长沙岳麓实验中学高中二年级下学期期末考试英语试卷

长沙岳麓实验中学高中二年级下学期期末考试英语试卷
时量:90分钟 满分:120 分
PART ONE LISTENING COMPREHENSION
SECTION A (20 points)
Directions: In this section, you’ll hear 6 conversations between 2 speakers. For each conversation, there are several questions and each question is followed by 3 choices. Listen to the conversations carefully and then answer the questions by marking the corresponding letter (A, B or C) on the question booklet. You will hear each conversation T WICE.
Conversation 1
1. What is in the man’s hand
A. An old English-Chinese dictionary.
B. A new English-Chinese dictionary. .
C. A new Chinese-English dictionary.
2. What can we learn from the conversation
A. The man’s brother speaks very good Chinese.
B .The man wants to learn some Chinese.
C. The woman is learning Chinese.
Conversation 2
3. When is the woman’s birthday
A. Tomorrow. B. The day after tomorrow. C. In two weeks.
4. What does the woman want the man to do [
A. To go to Alice’s birthday party with her.
B. To tell her when Alice’s birthday is.
C. To buy her a birthday present.
Conversation 3
5. Where are the two speakers going
A. To a birthday party. B. To a department store. C. To Lily’s school.
6. What’s Jenny’s new telephone number
A. 6880015. B. 6882315. C. 6883215.
Conversation 4
7. What’s wrong with the woman
A. She has a headache.
B. There is something wrong with her stomach.
C. She feels bored and doesn’t want to do anything.
8. What does the woman want the doctor to do
A. To give her some good suggestions.
B. To give her an examination.
C. To operate on her.
9. Why doesn’t the woman go to live with her son and her daughter-in-law
A. Because her son’s apartment is very small.
B. Because her son doesn’t want her to live with them.
C. Because she doesn’t want to leave her old apartment.
Conversation 5
10. Which of the following statements about the woman is TRUE
A. She plays the guitar in a band.
B. She joined a band a month ago.
C. She doesn’t know what she wants to be.
11. What does the man’s father want him to be
A. A pianist. B. A painter. C. An engineer.
12.What does the woman suggest the man do
A. Do what he really likes. B. Play the piano in a band. C. Listen to his mother’s advice.
Conversation 6
13. Who kills the elder brother in the film
A. His brother. B. His neighbour. C. Unknown.
14. What will the woman do tomorrow morning
A. Go shopping. B. See a movie. C. Prepare for an examination.
15.What can we learn from the conversation
A. The woman is worried about the coming examination.
B. The woman seldom goes to the cinema.
C. The man is good at his studies.
SECTION B Directions: In this section, you’ll hear a mini-talk. Listen carefully and then fill in the numbered blanks with the information you’ve got. Fill in each blank with NO MORE THAN 3 WORDS. You’ll hear the mini-talk TWICE.
“My” first visit to New York City
Time(Month):16_________ Weather:17 __________ Destination: Manhattan
Activity
The firt day The next day
1. Did 18 _____________ at Fifth Avenue;
2. Went ice-skating 1.Visited the Statue of Liberty;
2.Went to 19_________________
Conclusion A 20 _______________visit
PART TWO LANGUAGE KNOWLEDGE.
Section A( 15 points ) Choose the best answer .
21.Mary said nervously that it was _______ honour to have got _______ first prize in the composition contest.
A. an, the `B./; / C. an; a D.the; the
22. The students are helping the old man clean ______ house now.
A. her B. him C. his D。he
23. She told us story that we all forgot about the time.
such an interesting B. so an interesting
C. a so interesting D. a such interesting
24. Have you got the message I left with your father yesterday_______ you’ll have an important meeting tomorrow afternoon.
A. in which B. with whom C. that D. which
25. --- Shall we call on Frank tonight
---We’d better not. He is said ________ a lecture.
A. preparing B. to be preparing C. to have prepared D. having prepared
26.I can never forget the day ______ we worked together and the day _______ we spent together.
A. when; which B. which; when C. what; that D. on which; when
27. It was not until I came here _____I realized this place was famous for not only its beauty but also its weather.
A. who B. that C. where D. before
28.I can’t fix my mind on my study, with the children ______ so noisily outside my window.
A. playing B. to play C. played D. being played
29.---You see, I’m not good at English, you are poor in maths, and…
--- That’s _______ we’d better help each other.
A. when B. how C. why D.what
30._________ many times, but he still couldn’t understand it
A. He was told B. Though he had been told C. Having been told D. Being told
31. ---Do you often attend meetings
--- Yes, I ________ organizational meetings at the end of every month..
A. attend B. will attend C. am attending D. have attended
32. Don’t play with the dog, Jack, for it _____ be dangerous at times.
A. shall B. should C.can D. must
33. The teacher asked us so much noise.
A．don’t make B. not make C. not making D. not to make-
34. –Do you know the city well
--No, this is the second time I here.
A. was B. came C. have been D. am coming
35. --- Sarah said she wrote you a letter.
--- I wonder ______ she is writing to me about.
A. that B. why C. what D. when
SECTION B ( 10 points ) 完形填空。通读下面的短文，掌握其大意，然后从各题所给的A、B、C三个选项中选出一个最佳答案。
Rose didn’t see her school IC card at lunch time. She asked her classmates and looked for it everywhere. But she couldn’t 31 it. Later, one girl said that she saw Kate take a card from Rose’s desk. So Rose got very 32 .
When she met Kate in the afternoon, Rose 33 , “You have stolen my card!” Hearing this, Kate began to cry, “No, no, I didn’t steal it! I only took it by 34 .” But Rose didn’t think so and they began to fight.
Just then a teacher came up and 35 what had happened. Kate told the whole story. She said her pen pal came to see her in the morning. She was so 36 that she took the card carelessly. Then they went for lunch happily. “I used the card, but I had thought it was mine. I didn’t know it was Rose’s 37 she asked. I was too afraid to explain it to her. So I decided to put the 38 back with some money secretly. I am sorry, Rose.” Kate said in a low 39 .
“It’s just a misunderstanding（误会)！” said the teacher. Tears came into Rose’s eyes. Then she said, “I was 40 sorry, Kate! I hope we are still good friends. ”
36. A. find B. buy C. put
37. A. happy B. angry C. afraid
38. A. sang B. shouted C. read
39. A. card B. words C. mistake
40. A. asked B. understood C. allowed
41. A. sad B. excited C. interested
42. A. until B. after C. if
43. A. pen B. book C. card
44. A. voice B. sound C. noise
45. A. not B. also C. never
Part Three ( 24 points )READING COMPREHENSION
Choose the one that fits best according to the information given .
A
I will never forget the lesson about my window. Four years ago, I moved to a house in a large town. One of my new neighbors’ house was only a few feet away from mine. There lived a woman. Through one of my windows, I could see her reading by her window every afternoon.
Several months later, I found I couldn’t see the woman clearly. I thought her window was too dirty. I said to myself, “Why doesn’t she clean her window It looks terrible!”
One afternoon, I decided to clean my house including(包括) the window. I felt tired after three hours of hard work. So I sat down by the window for a rest. What a surprise! I could see the woman reading there clearly again! By that time, I realized that my own window was too dirty, not hers! I really felt ashamed for myself. I had been watching her through my dirty window in the past days!
The experience is very important for me. So I try to clean the window of my heart before judging(评判) others.
46. How long has the writer lived in the house according to the passage
A. Two years. B. Three years. C. Four years.
47. The writer couldn’t see the woman clearly because ______________.
A. the writer’s window was dirty
B. the woman’s house was too far
C. the woman didn’t open her window
48. The underlined word “ashamed” means _________________.
A. 高兴的 B. 放松的 C. 羞愧的
49. According to the passage, the writer has learnt how to __________________.
A. clean the house B. judge others C. help neighbors
B
Long ago, people lived on wild animals, fruits and other plants and they didn’t need to use money.
As time passed, families had more products(产品) than they needed, such as animals and crops. So they needed to trade(交易) with others. They began to use money to make it easier. However, it was not like the money we use today. They used shells, rice, salt or large stones.
During the 600s BC, people began using coins as money. Because they were easier to carry than goods(货物), countries began to make coins as their money.
The Chinese were the first to use paper money, probably in the 11th century. An Italian traveler, Marco Polo, saw the Chinese use paper money when he visited China in the 1200s. After his travel, he told the western people what he saw. But European countries didn’t start using paper money till the1600s.
Today we have many ways to pay for things, such as coins, paper money and cards. Some prefer to pay by card. That’s because paying with a card is easier and safer than carrying around a lot of “real” money.
50. People began to use money because they ______.
A. lived on plants B. raised animals C. needed to trade
51. People used ______ as money during the 600s BC.
A. shells B. coins C. cards
52. Which country used paper money first
A. Japan. B. USA. C. China.
53. The passage tells us the ______ of money
A. history B. use C. collection
C C
America is a mobile society. Friendships between Americans can be close and real, yet disappear soon if situations change. Neither side feels hurt by this. Both may exchange Christmas greetings for a year or two, perhaps a few letters for a while — then no more. If the same two people meet again by chance, even years later, they pick up the friendship. This can be quite difficult for us Chinese to understand, because friendships between us flower more slowly but then may become lifelong(终身的)feelings, extending (延伸) sometimes deeply into both families.
Americans are ready to receive us foreigners at their homes, share their holidays, and their home life. They will enjoy welcoming us and be pleased if we accept their hospitality (好客) easily.
Another difficult point for us Chinese to understand Americans is that although they include us warmly in their personal everyday lives, they don’t show their politeness t(礼貌) o us if it requires a great deal of time. This is usually the opposite of the practice in our country where we may be generous with our time. Sometimes, we, as hosts, will appear at airports even in the middle of the night to meet a friend. We may take days off to act as guides to our foreign friends. The Americans, however, express their welcome usually at homes, but truly can not manage the time to do a great deal with a visitor outside their daily routine. They will probably expect us to get ourselves from the airport to our own hotel by bus. And they expect that we will phone them from there. Once we arrive at their homes, the welcome will be full, warm and real. We will find ourselves treated hospitably. .(亲切地)
For the Americans, it is often considered more friendly to invite a friend to their homes than to go to restaurants, except for purely business matters. So accept their hospitality{热情好客}at home!
554. The writer of this passage must be ______.
A. an American B. a Chinese C. a professor D. a student
555 Which of the following statements is TRUE according to the passage
A. Friendships between Americans usually extend deeply into their families.
B. Friendships between Americans usually last for all their lives.
C. Americans always show their w armth even if they are very busy.
D. Americans will continue their friendships again even after a long break.
556. From the last two paragraphs we can learn that when we arrive in America to visit an American friend, we will probably be ______.
A. warmly welcomed at the airport B. offered a ride to his home
C. treated hospitably at his home D. treated to dinner in a restaurant
557 .The underlined words “generous with our time” in Paragraph 3 probably mean ______.
A. strict with time B. serious with time
C. careful with time D. willing to spend time
558 .A suitable title for this passage would probably be “______”.
A. Friendships between Chinese B. Friendships between Americans
C. Americans’ hospitality D. Americans’ and Chinese’s views of friendships
PART FOUR WRITING
SECTION A ( 10 points )
Directions: Read the following plete the diagram by using the information for the passage.
Write NO MORE THAN 3 WORDS for each answer.
After the women’s movement in the world, women’s position in society as well as at home is improving. But how many men on earth have helped their wives do their housework at home, do you know Recently a European Commission tried to find out people's ideas and reactions to the women's movement.They have carried out an overall survey of that. As part of their survey , they asked many men and women all over the Europe the same question,“Who does the housework ” The men answered very differently from the women!
The housework they asked people about were: preparing meals, washing dishes, cleaning the house and babysitting. 48% of British husbands said they did these things at home. 37% of Danish men helped their wives do such things in the house. But only 15% of Italian men said they did the housework; many of them said they never helped at all.
But there was an interesting point of view from the wives. According to British wives, only 38% of their husbands helped in the house. And Italian wives said that their husbands hardly ever helped them at home. The Italian and British men did not tell the truth! The Commission, however, found that Danish men were the most truthful husbands, fpr their answers were the same as their wives' answers.
Do the men you know around you help their wives in the house Do you think the survey made by the European Commission gives a true picture in your experience Write and tell us what you think.

European Commission’s survey
purpose To find out people’s 71.______________ to the women’s movement
72.___________ Answers to the question and 73.____________ between the men and the women
74._____________ The rate of men 75.__________ Women’s view
76._____________ 48% only 38%
Denmark 37% 77._________
Italy 78.________ Almost none
79.___________ The Italian and British men told a lie; 80.______________ were the most honest
SECTION B (6 points )
Direc tions: Read the following passage. Answer the questions according to the information given in the passage
Annie lived alone in Chicago. One day, she fell down in her bedroom and broke her leg. So she tried to call her friend Lisa. But she dialed(拨打) a wrong number. The call reached Taylor, an 18-year-old girl. She was a college student and she lived hundreds of miles away from Chicago.
At that time Taylor was reading in bed. She thought it was somebody playing a joke. When she was going to hang up the phone, she heard a woman saying “Help! Help! ” From it Taylor thought something bad must have happened to the woman. After she got the woman’s name and address, Taylor called 911 at once. Then she tried to make Annie feel comfortable. She spoke to Annie on the phone till the doctors arrived at Annie’s house. At last Annie was taken to hospital in time.
As soon as Annie felt better, she wrote a letter to Taylor to thank her.
57. Who answered the telephone
58. How did Taylor help Annie
59. Why did Annie write the letter to Taylor
SECTION C ( 25 points)
书面表达（满分25分）
假如你是某英文报刊的通讯员， 请根据以下表格以“A Big Forest Fire”为题，写一篇简单报道，并发表你的看法。(about 110 words)。
火因 一青年工人吸烟
持续时间 3个多星期
参加救火人员 数千名消防队员及当地村民
伤亡人数 9人死亡，约80人受伤
经济损失 至少2000万美元
影响 震惊全国
参考词汇break out突然发生： economic losses经济损失; firefighter消防队员; result from是(由)…造成的; lose one’s lives失去了生命; put out扑灭; astonish使惊讶; In one’s personal opinion在某人看来
________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
参考答案：
1-5 BCCCA 6-10 BCBAA 11-15 CABBC
16. December 17. cold 18. window shopping 19. see a movie 20. wonderful
21-25 AADCB 26-30 ABACA 31-35 ACCCC
36-40.CBDBD 41-45.ACCBA 46-47.CC
48. as 49.why 50. but 51.Though/Although 52. the 53. it 54. where 55. What
56-60 BBACB 61-65 CCABA 66-70 BDCDD
71. idea and reactions 72. Results 73. differences 74. Countires 75. doing housework
76. Britain 77. 37% 78. 15% 79. Conclusion 80. Danish men

57. Taylor.
58. Taylor/She called 911 (and spoke to Annie on the phone till the doctors arrived at Annie’s house)\By calling 911.
59. Because she wanted to thank her.\To thank her.
书面表达：
A Big Forest Fire
A terrible fire broke out at the end of January in a forest in the southwest of America. The fire, which resulted from the smoking of a careless young man, lasted three weeks and caused economic losses of about 20 million dollars. What’s worse, nine persons lost their lives in the fire and about 80 were seriously injured as a result of the fire. Thousands of firefighters and local villagers fought together and they finally managed to put out the great fire. The fire astonished the whole nation.
In my personal opinion, fire is very important in our life but sometimes it can be very dangerous, so we’d better be careful with it. ( 112 words )