（整理版高中英语）理工大学附属高二英语下学期期末

1、市理工大学附属- 高二英语下学期期末考试试题listening comprehension (20%)section adirections: in section a, you will hear ten short conversations between two speakers. at the end of each conversation, a question will be asked about what was said. the conversations and the questions will be spoken only once. after you hea

2、r a conversation and the question about it, read the four possible answers on your paper, and decide which one is the best answer to the question you have heard.1. a. coke.b. coffee.c. tea.d. water.2. a. at a restaurant. b. at a studio.c. at a concert.d. at a theatre.3. a. relieved.b. worried.c. con

3、fused.d. depressed.4. a. the brownsb. the browns son.c. the postman.d. the neighbour.5. a. 7:00.b. 7:10.c. 9:00.d. 9:10.6. a. the ring is not hers.b. she doesnt have gold rings.c. she prefers gold to silver.d. she lost her silver ring.7. a. the screen doesnt have to be cleaned.b. the keyboard also n

4、eeds cleaning.c. the man shouldnt do the cleaning.d. theres not enough time to clean both.8. a. the driver will stop the bus immediately.b. the guy by the door will help the woman.c. the woman should check the map.d. he will tell the woman when to get off.9. a. she dislikes fireworks.b. she has plan

5、s for the evening.c. she doesnt feel like going out.d. she has to get theatre tickets.10. a. they cant see the stars clearly.b. theyre not in the city tonight.c. theyre looking at the stars from the city.d. theyre talking about movie stars.section bdirections: in section b, you will hear two short p

6、assages, and you will be asked three questions on each of the passages. the passages will be read twice, but the questions will be spoken only once. when you hear a question, read the four possible answers on your paper and decide which one would be the best answer to the question you have heard.que

7、stions 11 through 13 are based on the following passage.11. a. it can make her famous.b. it is easy and rewarding.c. it is dangerous but exciting.d. it has its moving moment.12. a. somebody was killed.b. nobody was injured.c. karen was physically hurt.d. many buildings exploded.13. a. a fierce war.

8、b. a serious injury.c. a terrible explosion. d. a brave journalist.questions 14 through 16 are based on the following passage.14. a. internet use is increasing quickly in rural and urban areas. b. more and more rural residents have internet access. c. people have a limited choice on internet provide

9、rs. d. city residents use the internet frequently.15. a. over 2 million.b. around 6 million.c. 23 million.d. 17 million.16. a. more girls have their own websites than boys. b. 1 in 4 kids have internet access from home. c. most kids think they get too little time online at school. d. internet connec

10、tion at home is quicker than that at school.section cdirections: in section c, you will hear two longer conversations. the conversations will be read twice. after you hear each conversation, you are required to fill in the numbered blanks with the information you have heard. write your answers on yo

11、ur answer sheet.blanks 17 through 20 are based on the following conversation.complete the form. write one word for each answer.garden restaurant reservation formnamejessica _17_time9:00 p.m. _18_number of peoplesix.phone number_19_special request_20_ dishes.ii. grammar and vocabularysection a (24%)2

12、1. we waited and waited. _ we had been looking forward to.a. then came the hourb. then did the hour comec. the hour camed. the hour then came22. great changes have taken place in that school. it is no longer _ it was 20 years ago, _ it was so poorly equipped.a. which; thatb. that; whichc. what; whic

13、hd. what; when 23. oh, its you! i _ you. you used to be fat. when did you lose your weight?a. didnt recognizeb. hadnt recognizedc. havent recognizedd. wouldnt recognize24. it was not until _ that _ to prepare his lesson.a. did his father come in; the boy beganb. his father came in; the boy beganc. d

14、id his father come in; did the boy begind. his father came in; did the boy begin25. _ great achievements china may have in the future, it is likely that many of them will be born in western china.a. ifb. whateverc. asd. however26. “john won the first prize in the contest. “_.a. so he did, toob. so h

15、e didc. so did hed. so did he, too27. _ had been done, the working efficiency of the employees still remained low.a. thoughb. despitec. despite whatd. despite the fact that28. i _ there since i wasnt asked to, but i did.a. neednt have goneb. didnt need to goc. couldnt have goned. couldnt go29. he wa

16、s so absorbed in his work that not a sound _.a. did she dare to makeb. dared she to makec. she did dare maked. she dared make30. i felt its an honor _ to attend the opening ceremony of the new company.a. to inviteb. of being invitedc. to be invitedd. having invited31. the boy felt quite happy becaus

17、e he was closer to _ the answer on his own.a. have foundb. findc. findingd. having found32. i thought her brother nice and honest _ i met him.a. for the first timeb. the first timec. every time whend. by the time when33. he is so familiar with the city. he must have been here, _?a. hasnt heb. havent

18、 hec. didnt hed. wasnt he34. the young man, upon _, denied having stolen the old womans handbag on the bus.a. being questionedb. questionedc. having been questionedd. questioning35. the room is in a terrible mess. it _ cleaned.a. cant have beenb. shouldnt have beenc. mustnt have beend. wouldnt have

19、been36. it is not good manners to _ in the corner; say whatever it is out loud.a. manageb. whisperc. stared. gesture37. farming workshop will be offered once per week. gardener will assist residents to establish the farmland and teach _ skills.a. estimationb. devotionc. cultivationd. elimination38.

20、your advice is _ to me.a. great useb. great usefulc. of great used. usefully39. you can be of great help by just adding pictures, or helping to _ the language.a. touchb. polishc. colord. uncover40. the firm has overcome its resistance _ new technology.a. inb. atc. tod. on41. a famous politician will

21、 _ us on the subject of war and peace this afternoon.a. rewardb. addressc. spreadd. deliver42. the police are trying to find out the _ of the man killed in the accident.a. identityb. crimesc. relativityd. evidence43. if your child did complete a difficult task, _ him with a sunday trip or a ball gam

22、e with dad.a. awardb. accompanyc. rewardd. satisfy44. she has _ some amazing schemes to double her income.a. come down withb. come toc. come out withd. come up withsection b (9%)a. temporarilyb. cornerc. reducedd. depressedab. chancesac. freshad. providesbc. routinebd. turncd. riseif a person has lo

23、st a job, the first feeling is often one of shock. as well as the loss of income, many people find the whole _45_ of their life is disordered, their contact with other people _46_, their ambitions stopped _47_ and their identity as a worker removed.at first there may be good feelings too a new and b

24、etter job is just around the _48_ its nice to be able to lie in bed in the morning or spend more time with the children and have more time to think. but, unless a better job does _49_ up, the _50_ are the days start getting longer and time becomes harder to fill. many people pass through periods of

25、difficulty in sleeping and eating. they are easily annoyed and often feel _51_, isolated and lonely.despite all these problems, though, unemployment can be a chance for a _52_ start. those who have lost their job can discover that it _53_ an opportunity to rethink what they want from life and how be

26、st they can get it.iii. reading comprehensionsection a (15%)for many people today, reading is no longer relaxation. to keep up their work they must read letters, reports, trade publications, interoffice communications, not to mention newspapers and magazines: a never-ending flood of words. in _54_ a

27、 job or advancing in one, the ability to read and comprehend _55_ can mean the difference between success and failure. yet the unfortunate fact is that most of us are poor readers. most of us develop poor reading _56_ at an early age, and never get over them. the main deficiency缺乏_57_ in the actual

28、stuff of language itselfword. taken individually, words have little meaning until they are strung together into phrases, sentences and paragraphs. _58_, however, the untrained reader does not read groups of words. he laboriously reads one word at a time, often regressing to _59_ words or passages. r

29、egression, the tendency to look back over _60_ you have just read, is a common bad habit in reading. another habit which _61_ down the speed of reading is vocalizationsounding each word either orally or mentally as one reads.to overcome these bad habits, some reading clinics use a device called acce

30、lerator, which moves a bar (or curtain) down the page at a predetermined speed. the bar is set at a slightly faster rate _62_ the reader finds comfortable, in order to “stretch him. the accelerator forces the reader to read fast, _63_ word-by-word reading, regression and subvocalization, practically

31、 impossible. at first _64_ is sacrificed for speed. but when you learn to read ideas and concepts, you will not only read faster, _65_ your comprehension will improve. many people have found their reading skill drastically improved after some training. _66_ charlce au, a business manager, for instan

32、ce, his reading rate was a reasonably good 172 words a minute _67_ the training, now it is an excellent 1378 words a minute. he is delighted that how he can _68_ a lot more reading material in a short period of time. 54.a. applyingb. doingc. offeringd. getting55.a. quicklyb. easilyc. roughlyd. decid

33、edly56.a. trainingb. habitsc. situationsd. custom57.a. liesb. combinesc. touchesd. involves58.a. fortunatelyb. in factc. logicallyd. unfortunately59.a. reuseb. rereadc. rewrited. recite60.a. whatb. whichc. thatd. if61.a. scalesb. cutsc. slowsd. measures62.a. thenb. asc. beyondd. than63.a. enablingb.

34、 leadingc. makingd. indicating64.a. meaningb. comprehensionc. gistd. regression65.a. butb. norc. ord. for66.a. look atb. takec. maked. consider67.a. forb. inc. afterd. before68.a. masterb. go overc. presentd. get throughsection b (12%) (a)penelope leach, a famous british psychologist once said: “lov

35、ing a child is a round business. the more you give, the more you get, the more you want to give. her clever remark about parent-child relationship proves to be true of my blooded family. born in 1928 and as the youngest of 5 children, i learned to share everything with my brothers and sisters includ

36、ing my parents love. raising 5 children during the difficult times of the great depression took its toll on my parents relationship and resulted in their divorce when i was 18 years old. daddy never had very close relationships with his children and drifted even farther away from us after the divorc

37、e.after some years, an amazing woman entered into his life, and they were married. she had two sons, one of them still at home. under her influence, we became a “fixed family and a good relationship developed between the two families. she has always treated us as if we were her own children. father

38、and our stepmother shared life over twenty-five years together before our father passed away. at the time of his death, a question came up. its about my mother, daddys first wife, attending his funeral. i will never forget the unconditional love shown by my stepmother when i asked her if she would o

39、bject to mother attending daddys funeral. without giving it a second thought, she immediately replied, “of course not, honey. shes the mother of my children. 69. according to the speaker, what contributed to her parents divorce?a. the wrong doings of the children.b. the difficulties from keeping a b

40、ig family in a hard period of time.c. her fathers disloyalty to the family.d. the poor relationship between her father and the children.70. according to the passage, her father became closer to his own children later because of _. a. his improved financial condition b. his increased agec. the good e

41、ffect of his second wife d. his own childrens continuous efforts71. what message does the speaker want to convey in this story?a. happiness is easy to find in fixed families b. love is blind.c. love gives birth to love. ddivorces are very harmful to young children.(b)todays career assumption is that

42、 you can get a lot of development, challenge and job satisfaction and not necessarily be in a management role. managing others is always a tough task, but in the past that stress was balanced by hopes for career mobility and financial rewards. along with a sizable pay raise, people chosen as manager

43、s would begin a nearly automatic climb up the career ladder to successful executive private benefits: company cars, club memberships, plus the key to the executive washroom. but in todays global and more competitive showground, a manager sits in an insecure (不稳定的)chair. more companies has begun to t

44、ake less management as they come to view their organizations as collections of talents rather than hierarchies (等级). there are far fewer steps for managers to climb. also, managerial jobs demand more hours and headaches than ever before but offer slim, if any financial paybacks and perks. now manage

45、rs must manage many people who are spread over different locations, even over different continents. they must manage across functions with, say, design, finance and marketing. in many companies, when the most praised people in business are those launching something new, management seems like an invi

46、sible, thankless role. employers are looking for people who can do things, not for people who make other people do things. moreover it may not pay to be a manager, at least not the way it once did. ms. chmielewski says, “the emotional rewards can be great, and there were times when i enjoyed managem

47、ent. but a 10-to-11-hour day and one weekend day a month is the norm (标准). with more people cautious of joining management, are companies being hurt or worrying about developing future leaders? not many are. while employers have fired a lot of managers, they believe many more candidates linger on at

48、 many companies. “another reason why companies arent short of managers, argues robert kelley, a business professor, “is that so many workers today are self-managed, either individually or via teams, they dont need a manager. 72. by writing the passage, the writer seems to _. a. explain reasons for f

49、iring managers b. advise people not to become managersc. express dissatisfaction of some managersd. encourage managers to be more competitive73. compared with past, the managing job today is more _. a. demanding b. rewarding c. questionabled. acceptable 74. the author mentions what ms chmielewski sa

50、ys to reflect that _. a. the managers low working efficiency makes them less paid b. the gain of being a manager is not as satisfactory as before c. she enjoys great emotional rewards of being a manager now d. she misses the past enjoyment of being a manager 75. what can we infer from the last parag

51、raph? a. more and more people are eager to become managers. b. there will be more managers to be employed in the future. c. employers think it easy for them to find managers in the future. d. teamwork makes it possible for companies not to hire more managers. (c)psychologists take opposing views of

52、how external rewards, from warm praise to cold cash, affect motivation and creativity. behaviorists, who study the relation between actions and their consequences argue that rewards can improve performance at work and school. cognitive researchers, who study various aspects of mental life, maintain

53、that rewards often destroy creativity by encouraging dependence on approval and gifts from others. the latter view has gained many supporters, especially among educators. but the careful use of small monetary rewards sparks creativity in grade-school children, suggesting that properly presented indu

54、cements诱因 indeed aid inventiveness, according to a study in the june journal of personality and social psychology.“if kids know theyre working for a reward and can focus on a relatively challenging task, they show the most creativity, says robert eisenberger of the university of delaware in newark,

55、“but its easy to kill creativity by giving rewards for poor performance or creating too much anticipation for rewards.a teacher who continually draws attention to rewards or who hands out high grades for ordinary achievement ends up with uninspired students, eisenberger holds. as an example of the l

56、atter point, he notes growing efforts at major universities to tighten grading standards and restore恢复failing grades.in earlier grades, the use of so-called token economies, in which students handle challenging problems and receive performance-based points toward valued reward, shows promise in raising effort and creativity, the delaware psychologist claims.76