山东省滕州市第三中学高二英语上学期期末考试试题.doc

高二上学期期末考试英语试题1what is the mans opinion about the actress? ashe looks attractive without even trying hard bshe is wearing too much makeup to look good cshe should wear more makeup2why cant the speakers exercise next week? abecause of some repairsbbecause of a festival cbecause of their work3what will the speakers do this weekend? awelcome a newcomerbhave a holiday cattend a farewell party4what does the man mean? ahe is not good with carsbhe is ready to help cthe woman can do it herself5what are the speakers doing? awatching a movie blistening to music clistening to a lecture第二节（共15小题，每小题15分，满分225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秒钟的作答时间，每段对话读两遍。听第6段材料，回答第6至7题。6what do we know about the man?ahe has to pay for parkingbhe parks his car freeche has a small garage7when did the man get home last night?aaround 6:00baround 7:00caround 7:30听第7段材料，回答第8至10题。8what are the speakers probably doing?awatching a match on tvblistening to a programme on the radiocreading advertisements in the newspaper9what kind of person does the company need?aa junior sales manager ba general manager ca secretary10what will the man most probably do next?amake an application for the jobbgo and look for another jobcgive the job a serious thought听第8段材料，回答第11至13题。11what does the man think about the womans request for a pay raise? aits impossible bits reasonable cits fine12what percentage of pay raise does the man promise? a18% b7% c5%13what is the woman probably going to do?acontinue her work herebwork five days a weekcfind a new job听第9段材料，回答第14至17题。14what are the speakers talking about? aa big family ba holiday plan ca boring trip15how will the woman travel? aby car bby train cby plane16where does tom live? ain montreal bon the east coast con the west coast17what can we learn from the conversation? athe woman enjoys her family gathering bthe man will manage to fly back home cthe woman failed to get a flight ticket听第10段材料，回答第18至20题。18what would be the best title for the text? ahow to read fast bthe ways to reduce noise ccreating an effective reading environment19what is the most important when you are reading? athe light bthe table cthe chair20what shouldnt you do while you are reading? aturn off your phone blisten to the radio or watch tv cput a “do not disturb” sign on you door第二部分：英语知识运用 （共两节，满分45分）第一节：单项填空（共15小题；每小题1分，满分15分）从a、b、c、d四个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。21 id love to go with you to the concert , but im short of money these days thats all right_ awe are friends and we should help each other bit will be my treat cyou know i have a lot of money dive got enough money22from _ serious look on her face, we realized that she had brought us _ word of great importance athe; the bthe; a ca; the dthe; /23 we _ gasim afraid we cant go much further i know theres a gas station aheadwill it last until we get there? arun out bhave run out care running out of dhave run out of24_ before we depart the day after tomorrow, we should have a wonderful dinner party ahad they arrived bhave they arrived cwould they arrive dwere they to arrive25a good teacher must not only have much knowledge but also know how to _ his ideas to his students aconvey bapprove cadopt dassess26_ the efforts to get the kids more interested in books, the children only spent just over an hour a week reading aas long as beven though cin spite of das a result of27he was found stealing items from the shop where he worked_, he lost his position aconsequently bformally cunfortunatelydgradually28shelly had prepared carefully for her biology examination so that she could be sure of passing it on her first_ aintentionbattempt cpurpose ddesire 29the design isnt successful unless it _ people of all ages and social groups aattaches to bappeals to cadjust to dobjects to30the research depends on the belief _ when the rules are applied impersonally, the result can be accurate athat bwhat cunless dif31because of the heavy snowstorm, we have to put off the visit to the painting exhibition _ in the nearby city until tomorrow ato hold bhaving been held cholding dbeing held 32though_ experience, she eventually got the chance to work for the haier company alacking of blacking clacked dlacked for33 is there a primary school in your village now? no, but there _ aused bwas cused to dused to be 34at the end of the parent-kid program “where are we going, dad?” on hunan tv, each father was asked to write a letter _ he expressed his hope and love to his kid awhat bwhich cwhere dhow35they finally managed to climb to the top, but _ then awent the children down the hill bdown the hill did the children go cdown the hill went the children ddown the hill the children went 第二节:完形填空（共20小题：每小题15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。 how did you do it, dad? how have you managed not to take a drink for almost 20 years? it took me almost 20 years to have the 36 to even ask my father this very personal questionwhen dad first 37 drinking, the whole family was on pins and needles every time he got into a 38 that, in the past, would have started him 39 againfor a few years we were 40 to bring it up for fear that the drinking would begin again i had this little poem that i would recite to myself at least four to five times a day, was dads 41 to my 18-year-old unasked questionthe words were a constant 42 to me that things were 43 so hard that i could not deal with them, dad saidthen he 44 the poem with methe poems 45 , yet profound （深刻的） words immediately became 46 of my daily routine as well about a month after this 47 with my father, i received a gift in the mail from a friend of mineit was a book of daily sayings of wisdom with one 48 for each day of the year it has been my 49 that when you get something with days of the year on it, you naturally turn to the page that lists your own 50 i 51 opened the book to november 10 to see 52 words of wisdom this book had in store for mei was 53 when i looked at the page, and then tears of disbelief and appreciation 54 down my facethere, on my birthday, was the exact same poem that had 55 my father for all these years! it is called the serenity （平静） prayer:god, grant me the serenity to accept the things i cannot change; the courage to change the things i can; and the wisdom to know the difference36achance bcourage cability dright37agave up btook up cwent on dcarried on38away bhabit csituation dhouse39areciting basking csmoking ddrinking40asure buncertain cafraid deager41areply bwords cexcuse dexplanation42afear bimagination cthought dreminder43anever bseldom calways dever44adiscussed bshared coffered dtalked45awonderful blong csimple dboring46aall bthat cany dpart47atalk bquarrel ctrip dlesson48alisted bincluded cread dsaid49amethod bexperience cwealth dmessage50acharacter bbirthday cqualities dfavorites51adoubtfully bcarefully chappily dhurriedly52awhere bwhether cwhat dhow53aexcited bastonished cdisappointed dfrightened54ahung bpulled crolled dpushed55atroubled bdisturbed cpleased dhelped第三部分：阅读理解（共20小题；每小题2分，满分40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。ain todays world of cell phones, mini laptops and mp5 players, most people have at least one time-telling tool with themsince these devices are so common, is time running out for the 500-year-old watch? according to some consumers, yesnew jersey teenager charlie wollman says a watch is “an extra piece of equipment with no necessary function”many young adults agree and use their cell phones to tell timeit is said that fewer young people wear watches today than five years agoas a result, some people claim that the watch industry is at a crossroadshowever, watchmakers optimistically say that watches redeem popularity when consumers reach their 20s and 30sby then, they are willing to spend money on a quality watch that doesnt just keep good timefifty years ago, watchmakers boasted about their products accuracybut in recent years, the watch industry has transformed itself into an accessory（饰品）businessand for many today, the image a watch communicates has become more important than the time it tells“complications” - features that go beyond simple timekeeping- are an important part of a watchs imagetodays watches offer lots of features that meet almost any personalitythese features include compasses, lunar calendars, usb drives, and even devices that measure the effectiveness of golf swings（挥棒方式）! creativity is also a key element in todays watchesfor example, japanese watchmaker tokyoflash makes watches that dont even look like watchesthe companys popular shinshoku model uses different color lights to tell the timeit looks more like a fashionable bracelet （手镯） than a watchwhether a watch communicates fashion sense, creative gift or a love of sports, consumers want their timepieces to stand outnowadays, everyone has the same kind of gadget（小玩意儿） in their bags, so people want to make a statement with whats on their wristswill this interest in wrist fashion last? only time will tell!56the underlined word “redeem” in paragraph 2 can be best replaced by “_” aenlarge bregain cprove dlose57according to the passage, a multi-function watch can _ astore the list of phone numbers bremind you of your daily affairs cbe used as a calculator dshow the direction58in paragraph 4, japanese watchmaker tokyoflash is mentioned to _ aprove todays watches are fashionable bcompare a watch with a cool bracelet cshow how popular shinshoku watches are dstress its tokyoflash that makes shinshoku watches59what might be the most suitable title for the passage? ajapanese watches stand out bwatch industry is in a bad situation cwatches tell more than time dwatches are becoming less popularbi am a strong believer that if a child is raised with approval, he will learn to love himself and will be successful in his own wayseveral weeks ago, i was doing homework with my son in the third grade and he kept standing up from his chair to go over the math linesi kept asking him to sit down, telling him that he would concentrate betterhe sat but seconds later, as if he didnt even notice he was doing it, he got up againi was getting frustrated, but then it hit mei started noticing his answers were much quicker and accurate when he stood upcould he be more intent （专心的） while standing up?this made me start questioning myself and what i had been raised to believei was raised to believe that a quiet, calm child was a sure way to successthis child would have the discipline （纪律） to study hard, get good grades and become someone important in lifenow those same people perhaps come to realize that their kids are born with their own sets of dna and personality features and all you can do is loving and accepting themas parents, throughout their growing years and beyond that, we need to be our kids best supporters, guiding them and helping them find their wayi have stopped asking my son to sit down and concentrateobviously, he is concentrating just in his own way and not minewe need to learn to accept our kids ways of doing thingssome way may have worked for me but doesnt mean we need to carry it through generationsthere is nothing sweeter than being individual and unique it makes us free and happy and thats just the way i want my kids to live their own life60at the beginning, the author tried to keep his son seated in order to make him _ akeep silent in the room bget right answers cfinish his homework on time dpay more attention to his study61inspired by the case of his son, the author began to doubt _athe importance of parentsbthe old form of educationcthe relationship between kids and their parentsdthe good grades of some kids62according to the passage, which of the following statements is right?awe should help kids correct their wrong waysbparents should study their kids dnackids should be taught to behave themselvesdparents should love and accept their kids63which of the following would be the best title of the passage?astudy hard and youll be successful bbe friendly to your childrencchildrens success in their own style dparents help with their childrens studycthe human brain weighs about 14 kilograms, but it can, hold much more information than most computershowever, there is another difference between humans and computerscomputers dont forget information they are given, but humans often dono one remembers everything, and luckily we dont usually have tobut everyone can improve their memory if they want tohere are some suggestions try to use new information immediatelyfor example, if you meet someone who says hi! im carlos, dont just say hello repeat the persons namesay_ break a big number into smaller partsfor example, its hard to memorize 109244153but if you break it into three parts-109/244/153it becomes easierwrite out what you need to remember over and over againthis will help you keep it in mind longer, especially for memorizing formulas or factsalways review informationif you bring what youve learned back to your mind, they become easier to rememberfor example, before you go to sleep, its a good idea to review the new things you learned that clay discuss with a friendit is always easier to remember things through discussionsyou can have a discussion about whats right and whats wrong, and it will lead to the right answernever tell yourself that you have a bad memoryyou can always do something to help improve your memoryand everyones memory gets better if they use it often enoughall of the suggestions are helpfulif you follow them, you are certain to improve your memory64which should be put in the blank in paragraph 2？ ahello, carlos bhow do you do? chello, i am sophia dglad to meet you!65what can help memorize a big number more easily according to the passage?ato store it in a computer bto break it into stunner partscto discuss it with a friend dto review it before you sleep66which of the following is true according to the passage?adiscussing with friends can help you remember thingsbalways reviewing information can help you fall asleepcformulas and facts can help you learn about your braindhuman beings can improve their memory by computer67what does the sentence never tell yourself that you have a bad memory” mean?ayou should tell others about your bad memorybyou should believe in other people all the timecyou should ask others to improve their memorydyou should be confident in your memory abilityd the chinese classic work of literature a dream of red mansions has been adapted into a number of stage and screen versions over the yearsartists from the northern kunqu opera theatre made the classic back in 2011and now the triennial（三年一次） china arts festival is recognizing their work kunqu opera is one of the oldest forms of opera still existing in china, with its origins dating back to the end of the yuan dynasty （1271-1368）it has distinguished itself by its rhythmic patterns and has had a key influence on all the more recent forms of opera in china, including the sichuan and beijing operas in 2001, unesco（united nations educational, cultural and scientific organization）announced kunqu opera as a masterpiece of the oral and intangible heritage of humanity （a unesco program that ensures the best of every countrys traditions is preserved and developed as well as made known to the outside world） kunqu opera, acknowledged as an outstanding opera, has suffered somewhat of a decline since the eighteenth century because it requires a high level of technical knowledge from the audiencetoday, it is facing competition from mass culture and a lack of interest among the youngof the 400 arias（唱腔） regularly sung in opera performances in the mid-20th century, only a few dozen are still performedmo