赣州市六校高二上学期期末联考英语试题

学必求其心得，业必贵于专精学必求其心得，业必贵于专精学必求其心得，业必贵于专精2013—2014学年度第一学期期末联考高二英语试题本试卷分第I卷（选择题）和第II卷（非选择题）两部分。第I卷（选择题满分115分）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。每段对话仅读一遍.1.Whatwastheforecastfortoday’sweather？A.Warm.B.Windy。C.Cold.2。Howdidthewomanwanttogotothezooatfirst？A。Onfoot。B.Bytaxi。C.Bybus。3.Whatdoesthemanprobablydo？A.Aphotographer。B。Adirector.C。Abuildingdesigner。4。Whydidn’tthewomangetthejob？A.Shedidn'tperformwellintheinterview.B.Shedidn'twritewellenoughasbefore。C。Shedidn’tgetanyprofessionalexperience。5。Howmanypeoplewereonthespotallthetime?A。Three.B.Two.C.One。第二节（共15小题;每小题1.5分，满分22.5分)听下面5段对话或独白，每段对话或独白后有几个小题,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。听每段对话或独白前，你将有时间阅读各个小题，每小题5秒钟；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段对话，回答第6至8题6。Whatseasonisitmostlikelynow？A。Spring.B。Summer。C.Autumn。7。Whydoesthewomancomehere？A。Toteachskating。B。Toattendawedding.C。TovisitJohn。8。Wheredoesthemanworknow？A.AtBankofAmerica.B.Attheradiostation。C。AttheTVstation.听第7段对话,回答第9至11题9。Whosupportedthewomanfinanciallyforherstudyatthenurseschool？A。Herparents.B。Thegovernment.C.Thewomanherself。10。Whatdoyoulearnaboutthewoman’sparents?A.Theyrespectherchoice.B.Theytreatherasachild.C.Theycontrolhertoomuch.11。Whatdoweknowabouttheman?A。Hewillbeforcedtostudyabroad.B.Heislongingformorefreedom。C。Heisopentopersuasion.听第8段对话，回答第12至14题12.Whatisthewomanaskingabout?A。Theboyrescuedfromdanger。B。TheadventurethathappenedtoJack.C。Jack’sholidayontheseaside.13。Whathappenedtotheboy?A.Hefelloffthecliff.B.Hewasstuckintherocks。C.Hewasbadlyhurt.14。Whoactuallyrescuedtheboy?A。Thepeoplenearby.B。Jack.C.TheCoastRescueService。听第9段材料,回答第15至第17题.15.Whatarethetwospeakersmainlytalkingabout?A.Cartoonsandcartoonmovies.B.Therelationshipbetweenhumansandanimals。C.Thedifferencebetweenkidsandadults。16。WhichofthefollowingstatementsaboutIceAgeisCORRECT？A.Theplotisnoteasytounderstand.B.Allthecharactersareanimals.C.It’sanimaginativefilm。17.What’stheusualimageofhumansincartoonmovies?A。Lovely.B。Brave。C。Unkind.听第10段材料，回答第18至第20题.18。Whatkindofclothesdoesthespeaker’ssisterlike?A.Clothesofnewdesign。B.Cheapclothes.C.Ordinaryclothes。19。Whatdothetwinsistershaveincommon?A.Theybothwanttobealone.B。Theyenjoyloudmusic.C.Theyenjoyfriendship.20。Whydoesn’tthespeakerlikelivinginthesameroomwithhertwinsister？A。Hertwinsisteroftenbringsfriendshomeandmakestoomuchnoise。B.Thespeakerlikestokeepthingsneatwhilehersisterdoesn’t.C.Theycan’tagreeonthecoloroftheroom。第二部分英语知识运用（共两节，满分45分）第一节单项填空（共15小题，每小题1分，满分15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。21.Jumpingoutof________airplaneattenthousandfeetisquite________excitingexperience。A。an;anB./；theC./;anD.the；the22.Fully________inpreparingforthecomingexam,shenolongerhastimetoenjoythevariousactivitiesinherneighborhood.A。devotedB.contributedC。attendedD。absorbed23.Nowadays，childrenare________toomanyviolentonlinegames,whichisbadforthedevelopmentoftheircharacters.A。defeatedbyB.limitedtoC.handledbyD。exposedto24.Witheverythingsheneeded________，shewentoutoftheshop，withherhandsfullofshoppingbags。A。boughtB。tobuyC。buyingD。buy25。________allmyfamily,Isincerelythankyouforwhatyouhavedoneforus。A.OnbehalfofB。InhonorofC。IncaseofD.Insteadof26。________fromthemoon，ourearthwithwater________seventypercentofitssurfacelookslikeabluesphere。A。Seen;coveredB.Seeing；coveringC.Seen；coveringD.Seeing；covered27。Hewasdrivinghomeonthehighwaylastnightwhenapolicemanstoppedhimand________himofspeeding.A.chargedB。accusedC.warnedD。reminded28.Unsatisfied________withthepayment，hetookthejobjusttogetsomeworkexperience.A.thoughwasheB.thoughhewasC。hewasthoughD。washethough29.Inmyopinion，theideaofafamilyismuchnarrowerthan________。A.thatusedtobeB.itusedtoC.itwasusedtoD。itusedtobe30.Thisprinterisofgoodquality。Ifit________breakdownwithinthefirstyear，wewouldrepairitatourexpense.A。wouldB.shouldC。couldD。might31。Aftertheearthquake,________foodandmedicinewassentthere.A。agoodmanyB.scoresofC。agooddealofD.alargenumberof32。—Theyarequiet,aren'tthey？—Yes。Theyareaccustomed________atmeals.A。totalkB.tonottalkC.totalkingD。tonottalking33。—Hegothisfirstbookpublished.Itturnedouttobeabestseller.-Whenwas________？—________wasin2000whenhewasstillincollege.A。that;ThisB.this;ItC.it;ThisD.that；It34。It'snotwhatwedoonceinawhile________shapesourlives,butwhatwedoconsistently.A。whichB.thatC。howD.when35.—Ineedtogetchanged.-________!We’llbelatefortheparty。A.Oh,comeon B。GoaheadC.TakeiteasyD。It’sapity第二节完形填空（共20小题；每小题1.5分，满分30分）阅读下面短文后面所给各题的四个选项（A、B、C和D)中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。SomeyearsagowhenIwasinmyfirstyearincollege，IheardSalomeBeysingforthefirsttime.Themomentwasexciting.Salome’s36filledtheroomandbroughtthetheatertolife.Iwasso37thatIdecidedtowriteanarticleabouther。I38SalomeBey,tellingherIwasfromEssencemagazine,andthatIwantedtomeethertotalkabouthercareer。She39andtoldmetocometoherStudionextTuesday。WhenIhungup，Iwasscaredoutofmind.I40Iwaslying.Iwasnotawriteratallandhadn’tevenwrittenagrocerylist.IinterviewedSalomeBeythenextTuesday。Isatthere41，takingnotesandaskingquestionsthatallbeganwith，“Canyoutellme…？"Isoonrealizedthat42SalomeBeywasonething，butwritingastoryforanationalmagazinewasjustimpossible.The43wasalmostunbearable。Istruggledfordays44draft(草稿）afterdraft。FinallyIputmymanuscript（手稿）intoalargeenvelopeanddroppeditintoamailbox.Itdidn’ttakelong.Mymanuscript45。Howstupidofme!Ithought.HowcouldI46inaworldofprofessionalwriters？KnowingIcouldn’t47therejectionletter，Ithrewtheunopenedenvelopeintoadrawer。Fiveyearslater，IwasmovingtoCalifornia。While48myapartment,Icameacrosstheunopenedenvelope。ThistimeIopeneditandreadtheeditor’sletterin49:MsProfit，YourstoryonSalomeBeyisfantastic。Yetweneedsome50materials。Pleaseaddthoseandreturnthearticleimmediately。Wewouldliketo51yourstorysoon。Shocked，ittookmealongtimeto52.Fearofrejectioncostmegreatly。Ilostatleastfivehundreddollarsandthechanceofhavingmyarticleappearinamajormagazine.Moreimportantly,Ilostyearsof53writing。Today,Ihavebecomeafull—timewriter。Lookingbackonthis54,Ilearnedaveryimportantlesson:Youcan't55todoubtyourself。36.A。joy B。voice C。speech D。smile37。 A。proud B.active C。satisfied D.moved38. A。visited B.emailed C。phoned D。interviewed39. A。agreed B。refused C。hesitated D.paused40。 A。replied B。discovered C。explained D。knew41. A.seriously B。patiently C.nervously D。quietly42. A.blaming B.fooling C。inviting D.urging43. A。hardship B。failure C。comment D。pressure44。 A.with B.by C。on D。in45. A。disappeared B.returned C。spread D.improved46. A.compare B.struggle C。survive D.compete47. A。ignore B.deliver C。face D。receive48. A.decorating B。repairing C.cleaning D。leaving49. A。surprise B.anxiety C。horror D.trouble50. A.subjective B.detailed C.private D。complex51. A.broadcast B.create C。publish D。assess52. A.recover B.prepare C。escape D。concentrate53. A.energetic B。endless C。typical D.enjoyable54. A.experience B。success C.benefit D.accident55。 A.attempt B。afford C。expect D。pretend第三部分阅读理解（共20小题;每小题2分，满分40分)阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中，选出最佳选项.ACompassionisadesirewithinustohelpothers.Witheffort，wecantranslatecompassionintoaction.Anexperiencelastweekendshowedmethisistrue，Iworkpart—timeinasupermarketacrossfromabuildingfortheelderly.Theseoldpeopleareourmaincustomers,andit’snothardtolosepatienceovertheirslowness。ButlastSunday,oneagedgentlemanappearedtoteachmeavaluablelesson。Thisuntidymanwalkeduptomyregister（收款机）withaboxofbiscuits.Hesaidhewasoutofcash，hadjustmovedintohisroom,andhadnothinginhiscupboards.Heaskedifwecouldlethimhavethefoodontrust。Hepromisedtorepaymethenextday。Icouldn’thelpstaringathim,Iwonderedwhatkindofpersonhehadbeentenortwentyyearsbefore,andwhathewouldbelikeifluckhadgonehisway.Ihadahurtinmyheartforthiskindofhumansoul,allaloneintheworld，ItoldhimthatIwassorry,butstorerulesdidn’tallowmetodoso.Ifeltstupidandunkindsayingthis,butIvaluedmyjob.Justthen，anotherman，standingbehindthefirst,spokeup。Ifanything,helookedmorepitiable.“Chargeittome”wasallhesaid。WhatIhadbeenfeelingwaspity.Pityissoftandsafeandeasy.Compassion,ontheotherhand,iscaringinaction.Ithankedthesecondmanbuttoldhimthatwasnotallowedeither,thenIreachedintomypocketandpaidforthebiscuitsmyself。Ireachedintomypocketbecausethesetwomenhadreachedintomyheartandtaughtmecompassion.56.Theagedgentlemanwhowantedtobuythebiscuits________.A.promisedtoobeythestorerulesB.forgottotakeanymoneywithhimC.hopedtohavethefoodfirstandpaylaterD。couldnotaffordanythingmoreexpensive57.Whichofthefollowingbestdescribestheoldgentleman？A.Kindandlucky。B。Poorandlonely.C。Friendlyandhelpful.D。Hurtanddisappointed.58。Thewriteracteduponthestorerulesbecause________。A。hewantedtokeephispresentjobB。hefeltnopityfortheoldgentlemanC。heconsideredtheoldmandishonestD。heexpectedsomeoneelsetopayfortheoldman59。Whatdoesthewriterlearnfromhisexperience？A.wealthismoreimportantthananythingelse.B.Helpingothersiseasiersaidthandone.C。experienceisbettergainedthroughpractice.D.Obeyingtherulesmeansmorethancompassion。60.Howwouldtheoldmenfeelattheendofthestory?A.Sadanddisappointed.B.Happyandlucky.C。Depressedandunlucky.D。Surprisedandgrateful.BRecentlyIspoketosomeofmystudentsaboutwhattheywantedtodoaftertheygraduated，andwhatkindofjobprospectstheythoughttheyhad。GiventhatIteachstudentswhoaretrainedtobedoctors,Iwassurprisedtofindthatmostthoughtthattheywouldnotbeabletogetthejobstheywantedwithout“outsidehelp”。“Whatkindofhelpisthat？”Iasked,expectingthemtotellmethattheywouldneedarelativeorfamilyfriendtohelpthemout.“Surgery（外科手术）”，onereplied。Iwasprettyalarmedbythatresponse.Itseemsthatthegraduatesoftodayareincreasinglywillingtogoundertheknifetogetaheadofotherswhenitcomestogettingajob。Onegirltoldmethatshewasconsideringsurgerytoincreaseherheight.“Theybreakyourlegs,putinspecialextendingscrews，andslowlyexpandthegapbetweenthetwoendsoftheboneasitregrows。Youcangetatleast5cmtaller!"Atthatpoint,Iwasshocked。Iamshort.Ican’tdenythat,butIdon'tthinkIwouldputmyselfthroughmonthsofpainjusttobeafewcentimeterstaller.Idon'tevenbothertowearshoeswiththicksoles，asI’mnottryingtohidethefactthatIamjustnottall！Itseemstomethatthereisatrendtowardwanting“perfection”,andthatisanidealthatjustdoesnotexistinreality。Nooneisbornperfect，yetmagazines，TVshowsandmoviespresentimagesofthin,tall,beautifulpeopleasbeingthenorm（标准).Advertisementsforslimmingaids,beautytreatmentsandcosmeticsurgeryclinicsfillthepagesofnewspapers,furthercreatinganideathat“perfection”isarequirement，andthatitmustbepurchased，nomatterwhatthecost。Inmyopinion，skills，ratherthanappearance，shoulddeterminehowsuccessfulapersonisinhischosencareer.61.Wecanknowfromthepassagethattheauthorworksas________。A。aprofessorB。amodelC。ateacherD。areporter62.Manygraduatestodayturntocosmeticsurgeryto________.A.marryabetterman/womanB.becomeamodelC.getanadvantageoverothersinjob-huntingD。attractmoreadmirers63.Whatwastheauthor’sreactiontowardsthegirl’sdecision？A.Excited.B。Surprised。C。Happy.D。Angry.64.Accordingtothepassage,theauthorbelievesthat________。A。everyoneshouldpursueperfection，whateverthecostB。it’srightforgraduatestoaskforotherstohelpthemoutinhuntingforjobsC。mediaaretoblameformisleadingyoungpeopleintheirseekingforsurgeryD.itisone'sappearanceinsteadofskillsthatreallymattersinone’scareer65.Whatdoestheauthorthinkofhisheight?A.Hehatestobecalledashortman。B。Hetriestoincreasehisheightthroughsurgery.C。Healwayswearsshoeswiththicksolestohidethefact.D.Hejustacceptsitasitis.CWhileincomeworryisarathercommonproblemoftheaged,lonelinessisanotherproblemthatagedparentsmayface.Ofallthereasonsthatexplaintheirloneliness，alargegeographicaldistancebetweenparentsandtheirchildrenisthemajorone.Thisphenomenoniscommonlyknownas“EmptyNestsyndrome”.Inordertofindbetterchancesoutsidetheircountries，manyyoungpeoplehavegoneabroad,leavingtheirparentsbehindwithnoclearideaofwhentheywillreturnhome.Theirparentsspendcountlesslonelydaysandnights,takingcareofthemselves,inthehopethatsomedaytheirchildrenwillcomebacktostaywiththem.ThefactthatmostoftheseyoungpeoplehavegonetoEuropeanizedorAmericanizedsocietiesmakesitunlikelythattheywillholdastightlytothevalueofdutyastheywouldhaveiftheyhadnotlefttheircountries.Whateverthecase,ithasbeennotedthatthevaluestheyholddonotnecessarilymatchwhattheactuallydo.Thisgeographicalandculturaldistancealsopreventsthegrown—upchildrenfromprovidingresponseintimefortheiragedparentslivingbythemselves。Thesituationinwhichgrown-upchildrenlivefarawayfromtheiragedparentshasbeendescribedas“distantparentphenomenon”,whichiscommonbothindevelopedcountriesandindevelopingcountries。Oursocietyhasnotyetbeenwellpreparedfor“EmptyNestSyndrome”。66。Accordingtothepassage,thelonelinessofagedparentsismainlycausedby________。A.theirearlierexperienceoflivingaloneB。thepoorlivingconditionsintheirnativecountriesC.thecommonworrythattheyhavenotsavedmuchmoneyD。thedistancebetweenwhereparentsliveandwheretheirchildrenlive67。Manyyoungpeoplehavegoneabroad，leavingtheiragedparentsbehind,to________。A.realizetheirdreamsinforeigncountriesB。seekabetterplacefortheiragedparentsC.liveinthecountrieswithmoremoneyD。continuetheirstudiesabroad68。Ifyoungpeoplegoabroad,________.A。theydonotholdtothevalueofdutyatallB.theycangivesomehelptotheirparentsbackhomeC。theycannotdowhattheyshouldfortheirparentsD。theybelievewhattheyactuallydoisright69。Fromthelastparagraph，wecaninferthat________。A.thesituationsinthedevelopedanddevelopingcountriesaredifferentB.“EmptyNestSyndrome"hasarrivedunexpectedlyinoursocietyC。childrenwillbecomeindependentassoonastheygoabroadD。theagedparentsarenotfullypreparedfor“EmptyNestSyndrome”70。Thesocietydiscussedinthepassageismostprobably________.A。FranceB。AmericaC。ChinaD。BritainDInmodernsocietythereisagreatdealofargumentaboutcompetition。Someholdanoptimisticattitude。Theyvalueithighly,believingthatitisanaturaloutcomeofsocialprogressandprosperity（繁荣）andthatanyonewhowantstobeoutstandinghastokeepthepace.Othersthinkotherwise。Theysaythatcompetitionisbad;thatitsetsonepersonagainstanother;thattheunfriendlyrelationshipbetweenpeoplebecauseofcompetition。Ihavetaughtmanychildrenwhoheldthebeliefthattheirself-worthdependedonhowwelltheyperformedattennisandotherskills。Forthem,playingwellandwinningareoftenlife-and—deathaffairs.Intheirsingle—mindedpursuit(追求）ofsuccess,thedevelopmentofmanyotherhumanqualitiesissadlyforgotten。However，whilesomeseemtobelostinthedesiretosucceed,othershaveanoppositeopinion.Inaculturewhichvaluesonlythewinnerandpaysnoattentiontotheordinaryplayers，theystronglyblamecompetition。Amongthemostvocalareyoungsterswhohavesufferedundercompetitivepressuresfromtheirparentsorsociety。Theyhavenochoice。Teachingtheseyoungpeople，Ioftenobserveinthemadesiretofail.Theyseemtoseekfailurebynottryingtowinorachievesuccess。Bynottrying,theyalwayshaveanexcuse:“Imayhavelost，butitdoesn’tmatterbecauseIreallydidn’ttry”。Whatisnotusuallyadmittedbythemselvesisthebeliefthatiftheyhadreallytriedandlost,thatwouldmeanalot。Suchalosswouldbeameasureoftheirworth.Clearly,thisbeliefisthesameasthatofthetruecompetitorswhotrytoprovethemselves。Botharebasedonthemistakenbeliefthatone’sself-respectreliesonhowwelloneperformscomparedwithothers.Bothareafraidofnotbeingvalued.Onlyasthisbasicandoftentroublesomefearisovercomecandiscoveranewmeaningincompetition.71.Whatdoesthispassagemainlytalkabout?A。Competitionhelpstosetupself—respect。B.Opinionsaboutcompetitionaredifferentamongpeople.C。Competitionisharmfultopersonalqualitydevelopment.D。Failuresarenecessaryexperienceincompetition。72.Whydosomepeoplefavorcompetitionaccordingtothepassage？A.Itpushessocietyforward。B.Itbuildsupasenseofduty.C.Itimprovespersonalabilities。D。Itencouragesindividualefforts。73.Theunderlinedphrase“themostvocal”inParagraph3means。A。thosewhotrytheirbesttowinB。thosewhovaluecompetitionmosthighlyC。thosewhoareagainstcompetitionmoststronglyD.thosewhorelyonothersmostforsuccess74。Whatisthesimilarbeliefofthetruecompetitorsandthosewitha“desiretofail"?A.One'sworthliesinhisperformancecomparedwithothers.B.One’ssuccessincompetitionneedsgreatefforts.C.One’sachievementisdeterminedbyhisparticularskills.D。One’ssuccessisbasedonhowhardhehastried.75.Whichpointofviewmaytheauthoragreeto?A.Everyeffortshouldbepaidback.B.Competitionshouldbeencouraged.C.Winningshouldbealife—and-deathmatter.D.Fearoffailureshouldberemovedincompetition。第II卷（非选择题共35分)第四部分写作(共两节,满分35分)第一节阅读表达（共5小题；每小题2分，满分10分）阅读下面的短文并回答问题,然后将答案写到题后的横线上(请注意问题后的词数要求）。［1］Readingisoftenquitehelpfultohighschoolstudentsincrisis（危机）.Whatevercrisissomeoneisexperiencing,thereisprobablyalreadyabookaboutitthatwillhelpthereaderfeellessalone.[2]Teenagersareincrisisinsomanydifferentwaysnow.Theyareexperiencingstressasparentslosejobsinafinancialcrisis.Theyareunderpressuretofindawaytopaythetuition（学费）whentheygetacceptedtocollege。Also,theymaybecomehurtbybetrayals(背叛）offriends.［3］Teenagersoftenfeelaloneintheirproblems;theyactliketheyaretheonlypersonontheplanetwhohasexperiencedtheproblem.[4]Modernliteratureisoftenveryhelpfulforteenagers.Ithelpsteenstoreadaboutotherpeoplewhohavehadaseriouscrisisinlifeandgoneontoachievetheirdreamsandagoodlife.［5］Literaturethushelpsteensmoveoutoftheirmindsandtheirfearsandintothelargerworld。Readingliteraturehelpsteenstorealizethateveryonehastodealwithseriousproblemsalongthepathofforminganidentity，choosingacareer，leavingtheirhometownforcollege,andeveryothercrisisateenmayface.[6]Forusteachers,itishelpfultotellthestudentsthatforwhateverproblem_____________，someonemayhavealreadywrittenitinabook.Asktheclasstosharetheproblems，andtrytofindabookthathasaddressedeachone，Literatureincludemanyuniversalthemes。Oncestudentsrealizethat,theymaybecomeinterestedinspendingmoretimeinthelibraryfindingbookstheyrelateto.Oncetheyuseliteraturetogainhelpduringdifficulttimesinlife,theywillrealizethatreadingisreallyawonderfulwaytolear