北京市东城区（南片）高二英语下学期期末考试试卷.doc

北京市东城区（南片）2014-2015学年下学期高二年级期末考试英语试卷 本试卷共100分，考试时间120分钟。第卷 选择题(共五道大题，71分)一、听力理解。(共12小题；每小题1分，共12分) 听下面6段对话或独白。每段对话或独白后有几道小题，从每题所给的a、b、c三个选项中选出最佳选项。听每段对话或独白前，你将有5秒钟的时间阅读每小题。听完后，每小题将给出5秒钟的作答时间。每段对话或独白你将听两遍。听第1段材料，回答第l小题。1. what might cause the woman to catch a cold? a. the hot sun. b. the strong wind. c. the changeable weather.听第2段材料，回答第2小题。2. who is the man? a. a taxi driver. b. a hotel receptionist. c. a waiter.听第3段材料，回答第3小题。3. what will the man probably do next? a. prepare a speech. b. go to send some letters. c. go on with the question.听第4段材料，回答第4至6小题。4. how will the man go back? a. by ship. b. by train. c. by air.5. what will the man do this afternoon? a. visit the factory. b. visit the showroom. c. discuss the contract.6. when will the man leave the day after tomorrow? a. in the morning. b. in the afternoon. c. in the evening.听第5段材料，回答第7至9小题。 7. why does the woman hate her former name? a. it is hard for others to pronounce. b. her boss wants to fire her because of her name. c. it always makes her think she should be a cook. 8. what has happened to the woman since she changed her name? a. she has become more popular among people. b. she has won her good friends trust. c. her boss has praised her. 9. what will the man do next? a. meet his boss. b. have his name changed. c. phone his parents.听第6段材料，回答第10至12小题。 10. what will dr xi discuss? a. progress in some chinese coal cities. b. american recent accomplishments. c. chinese next air quality plan. 11. when is the coffee break? a. at 1:15 pm. b. at 10:00 am. c. at 1:00 pm. 12. the conference participants can smoke in . a. the meeting rooms b. the oak room c. the workshop room二、单项填空。(共10小题，每小题1分，满分10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。 13. by the long hours and low pay, my sister finally quit her job. a. discourage b. discouraged c. discouraging d. to discourage 14. the chairman thought necessary to invite professor white to give a speech at the ceremony. a. that b. such c. this d. it 15. without the careful treatment of the doctors, the patient in such a short time. a. hadnt recovered b. wouldnt have recovered c. wouldnt recover d. didnt recover 16. i wish he putting his shoes on the table from today on. a. had stopped b. stopped c. would stop d. will stop 17. kids, dont run in the street. a. there comes a bus. b. a bus there comes. c. there a bus came. d. a bus came there. 18. this is the last photograph of the band all together. please take good care of it. a. taken b. taking c. being taken d. to take 19. were i in your shoes, i a formal complaint. a. made b. had made c. would make d. would have made 20. only when he is told about the whole story how hard life his father has been living. a. did he realize b. he realizes c. he has realized d. will he realize 21. beckworth shook his head as if he dont trust her. a. had said b. would say c. were saying d. says 22. so little agree on the plan that they could not settle their difference. a. did they b. do they c. they would d. they will三、完形填空。(共15小题；每小题1分，共15分) 阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，从每题所给的a、b、c、d四个选项中，选出最佳选项。 i joined class five at the south eastern railway mixed higher secondary school in kharagpur, west bengal. as the 23 girl in class, it took a while to make friends, but i found a kindred spirit (志趣相投的人) right away: my class teacher, miss rafique, who also taught english. the first assignment she gave the class was to write a letter to a friend about any recent 24 .id never written a letter before but i used my 25 and wrote in great detail about my visit to delhi, a place i had 26 been to. i wrote about all its tourist spots, which included a 27 when miss rafique returned our assignments to us, she made a(n) 28 in front of our class of 60 girls and boys. annapurna has written the best letter, she said. i stood 29 by miss rafiques desk as she read out my letter to the class 30 handing my notebook to me. reaching my seat, i opened my notebook and was 31 to see many red marksall spelling and grammatical 32 . i thought a best letter would be one with no mistakes. there were also two little 33 in the margins (空白处). delhi doesnt have a beach, and very good !when i looked at a 34 notebook, her letter was error-free. later, i realized that my classmates had memorized and reproduced sample letters from high school english grammar & composition by wren and martin. in spite of the mistakes, it was my originality that miss rafique actually 35 . soon, my teacher made me realize that math and science werent my only 36 subjects; i could do well in english too. thanks to her timely 37 , i now write articles on nutrition for magazines and i enjoy my job.23. a. mildb. newc. toughd. single24. a. lessonb. gamec. tripd. book25. a. experienceb. patiencec. computerd. imagination26. a. neverb. justc. alsod. already27. a. galleryb. templec. cottaged. beach28. a. attemptb. questionnairec. presentationd. announcement29. a. nervouslyb. shylyc. faithfullyd. breathlessly30. a. whenb. beforec. afterd. since31. a. anxiousb. disappointedc. surprisedd. desperate32. a. mistakesb. correctionsc. faultsd. diagrams33. a. dotsb. wordsc. noticesd. notes34. a. teachersb. classmatesc. colleaguesd. relatives35. a. appreciatedb. opposedc. evaluatedd. adopted36. a. casualb. averagec. strongd. potential37. a. conclusionb. explanationc. encouragementd. improvement四、阅读理解。(共12小题；每小题2分，共24分) 阅读下列短文，从每题所给的a、b、c、d四个选项中，选出最佳选项。acontests from the community annual playwright (剧作家) challenge attention, students! unleash (放开) your creativity and writing skill by submitting an original story for an opportunity to have your entry produced as a full-length musical by the scripps performing arts academy this fall. the winner will also get the opportunity to perform in the show or serve as the assistant director of the production. also, the winner will attend two playwright workshops with the director to work on the musical together. entries can be submitted in paragraph, story or script (剧本) form (1-3 pages) to info with the subject line: playwright challenge entry. for ages 18 & under. students are allowed to work individually or as a team of two for each submission. deadline: april 1. kids poster contest the city of san diegos public utilities department invites students, grades 1-6, to make a poster with the theme: sam diegans waste no water. all days. all ways. three winners will be selected for each grade level and will receive gift cards and a certificate of excellence. also, winning posters will be on display in the lobby of the city societys gallery and the san diego county fairs kids best art exhibit. open to students in the cities of san diego, coronado and imperial beach. to enter, go to . deadline: march 28. kohls cares scholarship program outstanding young volunteers, ages 6-18, can be rewarded through this annual program. regional winners will each receive a $1,000 scholarship for higher education, while national winners will each be rewarded a total of $10, 000 in scholarships plus a $ l, 000 donation from kohls to a nonprofit of the students choice. nominations (提名) are now accepted at . deadline: march 14. dream house raffle (抽彩) enter to win a $ 4 million home in rancho santa fe or $ 2.1 million in cash in this annual raffle that includes more than 1,300 prizes to be given away! in addition to the grand prize drawing on may 17, you can also be part of early bird drawing that offer more chances of winning. next earlybird drawing is on march 19 (entry deadline: march 7). proceeds (收入) benefit ronald mcdonald house charities of san diego. for tickets and the list of prizes, visit or call 888-8254-9939. 38. what do we know about annual playwright challenge? a. it is intended for students aged 6-18. b. one has to submit ones entry before march 14. c. the winner will join in the production of the musical. d. students must work individually for each submission. 39. if you have a gift for painting, youd better participate in . a. annual playwright challenge b. dream house raffle c. kohls cares scholarship program d. kids poster contest 40. your friend iverson usually participates in volunteer services, which you really appreciate. you can visit to nominate him. a. b. c. d. 41. the passage is written to . a. inform the readers of some contests b. attract the readers to come with prizes c. persuade the readers to join in the activities d. suggest the readers volunteer in community serviceb once i complained to my husband that he wasnt helping enough with our daughter, and i gave him a long list of the parenting chores (家庭杂务) i was shouldering on my own. but you like doing all that stuff, he said. i thought about that while reading a new study about the responsibilities of parenting. researchers asked 191 college professors, both men and women, who had children 2 or younger, the pleasure they experienced from childcare. on 16 out of 25 childcare taskslike taking a child to the doctor or buying clothes for a childwomen reported statistically higher levels of enjoyment than men. the only parenting issue that gave women less pleasure than it gave men was having to manage who does what for the child. on the whole, womens scores were 10 percent higher than mens. women are also far more likely to take advantage of family-leave benefits to care for children. in the study, all the universities offered paid family leave, and 69 percent of the women took it, while only 12 percent of the men did. in sweden, where family leave for both parents is particularly generous, men use about 20 percent of the 480-day benefit. women use nearly all of it. its difficult to know how cultural and economic pressures or biological functions influence parenting. plenty of men change diapers (尿布), and studies show that mothers and fathers alike spend more time with children than they used to. men have more than doubled the time they spend on childcare since 1985. yet women still spend twice as much time with the kids as men, says the university of maryland sociologist john robinson. notably in the study, the parenting activity that gave men the most pleasure (and women, too) was playing and talking with their kids. but when men were asked to rate how often they actually did those things, their scores were about 10 and 40 percent lower than womens. in the end, perhaps the issue is not that mothers are doing too many childcare tasksmy husband was right when he said i liked being a motherbut that men, for all their progress as fathers, are still missing out. 42. the author mentioned the disagreement with her husband to . a. complain about his husbands irresponsibility b. show the difference between men and women c. bring up the topic of responsibility of parenting d. describe the unpleasant experience of childcare 43. what can we learn from the passage? a. more men take family leave to care for children than before. b. women gain more pleasure in every childcare task than men. c. men play and talk with their children more than women. d. women spend more time with children than before. 44. what is the main idea of the passage? a. fathers should take more responsibility in childcare. b. mothers gain more pleasure from childcare than men. c. fathers are playing a more important part in childcare. d. mothers should give fathers more chances to look after children. 45. what is the authors attitude towards mens performance on childcare? a. approving. b. dissatisfied. c. appreciative. d. objective.c as a child, i loved the natural world. maybe it had something to do with growing up in a small town. maybe it was because nature had so many secrets and i was thrilled to be a detective, uncovering them one by one. im sure that when people from my generation think back to their childhoods, many recall a tree house, family picnics, or a passion for fishing, hunting, or horseback riding. most of us had an occasional appetite for dirt as we explored backyards and nearby vacant lots. as someone who grew up in such a world, i enthusiastically encourage parents to bring back that happy childhood pastime of letting kids get muddy once in a while. i have more than my own experience to show as evidence that this is a good thing: study after study indicates that children grow up healthier and happier when they experience a direct connection to nature. just as importantly, those young people are also far more likely to value the natural world when theyve developed a connection to it. the need for this has never been greater than it is today. our natural world is extraordinary in its diversity and complexity, but its also under tremendous threat. in the past decade, countless tropical rainforests and coral reefs have been lost forever due to human activities, and many more are critically endangered. these areas dont just house animals and plants found nowhere else on the planet; they also provide important economic services that benefit human health. streams make fresh water clean; forests reduce flooding; tree provide medicines and insects pollinate (给授粉) crops. the natural world represents an economic backbone for the future of local communities by promoting tourism and local peoples livelihoods. the damage to the earths living systems is fast approaching irreversible (不可逆转的) tipping points, and although we now have a wealth of technological toolsboth to understand the threats and to assist with solutionstheres still no substitute for a connection to the real world when it comes to understanding the complexity of natural systems. besides, establishing a connection between child and nature is one of the best and simplest ways to inspire young people to make good decisions about personal health, climate change, and sustainable (可持续的) use of natural resources. they need to know what affects the chemistry of the ocean, why tropical rain forests are critical to life in the temperate regions and how millions of years are required to create fossil oil from dead plants. this understanding becomes realest and most meaningful when a person is connected to the natural world. 46. what does the underlined word this in paragraph 3 refer to? a. children developing a connection to the nature. b. children growing up healthily and happily. c. children valuing the natural world. d. children studying and studying. 47. insects are mentioned in paragraph 4 to show that . a. humans benefit from nature b. humans benefit nature in many ways c. some insects are dangerous to humans d. some insects are in danger of extinction 48. what can we learn from paragraph 5? a. it is impossible to improve the environment. b. natural systems are too complex to understand. c. technology can help humans improve the environment. d. kids cannot know about the nature without experiencing it. 49. the author writes the passage mainly to . a. describe her childhood to the readers b. encourage readers to protect the nature c. stress the importance of natural science d. advise parents to let kids experience nature五、阅读还原。(共5小题；每小题2分，共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 an old shabby building in budapest, the capital of hungary, tourists pay to be locked up in a room and try to escape by solving a series of mysterious clues, opening locks and finding their way out. 50 rabbit hole, inspired by the 19th-century english novel alices adventures in wonderland, is one of some 100 or so escape-room games that have developed quickly in the hungarian capital in the last three years, becoming a top attraction for tourists. 51 these same spots served as locations for the citys popular ruin bars in the past decade. andras maldrik and zeno and zohan ferenez, the owners of exitpointgames which operates three escape rooms in the ruin bar fogaskert, opened their first room in budapest two years ago, using only about $2,100-$3,000. now they are exporting their ideas abroad, designing and building escape rooms in vienna and bucharest. 52 team members