（整理版高中英语）第二学期期末考试2

1、 度第二学期期末考试高一年级英语试卷 本试卷分为第一卷选择题和第二卷非选择题两局部第一卷选择题 共105分第一局部：听力(共两节，总分值20分)做题时，先将答案划在试卷上。录音结束后.你将有两分钟的时间将试卷的答案转涂到答题卡上.第一节共5小题，每题1分，总分值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三个选项中选出最正确选项，并标在试卷的相应位置。听完每段对话后，你将有10秒钟的时间来答复有关小题和阅读下一小题。每段对话仅读一遍。1. how many people are there in the womans house?a. three b. four c. fi

2、ve2. what do we know about the woman?a. she is a student. b. she dreams a lot. c. she has a very hard job.3. what does the woman mean?a. the air was polluted yesterday. b. she might not go backpacking tomorrow.c. the man should listen to the weather report.4. why is the back door left open?a tim is

3、outside. b. the speakers are going to bed. c. the woman tells the man to leave it open.5. what is the relationship between the speakers?a. neighbors b. friends c. strangers第二节共15小题，每题1分，总分值15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三个选项中选出最正确选项，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，每题5秒钟；听完后，各小题将给出5秒钟的作答时间。每

4、段对话或独白读两遍。听第6段材料，答复第6至8题。6. whats the man complaining about?a. the womans tv is too loud. b. the womans dog is too noisy.c. the womans son is making a lot of noise.7. what did the man do last night at home?a. had a noisy party. b. listened to loud music c. quarreled with his wife.听第7段材料，答复第9至11题。8.

5、what is the girl shopping for?a. a present for her mother. b. a present for her father c. a present for a friend9. how much is the black wallet?10. what does the girl decide to buy?a. a black wallet b. a brown wallet c. a tie听第8段材料，答复第12至14题。11. what are the speakers?a. freshmen b. university teache

6、rs c. teacher and student12. where did the woman go for her holiday last year?a. the mountains b. the desert c. the coast13. what will the speakers probably do next?a. buy something for their trip. b. finish their school work. c. surf the internet.听第9段材料，答复第15至17题。14. whats the probable relationship

7、 between the speakers?a. conductor and passenger b. bookseller and customer c. detective and reader15. who is interested in sherlock holmes?a. the woman b. the man c. the detective16. what color is the missing bag?a. black b. brown c. dark brown听第10段材料，答复第18至20题。17. why didnt people think about envi

8、ronment-protecting in the past?a. there were few people and a lot of resources. b. there were no factories and people ate vegetables mainly.c. the environment was perfect for people to live at that time.18. what are we polluting our environment with according to the speaker?a. the waster products fr

9、om factories. b. the dangerous chemicals. c. the waste and dirty water.19. what should we do in order to get enough food?a. just eat vegetables b. control birth-rate c. recycle our natural resources20. how many “if are suggested by the speaker?a .three b. four c. five第二局部：英语知识运用 (共二节，总分值45分)第一节: 单项填

10、空(共15小题；每题1分，总分值15分)21. -do you know whether they talked about their work or their family?-as matter of fact，i couldnt hear it clearly, as they talked in whisperathe，a bthe，the ca；a da：/22. -who _ it be that hasnt handed it in yesterday? -it _ be bob. he handed it in yesterday.a. can; mustntb. must;

11、 can c. can; cant d. may; mustnt23. - i ll give you a ring about eight.- could you phone a bit later? i _ dinner then.a. will be having b. have had c. had d. was having24. a thief broke into the house at midnight, _ the house in a mess . a. left b. to leave c. leaving d. having left 25. there is no

12、point arguing about what _ the accident, id rather you _ the victims of it.来源a. led to; focus on b. led to; focused on c. caused ; focus to d. caused to, focused to26. she felt completely during the vacation but now she has to go back to her work again. a. at sea b. at easec. at a lossd. at risk27.

13、its based on the idea _ all people are treated equal, _ is accepted. a. that ; that b. which ; which c. which ; when d. that ; which 28. she didnt ask her boyfriend to buy her a car. _, she bought one for him. a. that is b. on the contrary c. to be honest d. generally speaking29. the _house smells a

14、s if it hasnt been lived in for years.a. little white wooden b. little wooden white c. white wooden little d. wooden white little30. in the river for five hours, the thief looked very pale and exhausted.a. having been trapped b. being trapped c. trapping d. having trapped31. when i woke up, i found

15、myself _ in bed and _ by doctors and nurses. a. lying; surrounding b. laying; surrounded c. lain; surroundingd. lying; surrounded 32. -he admitted _in the examination. -thats why he was not admitted _ universities. a. to cheat; by b. cheating; to c. to cheat; to d. cheating; by 33.- if you break the

16、 rules again, you are sure to be punished. -_? i dont care. a. what if b. how come c. what for d. so what 34. the tickets for the show have all been sold out. in other words, the tickets are not _ now. a. accurate b. accessible c. acceptable d. available35. the following years are _to see a rise in

17、production. a. likely b. possible c. perhaps d. probable 第二节：完形填空共20小题；每题1.5分，总分值30分 my parents ran a small restaurant in seattle. it was open twenty-four hours a day, six days a week. and my first real job, when i was six years old, was 36 the diners shoes. my father had done it when he was young,

18、so he taught me 37 to do it well, telling me to 38 to shine the shoes again if the customer wasnt 39 . i was proud of working in the restaurant 40 i was also working for the good of the family. but my father 41 said that i had to meet certain standards(标准) to be part of the team. i 42 to be on time,

19、 hard-working, and polite to the 43 . i was 44 paid for the work i did at the restaurant. one day i made the mistake of suggesting to dad that he 45 give me $10 a week. he said, “ok. how about you paying me for three meals a day you have here? and for the times you bring in your friends 46 free soft

20、 drinks? he 47 the amount of money i owed him, about $40 a week.i remember returning to seattle after being 48 in the us army for about two years. i had just been promoted升职 to captain at that time. and full of pride, i walked into my parents restaurant, but the 49 thing dad said was, “how about you

21、r 50 up tonight? i couldnt 51 my ears! i am an officer in the army! but 52 didnt matter. as far as dad was concerned, i was just 53 member of the team. i reached for the mop(拖把).working for dad has taught me that the devotion(奉献) to a 54 is above all. it has nothing to do with 55 that team is for a

22、family restaurant or the us army.36. a. washingb. shiningc. changingd. repairing37. a. whyb. whatc. whend. how38. a. offerb. refuse c. continued. forget39. a. interestedb. annoyedc. relaxedd. satisfied40. a. if b. becausec. when d. though41. a. anxiously b. strangely c. clearly d. secretly42. a. had

23、b. tendedc. hated d. pretended43. a. familyb. workersc. customersd. friends44. a. neverb. alwaysc. seldom d. already45. a. mustb. shouldc. might d. could46. a. byb. toc. on d. for47. a. worked outb. decided on c. set asided. cut down48. a. absentb. overc. away d. alone49. a. usualb. lastc. nextd. fi

24、rst50. a. washing b. goingc. cleaningd. turning51. a. cover b. followc. believed. understand52. a. theyb. i c. hed. it53. a. nob. eitherc. any d. another54. a. teamb. familyc. leaderd. restaurant55. a. whenb. whetherc. howd. why第三局部：阅读理解 每题2分， 共40分阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从各题所给的a、b、c、d四个选项中，选出最正确选项。ai still r

25、emember my first day at school in london and i was half-excited and half-frightened. on my way to school i wondered what sort of questions the other boys would ask me and practiced all the answers: “i am nine years old. i was born here but i havent lived here since i was two. i was living in farley.

26、 its about thirty miles away. i came back to london two months ago. i also wondered if it was the custom for boys to fight strangers like me, but i was tall for my age. i hoped they would decide not to risk it.no one took any notice of me before school. i stood in the center of the playground, expec

27、ting someone to say “hello, but no one spoke to me. when a teacher called my name and told me where my classroom was, one or two boys looked at me but that was all.my teacher was called mr. jones. there were 42 boys in the class, so i didnt stand out there, either, until the first lesson of the afte

28、rnoon. mr. jones was very fond of charles dickens and he had decided to read aloud to us from david copperfield, but first he asked several boys if they knew dickens birthplace, but no one guessed right. a boy called brian, the biggest in the class, said: “timbuktu, and mr. jones went red in the fac

29、e. then he asked me. i said: “portsmouth, and everyone stared at me because mr. jones said i was right. this didnt make me very popular, of course. “he thinks hes clever, i heard brian say.after that, we went out to the playground to play football. i was in brians team, and he obviously had dickens

30、in mind because he told me to go in goal. no one ever wanted to be the goalkeeper.“hes big enough and useless enough. brian said when someone asked him why he had chosen me.i suppose mr. jones, who served as the judge, remembered dickens, too, because when the game was nearly over, brian pushed one

31、of the players on the other team, and he gave them a penalty (惩罚). as the boy kicked the ball to my right, i threw myself down instinctively (本能地) and saved it. all my team crowded round me. my bare knees were injured and bleeding. brian took out a handkerchief and offered it to me.“do you want to j

32、oin my gang (帮派)? he said.at the end of the day, i was no longer a stranger.56the writer prepared to answer all of the following questions except “ .a. how old are you? b. where are you from?c. do you want to join my gang?d. when did you come back to london?57we can learn from the passage that .a. b

33、oys were usually unfriendly to new studentsb. the writer was not greeted as he expectedc. brian praised the writer for his clevernessd. the writer was glad to be a goalkeeper58the underlined part “i didnt stand out in paragraph 3 means that the writer was not .a. noticeableb. welcomec. importantd. f

34、oolish59the writer was offered a handkerchief because .a. he threw himself down and saved the goal b. he pushed a player on the other teamc. he was beginning to be acceptedd. he was no longer a newcomerb“if you talk to the plants, they will grow faster and the effect is even better if youre a woman.

35、 researchers at royal horticultural society carried out an experiment to find that the voice of a woman gardener makes plants grow faster.  the experiment lasted a month and by the end of the study scientists managed to discover that tomato plants grew up two inches taller when women gardeners

36、talked to them instead of male.  sarah darwin was the one making the plants registered the best growth. her voice was the most “inspiring for plants than those of nine other gardeners when reading a passage from the origin of species. the great-great-granddaughter of the famous botanist(植物学家) c

37、harles darwin found that her plant grew about two inches taller than the plant of the best male gardener.  colin crosbie, garden superintendent at rhs, said that the finding cannot yet be explained. he assumes that women have a greater range of pitch音高 and tone音调 which might have a certain effe

38、ct on the sound waves that reach the plant. “sound waves are an environmental effect just like rain or light ,said mr grosbie.the study began in april at rhs garden wisley in survey. scientists started with open auditions(听力) for the people who were asked to record passages from john wyndham's t

39、he day of the triffids, shakespeares a midsummer's night dream and darwin's the origin of species.afterwards researchers selected a number of different voices and played them to 10 tomato plants during a period of a month. each plant had headphones耳机 connected to it. through the headphones t

40、he sound waves could hit the plants. it was discovered that plants that “listened to female voices on average grew taller by an inch in comparison to plants that heard male voices.miss darwin said, “i think it is an honor to have a voice that can make tomatoes grow, and especially fitting because fo

41、r a number of years i have been studying wild tomatoes from the galapagos island at the natural history museum in london.60what does the passage talk about? a. plants enjoy mens voices than womens. b. a botanical experiment in a museum. c. voices influence on plant growing. d. strange phenomenon现象 a

42、t royal horticultural society.61what does the underlined sentence in paragraph 4 mean? a. plants need sound as well as rain and light. b. sound is basic for the plant to grow. c. sound has a good effect as rain or light does.d. plants cant live without sound, rain or light.62sarah darwin is most lik

43、ely a (an)_. a. botanist b. gardener c. astronomer d. environmentalist63what can we learn from the passage? a. the experiment ended in may. b. scientist can explain the findings clearly. c. plants enjoy listening to the passages from masterpieces. d. the findings are of great importance to human bei

44、ngs.cwe were standing at the top of a church tower. my father had brought me to this spot in a small town not far from our home in rome. i wondered why.“look down, elsa, father said. i gathered all my courage and looked down. i saw the square in the center of the village. and i saw the crisscross (十

45、字形) of twisting, turning streets leading to the square. “ see, my dear, father said gently. “ there is more than one way to the square. life is like that. if you cant get to the place where you want to go by one road, try another.now i understood why i was there. earlier that day i had begged my mot

46、her to do something about the awful(糟糕的) lunches that were served at school. but she refused because she could not believe the lunches were as bad as i said.when i turned to father for help, he didnt say anything. instead, he brought me to this high tower to give me a lesson. by the time we reached

47、home, i had a plan.at school the next day, i secretly poured my luncheon午餐soup into a bottle and brought it home. then i asked our cook to serve it to mother at dinner. the plan worked perfectly. she swallowed one spoonful and sputtered喷溅出 “ the cook must have gone mad！ quickly i told her what i had

48、 done, and mother stated firmly that she would take up the matter of lunches at school the next day!in the years that followed i often remembered the lesson father taught me. i began to work as a fashion designer two years ago. i wouldnt stop working until i tried every possible means to my goal. fa

49、thers wise words always remind me that there is more than one way to the square.64the author's father took her to the top of a church tower to _ aenjoy the beautiful scenery of the whole town bfind out how many ways lead to the square cinspire her to find out another way to solve her problem dhe

50、lp her forget some unpleasant things earlier that day65. what did the author want her mother to do earlier that day?a. do something delicious for lunch. b. taste her awful lunch.c. dismiss the mad cook.d. speak to the school about lunch.66. by sharing her own experiences, the author tries to tell us

51、 _.a. when one road is blocked, try another b. how bad the lunch of her school isc. how wise her father is d. about the church tower near her homedthe museum: the charles dickens museum in london is the worlds most important collection of material relating to the great victorian novelist and social

52、commentator时事评论员.the only surviving london home of dickens (from 1837 until 1839) was opened as a museum in 1925 and is still welcoming visitors from all over the world. on four floors, visitors can see paintings, rare editions, manuscripts手稿, original furniture and many items relating to the life o

53、f one of the most popular and beloved personalities of the victorian age.opening hoursthe museum is open from mondays to saturdays 10:0017:00; sundays 11:0017:00. last admission is 30 minutes before closing time.special opening times can be arranged for groups, who may wish to book a private view.ad

54、mission charges: (2 adults & up to five children)group rates: for a group of 10 or more, a special group rate of £4.00 each applies. children will still be admitted for £3.00 each.access: we are constantly working to improve access to the museum and its collection. our current projects involve the fitting of a wheelchair ramp波道for better access, a customer care kit and an audio tour for visitors with impaired (受损的)vision. our handling sessions are also suitable for the visually视觉上地impaired. the museum has developed an