高二上学期期末英语试卷及答案（共5套）

高二上学期期末英语试卷及答案（共5套）高二上学期英语期末考试试卷第I卷（选择题共105分）第一部分听力（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. How is the weather now?A. Cloudy.B. Rainy.C. Windy.2. What does the woman mean?A. Sally is always lying.B. Sally has a bad memory.C. Sally will come on time.3. What are the two speakers talking about?A. Where to live.B. How to go to work.C. What to do with the traffic.4. Where does the conversation probably take place?A. In a restaurant.B. In the woman’s house.C. In the man’s house.5. When will the two speakers meet?A. At 5:30.B. At 6:30.C. At 7:00第二节(共15小题；每小题1.5分，满分22.5分)听下面5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、7题。

6. Why does the woman feel sorry for the man?A. She refused his invitation.B. She didn’t meet him on time.C. She forgot to help him with his apartment.7. What do we know about Susan’s old apartment?A. It has two bedrooms.B. It’s on 1312 Rose Avenue.C. Its rent is $1.000 a month.请听第7段材料，回答第8,9题8. Why didn’t the woman write back to the man?A. She hasn’t checked her mail box yet.B. She didn’t receive the man’s e-mail.C. She has been busy all the morning.9. When will the two speakers meet?A. At 10am.B. At lunch time.C. At 2 pm.请听第8段材料，回答第10至12题。

10. Why is the man in Hainan?A. To attend an exhibition.B. To go on holiday.C. To visit his friends.11. What does the man’s room look like?A. Large and bright.B. Large but dark.C. Small and dark.12. How does the woman solve the man’s problem?A. By calling her manager.B. By returning his money.C. By changing a room for him.请听第9段材料，回答第13至16题。

13. What’s the woman’s major?A. English.B. International business.C. Computer.14. How much will the woman get every month at the beginning?A. About $306.B. About $316.C. About $360.15. How long will the woman work a week?A. 30 hours.B. 35 hours.C. 40 hours.16. What do we know about the woman?A. She was a good student at college.B. She will live with other colleagues.C. She never took part in English corners.请听第10段材料，回答第17至20题。

17. How old is Nicholas McMahon?A. 18 months old.B. 4 years old.C. 18 years old.18. What lessons does Nicholas have at the West London Institute?A. Computer.B. Language.C. Drawing.19. What did the teachers do when Nicholas went to school at first?A. They played some games with him.B. They gave him pictures to color.C. They prepared special lessons for him.20. Which of the following words can best describe Nicholas?A. Slow.B. Strange.C. Talented.第二部分英语知识运用（共两节，满分35分）第一节单项填空（共15小题；每小题1分，满分15分）21. —How often do you eat out ?—____________, but usually once a week.A. Have no ideaB. It dependsC. As usualD. Generally speaking22. —Instead of lending a hand, Jim just stood by, laughing at us in trouble.—Oh, it’s _____ of him to be so cold-hearted.A. conventionalB. typicalC. ridiculousD. aggressive23. With my money ______, I went back home.A. ran out ofB. ran outC. running out ofD. running out24. Once you _____ working with the professor, you will find he is not as tough as expected.A. become accustomed toB. object toC. get addicted toD. admit to25. The program has made great progress _____ little support from the government.A. due toB. because ofC. instead ofD. in spite of26. It’s already 10 o’clock. I wonder how it ______ that she was two hours late on such a short trip.A. came overB. came outC. came aboutD. came up27. His being late for the performance __________ a complete failureA. resulted in B resulted from C. as a result of D. as a result28. Food safety _____ to customers, which should be the minimum requirement for the food industry.A. guaranteesB. is guaranteedC. is guaranteeingD. guaranteed29. She has already tried her best. Please don’t be too ______ about her job.A. specialB. responsibleC. unusualD. particular30. I don’t think _________ possible to master a foreign language without much memory work.A. thisB. thatC. itsD. it31. Scientists and doctors across the world have done _____ research over the years, hoping to find a cure forcancer.A. a great deal ofB. quantity ofC. quite a fewD. a large number of32. The novelist knew little about the precious document(文件). _____, he had hardly heard of it before.A. InsteadB. ThereforeC. ActuallyD. However33. Waving to her family on the platform, _____.A. sorrow filled the girl’s mindB. the girl could not hold back tears of sorrowC. the girl’s mind was filled with sorrow.D. the train began to move slowly34. If it _____ another ten minutes, the game would have been called off.A. had rainedB. would have rainedC. have seenD. rained35. I enjoyed the movie very much. I wish I _____ the book from which it was made.A. have readB. had readC. should have readD. are reading第二节完形填空（共20小题；每小题1分，满分20A rich man was camping alone on a hill. One day it began to rain and the rain made the tent wet. At last he 36 make his way home. As he passed a beautiful house he 37 to look for rest. A lady in 38 walked past him with her 39 holding up high. Following her were her two pretty daughters. They stopped and stared at him 40 .“Who are you? We don’t like tramps（流浪汉）going 41 our home .”one of them shouted.“Go away at once. ”cried the other.“But I’m not a 42 . ”said the man, “All I want is food and stay for the night.”“How 43 you come here? Go away at once!” they 44, “We don’t like your feet around our house. Go, go!”The man moved on and reached a 45 house. On entering it he saw a 46 preparing their supper. Though the light was 47 and the furniture was poor, it made him feel 48 and comfortable.“Can I have some 49 and rest for the night?” he asked. “Of course, friend,” said the woman, bringing forward a little chair for him. “We are going to 50 our supper. Come and 51 us.”The food was not 52 but they shared it with the stranger. That night they let him sleep on their bed 53 they themselves used the stable（厩）. Early the next morning, the man said good-bye to them. Their 54 left him a memory full of thanks.When he reached home he 55 ordered a lovely house to be built for the couple in the woods.36. A. had to B. must C. should D. would37. A. tried B. managed C. asked D. stopped38. A. sight B. cloth C. silk D. trouble39. A. nose B. head C. eyes D. hands40. A. curiously B. suddenly C. surprisingly D. angrily41. A. around B. over C. to D. at42. A. madam B. tramp C. thief D. stranger43. A. do B. can C. will D. dare44. A. explained B. continued C. repeated D. announced45. A. big B. small C. lovely D. dirty46. A. woman B. man C. person D. couple47. A. weak B. bright C. dark D. strong48. A. sad B. cold C. warm D. clean49. A. cloth B. food C. light D. chair50. A. prepare B. cook C. buy D. have51. A. join B. help C. attend D. enjoy52. A. enough B. scary C. short D. lot53. A. and B. while C. then D. when54. A. coldness B. sickness C. kindness D. thank55. A. quickly B. finally C. happily D. quietly第三部分阅读理解 (共20小题；每小题2分，满分40分)AIn the last fifty years, a lot of people have left Europe and gone to live in Australia. One of them was a Hungarian man. He lived in Australia for a long time, and he had a lot of good friends there. He always said to them, “Australia is beautiful, but Hungary is beautiful, too.” Then one year he said to his friends, “I’m going to go back to Hungary to visit my home town.” All his friends said to him, “We want to go with you, because you often say Hungary is a beautiful country, and we want to visit it.” The Hungarian Australian took his frien ds from Sydney to Rome in a big plane, and then they went from Rome to Budapest in a train as they wanted to see the mountains, and the villages and the towns.They stayed in Budapest nearly a week, and they liked it very much. One day they went to the zoo in Budapest and saw two kangaroos there.These Australians were very happy because kangaroos were from their home town. They said to them, “Come here, old friends! Come and see your Australian brothers!” But the kangaroos did not move.But then the Hungar ian Australian spoke to them in Hungarian, “Come here!” he said, and both of the kangaroos ran to him.The other Australians laughed and said, “Look at that. They’re Australians, but they only know Hungarian!”56. The Hungarian moved to Australia _______.A. last yearB. a few years agoC. about 50 years agoD. over 100 years ago57. The Hungarian wanted to go back to Hungary to _______.A. see the kangaroosB. his home townC. visit his old friends thereD. pay a visit to the zoo58. How did they get to Budapest from Sydney?A. By air and by train.B. By ship.C. By air.D. By train.59. Kangaroo is a kind of famous _______ in Australia.A. animalB. treeC. languageD. plantBBig Bird Lives Only in ZoosA vulture(秃鹫) is in need of help. Can it be saved?A big bird is in danger. The bird is the California condor(神鹰), a vulture. A vulture is a large bird that eats the dead animals it finds.The condor is nearly as big and fast as a small airplane. But you may never see it in the sky. Not enough young birds are hatching to take the place of the old birds that die. When an animal dies out completely, or disappears from the earth, it isextinct.The condor is in danger of extinction for many reasons. People have built cities where the condors used to live. The condors are having trouble finding food. The birds sometimes get sick. When they do, they cannot hatch young birds.Some people would like to help the condor. They have captured the 26 condors still on Earth. The condors were taken to two zoos in California. In the zoos, they can live safely and hatch young birds. When there are 200 condors they will be moved to a safe new home in the mountains.60. An animal is extinct if it _______.A. feeds on dead animalsB. has disappeared from the earthC. has human friends to save itD. eats wild plants61. According to the story, vultures eat_______.A. eggs and grassB. only live animalsC. dead animals they findD. the sea animals62. The condor is nearly as big and fast as a small _______.A. airplaneB. tractorC. bikeD. bus63. The biggest danger to condors comes from _______.A. wild animalsB. other birdsC. peopleD. dead animalsCLast week, we published an article about modern marriage.A recent research showed that in England 51% of married women go out to work. People were asked what they thought of “working wives”. The results were asWe asked readers to write and tell us their opinions. Here are some of the hundreds of letters we got.Ms Joji O’ leary —I’m a woman photographer. I make plenty of money, travel a lot, and see a lot of people. I enjoy my work, and wouldn’t have to stay at home. I would never m arry a man who wanted me to give up my work.Ted Stubbs—At present there are over 1, 000, 000 men who were out of work in Britain. If a woman gets a job, she puts one more man out of work. Perhaps that man has a wife and twelve children to support. Let women stay at home as they used to.Mrs. F. Boot Battersea — I am the mother of twelve children. When I go to work, my husband looks after the children. He is good with children and enjoys staying at home with them. And I enjoy job as a bus driver.64. _______ of men are on the side of working wives.A. MostB. NoneC. 100%D. A few65. The woman photographer would not marry a man who_______.A. had less money than herB. forbade her to workC. was not very gentleD. wanted to stay at home66. Ted Stubbs thought that woman going out to work would _______.A. weaken the rights of the husband at homeB. be better than menC. make men lose chances for workD. make their husbands useless67. In England, 51%_______.A. of working women are marriedB. of the women who have been married go out to workC. of the married women want to go to workD. of the people are in favour of married women’s going out to workDIt was already dark when an old man came to a small town. He found an inn and wanted to stay there for the night. After he had gone to his room, the owner said to his wife, “Look at his bag, dear. I’m sure there are lots of valuable things in it. I want to steal it when he is asleep.”“No, no,” said the woman. “He must look for his bag tomorrow morning. Then he’ll take you before the judge.” They thought and at last the woman had an idea. “We have forgetful grass,” said the woman, “Why not put some into his food? If he has the food, he will forget to take his bag away.” “How clever you are!” sai d the owner, “Don’t forget it when you prepare supper for him.”The old man had the food with the forgetful grass and wentto bed. The next morning, when the owner got up, he found the door was open and the old man had left with his bag. He woke his wife up and said angrily, “What a fool! Your forgetful grass isn’t useful at all.”“No, no,” said the woman. “I don’t think so. He must forget something.”“Oh, I’ve remembered!” The owner cried out suddenly, “He forgot…”68. The old man came to the inn _______.A. in the morningB. in the afternoonC. in the eveningD. at night69. The owner and his wife wanted to _______.A. get the man’s bagB. steal the man’s moneyC. make the man pay them moreD. hide the man’s bag70. The owner and his wife put the forgetful grass into the food because _______.A. the old man always forgot somethingB. they wanted to make the food betterC. they hoped the old man would leave the bag in the innD. they wanted to know if the grass was useful71. According to the passage the old man forgot _______.A. to take his bag awayB. to tell the owner when he leftC. to close the door when he went to sleepD. to pay them the inn moneyEFilm stars may come and go, but Paul Newman’s career(事业) is long-lasting. Newman has worked in films for 40 years. His most recent one opened in December.The film is called “Nobody’s Fool”. Newman plays a 60-year-old construction worker named Sully. To some people, Sully seems to be a loser. But he has a lot of charm(魅力). His life changes when his son comes to town. Late in life, Sully learns to grow up.“I’ve played a lot of characters and the character I play in 'Nobody’s Fool’ is closer to me than any other role I’ve done,” says Newman.Newman turned 70 years old on January 26, 1998. “Nobody’s Fool” is his 52nd film. He has won two Oscars in his career.Newman has found success in other aspects(方面) of life. He has been married for 36 years. He took up car racing at the age of 47 and won prizes.Twelve years ago, he started a food company called Newman’s Own. He gives away all his money helping the poor.72. The underlined sentence implies _______.A. many film stars leave the screen after they’ve become successfulB. It is not easy for a film star to lose his or her charmC. not all film stars can remain famous for a long timeD. film stars are successful not only on the screen73. Newman likes the character of Sully because _______.A. he finds a lot in the character that is new to himB. he likes playing an ordinary personC. he has never played such a wonderful roleD. he sees more of himself in Sully74. Newman was born in the _______.A. 1920sB. 1930sC. 1940sD. 1950s75. The writer wrote this passage mainly to _______.A. prove that a person can be successful in many waysB. show us a most recent film by Paul NewmanC. introduce a famous film star, Paul NewmanD. tell us about Sully, a movie character in a recent film第II 卷非选择题（共三节，满分45第一节．根据课文内容完成下面句子，一空一词。