海安南莫中学高二下学期期末考试英语

1、20092010学年度高二年级第二学期期终试卷英语本试卷分第I卷 （选择题）和第II卷（非选择题）两部分，共120分。考试时间120分钟。第I卷（选择题三部分共85分）第一部分 听力 （ 共两节，满分 20分）做题时，先将答案标在试卷上。录音内容结束后，你将有两分钟的时间将试卷上的答案转涂到答题卡上。第一节 （共5小题；每小题 1分，满分 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 1. What does the woman mean?A. Sh

2、e is eager to see the computer. B. She can t see the computer now.C. She likes the man to see the computer first.2. Why can t the woman go to the west coast?A. She will start a new job. B. She is busy with her new job. C. She has to take another training.3. When will the book probably be available i

3、n bookstores?A. In September.B. In October.4. How often will the woman take the medicine?A. Twice a day.B. Three times a day.5. Where are the two speakers?A. At a shop.B. At a bank.第二节 （共15小题；每小题 1分，满分 15分） 听下面 5段对话或独白。项 ， 并标在试卷的相应位置。C. In November.C. Four times a day.C. At a hotel.每段对话或独白后有几个小题 ，从题

4、中所给的A、B、C三个选项中选出最佳选听每段对话或独白前 , 你将有 5秒钟的时间阅读各个小题；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7题。6. Where does the conversation most probably take place?A. In a bookshop.7. What is the womanB. In a library.C. In a computer center.esstsioung?gA. Buy some books on computers. B. Ask some experts for ad

5、vice.C. Read some magazines.听第 7段材料，回答第 8至10题。8. What are the two speakers mainly talking about?A. Visiting the museum.B. Sightseeing.C. Collecting coins.9. Why doesn t the man want to go to the museum?t like any coins.A. He isn t interested in museums. B. There are no shows there.C. He doesn10. Wha

6、t would the man go to the island mainly to see?A. Some plants.B. Some birds.C. Some flowers.听第8段材料，回答第11至13题。11. Why are the speakers in the restaura nt?A. They have n ever bee n there before.B. They like the food there very much.C. They are celebrating the woman s birthday.12. Why does the woma n w

7、ant to see the menu immediately?A. She is anxious to eat the French food.B. She wants to check the price of the food.C. She can t decide what to eat in short time.13. What do the two speakers dislike?A. French cheese.B. Sn akes.C. Potatoes.听第9段材料，回答第14至16题。14. What is the woma n?A. A stude nt.B. A w

8、orker.C. A teacher.15. What can we learn about Washington s Birthday?A. Maybe there was a n atio nal holiday n ear that day.B. It was fine that day and n obody wan ted to stay in. C. It is perhaps a n ati onal holiday.16. How did Mary go to the mountain on Washington s Birthday?A. By train.B. By car

9、.C. By bus.听第10段材料，回答第17至20题。17. How many America ns are now study ing in colleges and uni versities?A. 700,000.B. 7,000,000.C. 1,700,000.18. What do America n college stude nts today have strong opinions about?A. What is good and bad. B. What is old and n ew. C. What is right and wrong.19. What do

10、America n young people know much about?A. Their pare nts.B. Their lifestyle.C. Their childhood.20. What do American young people find difficult to know much about?A. The truth of their own lives. B. The beliefs in America n families.C. The formatio n of America n families.第二部分英语知识运用（共两节，满分35分）第一节 单项

11、填空（共15小题；每小题1分，满分15分）请认真阅读下面各题，从题中所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项21. Stude nts should be en couraged to useInternet asresource.A.不填；aB. the; aC. the; theD.不填；the22. When you get the paper back, pay special atte ntio n to what.A. have markedB. have bee n markedC. had markedD. had bee n marked23. It

12、is reported that the floods have left aboutpeople homeless.A. two thousa ndB. two-thousa ndsC. two thousa ndsD. two thousa nds of24. by a greater dema nd of vegetables, farmers have built more gree n houses.A. Drive nB. Being drive nC. To driveD. Having drive n25. I can t persuade him out of playing

13、 computer games. He_is to them.A. remin dedB. accustomedC. addictedD. stuck26. Only after spending several nights working on the math problem to wonder whether the problemwas wron gly set.A. had he beg unB. he bega nC. did he begi nD. bega n he27. , accord ing to the in struct ions, the medi cin e,

14、I thi nk, will work on your headache before long.A. TakeB. Bei ng taki ngC. Take nD. Tak ing28. Hehave escaped, but he chose to stay and fight.A. mustB. couldC. willD. n eed29. The guard keeps watch at the gate.So he does. Only those knows well could be let in.A. close; whoB. tight; whomC. tight; th

15、atD. close; he30. The teacher stressed again that the students should notany important details while retelling thestory.A. figure outB. let outC. leave outD. pick out31. I m sure An drew will win the first prize in the fin al.I think so. Hefor it for mon ths.A. is preparing B. was preparing C. has b

16、een preparing D. had been preparing32. his arrival, he bega n to make preparati ons for the speech of the conference.A. InB. WithC. OnD. By33. I really don t know I lost my purse.A. where it was that B. whe n was it that C. it was where that D. that it was whe n34. But for the sudde n rain storm, ou

17、r trip to Hong Konga very pleasa nt one.A. wasB. would have bee n C. would beD. had bee n35. Bill, if it doesn t rain, we can go straight on and spend more time in Vienna. I just want to hear Mozart.A. Well done!B. No problem.C. That s great! D. That s it.第二节 完形填空（共20小题；每小题1分，满分20分）请认真阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所

18、给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。I been 16 for six days and was already prepared to deal with failure. I remember when my mum _36 me up that morning, her voice wasn37 t ass it usually was.I stayed in bed for a few minutes. I was 38 to leave its warmth and comfort, and didn t want to face thproblem

19、that I d let mysef for the past six mon ths. Fin ally, I dragged myself out of 40.I finished getting ready and tried to 41 . It didn t work, so I decided that m*2 should go with me.We had a little time, so I thought we could practice park in g. I43 , with the wheel hitt ing the fence. After that,the

20、 littl e bit of con fide nee I d hadwasI tried two more times, but did n 45 much. Then we headedto the test site.I went into a room for some paperwork. And I waited for 20 minu tes just 46 time to make myself believe that I was going to fail. Then, fin ally, it was my 47. I just wan ted to get it ov

21、er and make sure that Ihad to come back next Thursday.I stepped outside and the sky was the light blue I love. It offered me some 48 and I realized someth ing: something between when I pulled myself off the seat and when I got outside. I had become 49 and con fide nt.The first thing I had to do was

22、park ing, which I did quite50 . The con fide nce that came with it hit melike a wave. The rest of the test went well too and I 51 it all. As I drove back, the in structor told me I would not be coming back for a sec ond 52 n ext Thursday.Back in the building I didn t have to say a word. My mum knew

23、just by looking at me. H53 madeher face softer. And I m surteleawtaasabig as the smile on my face. Her eyes, 54, looked kind of teary. Iknew she was 55for me.36. A. gotB. wokeC. turnedD. brought37. A. loudB. weakC. no isyD. strong38. A. un ableB.unhappyC. un willi ngD. un available39. A. me ntio nB.

24、 forgetC. leaveD. put40. A. houseB. kitchenC. garageD. bed41. A. set dow nB. take dow nC. calm dow nD. put dow n42. A. mumB. dadC. in structorD. teacher43. A. succeededB. failedC. man agedD. attempted44. A. missi ngB. lostC. disappearedD.gone45. A. workB. improveC.changeD. get46. A. en oughB. little

25、C. moreD. less47. A. abilityB. performa neeC. timeD. turn48. A. beliefB. adva ntageC. an xietyD. comfort49. A. calmB. an xiousC. excitedD. cautious50. A. badlyB. wellC. un successfullyD. hardly51.A. passedB. wentC. failedD. tried52. A. practiceB. paperworkC. testD. park ing53. A. wordsB. smileC. loo

26、kD. anger54. A. howeverB. thereforeC. althoughD. but55. A. sadB.happyC. n ervousD. sorry第三部分 阅读理解（共15小题；每小题2分，满分30分）请认真阅读下列短文，从短文后各题所给的 A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上 将该项涂黑。AHave you ever thought about what you would like to do after school? Perhaps one of these rather differe nt jobs will suit you.TAST

27、ER: Food companies need people to taste the products that they are making. So many kinds of no bad-tasti ng food are put onto the supermarket shelves. All tasters do all day is take small bites of food. They make no tes of what tastes good and what tastes bad. It is not a job for those who would lik

28、e to stay thin.SNAKE MILKER: This involves taking the poison out of a snake s teeth. You hold the snake over a glassand make it ope n its mouth very wide. The pois on will the n drip from the back of the teeth into the glass; this is known as milking the snake. You have to be very brave if you want

29、to try this.GOLF BALL HUNTER: You will spe nd your day divi ng into waterholes at differe nt golf courses to hunt for lost golf balls. You could be pick ing up as many as 5,000 balls a day. Many golfers are willi ng to buy used golf balls and you could be making a lot of mon ey.CLOCK CLEANER: Everyd

30、ayyouwillbe climbing to the top oftheclocktowersinthecity. Yourresp on sibilities will be to oil, wind andrepair the clocks. This is not a job for some one whoisafraidof heights.56. If you are a taster, you will .A. pick up golf ballsB.oil and repair the clocksC. get some milk from sn akesD.try diff

31、ere nt kinds of food57. If you are afraid of heights, you d better not choose the job as aA. tasterB. sn ake milkerC. clock clea nerD. golf ball hun ter58. You can probably find this passage in aA. n ewspaperB. textbookC. reportD. novelIt was a warm April day when a big fat envelope came in the mail

32、 from the only college I had ever imagined attending. I tore open the packet. My eyes were fixed on the word “ congratulations I dd”itemember ever smili ng so wide.Then I looked at my finan cial package.The cost of Dream School s tuition, room and board was around MYM 40,00（bn impossible sum! How co

33、uld I afford to attend? What good reasons did I have to go there when three other fine colleges were offering me free tuition? My other choices were good, solid schools even if they weren t as famous as my first choiIn my mind, attending my dream university would be the only way to realize my dream

34、of becoming a world-class writer. My parents understood how I felt. They told me that even though it would be a financial problem, I could go wherever I would be happiest. But as 1 was always careful with mon ey, I was n do.One of the schools that offered me a full ride had an informational dinner o

35、ne night in the spring. Considering my parents financial difficulties, I decided to drive the 45 minutes and attend. At first, all I had planned to do was smile politely, eat free food, listen quietly. But I surprised myself.At dinner the preside nt of the uni versity talked about the won derful act

36、ivities on campus in cludi ng guest lectures and social gatheri ngs. He also made it perfectly clear that free food would be offered at all future even ts. He con ti nued with expla nati ons of professors, class sizes, activities, and sport ing events on campus. As he spoke, I began to realize that

37、this school, though not as good as my first choice, might be the best one for me. It seemed small yet with many great programs. It seemed challenging yet caring.As the preside nt en ded his speech, we clapped politely and pushed back our cha in. As I walked out of that door, a feeli ng of comfort wa

38、shed over me. Look ing at the campus that ni ght, I realized that I would be spe nding the n ext four years fighti ng there.In all honesty, my university is not as well- known as my “ dream ” university. However, it turned out to be the right choice of schools for me.59. How did the author feel whe

39、n he started to read the letter?A. He was full of joy.B. He was lost i n his dream.C. He was worried about the mon ey.D. He was un certa in which school to go to.60. We can lear n from the passage that the pare nts were.A. hon estB. strictC. supportiveD. decisive61. In Paragraph 5,“ offered me a ful

40、l ride” can be replaced by“A. would pay for tran sport to the schoolB. would show me around the campusC. would offer free meals at all eve ntsD. would charge me nothing for tuiti on62. What does the author mainly want to say?A. Your sec on d-choice college may actually be your best fit.B. You should

41、 con sider comfort in your choice of schools.C. You should try your best to atte nd your dream school.D. Your choice of schools should be based on their fame.Anne respo nded on May 20, 2009lyJulie, most of us are n ever going to achieve the heights you did as the CEO of a compa ny. I just want to sa

42、y that I was so touched by your transparency （坦诚）.I haven t been attacked publiever like you, but I veuffered from depression just recently in fact. It helps a lot to hearpers onal stories, and it helped to read how you might have han died things differe ntly.Nancy responded on May 21, 2009Somethi n

43、g in Julie drew her to artwork duri ng a very dark time in her jour ney. And later she stated that it s beauty that keeps her going. Beauty and creativity can be very powerful in our lives. And it doesnsuitprise me that Julie was drawn to these naturally. Anne, maybe the artistic kinds ofactivities

44、Julie used will support you well as you move beyond the depressive feelings you re deali ng with.Anne resp on ded on June 4, 2009Nancy, thanks so much for taking the time to offer some great ideas for using creativity to help with depression. Actually during this time Ifoundtlvat my creative work ha

45、s been the onething that s brought me a lot of joy.Julie resp on ded on June 2, 2009Nan cy, tha nk you for your in sights （ 深刻见解 ）.Warmly, Julie.Chris responded on May 31,2009I don t no rmally comme nt on blogs, but this was a very in sightful and tran spare nt p ost （帖子）.1 could really feel that yo

46、u were open and honest about everything you wrote about. Thanks for shari ng and good luck with everythi ng that you do.Julie resp on ded on June 9, 2009Tha nks, Chris.Wendy respo nded on May 30, 2009Julie, everyth ing you shared here is in spir ing. Thank you for hav ing the courage to be so ope n.

47、 I love what you re doing here. Keep it up!Julie respo nded on May 31,2009Tha nk you, Wen dy.63. The above posts cen ter on a blog passage writte n by.A. Wen dyB. JulieC. AnneD. Nancy64. Nancy and Anne share the opinion that.A. work can bring joy to peopleB. creativity may help reduce depressi onC.

48、beauty is the most importa nt in lifeD. differe nt people han dle things differe ntly65. Which of the followi ng about Julie is NOT true?A. Julie is the CEO of a compa ny.B. Julie was once attracted to artwork.C. Julie has n ever bee n attacked publicly.D. Julie was hon est about her past experie nc

49、es.Ds house,How I Turned to Be OptimisticI bega n to grow up that win ter ni ght whe n my pare nts and I were retur ning from my aunt mother said that we might soon be leavi ng for America. We were on the bus the n. I was crying, and some people on the bus were tur ning around to look at me. I remem

50、ber that I could not bear the thought of n ever heari ng aga in the radio program for school children to which I listened every morning.I do not remember myself crying for this reason again. In fact, I think I cried very little when I was saying goodbye to my friends and relatives. When we were leav

51、ing I thought about all the places I was going to see the strange and magical places I had known only from books and pictures. The country I was leaving never to come back was hardly in my head then.The four years that followed taught me the importance of optimism, but the idea did not come to me at

52、 once. For the first two years in New York I was really lost having to study in three schools as a result of family moves. I did not quite know what I was or what I should be. Mother remarried, and things became even more complex for me. Some time passed before my stepfather and I got used to each o

53、ther. I was often sad, and saw no end to hard times. ”My responsibilities in the family increased a lot since I knew English better than everyone else at home. I wrote letters, filled out forms, translated at interviews with Immigration （ 移民 ） officers, took my grandparents to the doctor and transla

54、ted there, and even discussed telephone bills with company representatives.From my experiences I have learned one important rule: almost all common troubles eventually go away! Something good is certain to happen in the end when you do not give up, and just wait a little! I believe that my life will

55、 turn out all right, even though it will not be that easy. How did the author know about America before she got there?A. From her relatives.B. From her mother.C. From books and pictures.D. From radio programs.67. Upon leaving for America the author felt .A. confusedB. excitedC. worriedD. amazed68. F

56、or the first two years in New York, the author .A. often lost her wayB. did not think about her futureC. studied in three different schoolsD. got on well with her stepfather69. What can we learn about the author from Paragraph 4?A. She worked as a translator.B. She attended a lot of job interviews.C

57、. She paid telephone bills for her family. D. She helped her family with her English.70. The author believes that .A. her future will be free from troublesB. it is difficult to learn to become patientC. there are more good things than bad things D. good things will happen if one keeps trying第H卷（非选择题 两部分 共35分）第四部分 任务型阅读（共 10小题；每小题 1分，满分 10分） 请认真阅读下列短文，并根据所读内容在文章后表格中的空格里填入最恰当的单词。注意 ：每