江苏省江都市嘶马中学2012-2013学年高二下学期期末考试英语试题

第一部分：听力(共两节，满分20分)
做题时，先将答案标在试卷上。录音内容结束后，你将有两分钟的时间将试卷上的答案转涂到答题卡上。
第一节(共5小题;每小题1分,满分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. Where does the woman have to get off
A. At the Bank of China. B. At the post office. C. At the next stop.
2. Why does the man refuse the woman
A. He doesn't have a car. B. He'll be using his car. C She doesn’t drive.
3. Where does the woman want to go
A. The Grand Hotel. B. The shopping center. C. The traffic light.
4. How is the woman going home
A. In a car. B. By bus. C. On foot.
5. How many friends can the girl invite
A. Four or five. B. Two or three. C. Two or four.
第二节(共15小题;每小题1分，满分15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。
六（6-7）
6. What are the speakers going to do this weekend
A. Go to the beach. B. Climb a mountain. C. Go for a bicycle-ride.
7. What do we know about Paul and Mary
A. They might be the speakers' friends.
B. They've decided to join the speakers. C. They did some riding yesterday.
七（8－10）
8. What are the two speakers talking about
A. Using the left hand. B. Operating machines. C. Designing machines.
9. What is the possible relationship between the two speakers
A. Master and servant. B. Boss and secretary. C. Fellow workers
10. What can we learn from the conversation
A. Left-handers can’t run the machines. B. The woman only uses her right hand.
C. The woman is more skillful than the man.
八（11－13）
11. What did the woman do last weekend
A. He went to the beach. B. She visited her parents. C. She had a trip to the countryside.
12. Why did the woman come home so soon
A. She was tired. B. She caught a cold. C. She had school work to do.
13. What was the weather like at the weekend
A. Cloudy. B. Sunny. C. Rainy.
九（14－16）
14. What does the woman think about her boss
A. Rude. B. Foolish. C. Troublesome.
15. What do we know about the woman
A. She was in charge of a school. B. She succeeded in her job. C. She has left her job.
16. What does the man want to be
A. A dancer. B. A dancing trainer. C. A high school teacher.
十（17－20）
17. What can we learn from the news
A. No villager was killed. B. 15 houses were badly damaged.
C. Over 200 people were made homeless.
18. How many people were badly injured in the storm
A. Seven. B. Nine. C. Ten.
19. What do we know about the farmer
A. His house was destroyed. B. His wife was missing. C. One of his children was killed.
20. What did the woman do when she saw her house shaking
A. She tried to take something out. B. She rushed out with her children.
C. She told her husband not to leave.
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)
请认真阅读下面各题，从题中所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
21．— I wonder if you have a single room for tonight.
—Sorry, I'm afraid we have _________at the moment.
A. no B. none C. nothing D. no one
22．If I_____plan to do anything I wanted to ,I’d like to go to Tibet and travel through as much of it as possible
A．would B．could C．had to D．ought to
23．Coal is hard, like a rock and yet it burns, while no rocks ______.
A. do B. does C. are D. is
24．The new hospital was opened this morning，attracting the attention of all local media.
A. officially B. automatically C. directly D. potentially
25．Johnson can now operate the machine much better than he_______.
A.expects to B.expects
C.is expected to D.is expected
26．The medicine works more effectively you drink some hot water after taking it.
A. as B. until C. although D. if
27．John, look at the time. ____ you play the piano at such a late hour
A. Must B. Can C. May D. Need
28．I don't know 　　　　　　makes her afraid of having her business discussed.
A.what it is about Mary that B.that is it abut Mary what
C.what is it about Mary that D.that is about Mary what
29．Tom was so wild about computer games that he would stay online for ten hours _____every day.
A. in the end B. in particular C. on end D. on purpose
30．Judging from his __ look, I can say Mr. Li is ___ at our arrival at this time.
A. annoying, annoyed B. annoying, annoying C. annoyed, annoyed D. annoyed, annoying
31．Her leg has been ______ for quite a while, which ,in the meawhile, makes_____for her parents.
A. troubling ; troubles B. troubled; room
C. troubled; troubles D. troublesome; trouble
32．A teacher and writer coming to give a talk tomorrow afternoon .
A. was B. were C. is D. are
33．People believe that mutual understanding _______ a happy marriage.
A. takes to B. makes for C. brings down D. depends on
34．My cousin left for London ten years ago, and I ______ her ever since.
A. wouldn’t see B. hadn’t seen C. haven’t seen D. didn’t see
35．The 2008 Olympics has already ______China's great economic progress,
A. seen B. achieved C. reached D. strengthened
第二节：完形填空(共20小题；每小题1分，满分20分)
请认真阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
A man found a cocoon of a moth. He took it home so that he could 36 the moth come out of the cocoon. On that day a small 37 appeared, he sat and watched the moth for several hours as the moth struggled to 38 the body through that little hole.
Soon it seemed to stop making any progress. It appeared as if it had 39 as far as it could and it could go no farther. It just seemed to be stuck. So the man, out of his kindness, decided to help the moth. He took a pair of scissors and cut off the 40 bit of the cocoon. The 41 then came out easily. But it had a swollen body and small, shriven（无用的） wings. The man continued to watch the moth because he expected that, at any moment, the wings would enlarge and 42 to be able to support the 43 , which would get smaller in time. Neither happened! In fact, the little moth spent the rest of its life 44 around with a small, swollen body and shriveled wings. It was 45 able to fly.
What the man in his kindness 46 was that the small cocoon and the 47 of the moth to get through the 48 opening was a way to push fluid(液体) 49 the body of moth 50 its wings so that it would be ready to fly 51 it got out of the cocoon. Freedom and 52 would come only after the struggle. By taking the moth of a struggle away, he also took away the moth’s health.
Sometimes struggles are exactly what we need in our life. If we were to 53 our lives without any difficulties, we would be disabled. We would not be as 54 as what we could have been. Give every opportunity a chance, leave no room for 55 .
36 A, help B. protect C. watch D. see
37 A. opening B. line C. moth D. butterfly
38 A. push B. draw C. make D. force
39 A. got B. done C. tried D. struggled
40 A. covering B. remaining C. shell D. skin
41 A. moth B. butterfly C. cocoon D. worm
42 A. lessen B. widen C. expand D. shorten
43 A standing B. flight C. themselves D. body
44 A flying B. crawling C. walking D. lying
45 A already B. certainly C. never D. seldom
46 A shouldn’t do B. thought C. did D. didn’t understand
47 A crawling B. struggle C. fight D. force
48 A tiny B. beginning C. right D. above
49 A in B. on C. by D. from
50 A into B. to C. in D. onto
51 A after B. once C. before D. until
52 A courage B. hope C. flight D. survival
53 A stand on B. get on C. go through D. live
54 A great B. determined C. brave D. strong
55 A regrets B. death C. failure D. wishes
第三部分：阅读理解(共15小题；每小题2分，满分30分)
请认真阅读下列短文，从短文后各题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
A
Television has not killed reading, however. Today, newspapers sell in very large numbers. And books of every kind are sold more than ever before. Books are still a cheap way to get information and enjoyment. Although some books with hard covers are expensive, many books are printed today as paperbooks (平装本), which are quite cheap. A paperback collection of short stories, for example, is always cheaper than an evening at the cinema or the theater, and you can keep a book for ever and read it many times.
Books are a wonderful provider of knowledge and pleasure and some types of books should be in every home. Every home should have a good dictionary. A good encyclopedia (百科全书), though expensive, is useful, too, because you can find information on any subject. Besides, you can have such books as history books., science textbook, cookbooks, and collections of stories and poems. Then from time to time you can take a book of poems off your shelves and read the thoughts and feelings of your favorite poets.
56．It can be inferred from the passage that ________.
A. TV programs are a chief provider of knowledge
B. cinemas are the best choice in getting information
C. reading is a cheap way of learning and having fun
D. newspapers are an expensive way to enjoy oneself
57．What does the sentences “Television has not killed reading, however ” underlined in the second paragraph suggest
A. People only need reading, though. B. Reading is still necessary today.
C. Reading is more fun than television. D. Watching television doesn’t help reading.
58．What can we learn from the passage
A. Fewer and fewer people will buy books.
B. A good dictionary should be kept in every home.
C. Books with hard covers sell better than paperbooks.
D. More people like TV programs about famous men.
59．What can we learn from the passage
A. Fewer and fewer people will buy books.
B. A good dictionary should be kept in every home.
C. Books with hard covers sell better than paperbooks.
D. More people like TV programs about famous men.
B
If you make a five-trip across the Atlantic Ocean , your ship come into a different time zone every day. As you come into each zone, the time changes one hour. If you travel west, you set your watch back. If you travel east, you set it ahead. Each day of your trip has either twenty-five or twenty-three hours.
If you make a trip by ship across the Pacific Ocean , you cross the International Date Line. This is the point where a new day begins when you cross the line, you change one full day. If you travel east, today becomes yesterday, if you travel west it is tomorrow.
60．Something interesting will happen to the time if you travel because .
A. a day has always fewer than twenty-four hours
B. a day has always more than twenty- four hours
C. a day has more or fewer than twenty-four hours,
D. some time zones are large and some time zones are small
61．The time difference between two time zones is .
A. twenty-four hours B. one hour
C. two hours D. twenty-three hours
62．If we cross the Atlantic Ocean, we .
A. change one full day B. set our watch back
C. set our watch ahead D. set our watch back or ahead
63．If we travel east across the International Date Line on July 5th, the date becomes July .
A. 3rd B. 4th C. 5th D. 6th
64．Which of the following sentences is true
A. If we travel around the world, we will get into trouble in telling the time.
B. If we travel west across the Atlantic Ocean, we will have twenty-three hours.
C. If we travel by ship across the Atlantic Ocean, we will cross the International Date Line.
D. If we travel across the Pacific Ocean, today becomes tomorrow.
C
The whole morning we just checked our own things. We were looking for items to give away. We thought of blankets, food and clothing. Our aim was not to find things we no longer wanted, but things we use every day and would be useful to others.
We made up boxes with the things and added some small toys. Inside the boxes a simple letter was placed, reading:
“Please take these items and know that your life is important. Times are difficult but they will pass. We share what we have, believing it will matter. Use the blanket to stay warm. Be safe and know that the human spirit can overcome anything. Don’t hold your head down. Someday please do the same when you can. How you do it and when, your heart will tell you.
This kind act was not because the phone rang or for any reason. It was simply because it was the right time to do. We have often seen homeless people at the park where we left the belongings. The city would say that it isn’t a problem but I see the lives walking to and from it.
I noticed that my wife had put her favorite green coat into one of the boxes. I asked if she was sure about it and she simply replied that it had a hood (风帽). She liked the coat but knew the hood could shelter (遮挡)someone from the rain.
We don’t know where these gifts of compassion（同情）will go. We never go back and see what happens. It’s unimportant. The right things will find the right people and that is all that counts. On the way my wife started to cry. When I asked why, she said because some things felt so right.
66．What can we learn from the first paragraph about the couple？
A. They had deep feelings of their work
B. They often threw the useless daily items away
C. They liked helping others by sharing their things
D. They often gave away the daily items they didn’t use
67．The couple placed the letter inside the box mainly to_______________.
A. help the poor go through the difficulties
B. let the poor know who gave away the things
C. tell the poor how to use the items correctly
D. tell the poor to pass on the spirit to others
68．The couple liked this kind act because _______.
A. they thought it was the right thing to do
B. they had a good habit of saving things
C. they often received telephone calls for help
D. they hated being troubled by homeless people
D
GUATEMALA CITY（Reuters）---- A fish that lives in mangrove swamps（红树沼泽）across the Americas can live out of water for months at a time, similar to how animals adapted（适应）to land millions of years ago, a new study shows.
The Mangrove Rivulus, a type of small killifish, lives in small pools of water in a certain type of empty nut or even old beer cans in the mangrove swamps of Belize, the United States and Brazil. When their living place dries up, they live on the land in logs（圆木）, said Scott Taylor, a researcher at the Brevard Endangered Lands Program in Florida .
The fish, whose scientific name is Rivulus marmoratus, can grow as large as three inches. They group together in logs and breathe air through their skin until they can find water again.
The new scientific discovery came after a trip to Belize.
“We kicked over a log and the fish just came crowding out,” Taylor told Reuters in neighboring Guatemala by telephone. He said he will make his study on the fish known to the public in an American magazine early next year.
In lab tests, Taylor said he found the fish can live up to 66 days out of water without eating.
Some other fish can live out of water for a short period of time. The walking catfish found in Southeast Asia can stay on land for hours at a time, while lungfish found in Australia, Africa and South America can live out of water, but only in an inactive state. But no other known fish can be out of water as long as the Mangrove Rivulus and remain active, according to Patricia Wright, a biologist at Canada’s University of Guelph.
Further studies of the fish may tell how animals changed over time.
“These animals live in conditions similar to those that existed millions of years ago, when animals began making the transition（过渡）form water onto land, ” Wright said.
69．The Mangrove Rivulus is a type of fish that ________.
A. likes eating nuts
B. prefers living in dry places
C. is the longest living fish on earth
D. can stay alive for two months out of water
70．Who will write up a report on mangrove Rivulus
A. Patricia Wright.
B. Researchers in Guatemala.
C. Scientists from Belize.
D. Scott Taylor.
第四部分：任务型阅读(共10小题；每小题1分，满分10分)
In ancient times, the most important examination was spoken, not written. In the schools of ancient Greece and Rome, testing usually consisted 71 saying poetry aloud or giving speeches.
Generally, however, modern examinations are written. The written examination, where all students are tested on the same questions, was probably not known 72_________ the nineteenth century. Perhaps it came into 73 (exist) with the great increase in population and the development of modern industry.
Two types of tests are 74 (common) used in modern schools. The first type is sometimes called an “objective” test. It 75 ___________ (intend) to deal with facts, not personal opinions. On objective tests, the student has just one task: he must recognize the correct answer and then he must copy its letter or number onto his examination paper. Sometimes there is 76 answer sheet on which the four letters or numbers are printed. Then the student only has to circle the one 77 go with the correct answer.
For testing some kinds of learning, however , such a test is not very satisfactory. A lively student 78 guess the correct answer without really knowing the material.
For a clearer picture of 79 the student knows, most teachers use another kind of examination in addition to objective tests. They use “essay” tests, and the tests require students to write long answers to broad, general questions. When some essay questions are used along with some objective questions, 80 , a fairly clear picture of the students’ knowledge and ability can usually be obtained.
第五部分：书面表达(满分25分)
81． 学生李华不善于和同学交流。尽管努力和其它同学说话，但还是交不到朋友。所以他写信给你（小东）想让你帮忙。请你给她回信，提出你的建议和办法（最少三条）。
要求：语句通顺，结构完整，要点齐全，过度要自然。不要逐句翻译。
字数100左右。开头和结尾已为你写好
Dear Li Hua,
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Yours
Xiao Dong
录音材料原文
Text 1
W: Does this bus go to the Bank of China
M: Yes. Get off at the post office and walk straight ahead for about two minutes.
Text 2
W: Would you mind if I borrowed your car just over the weekend
M: I'm sorry, but it’s just not possible, because I'm visiting my mother this weekend.
Text 3
W: Can you help me out I'm trying to find Grand Hotel.
M: Turn right at the traffic light. It is next to the new shopping centre.
Text 4
W: Why not wait here a few minutes and I'll get my car
M: No, thank you. I'd better take the bus home.
Text 5
W: Dad, can I have some friends over at the weekend
M: It really depends on how many. I mean just four or five.
W: Thanks, Dad.
Text 6
M: What do you want to do this weekend
W: Oh, I don't know. Maybe go to the beach if it's nice weather.
M: But we did that last weekend. Let's do something different.
W: Hum... Hey, I know what! Why don't we climb Mt. Fuji
M: Great idea! I've always wanted to do that!
W: Paul and Mary talked about a bicycle ride yesterday, but they haven't made the final decision. Maybe we could persuade them to join us.
M: Wonderful! I give them a call right now.
Text 7
W: Hey, you. Can't you be a bit faster You make the whole group wait for you.
M: How can you blame it on me I'm having trouble in operating this kind of machine. It is designed for you right handers.
W: You always complain about these machines. But you are not the only one using your left hand.
M: Really I don't know any others who are the same as me.
W: To tell you the truth, I'm also left-handed.
M: You
W: Yeah. You should spend some time getting suited to it in advance. Then you can do it quickly.
M: Is that what you have done
W: Yes. In fact, it pays to use both hands.
M: OK, I will try.
Text 8
M: Hey, Karen, it looks like you've got some sun this weekend.
W: Yeah, I guess so. I spent the weekend at the beach.
M: Oh, yeah, that's great. Where did you stay
W: Some friends of my parents' live out there and they invited me for as long as I wanted to stay.
M: So what are you doing back here already
W: Oh, 1 have a paper to work on, and I just couldn't do any serious studying at the beach.
M: I don't blame you. So what did you do out there I mean besides ly ing out in the sun.
W: I ran slowly up and down the beach, and 1 played some volleyball. You know I never realized how hard it is to run on sand. I couldn't even get through a whole game before I had to sit down.
M: Did you go swimming
W: I wanted to, but they said the water isn't warm enough for that until a couple of months from now.
M: It all sounds nice. I wish I could get away to the beach like that.
Text 9
M: Hi, Susan. Haven't seen you for ages. How are you getting along with your work
W: Hi, David. Not so well as I expected. I've left my position. I can't bear the rudeness of my boss any longer.
M: What are you going to do then
W: No idea. Anyway, I have to think about it seriously. And you, David
M: I've been very successful as a dancer. I like this kind of life. It is so exciting.
W: You can't do it forever.
M: No, but I've decided to open a dance school once I'm over the top. Our younger dancers need better training.
W: That's a wonderful idea!
Text 10
Back to the news. Last Friday a storm hit two villages destroying four teen houses. Seven others were so badly damaged that their owners had to leave them, and fifteen others had broken windows. One person was killed, and nine were badly injured and taken to hospital. A number of other people received small injuries. Altogether over two hundred were left homeless as a result of the storm.
A farmer said the storm began early in the morning and lasted over an hour. He was in the kitchen with his wife and his children when they heard a loud noise. A few minutes later their house fell down on top of them. They managed to climb out but then he saw that one of his children was missing. He went back inside and found him safe but very frightened.
A woman said that her husband had just left for work when she noticed that her house was shaking. She rushed outside immediately with here chil dren. There was no time for her to take anything. A few minutes later, the roof came down.
Soldiers went to the area to help the people in trouble.
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