天津市宝坻一中高二期末英语考试试卷及答案

天津市宝坻一中高二期末英语考试试卷及答案一、单项选择（每小题1分，共15分）1. People nowadays are ________ to keep fit in many ways.A. suggestedB. agreedC. advisedD. hoped2. In greenhouses, the watering of the plants as well as the light and the temperature_____ controlled by computers now.A. areB. isC. wasD. were3. The visiting minister expressed his satisfaction to the talk, ________ that he enjoyed his stay here.A. addedB. addingC. having addedD. to add4. At present, developed countries use _________ energy.A. too manyB. so manyC. too muchD. much too5. In spite of the differences between the two countries, they have a lot __________.A. in commonB. in ordinaryC. the sameD. in similar6. I will keep the best gift __________ me last time.A. that you gaveB. which you gaveC. you gave it toD. which you gave7. Scientists before Einstein thought that light traveled in a straight line. But Einstein ___________ prove that light was bent as it passed the sun.A. couldB. was able toC. mightD. could be able to8. The old man had a letter from his daughter ______to him.A. writingB. writtenC. readD. received9. It is training ______he received at school ______made him settle the problemeasily and quickly.A. that; thatB. which; whichC. that; whichD. when; that10. The salesman scolded the boy caught ______ and let him off.A. to have stolenB. to be stealingC. to stealD. stealing11. ---Does anyone want an extra ticket to go to the cinema?---Whom would you rather ______with you, Tom or me?A. to goB. goC. have goD. have gone12. ---_____, by the way?---Like a log.A. How did you sleep last nightB. When did you go to bedC. Where did you spend the nightD. How did you like the bed13. There’s nofrom my bedroom window except for some factory chimneys.A. viewB. sceneC. sightD. look14. ---He doesn’t seem like the same person.---_____ so much in the society has made him more thoughtful.A. Have experiencedB. Had experiencedC. Having experiencedD. He experienced15. The performance was ________ a success, but a total failure.A. nothing butB. at allC. no more thanD. far from二、完型填空（每小题1.5分，共30分）“Hey, Dad, are you going to come to my award ceremony tonight?” I 1 asked my father. “I have towork late tonight. I doubt I’ll be able to 2 it on time. I am just too busy right now,”he replied.My mind could not 3 the idea that he would be too busy working late. He was also too busy to 4 my horse show, football games and the 15th birthday party. He always used the same 5 . Why had I even bothered to ask? 6 , there was always a slight hope that tonight would be 7 .As my mother and I arrived at school, two friends 8 me. “Jill, meet my dad. Dad, this is my friend Jill.”I shook the hand of a tall man. Camera flashes lit up the room, and claps filled the 9 as students accepted their awards. My name was finally called, 10 three others. I followed my classmates to the 11 . When I reached out my hand to shake the 12 , a big smile lit up her face. The blinding flash from my mother’s camera 13 my eyes and I knew my dad wasn’t there.I walked back to my seat 14 .Back at home, see ing my dad’s car in the garage, I told myself he would not be 15 . But the strong smell of alcohol （酒精）hit me as soon as I 16 inside, and I could feel my tears 17.I followed the sound of his drunken words and saw him 18 on the couch.19 did father lie to me? I threw my award on the floor, walked to my bedroom, and shut the door. Tears rolled down my face. I wondered if I would ever be more 20 than his whiskey bottle.1. A. confidently B. eagerly C. proudly D. fearfully2. A. reach B. keep C. take D. make3. A. create B. support C. appreciate D. accept4. A. watch B. avoid C. attend D. speed5. A. excuse B. reply C. promise D. trick6. A. Besides B. Thus C. Otherwise D. However7. A. active B. formal C. different D. serious8. A. recognized B. greeted C. encouraged D. showed9. A. air B. audience C. school D. playground10. A. apart from B. other than C. except for D. along with11. A. stage B. position C. office D. exit12. A. Ji ll’s B. teacher’s C. mother’s D. father’s13. A. fixed B. touched C. hurt D. inserted14. A. successfully B. disappointedly C. delightedly D. hopefully15. A. drunk B. woken C. forgiven D. hidden16. A. stepped B. noticed C. examined D. glanced17. A. getting off B. taking down C. building up D. turning around18. A. leaning B. lying C. putting D. carrying19. A. How B. Where C. Why D. Whether20. A. perfect B. comfortable C. fortunate D. important三、阅读理解（每小题2分，共40分）AIn recent years advances in medical technology have made it possible for people to live longer than in the past. New medicines and machines are being developed every day to extend life. However, some people, including some doctors, are not in favor of (不赞成) these life extending measures, and they argue that people should have the right to die when they want. They say that the quality (质量) of life is as important as life itself and that people should not be forced to go onliving when conditions of life have become unbearable. They saw that people should be allowed to die with dignity (尊严) and to decide when they want to die. Others argue that life under any conditions is better than death and the duty of doctors is always to extend life as long as possible. And so the battle goes on and on without a definite (明确) answer.1. The best title for this passage is ___________.A. The Right to LiveB. The Right to DieC. The Doctor’s DutyD. Life Is Better Than Death2. In recent years, people can live longer than in the past. It’s because of ___________.A. the development of medical technologyB. big hospitalsC. good doctorsD. good living conditions3. According to some people whether a dying patient has the right to die or not is up to _____.A. the doctorsB. the surroundingsC. his or her familyD. the patient himself or herself4. In the writer’s opinion ______________.A. death is better than lifeB. life is better than deathC. neither death nor life is goodD. None of the above5. Which of the following statements is true according to the passage?A. Most of the medical workers join in the argument.B. The argument has ended in favor of the patient.C. The argument hasn’t ended yet.D. The quality of life is not as important as life itself.BThe noise made by tourist boats for whale-watching may be causing communication problems for the whales, say researchers in a study in Nature this week.Whale-watching is a popular tourist activity in areas where groups of killer whales live, and often dozens of boats, filled with tourists who want to watch the beautiful animals roll through the waves, go whale-watching each day. Unfortunately, the engines of the boats make a lot of noise.The whales travel in groups, called pods, and communicate with each other through sonic calls that some scientists refer to as singing. The sounds of the boat engines may be creating too much background noise for the whales in the pods to be able to hear each other well. As a result, say the researchers, whales have started to sing for longer than they used to, kind of like a person shouting to a friend in a noisy room.The researchers listened to recordings of whale calls made between fifteen and twenty-five years ago, before whale-watching became popular, and compared them to more recent recordings made now that whale-watching has become popular.Since scientists don’t yet understand the whales’ calls, they don’t know what the whales are saying, but they think it may be communication of hunting or breeding (繁殖) information. Some experts worry that all this whale-watching noise may have a bad effect on the whale population in the long run, since the noise may be drowning out important communication about mates (配偶) or food.The killer whales studied were those off the coast of Washington state. The population of killer whales in that area has been decreasing for several years, but scientists are not sure why. 6. According to the text, the whales sing longer than before probably because ______.A. their hearing is weakeningB. tourists on boats make too much noiseC. they are pleased to see the touristsD. they have difficulty passing on messages7. Which of the following is the possible result of whale-watching?A. Fewer fish in the ocean.B. Misunderstanding between the whales.C. Reduced number of the whales in the area.D. Serious water pollution along the coast.8. What is mainly discussed in the text?A. Recent advances in the study of whale population.B. New explanations for whale singing.C. Whale-watching disturbs whale life.D. Whale-watching becomes popular in Washington state.CAncient people made clay pottery because they needed it for their survival. They used the pots they make for cooking, storing food, and carrying things from place to place. Pottery was so important to early cultures that scientists now study it to learn more about ancient civilizations. The more advanced the pottery in terms of decoration, materials, glazes, and manufacture, the more advanced the culture itself.The artisan who makes pottery in North America today utilizes his or her skill and imagination to create items that are beautiful as well as functional, transforming something ordinary into something special and unique.The potter uses one of the Earth’s most basic materials, clay. Clay can be found almost anywhere. Good pottery clay must be free from all small stones and other hard materials that would make the potting process difficult. Most North American artisan potters now purchase commercially processed clay, but some find the clay they need right in the earth, close to where they work.The most important tools potters use are their own hands; however, they also use wire loop tools, wooden modeling tools, plain wire, and sponges. Plain wire is used to cut away the finished pot from its vase on the potter’s wheel.After a finished pot is dried of all its moisture in the open air, it placed in a kiln and fired. The first firing hardens the pottery, and it is then ready to be glazed and fired again.For areas where they do not want any glaze, such as the bottom of the pot, artisans paint on melted wax that will later burn off in the kiln. They then pour on the liquid glaze and let it run over the clay surface, making any kind of decorative pattern that they want.9. What does the passage mainly discuss?A. Different kinds of clay.B. The training of an artisan.C. The making of pottery.D. Crafts of ancient civilizations.10. Which of the following is NOT mentioned in the passage as a way that ancient people used pottery?A. To hold food.B. To wash clothes.C. To cook.D. To transport objects.11. According to the author, what do potters use to remove the pot from the wheel?A. Melted wax.B. A wire loop.C. A sponge.D. Plain wire.12. The word “pattern”in the last sentence is closest in meaning to which of the following?A. Model.B. Color.C. Puzzle.D. Design.DToday, r oller skating is easy and fun. But a long time ago, it wasn’t easy at all. Before 1750, the idea of skating didn’t exist. That changed because of a man named Joseph Merlin. Merlin’s work was making musical instruments(乐器). In his spare time he liked to play the violin. Joseph Merlin was a man of ideas and dreams. People called him a dreamer.One day Merlin received an invitation to attend a fancy dress ball(化装舞会). He was very pleased and a little excited. As the day of the party came near, Merlin began to think how to make a grand entrance(进入) at the party. He had an idea. He thought he would get a lot of attention if he could skate into the room.Merlin tried different ways to make himself roll. Finally, he decided to put two wheels under each shoe. These were the first roller skates. Merlin was very proud of his invention and dreamed of arriving at the party on wheels while playing the violin.On the night of the party Merlin rolled into the room playing his violin. Everyone was astonished to see him. There was just one problem. Merlin had no way to stop his roller skates. He rolled on and on. Suddenly, he ran into a huge-mirror that was hanging on the wall. Down fell the mirror, breaking to pieces. Nobody forgot Merlin’s grand entrance for a long time!13. The text is mainly about ___________________.A. a strange manB. an unusual partyC. how roller skating beganD. how people enjoyed themselves in the 18 the century14. People thought Merlin was a dreamer because he _____________.A. often gave others surprisesB. was a gifted musicianC. invented the roller skatesD. was full of imagination(想象)15. Merlin put wheels under his shoes in order to _______________.A. impress the party guestsB. arrive at the party soonerC. test his inventionD. show his skill in walking on wheels16. What is the main point the writer is trying to make in the last paragraph(段)?A. The roller skates needed further improvement.B. The party guests took Merlin for a fool.C. Merlin succeeded beyond expectation.D. Merlin got himself into trouble.EOn the night of May 7, 1942, a plane took off from an Air Force base in England to stopGerman fighters over the English Channel. Pilot of the plane was Captain Thomas Nash. Looking eastward, Nash saw twelve orange lights in a row, moving at an extremely high speed. As an experienced flyer, he had never seen anything like them. Thinking that they might be a new German weapon, he decided to follow them. But when he swung the plane around and headed directly for the lights, they disappeared.Captain Nash may have been the first to see such orange lights but he wasn’t the last. His experience was repeated several times by pilots during World War II in Europe and the Far East. What were they? No one knows for sure, but there is an interesting theory to explain them. According to this theory, the orange lights are space animals－animals specially adapted to life in the upper atmosphere just as some creatures are adapted to life at the bottom of the sea. These space animals, the theory says, live so far up in the atmosphere that they are invisible from the earth. They feed in part on the air and partly on energy from sunlight. Being almost pure energy themselves, they can give light at night. During the day they become invisible.Before World War II, continues the theory, there was little radiated energy available on the earth’s surface. Then came the development of rockets, atomic reactor （核反应堆）, and hydroelectric （水力发电的）plants. The space creatures are attracted by these sources of energy. At night when no energy is sent from sunlight, they go down into the lower levels to search a meal. They may even come into the scope of human eyesight. This explains the fact that they have been sighted now and then from the earth since 1942.17. Which of the following best states the main idea of the passage?A. The secret of nature can be completely explained.B. Captain Nash may have been the first to see the lights in space.C. Captain Nash saw twelve orange lights moving at a high speed.D. According to an interesting theory, the orange lights are space animals.18. The strange orange lights were first seen ______.A. from the groundB. from a rocket shipC. during World War ID. during World War II19. The theory says that during the daytime the space animals ______.A. can’t be seenB. shine brightly in the skyC. can been seen from the earthD. visit the earth’s surface20. If the space theory is true, the creatures go down to the lower places in order to ______.A. make connection with manB. search for man-made energyC. attract curiosityD. escape detection四、短文改错（每小题1分，共10分）My brother Tom was very selfish when he was a little boy.He did not want share things with other people. For 1. ______________ example, when he bought a chocolate cake, he put them 2. ______________in a secret place where I couldn’t find. Then he 3. ______________ate it all by himself. He never helped other. 4. ______________He said he is busy. That is, a game of 5. ______________tennis making him very busy. He did not care 6. ______________if something he did made people angry. For 7. ______________ instance, on one night he played strong and 8. ______________loudly music till four o’clock in the morning. But9. ______________he is difference now. He often helps grandma with 10. ______________ housework, helps mom with cooking and helps his classmates with their lessons.五、书面表达（满分25分）假如你发现同学们每遇到重要考试，都会出现头晕、乏力、睡眠和食欲不好等精神紧张的情况。