【英语】新疆兵团农二师华山中学2012-2013学年高二上学期期末考试

Ⅰ.第一部分：听力（共两节，满分20分）

第一节（共5小题；满分5分）请听下面5段对话, 选出最佳选项。

1. How does the man feel about his job?

A. He doesn’t care much about it.

B. He enjoys it very much.

C. He doesn’t like it.

2. What is the woman probably going to do?

A. Ask Tom to send an invitation.

B. Get the Johnsons’ address.

C. Invite Tom to the party.

3. What does the woman mean?

A. Jane is looking for a summer job.

B. Jane doesn’t want to go home.

C. Jane is eager to go home for the summer.

4. Why is the woman excited?

A. She has got a driver’s license.

B. She has sold a lot of tickets.

C. She is going abroad.

5. What does the man think of Picasso?

A. He thinks that he is the greatest Spanish painter.

B. He doesn’t consider him the best Spanish painter.

C. He is sure that he can become famous.

第二节（共15小题；满分15分）

请听下面5段对话或独白，选出最佳选项。

请听第6段材料，回答第6、7题。

6. What can we learn from the conversation?

A. The man wants to book a room for two.

B. The man prefers a smoking room.

C. The man chooses a room on the second floor.

7. How much will the man pay for the room?

A. 80 dollars.

B. 88 dollars.

C. 96 dollars.

请听第7段材料，回答第8至10题。

8. What can we learn about the boy?

A. He has got a headache.

B. He has got a fever.

C. He has got a heart problem.

9. What does the mother ask the boy to do?

A. Go to the hospital.

B. Stay in bed.

C. Buy some medicine.

10. What does the boy want to do?

A. Watch TV.

B. See the doctor.

C. Go to school.

请听第8段材料，回答第11至14题。

11. What is the man going to do in the evening?

A. Take an exam.

B. Study.

C. Look for a job.

12. What exam will the man take?

A. The entrance exam.

B. The mid-term exam.

C. The final exam.

13. What does the man think of the coming exam?

A. Easy.

B. Harder than the last one.

C. Too difficult to pass.

14. What does the man think of his present job?

A. He is not satisfied with it.

B. It’s the best one in the world.

C. It’s the worst one in the world.

请听第9段材料，回答第15至17题。

15. Where does the conversation most probably take place?

A. At the railway station.

B. At the post office.

C. At the airport.

16. Which country will the letter be sent to?

A. England.

B. Japan.

C. Canada.

17. How will the letter be sent?

A. By air mail.

B. By registered mail.

C. By express mail. 请听第10段材料，回答第18至20题。

18. Why did Mr Hill’s chickens lay hardly any eggs in the summer?

A. It was too cool in his chicken house.

B. It was too wet in his chicken house.

C. It was too hot in his chicken house.

19. What did Mr Hill do to earn more money?

A. He put air conditioning into his chicken house.

B. He bought more chickens.

C. He put more food into his chicken house.

20. What do we know from the text?

A. Mr Hill was very poor.

B. Mr Hill didn’t want to put air conditioning into his house.

C. Mr Hill couldn’t afford to put air conditioning into his house.

Ⅱ.从A,B,C,D四个选项中, 选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项.(15分)

21. -- Sorry to disturb you, ________ can I use your phone?

-- Oh, go ahead.

A. and

B. if

C. when

D. but

22. Cigarettes and alcohol do such ________ great harm to health that they can easily cause

________ weakening of our bodies.

A. a; /

B. /; the

C. a; the

D. /; /

23. —I suppose he’ll pass the exam, _______________? —Of course he will.

A. will he

B. won’t he

C. don’t I

D. do I

24. _____________ ,they went home,________________.

A. Their work had been finished; singing and laughing

B. They had finished their work; sang and laughed

C. Their work finished; singing and laughing

D. after their work finished; singing and laughing

25. She first _____ singing and dancing, but soon lost interest and became a businesswoman.

A. took up

B. took in

C. took over

D. took down

26. Have you ever had a case _________ someone accused of your journalist of getting

the wrong end of the stick..

A. which

B. where

C. that

D. for which

27. —Shall I turn on the TV, Mom?

—No. You should be quiet _____ wake up your sleeping brother.

A. so not as to

B. so as not to

C. so as to not

D. not so as to

28. The maths teacher demanded that all the students _____ the examination paper within

one

and a half hours.

A. finish

B. finished

C. would finish

D. could finish

29.Be _____ about life. Y ou can get over those unhappy moments and cucceed in time

If you keep on trying.

A. generous

B. extreme

C.efficient

D. optimistic

30. Was it in the village ______ he was born ________ the talented journalist met the retired

professor?

A. that, where

B. where, which

C. where, that

D. which, where

31. —Bob, look what you have done! You ruined the experiment.

—It’s not my fault. I just carried out the instructions _____.

A. as told

B. as telling me

C. as telling

D. as I told

32.For the______ of the customers ,the supermarket has recently opened several new branches in town.

A. possibility

B. convenience

C. sightseeing

D. administration

33. Not until all the fish die in the river ____ how serious the pollution was.

A. did the villagers realize

B. the villagers realized

C. the villagers did realize

D. didn’t the villagers realize

Ⅲ. 第二节完形填空(共20小题；每小题1.5分, 满分30分)

It was only in the eighteenth century that people Europe began to think mountains were beautiful .___36___ that time, mountains were ___37__ by the people living on the plains,__38___ by the city people, to whom they were wild and ___39___ places in which one was easily ___40___ or killed by terrible animals.

Slowly ,however , many of the people who were living ___41__ in the towns began to grow tired of ___42___. They began to feel interested in looking for things that could not be explained , for sights and sounds which produce a feeling of fear and excitement .___43___in the __44___century, people began to turn away from the man-made __45___ to the untouched country, and particulary ___46___a place where it was dangerous and wild. High mountains began to be __47__ for a holiday.

Then , mountain-climbing began to grow popular as a sport. To some people ,there is something greatly __48__about getting to the _49___ of a hight mountain . Struggling against nature is finer than a battle __50____ other human beings. And then, when you are at the mountain top after a long and difficult__51__, what a _52____ reward it is to be able to look _53___on everything within__54___! At such time, you feel happier and prouder than you can ever feel down__55____.

36. A. After B. In C. At D. Before

37. A. hated B. liked C.feared D. observed

38. A.however B. further C.sometimes D.especially

39. A.exciting B. interesting C.dangerous D.alone

40. A.fallen down B. lost C.discovered D. caught

41. A.unhappily B. lonely C. comfortable D. easily

42. A.them B. it C. themselves D. that

43. A. Yet B. So C. However D.But

44. A. last B. recent C. eighteenth D. early

45.A.country B. houses C. town D. planet

46 A. to B. at C. in D. for

47.A. important B. right C. necessary D. popular

48. A. pleasant B. interested C.dangerous D.terrible

49. A.foot B. spot C. top D. tip

50. A. with B. to C. against D. between

51. A. fight B. climb C. walk D. running

52.A.surprising B. satisfactory C..disappointing D. worrying

53. A.behind B. up C.down D. around

54. https://www.wendangku.net/doc/8a659601.html,es B. minutes C. seeing D. sight

55. A.above B.below C.under D. away

Ⅳ.阅读理解（共20小题，每小题2分，满分40分）

A

On the evening of June 21, 1992, a tall man with brown hair and blue eyes entered the beautiful hall of the Bell Tower Hotel in Xi’an with his bicycle. The hotel workers received him and telephoned the manager, for they had never seen a bicycle in the hotel ball before though they lived in “the kingdom of bicycles.”

Robert Friedlander, an American, arrived in Xi’an on his bicycle trip across Asia which started last December in New Delhi, India.

When he was 11, he read the book Marco Polo and made up his mind to visit the Silk Road. Now, after 44 years , he was on the Silk Road in Xi’an and his early dreams were coming true.

Robert Friedlander’s next destinations were Lanzhou, Dunhuang, Urumqi, etc. He will complete his trip in Pakistan.

56. The best headline for this newspaper article would be ______ .

A. The Kingdom of Bicycles

B. A Beautiful Hotel in Xi’an

C. Marco Polo and the Silk Road.

D. An American Achieving His Aims

57. The hotel workers told the manager about Friedlander coming to the hotel

because______ .

A. he asked to see the manager

B. he entered the hall with a bike

C. the manager had to know about all foreign guests

D. the manager knew about his trip and was expecting him

58. Friedlander is visiting the three countries in the following order. ______ .

A. China, India, and Pakistan

B. India, China, and Pakistan

C. Pakistan, China, and India

D. China, Pakistan, and India

B

When Christopher Columbus landed on a land without name in 1502, he saw many Indians wearing gold earrings. So he thought the land must be rich in gold. He named the place Costa Rica, which means “rich coast” in Spanish.

Though little gold was found, Costa Rica today is indeed rich with coffee and bananas. Coffee is the most important product in Costa Rica and most of it is exported to other countries like America and West Germany. Bananas are the country’s second most important export.

Costa Ricans also grow many other crops such as fruits, corn and beans for their own use. Costa Ricans love colors and their houses are painted in bright colors.

Education is very important to the Costa Ricans. Almost every village has a school and education is a must for children between seven and fourteen years of age. Boys and girls go to separate schools. Classes begin in March and end in November. The other three months of the year are harvest time and the children have to help their parents to pick coffee beans.

61. What’s the main idea of the first paragraph?

A. How Columbus found Costa Rica.

B. How Costa Rica got its name.

C. What the Costa Ricans wore.

D. What language the Costa Ricans spoke.

62. The Costa Ricans may NOT paint their houses ______.

A. pink and red

B. grey and black

C. blue and green

D. yellow and orange

63. In Costa Rica, boys and girls between seven and fourteen ______.

A. must go to school

B. study in the same school

C. do not have to go to school at all

D. can choose to stop schooling at any time

64. From December to February, school children in Costa Rica ______.

A. have lessons every day

B. have their examinations

C. help their parents pick coffee beans

D. help their parents decorate their houses

65. This passage is mainly about ______.

A. Christopher Columbus

B. Costa Rica

C. some products from Costa Rica

D. the education of Costa Rica

C

Every American family has its own traditions on Thanksgiving Day, and mine is no different. Once the national holiday arrives, my mom rises early to make the meal. She puts a turkey in the oven, chops carrots and bakes pies. I’m sorry to say that the men in the family – my dad, my younger brother and myself – rarely pitch in to help. Our job is to wash the mountain of dirty dishes after the meal is over.

Around 2 pm every Thanksgiving Day, family members seat themselves around the kitchen table. Plates of turkey, vegetables, salad, rolls and pies cover it. At this point, we can hardly keep ourselves from drooling (流口水) all over our fancy clothes, but it’s not yet time to eat.

First, we must bow our heads, close our eyes and say a prayer of thanks aloud to God for giving us everything we have. Under normal circumstances (情况), I would have no problem making a list of things I am thankful for. I grew up in a loving family. My parents, who aren’t wealthy, took out loans to help me pay for university.

But, the funny thing is, every time I sit down for Thanksgiving dinner and try to say a

prayer of thanks, my mind usually goes blank. I think it has something to do with my growling (咕咕叫) stomach and all of that food sitting right there under my nose.

Eventually, though, we all finish our short prayers and dig in. To be sure, the day includes other highlights – visiting with family and watching football. But usually around 6 pm we are all ourselves stuffed like turkeys and thankful to have a nice warm bed to sleep in.

66. The purpose of the text is to ________.

A. tell what the family do for Thanksgiving Day

B. tell how the family spends Thanksgiving Day

C. introduce foods served on Thanksgiving Day

D. introduce the American Thanksgiving Day

67. On Thanksgiving Day the author’s family do the following except ________.

A. watching a movie

B. making visits

C. having a big meal

D. watching football

68. Why does the author’s mind usually “go blank” when saying a prayer of thanks?

A. He is too thankful to say a word.

B. His mind is on the food before him.

C. He feels too excited to speak.

D. He is shy to speak in public.

69. The underlined phr ase “dig in” in the last paragraph is closest in meaning to

“________”.

A. chat with others

B. make a hole

C. mix things up

D. start eating

70. What can we conclude from the text?

A. On Thanksgiving Day, men do nothing but eat.

B. The author is a middle school student.

C. The author’s family is not rich, but it’s a loving one.

D. Thanksgiving Day falls on Thursday of December.

D

“The first and best of victories for a man is to conquer himself; to be conquered by himself is, of all things, the most shameful,” says Plato. Self-control is at the root of all the advantages. Let a man give in to his impulses (冲动) and feelings, and from that moment he gives up his moral freedom.

A single angry word has lost many friends. When Socrates found in himself any temper or anger, he would check it by speaking low in order to control himself. If you are conscious of being angry, keep your mouth shut so that you can hold back rising anger. Many a person has dropped dead in great anger. Fits of anger bring fits of disease. “Whoever the gods would destroy, they first make them mad.”“Keep cool,” says Webster, “anger is not a rgument.” “Be calm in arguing,” says George Herbert, “for fierceness makes error a fault.”

To be angry with a weak man is to prove that you are not strong yourself. “Anger,” says Pythagoras, “begins with foolishness and ends with regret.” You must measure the strength of a man by the power of the feelings he conquers, not by the power of those which conquer him.

Self-control is man’s last and greatest victory.

If a man lacks self-control he seems to lack everything. Without it he can have no patience, no power to govern himself; he can have no self-confidence, for he will always be controlled by his strongest feeling. If he lacks self-control, the very backbone and nerve of character are lacking too.

71. What’s the main idea of the passage?

A. Self- control is important for a man.

B. We should learn to be strong.

C. A man who keeps cool won’t lose any game.

D. The great heroes in history knew how to control themselves.

72. What does the underlined sentence in Paragraph 2 mean?

A. If you are mad, the gods will fail you.

B. If you lose your temper first, gods will fail you first.

C. If you can’t control yourself, you will be crazy.

D. If the gods want to fail you, they will make you mad first.

73. Which of the following is NOT true, according to passage?

A. The first and best of victories for a man is to conquer himself.

B. You will make a small mistake serious if you don’t keep cool.

C. You must measure a man’s strength by the power of the feelings which conquer him.

D. Anger begins with foolishness and ends with regret.

74. Which of the following can’t help you avoid anger, according to the passage?

A. Being calm in arguing.

B. Checking your temper or anger by speaking low.

C. Keeping your mouth shut.

D. Trying to make the other angry first.

75.If a man lacks self-control,______________________________

A. He will always be controlled by all the people all the time.

B. He will began with foolish everything every day and lack the strength.

C. Moral strength and nerve of character will lack as well.

D. He will have power of gover himself.

第Ⅱ卷（共45分）

请将答案写在答题卷上。

V.完成下列单词，注意适当形式。（10分）

1.He found that water came from the river (污染) by the dirty water.

2.Happily this was accomplished without (冲突) when King James of Scotland became king of England and Wales as well.

3.It is a pity that the industrial cities built in the nineteenth century do not __(吸引) visitors.

4. 4.All of his friends were invited to take part in his wedding ________(婚礼)

5.It seems that you keep getting flashbacks from your (早先的) time period.

6.At first my new surroundings were difficult to (容忍).

https://www.wendangku.net/doc/8a659601.html,ter you can cover a story and (递交) the article yourself.

8.They must are research to (通知) themselves of the missing parts of the story.

9.He solved the bleeding by (应用) pressure to the wounds until the police and ambulance arrived.

10.Only if you ask many different questions will you (获得）the information

you need to know.

VI. 短文改错（共10处错；每小题1分，满分10分）

假定英语课上老师要求同桌之间交换修改作文，请你修改你同桌写的

以下作文。文中共有10处语言错误，每句中最多有两处。错误涉及一个单词的增加，删除或修改。

增加：在缺词处加一个漏字符号（∧），并在其下面写出该加的词。

删除：把多余的词用斜线（＼）划掉。

修改：在错的词下划一横线，并在该词下面写出修改后的词。

注意：1．每处错误及其修改均仅限一词；2．只允许修改10处，多者（从第11处起）不计分。

Nick is a 28-year-old Australian man, which life is very difficult because he born without arms or legs. Some people used to make fun of him and said he looked like a monster. Doing normal things seemed impossibly to him. However, Nick never gave up, and after many failures, he finally learn to swim, fish and even surf. Most surprising, he completed university and earned the two degrees. Now he is the CEO of two company.

When asking about the secret of his success, Nick’s answer is: Attitude is altitude. To him, nothing is impossible if you has enough determination to overcome difficulties. He thinks a positive attitude is the key of success.

VII. 书面表达（满分25分）

“世界读书日（每年的4月23日）”，假定你是李华，你的加拿大网友Peter成立一个网上“读书俱乐部”，邀请世界各地中学生参加。假定你对读书特感兴趣，希望加入该俱乐部，请用英文写一封自荐信，要点如下：

1．你对此事情的看法，并表达积极参加的愿望；

2．陈述自己的有利条件，如痴迷于读书，中英文阅读和写作能力强等；

3．若成为会员，会给其他会员提供更多帮助并使自己读更多的书。

注意：1．不要逐词逐句地翻译；

2．为使语句连贯，可以适当增加细节；

3．词数100左右。开头和结尾已给出，不计入总数。

Dear Peter,

I’m Li Hua. I’d like to join your “Reading Club” on the Internet. ……

_______________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________

_______________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________ _____

Please consider my request, and I’m looking forward to your early reply.

Yours sincerely,

Li Hua

2012-2013学年第一学期高二年级期末考

英语试卷参考答案

二卷。

V.单词。(15分)

surprisingly

two company.

companies

When asking about the secret of his success, Nick’s answer is : Attitude is asked

altitude. To him, nothing is impossible if you has enough determination to overcome

he

difficulties. He thinks a positive attitude is the key of success.

to

VII. 书面表达（满分20分）

Dear Peter,

I’m Li Hua. I’d like to join your “Reading Club” on the Internet. I think it will benefit all of the readers to share and enjoy more wonderful books. I really want to take an active part in the reading activity.

I am crazy about reading books, which I am sure, will appeal to the other members in your club. Besides, I can write some articles about what I have read both in English and Chinese, with which I can communicate well with other book-lovers.

If I can be part of your club, I will offer more help while making full use of the opportunity to read more.

Please consider my request, and I’m looking forward to your early reply.

Yours sincerely,

Li Hua