 完型填空（共20小题；每小题15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，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上涂黑。Ofthe many interactions （互动） I had with my mother those many years ago,one stands out clearlyI remember the _36_ when mother sent me to the mainroad about twenty yards away from the home, to _37_ a passing group of seasonal work-seekers home for a mealShe 38 me to take a container alongand collect day cow dung （牛粪） for making a _39_ Iwas then to prepare the40_ for the group of work-seekersThe _41 of making an open fire outside at _42_, cooking in a largethree-legged pot in that intense heat, was sufficient to _43_ even an angelI didnot manage to hide my feelings from my _44_ and, after serving the group, shecalled me to the veranda （走廊）where she usually sat to _45_ to her sewing andknitting _46into my eyes, she said, Tsholo, why did you feel upset when I 47 you to prepare a meal for those poor people? _48_ my attempt to deny herallegation （断言） and _49_ the heat of the fire and the sun as an _50_ formy alleged behaviorMother, giving me a _51_ look, said, “A foot has nonose It means: you cannot detect what trouble may lie ahead of youIf I had _52_ this group of people a meal, it could have happened that, in my travels some time in the future, I found myself at the _53_ of those veryindividuals_54_ that was not enough to shame meMother continued, “Aperson is a person because of 55_, person36Agift Boccasion Ccontent Dsignal37Ainvite Btreat Cadvise Dremind38 Abothered Binstructed Cwarned Dassisted39AmapBpavement Ctemple Dfire40AgreetingBbed Ccanteen Dmeal41AthoughtB, sound Csight Dsmell42AmidnightBdusk Cmidday Ddawn43AupsetBdestroy Cruin Ddefeat44AguestsBmother Cfather Dtutors45AturnBdevote Cconnect Dattend46AChallengingBLooking CSeeking DAnalyzing47ApressedBrequested Cpermitted Deducated48AThroughBOver CDespite DAgainst49AthinkingBmaking Claying Dusing50AexitBambition Cexcuse Dapology51AfirmBpure Csorrowful Dsensitive52AreducedBdenied Ccollected Dsent53AmercyBand Cbottom Dheart54A, UnlessBAs ifCBefore DEven though55AnoneBother Cany Danother第三部分：阅读理解（共两节，满分40分）第一节：（共15小题，每题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。AIve heard me saying, The best gift parents can ever give to their children isto love each other Ive had the pleasure of witnessing the truth for over 40 yearsFrom as far back as I can remember, my mom and dad were a team, a greatpartnershipIt was as if they were one personSure, they argued, but no disagreements would remainMom and Dad begantheir married life poor, but they worked hard and built a very successful businessThe biggest lesson about love and marriage they taught us kids was how totalk about your spouse, Have you ever heard husbands and wives, when speakingto others, make unkind remarks about their spouses. Its one of those things people just seem to doSure, theyre only kidding, or maybe they are notBut youwould never hear such thing from my mom and dadDad always speaks of Momin the most complimentary, glowing termsAs does she of himI still remember when I was 12 years old and we were getting carpet installedin our homeDad went to talk -with the crew boss about the jobThe boss said,This is an expensive jobWomen will really spend your money, wont they? Dadresponded, Well, when they were right there with you before you had any money,its a pleasure to do anything for them you possibly canThis wasnt the answer the boss expected to hearHe was looking for negative jokes about wives which, to him, was naturalHe tried again, But theyll reallyplay off that and spend all they can, wont they? Dad replied, Hey, when theyrethe reason youre successful, you want them to do the things they enjoyTheres nogreater pleasureThe boss tried one more time, And theyll take that as far as they can, huh?Dad responded, Shes the best thing that ever happened to meId do anything tomake her happyFinally, the boss gave up probably shaking his head in bewilderment （困惑）Mom and Dad are now retired and enjoying their life togetherWheneverMom reminded me I should get married, Id say, Ma, I have plenty of time MyDad would then say, Hey, you take all the time you needIf you marry someonejust half the woman your mother is, youll have a great lifeI should only be so lucky56When Dad speaks highly of Mom, she _Aworks harder to support him Bbecomes very happy and prettyCmakes unkind remarks about it Dsings high praise for Dad57The underlined word spouse in the third paragraph means _Afriend Bpartner Cparent Dboss58What did the crew boss try to do?AHe intended to persuade my dad to agree with him about wivesBHe tried to stress that women spent too much moneyCHe wanted to tell everyone that wives are the best thing that ever happenedto husbandsDHe tried to do anything to make his wife happy59What is the best title for the passage?AMom and Dad BA Touching StoryCA Great Gift DA Romantic RelationshipBJIUQUAN, China Chinas Shenzhou-9 spacecraft blasted off （点火升空） at6:37 pmSaturday from a remote desert in western China, sending a crew of three,including the countrys first female astronaut, into spaceThe successful launch, powered by a Long March 2F rocket, was shown liveon state television Saturday from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in the GobiDesert in western ChinaThe Chinese astronauts will complete the countrys first manned spacedocking mission （载人太空对接任务）, an important step in Beijings ambitious planto build a permanent space station by 2020Possible future missions could includesending a man to the moon,The crew is expected to spend more than 10 days in space and dock with theTiangong-1 space lab module, which China launched in September 2011Two ofthem will live and work inside the module to test its life-support systems, while thethird will remain in the capsule to deal with any unexpected emergenciesChina first launched a man into space in 2003, followed by a two-man missionin 2005 and a three-man trip in 2008 that featured the countrys first spacewalkInNovember 2011, the unmanned Shenzhou-8 successfully docked twice withTiangong-1 by remote controlThe manned docking would be considered amilestone for Chinas space programChina is hoping to join the United States and Russia as the only countries tosend independently maintained space stations into orbit （轨道）It is already one ofjust three nations to have launched manned spacecraft on their ownThe program is a source of enormous national pride for China, reflecting itsrapid economic and technological progress and ambition to rankamong the worldsleading nations60From the passage, we can know that _AChina plans to build a permanent space station on the moon in the nearfutureBThe Shenzhou-9 will dock with Tiangong-1 for the third timeCThe success launch of Shenzhou-9 is a milestone for Chinas space programDPlenty of people had the opportunity to watch the live broadcast of thelaunch on TV61In space, the three astronauts will complete the following tasks, except Ahandling some emergencies Btesting the life-support systemCwalking in space Ddocking with a space lab module62What can be concluded, according to the passage?AMore and more maimed space stations will be sent into space from ChinaBThe docking of Shenzhou-9 will be more successful than that of Shenzhou-8CThere are only three countries which sent space stations into spaceDThe rapid development of Chinas economy and technology has contributeda lot to the success of Shenzhou-9 program63Whats the main idea of the passage?AChina sent its first woman into outer spaceBShenzhou-9 sent three astronauts, including a female, into spaceCChinas advanced space technology amazed the worldDThree Chinese astronauts began their space voyageCYoull need to use the right vocabulary to get a good mark in an English essayor examIn many cases, examiners also want to see some variety in the words thatyou use, which means youll need a relatively large active vocabularyHere are some ways that you can prepare before an exam or an essay1Read through your lecture notes, course books, and course reading （ardcles, etc）to highlight all the words that you willneedCheck in a dictionary to see how the word is usedDont miss out this step, asits important to understand the grammar of the word to use it correctlyFor example, if its a verb, check that you know if its followed by a gerund（动名词） or infinitive form; and if its an adjective, check to see whether it has a prepositionFor nouns, youll need to know whether its countable or uncountable,Other useful information to know about the word is the level of formalityCan youonly use it in formal or informal situations, or is the word neutral（中性的）?2Organize your vocabulary notesYou can do this by themes or subjects; with diagrams or color-coding, etcWhats important is that your notes make sense for youJust putting all the wordsin a list is unlikely to help you remember them betterIts often helpful to have a system that shows you which word is particularlycommon, and what some of the alternatives are3Start practicing the wordLook at the example sentence in your dictionary, and see if you can createanother model of the word in your own sentence in your essayClick here, if you want to know more64Which of the following is NOT true, according to the passage?ABefore you read the example sentence in the dictionary, you should makeyour own sentence In your compositionBIt is of great importance to know how to use a word correctlyCYou have to use a large variety of active words in your essay, if you mean toget a good markDIt is of great help to put down your vocabulary in an organized way65This passage is probably taken from a/an _Alocal newspaper BadvertisementClanguage learning website Dresearch report66This passage tells readers _Ahow to prepare words for exams and essaysBhow to getready for an examChow to use a dictionaryDhow to write a good essay in the examDMore than two million Americans above 65 years of age suffer fromdepressionAnd in the next 35 years, twice as many people will find themselves inthat age range including me, and probably you too! So, what activities canprevent depression as we get older?Researchers at UCLA turned to a gentle Westernized version oftai chi, the2,000-year-old Chinese martial art （武术）When a group of adults over 60 onantidepressant drug therapy （治疗） attended a weekly tai chi exercise class, standardrating scales showed greater improvement in their level of depression, along withimproved quality of life, better memory and cognition （认知）, and more overallenergy when compared to study participants taking the same medicine but going toa weekly health education classThis is the first study to prove the benefits of tai chi in the management oflate-life depression, and we were encouraged by the results, said Dr HelenLavretsky, a UCLA professorWe know that nearly two-thirds of elderly patientswho seek treatment for their depression fail to achieve relief with a prescribedmedication （处方药）In the study, 112 adults above 60 with major depression were treated with theprescription antidepressant medicine for approximately four weeksAmong thoseparticipants, 73 who showed only little improvement continued to receive the dailymedication but were also assigned to 10 weeks of either a tai chi class or a healtheducation class for two hours per weekBoth groups showed improvement in the severity （严重） of depression, saidLavretskyBut greater benefits were noted among those participating in tai chiThis study shows that adding a mind-body exercise like tai chi, which is widelyavailable in the community, can improve the outcomes of treating depression inolder adultsWith taichi, we may be able to treat other, coexisting medicalconditions without exposing them to additional medications67Which of the following statements is true, according to the passage?AThis