高二英语上学期期末考试试卷
（时间：120分钟，满分：150分）
第一卷(三部分，共115分)
第一部分：听力部分（共两节，满分30分）
第一节（共5小题；每小题1.5分，满分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。
1. What is the woman going to do?
A. Hold a birthday party for her brother.
B. Buy a gift for the man.
C. Choose shoes for herself.
2. How is the man feeling now?
A. He’s impatient. B. He’s frightened. C. He’s comfortable.
3. What does the man suggest the woman do?
A. Buy flowers. B. Write a letter. C. Send postcards.
4. Where are the two speakers probably?
A. On the train. B. In the post office. C. In the street.
5. What is the possible relationship between the two speakers?
A. Teacher and student. B. Mother and son. C. Employer and employee.
第二节（共12小题；每小题1.5分，满分18分）
听下面4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，各小题将给出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６~8题。
6. When will the man plan to get back at first?
A. Saturday evening or Sunday evening.
B. Saturday morning or Sunday afternoon.
C. Saturday evening or Sunday morning.
7. Whose birthday party will be held on Saturday afternoon?
A. Steve’s. B. Peter’s C. Angel’s.
8. What’s the reason for the man’s going to Los Angeles?
A. Spending a holiday. B. Seeing his parents. C. Doing business.
听第7段材料，回答第9~11题。
9. What’s the possible relationship between the two speakers?
A. Customer and manager.
B. Shop assistant and manager.
C. Customer and shop owner.
10. Why was the man not polite to the customer?
A. The customer didn’t buy anything.
B. The customer didn’t like the bags he showed her.
C. The customer threw the things about.
11. What can we learn from the conversation?
A. Customers should always be well treated.
B. Customers are usually rude.
C. Customers are often badly treated.
听第8段材料，回答第12~14题。
12. Where does the conversation take place?
A. In the library. B. In the classroom. C. On the camp ground.
13. Why has the woman come to talk to the man?
A. To discuss his trip to Beijing.
B. To bring him a message from Professor Grant.
C. To see what progress he’s made on his paper.
14. What seems to be the man’s problem?
A. He can’t sleep at night.
B. He can’t narrow down his research topic.
C. He can’t find a quiet place to study in.
听第9段材料，回答第15~17题。
15. Why does the woman want to travel after graduation?
A. To enrich her experience.
B. To find a good job while traveling.
C. To see different people described in the books.
16. How can we get used to the changing environment according to the woman?
A. We should be independent.
B. We should e willing to change.
C. We should get to know different people.
17. Which of the following will the woman learn while traveling?
A. To help people. B. To believe herself. C. To value people.
第三节 填空（共3小题；每小题1.5分，满分4.5分）
听下面一段材料，从所听到的内容中获取必要信息，将18~20小题补充完整，每空不超过3个单词或数字，听力材料朗读两遍。你有45秒钟的答题时间。
The Gella House Fire
Time of the accident in the early morning
Damage destroyed the 18 floor of the building
no persons injured
History of the house built in 19 and as a hotel for over 150 years
George Washington stayed there in 1782
once owned by the Gella family and the Mill family
Cause of the fire Most probably caused by 20
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）
21. It’s often said that _____ teachers have _____ very easy life.
A. /; / B. /; a C. the; / D. the; a
22. I ______ him to give up that foolish idea, but he said he wanted to have a try.
A. persuaded B. didn't try to persuade
C. tried to persuade D. didn't persuade
23. Things like cotton, paper, clothes are easy______ fire.
A. to catch B. catching C. caught D. catch
24. Production fell _______ 20% in May, _______ the same month of last year.
A. in, compared to B. by, compared to
C. with, compared with D. by, comparing with
25. it’s suggested that some changes ______ be made about the plan for the meeting.
A. would B. should C. must D. might
26. The doctor did _______ to save his brother's life.
A. all what he could B. as much as possible
C. all could be done D. as much as could
27. _____, he would have succeeded in the exams.
A. If he has worked hard B. If he works hard
C. Did he work hard D. Had he worked hard
28. Frank’s dream was to have his own shop _____ to produce the workings of his own hands.
A. that B. in which C. by which D. how
29. Jules spent many hours in Paris libraries _____ geography, physics and many other subjects.
A. to study B. to studying C. studying D. study
30. It was to New York ______ he went in the hope of finding work on one of the New York newspaper.
A. which B. where C. when D. that
31. The CCTV evening news comes on at 7:00 and ____ only thirty minutes.
A. keeps B. continues C. finishes D. lasts
32. Bison (野牛) were killed for their meat, ______ their fur (毛皮) provided warm clothing during cold winters.
A. since B. while C. when D. as
33. He _____ to the airport yesterday, though he didn’t meet the guest.
A. does go B. was go C. didn’t go D. did go
34. We were greatly encouraged by the news of the Chinese Table-tennis Team ______ another gold medal.
A. to have won B. to win C. won D. having won
35. _______, he had to give up his teaching.
A. With his health failing
B. His health was failing
C. As his health failing
D. Though his health was failing
第二节：完形填空（共２０小题；每小题１.５分，满分３０分）
阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从36~55各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项。
I did very badly at school. My headmaster thought I was 36 and when I was 14 he said, “You’re never going to be 37 but a failure.”
After five years of 38 jobs, I fell in love with a very nice middle-class girl. It was the beat 39 that could have happened to me. I 40 I wanted-to do something positive (积极地) with my life because I wanted to prove to 41 that what people said about me was 42 . Especially her mother, who had said to me, “Let’s 43 it, you’ve failed at everything you’ve ever done.” So I tried hard with my 44 and went to college. My first novel (小说) 45 while I was at college.
After college I taught during the 46 in high schools and attended evening classes at London University, where I got a 47 in history. I became a lecturer at a college and was thinking of 48 that job to write full time 49 I was offered a part-time job at Leeds University. I began to feel proud of myself — 50 was a working-.class boy who’d 51 school early, now teaching at the university
My writing career (职业) took off when I discovered my own style. Now I’m rich and 52 , have been on TV, and met lots of film stars. 53 what does it mean? I 54 wish all the people that have put me down had 55 : “I believe in you. You’ll succeed.”
36. A. bright B. useless C. simple D. hopeful
37. A. anything B. something C. everything D. nothing
38. A. low B. poor C. good D. useful
39 A. support B. happiness C. surprise D. thing
40. A. admitted B. decided C. planned D. told
41. A. me B. them C. her D. it
42. A. wrong B. right C. stupid D. faulty
43. A. see B. know C. understand D. face
44. A. experiment B. practice C. writing D. composition
45. A. came on B. came in C. came out D'. came back
46. A. day B. night C. month D. year
47. A. graduation B. pass C. degree D. success
48. A. giving in B. giving back C. giving out D. giving up
49. A. while B. if C. when D. or
50. A. there B. here C. it D. that
51. A. left B. attended C. changed D. graduated
52. A. tired B. calm C. nervous . D. famous
53. A. And B. But C. However D. Well
54. A. just B. exactly C. so D. very
55. A. praised B. said C. answered D. advised
第三部分：阅读理解（共２０小题；每小题２分，满分４０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。
A
More American people take their troubles with them on holiday, according to a new survey. Although 40 percent said that the main reason for going away is to escape pressure (压力) from work, almost all said they worry more than they do at home. Only four in every 100 said that they are happy and free of care.
The most common worry is burglary ( 入室盗窃) , with four out of 10 worrying about their homes being broken into while they’re abroad. More than a quarter fear they will feel crazy with some other noisy and rough holiday-makers and 22 percent worry they may be attacked or their possessions will be missing. One in five think the car may break down; and the same number worry about the chances of bad weather.
The survey also showed that the stay-at-home Americans are no more. Three out of every five want to have a holiday abroad, a great increase from the figures only three years ago. The hotel holiday is still a winner, with about one third of all Americana preferring to go on a self-catering ( 自助 ) holiday.
56. The underlined word “survey” in the first paragraph most probably means ______.
A. research B. review C. exhibition D. examination
57. According to the text, about ______ of people worry more on holiday than when they are at home.
A. 25% B. 40% C. 80% D. 95%
58. The third most common worry of American holiday-makers is that they may ______.
A. be attacked or lose their possessions
B. have problems with their cars on the road
C. have bad weather on holiday
D. get mixed with some rough fellow holiday-makers
59. Where do American holiday-makers like to stay most?
A. At a hotel.
B. In a quiet place.
C. At a friend's house.
D. Where they can cook for themselves.
B
Chances
I really love my job because I enjoy working with small children and like the challenges and awards from the job. I also think my work is important. There was a time when I thought I would never have that sort of career（职业）.
I wasn’t an excellent student because I didn’t do much schoolwork. In my final term I started thinking what I might do and found I didn’t have much to offer. I just accepted that I wasn’t the type to have a career.
I then found myself a job, looking after two little girls. It wasn’t too bad at first. But the problems began when I agreed to live in, so that I would be there if my boss had to go out for business in the evening. We agreed that if I had to work extra hours one week, she’d give me time off the next. But unfortunately, it didn’t often work out. I was getting extremely tired and fed up, because I had too many late nights and early mornings with the children.
One Sunday, I was in the park with the children, and met Megan who used to go to school with me. I told her about my situation. She suggested that I should do a course and get a qualification（资格证书）if I wanted to work with children. I didn’t think I would be accepted because I didn’t take many exams in school. She persuaded me to phone the local college and they were really helpful. My experience counted for a lot and I got on a part-time course. I had to leave my job with the family, and got work helping out at a kindergarten.
Now I’ve got a full-time job there. I shall always be thankful to Megan. I wish I had known earlier that you could have a career, even if you aren’t top of the class at school.
60. What is the author’s present job?
A. Working part-time in a college.
B. Taking care of children for a family.
C. Helping children with their schoolwork.
D. Looking after children at a kindergarten.
61. When staying with the two girls’ family, the author ________.
A. was paid for extra work
B. often worked long hours
C. got much help from her boss
D. took a day off every other week
62. Why did the author leave her first job?
A. She found a full-time job.
B. She was fed up with children.
C. She decided to attend a part-time course.
D. She needed a rest after working extra hours.
63. What has the author learned from her own experiences?
A. Less successful students can still have a career.
B. Qualifications are necessary for a career.
C. Hard work makes an excellent student.
D. One must choose the job she likes.
C
Have you ever wondered why birds sing? Maybe you thought that they were just happy .After all, you probably sing or whistle when you are happy.
Some scientists believe that birds do sing some of the time just because they are happy. However, they sing most of the time for a very different reason .Their singing is actually a warning to other birds to stay out of their territory.
Do you know what a “territory” is? A territory is an area that an animal ,usually the male, claims（声称）as its own .Only he and his family are welcome there .No other families of the same species（物种）are welcome .Your yard and house are your territory where only your family and friends are welcome. If a stranger should enter your territory and threaten you, you might shout .Probably this would be enough to frighten him away.
If so, you have actually scared the stranger away without having to fight him .A bird does the same thing. But he expects an outsider almost any time ,especially at nesting（筑巢）season. So he is screaming all the time ,whether he can see an outsider or not .This screaming is what we call a bird’s song ,and it is usually enough to keep an outsider away.
Birds sing loudest in the spring when they are trying to attract a mate and warn others not to enter the territory of theirs.
You can see that birds have a language all their own .Most of it has to do with attracting mates and setting up territories.
64．Some scientists believe that most of the time birds’ singing is actually .
A．an expression of happiness
B．a way of warning
C．an expression of anger
D．a way of greeting
65．What is a bird’s “territory”?
A．A place where families of other species are not accepted.
B．A place where a bird may shout at the top of its voice.
C．An area for which birds fight against each other.
D．An area which a bird considers to be its own .
66．Why do birds keep on singing at nesting season?
A．Because they want to invite more friends.
B．Because their singing helps frighten outsiders away.
C．Because they want to find outsiders around.
D．Because their singing helps get rid of their fears.
67．How does the writer explain birds’ singing?
A．By comparing birds with human beings.
B．By reporting experiment results.
C．By describing birds’ daily life.
D．By telling a bird’s story.
D
At one time no one could travel on an English road faster than four miles an hour. That was the law until 1896. A man had to walk in front of a car which could not go faster than the man. At night the man had to carry a red lamp.
Once Charles Rolls brought a car from France to England, but he wanted to drive faster than four miles an hour .In order to have no trouble with the police, he had a talk with some of the police officers, who ordered their policemen to look the other way when the car came along the road. This was a good plan in the country, but not so easy to follow in the busy streets of London.
One night Rolls and some friends started from London on their journey to Cambridge. One of the men walked in front with the red lamp, but he walked as fast as he could .The police became very interested in walls and shop-fronts when they heard the car, and not one of them saw it .
They reached a hill; but what a waste of time it was to drive down the hill at four miles an hour! Rolls was getting ready to jump into the car; but then he noticed a policeman who was not looking the other way. The slow car reached him.
“Good evening,” said the policeman, looking at the car.
“Good evening,” said Rolls, holding the lamp.
“One of these horseless things,” said the policeman, looking at it with interest.
“Yes,” said Rolls, and waited.
“I’ve often wanted a ride in one; but of course policemen can’t buy things like that.” He turned and looked hopefully in Rolls’s face.
“Jump in,” said Rolls.
“Thanks,” said the policeman, and did so. “Now,”he said, sitting down, “you can let it go just as you like down this hill. There isn’t another policeman on this road for a mile and a half.”
68．The policemen were told “to look the other way” (the underlined part in Paragraph 2) so that_______.
A．they could watch the car coming from the other direction
B．the car could go faster than four miles an hour
C．they could make sure no one was in the way
D．the car would not hit them on the road
69．In what way did the policemen carry out the order from their officers?
A．They greeted Rolls when the car came along.
B．They walked in front of the car with a red lamp.
C．They pretended to be attracted by something else.
D．They stood on duty every 1.5 miles along the road.
70．The policeman who said “Good evening” to Rolls wanted to .
A．teach Rolls a lesson
B．take a free ride home
C．have a talk with Rolls
D．have a car ride experience
71．After the policeman jumped into the car, Rolls .
A．dared not drive the car faster than he was allowed to
B．could drive as fast as he wished within a certain distance
C．could drive on any road he liked for the rest of the journey
D．drove his car as fast as he could down the hill to Cambridge
E
While income worry is a rather common problem of the aged, loneliness is another problem that aged parents may face. Of all the reasons that explain their loneliness, a large geographical distance between parents and their children is the major one. This phenomenon（现象）is commonly known as “Empty Nest Syndrome”（空巢综合症）.
In order to seek better chances outside their countries, many young people have gone abroad, leaving their parents behind with no clear idea of when they will return home. Their parents spend countless lonely days and nights, taking care of themselves, in the hope that someday their children will come back to stay with them. The fact that most of these young people have gone to Europeanized or Americanized societies makes it unlikely that they will hold as tightly to the value of duty as they would have if they had not left their countries. Whatever the case, it has been noted that the values they hold do not necessarily match what they actually do. This geographical and cultural distance also prevents the grown-up children from providing response（回应）in time for their aged parents living by themselves.
The situation in which grown-up children live far away from their aged parents has been described as “distant parent phenomenon”, which is common both in developed countries and in developing countries. Our society has not yet been well prepared for “Empty Nest Syndrome”.
72．According to the passage, the loneliness of aged parents is mainly caused by _________.
A．their earlier experience of feeling lonely
B．the unfavorable living conditions in their native countries
C．the common worry about their income
D．the geographical distance between parents and children
73．Many young people have gone abroad, leaving their aged parents behind, to _________.
A．live in the countries with more money
B．seek a better place for their aged parents
C．continue their studies abroad
D．realize their dreams in foreign countries
74．If young people go abroad, _________.
A．they do not hold to the value of duty at all
B．they can give some help to their parents back home
C．they cannot do what they should for their parents
D．they believe what they actually do is right
75．From the last paragraph, we can infer that ________.
A．the situations in the developed and developing countries are different
B．“Empty Nest Syndrome” has arrived unexpectedly in our society
C．children will become independent as soon as they go abroad
D．the aged parents are not fully prepared for “Empty Nest Syndrome”
第二卷(共35分)
第四部分：写作（共两节，满分３５分）
第一节 填空（共10小题；每小题1分）
阅读短文，根据所读内容在句中的空格处填上适当的单词或短语，每空不超过3个单词。
Tourism probably started in Roman times. Rich Romans visited friends and family who were working in another part of the Roman empire. But when the empire broke down, this kind of tourism stopped.
In the early 17th century, the idea of the “Grand Tour” was born. Rich young English people sailed across the English Channel. They visited the most beautiful and important European cities of the time, including Paris in France, and Rome and Venice in Italy. Their tours lasted for two or four years and the tourist stayed a few weeks or months in each city. The “Grand Tour” was an important part of young people’s education—but only for the rich.
In the 18th century tourism began to change. For example, people in the UK started to visit some towns, such as Bath to “take the wasters”. They believed that the water there was good for their health. So large and expensive hotels were built in these towns.
In the 19th century, travel became much more popular and faster. When the first railways were built in the 1820’s, it was easier for people to travel between towns, so they started to go for holidays by sea. And some started to have holidays in the countryside as cities became larger, noisier and dirtier.
Traveling by sea also became faster and safer when the first steamships were built. People began to travel more to faraway countries.
The 20th century saw cars become more and more popular among ordinary people. Planes were made larger, so ticket process dropped and more people used them.
| 76.___________ | Main Tourists | Places | 83._______________ |
| 77.___________ | 79.____________ | in Roman empire | to visit friends and family |
| 17th century | rich young people | 81.___________ | 84.______________ |
| 78.___________ | people in the UK | some towns | 85. _____________ |
| 19th century | 80.______________ | 82.____________ | enjoy the beauty of nature |
| 20th century | ordinary people | faraway counties | not mentioned |
第二节: 书面表达(满分25分)
人们对于学生网上交友持不同意见。请你用英语写一篇关于学生网上交友的短文，介绍人们的不同观点，并表达自己的看法。
| 赞成的理由 | 反对的理由 | 你的看法 |
| 1．广交朋友 2．可自由表达思想 3．利于外语学习 | 1．浪费时间 2．影响学习 3．可能上当受骗 | ？ |
注意：1．文章必须包括表中的全部内容。
2．词数为100左右。
3．参考词汇： 网络朋友on-line friend(s)，上当受骗to be cheated
上学期高二英语期末考试试卷
答 卷
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| 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 | 31 | 32 | 33 | 34 | 35 | |||||
| 36 | 37 | 38 | 39 | 40 | 41 | 42 | 43 | 44 | 45 | 46 | 47 | 48 | 49 | 50 | 51 | 52 | 53 | 54 | 55 |
| 56 | 57 | 58 | 59 | 60 | 61 | 62 | 63 | 64 | 65 | 66 | 67 | 68 | 69 | 70 | 71 | 72 | 73 | 74 | 75 |
76.____________ 77.______________ 78.______________ 79.__________________
80._____________ 81.__________________ 82.__________________
83._______________ 84._________________ 85.__________________
书面表达(满分25分)
_________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________Keys:
听力：1-5 BACCB 6-10 CBCBC 11-15 AACBA
16-17 BC 18. third 19. 1718 20. a burning cigarette
单选：21-25 BCABB 26-30 BDBCD 31-35 DBDDA
完形：36-40 BABDB 41-45 CADCC 46-50 ACDCB 51-55 ADBAB
阅读：56-60 ADAAD 61-65 BCABD 66-70 BABCD 71-75 BDDCB
填空：76. Time 77. Roman times 78. 18th century 79. rich Romans
80. ordinary people 81. Beautiful European cities 82. towns and countryside
83. Purpose 84. part of education 85. take the waters
作文：
One possible version:
Should students make friends on line ?Some people say yes .The internet helps make many friends .Chatting on line ,students can more freely express their feelings and opinions ,and even get help with their foreign language studies .
Others ,however, think students should not .They say making friends on line is a waste of time ,which should be spent more meaningfully on study .Besides ,some students get cheated on line.
It is my opinion that students should place their study ,health and safety before other things .As for friendship ,we can readily find it in our classmates and other people around us.