娄底市2014-2015年下学期高二期末考试
英 语 试 卷
时间：120分钟 满分：150分
PART ONE LISTENING COMPREHENSION (30 marks)
SECTION A (22.5 marks)
Directions: In this section, you will hear six conversations between two speakers. For each conversation, there are several questions and each question is followed by three choices marked A, B and C. Listen carefully and then choose the best answer for each question.
You will hear each conversation TWICE.
Conversation 1
1. Why won’t the woman take singing lessons?
A. They’re too dear. B. They’re too hard. C. They’re useless.
2. What is the man learning?
A. How to design his future. B. How to make furniture.
C. How to build wooden houses.
Conversation 2
3. What does the boy want to know?
A. The meaning of a word. B. Where to find the dictionary.
C. How to say something.
4. What does the woman want the boy to do?
A. Win a race. B. Be a better reader. C. Learn a new language.
Conversation 3
5. What does the woman need?
A. A paid vacation. B. Her pay in advance. C. Extra hours to work.
6. Who might Mr. Simms be?
A. The woman’s boss. B. The woman’s husband. C. The woman’s brother.
Conversation 4
7. Who is Beth?
A. The man’s wife. B. The woman’s mother. C. The man’s sister.
8. What does the man do for work?
A. He has a sales job. B. He works at a school.
C. He works at an Internet company.
9. Where is the woman now?
A. Beijing. B. Hong Kong. C. New York.
Conversation 5
10. What sport is the man learning?
A. Boxing. B. Kickboxing. C. Kung fu.
11. What does the woman ask the man to do?
A. Give her a lesson. B. Tell her the rules. C. Show her some moves.
12. How can the man go into a higher level?
A. By fighting someone in the next level.
B. By passing a written test about the rules.
C. By taking lessons for a couple of years.
Conversation 6
13. Where does the man think pizza comes from?
A. Italy. B. France. C. America.
14. What is the pizza bread like in America, according to the woman?
A. It’s very thin. B. It’s quite thick. C. It’s a little salty.
15. What does the man like in the pizza?
A. Salt. B. Sugar. C. Cheese.
SECTION B (7.5 marks)
Directions: In this section, you will hear a short passage. Listen carefully and then fill in the numbered blanks with the information you have heard. Fill in each blank with NO MORE THAN THREE WORDS.
You will hear the short passage TWICE.
Special Deals at Jet’s Sandwiches
I. Date
This 16 the 10th
II. Special deals
Free sandwiches to the first 17 customers
A 18 for only two dollars, and beer is only a dollar a glass.
Games for the 19 who come that day
Special desserts on the menu
III. Purpose
To show 20 of the building that we have a popular business
PART TWO LANGUAGE KNOWLEDGE (45 marks)
SECTION A (15 marks)
Directions: Beneath each of the following sentences there are 4 choices marked A, B, C and D. Choose the one that best completes the sentence.
21. We often turn to Mr. Bulky, a wiser master, _________ we learn a lot about the world.
A. whom B. that C. from whom D. to whom
22. Only when the line was fixed _________ from floating away from the spaceship.
A. could he keep B. he could keep
C. he could be kept D. could he be kept
23. Nothing seems to please her, _________?
A. does it B. doesn’t it C. is it D. isn’t it
24. ________ on the fact, the news report is well worth reading.
A. Basing B. Based C. Being based ? D. To be based
25. Ladies and gentlemen, please fasten your belts. The plane _________ off!
A. takes B. will be taken C. is taking D. is to be taken
26. He said he would do all he could __________ us out, which was very kind of him.
A. help B. to help C. helping D. helped
27. ---Can I pay the bill by check?
---Sorry, sir. But it is the rule of our hotel that payment _________ be made in cash.
A. can B. need C. will D. shall
28. We have known each other _________ we were young.
A. since B. for ?????????????????? ??C. when ????????? ? ?D. before
29. _________ his pale face, we all suggested _________ to see the doctor right away.
A. Seeing; him to go???? B. Having seen; him go
C. Seeing; he go D. Seen; he should go
30. The teacher told us that we _________ two experimental lessons by the end of last week.
A. had had B. have had C. shall have had D. should have
31. Tony thinks that he will do better in the test because he _________ so hard this year.
A. studied B. had studied C. will study D. has been studying
32. As far as I see, ________ is no possibility ________ he will win the match this time.
A. it; that B. there; that C. it; whether D. there; whether
33. Janet as well as some other young people _________ brought up in a small town.
A. has B. had C. were D. was
34. The police were looking into the accident, hoping to find out _______ that had caused it.
A. what it was B. what was it C. how it was D. how was it
35. ---Will you be free at 6 p.m. this afternoon?
---No. At that time I _________ home to stay with my parents.
A. drove B. will be driving C. would drive D. was driving
SECTION B (18 marks)
Directions: For each blank in the following passage there are four words or phrases marked A, B, C and D. Fill in each blank with the word or phrase that best fits the context.
Last year I went to America and stayed there with an American family for two months. As is often said among travelers, “the best house is in America, the best wife is in Japan, and the best 36 is in China.” So I took the pride and pleasure to 37 “the best food” for my American family. Each day, regardless of my poor skill of cooking, I would do something in a new way: changing the dishes’ color, the meat’s or the soup’s style.
Thus, my American friends could discover the 38 of eating Chinese food. Because of my “ 39 ” job, I was often rewarded by their 40 of thanks such as “very delicious”, “excellent”, etc.
But something funny happened yesterday when I cooked Sichuan style fish for dinner. I was quite 41 with my work, for it was inviting indeed.
When the whole family sat round the table, they first looked 42 at the fish, then looked at me. “Why do all the fish have their heads?” they asked, “It’s terrible!”
Beautiful or terrible? I can’t understand. But I do know that fish heads are delicious. The head is the best part of a fish; in China only the important guest can have the 43
of enjoying it.
Another 44 thing is: the American friends often said to me “ 45 ” when they 46 fruits or other things home. According to Chinese tradition I would simply smile in answer to their kindness without actually helping myself to any of the food. In return, I said “Help yourself” to them whenever I brought home fruits. Dear me! No matter how much or how often I brought food home, as long as it was nice to their taste, they never
47 to use their hands to “help themselves” until all was finished. (304 words)
36. A. food B. medicine C. chance D. tea
37. A. bring B. fetch C. cook D. buy
38. A. importance B. joy C. trouble D. way
39. A. new B. good C. daily D. poor
40. A. smile B. flowers C. talk D. expressions
41. A. surprised B. pleased C. strict D. late
42. A. friendly B. excitedly C. surprisedly D. happily
43. A. ability B. right C. means D. honor
44. A. terrible B. exciting C. interesting D. ordinary
45. A. Help yourself B. Dear me C. Excuse me D. Enjoy yourself
46. A. collected B. wanted C. found D. brought
47. A. hesitated B. remembered C. wished D. forced
SECTION C (12 marks)
Directions: Complete the following passage by filling in each blank with ONLY ONE WORD that best fits the context.
One good thing of being self-employed is that the profit the business makes belongs to the owner. 48 a good chance comes, the self-employed person will earn plenty of money and can easily become 49 very wealthy person. Second, a person’s intelligence and abilities have a direct effect on his or her earnings. A third advantage 50 being self-employed is 51 a person can freely control working hours.
As with most things in life, being self-employed is 52 without problems. First, being one’s own boss means that person will shoulder the responsibilities for success directly. Second, 53 the self-employed can earn much more with a successful business, sometimes they may suffer losses, 54 can force them out of business and, in some examples, place them in heavy debt. A third disadvantage concerns income security. Self–employed people have no guaranteed income. Their earnings can vary greatly 55 year to year, depending on business conditions. (154 words)
PART THREE READING COMPREHENSION (30 marks)
Directions: Read the following three passages. Each passage is followed by several questions or unfinished statements. For each of them there are four choices marked A, B, C and D. Choose the one that fits best according to the information given in the passage.
A
Woman Uses Daughter’s Key to “Steal” Car
Charlie Vansant, a college student of Athens, Ohio, who reported that his car was stolen, got a surprise when he learned that a woman had mistaken it for her daughter’s car and driven it home—using her key.
Kate Anderson became an accidental “car thief” when picking up her daughter’s car near an Ohio University building last week. Anderson found the Toyota Camry (丰田凯美瑞) and used her daughter’s car key to unlock the car, start the engine and drove it home—without realizing that the car didn’t belong to her daughter.
When Charlie Vansant left class a short time later, he found only an empty parking spot. He first assumed the car had been towed (拖走), but when the police couldn’t find a record of it, then they took a theft report.
That morning, after Anderson drove the car home, her daughter discovered the Camry in the driveway (私人车道) wasn’t hers. Anderson said she was able to find Vansant’s name on the paperwork in the glove compartment and look up his phone number on the website for the university.
When Anderson told Charlie the car was in her driveway, “It sounded really suspicious (怀疑的) at first, as if she wanted to hold the thing for ransom (赎金),” said Vansant. He eventually went to the house with a police officer, where he was reunited with his car. According to the police report, the case was closed “because of mistaken car identity”, and Anderson wasn’t charged.
Vansant blamed the car company more than the “thief”. “Her key fit not only my lock, but my ignition (点火装置) as well--so high-five for Toyota, I guess,” he said. (307 words)
56. Why did Kate Anderson drive Charlie Vansant’s car home?
A. Because the two cars were so alike that she mistook it.
B. Because wanted to test the keys to her daughter’s car.
C. Because her daughter told her to drive the car home.
D. Because Kate Anderson was a car thief.
57. Which of the following is NOT TRUE according to the passage?
A. Mrs. Anderson’s daughter discovered the car her mother drove home was not hers.
B. Mrs. Anderson stole Charlie’s car at the request of her daughter.
C. Charlie had thought he had to give Anderson money to get his car back.
D. The two cars had exactly the same locks and ignitions.
58. What does Charlie mean by saying “so high-five for Toyota”?
A. He is blaming Toyota for the poor quality of the car keys humorously.
B. He wants to thank Toyota for returning his car.
C. He wants to celebrate with Toyota for getting his car back.
D. He thinks highly of Toyota for producing large quantities of cars.
59. What is likely to happen next according to the passage?
A. Mrs. Anderson was charged with stealing a car.
B. Charlie blamed Mrs. Anderson for mistakenly taking his car.
C. Charlie would ask the Toyota Company to give him an explanation.
D. The Toyota Company would give Charlie a new car as compensation (补偿).
60. Where can the passage possibly be taken?
A. A jokes collection B. A travel handbook
C. An entertainment website D. A news report
B
Trip 1: Black Bear Count
There have been fires in this area of the Blue Mountains in the last few years and the Office of the National Park of Australia is not sure how many black bears are still living. Some bears have been seen since the fires, and the Office has asked for young people to help count them. The entire trip will last three hours.
Bookings are necessary.
Cost: Free. When: May 8.
Trip 2: Garland Valley
Bring your drink and lunch for this walk in a beautiful area. Garland Valley is close to the town of Garland but is part of the National Park. Many wild animals live in this area, including many rare birds. This is a great walk for bird-lovers. The trip lasts four hours.
Bookings are necessary.
Cost: $ 15. For a group of five or more, 5% off the price. When: May 8; May 15.
Trip 3: Flashlight Adventure
Put on your warm clothes, bring a flashlight and a pair of glasses, and come for a night walk along the Dungog Valley, also part of the National Park. A guide will lead the tour. Many of the animals you will see on this trip can only be seen at night, for they rest in hidden places to avoid the sunlight. The guide will tell you about the lives of the animals you see. This walk lasts two and a half hours, which is the most challenging of all.
Numbers are strictly limited on night trips, so be sure to book early.
Cost: $ 12. No discount. When: May 8, May 15, May 22.
Equipment to be needed for the above three trips:
? Please bring enough water and food for all walks.
? Wear good walking shoes—no high heels.
? Wear a hat for day walks.
? Dress warmly for night walks.
? Children must be with an adult.
? Make sure your glasses and flashlight work well and bring extra batteries for night walks.
? Follow all instructions from guides during the walks. The Blue Mountains are a dangerous place.
Bookings:
? Bookings for the above three trips can be traded by telephone (893-4847) or on the Internet at www. bluemountaintour.com. (370 words)
61. Where are all these trips taken?
A. In a large city. B. In a park in the mountains.
C. In a special zoo in a town. D. In three different countries.
62. On which trip might you see animals that sleep during the day?
A. Black Bear Count B. Garland Valley
C. Flashlight Adventure D. None of the trips.
63. Which of the following is NOT necessary for the trips?
A. Good walking shoes. B. A pair of glasses.
C. Food and water D. A sleeping-bag
64. How much will a group of 5 people pay if they want to experience the most challenging trip?
A. $ 60 B. $ 75. C. $ 71.25. D. Nothing.
65. What is the best title for the passage?
A. Adventure Travel in Austria. B. Hunting around the Blue Mountains
C. Trips to Australia. D. Discovery Trips in the Blue Mountains.
C
Cell Phones Are the New Cigarettes
When you get on a bus, you reach for it. When you’re at work, you take a break to have a moment alone with it. When you are waiting for dinner, you play with it.
Cigarette? No, it’s another most addictive (使成瘾的) thing in the beginning of the 21st century, the cell phone (i.e. the mobile phone). Experts say it is becoming more difficult for many people to curb their wishing to hug it more tightly than most of their personal relationships.
With its charming surface and its satisfying touch, the cell phone connects us even if we are only three feet away. In just the past few years, the cell phone has challenged individuals, employers, phone makers and counselors (顾问) in ways that its inventors in the late 1940s never imagined.
The costs are becoming even more evident, and I don’t mean just the monthly bill. Dr. Chris Knippers, a counselor at the Betty Ford Center in Southern California, reports that the overuse of cell phones has caused a social problem: a barrier(障碍) to one-on-one (一对一的) personal contact.
This may sound extreme. But we’ve all witnessed the evidence: the person at a restaurant who talks on the phone through an entire meal, ignoring his kids around the table; the woman who talks on the phone all the way, ignoring her husband; the teenager who texts messages all the way home from school, avoiding contact with other kids all around him.
How is this improving the quality of our life? Jim Williams, an industrial sociologist based in Massachusetts, notes that cell-phone addiction is a symptom (症状) in a widening gulf of personal separation. The study conducted in 2014 notes that one-quarter of Americans say they have no one to discuss their most important personal business with. Despite the growing use of phones, e-mail and instant messaging, we young people don’t have as many friends as our parents. “Just as more information has led to less wisdom, more acquaintances (熟人) via the Internet and cell phones have produced fewer friends,” he says. (366 words)
66. When was the cell phone probably invented?
A. in the late 1940s B. in the beginning of the 21st century
C. in 2014 D. long before the 1940s
67. The underlined word “curb” in Paragraph 2 means __________.
A. rescue B. ignore C. develop D. control
68. The example of a woman talking on the phone all the way supports the idea that _____.
A. women use cell phones more often than men
B. talking on the phone for a long time will harm you
C. cell phones are affecting our real-world communication
D. cell phones make one-on-one personal contact quite easy
69. What can we infer from the passage?
A. Cigarettes are not as addictive as cell phones.
B. Overusing cell phones won’t make our life more enjoyable.
C. We young people don’t have as many friends as our parents.
D. People will not use cell phones in the future any more.
70. Which of the following best explains the title of the passage?
A. Cell phone users smoke less than they used to.
B. Cell phones have become as addictive as cigarettes.
C. More people prefer cell phones to cigarettes.
D. Using cell phones is just as cool as smoking cigarettes.
PART FOUR WRITING (45 marks)
SECTION A (10 marks)
Directions: Read the following passage. Complete the diagram / Fill in the numbered blanks by using the information for the passage.
Write NO MORE THAN 3 WORDS for each answer.
How do you know if your home is an easy aim for thieves? Nowadays, around the holidays, many families have their houses broken into. Why? They don’t consider taking proper measures to prevent their homes from suffering holiday thefts. With just a few simple steps, you can better make sure of the safety of your home during all of the holiday celebrations. Here are a few tips.
Leave your pets with a friend. If thieves notice a neighbor or friend come into your house to take care of your pets every day, they will know you are not home.
Leave some lights on. Set several different lights in your house on random timers (随机定时器). Don’t leave your outdoor lights on all the time. Instead, put your outside lights on timers to be on during the nights. If an outdoor light remains on for days at a time, it means that nobody is home to turn it off.
Empty your mail box. Either have a trusted neighbor pick up your mail and newspapers, or tell your mailperson to hold your mail until you return. Nothing says “Hey, we are not home!” like when your postbox is filled with all kinds of mails and you have many different newspapers in your driveway.
Close all your curtains when you leave home. This is effective to discourage possible thefts, as no one can see what is in your house. If they don’t know what there is to take, then they won’t risk breaking into your house purposelessly.
This article has just offered a few tips to help you keep your house safe while you are on holiday. Nothing can truly protect your home unless you pay enough attention to safety or have it monitored by a professional home security system. (302 words)
Title: How to be free from 71
72
Many families have their houses broken into while they are away on holiday.
Reason
Many families fail to 73 to prevent their homes from suffering holiday thefts.
74
● Leaving your pets with a friend
Asking a friend to come into your house to take care of your pets every day is to say 75
● Leaving lights on
Setting several different lights in your house 76
● Keeping your mail box empty
Leaving your mail and newspaper in the 77 of a trusted neighbor
Telling your mailperson to keep your mail until you return
● 78
Making it different for thieves to see what is in your house
79
Paying enough attention to safety
Employing a professional home security system to 80
SECTION B (10 marks)
Directions: Read the following passage. Answer the questions according to the information given in the passage and the required words limit. Write your answers on your answer sheet.
You are watching a film in which two men are having a fight. They hit each other hard. At the start they only fight with their fists. But soon they begin hitting each other over the heads with chairs. And so it goes on until one of the men crashes through a window and falls thirty feet to the ground below. He is dead!
Of course he isn’t really dead. With any luck he isn’t even hurt. Why? Because the men who fall out of high windows or jump from fast moving trains are professionals. These men are called stunt men. That is to say, they perform special tricks in movies to make a living.
There are two sides to their work. They actually do most of the things you see on the screen. For example, they fall from a high building. However, they do not fall on to hard ground but on to empty cardboard boxes covered with a mattress (床垫). Again, when they hit each other with chairs, the chairs are made of soft wood and when they crash through windows, the glass is made of sugar!
But although their work is tricky, it also requires a high degree of skill. Often a stuntman’s successful performance mostly depends on careful timing. For example, when he is “blown up” in a battle scene, he has to jump out of the way of the explosion just at the exact moment.
Naturally stuntmen’s work is well paid, but they are indeed dangerous sometimes. They may get seriously injured, and even killed. A Norwegian stuntman, for example, skied over the edge of a cliff (悬崖) a thousand feet high. His parachute failed to open, and he was killed.
In spite of all the risks, this is no longer a profession for men only. Men no longer have to dress up as women when actresses have to perform some dangerous actions, for nowadays there are stunt girls too. (331 words)
81. What do stuntmen do? (no more than 6 words) 2’
82. What is important in a stuntman’s successful performance? (no more than 3 words) 2’
83. List at least three features of stuntmen’s work. (no more than 5 words) 3’
84. Why do we say it’s no longer a profession for men only? (no more than 15 words) 3’
SECTION C (25 marks)
Directions: Write an English composition according to the instructions given below in Chinese.
假定你是Marisa，三周前你从网上订购了一套汉语成语词典（8本），昨天才到货，且包装破损，数量不足（缺1本）。请就此向网店客服写一封电子邮件投诉。要点如下：
1、介绍购物情况； 2、反映存在的问题； 3、提出解决方案。
注意：
1、词数：不少于120；
2、可适当增加细节，以使行文连贯；
3、电子邮件的开头和结尾已给出，不计入总词数。
4、参考词汇 补足 make up; 包装 pack up; 成语词典 idioms dictionary
Dear Madam or sir,
__________________________________________________________________________
Looking forward to your reply!
Sincerely yours,
Marisa
1—5 ABABB 6—10 ACACB 11—15 CACBB
16. Friday 17. 20/twenty 18. salad 19. children 20. the owners
21—25 CDABC 26—30 BDACA 31—35 DBDAB
36—40 ACBBD 41—45 BCDCA 46—47 DA
48. If/When/Whenever 49. a 50. of 51. that 52. not
53. though/although/while 54. which 55. from
56—60 ABACD 61—65 BCDAD 66—70 ADCBB
71. (holiday) / (home) thefts / thieves 72. Problem / Present situation
73. take (proper) measures 74. Tips / Suggestions / Advice / Ways / Measures / Approaches
75. you’re not home / you are away / you’re out / you’re not in / you’re on holiday/vocation
76. on random timers 77. charge / control 78. Closing your curtains
79. Conclusion / Summary 80. monitor your house/home
81. They perform special tricks (in movies).
82. (It’s) Careful timing / Exactness.
83. Tricky, skillful, well-paid but dangerous/risky. (本题只要列举其中三项就可给3分)
84. Because there are now stunt girls (performing some dangerous actions for actresses).
(84题灵活处理)
Dear Madam or sir,
I am one of your customers. I ordered a set of Chinese idioms dictionaries on your website three weeks ago, but I didn’t receive them until yesterday. Much to my disappointment, the books were so poorly packed up that the cover of one book was broken. And the slow mail nearly destroyed my patience. What is worse, it isn’t a complete set, because the whole set includes 8 books, but one book is missing.
I feel very sorry to have received such bad service and I believe that I have every right to ask you to deal with this problem. I hope that either you return my money or make up the broken and missing books to me. Besides, I’d like to be informed of the progress of your dealing with my complaint.
Looking forward to your reply!
Sincerely yours,
Marisa (133 words)
