高二英语下学期期末考试5
（本试卷共计120分，考试时间120分钟。）
卷 Ⅰ（选择题，共95分）
I. 听力部分：
第一节（共5小题；每小题1分,满分5分）
听下面5段对话,回答第1----5小题, 每段对话仅读一遍。
1.Who is the man?
A. A taxi driver. B. A restaurant waiter. C. A traffic policeman.
2.What is the probable relationship between the two speakers?
A. Boss and secretary. B. Teacher and student. C. husband and wife.
3.What do we know about the woman?
A. She missed Jane’s birthday party..
B. She hasn’t received Jane’s invitation.
C. She will attend Jane’s birthday party..
4.Where is Mr. Baker now?
A. At his office. B. At a restaurant . C. At the travel service.
5.What happened to the woman?
A. A thief broke into her garden.
B. Some of her money was stolen.
C. One of her windows was broken
第二节（共15小题；每小题1分,满分15分）
听下面5段对话或独白,回答后面的小题, 每段对话或独白读两遍。
听第6段材料，回答第6----8小题。
6.What are the two speakers talking about?
A. A part-time job. B. A computer lesson. C. A summer holiday plan.
7. How did the man get the information?
A. He asked the computer center.
B. He received a letter.
C. He received an e-mail.
8.What does the woman think herself?
A. She knows little about computers.
B. She doesn’t have much experience.
C. She has little interest in the Internet.
听第7段材料，回答第9----11小题。
9.Where does the conversation take place?
A. At a seafood shop. B. In a dinning hall. C. On the phone.
10.What do we know about the restaurant?
A. It is famous for seafood.
B. It seldom accepts large parties.
C. Famous people often come to dine.
11. What can we learn from the conversation?
A. The restaurant is by the sea.
B. Seafood is very popular nowadays..
C. Regular customers have advantages there..
听第8段材料，回答第12----13小题。
12.Why does the woman not book hotel rooms?
A. She is staying with her friends.
B. She wants to save money.
C. She can’t find a hotel..
13. What is the man going to do in the vocation?
A. He will take piano lessons.
B. He will go to the beach ,too.
C. He will give piano lessens.
听第9段材料，回答第14----16小题。
14. What is the woman’s problem?
A. She has some friends in her room
B. She is looking for a place to study.
C. She can’t walk in the rain
听第9段材料，回答第14----16小题。
15.Why can’t the woman use the classroom?
A. It is closed for repairs.
B. It is not quiet enough there.
C. A club is having a meeting.
16. Where will the woman probably go?
A. To the city library.
B. To the man’s home.
C. To the reading room
. 听第10段材料，回答第17----20小题。
17.How many people died in the accident?
A. Four. B. Over ten C. More than thirty
18.How many people were in the bus?
A. Forty-two. . B. Forty-seven. C. Forty-nine.
19. What were the students doing when the accident happened?
A. Sleeping.
B. Enjoying music.
D. Preparing for a concert.
20. What else can we learn from the news?
A. School had to be closed on Friday.
B. Some of the injured are still under treatment.
C. The accident was caused by careless driving.
II. 单项填空 （每空1分，共15分）
21. --- I’d like to have this letter posted, and I’m very busy now. __________
--- With pleasure.
A. What can I do for you?
B. Could you do me a favor, please?
C. I’m going to the post office.
D. I haven’t got a stamp for my letter.
22. --- Where is my blue shirt?
--- It’s in the washing machine. You have to wear ____ different one.
A. any B. the C. a D. other
23. Naturally, after I told her what to do, my daughter ____ go and do the opposite（相反）!
A. may B. can C. must D. should
24. It will be some time ______ you know the final results of this exam; don’t worry now.
A. when B. before C. after D. until
25. The manager, ______ his factory’s products were poor in quality（质量）, decided to give his workers further training.
A. knowing B. known C. to know D. being known
26. It’s important to have a group of these materials _____ and make ______ possible to work out the problem.
A. collected, it B. to collect, us C. collecting, that D. collect, it
27. _____ many times her telephone number, but I just couldn’t remember it.
A. Told B. Having been told C. I have been told D. Having told
28. I meant _____ today, but I stayed on with several matters _______.
A. to leave, to see to B. leaving, to see to
C. to leave, to be seen to D. leaving, to be seen to
29. I can’t find my notebook. I _____ it in the classroom.
A. must have forgotten B. must have left C. must forget D. must have
30 On the front wall _____ two beautiful pictures, which were given by one of my old friends.
A. hang B. hangs C. is hanged D. hung
31. When did you get the information ____ his house was______?
A. that, broke into B. which, broken into C. that, broken into D. which, broke
32. _______ breaks the law must be punished. That is to say, we will punish ____ breaks the law.
A. No matter who, whomever B. Anyone, no matter who
C. Whoever, whomever D. Whoever, whoever
33. --- Have you got any tickets?
--- No, I’ve got _____, and ____ told me where to get them.
A. none, none else B. not one, none C. none, no one D. none, no
34. --- I don’t believe he will be successful!
--- You should never see him this way. He is strong ______ others are weak.
A. while B. when C. if D. where
35. The story is not true. It was ______ by a writer.
A. made up B. made into C. made up of D. made out of
III. 完型填空 （每空1 分，共20分）
Last evening I was watching the evening news on television. The news was about a prize for a scientific 36 ; I forgot what it was. The announcer, whose name was Ralph Story, 37 something that caught my 38 . “All great discoveries,” he said, “are made by people between the ages of twenty-five and thirty.” 39 a little over thirty myself I wanted to disagree with him. 40 wants to think that he is past the age of making any discovery. The next day I went to the public 41 and spent several hours looking up the 42 of famous people and their discoveries. Ralph was right.
First I looked at some of the 43 discoveries. One of the earliest discoveries, the famous experiment that 44 that bodies of different weight fall at the same speed, was 45 by Galileo when he was 26; Madam Curie started her research that 46 to a Nobel Prize when she was 28. Einstein was 26 when he published his world-changing theory of relativity. Well, 47 of that. Yet I 48 if those “best years” were true in other 49 .
Then how about the field of 50 ? Surely it 51 the wisdom of age to make a good leader. Perhaps it 52 , but look when these people 53 their careers. Winston Churchill was elected to the House of Common at the age of 26. Abraham Lincoln 54 the life of a country lawyer and was 55 to the government at what age? Twenty-six.
36. A. invention B. discovery C. experiment D. progress
37. A. said B. noticed C. discovered D. remembered
38. A. mind B. notice C. attention D. thought
39. A. As B. Being C. Not D. Beyond
40. A. Everybody B. Somebody C. Nobody D. Whoever
41. A. library B. hospital C. company D. store
42. A. names B. ages C. addresses D. education
43. A. modern B. scientific C. last D. oldest
44. A. found B. proved C. doubted D. showed
45. A. tried B. made C. expected D. noticed
46. A. pointed B. turned C. led D. got
47. A. plenty B. some C. little D. none
48. A. believed B. trusted C. wondered D. asked
49. A. ages B. countries C. courses D. fields
50. A. agriculture B. politics C. industry D. society
51. A. took B. made C. needed D. spent
52. A. is B. will C. has D. does
53. A. finished B. went C. started D. failed
54. A. devoted B. gave up C. began D. led
55. A. forced B. elected C. sent D. given
IV. 阅读理解（每空2分，共40分）
( A )
Dolphins（海豚）are not fish, but warm-blooded animals. They live in groups and speak to each other in their own language. In this they are like other animals, such as bees and birds. But dolphins are very different from almost all land animals. Their brain is nearly the same size as our own, and they live a long time --- at least twenty or thirty years.
Like some animals, dolphins use sound to help them find their way around. They also make these sounds to talk to each other and to help them find food. We now know they don’t use their ears to receive these sounds, but the lower part of the mouth, called the jaw.
Strangely, dolphins seem to like man, and for thousands of years there have been stories about the dolphin and its friendship with people.
There is a story about sailors in the 19th century. In a dangerous part of the sea off the coast of New Zealand, they learnt to look for a dolphin called Jack. From 1871 to 1903 Jack met every boat in the area and showed it the way. Then in 1903 a passenger on a boat called The Penguin shot and wounded Jack. He recovered and for nine years more continued to guide all ships through the area ---- except for The Penguin.
Today, some people continue to kill dolphins, but many countries of the world now protect them and in these places it is against the law to kill them.
56. Dolphins are different from many other animals in that they ________.
A. live in groups B. have large brains
C. are warm-blooded D. have their own language
57. Which of the following does the dolphin use to help it find its way around?
A. Its nose. B. Its ears. C. Its mouth. D. Its eyes.
58. Why did the sailors off the coast of New Zealand look for Jack?
A. He was lonely and liked to be with people.
B. They enjoyed playing with him.
C. He was seriously wounded.
D. They wanted his help.
59. By telling the story of Jack the writer wanted to show that _______.
A. dolphins are friendly and clever
B. people are cruel to animals
C. Jack is different from other dolphins
D. Dolphins should be protected by law
(B)
The wedding took place in a Birmingham hotel. The bride and her father arrived in a new black American sports car. Her father looked nervous and uncomfortable in front of the cameras. The bride wore a silk wedding dress. She smiled nervously at the waiting photograghers and went to a room on the first floor where she met her future husband for the first time.
Carla Germaine and Creg Cordell were the winners of a radio station’s competition. The aim of the competition was to find two strangers prepared to marry without having met each other. Miss Germaine, 23, is a model. Mr. Cordell, 27, is a TV salesman. They were among the two hundred people who entered for a peculiar “experiment” organized by BMRB radio in Birmingham, England. Greg and Carla were among eight fanalists who were interviewed live on radio. They took a lie detector(测谎仪) test and the station also spoke to their friends and family about their personalities. The competition judges included an astrologer（占星家）who declared they were suited.
The couple celebrated their wedding with a wedding breakfast and a party for 100 guests in the evening, but not everyone shared their joy. Miss Germaine’s mother looked anxious throughout the wedding and Mr. Cordell’s parents are reported to be less than delighted.
Organizations, including the marriage guidance service Relate, have criticized the marriage. As one person put it, “We have enough problems getting young people to take marriage seriously without this. Marriage should always be about love.”
The couple are now on a Caribbean honeymoon followed by journalists. Their other prizes include a year’s free use of a wonderful apartment in the center of Birmingham, and a car. But will it last?
60. How did the couple’s parents react to the wedding?
A. The bride’s mother shared their joy.
B. The bride’s father felt uncomfortable about the wedding.
C. The bridegroom’s parents were quite delighted.
D. The bridegroom’s parents were not that joyful.
61. Some experts believe that ________.
A. marriage without the couple’s meeting each other first ends up in divorce
B. young people nowadays are too careless about marriage
C. taking a lie detector test can not solve all the marriage problems
D. most young people take marriage seriously except this couple
62. One of the prizes for the couple is __________.
A. to spend their honeymoon wherever they like
B. to use an apartment free for some time
C. to have a wedding dress free
D. to own an American sports car
63. Which of the following is the best title of the passage?
A. Two Strangers and A Wedding
B. A Wedding Based on Love
C. A Short-lived Marriage
D. A Well-matched Couple
(C)
Some time ago I discovered that one of my chairs had a broken leg. I didn’t think there would be any difficulty in getting it mended, as there are a whole lot of antique（古董）shops near my home. So I left home one morning carrying the chair with me. I went into the first shop expecting a friendly reception（接待）. I was quite wrong. The man wouldn’t even look at my chair.
The second shop, though slightly more polite, was just the same, and the third and the fourth ---- so I decided that my approach must be wrong.
I entered the fifth shop with a plan in my mind. I placed the chair on the floor and said to the shop-keeper, “ Would you like to buy a chair?” He looked it over carefully and said, “ Yes, not a bad chair. How much do you want for it, sir?” “Twenty pounds,” I said. “OK,” he said, “I will give you twenty pounds.” “It’s got a slightly broken leg,” I said. “Yes, I saw that, it’s nothing.”
Everything was going according to plan and I was getting excited. “What will you do with it?” I asked. “ Oh, it will be easy to sell once the repair is done.” “I’ll buy it,” I said. “What do you mean? You’ve just sold it to me,” he said. “Yes, I know but I’ve changed my mind. I am sorry. I’ll give you twenty-seven pounds for it.” “You must be crazy,” he said. Then, suddenly the penny dropped. “I know what you want. You want me to repair your chair.” “You’re right,” I said. “And what would you have done if I had walked in and said, “Would you mend this chair for me?” “ I wouldn’t have agreed to do it,” he said. “ We don’t do repairs, not enough money in it and too much trouble. But I’ll mend this for you, shall we say for a fiver?” He was a very nice man and was greatly amused（感到有趣） by the whole thing.
64. We can learn from the text that in the first shop the writer _______.
A. was rather impolite B. was warmly received
C. asked the shopkeeper to buy his chair
D.asked the shopkeeper to repair his chair
65. The underlined word “approach” in the second paragragh means ________.
A. plan for dealing with things.
B. decision to sell things
C. idea of repairing things
D. way of doing things
66. The expression “the penny dropped” in the last paragragh means the shopkeeper ___
A. changed his mind B. accepted the offer
C. saw the writer’s purpose D. decided to help the writer
67. From the text, we can learn that the writer was _______.
A. honest B. careful C. smart D. funny
(D)
People are talking about the “new economy”. It’s very different from the “old
economy”.
In the old economy, people travel to work. They buy things in stores. They use the post office, the fax and the telephone to send information. They see people face-to-face at their job or in stores. People get information from newspapers, radio, telephone, reference books, and the library.
In the new economy, people do business through the “net”, which is a connection of millions of computers everywhere in the world. In the new economy, workers often work at home. They can get information on-line. They can communicate with employers and co-workers by e-mail. Customers shop on-line. Business have “virtual (虚拟的) stores”. They are websites on which customers can see the products. Businesses can sell to customers anywhere in the world.
In the new economy, people live a fast paced （快节奏的）, convenient, and colorful life. The whole world develops more rapidly than before. But the new economy is a double edge sword（剑）. Its disadvantage is also obvious. For example, the Internet led to a huge increase in credit-card(信用卡) cheating. Some illegal (非法的)websites some cheap or banned goods or services. On-line shoppers who enter their credit-card information may never receive the goods they want to buy and their card information could even be for sale in an illegal website. So people in the new economy should be smarter and more knowledgeable.
68. The cause of the differences between the new economy and the old economy
is_________________.
A. the change of people’s idea B. the businesses people do
C. the use of the Internet D. the change of people’s life
69. In the old economy, people can do the following things except_______.
A. getting information from books
B. communicating with friends by telephone
C. meeting people face to face
D. shopping on-line
70.The underlined sentence means __________.
A. the new economy is s sharp as a sword
B. the new economy has both advantages and disadvantages
C. the new economy is better than the old economy
D. both the new and the old have disadvantages
71. What is the main idea of this passage?
A. Economy B. Modern life C. Websites D. Information
(E)
Professor Reason recently persuaded 35 people to keep a diary of all their absent-minded actions for two weeks. When he came to analyse（分析） their embarrassing（尴尬的） errors（错误）, he was surprised to find that nearly all of them fell into a few groups.
One of the women, for instance, on leaving her house for work one morning threw her pet dog her ear-rings and tried to fix a dog biscuit on her ear. “The explanation for this is that the brain is like a computer,” explains the professor. “People programme themselves to do certain activities regularly. It was the woman’s custom every morning to throw her dog two biscuits and then put on her ear-rings. But somehow the action got reversed in the programme.” About one in twenty of the incidents the volunteers reported were these “programme assembly failures.”
Twenty percent of all errors were “test failures” ----- primarily due to not verifying the progress of what the body was doing. A man about to get his car out of the garage passed through the back yard where his garden jacket and boots were kept, put them on------- much to his surprise. A woman victim(受害者) reported: “ I got into the bath with my socks on.”
The commonest problem was information “storage failures”. People forgot the names of people whose faces they knew, went into a room and forgot why they were there, mislaid something, or smoked a cigarette without realizing it.
The research so far suggests that while the “central professor” of the brain is librated from second-to second control of a well-practised routine, it must repeatedly switch back its attention at important decision points to check that the action goes on as intended. Otherwise the activity may be “captured” by another frequently and recently used programme, resulting in embarrassing errors.
72. The purpose of Professor Reason’s research is _________.
A. to show the difference between men and women in their reasoning
B. to classify and explain some errors in human actions
C. to find the causes which lead to computer failures
D. to compare computer functions with brain workings
73 .Which of the following might be grouped under “programme assembly failures”?
A. A woman went into a shop and forgot what to buy.
B. A man returning home after work left his key in the lock.
C. A lady fell as she was concentrating on each step her feet were taking.
D. An old man, with his shoes on, was trying to put on his socks.
74. The word “verifying” in paragraph 3 can be replaced by _________.
A. improving B. changing C. checking D. stopping
75. According to the passage, the information “storage failures” refer to _______.
A. the destruction of information collecting system
B. the elimination of one’s total memory
C. the temporary loss of part of one’s memory
D. the separation of one’s action from consciousness
卷II
（主观卷 共25分）
第一部分 短文改错 （共10分）
Shortly after breakfast some of my classmates and I set out to visit Grandma Xu, a combat hero mother. We brought 1 ______
with us some new year cards for our gifts for her. We all said 2______
“Merry Spring Festival” to her and she said same to us. Our 3______
coming made Grandma Xu very happy. She treated us like her 4_______
own children. She gave us some candy and something nice to 5______
eat. She said her son did not come back home on the Spring 6______
Festival. He was still on the front. We told Grandma Xu that 7_______
we were all proud in her son, and that we would be very glad 8______
to help her if she had met with any difficulties. We had a 9_______
long talk with her after we said goodbye to her. 10______
第二部分 书面表达 （15分）
要求：假如你是李华，昨天学校为你们举行了十八岁成人仪式。请根据下列要点给你在美国的笔友发一封电子邮件，简述仪式过程并简述你的感受。
1． 成人仪式
2． 感谢家长和老师的教育和培养
3． 老师送贺卡
4． 表演节目
注意：
1． 邮件必须包括以上要点，可适当发挥；
2． 词数：100 左右
3． 开头结尾已为你写好
仪式：ceremony
Dear Tom,
It’s great to write to you. I’d like to tell you something that took place in my school yesterday.
Yours,
Li Hua
下学期高二英语期末考试答案
I 听力 1-5 ACCBB 6-10 ACBCB 11-15 CAABC 16-20 AACAB
II 单选 21-25 BCCBA 26-30 ACABA 31-35 CDCDA
III 完型 36-40 BACBC 41-45 ABDBB 46-50 CACDB 51-55 CDCCB
IV 阅读 56-59 BCDA 60-63 DBBA 64-67 DDCC 68-71 CDBB
72-75 BDCC
V 改错
1．hero —hero’s 2. 第一个for—as 3. same---the same 4. like — as 5. candy--candies
6. on—for 7. √ 8. in—for 9. 第一个had去掉 10. after--before
VI 书面表达
Dear Tom,
It is great to write to you. Now I’d like to tell you something that took place in my school yesterday. In the afternoon we held a growing-up ceremony for our coming 18-year-old birthday. At first we made an oath that as grown-ups we should have a sense of duty for our society from now on. Then we showed our thanks to our parents who had gone through hardships to bring us up and teachers who have been educating us patiently. And our teachers also gave us cards expressing their good wishes to us. Finally, we put on wonderful performances, singing and dancing. We learned a lot from the activity. I think it’s very important for us. I will remember the day in my life.
Yours,
Li Hua