高二期末考试英语试题
2016年7月
本试卷分第I卷（选择题）和第II卷（非选择题）两部分，共5页。满分150分，考试时间120分钟。考试结束后，将本试卷和答案卡一并交回。
注意事项：
1．答第I卷前考生务必将自己的姓名、准考证号填写在答题卡上。
2．选出每小题答案前，用2B铅笔把答题卡上对应题目的答案标号涂黑。如需改动,用橡皮擦干净后,再选涂其他答案标号框,不能答在本试卷上，否则无效。
第一部分 听力（共两节，满分30分）
第一节：（共5小题；每小题1.5分，满分7.5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. When will the meeting begin?
A. At 10:30. B. At 10:50. C. At 10:45.
2. What does the woman mean?
A. The homework can’t be due in two days.
B. She hasn’t finished her homework yet.
C. She doesn’t expect it to come so soon.
3. Where does the conversation probably take place?
A. On the street. B. At a hotel. C. At a shop.
4. What does the woman suggest?
A. Cooking at home.
B. Eating out at McDonald’s.
C. Taking McDonald’s home.
5. What is the woman’s attitude?
A. She agrees with the man.
B. She doesn’t agree with the man.
C. She doesn’t know what to do.
第二节（共15小题；每小题1.5分，满分22.5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。
听第6段材料，回答第6至8题。
6. What does the man want?
A. A cup of coffee. B. A salad. C. A cheeseburger.
7. Where does Louise suggest the man eat?
A. At a coffee shop. B. At his house. C. In her office.
8. Where does Louise usually have lunch?
A. At home. B. At the coffee shop. C. In her office.
听第7段材料，回答第9至11题。
9. Why is the man late?
A. He forgot to look at his watch.
B. The math teacher kept him in her office.
C. The math class lasted longer than it should.
10. What do we know about the students?
A. They don’t mind the teacher’s keeping talking.
B. They don’t want to hurt the teacher.
C. They prefer to learn more math.
11. What is the man most likely to do?
A. Talk to the math teacher.
B. Remain silent about the problem.
C. Refuse to go to the math teacher’s classes.
听第8段材料，回答第12至14题。
12. Who are the two speakers?
A. Students. B. Teachers. C. Clerks.
13. What are they mainly talking about?
A. Noise in the office. B. A new office. C. The story of a workmate.
14. What does Stan suggest they should do?
A. Talk to Jack openly.
B. Move to another office.
C. Ask for a meeting room.
听第9段材料，回答第15至17题。
15. What would the woman like to do?
A. Office work. B. Technical service. C. Sales.
16. What can we learn about the woman?
A. She just left college.
B. She has been a branch manager.
C. She just left middle school.
17. What does the man think of the woman from the technical point of view?
A. Careless. B. Qualified. C. Unqualified.
听第10段材料，回答第18至20题。
18. Who is David Smith?
A. Headmaster of the university.
B. Headteacher of the class.
C. An organizer of the course.
19. How should we improve the listening skills?
A. Reading English language newspapers.
B. Listening to the radio.
C. Talking to natives of English.
20. Which is wrong?
A. Reading English newspapers and magazines can improve your reading skills.
B. Writing to friends in English and keeping a diary will do good to your writing.
C. Having a good time is the only aim of the course.
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。并在答题卡上将该选项涂黑．
A
In Germany there are different kinds of high schools. Some prepare students for workers, others prepare them for college. All schools are great places for making friends and learning German.
Short days
Most high schools in Germany begin at about 8:00 a.m. and end at about 3:30 p.m. This means your morning will be busy with classes. You will have time to do homework and take part in private(私人的) clubs after school.
Formal setting
In Germany, teachers and students’ relationship is more formal than you might be used to. Teachers are respected and students must use the formal “Sie（德语：您）” when talking to teachers.
Getting to school
Most students take public transport to school or ride a bicycle. Some areas have school buses. It is not common for parents to drive students to school.
Private clubs
In many countries, schools offer official sports and after-school activities. This is less common in Germany. After-school activities are usually organized through private clubs. There are clubs for things like soccer, dance, choir, theatre and almost everything else. Once you are in Germany, ask around at school and talk to other students to find out what private clubs are in your area and meet your interests.
Different states, different schools
Each of Germany’s 16 states has its own slightly different school systems. The school system in Brandenburg will be a little different from the system in Bavaria for example. Where you live, your knowledge level and your age will decide what school you can attend.
21. For high school students in Germany, which is NOT the common transport to school?
A. School buses. B. Parents’ cars. C. Public transport. D. Students’ bicycles.
22. From the passage, we can learn that in Germany _______.
A. all kinds of high schools are for college
B. age is not important for attending schools
C. students can take part in after-school activities from 8:00 a. m .to 3:30 p.m.
D. students can join private clubs to meet their interests
23. What can be the best title for this article?
A. German Private Clubs B. German Public Transport
C. German High Schools D. German College Systems
B
Every month, Julia and her cousins would go to visit their grandparents. They would be excited because their grandfather would give them a few coins. Then they would buy toys or sweets. The grandparents commented that, behaving like this, the children would never learn to manage their money. So they planned a special test, in which the children would have to show, over the course of a year, just what they could manage to get with those few coins. Some thought that they would save their money, but Ruben and Nico continued spending it all on sweets. So they give up saving. Monty decided to manage his money by exchanging it: buying and selling things, or betting (打赌) it with others. Soon he surprised the whole family. He had accumulated (积聚) lots of money. However, Monty was not very careful, and he got involved in more and more risky deals. A few months later he became penniless after a losing bet. Alex, had a will of iron. He saved the money and at the end of the year he had collected more money than anyone. Even better, with so much money, he managed to buy sweets at a reduced price, so that on the day of the competition he was presented with enough sweets for much more than a year. And even then, he still had enough left over for a toy. He was the clear winner, and other children learned the advantages of knowing how to save and how to wait. There was also Julia. Poor Julia didn’t enjoy the competition, because even though she had had a wonderful secret plan, she had spent her money without giving her plan enough time to work. However, she was so sure that her plan was a good one, that she decided to carry on with it, and maybe change the expressions on her relatives’ faces, who had seemed to be saying “What a poor girl shel is.?She couldn’t manage to save anything”. When she was about to complete the second year of her plan, Julia surprised everyone by turning up at the grandparents’ house with a violin and a lot of money. She did it really well.
24. Who saved nothing at the end of the first year?
A. Ruben, Julia and Alex B. Ruben, Nico and Monty
C. Ruben, Monty and Julia D. Ruben, Nico and Alex
25. Why did the grandparents plan a test on the children?
A. Because they wanted the children to learn to spend money.
B. Because they wanted the children to learn to save money.
C. Because they wanted the children to learn to manage money.
D. Because they didn’t want the children to buy toys and sweets any more.
26. From Monty’s story, the children learned ______________________.
A. to save and to wait. B. to buy and to sell things
C. to set a achievable goal. D. to be careful and self-disciplined
27. The underlined sentence in the fourth paragraph means ______________.
A. Julia will bring disasters to herself and her family.
B. Julia is not good at managing money.
C. Julia is too stupid to do anything well.
D. Julia has so many secrets that nobody likes her.
C
Audrey Hepburn won an Academy Award as Best Actress for her first major American movie, Roman Holiday, which was released in 1953. But she is remembered as much for her aid work as for her acting.
Born in Belgium in 1929, Audrey’s father was British and her mother was Dutch. Audrey was sent to live at a British school for part of her childhood. During World War II, she lived and studied in the Netherlands. Her mother thought it would be safe from German attacks. Audrey studied dance as a teenager and during college when she returned to London after the war. But she realized she wasn’t going to be a ballerina (芭蕾舞女演员). So she began taking acting parts in stage shows. Later she began to get small parts in movies.
But it was Audrey Hepburn’s move to America that brought her true fame. In 1951 she played the character “Gigi” in the Broadway play of the same name to great critical praise. Two years later, Roman Holiday made her a star at the age of 24.
Audrey made more than 25 movies. Among her most popular roles was Holly Golightly in Breakfast at Tifany’s in 1961. Three years later she played Eliza Doolittle in My Fair Lady.
She was married two times and had one son by each husband. In 1989, the UN Children’s Fund named Audrey a goodwill ambassador. She travelled all over the world in support of UNICEF (联合国儿童基金会) projects. The UN agency said she was a tireless worker. She often gave 15 interviews a day to gain money and support for UNICEF projects.
Audrey Hepburn often said her loyalty to UNICEF was the result of her experiences as a child during World War II. She said she knew what it was like to be starving and to be saved by international aid. She was a goodwill ambassador until her death in 1993 from colon cancer.
28.In Paragraph 1, “her aid work” means ___________.
A. winning an Academy Award as Best Actress
B. taking acting parts in stage shows
C. making her own movies
D. acting as a goodwill ambassador for UNICEF
29.The reason why Audrey lived and studied in the Netherlands was that __________.
A. she wanted to be a ballerina
C. it was safe there
B. her parents were from Britain
D. the education there was excellent
30. We can infer from the passage that ___________ .
A. Audrey’s parents lived in Germany during World War II
B. Audrey lived in America in the 1950s
C. Audrey was made to give up dancing
D. the character “Gigi” in the Broadway play was her most popular role
31. _______ is the right order for Audrey’s life.
①The first time she began to play in movies.
②She returned to London from the Netherlands.
③She won an Academy Award as Best Actress.
④She travelled all over the world in support of UNlCEF projects.
⑤She played a part in My Fair Lady.
A. ②①③⑤④
B.①②③⑤④
C. ②①⑤③④
D. ①②⑤③④
D
The Nobel Prizes in physiology or medicine, physics and chemistry are the most respected prizes in science. But talk to scientists in private, and many will complain why (besides jealousy, perhaps) are some scientists unhappy with the Nobels?
One reason is that the committees can often be slow to recognize achievement. Alfred Nobel specified in his will that the prizes should reward work done in the previous year. But experience soon showed that this was risky, as medals were given out for discoveries that later proved questionable. So a degree of caution is probably advisable. Sometimes, though, it can lead to strange results. Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar, for instance, had to wait until 1983 to win a prize for work he had done in the 1930s on the structure of stars. However, Albert Einstein never won a prize for his theory of relativity. Even though some pretty suggestive evidence had been produced by Arthur Eddington in 1919, relativity, which has later passed every experimental test ever thrown at it, was still considered somewhat risky and obscure.
Another criticism concerns the tradition that no more than three people can share a prize. Science is rarely this clear-cut. Take this year’s physics prize, which recognised Peter Higgs for predicting the existence of the mass-bestowing particle that now bears his name. Dr Higgs was only one of several people with a claim. Two other teams---- Rober Brout and Francois Englert, as well as Gerald Guralnik, Carl Hageh and Tom Kibble----- submitted papers on the same idea to the same journal that published Dr Higgs’s work, all within a few months of each other. Science often works like this, with different people coming up with similar ideas at similar times. In the event, the committee decided to honour Dr Engler (Brout is dead, therefore unqualified), whose paper was earlier than Dr Higgs’s but did not explicitly predict a particle, over Dr Guralnik and his collaborators, who were more comprehensive but published a few weeks later.
32. According to the passage why some of the scientists are unhappy with the Nobels?
A. because usually the Nobels award work done in the previous year.
B. just because they envy those who have won the Nobles.
C. because different people often come up with similar ideas at similar times.
D. because the Nobles are quite possibly slow to recognize achievement
33. Who was it that received the Nobel Prize for physics this year?
A. Carl Hageh and Tom Kibble B. Gerald Guralnik, Carl Hageh
C. Peter Higgs and Francois Englert D. Rober Brout and Francois Englert
34. Which of the following words has the closest meaning to “submitted”?
A. surrendered B. suggested C. presented D. provided
35. The passage is most probably coming from ?
A. a magazine B. a book review C. a literature work D. a science fiction
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。
Meet the magic folk
Throughout the ages and across the world, fairies（童话故事）have come alive in the stories, poems, and songs passed down from the old to the young. Some amazing stories about fairies have come to us from the British Isles. 36
Merrows are Irish fairy mermaids（美人鱼）. The females are very gentle and beautiful with fishes’ tails. Merrows sometimes come onto land disguised（伪装）as small, white cattle or as beautiful women wearing bright red feather caps. 37
Leprechauns（矮妖）are fairies that appear as tiny old men. They like to be alone most of the time, making and mending shoes and keeping their pots of gold well hidden. If a human catches a leprechaun and asks for its gold, the leprechaun must hand it over. 38 If the human looks away for even an instant, the leprechaun will joyfully disappear.
Brownies are hairy little men who do chores（杂事）in houses and on farms during the night. All they want as payment is food, and they get very angry if humans watch them do their work. If a brownie is given clothes as a present, he’ll disappear forever. 39
Selkies are seal fairies. Female selkies sometimes come to shore and take off their sealskins to play on the beach in human form. Like merrows, if a human finds a selkie’s sealskin, she can’t go back to the ocean. 40 If she finds her sealskin, she happily returns to the sea, leaving her human husband and children…but she comes close to shore to watch over them from time to time.
A. Here are some of these fairies.
B. Most sailors at sea hope never to see a merrow.
C. But it is far trickier（狡猾的）than it looks!
D. A selkie is quiet and lovely, with dark hair and sad eyes.
E. Instead, she must obey（服从）the human who keeps it and usually marries him.
F. Perhaps this is because he rushes back to show off his new clothes to the others.
G. If a human steals this cap, a merrow can’t go back to the sea and must stay on land.
第三部分 英语知识运用（共两节，满分45分）
第一节 完形填空（共20小题；每题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。
A jobless man applied for the position of “office boy” at Microsoft. The HR manager __41__ him, then watched him cleaning the floor as a __42__.
“You are employed,” he said. “Give me your e-mail address, and I’ll send you the application to __43__, as well as the date when you will start.”
The man replied, “But I don’t have a __44__, neither an email.”
“I’m __45__,” said the HR manager. “If you don’t have an email, that means you do not __46__. And anyone who is not existent cannot have the job.”
The man left with __47__. He didn’t know what to do, with only $10 in his __48__. He then decided to go to the __49__ and buy a basket of tomatoes. He then sold the tomatoes in a door-to-door round. In less than two hours, he __50__ to double his capital. He repeated the operation three times, and returned home with $60.
The man realized that he can __51__ in this way, so he started to go __52__ every day, and returned later. Thus, his __53__ increased with years. Soon, he bought a cart (手推车), then a __54__. He had his own fleet of delivery vehicles 5 years later. Now the man is one of the biggest __55__ retailers (零售商) in the U.S., selling vegetables and fruit.
He started to plan his family’s future and __56__ to have a life insurance. He called an insurance broker (经纪人), and chose a protection plan. When the conversation was __57__, the broker asked him for his email. The man replied: “I don’t have an email.”
The broker answered __58__, “You don’t have an email, and __59__ have succeeded in building a business empire. Can you imagine what you could have been __60__ you had an email?”
The man thought for a while, and replied: “An office boy at Microsoft!”
41. A. examined
B. interviewed
C. comforted
D. called
42. A. sign
B. quiz
C. test
D. symbol
43. A. fill in
B. put down
C. write with
D. break up
44. A. basket
B. house
C. dictionary
D. computer
45. A. glad
B. sure
C. sorry
D. confident
46. A. live
B. lie
C. exist
D. know
47. A. hope
B. regret
C. doubt
D. interest
48. A. book
B. bag
C. pocket
D. box
49. A. station
B. bank
C. restaurant
D. supermarket
50. A. managed
B. pretended
C. decided
D. seemed
51. A. settle
B. survive
C. escape
D. react
52. A. earlier
B. more cautiously
C. harder
D. less carefully
53. A. health
B. wealth
C. luck
D. fame
54. A. telephone
B. toy
C. radio
D. truck
55. A. food
B. book
C. tomato
D. drink
56. A. decided
B. refused
C. preferred
D. failed
57. A. interrupted
B. recorded
C. concluded
D. corrected
58. A. angrily
B. politely
C. quickly
D. curiously
59. A. somehow
B. yet
C. therefore
D. furthermore
60. A. unless
B. until
C. though
D. if
高二期末考试英语试题
第Ⅱ卷(共50分)
注意事项：
第Ⅱ卷共2页。考生必须使用0．5毫米黑色签字笔在答题卡上各题目的指定答题区域内作答，在试卷上作答无效。
第二节 （共10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（1个单词）或括号内单词的正确形式。
American popular music is played all over the world. People of all ages in all countries enjoy 61 (listen) to it. The reasons for 62 popularity are its fast pace and rhythmic beat. The music has many origins in the United States. Country music, 63 (come) from the rural areas in the southern United States, is one source. Many people appreciate this music because of the emotions 64 (express) by country music songs.
A second origin of American popular music si the blues. It described mostly sad feelings 65 (reflect) the difficult lives of American blacks. It is usually played and sung by black musicians, but it is popular with all Americans.
Rock music is a newer form of music. This music style was known 66 rock and roll in the 1950’s. Since then there 67 (be) many forms of rock music, hard rock, soft rock, punk rock, disco music and others. Many 68 (perform) of popular rock music are young musicians.
People hear these songs 69 (sing) in their original English or sometimes translated to other languages. The words may differ 70 the enjoyment of the music is universal.
61. _________ 62. _________ 63. _________ 64. __________ 65. ____________
66. _________ 67. _________ 68. _________ 69. __________ 70. ____________
第四部分：写作(共两节，满分35分)
第一节短文改错(共10小题；每小题1分，满分10分)
假定英语课上老师要求同桌之间交换修改作文，请你修改你同桌写的以下作文。文中共
有10处错误，每句中最多有两处。错误涉及一个单词的增加、删除或修改。
增加：在缺词处加一个漏字符号(Λ)，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：在错的词下划一横线，并在该词下面写出修改后的词。
注意：
1．每处错误及其修改均仅限一词；
2．只允许修改10处，多者(从第11处起)不计分。
This morning on my way to school I was deep moved by what I saw outside a bank. An old man was counting his money in the front of the bank. Suddenly a young man came running and knocked him down. To make things bad, his money was lying in all direction. At once the people around rush to pick the money up, while the old man stood there, not know what to do. Surprisingly, everyone gave back the money they had just picked. The old man counted the money again and found that not a single bill was missed. To my great joy, there are now a lot of nice people in your life. It’s true what honesty is more important than money!
第二节 书面表达 (25分)
在紧张的期末备考阶段，英语老师李老师为了提高学生的复习效率，广泛征求学生的意见。假如你叫李华，请根据以下内容提示，给李老师写封100词左右的信，表达你们的需求和建议。
内容提示：
1. 适当放慢复习进度，留出思考的时间；
2. 反复训练重要的、易错的知识点；
3. 减少作业量以保证质量。
写作要求：
1. 词数不少于100；
2. 开头、结尾已经给出；
3．词数100左右。开头和结尾已给出，不计入总数。
Dear Miss Li,
_______________________________________________________________________
_______________________________________________________________________
_______________________________________________________________________
_______________________________________________________________________
_______________________________________________________________________
_______________________________________________________________________
_______________________________________________________________________
_______________________________________________________________________
_______________________________________________________________________
_______________________________________________________________________
_______________________________________________________________________
_______________________________________________________________________
_______________________________________________________________________
Your’s truly,
Li Hua
高二期末考试英语试题参考答案
2016年7月
第一部分 听力（共两节，满分30分）
1-5 BCBBB 6-10 CACCB 11-15 ABACA 16-20 CBBBC
第二部分 阅读理解（共两节，满分40分）
21-23 BDC （话题与book7 Module 2 话题一致）
24-27 BCDB
28-31DCBA（介绍人物故事类文章与book7 Module 1 话题一致）
32．D 33．C 34．C 35．A
36-40 AGCFE （话题与Module5 话题一致）
第三部分 英语知识运用（共两节，满分45分）
第一节 完形填空（共20小题；每题1.5分，满分30分）
41．B 42．C 43．A 44．D 45．C
46．C 47．B 48．C 49．D 50．A
51．B 52．A 53．B 54．D 55．A
56．A 57．C 58．D 59．B 60．D
第二节 （共10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（1个单词）或括号内单词的正确形式。
（与Module4话题一致）
61: listening 62: its 63: coming 64: expressed 65: reflecting
66: as 67: have been 68: performers 69: sung 70: but/yet
短文改错(共10小题；每小题1分，满分10分)
71.deep-deeply 72. the去掉 73.bad-worse 74.direction-directions 75.rush-rushed
76.know-knowing 77.加上up 78.missed-missing 79.your-our 80.what-that
第四部分：写作(共两节，满分35分)
We are so glad that you give us the chance to share our views. In the course of the general revision, what we need is solid foundation. So please properly slow down the pace of revision and make sure we have really mastered something. Besides, we need a little more time to think for ourselves. As for those important points which also make us confused, would you please give us more practice in case we forget? Meanwhile, it would be better if you give us less homework so that we can do it more efficiently.? After all, it is not the quantity but the quality that matters.
By the way, we often feel discouraged, which has a very bad effect on us. Therefore, please encourage us from time to time. Thank you.
Yours truly,
Li Hu
