高二英语下学期期末考试题

20092010学年度下学期期末考试高二试题英 语 本试卷分第I卷(选择题)和第II卷(非选择题)两大部分，共150分。考试时间：120分钟第I卷(三部分，共115分)第一部分：听力(共两节，满分30分)第一节：(共5小题，每小题15分，满分75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三个选项中划出你所听到的句子，并标在相应的位置。听完每段对话后，你都有10秒钟的时间来选择答案和阅读下一小题。每段对话读一遍。 例：How much is the shirt?A1915 B915 C918答案是B。1What can we learn from the conversation? ATheres a cat in the corner BThe man doesnt think Kates old enough CKate doesnt put her things in order 2What does the woman mean? AShe is sad because the ceremony has been put off BShe is worried about the safety of the ceremony CShe is happy that the ceremony will be held on time 3What does the woman think about the new DVD player? AShe has no idea yet BIts no better than the old one CIts not as good as the computer 4When will the man move into his new house? AThis month BIn two months CNext month 5What does the woman want to know? AThe way to the kingRoad BThe way to the college CThe name of the college第二节(共15小题，每小题15分，满分225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68题。6How was the womans holiday on the beach? AWonderful BJust soso CVery tiring7What did the woman do during her holiday? AShe slept in the open air BShe made campfires on the beach CShe sunbathed and learned to swim 8What do we know about the woman? AShe didnt pay for the training BShe has become a great swimmer CShe cant swim even after t he training 听第7段材料，回答第911题。9What is relationship between the two speakers? ABoss and secretary BHusband and wife CManager and customer10What do we know about the mans company? AIts small BIts doing well CIt is in business trouble 11What is the man going to do at 1：30 pm the day after tomorrow? AVisit an exhibition BGo to classes CAttend a party 听第8段材料，回答第1214题。12Where are the private rooms? AUpstairs BDownstairs CBeside the public rooms13What is the most attractive? AThe garden BThe yard CThe house14What can the woman most probably be? AA housekeeper BA salesgirl CA guide 听第9段材料，回答第1517题。15What do we know about the woman AShe feels nervous BShe doesnt work hard CShe has never taken any-test16What can help remove test tension? AGood luck BDeep breath CKind advice17What is the mans opinion? AWait for the lest Boften take tests CAlways work hard 听第10段材料，回答第1820题。18What was the weather like when the speaker went to the twin towers? ACold，snowy and windy BCold，rainy and windyCCold，sunny and windy19What were New Yorkers like? AThey were ready to help others BThey were willing to tell stories CThey were all hardworking20What can we learn from what the speaker said? AThe twin towers were being built BNew York often has terrible weather CThe twin towers will take on different looks第二部分 英语知识运用(共两节，满分45分)第一节：从下面每个句子后面所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中选出一个最佳答案。(共15小题，每小题1分，计15分)21 your worries with the friend you trust，you will feel relievedAShare BTo share CSharing DHaving shared22In face of failure，we should keep up good state of mind instead of being depressed A；the Ba；the Cthe；a D；a23In the charactertraining of children，what really much is what their parents say and do Amatters Bconcerns Ccares Dminds24Tom is said to have been accused of mismanagement Its not fairI dont think him the person for what happened Ato be blamed Bto blame Cblamed Dblame25 fresh air，people may start to feel sickSo make sure you open the windows while working AFor the absence of BIn the absence of CIn the honor of DIn the short of26 is obviously right is to give all students equal opportunities to develop their special gifts AWhich BWhat CThat DIt27Why hasnt MrGreen showed up at the meeting yet? Im not sure，but he in a traffic jam driving here Acould be caught Bcan be caughtCmight have been caught Dmust have caught28Giant pandasTuan Tuan and Yuan Yuan，offered by the Chinese mainland，have their new home in Taipei Zoo Aappealed to Bagreed to Capplied to Dadapted to29You may use my room as you like， you clean it up afterwards Aso far as Bas well as Cas soon as Dso long as30From mums love，patience and understanding，I have learned what a huge responsibility is to raise a child Ait Bthat Cthis Done31The couple tried every effort to the judges，who tried the case，of their innocence，resulting in the contrary Aprove Bapprove Cconvince Dconfirm32I have got a headacheNo wonderYou in front of that computer too longAwork Bare workingChave been working Dworked33He put his finger to his lips to convey me that I shouldnt say anythingAto Bfor Con Dwith34We were greatly encouraged by the news of China another man-made satelliteAto launch Bto have launched C1aunched Dhaving launched35How long are you staying? ，but at least a weekAHave no idea BNever mind CIt doesnt matter DIt depends 第二节：完形填空。阅读下面的短文，然后从文章后面所给的备个选项中选出一个最佳答案，使文章内容通顺、正确(共20小题，每小题15分，满分30分) I arrived in the classroom，ready to share my knowledge and experience with 75 students who would be my English literature classHaving taught in 36 for 17 years，I had no 37 about my ability to hold their attention and to 38 on them my admiration for the；literature of my mother tongue I was shocked when the monitor shouted，“ 39 !”The entire class rose as I entered the room，and I was somewhat 40 about how to get them to sit down again，but once that awkwardness was over，I quickly 41 calmness and began what I thought was a factpacked lecture，sure to gain their respectperhaps 42 their admirationI went back to my office with the rosy glow which came from a sense of achievement My students 43 diariesHowever，as I read them，the happy mood was gradually 44 by a strong sense of sadnessThe first diary said。“Our literature teacher didnt teach us anything today 45 her next lecture will be better”Greatly surprised，I read diary after diary，each expressing a 46 theme“Didnt I teach them anything ? I described the entire philosophical framework of Western thought and laid the historical 47 for all the works we11 study in class，”I complained“How 48 they say I didnt teach them anything?” It was a long term，and it 49 became clear that my ideas about education were not the same as 50 of my studentsI thought a teachers job was to raise 51 questions and provide enough background so that students could 52 their own conclusionsMy students thought a teachers job was to provide 53 information as directly as possibleWhat a difference ! 54 ，I also learnt a lot，and my experience with my Chinese students made me a 55 American teacher，knowing how to teach in a different culture36Athe UK Bthe US CChina DAustria37Aworry Bidea Cdoubt Dexperience38Aimpress Bput Cleave Dcount 39AAttention BLook out CAt ease DStand up 40Apuzzled Bsure Ccurious Dworried 41A1aunched Breturned Cregained Dfollowed 42Amore Beven Cyet Dstill 43Apassed Bborrowed Ckept Dread44Areplaced Btaken Ccaught Dreflected 45Atypically BPerhaps CFortunately DReasonably46Adifferent Bstrong Csimilar Dusual47Ahappenings Bcharacters Cdevelopment Dbackground 48Ashould Bneed Cwill Dmust 49Aimmediately Bcertainly Csimply Dgradually50Athat Bwhat Cthose Dones51Adifficult Binteresting Cordinary Dunusual52Adraw Bget Cdecide Dgive53Astrange Bstandard Cexact Dserious54ATherefore BHowever CBesides DThough55Anormal Bhappy Cgood Dbetter第三部分 阅读理解 第一节(共15小题，每小题2分，满分30分)A Paris has the Eiffel Tower，New York the Statue of Liberty；and Brussels，the Manneken Piss Think of the Belgian capital and，if anything，you think of the small peeing(撒尿)boya 60centimeterhigh bronze figure standing on a block，supplying a constant stream of water to the basin under him Some might laughBut for Jacques Stroobants，the statue is up there with the best of them “Im proud of himPeople come from all around the world to see him，”says 60yearold Stroobants with a fatherly glance at the little boyAs the most famous landmark of Brussels，Manneken Piss has a very special place in the heart of BelgiansThe original Manneken Piss dates back to 1388。but the statue tourists see today dates from 1619 when the city built a second one after the original was destroyed There are many stories surrounding the legend of Mannekin PissNobody knows why he was createdOne story is that he saved Brussels by putting out the flames of a deadly fire with his wellaimed pissBut the most believable story is that the boy，the son of a wealthy man，was kidnapped(绑架)The father had a statue built in honor of the way his son was foundpeeing against a tree Perhaps bestknown for his naked beauty。the“peeing boy” has also been clothed in some of the finest clothes money can buy Stroobants has been changing his clothes for t he last 29 yearsOn average，he has clothes on 300 days a yearAnd on special occasions，he“pees”beer A few of the ways hes been dressed are：a foot ball player，Mozart and an army genera1Now，he has more than 600 pieces of clothes There is no strict charge for those wishing to provide clothes for the little boyBut certain conditions must be met “The clothes cannot include either advertising or political message，”said Stroobants，because they would cheapen the national treasure But the peeing boys image is still something local people can make money frombyselling all kinds of souvenirs 56Which of the following is NOT true about Manneken Piss? AIt has a history of more than 600 years BIt stands in Brussels CIt is best known for the clothes he wears DIt is 60centimeters high57The Manneken Piss has a special place in the heart of Belgians because Aits good looking with water running constantly Bit brings joys to people who see it Cit helps people make money Dits a symbol of the city58We can learn from the passage that Afor most of the year，the boy is naked BStroohants is probably in charge of taking care of the statue Cpeople can provide any clothes for Manneken Piss free of charge Dpeople make money by advertising Manneken PissB On Nov18，1995，Itzhak Perlman，the violinist，came on stage to give a concert atAvery Fisher Hall at Lincoln Center in New York City If you have ever been to a Perlman concert，you know that getting on stage is no small achievement for himHe was stricken with polio(小儿麻痹症)as a child，and so he has braces (支架)on both legs and walks with the aid of two crutches(双拐) He walks painfully，yet majestically，until he reaches his chairThen he sits down，slowly，puts his crutches on the floor，undoes the clasps on his legs，tucks one foot back and extends the other foot forwardThen he bends down and picks up the violin，puts it under his chin，nods tot he conductor and proceeds to play But this time，something went wrongJust as he finished the first few bars(小节)，one of the strings on his violin brokeYou could hear it snap(嘣断)it went off like gunfire across the roomThere was no mistaking what that meantThere was no mistaking what he had to do We figured that he would have to get up，put on the clasps again，pick up the crutches and limp his way off stageto either find another violin or else find another string for this oneBut he didntInstead，he waited a moment，closed his eyes and then signaled the conduct or to begin again The orchestra began，and he played from where hehad left offAnd he played with such passion and such power and such purity as they had never heard before When he finished，there was an awesome silence in 1he roomAnd then people rose and cheeredHe smiled，wiped the sweat from this brow，raised his bow to quiet us，and then he said in a quiet tone，“You know，sometimes is the artists task to find out how much music you can still make with what you have left” 59By saying“getting on stage is no small achievement for him”，the author really means . AitS very difficult for Itzhak Perlman to play the violin with three strings Bits not easy for Itzhak Perlman to get on the stage because he is disabled Cits not easy for Itzhak Perlman to face such a large audienceDits really great achievements for Itzhak Perlman to play the violin with three strings60Itzhak Perlman when one of the strings of the violin broke Agave up playing Bdidnt know what to doCwent on playing the same piece of music Dwent on playing a different piece of music6 1What did the audience feel when Itzhak Perlman finished playing? ASurprised BDisappointed CMoved DSatisfied62Itzhak Perlman can be best described as a man who is Aclever Bstrong willed Chumorous Dquite skilledC What is the colour of the universe? Astronomers had not answered this question unti1 two months agoThat is when two American astronomers reported on their study of all the light in the universeThey said that the universe would appear to the human eyes to be a light greenish colour Karl Glazebrook and Ivan Baldry of Johns t2Iopkins University in Baltimore，Maryland，reported their finding in JanuaryThey presented the research at a meeting of the American Astronomical SocietyThey said that finding the colour of the universe was not part of their more serious scientific researchThey did it for fun However，earlier this month，the scientists admitted making a mistakeThey said their finding was much more colourful than it should have beenThey now say the light from our universe is closer to whiteIt is more 1ike 8 milky or creamy white colour Their study attempted to show what people might see if they could observe t he universe from far awayThe scientists found the average colour by combining light from about two hundredthousand star systemsTheir information came from an observatory in New South Wales, AustraliaThey said it was a very pretty light greenMany newspapers and television stations reported their finding Other scientists and colour engineers attempted to reproduce the resultMark Fairchild of the Rochester Institute discovered a mistake in the computer software program used by the Johns Hopkins scientist s When the mistake was corrected，the results changedThe new colour of the universe is much less colourfulIt is very close to white63The color of the universe is A1ight greenish Bblack Cblue Dclose to white64The two scientists found the color of the universe by Acombining light from about 200，000 star systems Bobserving at an observatory in India Cmaking longterm scientific research Dusing computer software programs65Who found the mistake in the Johns Hopkins scientistsfinding? AKarl Glazebrook BIvan Baldry CJohns HopkinsDMark Fairchild66This passage mainly tells us Awhat the colour of the universe is Bthe light from our universe is a light greenish colour Cthe new colour of the universe is much more colourful Dt he finding of t he colour of the universe is difficult D According to the latest research in the United States of America，men and women talk such different languages that it is like people from two different cultures trying to communicateProfessor Deborah Tannen of Georgetown University has noticed the difference in the style of boysand girlsconversations from an early ageShe says that little girlsconversation is less definite than boysand expresses more doubtsLittle boys use conversation to establish status with their listeners Those differences continue into adult life，she saysIn public conversations，men talk most and interrupt other speakers moreIn private conversations，men and women speak in equal amountsalthough they say things in a different styleProfessor Tannen believes that，for women，private talking is a way to establish and test intimacy(亲密，亲近)For menprivate talking is a way to explore the power structure of a relationshipTeaching is one job where the differences between mens and womens ways of talking showWhen a man teaches a woman，says Professor Tannen，he wants to show that he has more knowledge，and therefore more power in conversationWhen a woman teaches another woman，however，she is more likely to take a sharing approach and to encourage her student to join in But Professor Tannen does not believe that women are naturally more helpfulShe says women feel they achieve power by being able to help othersAlthough the research suggests men talk and interrupt people more than women，Professor Ta