高二年级期末考试英语试卷

高二年级期末考试英语试卷

（时间：100分钟满分：120分）

一听力（共20小题，每小题1分，满分20分）

第一节，听下面5段对话，选最佳答案。

1.What does the man ask the woman to do ?

A. Tell him the time B . help him find his luggage C. take care of his luggage

2. How did the man feel about the lecture ?

A. It was boring

B. It was fascinating

C. It was’t long enough

3. What does the man want to do ?

A. eat something warm

B. rent a house

C. have a look at the house

4. What is the probable relationship between the speakers ?

A. Boss and secretary

B. doctor and patient

C. teacher and student

5. How much is the MP4 now ?

A. 600yuan

B. 300yuan

C. 200yuan

第二节，听5段对话，选最佳答案回答每段对话后问题。

听第六段材料，回答第6和第7题。

6. What was the ticket price the last time the woman had taken the bus？

A. $80

B. $82

C.$84

7. When does the driver usually begin loading ?

A. At 1:45

B. At 2:00

C. At 2:15

听第7段材料，回答第8,9题

8. Which bank will the man get money from ?

A. The Agricultural Bank of China

B. The Bank of Shanghai

C. The Bank of China

9. Where is the bank the man will go to ?

A. opposite the shopping mall

B. next to the shoppong mall

C. 50 meters away from the shopping mall.

听第8段材料，回答第10至12题

10. What course does the man want to take ?

A. Data processing .

B. Camera programming.

C. Computer programming

11. When do the class meet?

A. At 7 on Monday evenings B At 7 on Thursday evenings

C. At 7 on Monday mornings

12. How much is the course ?

A. $130

B. $300

C. $200

听第9段材料，回答第13至16题

13. What has the woman just finished ?

A. her last exam

B. her last lesson

C. her homework

14. Where will the art exhibition go next week?

A. To New York

B. To Chicago

C. To Boston

15. What is the next door to the modern art museum ?

A. A new American art museum

B. A new European art museum

C. An old European art museum

16. What can we learn from the conversation ?

A. The man bought two tickets this morning.

B. The speakers will go to the exihibition tomorrow morning.

C. The speakers will go to the exihibition by taxi

听第10段材料，回答第17至20题

17. Which of the following is NOT mentioned in the talk?

A. the police

B. security experts

C. employees

18. What will a person who is lying to you ususlly avoid doing ?

A. making eye contact with you

B. smiling to you directly

C. using facial expressions

19. What is a lisr very likely to touch?

A. his or her eye elbows

B. his or her mouth

C. his or her back

20. Why does a liar place objects between you and him or her?

A. They help him or her remember something .

B. They help him or her feel safe

C. They prevent him or her from being attacked .

二．单项选择（共15小题，每小题1分，满分15分）

21. She has been struggling with the work. Until just recently, she seemed to have_____ burst of understanding, which gave me really big surprise.

A.a; a

B. a; /

C. / ; /

D. / ; a

22. The program deals with scientific subjects that ordinary people can ______ .

A. make sense

B. open up

C. put up with

D. relate to

23. “We all take _____ in, that is, are _____ of our class.” she said _____.

A. pride; proud; proudly

B. pride; proudly; proud

C. proudly; pride; proud

D. proud; proudly; pride

24. It’s easy for people to become addicied to playing games onlin, ____ teenagers.

A. specifically

B. purposely

C. especially

D. specially

25. It is agreed that cycling is highly _____ to health and the environment.

A. conventional

B. beneficial

C. flexible

D. secure

26. On TV, millions of people watched the manned spaceship ______ .

A. lift up

B. to lift off

C. lift off

D. to lift up

27. I miss the drama so much. It’s high time we ____ to the theater.

A. will go

B. shall go

C. are going

D. went

28. Believing that our hard work will ____ can increase our confindence.

A. take off

B. pay off

C. put off

D. get off

29. Smell the flowers before you go to sleep,and you may just ____ sweet dreams.

A. keep up with

B. put up with

C. end up with

D. catch up with

30. “Excuse me, Marcia, a reporter from Vanity Fair____ all day. Could you speak to her now ?”

A. phones

B. has phoned

C. has been phoning

D. phoned

31. Nobody wants to make friends with the boy _____ money.

A. suspected of having stolen

B. suspecting to steal

C. suspected to have stolen

D. suspecting to have stolen

32. There are strong _____ for and against President Obama’s policy towards Libya.

A. evidences

B. attitudes

C. aspects

D. arguments

33. --- Go for a picnic this weekend, OK? -- ______. I love getting close to nature.

A. I couldn’t agree more

B. I’m afraid not

C. I believe not

D. I don’t think so

34. ---Why are you so late? --- I was in half the way when it____ to me that I had left my notebook home, so I had to fetch it.

A. hit

B. happened

C.occurred

D. reminded

35. It is necessary to ______ a notice about our party .

A. put away

B. put down

C. put on

D. put up 三．完形填空（共20小题，每小题1.5分，满分30分）

A beautiful girl was shopping with her mother in Blue-sky Market. It was 36 hard outside. Many people all stood there under the awning (遮雨蓬). They waited, some patiently, others impatiently because of the bad weather.

The girl’s 37 was so sweet. “Mom, let’s run through the rain,” she said suddenly. “What?” Mom asked.“Let’s run through the rain!”

“No, Honey. We’ll 38 until it slows down a bit,” Mom replied.

The child waited about another 39 and repeated, “Mom, let’s run through the rain.”“We’ll get 40 if we do,” Mom said.

“No, we won’t, Mom. That’s not what you said this 41 ,”the young girl said as she tugged (拽) at her mom’s arm.

“This morning? 42 did I say we could run through the rain and not get wet?”

“Don’t you 43 ? When you were talking to Daddy 44 his cancer, you said, ‘If God can get us through this, he can get us through 45 !’”

The people became 46 . Nothing could be 47 but the rain. Mom thought for a moment about what she would say.

“Honey, you are 48 Let’s run through the rain.”

49 they ran off. People all stood watching, smiling and laughing as they 50 past the cars and through the puddles (水坑). They 51 their shopping bags over their heads. They got wet through, but they were 52 by a few who laughed like children all the 53 to their cars.

People can 54 your money and health, but no one can ever take away your memories. So, don’t 55 to make time to make memories every day.

36. A. blowing B. snowing C. raining D. shining

37. A. sound B. voice C. noise D. language

38. A. leave B. go C. run D. wait

39. A. hour B. minute C. month D. day

40. A. wet B. hurt C. lost D. bad

41. A. morning B. afternoon C. evening D. night

42. A. When B. What C. Why D. How

43. A. say B. stop C. ask D. remember

44. A. with B. for C. about D. of

45. A. something B. anything C. other D. another

46. A. surprised B. sad C. silent D. nervous

47. A. seen B. smelled C. heard D. known

48. A. right B. clever C. great D. brave

49. A. Because B. While C. Then D. But

50. A. walked B. rushed C. jumped D. stepped

51. A. held B. brought C. threw D. pushed

52. A. watched B. helped C. saved D. followed

53. A. time B. way C. direction D. money

54. A. take away B. take up C. take off D. take back

55. A. try B. hope C. forget D.decide

四。阅读理解（共15小题，每小题2分，满分30分）

A

Japanese students work very hard but many of them are unhappy. They feel great pressure from their parents to do well in school or in college. Most students are always being told by their parents to study harder so that they can have a successful future. Although this may be good advice for those students who are very bright, it can cause very bad results for many students who are not good enough at studying. Unfortunately, a number of students actually kill themselves. Others seek comfort in using drugs. Some students, however, do bad things with groups of bad people and turn to crime. Many of them have tried very hard at school but, in spite of their effort, have failed some examinations and disappointed their parents. Such students feel that they are less important than everyone else they meet and leave school before they have finished their study.

It is surprising that although most Japanese parents are anxious for their children to do well at school, they don’t help them in any way. Many parents feel that they are unable to help their children with their lessons and that it is their teachers’ job to help their children.

To make matters worse, a lot of parents send their children to special schools called juku-cram schools. These schools are open during the evening and on weekends, and their only purpose is to prepare students to pass exams. They don’t try to educate students in any real sense of the word. It thus shouldn’t come as a shock to realize that almost three quarters of the junior high school population attend these cram schools.

Ordinary Japanese schools usually have rules about everything from the length of students’ hair to their clothes and things in their school bags. Child psychologist now think that such strict rules often lead to a feeling of being unsafe and being unable to fit into society. They regard the rules as being harmful to the development of each student. They believe that no sense of moral values is developed and that such students are not given guidance nor training in becoming good citizens.

56. According to the passage, a lot of Japanese students are unhappy in school because they ___.

A. work too hard

B. find they cannot do well in school

C. feel unimportant

D. are under too much pressure

57. Because of their failure at school, some students _________.

A. go to cram school for better education

B.leave school without finishing their study

C.are against the school rules

D.have quarrels with their parents

58. In the third paragraph, cram school probably means the schools in which ____.

A.you can be taken good care of by the teachers

B.teachers are responsible

C.you learn as much as possible in a short time before taking the exam

D.students have their classes in the evening

59. Which of the following statements is NOT true according to the passage?

A.A lot of parents in Japan help their children with their studies.

B. Cram schools cannot provide a good education for their children.

C. A lot of parents in Japan encourage their children to study hard.

D.Many students become criminals because of their failure.

B

Americans celebrate Thanksgiving Day on the fourth Thursday of November each year. The holiday tradition is eating turkey. Some of the birds will be fried in oil or barbecued over hot coals. Most will be cooked in the oven.

Most farm-raised turkeys grow quickly. In fourteen weeks, a female turkey weighs seven kilograms and is ready for market. Hens are usually sold as whole birds. Male turkeys, or toms, are usually grown for eighteen weeks. They weigh more than fourteen kilograms. Toms are processed for meat products.

Some farms have started to raise what are called heritage turkeys. These more traditional birds take longer to raise and require more care. Some can be ordered over the Internet. The meat is at least four times the cost of other turkey. Often, heritage turkeys are raised on organic farms, where no chemicals are used.

Under the federal law, turkeys and other poultry cannot be given hormones to increase growth. But they may receive antibiotic（抗生素）drugs to fight infection and improve weight gain.

Turkeys once were served mainly during Thanksgiving and Christmas. Now people have a wide choice of products served all year.

Over the years, growers have developed turkeys that have more meat on their chest. These farm-raised birds are very different from their wild relatives. They cannot even reproduce without assistance. They are fertilized through the artificial insemination（人工授精）process.

60. How many ways of preparing the turkey are mentioned in the passage?

A. One

B. Two

C. Three

D. Four

61. Which of the following words has the similar meaning with “heritage” in Para 3?

A. fashion

B. modern

C. tradition

D. strangeness

62. From the passage, we know that the word “hormone” refers to _______.

A.something that can influence turkeys’ growth

B.something good to turkey’s health

C.something dangerous to turkey’s health

D.a kind of food

63. The passage mainly talks about _______.

A.Thanksgiving Day

B. something about turkeys

C. festivals in America

D. customs in America

64. Which of the following is NOT true?

A.Heritage turkeys are more expensive than other turkeys.

B.Turkeys were once important in history.

C.Today turkeys can be served all year.

D.Farm-raised turkeys can reproduce by themselves.

C.

America is growing older. Fifty-eight years ago, only 4 out of every 100 people in

the United States were 65 or older. Today, 10 out of every 100 Americans are over 65. The aging of the population will affect American society in many ways --- education, medicine, and business. Quietly, the graying America has made us a very different society --- one in which people have quite different idea of what kind of behavior（行为）is suitable（合适）at various ages.

A person’s age no longer tells you anything about his/her social position, marriage or health. There’s no longer a particular year in which one goes to school or goes to work or gets married or starts a family. The social clock that kept us on time and told us when to go to school, get a job, or stop working isn’t as strong as it used to be. It doesn’t surprise us to hear of a 29-year-old university president or a 35-year-old grandmother, or a 70-year-old man who has become a father for the first time. Public ideas are changing.

Many people say, “I’m much younger than my mother --- or my father--- was at my age.”No one says “Act your age”any more. We’ve stopped looking with surprise at older people who act in youthful ways.

65. It can be learnt from the text that the aging of population in America ________

A.has made people feel younger

B.has changed people’s social position

C.has changed people’s understanding of age

D.has slowed down the country’s social development

66. The underlined word “one” refers to _______

A. a society

B. America

C. a place

D. population

67. “Act your age” means people should _______.

A. be active when they are old

B. do the right thing at the right age

C. show respect for their parents young or old

D. take more exercise suitable to their age

D

I was telling my son Sonny the story of the hare and the tortoise. At the end I said, “ Son, remember: being slow and steady（平稳的，坚定的）wins the race. Don’t you think there is something to learn from the tortoise?” He opened his eyes wide, “ Do you mean next time when I’m entering for the 60-metre race I should wish that Bill and Tony and Sandy all fall asleep half-way?”I was greatly surprised. “But the tortoise didn’t wish the hare would fall asleep.”

“ He must have wished that.” Sonny said, “ Or how could he be so stupid as to race with the hare? He knew very well the hare ran a hundred times faster than himself did.”

“ He didn’t have such a wish,” I insisted, “ He won the race by perseverance（毅力）by pushing on steadily.”

Sonny thought for a while. “That’s a lie,”he said, “He won it because he was lucky. If the hare hadn’t happened to fall asleep, the tortoise would never have won the race. He could be as steady as you like, or a hundred times steadier, but he’d never have won the race. That’s for sure.”

I gave up. Today’s children are not like what we used to be. They are just “hopeless”.

68. Bill, Tony and Sandy must be the boys _______.

A. Sonny was afraid of

B. Sonny had run races with before

C. who were unknown to Sonny’s father

D. Sonny didn’t expect to race with

69. When the writer says, “I gave up” at the end of the story he means _______.

A.he gave up the belief in the moral lesson（寓意）of the story

B.he gave up arguing with his son

C.he gave up Sonny as a hopeless child

D. he gave up believing the tortoise was the winner of the race

70.. Which of the following is right according to the passage? _______.

A.Today’s children are really stupid and hopeless

B.Sonny’s father was sorry that he couldn’t make himself understood

C.The writer thought the new generation was hard to understand lessons

D.Sonny believed that hare should win the race by his own effort

五．任务型读写（共10小题，每小题1分，满分10分）

I n business settings, it’s really easy to forget to take the time to say Thank You, yet it’s an Important part of communication with others, It’s important that people feel important and respected. Just as saying sorry matters, so does remembering to thank those who help you move forward. Here are some tips and ideas:

Email is nice; a personal card is better. It’s really easy to send email. I just sent a thank-you letter that way, and that’s what attracted me to post this. And yet, looking back, I think i t’s much nicer to send along a physical card. A personal note written by your own hand inside matters far more than a few lines of type into a window that’s so easily available at your fingertips. It shows you care enough to take an extra step.

Write s pecifically. We’ve all done it: we get a gilt from someone around the holidays or our birthday but we forget who sent what, so we send out that general “ Tha nks very much for the gift.” People know. They feel a little less specia l when you’ve sent a genera l reply. I find that people respond really well to targeted responses.”Thanks for the copy of IMPROV WISDOM. I really look forward to reading it, and look forward to discussing it with you when we talk next.” T hat’s simple, brief, and targeted.

Use nic e cards and a nice pen. If you’re going to go this route, put in the extra few minutes to purchase nice note-cards and use a pen that gives you decent flow. You don’t have to break the bank to give a professional and yet personal presence via the thank-you note you select and the ink you use to sign it. And, just like attractive-looking people don’t always have a great voice for radio, an expensive pen isn’t always the best flowing pen.

In person. Make sure you say thank you to people face to face when you have the opportunity. The same “content” applies. Be brief, be specific, and be warm about it. Say so in an unhurried way, l ooking into the person’s eyes. It is not enough to just say the words, or at least it won’t have the same effect. D o n’t make it into a miniseries TV moment, but do try to make sure the person senses how important their contribution to your life really was.

Be generous in your thanks，and the results will always he favorable.

六．书面表达（满分15分）

近日，中国教育学会会长顾明远呼吁：停止评选“三好学生“，废除“三好学生”评选制度。此举引起社会广泛关注，有人赞成，有人反对。你班对此也作了一次激烈的讨论。请你根据下表中的有关内容写一则短文，谈谈你们的讨论情况。

1、词数100左右，开头已为你写好，但不记入总词数；

2、可适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。

3、参考词汇：

后进学生：the slower students 虚荣：vanity

过早地：prematurely 学习成绩：academic record

Recently, we have held a heated discussion about whether we should stop choosing “three-good” students during the period of basic education……

高二期末考试英语参考答案 高二期末考试英语答题卷

五 任务型读写（10分） 71. Thank-You\thank-you 72.business 73. respected 74. nicer\better 75. general 76. response 77. content 78. hurry 79. importance 80. favorable 六 书面表达（15分） Recently, we have held a heated discussion about whether we should stop choosing “three-good ” students during the period of basic education. We students have different opinions about it. Those who are for it hold the belief that there are some disadvantages to choose “three-good ” students. First, the students are labeled as good or weak ones prematurely. Second, it will produce students’ vanity. Third, it will hurt the feelings of those who are not chosen as “three-good ” students, which is unfair for them. However, those who are against it hold the view that students can benefit from it. First of all, it can set other students a good example. Second, good students need praise and should be praised. Moreover, it can direct and stimulate the slower students to learn from the good ones. As far as I’m concerned, we should not only focus on the students ’ academic records

姓名:________________ 班级:_______________ 座位号:____________

…… ………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………

but also take their other qualities into consideration when we choose “three-good”students.

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