河南省南阳市学年高二上学期期末考试英语试题.docx

1、河南省南阳市学年高二上学期期末考试英语试题第一部分 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. What does the man want to do?A. Help Judy. B. Borrow some money. C. Make friends with Judy.2. Where are the two speakers going?A. To a rest

2、aurant B. To a zoo. C. To a shop.3. Whats the time now? A. 11:15. B. 11:25. C. 11:40.4. How many colds has the man had?A. One. B.Two. C. Four.5. What can we learn about the man from the conversation?A. He will probably wait to go to Canada until summer.B. He will probably go to Mexico for his vacati

3、on.C. He will probably go to Canada for his vacation.第二节（共15小题：每小题l.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。听下面一段对话，回答第6和第7两个小题。6. What are the two speakers talking about?A. Hiring a taxi. B. The way to Wind Str

4、eet. C. A train timetable.7. How much will the woman and her friend pay?A. $ 90 B. $ 45 C. $ 135听下面一段对话，回答第8和第9小题。8. How old is Lucia now?A. Seventeen. B. Sixteen. C. Nineteen.9. Why docs Lucia like playing the piano?A. To make a lot of money. B. To attend weddings. C. To relax herself.听下面一段对话，回答第10

5、至12题。10. What are the two speakers?A. They are foreigners. B. They are teachers. C. They are students.11. What do the kids do with the boy from Brazil?A. They excuse him. B. They hate him. C. They welcome him.12. What is rewarding according to the woman?A. Her students progress in the end.B. Her stu

6、dents praises for their teacher.C. Her students efforts to catch up.听下面一段对话，回答第13至16题。13. What is Jack probably going to be?A. A doctor. B. A businessman. C. A lawyer.14. What did Li Hua plan to do at first?A. A doctor. B. A business woman. C. A lawyer.15. Why does Li Hua want to learn English now?A

7、. Because English is very important for China.B. Because English is very interesting.C. Because English is easier to learn.16. What are the two speakers?A. Doctors. B. Lawyers. C. Students.听下面一段对话r回答第17至20题。17. What is the speaker mainly telling the listeners about?A. Vacation arrangements. B. Colle

8、ge facilities. C. Dormitory management.18. How long will most of the dormitories be closed?A. For about 5 days. B. For about 10 days. C. For about 15 days.19. What will remain open as usual?A. The post office and the college office.B. The library and the computer center.C. The college store and the

9、dining halls.20. What do we know about the speaker?A. He is the president of the college.B. He normally lives in Butler Hall.C. He is in charge of general affairs.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，选出最选项，并在答题卷上将该项涂黑。AMake your summer magical with a one-of-a-kind su

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13、 H2O! Campers will be racing to discover all that is wet and wonderful about water through tons of experiments and hands-on activities. At the end of the week, campers are sure to surprise family and friends with amazing demonstrations (示范).Cost: $125 per person for non-members; $ 100 per person fam

14、ily members.All campers must be registered in advance.Ages 911Weeklong full-day camp from 9 am4 pm.(Lunch not provided)Camp Make-ItJune 13 17, June 27July 1Get ready for the wonderful DIY experience! Campers ages 911 will use science, technology, engineering, art and math to discover their inner inv

15、entors. During this all-day camp, campers will have the opportunity to create curious articles, experiment with a lot of stuff, and learn amazing skills. On the last day of camp, campers will show off their work to family and friends!Cost: S200 per person for non-members; S175 per person family memb

16、ers.All campers must be registered in advance.21. When can campers attend Wonder Wizards?A. In June. B. In early July. C. In late July. D. In August.22. How much should two non-members pay for Whirly Waters?A. $ 200. B. $ 250. C. $ 350. D. $400.23. Which program features creating based on comprehens

17、ive knowledge?A.CampMake-It. B. Whirly Waters.C. Science Sleuths. D. Wonder Wizards.BWhen we moved to the Australian outback, the previous tenant (房客) had left some of their pets, including a big fat shiny cow. He was a huge creature, and very friendly. We discovered much to Mothers anger, the reaso

18、n his coat was so shiny was he loved to eat the velvet soap (used for washing clothes).The laundry was quite a distance from the main house and halfway in between the laundry and house there was an artesian bore (自流井眼) which used to run constantly with warm salty water. The cow would open the laundr

19、y door and eat great quantities of the velvet soap. Hed then go to the bore and drink equal quantities of the hot water. After this he would walk around the yard blowing great big bubbles while belching(打嗝)!We as children would encourage him to eat the soap so he could blow the bubbles. Mother did n

20、ot! She had to hide the soap so that the cow could not find it.The other pet was a black crow(乌鸦). The crow spent its life waiting for Mother to peg (用衣夹夹住) the washed clean clothes on the outside line. The pegs at that time didnt work well. The crow would wait and once Mother had pegged out the clo

21、thes and gone inside he would pull all the pegs off and the clothes would land in the red dust underneath the line.We thought the crow was pretty smart and would wait for it to do its dirty deed. Mother, who had a very short temper, would get her long gun and shoot at the crow. Finally, one day it d

22、isappeared.Some weeks later Dad reported to Mother that the next door neighbour (who lived 25km away) asked if we were missing a crow that had the shocking habit of pulling the pegs out of the clothes on the clothes line. I remember Dad being threatened with something worse than death if he admitted

23、 it had come from our house.24. Why did the cow have shiny fur?A. It liked eating soapB. Its fur was washed with soap.C. Because of the local environment.D. Because of the special grass it ate：25. What did the author think of the cow?A. It was lazy. B. It was brave.C. It was funny. D. It was stupid.

24、 26. What did the crow do?A. It stole pegs. B. It repaired pegs.C. It made trouble for Mother D. It helped Mother wash clothes.27. After disappearing from the authors house, the crow _.A. died of hunger. B. broke its bad habit.C. came back weeks later. D. moved to a nearby place.CDaylight Saving Tim

25、e, also known as “Summer Time”, begins on the second Sunday in March and ends on the first Sunday in November. The clock goes forward one hour at starting date and back to normal time at 2 a.m. on the ending date and back to normal time at 2 a.m. on the ending date.Before 2007. DST in the US began o

26、n the first Sunday in April and ended on the last Sunday in October. These dates were modified with the passage of the Energy Policy Act of 2005.Under the US Uniform Time Act of 1966, the Department of Transportation is m charge of rime zones and ensuring that DST begins and ends on the same date. T

27、he federal law doesnt require any area to observe DST. But if a state chooses to observe DST, it must follow the starting and ending dates.The concept of DST was first conceived (构想) by Benjamin Franklin as an American delegate (代表) in Paris in a letter to the Journal de Paris. The letter was publis

28、hed on April 26, 1784, under the title “An Economical Project”.DST was first seriously proposed in London in 1907 by William Willett in the book “The Waste of Daylight”. He proposed advancing clocks 20 minutes on each of four Sundays in April, and setting them back by the same amount on four Sundays

29、 in September. The idea met with laughter and opposition.DST was first brought into effect during World War I and again in World War II to preserve energy. Germany was the first nation to adopt DST in 1915. Britain, parts of Europe, Canada and the US quickly followed suit Currently, 47 states in the

30、 US and over 70 counties observe DST.By observing DST, we create an extra hour of daylight in which less lighting is used and thus less electricity. Studies have shown that we reduce the entire countrys usage of electricity by about 1% each day with DST. Other studies have shown that the extra hour

31、of daylight leads to a reduction in traffic accidents. Crime is also reduced since more people have the opportunity to arrive home before darkness sets in.28. The underlined word “modified” in Paragraph 2 probably means _.A. checked B. changedC. remembered D. appointed29. What can we learn from Paragraph 5?A. William Willetts proposal was rejected.B. William Willett was inspired by Benjamin Franklin.C. It was difficult for William Willett to clearly state his ideas.D. DST was casually proposed by B