湖南省长沙市高二英语下学期期末考试试题牛津译林版

湖南省长沙市田家炳实验中学2011-2012学年高二下学期期末考试

英语试题

第一部分：听力理解

SECTION A

Conversation 1

1. Why does the man love Sundays?

A He can watch sports on TV.

B He can play basketball

C He needn’t do any cleaning.

2. What does the woman expect the man to do?

A. To have a good rest.

B. To watch a game on TV

C. To help with housework. Conversation 2

3. When will the plane take off?

A. At 9:00.

B. At 9:15.

C. At 9:30.

4. What will the man do after the conversation?

A. Fasten his seat belt.

B. Take his seat.

C. Find a proper seat. Conversation 3

5. What is the most probable relationship between the two speakers?

A. Mother and son.

B. Teacher and student.

C. Doctor and patient.

6. Which is NOT true according to the conversation?

A. The woman is afraid of being laughed at.

B. The woman makes mistakes when she opens her mouth.

C. The woman enjoys practicing spoken English.

Conversation 4

7. How long has the man moved here ?

A. For about two days.

B. For about half a month.

C. For about one month.

8. What do we know about the man?

A. He has many children

B. His daughter is seven.

C. He does paper work.

9. What does the woman most probably do?

A. She is a teacher.

B. She is a nurse.

C. She is a policewoman. Conversation 5

10. Why does the woman advise the man to cut down on cokes ?

A. Because the coke is a soft drink.

B. Because of the caffeine in cokes.

C. Because the sugar and caffeine are not good.

11. How does the man feel if he goes without a coke every day?

A. Trembling and tense

B. Tired and excited.

C. Shaky and tired.

12. What relation is the woman to the man ?

A. His colleague

B. His friend

C. His wife.

Conversation 6

13. What are the two speakers talking about ?

A. Christmas gift

B. Christmas stress.

C. The origin of Christmas.

14. How soon will the Christmas Day come?

A. In a month

B. In two weeks.

C. In a week.

15. How much do the man’s family spend on Christmas?

A. About ＄1,100

B. About ＄250

C. About ＄150

SECTION B

Tips for staying at a youth hostel(招待所) in _16_____ city

第二部分：英语知识运用（共两节，满分45分）

第一节：单项填空（共15小题；每小题1分，满分15）

21. She was happy to devote herself _____________gymnastics.

A. for

B. about

C. in

D. to

22. -----The last one ___________the office turns off all the lights and locks the door. -------Agreed !

A. leaves

B. to leave

C. leaving

D. left

23．New Zealand ________________the Maori tribe.

A. is the home to

B. is home to

C. settle down in

D. is a home

of

24. Now let me tell you the work I have been doing with them. My job with the UN is not paid, but voluntary and as I said ______________, I mainly visit countries where the UN has programs to help people.

A. before

B. although

C. even

D. in case

25．Though ______ money, their parents managed to send them to university.

A. lacked

B. lacking of

C. lacking

D. lacked in

26. Could it be in the restaurant _________ you had dinner with me yesterday _______ you left behind your keys and wallet?

A. that; where

B. where; that

C. which; that

D. that; when 27．______, he decided to write again.

A. Not having received a reply

B. Having not received a reply

C. Not having a reply

D. Not received a reply

28. I will appreciate ____ if you can carry the luggage for me.

A. it

B. that

C. these

D. them

29. Asked if he could come over and have dinner with us, ______.

A. no response was made

B. nothing was said by him.

C. Tom nodded his head

D. we heard him say yes

30．The terminal building put into use one month ago is _______________poor condition.

A. on

B. in

C. under

D. with

31. We don’t doubt ____ he will succeed in the research work.

A. that

B. whether

C. how

D. what

32. ___________ the city lies the famous beautiful mountain.

A. 20 miles southeast to

B. To 20 miles southeast of

C. Southeast 20 miles to

D. To southeast 20 miles of

33. People feel shocked that a university student _______________do that to a woman.

A. must

B. may

C. can

D. should

34. I like the after-school activities__________ students can develop friendship.

A. that

B. whose

C. when

D. where

35. I ________ in the countryside for 20 years , but now I’ve got used to the city life now.

A. live

B. have lived

C. have been living

D. lived

完型填空

A businessman was on a business trip to Tokyo. One day he went to 36 some gifts for his employees (雇员) back in his country. He 37 a supermarket. A lady smiled and welcomed him. He was very touched, and felt good .Because he was not able to 38 the warmth of her smile, he was watching her as he was 39 .

She was giving the same 40 to all the people who walked into the supermarket.

The businessman started thinking if she hated doing the same thing. So he asked, “My dear lady, are you 41 of doing this job?” The lady smiled and said, “No, sir, I have 42 here for the last 10 years and I love my job.” The businessman was surprised and asked, “Why have you stayed here for ten years, and why do you like your job 43 much?” The lady said, “Because I am doing something good for my 44 .” The businessman found this interesting. He asked, “Why?” The lady said, “As most of our customers are 45 , they spend foreign currency here. So our country has a lot of money and becomes richer. People who are happy with our service will 46 _____ more often and spend more money in our country.”

Surprised by her 47 , the businessman thanked her. After returning to his own country he worked hard to introduce the same attitude (态度) to his workers, and today his company is one of the best companies in the world.

36. A. buy B. order C. make D. pay

37. A. opened B. cleaned C. entered D. checked

38. A. require B. enjoy C. hide D. forget

39. A. traveling B. working C. singing D. shopping

40. A. feeling B. smile C. warmth D. watching

41. A. fond B. tired C. proud D.

afraid

42. A. stood B. learned C. worked D. lived

43. A. so B. very C. even D. enough

44. A. home B. country C. supermarket D. boss

45. A. millionaires B. managers C. strangers D. foreigners

46. A. praise B. visit C. talk D. save

47. A. action B. service C. attitude D. help

完成短文（一空一词）

If you’ve set your eyes on that new Apple iPhone 4, maybe it’s time to get rid of your old sell phone, 48, don’t throw your regular cell phone away because it contains a lot of personal information and data. 49 the device accidentally comes into the hands of a bad person, all this data could be misused. Moreover, cell phones also contain some materials that is 50 to the environment, so you should handle them correctly.

To deal with an old cell phone, first of all, you must remove all personal information from 51 device. Once you’ve removed your personal data, you can 52 resell the cell phone to a dealer(商人) 53 deals with used cell phones, or you can sell it to someone willing to buy it from you. 54 is better to contact a relevant charity and get them to help you. The charity will donate your cell phone to someone 55 need of a cell phone, or recycle the phone or some parts of it。

第三部分阅读理解（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（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

A

The song, Let’s Go Get Stoned, is an example of Ray Charles’ own kind of music and is his own sound. He mixed black church music, blues and rock-and-roll and produced a very different sound. Ray Charles could play blues, rock and jazz, and liked other kinds of music, too. He recorded an album (专辑) of country-and-western music, which was an immediate success. The album was called Modern Sounds in Country and Western Music. Many of the songs became famous. One of the most popular was I Can’t Stop Loving You. Charles made himself a popular artist and an expert of soul music with the release (发行) of his most popular composition (乐曲作品) What I Say. During the 1960s Charles appeared in the 1962 film Swinging Along, and the 1966 British film Ballad in Blue. In 1980 he appeared in The Blues Brothers movie and became even more successful. Charles also played an important part in the recording for Africa’s song of We Are the World in 1985.Ray Charles often said that sound and music were his life’s blood. He said many times that he would not trade his musical ability for the ability to see again. He did not give his time and money to help the blind, but helped create and support the Robinson Foundation for Hearing Disorders, which helps people deal with the loss of their hearing. He once said, “Being blind is my handicap (生理缺陷), but my ears are my opportunity. Losing my hearing would have ended my life.”

56. According to the passage, what can we learn about Ray Charles?

A. He lost both his sight and his hearing.

B. He lost his voice and could not sing.

C. He lost his sight.

D. He was disabled in both body and mind.

57. Charles appeared in films and _____.

A. played an important role at the very beginning

B. lost his interest in music in the 1960s

C. achieved great success in The Blues Brothers

D. failed to become successful in the end

58. What can we learn from the passage?

A. Ray Charles didn’t want to see again.

B. Let’s Go Get Stoned is Ray Charles’ best song.

C. Ray Charles couldn’t live without music and sound.

D. Charles supported the foundation for the blind.

59. What does the last paragraph tell us?

A. Ray Charles thought it was a big pity that he could not see.

B. Ray Charles paid attention to nothing except sound and music.

C. Ray Charles didn’t help the blind because he hated being blind.

D. He considered his hearing as the most important thing in his life.

60.. What does the passage mainly tell us ?

A. How Ray Charles writes songs

B. How Ray Charles helps the poor.

C. Ray Charles and his works.

D. How a blind man can succeed.

B

“Excuse me”，said a young man，standing shyly at the open church door. “I'm here to pick up an Easter basket for my daughter. Am I in the right place？”

“Well，we have baskets，but they're not Easter

baskets for kids；they're food baskets,” I explained.

That morning I arrived at St.Michael's Church in Carmichael，California，to help give out the baskets to needy families for Easter. To make sure every family would receive one，we had handed out numbers to them that matched the basket they were supposed to receive. Each one contained a whole ham，potatoes，bread，vegetables，and a pie—enough food to help feed a family for a week.

“Why don't you come in？”I said to the man. He looked disappointed. He shook his head and said，“I can't...My daughter is waiting for me over there. I'm grateful for the food，but when I heard you were giving away baskets for Easter...well，I thought they would be Easter baskets for children.” He continued，“I promised my daughter one，and I wanted to surprise her.”

I felt bad，but there was nothing I could do. The man handed me his number，and I walked over to the baskets. A bulge(凸起)in one of the baskets caught my eye. “What is that？”I wondered. Leaning over and looking more closely，I could see，unmistakably，an Easter basket—filled with candy，chocolate，and Easter eggs. One of the volunteers must have added it by mistake！I thought. Then I looked at the man's number in my hand. Well，he'll be...

“Happy Easter，”I said to the man，handing him the only food basket with an Easter basket inside—the very sa me basket with his number on it. “Someone knew just what you needed.”

61．The young man had thought that ________.

A．he would have an Easter basket and a food basket

B．there would be Easter baskets for children

C．there would be children's toys in the food basket

D．he would get enough food for the whole year

62．What did the author do at the church?

A．He worked there as a churchman.

B．He was called in to give out Easter baskets.

C．He went there to meet the young man.

D．He was a volunteer who helped there.

63．The young man looked disappointed at first because ________.

A．he was told not to take a food basket

B．there was little food in the Easter basket

C．he came so late that all the baskets had been given out

D．he was told that he wouldn't get what he wanted

64．What surprised the author was that ________.

A．there was an Easter basket in the food basket

B．someone knew what the young man needed

C．one of the baskets was filled with more bread than others

D．he found that the young man's name was on the basket

65．We can infer that the young man left the church feeling ________.

A．sad B．satisfied

C．angry D．surprised

C

My primary education was done through online education，which meant I didn't often come into contact with large groups of people of my age. Not having a peer group of my age also meant that I never had to do things to behave in the same way as others，and I grew up doing things the way I wanted.

I was very naive(天真的) when I started high school. On the first day I didn't realize there was a right way to wear a school hat. In fact，on that first day I did a lot of things wrong—like being the only person in the school who had a tongue ring. That ring made me considered a troublemaker，and by the first break I was given life membership to the “out” crowd. So I put my hair into my hat and took out the tongue ring.

It seemed more important to be like others than finding out what it meant to be me. I spent all my energy trying to conform. I couldn't work out why I was so unhappy when I'd achieved what I thought I wanted.

After many tears and sleepless nights，my teacher took me aside and asked why I was upset. I told him though I tried to fit in at school，I still felt unhappy. He asked me why I cut my hair off，and I told him that I wanted the same kind of hairstyle that the other girls had.

He said，“You've sta rted doing things to please other people. If you don't do it for yourself，you will always feel upset. If the people at school don't like you for who you are，then it's their problem.” What he said was true. I started trying to do things for myself. After that I felt a lot better.

66．From the second paragraph，we can learn that ________.

A．the other students didn't like the author

B．the author didn't wear a hat on the first day

C．the author was considered to be a troublemaker by the teacher

D．everybody wanted to make friends with the author

67．The underlined word “conform” in the third paragraph means ________.

A．to behave like others B．to behave differently

C．to behave in a wrong way D．to behave in a special way 68．According to the teacher，the author felt upset because ________.

A．she did her primary education through online education

B．she had a tongue ring on the first day of school

C．she didn't know the right way to wear a hat

D．she tried to please others instead of herself

69．According to the passage，which of the following statements is TRUE?

A．The author cut her hair off because it looked cool.

B．The author followed her teacher's advice at last.

C．What the teacher said made the author feel sadder.

D．The author didn't want to make friends with others.

70．What's the passage mainly about?

A．How to overcome sadness at school. B．How to get along with others at school.

C．The pains to fit in at school. D．The problem of loneliness.

第四部分：书面表达

第一节：填空（共10小题；每小题1分，满分10分）

阅读下面短文，根据所读内容在文后第76至第85小题的空格里填上适当的单词或词组。注意：每空不超过3个单词。

Frederick M. Hess is the director of education policy studies at the American Enterprise Institute, which is a nonprofit organization that conducts research on many public issues. He says that a long summer vacation doesn't make sense in today's world.

Can American students afford to take a summer vacation? In a summer vacation, millions of kids spend valuable time sending messages, watching TV, playing video games and doing shopping in the mall. They will also be putting their academic futures at risk.

Summer vacation once made sense in the past when you didn't need an education to get a good job. But now things have changed. For today's students, academic skills are important to students' future success, but such skills are affected in the summertime. Many nations don't give kids an American-style summer vacation. They offer no more than seven consecutive(连续的) weeks of vacation. Most American school districts offer up to thirteen weeks. To compete in the global marketplace, Americans must be prepared to go up against international competitors.

Summer vacation also causes challenges for today's families. In the 1960s, more

than 60% of families had a stay-at-home Mom. Now two-thirds of American children live in households where every adult works. For these families, summer vacation can be more burden than break. Someone must watch the kids.

But the biggest problem may be how summer vacation hurts academic achievement. Researchers have found that disadvantaged students lose significant ground in the summertime.

A longer school year does not have to be an invitation to hard boring work. Rather, it should allow time-pressed teachers to conduct richer and more imaginative lessons. Schools would have more time to devote to athletics, languages, music and the arts. Summer vacation can be a grand thing. But in the 21st century, it may also be outdated.

Section B 简答题

Sometimes it’s dangerous for you to adventure out on a mountain with no company. It’s not just wild animals, the harsh(恶劣的)environment you have to deal with, but the fact that climate in the mountain can change rapidly, from being sunny one moment to being foggy and then rainy the very next. Therefore, you need to learn some strategies for surviving in the mountains when you are alone.

An important skill you should be good at when surviving alone on a mountain is building a campfire. Not only does it protect you from the cold, but you also can use it for cooking, as well as frightening away dangerous animals.

Next, you should be good at rope management. Learn the technique of tying various knots which will help you while rappelling(绕绳下降). And don’t allow the ropes

to get wet.

Building a shelter quickly is also important. For this, practice building a lean-to(单坡屋顶) using two trees next to each other. Ensure the lean-to doesn’t face the wind. And you can spread a layer(层) of leaves over the ground inside the lean-to, so you don’t come in direct contact with the cold ground.

In addition, you should be informed on how to deal with wild animals. Animals generally don’t hunt humans, but they may follow you, so be careful. Leftover trash and food is the main reason animals approach humans. If you come across an animal in the wild, don’t do anything to provoke(惹起) it further. Leave a good space between the animal and keep calm, till the animal wanders off.

Being mentally prepared is as important as being physically prepared. Be aware of your own limitations and fears. In life-threatening situations, weigh the pros and cons and act accordingly. Practice all the skills that are important to your survival especially when you’re alone. All this will help you survive alone in a mountain!

81. What can cause dangers to you when you are adventuring alone in a mountain? (No more than 10 words)

82. Why do you build a campfire when you’re alone in a mountain? (No more than 12 words)

83. Why are you advised to spread leaves over the ground in the lean-to? (No more than 8 words)

84. What is the passage mainly about? (No more than 8 words)

第二节：写作

生活中，你自己或他人曾经有过被人误解最后终获理解的经历，其间有烦恼，不解，感慨。。。。

请就此写一篇英语短文。

主要内容包括：1。误解过程。 2。误解消除。 3。你的感想。

注意：

1．词数不少于120个

2．不能使用真实姓名和班级名称。

高二期末考试英语试题参考答案

听力：每小题1。5分

简答题。

81 wild animals, the harsh environment and rapid climate change 2分

82 To keep warm, cook and frighten away dangerous animals. 2分

83 To avoid direct contact with the cold ground. 3分

84 How to survive alone in a mountain. 3分

写作评分参考：

1．引起误解的语言，行为的完整正确描述 2分

2．完整正确描述误解过程 3分

3．完整正确描述误解消除过程 3分

4．恰当抒发感想，感慨，情感变化 5分

5．拼写，大小写，词汇，语法，字迹，连贯，衔接。 10分

6．总体印象 2分

7．无具体事例，泛泛而谈，但具有可读性。最高得分不超过15分。