期末质量检测(二)

1、.期末质量检测二 时间：120分钟总分值：150分第卷第一部分：听力共两节，总分值30分第一节共5小题；每题1.5分，总分值7.5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，你都有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。Text 1M: I had a really good holiday at my uncle's farm.W: It was great to have a holiday like that! I spent my whole holiday studying

2、 at a piano school.Text 2W: I would like both a red and a black one of that coat. Here is my card.M: Sorry, madam. We won't have the black one until tomorrow afternoon. Can you wait until the day after tomorrow?Text 3W: What did you tell Tom just now? He seems quiet.M: I told him that if he coul

3、d be kind to his parents, more people would like him.Text 4M: Jane, how can we keep in touch after you move to New York? Write to you, call you, or just chat on the Internet?W: Don't worry. I have your e­mail address.Text 5M: I don't think it is a good idea to spend more time on English

4、 grammar.W: I quite agree with you. We should spend more time reading and listening.M: Yes, especially speaking.1Where did the woman spend her holiday?AAt her uncle's house.BOn her uncle's farm.CAt a piano school.2When can the woman get the black coat?AToday.BTomorrow afternoon.CThe day afte

5、r tomorrow.3What did the man tell Tom to do?AKeep quiet.BBe friendly to others.CBe kind to his parents.4How will the woman keep in touch with the man?ABy sending e­mails.BBy phoning each other.CBy writing letters.5What does the woman mean?AShe doesn't like English grammar.BMore time should

6、be spent in listening and reading.CThey should spend more time on English grammar.第二节共15小题；每题1.5分，总分值22.5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，答复第6至7题。Text 6W: Hello?M: Oh, hello. I'm Robert Bush John's fr

7、iend from his company.W: Ah, I've heard your name several times. We've been waiting for you. I'm Susan, John's wife.M: I'm happy to meet you at last.W: Glad to meet you, too. Oh, come in, please. John will be here in a minute. Oh, please excuse me. It's really hard to keep th

8、e house tidy with young children at home. M: Don't worry about that. I'm used to it. I have a five­year­old son at home, too.6What do we know about the two speakers?AThey've never met each other before.BThey've known each other for years.CThey both have several children.7Wh

9、o is Susan?ARobert's wife.BJohn's child.CJohn's wife.听第7段材料，答复第8至9题。 Text 7W: Derrick, you should take a vacation to go back to your hometown. Even one or two days would be fine. Your parents miss you a lot.M: There's no way. No one can do my work when I'm away.W: But you haven&#

10、39;t gone home for two years. You need a break!M: I know. I might have the chance for a vacation if they would hire more people.W: Why won't they hire more people?M: They always want to cut down their costs. Sometimes I really want to quit.W: Maybe you should talk to the manager.M: Yes. I'm

11、going to bring this up in tomorrow's meeting.8What does the man think about the possibility of taking a vacation?ANo way.BQuite possible.CNot mentioned.9Why should the man take a vacation?AHe is very tired.BHis parents miss him.CSomeone else could do his work.听第8段材料，答复第10至12题。 Text 8M: Oh, I'

12、;m sure nobody can stand this kind of heat.W: Yes, it's hot, so we'd better stay at home today.M: Mum, you promised to take me to the zoo this afternoon, don't you remember?W: Yes. But I said we would go if it was cool today. It's uncomfortable to go outside.M: But I really want to g

13、o. Maybe we can take an umbrella or call a taxi.W: OK.M: Great! Where is Dad?W: He may have gone to the bookstore or the city library.M: Will he go with us?W: Yes, he will be back before lunch. Then he can drive us to the zoo this afternoon.M: That's great!10What is the weather like today?AHot.B

14、Fine.CCool.11How will they get to the zoo?ABy taxi. BBy car. COn foot.12What will the boy's father do in the afternoon?AStay at home.BGo to the bookstore.CGo to the zoo.听第9段材料，答复第13至16题。 Text 9W: You look so tired, Steve.M: I've been ill for a few days.W: What has been happening?M: Well, I w

15、as feeling great on Saturday, but I started to feel sick on Sunday afternoon. I thought I'd get better, but I feel worse than before.W: Have you seen a doctor yet?M: Yes, I went to hospital on Monday.W: What seems to be the problem?M: Well, the doctor said it was just a bad cold. He gave me some

16、 medicine and told me to rest at home and drink more water. I have taken the medicine for three days but it doesn't seem to help.W: Oh, forget about his medicine! Just try some of my mum's traditional Chinese medicine and you'll be fine in no time.M: Really? Well, I'll try it.W: I

17、9;ll come with my mum to your place at 7：30 this evening.M: Thank you! See you then.13When did the man see the doctor?AOn Monday. BOn Saturday.C.On Sunday.14How long has the man taken the doctor's medicine?AFor 2 days. BFor 3 days.CFor 4 days.15What does the man think of the doctor's medicin

18、e?AIt works very well.BIt's just so­so.CIt doesn't help.16What does the woman advise the man to do?AVisit her mother.BSee the doctor again.CHave traditional Chinese medicine.听第10段材料，答复第17至20题。 Text 10China is a very large country and there are many places to see there. Generally speakin

19、g, travel to China is possible all year round, as long as you're well prepared. Hong Kong is the best choice early in spring. You also need to bring some warm clothes although its average temperature is around 20. It is hot and rainy from April to September. In Tibet you can easily experience al

20、l four seasons in one day. Temperatures can change from below zero to 38. The best time to go to Tibet is from July to September. This is the time because it has many festivals. Northern China is hot and largely dry in summer, especially in the northwest. Beijing is also uncomfortable. In my opinion

21、, the best season to visit Beijing is probably autumn. Summer is considered to be the busiest tourist season, when hotels raise their prices. The autumn months of September to November have the best weather with fewer tourists. Spring is less pleasant not many tourists, but lots of wind and dust.17W

22、hat do you need to do to travel in Hong Kong in early spring?AKnow something about the festivals there.BTake some warm clothes.CBook a hotel room early.18What is the best time to visit Tibet?ASeptember. BOctober. CMay.19What does the speaker say about Beijing?AThe winter is dry.BSpring is not so ple

23、asant.CThe hotel prices are high in autumn.20Which does the speaker think is the best season to visit Beijing?ASpring. BSummer. CAutumn.答案：15CCCAB610ACABA1115BCABC1620CBABC第二部分：阅读理解共两节，总分值40分第一节共15小题；每题2分，总分值30分阅读下面短文，从每题所给的A、B、C和D四个选项中，选出最正确选项。AAfter 60 years, a postcard finally found its way to th

24、e correct address, although not the recipients 收件人 who were supposed to receive it.The postcard was sent on July 4, 1943 to Pauline and Theresa Leisenring of Elmira, New York. It was mailed by their parents, who were visiting their brother at Camp Grant in Illinois.The card read, “Dear Pauline and T

25、heresa, we arrived safe and had a good trip, but we were tired. We all went out to dinner today Sunday. Now we are in the park. Geo has to go back to Grant at 12 o'clock tonight. Do not see much of him. We are going to make pancakes for Geo for supper tonight. See you soon. Mother, Dad.Unfortuna

26、tely, the two Leisenring sisters died decades ago. However, at their old house in Elmira live two young girls from a different family Hannah and Madie Podgorny. Hannah, a seventh grader, said that she planned to use the postcard as part of her history project, which was arranged by her history teach

27、er.The girls' mother Laura Rundell said, “It was sent in very good condition. We really couldn't believe our eyes. It's a treasure that just showed up in the mailbox with our address on it.The Internet is full of stories about letters that arrived decades late. And it's not always th

28、e oft­mocked 受尽嘲讽的 USPS who took its sweet old time. A few years ago, a woman in England received a party RSVP from a man who sent it back in 1919. The note read, “Dear Percy, many thanks for the invitation. See you on the 26th December. Regards Buffy. Though it came late, Percy at least got th

29、e thank­you note.21What do we know about the postcard?AIt was sent from a brother to his two sisters.BThe sender wrote the wrong address on it.CIt had been sent to several families.DA couple sent it to their two daughters.解析：选D细节理解题。根据文章第一段的“The postcard was .New York. It was mailed by their pa

30、rents可知明信片是由一对夫妻寄给他们的两个女儿的。22What did Hannah decide to do with the postcard after she received it?AShe decided to make use of it for her schoolwork.BShe decided to find the people to whom it belonged.CShe decided to send it back to the USPS.DShe decided to use it to study the Leisenrings' person

31、al life.解析：选A细节理解题。根据文章第三段的“Hannah, a seventh grader, said .which was arranged by her history teacher.可知，Hannah想把这张明信片用到历史作业中去。23What Laura Rundell said in Paragraph 4 shows they were _.AangryBmovedCshockedDinterested解析：选C推理判断题。根据文章第四段的“We really couldn't .our address on it.可推断那一家人收到这张明信片时非常惊讶。2

32、4What would be the best title for the passage?AUSPS sent a postcard to a wrong addressBA postcard sent in 1943 finally arrivedCTwo young girls discovered a great treasureDA postcard was sent to dead people解析：选B标题归纳题。通读全文可知，文章主要讲述一张明信片在被寄出60年后终于到达了收信地址。BHere's something you don't see every da

33、y a runaway horse and zebra on the street of Staten Island. The two escaped from a petting zoo, where they had perhaps got tired of too many unpleasant children before running away.When they were running in the Travis neighborhood on Wednesday morning, they were filmed 拍摄 by Zachary Osher.He is the

34、owner of Metropolitan Drape and Blind.Osher shared his video with the Staten Island Advocate.The witness watched the unusual event accidentally, first spotting the odd couple out the window of his store at 9：20 am.He ran outside with his phone to get a picture.He told Yahoo News on the phone, “The h

35、orse was leading the zebra. Everywhere the horse would turn, the zebra would follow. Osher was amazed at the sight, saying, “I couldn't figure out what it was a zebra. A horse maybe, but a zebra？Where did the zebra come from？ He added that he only learned later from reporters that a petting zoo

36、was nearby.The pair ran around in the parking lot, running back toward Osher, which was when he got his chance to film them with his digital camera.Osher added that he tried to stop them so they wouldn't run into the street, but they did so anyway, and narrowly missed being hit by a car. Far beh

37、ind them were two men in blue jump suits and hats and they were trying to get them.The story ends with the safe capture of the two escapees, who were returned to the petting zoo up the street, according to the New York Times.Undoubtedly, the two fleet­footed trouble­makers are planning the

38、ir next adventure. 语篇解读：一匹马和一匹斑马从动物园里跑了出来，在街上横冲直撞，引起了人们的围观。25The writer thinks that the horse and the zebra escaped probably because_.Athey were treated badly by workers in the petting zooBthey were interested in the life outside the petting zooCthey could no longer stand the unpleasant childrenDthe

39、y could no longer bear the hard work in the petting zoo解析：选C细节理解题。根据文章第一段的“The two escaped from .children before running away.可知，一匹斑马和一匹马跑出来可能是因为无法忍受淘气的孩子们。26How did Zachary Osher feel when he saw the zebra?AShocked.BFrightened.CTouched.DSad.解析：选A推理判断题。根据文章第三段的“Osher was amazed at the sight, .but a

40、zebra？Where did the zebra come from？可知Osher看到斑马在街上跑很惊讶。27Which of the following statements is TRUE according to Paragraph 4?AOsher drove the horse and the zebra to the street.BThe horse and the zebra were almost hit by a car.COsher didn't follow the horse or the zebra to the street.DNobody tried

41、 to catch the horse and the zebra on the street.解析：选B细节理解题。根据文章第四段的“but they did so anyway, and narrowly missed being hit by a car可知，斑马和马差点被一辆小汽车撞了。28What would be the best title for the passage?AA horse and a zebra caused a car accidentBA horse and a zebra took a walk on the streetCA horse and a ze

42、bra escaped from a petting zooDA horse and a zebra were sent to a petting zoo解析：选C标题归纳题。通读全文可知，本文主要讲述了一匹马和一匹斑马从动物园跑了出来。C“You care for nothing but shooting dogs, and rat­catching. You will shame yourself and all your family， Darwin's father once said to him.Most people know that Charles Darw

43、in was the father of evolutionary biology 进化生物学. However, what is not widely known is what sort of person he was.In his autobiography 自传, Darwin described himself as a rather “naughty child. He stole fruit from the trees on the side of his parents' house, made up wild stories, and tried to be th

44、e centre of attention in the family.Even worse, it seemed that Charles Darwin was a lazy young man and a slow learner at grammar school. He was a rather shy student, but he did take great pleasure in showing off his athletic skills to the other schoolboys. It is not known how well Darwin did at scho

45、ol, but we could say that he was likely to be an unremarkable student.When Darwin was nine years old, his father sent him to a boy's boarding school. At this school, Darwin learned classics, ancient history, and Greek, all of which he found boring. He was not inspired much by his schooling. He f

46、ound his only pleasure there was reading Shakespeare's historical plays, the poems of Byron, Scott, and Thomson. His increased interest in natural science was encouraged by events outside his formal education.As Darwin grew older, collecting became his major hobby. It became very clear that Darw

47、in was not taking his studies seriously.29What is this passage mainly about?AWhat kind of bad habits Darwin had.BWhy Darwin cared for nothing but animals.CWhat Darwin's childhood and school years were like.DWhat made Darwin the father of evolutionary biology.解析：选C主旨大意题。通读全文可知，本文主要介绍了达尔文的童年以及他在学校

48、的表现。30We can infer from Paragraph 1 that when Darwin was a child, his father thought he _.Awas not an ordinary childBwould become a great manCcared about nothing at allDwouldn't achieve anything解析：选D推理判断题。根据第一段中达尔文的父亲对达尔文说的话不难推断，父亲认为达尔文长大后会一事无成，会使达尔文自己和家庭都蒙羞。31By mentioning that Darwin made up w

49、ild stories, the author probably wants to show Darwin _.Ahad a gift for languageBwas a very good storytellerCliked to be the centre of attentionDwas “naughty when he was a child解析：选D推理判断题。第三段第一句达尔文在他的自传里说自己是个非常“淘气的孩子。作者在下文举了几个例子，就是为了证明达尔文所说的这个观点。32The underlined word “unremarkable in Paragraph 4 pro

50、bably means “_AordinaryBhonestCableDugly解析：选A词义猜测题。根据第四段可推知，达尔文小时候在学校并不是个出类拔萃的学生， 很可能只是一名普通的学生，故unremarkable与ordinary的意思相近。DAs a 50th birthday present to herself, Belva Davis bought her first home in the 72­block East English Village, ten miles east of downtown Detroit. “It is like where I was

51、growing up， says Davis, who moved there from a rental apartment in inner­city Detroit.Two years after moving in, the 52­year­old woman lost her job and fell $18,000 behind on her mortgage 按揭贷款. Even after she found full­time work again, her mortgage lender still asked her to move

52、 out.Detroit's economic 经济的 problems had hit East English Village hard; every month, 5 to 10 percent of the homes there sat empty. At one neighborhood association meeting, Davis said, “I want to stay in my home, but the mortgage company isn't listening to me. Would you be willing to protest

53、抗议？For many longtime residents 居民, it was what they had been waiting for. “We were just so glad someone was willing to stand up to what was happening to our neighborhood， says neighbor Nancy Brigham. She and a handful of other residents helped Davis organize a series of protests. They gave away pape

54、rs in the area and convinced the local newspaper and television station to cover the events.But the bank didn't change its mind. In fall 2020, Davis made a final push, asking neighbors to flood the bank president with e­mails and phone calls. On a sunny September Saturday, a few dozen of Da

55、vis's supporters gathered in front of a local bank, shouting, “Let Belva stay! She's not going away！ At last, Davis got a phone call. The bank would change her mortgage. She would get to keep her home. “I'm just glad I live in the type of neighborhood where people help each other， says D

56、avis.These days, Davis spends more time organizing the neighborhood book club than protests. But she says, “If anyone needs my help to protect their homes, I'm all for it.33What do we know about Davis's neighbors?AThey're poor.BThey're busy.CThey're helpful.DThey're lazy.解析：选

57、C推理判断题。根据第四段中的“She and a handful of other residents helped Davis organize a series of protests.及第五段中的“I'm just glad I live in the type of neighborhood where people help each other.等信息可知，邻居们都积极帮助她。34We can learn from the text that Davis _.Adidn't have her own house before moving into East Eng

58、lish VillageBwent to every house to convince the neighbors to help herCdoesn't live in East English Village nowDstill doesn't have a job now解析：选A细节理解题。根据第一段中的“bought her first home及“moved there from a rental apartment in inner­city Detroit等信息可知，Davis以前都是租房子住。35Which of the following can be the best title of the text?ABattle against the BankBPeace Talks FailCEconomic Problems ContinueDProtests Spread解析：选A标题归纳题。文章主要讲述了Davis跟银行