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吕梁学院附中20142015学年下学期高二年级期末考试英语试卷第一部分 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）听下面五段对话。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. what does the man want to do first?a. have an ice cream.b. open the gifts.c. play some games. 2. what does the woman mean? a. she will pass the man some sugar.b. the man shouldnt have more sugar.c. she will make some coffee for the man.3. what is the womans suggestion for the man? a. find someone to replace him b. take a break now.c. wait for ben.4. why is tracy so happy? a. she has received her favorite journal. b. she has won a prize for her research.c. she has got her paper published.5. what are the speakers mainly talking about? a. an interesting film.b. some history books.c. their activities last night.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。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。每段对话读两遍。听第6段材料.回答第6至7题。6. what is johnny doing? a. playing in the water.b. playing with cars. c. having a walk.7. who is giving johnny his bath tonight probably? a. the man. b. the woman. c. himself.听第7段材料.回答第8至9题。8. whats the man doing? a. applying for a job. b. asking for help.c. showing the way.9. what level does the man mostly teach? a. all levels. b. beginners.c. advanced.听第8段材料，回答第10至12题。10. where does the conversation take place? a. in a net bar. b. at the womans office. c. at the mans apartment.11. how much did the woman pay for her hard drive? a. $200. b. $300. c. $350.12. what do the speakers agree?a. hard drives are more expensive. b. technology keeps improving.c. people depend too much on computers.听第9段材料，回答第13至16题。13. what does nathan have to write down first? a. a monument. b. a bar. c. a hall.14. what is the mound? a. his family history.b. his education background. c. his personal information.15. why does nathan say he is in trouble? a. he got fired from his last job. b. he has never had a real job before. c. he has never filled out an application before.16. what can we learn about nathan?a. he went to college in 2010. b. he used to walk his neighbors dog.c. he is still a high school student.听第10段材料，回答第17至20题。17. what does the woman talk about first? a. how to measure earthquakes. b. causes of earthquakes. c. peoples understanding of earthquakes.18. what do the richter scale and the mms scale have in common? a. they both go from 1 to 10. b. they both measure shaking power and energy. c. they are equally accurate in their measurements.19. why do most people think the richter scale is still used? a. because of textbooks.b. because of the media.c. because of scientists.20. what is the most important thing to do during an earthquake? a. keep calm.b. leave where you are.c. call for help all the time.第二部分：阅读理解（共两节，满分60分 ）第1节 （共15小题；每小题3分，满分45分）阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。a. when i was growing up, i had an old neighbor named doctor gibbs. he didnt look like any doctor id ever known. he never yelled at us for playing in his yard, but was always very kind.when doctor gibbs wasnt saving lives, he was planting trees. he had some interesting theories about planting trees. he believed in the principle: no pain, no gain. he hardly watered his new trees, which flew in the face of conventional wisdom. once i asked why and he told me that watering plants spoiled them because it made them grow weaker. he said you had to make things tough for the trees so that only the strongest could survive. he talked about how watering trees made them develop shallow roots and how, if they were not watered, trees would grow deep roots in search of water. so, instead of watering his trees every morning, hed beat them with a rolled-up newspaper. i asked him why he did that, and he said it was to get the trees attention.doctor gibbs died a couple of years after i left home. every now and then, i walked by his house and looked at the trees that id watched him plant some twenty five years ago. they were all tall and strong.i planted a couple of trees myself a few years ago. two years of attending these trees meant they grew up weak. whenever a cold wind blew, their branches trembled. adversity(逆境) seemed to benefit doctor gibbs trees in ways comfort and ease never could.every night before i go to bed, i check on my two sons. i often pray that their lives will be easy. but lately ive been thinking that its time to change my prayer. i know my children are going to meet with hardship. theres always a cold wind blowing somewhere. what we need to do is to pray for deep roots, so when the rains fall and the winds blow, we wont be torn apart. 21. with the trees planted, doctor gibbs often _ a. kept watering them every morning b. paid little attention to themc. talked to them to get their attention d. beat them to make them grow deep roots22. what does the author think of the way doctor gibbs planted trees? a. strange and harmful b. interesting and funny c. original and reasonable d. cruel and unacceptable23. which prayer does the author wish for his sons? a. have an easy life, without too much to worry about.b. meet people like dr gibbs in the future. c. have good luck, encountering less hardship in their life. d. be able to stand the rain and wind in their lives.24. which of the following can be the best title of the passage?a. prayers for my sonsb. doctor gibbs and his treesc. growing roots d. watering trees b you get anxious if theres no wi-fi in the hotel or mobile phone signal up the mountain. you feel upset if your phone is getting low on power, and you secretly worry things will go wrong at work if youre not there. all these can be called “always on” stress caused by smart phone addiction. for some people, smart phones have liberated them from the nine-to-five work. flexible working has given them more autonomy(自主权) in their working lives and enabled them to spend more time with their friends and families. for many others though, smart phones have become tyrants (暴君) in their pockets, never allowing them to turn them off, relax and recharge their batteries. pittsburgh-based developer kevin holesh was worried about how much he was ignoring his family and friends in favour of his iphone. so he developed an app moment to monitor his usage. the app enables users to see how much time theyre spending on the device and set up warnings if the usage limits are breached (突破). “moments goal is to promote balance in your life,” his website explains. “some time on your phone, some time off it enjoying your loving family and friends around you.” dr christine grant, an occupational psychologist at coventry university, said, “the effects of this always on culture are that your mind is never resting, and youre not giving your body time to recover, so youre always stressed. and the more tired and stressed we get, the more mistakes we make. physical and mental health can suffer.” and as the number of connected smart phones is increasing, so is the amount of data. this is leading to a sort of decision paralysis (瘫痪) and is creating more stress in the workplace because people have to receive a broader range of data and communications which are often difficult to manage. “it actually makes it more difficult to make decisions and many do less because theyre controlled by it all and feel they can never escape the office,” said dr christine grant.25. whats the first paragraph mainly about? a. the popularity of smart phones. b. the progress of modern technology.c. the signs of “always on” stress. d. the cause of smart phone addiction.26. kevin holesh developed moment to _.a. research how people use their mobile phones b. help people control their use of mobile phonesc. make people better use mobile phones d. increase the fun of using mobile phones27. whats dr christine grants attitude towards “always on” culture?a. confused. b. positive. c. doubtful. d. critical.28. according to the last paragraph, a greater amount of data means _.a. we will become less productive b. we can make a decision more quickly c. we will be equipped with more knowledge d. we can work more effectively cselena gomez and i are scheduled to meet at a low-key coffee shop in encino. not wanting to keep the superstar waiting, i arrived at nine, 20 minutes early. as i was catching up on e-mails, selena quietly scooted into the seat next to me. no bodyguard. not even a drop of makeup. she was ten minutes early and so inconspicuous that no one else in the restaurant looked up so much. selena was wearing bebe shorts. she had a baby face and ordered a hot chocolate.after making small talk about what she wore for the shoot, she dived into the subject of her career. selena declared 2012 the year of movies. she filmed three: spring breakers, a drama; the getaway, an action flick; and hotel transylvania, a comedy. each is a marked move away from the teen style that made her a household name. now that her disney days are behind her, selena is at that unstable point in a child stars career where she is trying to grow up-both as a person(she turned 20 in july)and as an artist. “being part of the disney channel was such a blessing, and im super happy with what my show accomplished, but acting is something i would like to take on more seriously.” she continued, “i dont necessarily feel accomplished. i want to creat a whole different person when it comes to acting.”selena has been working fulltime since she was seven years old and scored a role on barney&friends. in 2007, when she was offered the lead in wizards of waverly place, selena, her mother, and her stepfather uprooted from grand prairie, texas, to la, where they are settling now.29. when was it that selena arrived at the low-key coffee shop? a. at ten. b. at ten to nine. c. at ten past nine. d. at thirty past nine.30. how did selena think of disney days which were behind her? a. she thought of playing in disney a blessing. b. she didnt feel very satisfied with her show in disney. c. she found her not accomplished in her performance in disney. d. she believed her being part in disney channel a blessing.31. the underlined word in the last paragraph probably means “ _”. a. moved b. picked c. changed d. informed dwith only about 1, 000 pandas left in the world, china is desperately trying to clone the animal and save the endangered species. thats a move similar to what the texas a&m university researchers have been undertaking for the past five years in a project called “noahs ark”noahs ark is aimed at collecting eggs, embryos (胚胎), semen and dna of endangered animals and storing them in liquid nitrogen. if certain species should become extinct, dr duane kraemer, a professor in texas a&ms college of veterinary medicine, says there would be enough of the basic building blocks to reintroduce the species in the future.it is estimated that as many as 2, 000 species of mammals, birds and reptiles will become extinct in over 100 years. the panda, native only to china, is in danger of becoming extinct in the next 25 years.this week, chinese scientists said they grew an embryo by introducing cells from a dead female panda into the egg cells of a japanese white rabbit. they are now trying to implant the embryo into a host animal.the entire procedure could take from three to five years to complete.“the nuclear transfer (核子移植) of one species to another is not easy, and the lack of available panda eggs could be a major problem，” kraemer believes.“they will probably have to do several hundred transfers to result in one pregnancy (怀孕). it takes a long time and its difficult, but this could be groundbreaking science if it works. they are certainly not putting any live pandas at risk, so it is worth the effort，” adds kraemer, who is one of the leaders of the project at texas a&m, the firstever attempt at cloning a dog.“they are trying to do something thats never been done, and this is very similar to our work in noahs ark. were both trying to save animals that face extinction. i certainly appreciate their effort and theres a lot we can learn from what they are attempting to do. its a research that is very much needed.”32the aim of “noahs ark” project is to _.amake efforts to clone the endangered pandas bsave endangered animals from dying outccollect dna of endangered animals to study dtransfer the nuclear of one animal to another33according to prof. kraemer, the major problem in cloning pandas would be the lack of _.aavailable panda eggs bhost animalscqualified researchers denough money34the best title of the passage may be _.achinas success in pandas cloning bthe first cloned panda in the worldcexploring the possibility to clone pandas dchinathe native place of pandas forever35from the passage we know that _.akraemer and his team have succeeded in cloning a dogbscientists try to implant a pandas egg into a rabbitckraemer will work with chinese scientists in clone researchesdabout two thousand species will probably die out in a century第二节(共5小题;每小题3分，满分15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。 its normal to wake briefly during the night. 36 but if youre waking up during the night and having trouble falling back asleep, the following tips may help. stay out of your head. the key to getting back to sleep is continuing to prepare your body for sleep, so remain in bed in a relaxed position. hard as it may be, try not to stress over the fact that youre awake, because that very stress and anxiety encourage your body to stay awake. 37 38 if you are finding it hard to fall back asleep, try a relaxation technique such as visualization(想象), or deep breathing, which can be done without even getting out of bed. remind yourself that although theyre not a replacement for sleep, rest and relaxation still help refresh your body. do a quiet, non-stimulating activity. if youve been awake for more than 15 minutes, try getting out of bed and doing a quiet, non-stimulating activity, such as reading a book. keep the lights dim so as not to think that its time to wake up. 39 a light snack might relax you, but be careful not to eat so much that your body begins to expect a meal at that time of the day. 40 if you wake during the night feeling anxious about something, make a brief note of it on paper and delay worrying about it until the next day when you are fresh and it will be easier to resolve.a. make relaxation your goal, not sleep.b. put off worries and troubles.c. use a flashlight to go to the bathroom at night.d. in fact, a good sleeper wont even remember it.e. also avoid screens of any kindcomputers, tvs, cell phones, ipads.f. youll be much more productive and creative after a good nights rest.g. a good way to stay out of your head is to focus on the feeling in your body.第三部分 语言知识运用(共两节，满分55分)第一节 完形填空(共20小题；每小题2分，满分40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。it was easter 1990, and my family was on a onceinalifetime trip to the solomon islands for my sisters wedding.i was traveling with my husband, my fouryearold son and my daughter，who was nearly two. wed been _41_ it was very hot in the solomons, so wed _42_ lots of light cotton clothes and were wearing the same as it was summer. the only problem was that we had to catch an overnight bus that _43_ at midnight for the airport so we could make our early morning _44_ to honiara. it was cold on the bus! my husband and i were snuggling (依偎) our children as best we could, trying to keep them _45_. the bus stopped many times as passengers got on and off, and we didnt take much _46_. the little ones were _47_， unable to sleep for the biting cold. then at one stop, an old lady came forward from the back of the bus and paused by our seat. i sat forward to see what she wanted and she _48_ out a small knee rug (毛毯). my little girl reached _49_ for it and pulled it tight _50_ her. the lady said shed made the rug herself and, seeing that we were cold, she wanted us to use it. after she went back to her seat, our nowwarm children _51_ off, and they slept snugly all the way to the airport. just a stop or two _52_ we arrived，the rug lady made her way to the door to get off. i tried to _53_ the children to return her blanket, but she protested.“no，”she said，“_54_ it. i can always make another one！”over the years, that little blanket became a _55_ to me and to my children of the kindness of strangers. i told the story to the children over and over and hung the rug on the end of my daughters bed so we would see it often. that rug was handmade with the colors carefully chosen. yet its maker _56_ with it to keep my family warm for a night. if ever people were bad or _57_