辽宁省大连24中2011-2012学年高二英语下学期期末考试外研版

1、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

2、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 d

3、o 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 Frank's camera?AAlice BFrank himself CJack7Where can F

4、rank get Alice's camera?AAt the Baker'sBAt Alice's homeCAt Alice's uncle's home听第7段材料，回答第810题。8Who does the woman see?ABill Franks BAlbert Einstein, CTom Hanks1 / 209Where are the speakers probably now?AIn London BIn New York CIn Paris10What will the speakers do next?AAttend a pa

5、rty BVisit a friend CSay hello to an actor.听第8段材料，回答第1113题。11Who is Mike?ASusan's son BBob's son CJohn's 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 des

6、k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 wor

7、k 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

8、 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 professor's lecture style20How should a new student take notes during a class?AWith a laptopBWith a desktopCWith a pen an

9、d 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 it's affecting their healthAd

10、evoted Baddicted Cabsorbed Dobsessed23What do you think of the performance?It's perfect _ such a yourng ageAat Bto Cfor Dof24They are coming into an area _ we have no access, so we have to operate with the help of the local policeAwith which Bto which Cfor which Dto where25You have to focus on t

11、he 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 Crathe

12、r 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 feast for the eyesAto approach BapproachingCapproached Dbeing approaching30Can you help me to send this document to MrSmith?No problem, I

13、_him tomorrowAam going to see Bwill haveseen Cwill be seeing Dam to see31How do you like the health club you go to?I Everyone is saying its management is going from bad to worse.Aought not to join Bshould have joinedCwould rather not have joinedDwould like to have joined32 the ideas of the Renaissan

14、ce developed, so did the demand for the Greek and Latin Classics AWith BThat CWhat DAs33Rick the challenge 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 had with her sonAhow Bwhich Cwhat Dthat35Did you en

15、joy 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。Of the 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

16、the main road 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 along and collect day cow dung （牛粪） for making a _39_ I was then to prepare the 40_ for the group of work-seekersThe _41 of making an open fire outside a

17、t _42_, cooking in a large three-legged pot in that intense heat, was sufficient to _43_ even an angelI did not manage to hide my feelings from my _44_ and, after serving the group, she called me to the veranda （走廊）where she usually sat to _45_ to her sewing and knitting _46 into my eyes, she said,

18、"Tsholo, why did you feel upset when I 47 you to prepare a meal for those poor people?" _48_ my attempt to deny her allegation （断言） and _49_ the heat of the fire and the sun as an _50_ for my alleged behaviorMother, giving me a _51_ look, said, “A foot has no nose It means: you cannot dete

19、ct 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 very individuals_54_ that was not enough to shame meMother continued, “A person is a person because of 55_, person&qu

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21、nBdevote Cconnect Dattend46AChallengingBLooking CSeeking DAnalyzing47ApressedBrequested Cpermitted Deducated48AThroughBOver CDespite DAgainst49AthinkingBmaking Claying Dusing50AexitBambition Cexcuse Dapology51AfirmBpure Csorrowful Dsensitive52AreducedBdenied Ccollected Dsent53AmercyBand Cbottom Dhea

22、rt54A, UnlessBAs if CBefore 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。AI've heard me saying, "The best gift parents can ever give to their children is to love each other" I've had the pleasure of

23、witnessing the truth for over 40 years From as far back as I can remember, my mom and dad were a team, a great partnershipIt was as if they were one personSure, they argued, but no disagreements would remainMom and Dad began their married life poor, but they worked hard and built a very successful b

24、usinessThe biggest lesson about love and marriage they taught us kids was how to talk about your spouse, Have you ever heard husbands and wives, when speaking to others, make unkind remarks about their spouses. Its one of those things people just seem to doSure, they're "only kidding",

25、 or maybe they are notBut you would never hear such thing from my mom and dadDad always speaks of Mom in the most complimentary, glowing termsAs does she of himI still remember when I was 12 years old and we were getting carpet installed in our homeDad went to talk -with the crew boss about the jobT

26、he boss said, "This is an expensive jobWomen will really spend your money, won't they?" Dad responded, "Well, when they were right there with you before you had any money, it's a pleasure to do anything for them you possibly can"This wasn't the answer the boss expecte

27、d to hearHe was looking for negative jokes about wives which, to him, was naturalHe tried again, "But they'll really play off that and spend all they can, won't they?" Dad replied, "Hey, when they're the reason you're successful, you want them to do the things they enj

28、oyThere's no greater pleasure"The boss tried one more time, "And they'll take that as far as they can, huh?" Dad responded, "She's the best thing that ever happened to meI'd do anything to make her happy"Finally, the boss gave up probably shaking his head in

29、bewilderment （困惑）Mom and Dad are now retired and enjoying their life togetherWhenever Mom reminded me I should get married, I'd say, "Ma, I have plenty of time" My Dad would then say, "Hey, you take all the time you needIf you marry someone just half the woman your mother is, you&

30、#39;ll have a great life"I 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

31、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 happened to husbandsDHe tried to do anything to make his wife h

32、appy59What is the best title for the passage?AMom and Dad BA Touching StoryCA Great Gift DA Romantic RelationshipBJIUQUAN, China China's Shenzhou-9 spacecraft blasted off （点火升空） at 6:37 pmSaturday from a remote desert in western China, sending a crew of three, including the country's first f

33、emale astronaut, into spaceThe successful launch, powered by a Long March 2F rocket, was shown live on state television Saturday from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in the Gobi Desert in western ChinaThe Chinese astronauts will complete the country's first manned space docking mission （载人太空

34、对接任务）, an important step in Beijing's ambitious plan to build a permanent space station by 2020Possible future missions could include sending a man to the moon,The crew is expected to spend more than 10 days in space and dock with the Tiangong-1 space lab module, which China launched in Septembe

35、r 2011Two of them will live and work inside the module to test its life-support systems, while the third will remain in the capsule to deal with any unexpected emergenciesChina first launched a man into space in 2003, followed by a two-man mission in 2005 and a three-man trip in 2008 that featured t

36、he country's first spacewalkIn November 2011, the unmanned Shenzhou-8 successfully docked twice with Tiangong-1 by remote controlThe manned docking would be considered a milestone for China's space programChina is hoping to join the United States and Russia as the only countries to send inde

37、pendently maintained space stations into orbit （轨道）It is already one of just three nations to have launched manned spacecraft on their ownThe program is a source of enormous national pride for China, reflecting its rapid economic and technological progress and ambition to rank among the world's

38、leading nations60From the passage, we can know that _AChina plans to build a permanent space station on the moon in the near futureBThe Shenzhou-9 will dock with Tiangong-1 for the third timeCThe success launch of Shenzhou-9 is a milestone for China's space programDPlenty of people had the oppor

39、tunity to watch the live broadcast of the launch 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 mo

40、re 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 China's economy and technology has contributed a lot to the success o

41、f Shenzhou-9 program63What's the main idea of the passage?AChina sent its first woman into outer spaceBShenzhou-9 sent three astronauts, including a female, into spaceCChina's advanced space technology amazed the worldDThree Chinese astronauts began their space voyageCYou'll need to use

42、the right vocabulary to get a good mark in an English essay or examIn many cases, examiners also want to see some variety in the words that you use, which means you'll need a relatively large "active" vocabularyHere are some ways that you can prepare before an exam or an essay 1Read th

43、rough 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 usedDon't miss out this step, as it's important to understand the grammar of the word to use it correctlyFor example, if it's

44、 a verb, check that you know if it's followed by a gerund（动名词） or infinitive form; and if it's an adjective, check to see whether it has a prepositionFor nouns, you'll need to know whether its countable or uncountable, Other useful information to know about the word is the level of forma

45、lityCan you only 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, etc What's important is that your notes make sense for youJust putting all the words in a list is unlikely to

46、 help you remember them betterIt's often helpful to have a system that shows you which word is particularly common, and what some of the alternatives are3Start practicing the wordLook at the example sentence in your dictionary, and see if you can create another model of the word in your own sent

47、ence 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 make your own sentence In your compositionBIt is of great importance to know how to use a word correctlyCYou have t

48、o use a large variety of active words in your essay, if you mean to get 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 _A

49、how 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 from depressionAnd in the next 35 years, twice as many people will find themselves in that age range includ

50、ing me, and probably you too! So, what activities can prevent depression as we get older?Researchers at UCLA turned to a gentle "Westernized" version of tai chi, the 2,000-year-old Chinese martial art （武术）When a group of adults over 60 on antidepressant drug therapy （治疗） attended a weekly

51、tai chi exercise class, standard rating scales showed greater improvement in their level of depression, along with improved quality of life, better memory and cognition （认知）, and more overall energy when compared to study participants taking the same medicine but going to a weekly health education c

52、lass"This is the first study to prove the benefits of tai chi in the management of late-life depression, and we were encouraged by the results," said Dr Helen Lavretsky, a UCLA professor"We know that nearly two-thirds of elderly patients who seek treatment for their depression fail to

53、 achieve relief with a prescribed medication （处方药）"In the study, 112 adults above 60 with major depression were treated with the prescription antidepressant medicine for approximately four weeksAmong those participants, 73 who showed only little improvement continued to receive the daily medica

54、tion but were also assigned to 10 weeks of either a tai chi class or a health education class for two hours per week"Both groups showed improvement in the severity （严重） of depression," said Lavretsky"But greater benefits were noted among those participating in tai chiThis study shows that adding a mind-body exercise like tai chi, which is widely available in