2015.1高二英语期末试题

温州市普通高中2014学年第一学期期末教学质量检测 高二英语试卷 2015.1

考试时间100分钟，满分100分

第I卷（三部分，共70分）

I．第一部分：听力（共两节，满分15分） 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。每段对话仅读一遍。

1. How much should the man pay if he buys two bottles of milk? A.$20.

B.$35.

C.$40.

2. How does the woman probably feel? A. Disappointed.

B. Happy.

C. Tired.

3. Where is Kelly?

A. In the restaurant. B. In her house.

C. In a meeting.

4. What does the man mean? A. He will train the dog later. B. He will walk the dog anyway. C. He will stay away from the dog. 5. What do you know about the storm? A. It was very big.

B. It killed a large animal.

C. It caused a lot of damage.

第二节（共10小题；每小题1分，满分10分）

听下面4段对话或独白。每段对话或独白后有几个小题，从每题所给的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段材料，回答第6至7题。

6. Why do they want to buy a gift for their mother?

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A. It's her birthday. B. It's Mother's Day. C. It's Women's Day.

7. What are they going to buy? A. Some flowers.

B. A box of chocolates.

C. A book.

听第7段材料，回答第8至9题。 8. What does the woman want to know? A. What the man thinks about his future. B. Where the man is going to drive. C. What kind of dreams the man has at night. 9. Where does the man want to live in the future? A. In a small town.

B. In a big city.

C. On an island.

听第8段材料，回答第10至12题。

10. How often does the man usually visit his aunt?

A. Once a week.

B. Twice a week.

C. Every other day.

11. Where does his aunt live? A. Far away from the shops.

B. Near the shopping center. C. In the countryside.

12. Why does his aunt have lots of pain in her leg? A. She is ill.

B.She gets injured.

C. She is old.

听第9段材料，回答第13至15题。

13. What do the speaker and Dave have in common? A. Hobbies.

B. Jobs.

C. Characters.

14. What do we know about Dave?

A. He isn’t a good listener.

B. He knows the speaker well.

C. He’s never late for everything.

15. When did the speaker and Dave plan to meet last weekend?

A. At 4:00 p.m.

B. At 5:30 p.m.

C. At 6:30 p.m.

II. 第二部分：英语知识运用（共两节，满分25分） 第一节单项填空（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，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。 16. He would have continued to lead _____ poor life if he hadn’t met Mr. Smith by _____ chance. A. the; /

B. a; the

C. a; /

D. /; the

17. The top students introduced three different _____ to the study of physics.

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A. ways B. means C. approaches D. methods

18. I regret _____ my answers carefully before turning in the paper yesterday. A. to check

B. checking

C. not to check

D. not checking

19. Andy is a good husband and his wife, Alice, is clearly very _____. A. content

B. positive

C. famous

D. cautious 20. Mr. Burns looks rather upset, so he is ______ listen to you. A. not likely to

B. likely to

C. likely not

D. likely to not

21. The discussion today _____ three main farming problems. A. carried on

B. relied on

C. based on

D. focused on

22. Up to now, the program _____ thousands of children in those undeveloped areas. A. will save

B. has saved

C. saves

D. had saved

23. _____, the warmer a place is, the more types of plants and animals it will usually support. A. In particular

B. In general

C.In advance

D. In addition

24. The scientists became inspired when they helped the people _____ to Ebola virus（病毒）. A. expose

B. exposing

C. exposed

D. to expose

25. ––I’ve been cleaning my room for hours. ––_____ you look so tired.

A. No wonder

B. No way

C. No doubt

D. No need

第二节完形填空(共15小题;每小题1分,满分15分)

When I was three, my father died in an accident on the job. Then when I was seventeen, my mother 26 died. One minute she was laughing with friends; the next, she was unconscious（失去知觉的） on the floor. She never 27 . Just nineteen hours later, she was dead. I was completely at a loss. I phoned Mike Fieseler, a friend of my mother.

28 he lived about an hour away, he arrived right away. As soon as he walked in, he took care of me. After the funeral（葬礼）he became a(n) 29 visitor. He made sure there was enough food and that the bills were 30 . Touchingly, one day he offered to be my guardian（监护人）, 31 in his opinion would be his honor to take me in.

32 the years, Mike has become not only a legal guardian but a real 33 . When I was unable to get past thoughts of my mother, he was there to 34 . When my husband and I bought our first house, he spent weekends improving it. What more 35 you want from a father than that?

Twelve years after Mike stepped into my 36 , I gave birth to his first granddaughter, Emily

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Michl Simonson. Mike’s legal name is Michl. The name is a reminder of my saved 37 and a promise for the future. I hope one day Emily will see that 38 . I also want her to know this: No matter how fast the waters rise, no matter how hard 39 may be to keep her head above the waves, 40 will throw her a line. 26. A. suddenly B. naturally

C. bravely D. painfully 27. A. gave up B. looked up C. turned up D. woke up 28. A. Because B. Since C. Though D. Unless 29. A. regular B. curious C. ordinary D. enthusiastic 30. A. spent B. sent

C. paid

D. taken 31. A. that

B. which

C. what

D. who 32. A. Until

B.Since C. After D. Over 33. A. teacher B. father C. friend D. partner 34. A. comment B. defend C. listen D. argue 35. A. could

B. would C. should D. might 36. A. memory B. heart

C. career

D. life

37. A. child

B. past

C. family D. father 38. A. in addition B. as well C. or so D. on purpose 39. A. she

B. he

C. one

D. it 40. A. nobody

B. anyone

C. someone

D. everyone

III. 第三部分：阅读理解：（共两节，满分30分） 第一节（共11小题，满分22分）

阅读下列四篇短文，从每题所给的（A、B、C、D）四个选项中选出最佳选项。

A

Jean Craighead George was an American writer of more than one hundred books for children and young adults, including Julie of the Wolves, My Side of the Mountain and On the Far Side of the Mountain. Common topics in George’s works are the environment and the natural world. Besides children’s fiction, she wrote at least two guides to cooking with wild foods and one autobiography（自传）published 30 years before her death, Journey Inward.

George was born in 1919, in WashingtonD.C. and raised in a family of naturalists. Her father, mother, brothers, aunts, and uncles were students of nature. On weekends they camped in the woods near their Washington, D.C. home, climbed trees to study birds, gathered eatable plants, and made fish hooks. It helped her interest in nature and animals develop. She centered her life around writing and

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nature.

George graduated in 1940 from Pennsylvania State University. In the 1940s she was a reporter for the Washington Post. From 1969 to 1982, she was a writer and editor at Readers Digest. She married John Lothur George in 1944, with whom she wrote her first novel.

Her career in children’s literature（文学）began in 1948 with her first book, Vulpes the Red Fox. Eleven years later came My Side of the Mountain, one of the best loved children’s books ever.It tells the story of Sam Gribley, a boy who escapes the busy life of New York City. He goes to live in the wilderness（荒野）of the Catskill Mountains. Sam makes friends with animals. He hunts and fishes and finds plants to eat. He also steals deer that have been killed by hunters. George said she wrote My Side of the Mountain to tell about all the wonderful adventures she experienced as a child in the woods.George hoped her work would help children enjoy the wilderness and also protect it.

George kept one hundred and seventy-three pets, although not all at once. The animals were always free to stay or go. While they are with the family, however, they become characters in George’s books, articles, and stories. Her own children followed in her footsteps. Her daughter writes books about nature for children. One son is a whale researcher and the other studies birds.

George died from heart disease at the age of 92 in 2012.

41. Which topic may NOT be found in George’s works? A. Wild food.

B. Science.

C. Nature.

D. Life stories. 42. Because she ________________, George was interested in natural world. A. centered her life around writing

B. grew up in a family of naturalists C. was a reporter for the Washington Post

D. was a writer and editor at Readers Digest

43. In My Side of the Mountain George tried to tell readers ________. A. to escape the busy city life

B. to make friends with wild animals C. to hunt fishes and find plants

D. to enjoy the wilderness and protect it

B

Do we organize our thoughts in different ways because of the culture we belong to? If it is so, how can we describe those differences?

The idea of different “cultural thought patterns” was first put forward by an American professor, Robert Kaplan, in the 1960s. He had been looking at the writing style of non-native students at his university in California. He found that the writing styles changed systematically（系统地）, according to the cultural origins of the students.

For example, in his opinion, native speakers of English usually went “straight to the point” when

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writing an article. However, other students did not. Speakers of Semitic languages (such as Arabic and Hebrew) kept backtracking, and then returned to the point, while speakers of Oriental languages (such as Chinese) were likely to approach the topic only little by little, as if they were moving around it in circles. Speakers of Romance languages (such as French and Spanish) were likely to stay away from the point, making it harder for the (English-speaking) reader to follow. Speakers of Slav languages (such as Russian) often included ideas which didn’t seem to be connected in any way to the development of the article.

This view attracted a lot of attention as soon as it was expressed. People said it was too simple and biased, becauseit was not based on enough evidence at all, and it was just in support of English (which seemed to offer the “most useful” way of presenting the point of view). Russian students, in particular, did not agree with the idea Kaplan had of them!

But Kaplan’s work at least reminded us that, to be able to write well in English (or any language), it is not enough to master structures at sentence level --- we need to work at a higher level of organization, and to understand how rhetorical devices（修辞手法）, such as repetition and figurative language, are used.

What’s more, most of us would probably agree that people from different cultural backgrounds do have different ways of presenting ideas, or telling stories, and that, even if these differences are difficult, and perhaps impossible to sort out, just knowing that they exist can help us to understand and appreciate each other much better.

44. Paragraph 2 is written to ________. A. present the disagreement B. introduce Robert Kaplan C.draw readers to the topic

D. provide examples for the topic

45. According to Professor Kaplan, which picture showed the Chinese writing style?

A

B

C

D

46. The underline word “biased” in Paragraph 4 is closest to the meaning of “ ________”. A. unfair

B. unusual

C. direct

D. humorous

47. Which of the following may be the best title for the passage? A. Ways of Organizing Thoughts

B. Different Skills for Good Writing

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C. Differences in Writing Styles D. Various Cultural Thought Patterns

C

Recently organically grown food has seen a marked increase in popularity. This is likely because Americans have recently been paying a lot more attention to eating well and exercising. Organic food has been marketed as healthier because producers say that they are grown without chemical and pesticides(杀虫剂). To keep up with the growing demand, many supermarkets have been storing organic food. However, is organic food truly better than traditionally grown food?

On the one hand, people in favor of organic food have their reasons to support organic food. Organic food is grown without chemicals or pesticides. What’s more, farmers who grow organic food focus on using renewable resources and reducing pollution. Also, organic food makes one stay healthy. As heart diseases and obesity（肥胖）rise in American society, people are doing much more to fight against this. Healthy campaigns are encouraging eating healthy foods. In this way organic food is connected with the health movement. For most people, “healthy” is linked to “organic”.

However, on the other hand it has been pointed out that organic food is not necessarily healthier than traditionally grown food. Or at least the difference is not as great as the public feels. Many people believe that organic food has increased nutritional benefits as well, such as an increased amount of vitamins, but studies have shown that there is actually no difference between organic food and traditionally grown food. For every study supporting the benefits, there must be another one there voicing the opposite opinion. With the cost of organic food being so high, sometimes costing twice much as traditionally produced food, some people are beginning to rethink going organic.

With all of the different information out there, perhaps it is best to take it with a grain of salt. Organic food lovers present a good point: eating fewer processed foods and going organic can have health benefits. At the very least, they have fewer harmful chemicals present in them. However, a label stating “organic” does not naturally mean healthy. Also, the high cost of organic food often makes any benefits it has less important. Perhaps the key is moderation（适度）. Many families choose to only buy certain amounts of organic food, which can be beneficial to health without so much of the financial burden.

48. This passage is most likely to be found in the ________ part of a magazine.

A. LIFE B. PEOPLE C. BUSINESS D. NEWS 49. How many reasons are given that have made people go organic? A. Two.

B. Three.

C. Four.

D. Five.

50. It can be learned from Paragraph 3 that ________. A. organic food costs less than traditionally grown food B. traditionally grown food has more nutritional benefits C. organic food is healthier than traditionally grown food

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D. there is little difference between the two kinds of food 51. How is the passage organized? A. Introduction---Topic---Summary B. Introduction---Topic---Argument C. Topic---Discussion---Summary

D. Topic---Examples---Conclusion

IV. 第二节：任务型阅读（共4小题，每题2分，满分8分）

下面短文中有4处（第52—55题）需要添加小标题。请从所给选项（A、B、C、D、Ｅ）中选出符合各段意思的小标题；选项中有一项是多余选项。

A. Enjoy everything alone B. Learn to love and be helpful. C. Live a simple but active life D. Get prepared before you adventure E. Adventureis risky but worthwhile

Almost everyone likes traveling. Sometimes we travel with our friends or families, but sometimes we travel alone. Traveling alone can of course cause some inconveniences. Just imagine, you go to a beautiful place but you have to deal with everything yourself. Isn’t it adventurous? But travelling alone can also be exciting and rewarding as well.

52. ________

When you travel alone, the trip is completely yours. You are the star of you own movie. All the mistakes are yours to make, the accidental discoveries to enjoy, the views to admire,and the food to enjoy. The memory of the trip is entirely personal and private.

53. ________

The sense of risk and endless reward is what draws me to traveling alone. Traveling with a friend can be an adventure too, but the adventure quotient（系数）is usually higher when you are alone. You get hurt more easily in the sense that you have to search for company and help. Hey, just because I’m traveling alone doesn’t mean I can’t ask for help. That’s the advantage of traveling alone, isn’t it? Therefore, be open to adventure.

. ________

For me, traveling alone was just one necessary course in making decisions---just keep on rolling the dice（掷骰子）and see what comes up. Stop the research. Stop the analysis. Just keep choosing and living. In travel, everything is as it is, and there’s always another day to change course and choose again. A lot more happens in life when you stop worrying about what to do and just go.

55. ________

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Traveling alone also teaches you to trust your fellow men and women. They are the ones who help you out when you are in need. I will never forget the man who stopped a long-distance bus for me in Colombia so he could go and buy me Coke and toilet paper. Then he invited me to his family’s home for lunch, and I still get emails from the family saying they will never forget me.

第II卷（共30分）

第四部分：写作（共四节，满分30分） V. 第一节：(每小题1分，满分5分）

根据下列句子括号中所给词的适当形式填空，使句子意思完整、正确。 56. He concluded his speech by ________ us of our responsibility. (remind) 57. I’m not ________ with the way he cut my hair. (satisfaction) 58.The little tramp was a social________ but was loved by people. (fail) 59. Lots of people are far ________ off than we are. (badly)

60. Her behavior is very ________--one minute she’s friendly and the next minute she is quite rude.

(change)

VI. 第二节：（每小题1分，满分5分）

根据所给短文的意思，用下面文本框中所给单词或短语的正确形式填空。 （文本框中所给单词或短语有多余）

humor respect at ease be likely to wherever support come to life lose face Cultural differences happen 61 you go. When visiting another country you should realize those differences and 62 them. In fact, not every traveler to a foreign country feels 63 and sometimes what you do can make local people laugh. For example, getting angry in public in Southeast Asia can make you . Also, in some countries it is not wise to kiss in public. However, the best defense is a sense of 65 . If you can laugh off eating with the wrong hand in India, local people will begin to like you and accept you as “that crazy foreigner”. VII.第三节：完成句子（共5小题；每小题1分，满分5分） 根据所给汉语，用英语完成句子，使句子意思完整、正确。 66. 让我们把坏的土豆从篮子里挑出来。

Let us ________ ________ the bad potatoes from the basket. 67. 由于浓烟，我不能靠近大楼。

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I can’t get ________ ________ the building because of the heavy smoke. 68. 他在会上说的话没有任何意义。

What he said at the meeting doesn’t ________ any ________. 69. 他宁愿死也不愿让我知道他需要帮助。

He ________ ________ die than let me know he needed help. 70. 他尽力让我们相信乘飞机旅行是安全的。

He tried to ________ us ________ the safety of traveling by airplane. VIII. 第四节：书面表达（15分）

本学期我们学习了袁隆平（杂交水稻之父）的一些事迹，请你根据以下提纲，用英语写一篇短文。

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Some information about Yuan Longping.  1953年大学毕业

 致力于杂交水稻（hybrid rice）研究  在消除世界饥饿方面做出了巨大贡献  …… 

What you have learned from him.

注意：（1）短文须包括上述内容，应适当增加细节，以使行文连贯；

（2）词数：100左右。开头部分已给出（不计词数）。

Yuan Longping is a Chinese agricultural scientist. He was born in Beijing, China in 1930.

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