湖北省宜昌一中学年高二上学期期末考试英语试题 Word版含答案.docx

1、湖北省宜昌一中学年高二上学期期末考试英语试题 Word版含答案湖北省宜昌市第一中学2014-2015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)做题时，先将答案划在试卷上。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. What will the man probably do with the womans pa

2、per? A. Type it. B. Check it. C. Finish it.2. How can the woman solve the software problem according to the man? A. By changing the software. B. By buying a new computer. C. By increasing computer memory.3. What does the woman say about the movie? A. Many stars show up in it. B. It has a wonderful n

3、ame. C. It is on the top list.4. What are the speakers mainly talking about? A. A house. B. Hobbies. C. A person.5. What do we know about the woman? A. She should buy tickets in advance. B. She can buy tickets down the road. C. She will take a No. 37 bus.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

4、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段材料，回答第6、7题。6. How does the man feel about going to the party? A. Excited. B. Worried. C. Surprised.7. What does the woman suggest the man do? A. Ask Joan about her friends interests. B. Get along w

5、ell with Joans friends. C. Begin a talk with the weather.听第7段材料，回答第8、9题。8. What does the man make the call for? A. Asking for some information. B. Making an appointment. C. Learning some illness treatments.9. What does the man want the doctor to do? A. Concentrate on the skin problem. B. Treat vario

6、us illnesses. C. Specialize in the heart area.听第8段材料，回答第10至12题。10. What did the man do during the weekend? A. He read a novel. B. He did housework. C. He watched a movie.11. What was the problem with the mans TV? A. It couldnt show pictures. B. It couldnt be turned on. C. It was making noise all the

7、 time.12. What does the man ask the woman to do? A. Watch the movie with him. B. Tell him more about the story. C. Stop telling him the plot of the movie.听第9段材料，回答第13至16题。13. Why does the woman call the man? A. To book a flight. B. To check a schedule. C. To remind him of a conference.14. What relat

8、ion is the woman to Rita? A. Her colleague. B. Her sister. C. Her customer.15. Where will the conference be held? A. In London. B. In Amsterdam. C. In San Francisco.16. What will the woman do this afternoon? A. Phone Rita. B. Call the man back. C. Book a flight online.听第10段材料，回答第17至20题。17. What is t

9、he speakers main purpose of going to Japan? A. To learn about its tradition. B. To enjoy a vacation there. C. To taste its food.18. Who is Susan? A. The speakers guide. B. The speakers girlfriend. C. The speakers workmate.19. What is the speakers website about? A. His travelling plans. B. Restaurant

10、 reviews. C. His travelling experience.20. Why did the speaker stop travelling?A. He felt tired. B. He had no money. C. His vacation was over.第二部分：词汇知识运用（共两节，满分30分）第1节：多项选择（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最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。21.Tomorrow being the last day, you should hand in your composition

11、by emails to meet the _.A. pattern B. deadline C. schedule D. prediction22.As there was just one vacant（空缺的）position, all the candidates tried their best to leave a favorable _ on the interviewer to make themselves stand out. A. impression B. contribution C. reputation D. appreciation23.Since anti-c

12、orruption(反腐) campaign started in 2012, the first female major general, Gao Xiaoyan is under investigation by Chinas military authorities for being suspected of _ her position.A. appointing B. accounting C. acquiring D. abusing24. The education reform is being carried out in China. Its certain that

13、a completely new situation will _ when the new examination system comes into existence.A. clarify B. transform C. arise D. guarantee 25. Electrical products no longer in use contain dangerous materials which can be released into the environment when they are _.A. taken apart B. given away C. fixed u

14、p D. handed over26. The program “Masters Lectures” of CCTV is both interesting and instructive. No wonder it _ a large audience. A. lets out B. appeals to C. depends on D. sweeps up 27.Not consistent with what they announced before, the government officials made another _ statement about the cause o

15、f the mine accident, which aroused great dissatisfaction among the public.A. conventional B. contradictory C. controversial D. contemporary28.The caring mother closed the door in a(n) _ way so as not to wake the baby, who had just fallen asleep after an hours crying.A. automatic B. flexible C. cauti

16、ous D. typical29.As with holding sand in the hand, the fastest way to lose love is to hold it too _, and the best way to keep it is to give it wings. A. casually B. deliberately C. tightly D. steadily30.The outbreak of the Ebola virus primarily affects 3 countries in West Africa. However, it has bec

17、ome a little _ and over 15,900 cases and 5,689 deaths have been reported globally by the WHO recently.A. out of place B. out of sight C. out of reach D. out of control第二节：完形填空（共20小题；每小题1分，满分20分）阅读下面短文，从短文后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，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。In the fall of 1985, I was a bright-eyed girl he

18、ading off to Howard University, aiming for a legal career and dreaming of sitting on a Supreme Court bench. Twenty-one years later I am still a bright-eyed 31 and one with quite a different story to tell. My grandma, a(n) 32 woman, graduated from college at the age of 65. She was the first in our fa

19、mily to reach that 33 . But one year after I entered college, she developed cancer. I made the choice to withdraw from college to 34 her. This meant that school and my personal dream would have to 35 . Then I got married with another dream: building my family from a 36 of adopted and biological chil

20、dren. In 1999, we adopted our first son. A year later came our second adopted boy. 37 , the following year, we adopted son number three. In 2003, I gave birth to another boy. You can 38 how totally occupied I became, raising four boys under the age of eight! Our home was a complete zooa joyous zoo.

21、Not surprisingly, I never did 39 it back to college full-time. But I never 40 my dream either. I had only one choice: make it work. That meant taking as 41 as one class each term. The hardest part was feeling 42 about the time I spent away from the boys. They often wanted me to 43 home with them. Th

22、ere certainly were times I wanted to 44 . But I knew I should set a(n) 45 for them to follow for the rest of their lives. In 2007, I graduated from the University of North Carolina. It took me over 21 years, but I got my college degree! I am not 46 , just single-minded. It always 47 me that from the

23、 48 , challenges look huge, but when youre in the midst of them, the same ones seem 49 . Not everything you want arrives in your life in one day. Its a (n) 50 . Remember: little steps can lead to big dreams. 31. A. judge B. graduate C. housewife D. dreamer 32. A. sensitive B. desperate C. amazing D.

24、 curious 33. A. plan B. goal C. decision D. record 34. A. care for B. turn to C. approve of D. stand by 35. A. grow B. wait C. expect D. keep 36. A. connection B. relation C. combination D. comparison 37. A. Therefore B. Then C. Otherwise D. Finally 38. A. imagine B. state C. observe D. doubt 39. A.

25、 take B. make C. intend D. get40. A. build up B. focus on C. refer to D. gave up41. A. few B. little C. much D. many 42. A. satisfied B. inspired C. confused D. guilty 43. A. head B. leave C. find D. stay 44. A. break B. continue C. quit D. relax 45. A. leader B. time C. example D. challenge 46. A.

26、proud B. special C. responsible D. usual 47. A. hurt B. failed C. struck D. troubled 48. A. end B. bottom C. outside D. inside 49. A. normal B. funny C. unbearable D. strange 50. A. experiment B. solution C. performance D. process 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，从每篇短文后所给各题的(A、B、C、D)四个选项中，选出最佳选项，

27、并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。AWe once had a poster competition in our fifth grade art class. “You could win prizes,” our teacher told us as she wrote the poster information on the blackboard. She passed out sheets of construction paper while continuing, “The first prize is ten dollars. You just have to make sure tha

28、t the words on the blackboard appear somewhere on your poster. ”We studied the board carefully. Some of us looked with one eye and held up certain colors against the blackboard, rocking the sheets to the right or left while we conjured up our designs. Others twisted their hair around their fingers o

29、r chewed their erasers while deep in thought. We had plans for that ten-dollar grand prize, each and every one of us. Im going to spend mine on candies, one hopeful would announce, while another practiced looking serious, wise and rich. Everyone in the class made a poster. Some of us used parts of t

30、hose fancy paper napkins, while others used nothing but colored construction paper. Some of us used big designs, and some of us preferred to gather our art tidily down in one corner of our poster and let the space draw the viewers attention to it. Some of us would wander past the good students desks

31、 and then return to our own projects with a growing sense of hopelessness. It was yet another grown-up trick of the sort they seemed especially fond of, making all of us believe we had a fair chance, and then alwaysalwaysrewarding the same old winners. I believe I drew a sailboat, but I cant say that with any certainty. I made it. I admired it. I determined it to be