内蒙古包头市包钢四中20152016学年高二英语上学期期末考试试题

包钢四中2015-2016 学年第一学期期末考试高二英语试题（满分:120分，答题时间：100分钟）第I卷第一部分听力（略）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，从每题所给的四个选项中选出最佳答案(A)Dear Laura,Hi! I am Veronica, your new pen friend from Singapore. I got your name and address from the Making Pen Pals' Column in Buddies magazine and thought I'd write to you. Well, let me start by telling you something about myself. I am 13 years old and I am studying in secondary one at Westdove School. I have just finished my exams. I live with my parents and younger sister in a five room apartment. I like swimming, playing tennis and reading novels. I love the outdoors, especially the sea and I have been on several trekking (long and hard) tours abroad. I enjoy listening to both pop and classical music. My favorite food is pizza and I love making it myself because I like to make it with lots of cheese and pepper. To sum it up, I am a talkative, caring and patient person.I guess life in London must be wonderful with all the interesting places and good food to enjoy. I'd love to see the famous Big Ben. I hope to visit London during one of my school holidays. Laura, I would really like to learn more about your culture and lifestyle. I hope you will write back. I have enclosed(附有) my address and telephone number. Please feel free to call me if you make a trip to Singapore. I think you should because it is a wonderful place to shop. Till then, good-bye.Yours faithfullyVeronica21. Veronica writes the letter to Laura because she wants to ______.A. tell something about her hometownB. know something about herC. invite her to her countryD. make friends with her22. Veronica says she loves making pizza because ______.A. there is no pizzas in SingaporeB. people can not buy fresh pizza in Singa poreC. she can make pizza to her own tasteD. she thinks it is cheap to make pizza23. From the letter we know that ______.A. Ve ronica is not interested in travelingB. Veronica has traveled a lotC. Veronica has been to London beforeD. Veronica thinks Singapore is the best place for travelers( B )As we know, most of the material things in our daily life have to be bought with money. But money is not all powerful. Money can't buy many things such as time and true love. There are24 hours in a day. Sometimes when we are very happy, we wish that the period of happiness would last(持续）longer. But no matter what we do, or how much money we are willing to pay, we cannot make a day last longer than 24 hours. On the other hand, when we are unhappy, money cannot make the unhappy time pass away more quickly. True love is another thing which money cannot buy. Suppose we have someone who really loves us very much. Once he dies, he can give us no more love. Can our money raise him from death and make him love us as before? Here we can see very clearly that money cannot buy us love. Money can buy us diamond things, beautiful clothes, but never time and love. So money, after all, is not all powerful.24. According to the passage, it is quite impossible for you to buy ______.A. true friendshipB. real diamondC. a large houseD. an expensive car25. Which of the sentences expresses the main idea of this passage?A. Money cannot buy time and love.B. Money is the most powerful thing in the worldC. Money can buy people material things.D. Money doesn't mean everything.26. Through the passage the writer wants to tell people not to ______.A. make moneyB. waste moneyC. save moneyD. worship (崇拜) money27. From the passage we can see that in our life, besides something material, we need something______.A. spiritual (精神上的)B. beautifulC. lovelyD. useful( C )More than 10,000 people were made homeless in Ternang when the Sungai Mas overflowed its banks yesterday after six days of continuous heavy rain.The wooden bridge across the river has been washed away. The town is cut off by flood waters. At the fifth mile, Jalan Tengkn, the water is two meters deep. It is closed to all traffic. Flooding first happened at mid-afternoon yesterday along the river banks. People trying to get to higher ground were just in time to escape the destroying of the flood. Most of the flood victims(受害者) had to leave all their things behind.The National Flood Relief(救济) Center was reported to give its help and by early evening the whole town was moved out, helped by the army, police, Red Cross Society and volunteers(志愿者).The flood victims are now housed in different simple relief centers in the nearby town of Ternang. “Everything possible is being done to help the unlucky people,” a government spokesman said, “In fact, money, food and clothing have begun to come in from public or ganizations and helpful people. A Disaster Relief Fund（救灾基金会）will be started as soon as possible.”According to the latest reports it is still raining heavily at Ternang. The whole town is expected to be wholly covered by the water. So far no deaths h ave been reported.28. This passage is probably taken from ______.A. a storybookB. a textbookC. a magazineD. a newspaper29. It seems that the flood happened just because ______.A. the banks were too lowB. the wooden bridge is solid (坚固)C. the river was too narrowD. they had had wet days for some time30. From the passage we know that ______.A. though the town was flooded, you could still go there by busB. as soon as the water flowed over the banks, people began to go to higher landsC. the government and the whole society are taking great care of the flood victimsD. the flood hasn't brought a large loss to the town as nobody died in the flood31. What is the best title for this passage?A. A Big FloodB. Ternang Is destroyedC. Over 10,000 People Are HomelessD. Rescue Team ArrivedDThere have been many great inventions, which have changed the way we live. The first great invention was one that is still very important today---the wheel. This made it easier to carry heavy things to travel long distances. For hundreds of years after that there were few inventions that have made as much effect as the wheel. There was little unknown land left in the world. People didn't have to explore(开发) much any more. They began to work instead to make life better.In the second half of the 19th century many great inventions were made. Among them were the camera, the electric l ight and the radio. These all became a big part of our life today. The first part of t he 20th century saw more great inventions. The helicopter in 1909. Sound movies in 1926. The computer in 1928, and jet planes in 1930. This was also a time when a new material was made. Nylon came out in 1935. It changed the kind of clothes people wear. The middle part of the 20th brought new ways to help people get over diseases. They worked very well. They made people healthier and let them live long lives. By the 1960s most people could expect to live to be at least 60. By this time most people had a very good life. Of course new inventions continued to be made. But man now had a wish to explore again. The world is known to man but the stars are not yet. Man began looking for ways to go into space. Russia made the first step. Then the United States took a step. Since then other countries, including China and Japan, have made their steps into space.32. The first great in vention ever known was ______.A. the cameraB. the wheelC. the electric lightD. the radio33. Which of the following was turned o ut nearly at the same time with the jet plane?A. The radio.B. The camera.C. Nylon.D.The helicopter.34. This passage talks mainly about ______.A. how inventions affect (影响) people's lifeB. when electric light was inventedC. which country made the first step into spaceD. why cars were very important35. We can safely come to the conclusion that people's life will be made even better through______.A. new discoveriesB. greater inventionsC. better ways to help people get over diseasesD. all of above第二节（共5小题，每小题2分，满分10分）根据短文中的内容，从短文后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项，其中有两项为多余选项_36_ One of the best things you can possibly do is to start you own club. It’s great fun especially if you are the sort of person who feels there’s never anything to do during the school holidays. The first thing you need to come up with is an idea for your club. _37_ Pets, clothes, pop music or dancing groups, sports, making things? The list is endless.Next you need some friends to be in your club with you. _38_ All you need is three or four other people who are interested in the same thing as you._39 _You should all sit down somewhere together with lots of pieces of paper and write down every name you can think up. That’ll keep you busy for ages.At your first meeting you should make up a rule book. And the first rule should be no grown-ups or little/big brothers or sisters! The best clubs are always secret!Now you have just about everything you need, except membership cards. These are very important and again you can speed a lot of time making them. 40 Why not leave some space for a photo of yourself? That will make the membership card really look like it.So there you are, get clubbing! Once you get started you’ll think of loads of more interesting things to do!A.That’s easy.B.Enjoy your own club!C.Invite a designer to join you.D.What are you interest in?E.Some vacation is just around the corner.F.Then you need to pick a name for your club.e a bright thick pen to make a special design.第三部分英语知识运用（共两节，满分45分）第一节完形填空（共20小题，每小题1.5分，满分30分）阅读短文，从短文后所给的四个选项中选出最佳答案My name's Jim Shelley and I'm an addict(有瘾的人）...With these words I began to_41__the problem, the problem of my telephone addiction. I used to call people_ 42___,from the moment I woke up to the time I went to sleep,I__43__to be phoned, I wanted to phone, Just one more call. It started socially --a few calls each day.It seemed__44___, just a quick chat, gradually though, the __45___got worse. Soon it was__46___use,until,finally,addiction. And it began to affect my__47___.During the day I would disappear for___48___call.If I couldn't make a call,I spent the whole time waiting for the phone to ring. Getting more and more__49___, in the end, I would ring someone, then someone else,__50___myself just one more call. I was phoning people and__51___messages to make sure__52___calls would see me through the day. I used to arrive at friends’ homes and before the door was closed, go straight for the phone with the___53___"Is it OK if I just use the phone...?"At work, I became__54___when my fellow workers tried to__55___me from using the phone. And one day I hit my boss(with the phone). Finally the police caught me___56___a phone box that had take my last one pound coin, and I was__57___to see a psychiatrist(心理医生）. I haven't__58__a phone in the house for three weeks now, and it's several days__59___I used a phone box. I try not to watch TV because there are__60___people on it making phone calls. My name is Jim She lley and I am an addict.41. A.face B.find C.accept D.notice42. A.now and then B.all the time C.at home D.at work43. A.tried B.asked C.waited D.invited44. A.polite B.important C.fine D.special45. A.condition B.situation C.result D.effect46. A.frequent B.regular C.unusual D.particular47. A.friends B.study C.family D.work48. A.a quick B.a secret C.an expected D.an extra49. A.hopeful B.delighted C.frightened D.anxious50. A.forcing B.telling C.giving D.limiting51. A.leaving B.taking C.passing D.recording52. A.long B.immediate C.enough D.surprising53. A.saying B.demands C.word D.words54. A.careful B.mad C.determined D.helpless55. A.save B.reduce C.protect D.stop56. A.destroying ing C.stealing D.emptying57. A.offered B.guided C.ordered D.reminded58. A.missed B.had C.received D.fixed59. A.as B.when C.if D.since60. A.always B.just C.more D.different第三部分英语知识运用（共两节，满分45分）第二节语法填空（共10小题，每题1.5 分，共15分）(M= Dad; W=Daughter)M: Mary, could you come to my room and help me please? Every time I turn on the computer, there seems to be a problem.W: It looks OK. I just started the program. Nothing wrong.M: Thanks, dear. I really don’t know ___61___ to use this machine without your help.W: Well, Dad, I ___62___ (be) able to use a computer since I was four.M: True. I’ve tried reading the ____63____ (instruct) on how to use the computer, but they seemvery ___64____(confuse). You can easily understand them____65___I certainly can’t.W: I don’t find them easy___66___(follow)either . The best way is to just use it.M: I think there just weren’t any computers when I was young, so I haven’t learnt to use one___67___(proper). It’s too late to learn now.W: Don’t worry, dad. There are lots of people of ___68___age in computer classes. Why not have ___69___ try?M: OK. I____70____(try) and find an evening class第四部分书面表达（共两节满分35分）第一节短文改错假定英语课上老师要求同桌之间交换修改作文，请你修改你同桌系的以下作文。