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中学1516学年上学期高二期末考试英语试题附答案7
西宁市第四高级中学2015—2016学年第一学期期末考试卷
高二英语
命题人:
审题人:
第Ⅰ卷
注意事项:
答第Ⅰ卷前,考生务必将自己的姓名、准考证号填写在答题卡上。
选出每小题答案后,用铅笔把答题卡上对应题目的答案标号涂黑。
如需改动,用橡皮擦干净后,再选涂其他答案标号。
不能答在本试卷上,否则无效。
第一部分:
听力(共两节,满分30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1.5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.whatisthewomangoingtodo?
APracticeskatingBDosomeshoppingCSignupfortheclub
2.Whatarethetwospeakersprobablydoing?
AHavingawalkingBVisitingafriendsCChoosingapresent
3.Howdidthewomanknowaboutthefire?
AShereaditinthepaperBShesawitonTVCShewitnessedit.
4.Whichcoursedoesthemanwanttotakenextyear?
ATheartcourseBTheEnglishcourseCThecomputercourse
5.Wherewillthetwospeakersmeet?
AAtthestationBAtthecinemaCAtthechurch
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。
请听6段材料,回答6至7题。
6.Whenwillthemeetingheld?
Aonthe2ndBonthe5thConthe7th
7.Whatkindofroomdoesthemanusuallyuse?
A.AsmalloneB.Amid-sizedoneC.Alargeone
请听7段材料,回答8至9题
8.Inwhichplacewillthetourstart?
ABigBenBTrafalgarSquareCPiccadillyCircus
9.Howmuchshouldthemanpay?
A$30B$39C$45
请听8段材料,回答10至12题。
10.Whatdoesthemanprobablydo?
AAmusicianBAjournalistCAdentist
11.What’stheprobablerelationshipbetweenthetwospeakers?
A.MotherandsonBDoctorandpatientCSisterandbrother
12.Howdoesthemanfeelaboutthewoman’ssuggestion?
AHeisdisappointedBHeisinterestedCHeisconfused
请听9段材料,回答13至16题。
13.Whywillthemanbeaway?
A.ForbusinessB.ForholidayC.Forhisweddingparty
14.WhatwillthemandoonMonday?
AMeetthecompanybossB.VisitafactoryC.Climbmountains
15.WhatclothesdoesthemanprepareforWednesday?
A.sweaterB.AsuitC.Acoat
16.Whendoesthemanplantoweartheblueshorts?
A.OnTuesdayB.OnThursdayC.OnFriday
请听10段材料,回答17至20题
17.Whenwillthenewschooldistrictbeopenfully?
A.NextyearB.NextmonthC.Nextweek
18.Whowon’tmoveatall?
A.TheAgriculturestudentB.TheLawstudentC.TheArtsstudent
19.WhatistheplanfortheHistoryDepartment
A.Thestaffwillstayintheoldbuilding
B.Thestudentswillmovedowntown
C.Theteacherswillbeleft.
20.WhatdoweknowabouttheEngineeringDepartment?
A.labhasbeendone
B.Teaches’officesarebeingpainted
C.themoveforengineerwillbefinishednextweek.
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)
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,并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
A
BigBen,thelandmarkofLondon,aclockfamousforitsaccuracyandchimes(和谐的钟声),stoppedworkingfor90minutes,anengineersaidSaturday.
Peopledonotknowwhythe147-year-oldclockonthebanksoftheRiverThamesstoppedat10:
07p.m.Friday.Itcontinuedkeepingtime,butstoppedagainat10:
20p.m.andremainedsilentforabout90minutesbeforestartingupagain,aspokeswomanfortheHouseofCommonssaid.
Therehasbeenspeculation(推测)thatarecentperiodofhotweathermayhavebeentoblame(责备).TemperaturesinLondonreached90℉onSaturday,andforecasterscalleditEngland’shottestdayinMaysince1953.
Theclockhasexperiencedoccasionalproblems.In1962,snowcausedtheclocktostopbeforetheNewYear.In1976,theclockstoppedwhenapieceofitsmachinerybroke.BigBenalsostoppedonApril30,1997,andoncemorethreeweekslater.
21:
HowmanytimeshasBigBenstoppeduptonow?
A.ThreeB.FiveC.SixD.Eight
22:
TheprobablereasonforBigBenstoppingworkingthistimeis________.
A.hightemperatureB.lowtemperatureC.brokenmachineD.heavysnow
23:
Thepassagemainlytalksabout________.
A.BigBen’shistoryB.thesolutiontoBigBen’sproblem.
C.thelandmarkofLondonD.BigBen’ssilence
B
Peoplewithbiggerbrainstendtoscorehigheronstandardizedtestsofintelligence,accordingtonewstudyfindings.
However,thestudyauthorDrMichaelA.McDanieloftheVirginiaCommonwealthUniversityinRichmondemphasizedthatthesefindingsrepresentageneraltrend,andpeoplewithsmallheadsshouldnotautomaticallybelievetheyarelessintelligent.Forinstance,AlbertEinstein’sbrainwas“notparticularlylarge”,McDanielnoted.“There’ssomerelationshipbetweenbrainsizeandintelligenceontheaverage,butthere’splentyofroomforexceptions,”hesaid.
Interestintherelationshipbetweenbrainsizeandintelligencegrewinthe1830s, whenGermananatomist(解剖学家)FrederichTiedmannwrotethathebelievedtherewas“anunquestionableconnectionbetweenthesizeofthebrainandthementalenergydisplayedbytheindividualman”.Sincethatstatement,scientistshaveconductednumerousstudiestodetermineifTiedmann’s assertionwas,infact,correct.Moststudieshavelookedintothelinkbetweenheadsizeandintelligence.Morerecently,however,researchershavepublishedadditionalstudiesonbrainsizeandintelligence,measuredusingMRIscan(核磁共振成像扫描).
Forhisstudy,McDanielanalyzedmorethan20studiesthatlookedintotherelationshipbetweenbrainsizeandintelligenceinatotalof1,530people.Thestudiesshowedthatontheaverage,peoplewithlargerbrainvolumetendedtobemoreintelligent.Therelationshipbetweenbrainvolumeandintelligencewasstrongerinwomenthanmen,andinadultsthaninchildren.McDanielnotesinthejournalIntelligence.
McDanielisnotsurewhytherelationshipwasstrongerforadultsandwomen.“Otherresearchhasshownthatwomen,ontheaverage,tendtohavesmallerbrainsthanmen,butscorejustaswell—ifnothigher—intestsofintelligence,”hesaid.
McDanielinsistedthattherelationshipbetweenbrainsizeandintelligenceisnota“perfect”one.“Onecancertainlyfindlotsofexamplesofsmaller-sizedpeoplewhoarehighlyintelligent,”hesaid,“But,ontheaverage,therelationshipholds.”
24:
.Whatdoesthetextmainlytalkabout?
A.MRIscansareappliedtointelligence.B.Ontheaverage,abiggerbrainmeanshigherIQ.
C.DrMcDanieldidwellinhisintelligencestudy.D.ScientistsareinterestedinTiedmann’sidea.
25:
BymentioningAlbertEinstein,thewriterwantstoshow.
A.AlbertEinsteinwasintelligentB.theresultofintelligencetestwasfalse
C.beinghardworkingismoreimportantthanintelligence
D.brainsizedoesn’tnecessarilydecidethelevelofintelligence
26:
Theunderlinedword“assertion”inPara.3probablymeans“”.
A.experiment B.statement Cproof D.demand
27:
AfterFrederichTiedmannwrotehisarticle,.
A.manyscientistsagreedwithhimB.numerousstudieshavefailedtoprovehisidea
C.MRIscanbecamepopularlyused
D.lotsofresearcherswereinterestedintheconnectionsbetweenheadsizeandintelligence
C
Toomanypeoplewantotherstobetheirfriends,buttheydon’tgivefriendshipback.Thatiswhysomefriendshipsdon’tlastlong.Tohaveafriend,youmustlearntobeone.Youmustlearntotreatyourfriendthewayyouwantyourfriendtotreatyou.Learningtobeagoodfriendmeanslearningthreerules:
behonest;begenerous;beunderstanding.
Honestyiswhereagoodfriendshipstarts.Friendsmust:
beabletotrustoneanother.Ifyoudonottellthetruth,peopleusuallyfindout.Ifafriendfindsoutthatyouhaven’tbeenhonest,youmaylosethefriend’strust.Goodfriendsalwayscountononeanothertospeakandacthonestly.
Generositymeanssharingandsharingmakesafriendshipgrow.Youdonothavetogiveyourlunchmoneyoryourclothes.Naturallyyouwillwanttoshareyourideasandfeelings,Thesecanbeveryvaluabletoafriend.Theytellyourfriendwhatisimportanttoyou.Bysharingthem,youhelpyourfriendknowyoubetter.
Soonerorlatereveryoneneedsunderstandingandhelpingwithaproblem.Somethingmaygowrongatschool.Talkingabouttheproblemcanmakeiteasiertosolve.Turningtoafriendcanbethefirststepinsolvingtheproblem.Sotobeafriendyoumustlistenandunderstand.Youmusttrytoputyourselfinyourfriend’splacesoyoucanunderstandtheproblembetter.
Notwofriendshipsareeverexactlyalike.Butalltruefriendshipshavethreethingsincommon.Ifyouplantokeepyourfriends,youmustpractisehonesty,generosityandunderstanding.
28.Somefriendshipsdon’tlastverylongbecause .
A.therearetoomanypeoplewanttomakefriends
B.somepeoplereceivefriendshipbutdon’tgivefriendshipback
C.thosewhogiveothersfriendshipreceivefriend-shipfromothers
D.theydon’tknowfriendshipissomethingserious
29.Accordingtothepassage,honestyis .
A.somethingcountableB.thebaseoffriendship
C.asimportantasmoneyD.moreimportantthananythingelse
30.Whichofdiefollowingisnottrueaccordingtothepassage?
A.Alwaystellyourfriendsthetruth.
B.Sharingyourmindwithyourfriendsisofgreatvalue.
C.Discussingyourproblemswithyourfriendsoftenhelpstosolvetheproblem
D. Afriendwhogivesyouhislunchmoneyisatruefriend.
31.Thebesttitleforthispassageis“ ”。
A.HonestyisthebestpolicyB.Afriendinneedisafriendindeed
C.HowtobefriendsD.Threeimportantpointsinlife
D
Haveyoueverwonderedwhybirdssing?
Maybeyouthoughtthattheywerejusthappy.Afterall,youprobablysingwhenyouarehappy.
Somescientistsbelievethatbirdsdosingsomeofthetimejustbecausetheyarehappy.However,theysingmostofthetimeforaverydifferentreason.Theirsingingisactuallyawarningtootherbirdstostayoutoftheirterritory.
Doyouknowwhata“territory”i