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1、辽宁省沈阳市同泽高级中学女中部2015-2016学年高二英语下学期期末考试试题满分：120分*1.25=150分 时间：100分钟第 I 卷第一部分：听力第二部分：阅读理解（共两节，满分40分）第一节（共15小题；每小题2分，满分30分）(刘颖)阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项中（A、B、C和D），选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。AIdeas about education are changing in the United States. Education today is not just a high school diploma (文凭) or a college

2、 degree. Many adults are not interested in going to college. They are interested in other kinds of learning. For them, learning does not end with a diploma. Continuing education gives these adults the chance to increase their knowledge. It also gives them a chance to improve their old skills or

3、 to learn new ones. If they know more or learn more, then they can get a better job or earn more money.  There are usually a large number of classes to choose from. Some adults learn new skills. Some take classes for fun or because the class will be useful for them. Others take classes to impro

4、ve their own lives because they want to feel better about themselves. And still others learn how to be good parents, or how to get along with other people.There are many chances for adults to continue their learning. Almost any community college or public school system has a continuing education pro

5、gram. There are classes in schools, buildings, or churches. Most classes are in the evening, so working people can attend. The classes are usually small, and they are inexpensive. Thousands of people take continuing education classes each year. They receive no diploma and no grade for most of the cl

6、asses they attend. For them, learning is something they do because they want to.21. Nowadays, some adults go to continuing education classes to _.A. just get a college education                    

7、60;       B. earn gradesC. just get a certificate (证书)                            D. learn new skills 22. Attending continuin

8、g education classes _.A. is expensive                                         B. requires a lot C. d

9、oes not cost much money                            D. is free of charge23. What is the main idea of the last Paragraph?A. Adults can continue their le

10、arning. B. Most continuing education classes are in the evening.C. Classes are held for working people.D. Adults have many chances to continue their learning.24. We can infer from the passage that _.A. adult education is very popularB. college education is not importantC. other kinds of le

11、arning are more important than school learningD. continuing education classes teach the same courses that are taught in collegesBIf parents bring up a child with the aim of turning the child into a genius, they will cause great damage to him. According to several leading educational experts, this is

12、 one of the biggest mistakes that some parents make. Generally, the child will understand very well what the parents expect, and will fall. Unrealistic(不现实) expectations of the parents can cause great damage to children.  However, if parents are not unrealistic about what they expect their chil

13、dren to do, but are hopeful in a sensible(明智) way, the child may succeed in doing very well - especially if the parents are very supportive to their children.Michael Li is very lucky. He is very fond of music and his parents help him a lot by taking him to concerts and let him attend piano and violi

14、n lessons. Although Michaels mother knows very little about music, his father is a good musician. However, he never makes Michael enter music competitions if he is unwilling.Michaels friend, Winston Chen, however, is not so lucky. Although both his parents are successful musicians, they set too high

15、 a standard for Winston. They want their son to be as successful as they are and so they enter him in every piano competition held. They are very unhappy when he does not win. “When I was your age I used to win every competition I enter.” Winstons father tells him. Winston is always afraid that he w

16、ill disappoint his parents and now he always quiet and unhappy. 25. The main idea of the passage is _.A. what differences there are between parentsB. what aim of a child can be easier to reach C. how parents should make a child a musicianD. how parents should bring up their children26. Mic

17、hael is lucky because _.A. his father is a successful musicianB. his family is rich enough to have a carC. his parents help him in a sensible way  D. he is free to do anything he likes best27. Winstons parents set so high a standard for him that _.A. he is afraid he may disappoint them B.

18、he has made greater progress in musicC. he has to do his best to do everythingD. he often wants to kill himself someday28. It is one of the parents worst mistakes if they _.A. want their child to be a musician B. make their child try to achieve too muchC. dont care their childs education m

19、uchD. help their child to win music competitionCIn one way of thinking, failure is part of life. In another way, failure may be a way towards success. The “spider-story” is often told. Robert Bruce, leader of the Scots in the 13th century, was hiding in a cave from the English. He watched a spider m

20、aking a web(网). The spider tried to reach across a rough place in the rock. He tried six times. On the seventh time he made it and went on to make his web. Bruce is said to have been encouraged by this and to have gone on to defeat the English. Edison, the inventor of the light bulb, made hundreds o

21、f models that failed before he found the right way to make one. Once he was asked why he kept on trying to make a new type of battery when he had failed so often, he replied, “Failure? I have no failure. Now I know 50,000 ways it wont work.”So what? First, always think about your failure. What cause

22、d it? Were conditions right? Were you in top form yourself? What can you change so things will go right next time?Second, is the goal youre trying to reach the right one? Try to do some thinking about what your real goals may be. Think about this question, “If I do succeed in this, where will it get

23、 me?” This may help you prevent failure in things you shouldnt be doing anyway.The third thing to keep in mind about failure is that its a part of life. Learn to “live with yourself” even though you may have failed.29. This passage deals with _.A. two sides of failure     B.

24、 failure and successC. the “spider-story”    D. the invention of light bulb30. In the first paragraph the writer tells mainly about _.A.  how people fail B. the value of failure C. famous failures       D. how not to fail31. The thing the writer

25、 does not tell you to do to deal with failure is _.A. check out your goals to see if they are right for youB. think about failure as part of your lifeC. keep away from things that are beyond you D. think about failure to find out what went wrong32. Even if we have failed, we should _.A. learn to for

26、get it    B. learn to remember itC. learn to enjoy it    D. learn to accept itDThe food we eat seems to have a great effect on our health. Although science has made big steps in making food more fit to eat, it has, at the same time, made many foods unfit to eat. Some re

27、search has shown that perhaps eighty percent of human illness is related to food and forty percent of cancer is related to food as well. That food is related to illness is not a new discovery. In 1945, some researchers realized that things commonly used to keep colour in meats and other food additiv

28、es（添加剂）caused cancer.Yet, these additives remain in our food, and it is difficult to know which things on the wrappings（包装）of foods are helpful or harmful. The additives which we eat are not all so direct. Farmers often give penicillin to their animals, and because of this, penicillin has been found

29、 in the milk of cows. Sometimes similar things are supplied to animals not for their health, but just to make a profit.The farmers are simply trying to fatten the animals in order to get a higher price on the market. Although some countries have tried to control such things, the practice continues.3

30、3. Things that are used to keep colours in meats are       .A. harmful      B. useless        C. helpless         D. dangerous34. People use additives

31、       .A. to make food more unfit to eat   B. to improve the colour and taste of the foodC. to change colour of the food     D. to take off the diseases of the food35. Which of the following is not true?A. Some wrappings of

32、food are harmful.B. Farmers try to make more money on the market by fattening their animals.C. “The practice continues” means “things are still going on like that”.D. We neednt take care of what we eat.第二节（共5小题；每小题2分，满分10分）（宁宇）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。Scientists say progress in medic

33、al research could reduce the number and severity (严重性) of malaria (疟疾) cases worldwide.   36   The events will call attention to the disease and international efforts against it.This is the third year that World Malaria Day has been observed.   37 &#

34、160; The international malaria community has set the end of 2010 as its target for meeting the first in a series of goals.One of the goals is to provide protection, medical diagnosis and treatment for every person at risk of malaria. A second goal is to reduce the number of malaria cases and de

35、aths by 50  or more in 10 years.  38   That represents more than half of the worlds population. Americas Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says the disease will infect 300,000,000 to 500,000,000 people around the world this year. Each year, malaria kills about

36、900,000 people worldwide. Those surviving are often left brain damaged, blind or with hearing loss.  39   The WHO says the disease is responsible for one in five childhood deaths there. Malaria kills about 200,000 children in Africa every year, and average of one every thirty sec

37、onds.Malaria is also a threat to people living in parts of Asia, Central and South America, the Middle East, and southeastern Europe. People from malaria-free countries who visit areas with malaria are also very much at risk.   40 A. Most cases of malaria are in African countries

38、.B. It is also an important year in the fight against malaria.C. This is because their bodies have little or no resistance to the disease.D. The world is expected to reach its goal of zero malaria deaths by 2015.E. World Malaria Day activities are planned in many countries this Sunday.F. Signs of th

39、e disease appear in victims ten to fifteen days after they are bitten.G. The World Health Organization estimates that more than three billion people live in areas where malaria is a threat.第三部分：英语知识运用 （共两节, 满分45分）第一节 完形填空（共20小题；每小题1.5分，满分30分）(宿凤)阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C、D）中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该

40、项涂黑。When I was in primary school，I got into a major argument with a boy in my class. Icant  41  what it was about，but I have never forgotten the 42  I learned that day.I was 43  that I was right and he was wrong；and he was sure that I was wrong and he was right. The 44

41、 decided to teach us a very important lesson. She 45  both of us up to the 46  of the class and 47  him on one side of her desk and me on 48  . In the middle of her desk was a large，round object. I could 49  see that it was black. She asked the boy what 50  th

42、e object was. “White.” he answered.I couldnt believe he said the object was white, 51  it was obviously black！Another 52  started between my classmate and me，this 53  about the color of the object.The teacher told me to go and stand where the boy was standing and told him to

43、 come and stand where I had been. We changed 54  ，and now she asked me what the color of the object was. I 55  answer，“White.” It was an object with two 56  colored sides，and from his side it was white.  57  from my side it was black.My teacher taught me a very imp

44、ortant lesson that day：you must 58  in other persons shoes and look at the 59  through their eyes in order to 60  understand their feelings.41A. forget               Bsuppose     &

45、#160;          Cremind               Dremember42A. lesson               Blecture      

46、;         Cclass               Dtext43A. permitted              Bhoped       

47、60;       Cconvinced            Dallowed44A. officer               Bteacher          

48、     Cdoctor               Dparent45A. told               Bcame            

49、   Cbrought               Dwoke46A. back               Bfront              

50、 Cmiddle                Dside47A. planted               Bplaced               Cplanne

51、d              Dfixed48A. the other               Banother               Cother  

52、;             Dothers49A. luckily               Bfortunately           Cclearly     &

53、#160;         Dalmost50A. width               Bshape               Ccolor        

54、;         Dsize51A. when               Bunless               Cuntil        

55、       Dif52A. fight               Bargument             Cconversation        Dgame53A.

56、60;time               Bchance               Cobject               Dmeans54A. places&#

57、160;              Bseats               Cattitudes               Dglasses55A. needed to

58、0;              Bwas able to          Choped to               Dhad to56A. similarly    

59、60;          Bdifferently           Cbeautifully            Dsurprisingly57A. Still        

60、0;      BSince               COnly               DAlso58A. seat           &

61、#160;   Bstand               Clie               Dput59A. situation             &

62、#160; Bmovement           Ccondition              Dbehavior60A. unexpectedly          Bobviously    

63、         Ccalmly               Dtruly第II卷注意：将答案写在答题卡上，写在本试卷上无效。第三部分 英语知识运用（共两节，满分45分）第二节（共10小题：每小题1.5分，满分15分）（宁宇）阅读下面材料，在空白处填入适当的内容（1个单词）或括号内单词的正确形式。A: Hello, This is Li speaking. Bobby

64、, it seems that I  61   arrive at your home by 12 0'cloek .B: What 62   (happen)? We are expecting you, Hans, DickA: I'm so sorry, I've been  63     (hold) up by the damn traffic jam for half 64   hour .I'd have arrived but for that.B: I s

65、ee.  65   are you now, Li?A: Thirty meters ahead is Waterloo Bridge.B: It's not far from here. It's - let me see - about 20 minutes' walk; can you walk here?A: I've thought of that, but what can I do 66   my car? If only I had taken a taxi!B: That's too bad. 6

66、7   don't worry; We'll put  68   dinner till one oclock.A: I'm so  69   (terrible) sorry to keep you  70   (wait).B: It doesnt matter.  Bye.A: Bye.第四部分：写作（共两节，满分35分）（沈玲）第一节 短文改错（共10小题；每小题1分，满分10分）假定英语课上老师要求同桌之间交换修改作文，请你修改你同桌写的以下作文。文中共有10处语言错误，

67、每句中最多有两处。每处错误仅涉及一个单词的增加、删除或修改。增加：在此处加一个漏字符号（），并在下面写出增加的词；删除：把多余的词用斜线（）划掉；修改：在错的词下划一横线，并在该词下面写出修改后的词。注意：1. 每处错误及其修改均仅限一词； 2. 只允许修改10处，多者（从11处起）不计分。I get on well with my deskmate. He admire my fluent English and I usually feel encouraging by his positive comments. One day, while learning the word “ove

68、rweight” in class, we are asked to make a sentence with it. I volunteered to do it by saying “my deskmate is overweight boy whose clothes never fit him.” Hearing of this, the whole class burst into laughters and my deskmates face turned red. He was very upset but wouldnt talk to me after class. My m

69、indless words must have hurt him deep. It was not until then that he realized words could be powerful, both positively and negatively. However, we should avoid hurting others when we speak.第二节书面表达（满分25分）假设你是李华， 你的美国朋友Jack 来信询问你校开展的“光盘行动”（Clear Your Plate Campaign）的有关事宜。请根据提示给他写一封回信。内容包括：   1.“光盘行动”的目的；2.“光盘行动”后学生的变化；3. 你的体会。注意：1. 词数100 左右；2. 可适当增加细节，以使行文连贯；3. 开头和结尾已给出，不计入总词数。Dear Ja