高二上学期英语期末考试题

第Ⅰ卷(选择题，共计100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 do we know about the man?

A. He stopped working.

B. He used to work at night.

C. He will work overnight.

2. Where are the two speakers most probably?

A. At a clinic.

B. In a classroom.

C. In a bank.

3. Which season is it now most probably?

A. Summer.

B. Autumn.

C. Winter.

4. What's the woman?

A. A policewoman.

B. A salesgirl.

C. A ticket seller.

5. What are they talking about?

A. The hot weather.

B. The air-conditioning.

C. The power failure.

第二节（共15小题, 每小题1.5分，满分22.5分）

请听下面5段对话。每段对话后有几个小题，从题中所给出的A、B、C三个选项种选出最佳选项，并标在试卷的相应位置。听每段对话前，你将有时间阅读各个小题。每小题5秒钟；听完后，各小题给出5秒钟的作答时间。每段对话读两遍。

6. What was the woman robbed of finally?

A. A purse.

B. A gold necklace.

C.A car.

7. What does the man advise the woman to do?

A. Don't show gold chains or jewelry.

B. Keep valuable things in the purse.

C. Don't risk fighting the robbers.

听第7段材料，回答第8至10题。

8. Why did the woman come here?

A. For a rest.

B. For a pay rise.

C. For a job.

9. What is the woman like?

A. An native English speaker.

B. An excellent student.

C. A good employer.

10. How soon will the woman probably get a raise?

A. In two months.

B. In three months.

C. In four months.

听第8段材料，回答第11至l3题。

11. How does Tom feel about the job?

A. It's helpful.

B. It's busy.

C. It's boring.

12. What does the woman ask Tom to do?

A. Continue his study.

B. Do some research.

C. Cover more classes.

13. When will Tom be busy?

A. Next spring.

B. Next summer.

C. Next autumn.

14. What can we learn about Debra?

A. She is overweight.

B. She has two handbags.

C. She will go home.

15. What time does the plane take off?[

A. At 8:30.

B. At 10:00.

C. At 10:30.

16. How wil l Debra go to the airport most probably?

A. By taxi.

B. By car.

C. By bus.

听第10段材料,回答第17至20题。

17. What causes people to spend little time reading?

A. There being no time.

B. The increasing use of the Internet.

C. That reading is not needed.

18. How many benefits of reading are mentioned?

A . 2 B. 4 C. 3

19. What can reading improve according to the speaker?

A . One’s creation B. One’s imagination C. One’s opinions

20. What does the speaker mainly want to tell us?

A. Reading is important

B. Science is important

C. Knowledge is important 第二部分阅读理解(共两节，满分40分)

第一节(共15小题；每小题2分，满分30分)

阅读下列短文，从每题所给四个选项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

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A man wakes up with a big hangover (宿醉) the morning after attending his company’s annual Summer Party. He can’t even remember how he got home from the party, let alone how he got so drunk and is deathly afraid of what he may have done or said the night before to make his wife angry.

The man forces his eyes open and the first things he sees are two headache tablets next to a glass of water on his table, and, next to them, a single red rose! He sits up with difficulty and sees his clothing on the back of his chair all clean and pressed and the rest of the house all in perfect order.

Doubtful, the man takes the tablets and sees a black eye looking back at him from the bathroom mirror. Then he finds a note next to the red rose on the table, “Sweetie, breakfast is waiting for you on the stove. I left early to buy the cooking materials to make your favorite dinner tonight. I love you, darling!”

The note was signed, “Your loving wife.”

The man then walks into the kitchen. His daughter Jessie is at the table, eating. “Jessie…what happened last night?”The man asks, with great fear.

“Well, you came home around four o’clock in the morning, drunk and out of your mind. You stumbled and fell onto the coffee table and broke it, and got this b lack eye when you crashed into the table’s edge.”

Puzzled, the man asks Jessie, “Then why is there a rose on my table and breakfast on the stove waiting for me?”

“Oh that,”Jessie replies, “well, Mom pulled you into your bedroom, and when she tried to undress you, you yelled, ‘Leave me alone; I’m married and I love my wife!’”

21. Why did the man have a black eye?

A. He had a terrible headache.

B. He didn’t sleep well the night before.

C. He was hit in the eye by his wife.

D. He fell over and knocked onto the table.

22. The wife did so much for her husband that morning probably because

_____.

A. she thought it was her duty

B. her husband got drunk for her

C. she was moved by his words

D. she wanted to give him a surprise

23. The passage is intended to _____.

A. tell us a funny story

B. show us how to care a drunken person

C. warn us how dangerous it is to be drunk

D. persuade us not to get drunk B

Several dollars equal nothing for some people, but make a difference for others. Steve has just lost his wife to cancer and everything they had is gone due to the treatment. He now lives in the shelter for the homeless. So we know each other.

Just like other homeless people, he didn’t think he needed anything. But once he mentioned to me he needed eye glasses. His voice hesitated a bit, he looked down, and it appeared like he thought such a request was just a dream.

Too much to hope for? It was as if his wish were known by me only.

I submitted an application for him to a program that is supposed to provide

a free eye examination and glasses. Three months l ater, I phoned to ask what was up with the appointment but they told me there was a cash flow problem until late summer.

Steve showed disappointment, thanked me and started to walk away. I said, “Hold on, I will figure out a way to get you an eye examination and glasses.”His face lit up a tiny bit. He had seen some of the things I have done for other people in our shelter and to me it looked like he might have a line of hope.

I took a picture of him and posted his picture and his story in the Twitter. In about 4 days, eight people from around the world donated $25 each and one person donated $40 and I made up the rest to get him an eye exam and glasses.

Steve picked up his glasses on Wednesday: May 11th, 2011. Today Steve has returned to a previous job he had in a nearby car wash. Because he now has glasses he will be able to see what he is doing while cleaning the vehicles. He is starting a second job at a pet center next week!

24．We can learn from the first two paragraphs that ______.

A. it took a long time to treat Steve’s wife

B. homeless people never ask for anything

C. the author and Steve have been friends for years

D. Steve was too embarrassed to ask for help

25．The program failed to satisfy Steve because ______.

A. it was already out of business

B. Steve didn’t submit the application himself

C. it had some trouble in finance

D. it’s not designed for people like Steve

26．What can be inferred from the passage?

A. The program was closed three months ago.

B. The author might be a volunteer in the shelter.

C. Steve got $240 in total from kind-hearted people.

D. Steve used to work as a salesman in a car factory.

27．The best title for the passage is probably ______.

A. Money can sometimes talk

B. Two heads are better than one

C. Small help can really count

D. God helps those who help themselves C

Last year I ruined my summer vacation by bringing along a m odern convenience that was too convenient for my own good: the iPad. Instead of looking at nature, I checked my email. Instead of paddling a small boat, I followed my Twitter feed (推特简讯). Instead of reading great novels, I stuck to reading four newspapers each morning. I was behaving as if I were still in the office. My body was on vacation but my head wasn’t.

So this year I made up my mind to try something different: withdrawal (退出) from the Internet. I knew it wouldn’t be easy, since I’m bad at self-control. But I

was determined. I started by giving the iPad to my wife.

The cellphone signal at our house was worse than in the past, making my attempts at cheating an experience in frustration . I was trapped, forced to go through with my plan. Largely cut off from e-mail, Twitter and my favorite newspaper websites, I had few ways to connect to the world except for radio and how much radio can one listen to, really? I had to do what I had planned to all along: read books.

This experience has had a happy ending. With determination and the strong support of my wife, I won in my vacation struggle against the Internet, realizing finally that it was I, not the iPad, that was the problem. I knew I had won when we passed a Starbucks and my wife asked if I wanted to stop to use the Wi-Fi. “I don’t need it,”I said.

However, as we return to post -vacation life, a harder test begins: Can I continue when I’m back at work? There are times when the need to know what’s being said right now is great. And I have no intention of giving up my convenience completely. But I hope to resist the temptation (诱惑) to check my e-mail every five minutes, which leads to checking my Twitter feed and a website or two.

I think a vacation is supposed to help you reset your brain to become more productive. Here I hope this one worked.

28. What do we know about the author’s last summer vacation？

A. He was determined to enjoy the beautiful view.

B. He felt satisfied that he had stuck to his usual timetable.

C. He hated himself for acting as if he were at work on vacation.

D. His iPad ruined his plan of finishing a great novel.

29. What did the author do to keep away from the Internet this year？

A. He cut off his cellphone signal.

B. He handed his iPad to his wife.

C. He refused to cheat in his house.

D. He listened to the radio most of the time.

30. When back at work, the author will probably choose to_______.

A. continue to read more and more books.

B. stay away from the Internet for ever.

C. stop checking what is being said right now completely.

D. keep control of when and how to use the Internet.

31. What is the author’s opinion of a great vacation in the passage？

A. A vacation means a change of pace to make one more creative.

B. A vacation is a period of time to do whatever one wished to.

C. A vacation is having nothing to do but read all day.

D. A vacation proves that a life of pleasure is overvalu ed.

D

To develop one’s taste in English，the most effective way is to read English books extensively. However, one may be at a loss to choose the appropriate books，especially as a beginner.I would like to share some of my experience.

My first English novel was Jane Austen’s Pride and Prejudice，recommended by many English teachers and professors as an ideal book for English learners. But I had great difficulty in understanding the novel，let alone enjoying it. It’s not the vocabulary that troubled me，but rather the way Austen constructs sentences，and her way of thinking，which seemed too remote to me at that time. My fading enthusiasm was much recovered after reading Hemingway’s novel Farewell to Arms. I particularly liked his brief and lively style. So my first suggestion is，as a beginner, you’d better choose contemporary novels instead of classical ones.

However，reading novels is not the only way to improve your English. English essays can at once inform you，entertain you, and improve your taste in English. The best example is Bertrand Russell’s work. Its language is plain, yet you cannot help feeling the elegance and the unique sense of humor. His simple language enables his philosophy(哲理) within the reach of ordinary people. Here comes my second suggestion—essays are indispensable. Never follow other’s opinions blindly，however famous or influential the person might be. As a saying goes，one man’s meat is another man’s poison. With that in mind，we are sure to find out our favorite writers through reading and develop our fine taste in English.

32. What made the author’s first English novel hard to understand?

A. Complex conversations.

B. Not knowing the social background.

C. The old-fashioned vocabulary.

D. Sentences and Austen’s thinking pattern.

33. Which can best replace the underlined word“indispensable”?

A. necessary

B. challenging

C. related

D. boring

34. What advice does the author give in the last paragraph?

A. Choose interesting books.

B. Read books of good quality.

C. Don’t be easily affected by other’s choices.

D. Compare the prices of books before buying.

35. What is the author’s purpose of writing the passage?

A. Give comments on literature works.

B. Tell beginners how to choose English books.

C. Encourage people to read more English books.

D. Recommend first-class books to English learners.

第二节(共5小题；每小题2分, 满分10分)

根据短文内容, 从短文后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。选项中有两项为多余选项。

Do you have a spare room in your house? Do you like to share your driveway in front of your garage with others? 36 Many people are benefiting from this new business of renting.

Perhaps the best-known example of a company in this field is Airbnb-an American web business which allows you to rent out your spare room to holidaymakers. It says it operates in 34,000 cities and it has 800,000 listings of rooms and apartments. 37

A British company is doing something with parking spaces. Just Park's founder, Anthony Eskinazi, says, “When I had the original idea, I spotted a driveway close to a sports stadium. It would have been so convenient if I could have just parked in that driveway rather than in a commercial car

park.”38 Around 20,000 people have advertised their spaces on the website, and he says around half a million drivers use it.

39 They are people who run things like traditional hotels and commercial car parks. They are afraid of ending up losing money.

40 Regulations for these new businesses are unclear. How will renting out your driveway affect your neighbor? Because this is a new business world, those rules aren't there yet.

A. They seem to have occupied the majority of the market.

B. Both of these can help you make money.

C. And there is another problem.

D. And his great idea has proved a success.

E. But the new business of renting has its competitors.

F. There are many ways to earn money.

G. A commercial car park is inconvenient.

第三部分：完型填空（共20小题；每小题1.5分，满分30分）

阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上涂黑。

We were standing at the top of a church tower. My father had 41 me to this

spot in a small town not far from our home. I wondered 42 .

“Look down, Elsa,”Father said. I gathered all my 43 and looked down. I saw the square in the centre of the village. And I saw the cross (十字路口) of twisting, turning streets leading to the 44 .

“See, my dear,”Father said gently. “There is more than one way to the square. 45 is like that. If you can’t get to the place where you want to go by one road, try 46 .”

Now I understood why I was there. Earlier that day I had 47 my mother to do something about the terrible school lunches. But she 48 because she could not believe the lunches were as 49 as I said.

When I turned to Father, he would not help. 50 , he brought me to this high tower to give me a 51 —the value of an open, searching mind. By the time we reached home, I had a 52 .

At school the next day, I 53 poured my lunch soup into a bottle and brought it home. Later I talked the cook into serving it to Mother at dinner. 54 went on smoothly. She ate one spoonful and spat (吐) it out. Quickly I told her the truth, and Mother said firmly that she would go to my school the next day!

In the years that followed I often remembered 55 Father taught me. I began to work as a fashion (时装) designer two years ago. I was busy getting ready to show my winter fashions. But just 13 days before the show the sewing (缝纫) girls all stopped working. I was as 56 as my models. “We’ll never make it,”one of them cried.

Accept the failure? 57 use our heads to find another road to my goal? Then a great idea 58 through my mind —why not show the clothes unfinished? Finally our showing turned out to be so 59 that it was a great success. Father’s wise words had 60 me once again, “There is always more than one way to the square.”

41. A. sent B. brought C. directed D. carried

42. A. who B. how C. what D. why

43. A. thought B. strength C. courage D. heart

44. A. square B. tower C. town D. village

45. A. Work B. Study C. Life D. Health

46. A. another B. other C. the other D. others

47. A. persuaded B. begged C. encouraged D. ordered

48. A. failed B. agreed C. promised D. refused

49. A. bad B. expensive C. delicious D. hot

50. A. Actually B. Instead C. Even D. Luckily

51. A. lesson B. chance C. shock D. gift

52. A. goal B. result C. plan D. choice

53. A. simply B. actively C. carelessly D. secretly

54. A. Nothing B. Something C. Anything D. Everything

55. A. that B. what C. which D. when

56. A. quiet B. cheerful C. calm D. hopeless

57. A. Or B. And C. But D. So

58. A. flowed B. appeared C. flashed D. jumped

59. A. famous B. strange C. unusual D. ordinary

60. A. suggested B. guided C. determined D. insisted

第II卷（非选择题共50分）

第四部分语言知识运用

语篇填空（共10小题；每小题1.5分，满分15分）

阅读下面材料，在空白处填入适当的内容(不多于3个单词)或括号内单词的正确形式。

Home schooling means 61 (educate) children at home. There are many reasons for this.

Some parents are 62 (happy) with the quality of the public schools. Others want their children to be free from “peer pressure”(同伴压力). They say it may have a negative effect 63 the child’s studies. These parents think that this pressure will lead to bad 64 (behave) such as smoking, drinking, and taking drugs.

Whatever the reasons may be, 65 is clear that more and more

children 66 (take) out of normal schools every year. However, many questions 67 (appear) over home schooling are worth our careful consideration. What is the future of education? Will this new kind of schooling take 68 place of normal schools? Will computers and the Internet replace our classrooms and teachers? If so, what will home schoolers study by

themselves? How can parents know that their children are 69 (well) prepared for college than normal schoolers?

Of course, much has to be considere d further 70 we make a decision.

第五部分：写作（共两节，满分35分）

第一节短文改错（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：在缺词处加一个漏词符号（∧），并在该句下面写出该加的词。

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。

Several days ago when I went shopping in New York I saw an old woman crossed the street with a heavy bag in her hand. In that moment, the American boy was standing nearby. I thought the boy will help the old lady, and to my surprise, he did nothing. This seemed very strangely to me.

Later my roommate explained the boy behavior to me. Americans place emphasis on independence. If the boy offered to help her, the old woman would have felt that she was considered old and weak. What the boy did it

allowed her to keep her independence, that was more important to her than the discomfort of carrying a heavy load.

第二节：书面表达（满分25分）（请在答题纸上作答，否则无效）

假定你是高二学生李华，打算在寒假期间去美国纽约参加国际中学生“和平?友爱”冬令营活动。请你按要求向主办方提交一份申请，介绍你的性别、性格、学习情况、爱好特长等信息，并说明要参加冬令营的目的。

参考词汇：

Peace and Friendship Winter Camp

注意：

1. 词数100左右；

2. 可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。

Dear Sir or Madam,

I am a boy/girl of 17, and now in and now in Senior II.

_____________________________________

_____________________________________________________________________ _____________________

Sincerely Yours,

Li Hua

高二英语试题答案

听力：

1-5 BACAC 6-`10 AACBB 11-15 ACCCC 16-20 BBCCA

阅读

21-23 DCA 24-27 DCBC 28-31 CBDA 32-35 DACB

36.B；37.A；38.D；39.E；40.C

完形填空：

41-45 BDCAC 46-50 ABDAB 51-55 ACDDB 56-60 DACCB

语篇填空

61. educating 62. unhappy 63. on 64. behavior(s) 65. it

66. are （being）taken 67. appearing 68. the 69. better 70. before

改错

1. crossed改为crossing

2.In 改为At

3. the改为an

4. will 改为would 5 and改为but 6. strangely 改为strange 7. boy改为boy’s 8. 在boy 和offered 之间加上had 9. 去掉it 10. that 改为which

参考范文：

Dear Sir or Madam,

I am a boy/girl of 17, and now in Senior two. I am writing to apply for the admission to the Peace and Friendship Winter Camp in New York this winter holiday, which is organized for the international students. Please allow me to introduce myself.

At school, I am an all-round student and have developed fluency in English.

I like music, especially classical music. I am also interested in photography because it allows me to record the beautiful moments in my life. Through my hobbies, I’ve made many friends. In fact, I like meeting new people and enjoy

talking with them. Believing we all need help from each other, I appreciate friends’help, and I’m willing to help anyone in need.

I love life, Mother Nature as well as peace. I would like to join the Peace and Friendship Winter Camp since it will be a great opportunity for me to make new friends from different countries and learn about their cultures.

I will be honored if my application can be considered.

Sincerely Yours,

Li Hua