佳二中2014—2015学年度下学期期末考试
高二英语试卷
命题教师：王亚茹 审题教师: 刘冰
考试说明：本试卷分第Ⅰ卷（选择题）和第Ⅱ卷（非选择题）两部分，满分150分，考试时间120分钟。
答题前，考生先将自己的姓名、准考证号码填写清楚；
请按照题号顺序在各题目的答题区域内作答，在草稿纸、试题上答题无效。
保持卡面清洁，不得折叠，不要弄破、弄皱，不准使用涂改液、刮纸刀。
第I卷(满分90分)
第一部分：听力（共两节，满分20分）
第一节(共5小题：每小题1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 this conversation probably take place? A．In a bookstore. B. In a classroom. C. In a library.
2.At what time will the film begin? A.7:20 B.7:15 C.7:00
3. What are the two speakers mainly talking about? A. Their friend Jane. B. A weekend trip. C. A radio programme.
4. What will the woman probably do? A. Catch a train. B. See the man off. C. Go shopping.
5. Why did the woman apologize? A. She made a late delivery. B. She went to the wrong place. C. She couldn't take the cake back.
第二节(共15小题;每小题1分) 听下面5段对话，每段对话后有几个小题，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。听每段对话前，你将有时间阅读各个小题，每小题5秒钟，听完后，各小题给出5秒钟的做答时间。每段对话读两遍。 听第6段材料，回答第6， 7题。 6. Whose CD is broken? A.Kathy's. B.Mum's. C.Jack's.
7. What does the boy promise to do for the girl? A.Buy her a new CD. B.Do some cleaning. C.Give her 10 dollars.
听第7段材料，回答第8、9题。 8. What did the man think of the meal? A. Just so-so. B. Quite satisfactory. C. A bit disappointing.
9. What was the 15% on the bill paid for? A. The food. B. The drinks. C. The service.
听第8段材料，回答第I0至12题。 10. Why is the man at the shop? A. To order a camera for his wife. B. To have a camera repaired. C. To get a camera changed.
11. What colour does the man want? A. Pink. B. Black. C. Orange.
12. What will the man do afterwards? A. Make a phone call. B. Wait until further notice. C. Come again the next day.
听第9段材料，回答第13至16题。 13. What would Joe probably do during the Thanksgiving holiday? A. Go to a play. B. Stay at home. C. Visit Kingston..?
14. What is Ariel going to do in Toronto? A. Attend a party. B. Meet her teacher. C. See a car show.
I5. Why is Ariel in a hurry to leave? A. To call up Betty. B. To buy some DVDs. C. To pick up Daniel.
16. What might be the relationship between the speakers? A. Classmates. B. Fellow workers. C. Guide and tourist.
听第10段材料，回答第17至20题。
17. Where does Thomas Manning work? A. In the Guinness Company. B. At a radio station. C. In a museum.
18. Where did the idea of a book of records come from? A. A bird-shooting trip. B. A visit to Europe. C. A television talk show.
19. When did Sir Hugh's first book of records A. In 1875. B. In 1950. C. In 1955.
20. What are the two speakers going to talk about next? A. More records of unusual facts. B. The founder of the company. C. The oldest person in the world
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（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
A
At thirteen, I was diagnosed（诊所） with kind of attention disorder. It made school difficult for me. When everyone else in the class was focusing on tasks, I could not.
In my first literature class, Mrs.Smith asked us to read a story and then write on it, all within 45 minutes. I raised my hand right away and said,“Mrs.Smith, you see, the doctor said I have attention problems. I might not be able to do it.”
She glanced down at me through her glasses, “you are no different from your classmates, young man.”
I tried, but I didn’t finish the reading when the bell rang. I had to take it home.
In the quietness of my bedroom, the story suddenly all became clear to me. It was about a blind person, Louis Braille. He lived in a time when the blind couldn’t get much education. But Louis didn’t give up. Instead, he invented a reading system of raised dots（点）, which opened up a whole new world of knowledge to the blind.
Wasn’t I the “blind” in my class, being made to learn like the “sighted” students? My thoughts spilled out and my pen started to dance. I completed the task within 40 minutes. Indeed, I was no different from others; I just needed a quieter place. If Louis could find his way out of his problems, why should I ever give up?
I didn’t expect anything when I handed in my paper to Mrs.Smith, so it was quite a surprise when it came back to me the next day- with an“A” on it. At the bottom of the paper were these words:“ See what you can do when you keep trying?”
21. The author didn’t finish the reading in class because.
A. He was new to the class B. He was tired of literature
C. He had an attention disorder D. He wanted to take the task home
22. What do we know about Louis Braille from the passage?
A. He had good sight B. He made a great invention.
C. He gave up reading D. He learned a lot from school
23. What is the main idea of the passage?
A.The disabled should be treated with respect.
B.A teacher can open up a new world to students.
C. One can find his way out of difficulties with efforts.
D. Everyone needs a hand when faced with challenges.
B
July is a month of fun-filled activities for kids and teens as long as you know where to find them. When you want some fun activities for July, consider these ideas happening in this month.
Secret of the Dragon
Time Monday, July1, 2014, 10:30 a.m.
Cost Adult:$7.40 Children(under15): half
Booking Phone the booking office:34032578
Address Brisbane Botanic Gardens
Note Secret of the Dragon is a magical story about 2 children who are taken on a dragon ride to explore the universe.
The Search for life: Are We Alone?
Time Thursday, July4, 2014, 2:00 p.m.
Cost Adult:$14.50 ,Children(under15):$8.70
Booking Phone the booking office:34037689
Address Brisbane Botanic Gardens
Note Are we truly alone in space? Is there any life out there? These are the questions asked in this show.
Magic Class
Time Friday, July12, 2014, 10:00 a.m.
Cost Free
Booking Please call 34038470 to book your Place.
Address Centenary Community hub, 171 Dandenong Rd
Note Would you like to be a magician? Then join David, the magician, to learn about real magic with playing cards, coins, ring ropes and DIY projects and be able to become the life of the party.
Science with Me: Making your own guitar
Time Saturday, July20, 2014, 3:00 p.m.
Cost Free
Booking Please call 34031226 to book your Place.
Address 10, Egginton Close
Note Do you want to make a guitar with Katy and her mum? Science with Me is going to be with you. Please remember to bring a piece of wood, a hammer, some rubber bands and some nails with you.
24. Alec is strongly interested in space life. He may go to ________.
A. Magic Class B. Science with Me
C. Secret of the Dragon D. The Search for Life
25. John and his 10-year-old son want to watch Secret of the Dragon. How much should they pay?
A. $7.40. B. $11.10. C. $14.80. D. $23.20.
26. What do the four activities have in common?
A. They are all free. B. They happen in the same place.
C. They are all weekend activities. D. They can all be booked on phone.
C
The writer Margaret Mitchell is best known for writing Gone with the Wind, first published in 1936. Her book and the movie based on it, tell a story of love and survival during the American Civil War. Visitors to the Margaret Mitchell House in Atlanta, Georgia, can go where she lived when she started composing the story and learn more about her life.
Our first stop at the Margaret Mitchell House is an exhibit area telling about the writer’s life. She was born in Atlanta in 1900. She started writing stories when she was a child. She started working as a reporter for the Atlanta Journal newspaper in 1922. One photograph of Ms. Mitchell, called Peggy, shows her talking to a group of young college boys. She was only about one and a half meters tall. The young men tower over her, but she seems very happy and sure of herself. The tour guide explains: “Now in this picture Peggy is interviewing some boys from Georgia Tech, asking them such questions as ‘Would you really marry a woman who works?’ And today it’d be ‘Would you marry one who doesn’t?’ ”
The Margaret Mitchell House is a building that once contained several apartments. Now we enter the first floor apartment where Ms. Mitchell lived with her husband, John Marsh. They made fun of the small apartment by calling it “The Dump”.
Around 1926, Margaret Mitchell had stopped working as a reporter and was at home healing after an injury. Her husband brought her books to read from the library. She read so many books that he bought her a typewriter and said it was time for her to write her own book. Our guide says Gone with the Wind became a huge success. Margaret Mitchell received the Pulitzer Prize for the book. In 1939 the film version was released. It won ten Academy Awards, including Best Picture.
27. The book Gone with the Wind was _________.
A. first published on a newspaper B. awarded ten Academy Awards
C. written in “The Dump” D. adapted from a movie
28. The underlined phrase “tower over” in Paragraph 2 is closest in meaning to_________.
A. be very pleased with B. show great respect for
C. be much taller than D. show little interest in
29. Why did Ms. Mitchell stop working as a reporter according to the passage?
A. Because she was rich enough. B. Because she was injured then.
C. Because her husband didn’t like it. D. Because she wanted to write books.
30. Which is the best title for the passage?
A. Gone with the Wind: A Huge Success.
B. Margaret Mitchell: A Great Female Writer.
C. An Introduction of the Margaret Mitchell House.
D. A Trip to Know Margaret Mitchell.
D
In earliest times, men considered lightning to be one of the great mysteries of nature. Some ancient peoples believed that lightning and thunder were the weapons of the gods.
In reality, lightning is a flow of electricity formed high above the earth. A single flash of lightning 1.6 kilometres long has enough electricity to light one million light bulbs.
The American scientist and statesman, Benjamin Franklin, was the first to show the connection between electricity and lightning in 1752. In the same year he also built the first lightning rod (避雷针). This device protects buildings from being damaged by lightning.
Modern science has discovered that one stroke of lightning has a voltage (电压) of more than 15 million volts. A flash of lightning between a cloud and the earth may be as long as 13 kilometers, and travel at a speed of 30 million meters per second.
Scientists judge that there are about 2,000 million flashes of lightning per year. Lightning hits the Empire State Building in New York City 30 to 48 times a year. In the United States alone it kills an average of one person every day.
The safest place to be in case of an electrical storm is in a closed car. Outside, one should go to low ground and not get under a tree. Also, one should stay out of water and away from metal fences. Inside a house, people should avoid open doorways and windows and not touch wires or metal things.
With lightning, it is better to be safe than sorry.
31. People once thought lightning came from ________.
A. the sky B. the gods C. the earth D. nature
32. According to the passage what do you think all buildings need?
A. Metal fences. B. Electricity. C. lightning rods. D. Machines.
33. Lightning can travel ________.
A. as quickly as water B. not so quickly as electricity
C. at very low speed D. at very high speed
34. Which of the following is NOT true?
A. In the U.S. about 360 people die from lightning in a year.
B. The Empire State Building frequently gets hit by lightning.
C. Swimming during a thunder storm is a good idea.
D. A closed car is the best place to be during an electrical storm.
35. Lightning is probably ______ to man.
A. useful B. kind C. useless D. friendly
第二节 （共5小题；每小题2分，满分10分）
根据短文内容，从短文后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。选项中有两项为多余选项
In the world nothing is more important than health. If people took away our money, houses, cars, or even our clothes, we could still survive. 36 Then how can we keep healthy?
First of all, we should eat healthily. I usually avoid eating food high in fat, like French fries or cookies, which are junk food. 37 I only eat little meat. 38 It helps us build a strong body. Regular exercise is an important part of keeping me healthy. In addition, I think friends are an important part of one’s health. 39 I always feel better when I am with friends than when I am alone. When I am with my friends, I always laugh. Laughing is also an important part of health. It is good to stay with my friends.
By eating properly and exercising regularly, I can keep my body at a proper weight and keep healthy. By spending time with my friends, I can keep my mind as well as my body happy. These things sound easy to do, but not many people can manage them. 40
A. What’s more, taking exercise is very important.
B. Some people appear fat because they often eat too much.
C. I think a strong will is necessary if we want to keep fit.
D. I eat a lot of vegetables and fresh fruits which are full of vitamins.
E. There are some people who like staying alone, but they keep healthy.
F. But if our health were taken away, we could surely die.
G. Many studies show that people with few friends often get sick.
第三部分：完形填空（共20小题，每小题1.5分，满分30分）
阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
I was recently invited to dinner by a friend. During the meal, the 41 of the restaurant came over and said our meal was free. I was 42 . He stood there smiling at me and there was an air of 43 . Finally I asked him if he knew me. He said I had 44 forgotten him, but I had 45 his life. My friend was quite 46 and asked him how I had done this.
He said twelve years ago I was teaching a stress management class and he was one of the 47 . I asked the group what their number one 48 was and most of them said it was from their bosses.
I listened to everyone, then 49 a chair and invited everyone to stand on it. I wanted them to look at the room from 50 there. After that, I asked the group to think about how the room looked 51 when they changed their perspective (角度).
Then I asked them to 52 their bosses. Was this the same person who had 53 their good qualities and hired them? Do they remember how 54 they were to be chosen for the job?
He said I looked at him and asked if he had ever thanked his boss for the 55 to earn a living and 56 him new skills and to be a better employee.
He said he went back to work the next day with a thank-you card to his 57 . He learned to 58 stress in a smart way. Now he has been the manager of the restaurant for eight years. He said I had taught him to 59 life from different perspectives and to express 60 .
41. A. waiter B. manager C. cook D. owner
42. A. satisfied B. excited C. surprised D. moved
43. A. familiarity B. understanding C. importance D. dignity
44. A. hardly B. rarely C. specially D. probably
45. A. changed B. planned C. built D. noticed
46. A. patient B. anxious C. curious D. doubtful
47. A. employers B. students C. organizers D. teachers
48. A. Joy B. stress C. danger D. pride
49. A. removed B. broke C. held D. took
50. A. down B. outside C. up D. inside
51. A. natural B. different C. funny D. strange
52. A. consider B. ask C. visit D. watch
53. A. seen B. predicted C. chosen D. improved
54. A. puzzled B. touched C. happy D. calm
55. A. ability B. chance C. process D. luck
56. A. allowing B. advising C. encouraging D. teaching
57. A. colleague B. customer C. boss D. parent
58. A. leave behind B. deal with C. suffer from D. bring about
59. A. look at B. talk about C. work on D. take over
60. A. apology B. regret C. appreciation D. sympathy
第II卷 60分
第四部分 英语知识运用
第一节：语法填空（共10小题：每小题1.5分，满分15分）
阅读下面材料，在空白处填入适当的内容（不多于3个单词）或括号内单词的正确形式。
Chaplin made people laugh at a time when they felt ____61______( depress), so they could feel more content ___62______ their lives. He was popular with people all over the world for his particular form of ____63______ (humor) acting. The little tramp became _____64_____ (know) throughout the world. He played the main character ____65______ was poor and homeless, and _____66_____ (wear) large trousers, worn- out shoes and a small round black hat, and carried _____67_____ walking stick. The character was a social _____68_____(fail), but he won the love of his audience for his determination in overcoming difficulties, and being kind to others.
In his film the gold rush, Chaplin ____69______(success) made a sad situation entertaining by eating a boiled shoe.
As an everlasting humor master, Chaplin Chaplin will always ____70______ (remember) by us.
61. _______ 62. _______ 63. _______ 64. _______ 65. _______
66. _______ 67. _______ 68. _______ 69. _______ 70. _______
第二节：单词拼写:（共10小题：每小题1分，满分10分）
71. A ________（目击者）is a person who sees what happens with his or her eyes on the spot.
72. One shouldn’t believe in ________(命运)。
73.He has a _______(固定的)pattern of behavior.
74.We aim to offer good value and service to all our __________(顾客)
75. The man _______（怀疑）of stealing in six schools was caught by Beijing police.
76.It is _________(估计) that 1.3 billion people will use English as a first or a second language.
77. Her style of writing is rather _________(独特的)。
78. Finally,the Red Army finished the world-famous Long March by o________ countless difficulties.
79. She often c_________(抱怨) to her boss about her being paid badly.
80.A small child has to learn to keep its b________ before it can walk far.
第三节：短文改错（满分10分）
文中共有10处语言错误， 每句中最多有两处。错误涉及一个单词的增加、删除和修改。
增加：在缺词处加上一个漏字符号（∧），并在其下面写出该加的词。
删除：把多余的词用斜线（﹨）划掉。
修改：在错的词下面画一横线，并在该词下面写出修改后的词。
注意：1.每处错误及修改均仅限一词。
2.只允许修改10处，多者（从第11处起）不计分。
I still remember how nervously I was on my first day in the new school three years before. I found it how difficult to follow my teacher in first English class. She spoke English throughout the class ，that was totally different as the lessons I had taken before. In the morning class the next day, my English teacher came to me while she was reading the text aloud. After listen to me for a while, she gave me a big smile and said she like my voice very much. The smile shone on the whole day and for several day. Thanks to the smile, I began to be confident.
第四节：书面表达（满分25分）
好的心情可以使我们感到愉快、幸福。但是怎样才能保持一个好的心情呢？请你根据以下提示，以 How to keep a good mood 为题用英语写一篇短文：
1. 保持健康； 2. 好好休息；3. 回忆过去令自己高兴的事情； 4.多考虑事情的积极方面。
注意：1. 词数100左右；2. 可适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。参考词汇：好的方面 the positive aspect
高二英语下学期期末考试答案
听力答案：1-20 CABCA CBBCC ABBAC BAACA
阅读 21-23 CBC 24- 26 DBD 27-30 CCBD 31-35 BCDCA 36-40 FDAGC
41-60 BCADA CBBDC BAACB DCBAC
语法填空61. depressed 62. with 63. humorous 64. known 65. who （that）66. wore 67. a 68. failure 69. successfully 70. be remembered
词汇拼写:71.witness72 destiny（fortune）73stable74 customers75 suspected 76 estimated 77 typical78 overcoming 79 complains80 balance
改错1.nervously-----nervous 2.before-----ago 3.how去掉 4.in和first 之间加the 5.that----which 6.as----from 7.she ----I 8.listen----listening 9.like---liked 10. day----days
作文How to keep a good mood
A good mood makes us comfortable and happy. However, it’s not easy to keep a good mood especially when we’re faced with troubles. Then, how can we keep a good mood?
To begin with, we should keep healthy. It’s known to us that a weak body always has a negative effect on our mood. Secondly, it’s essential to have a good rest. Rest plays a very important role in maintaining our mental health. Thirdly, it’s beneficial to recall those which make us happy. Memories of those things contribute to a good mood. Lastly, think the positive aspect of everything; don’t live life full of worries. By doing these, we can keep a good mood.
