湖北省枣阳市白水高级中学学年高二下学期期末考试英语试题 Word版含答案Word文件下载.docx

1、1. Where does the conversation probably take place?A. At the mans office. B. In the womans home.C. In the mans home.2. What does the woman think of computer class? A. She enjoys learning it. B. She thinks it is very interesting. C. She thinks it is hard to learn3. How does the woman keep in touch wi

2、th her friends abroad? A. By e-mail. B. Over the phone. C. Through letters.4. What does the woman mean? A. There are too many courses offered to the students. B. The man should take fewer courses next term C. It is wiser to take more than four courses.5. What does the man wish to do? A. Repair his c

3、ar. B. Park his car. C. Drive on二、听力第二部分（题型注释）第二节听下面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段材料，回答第6至8题。6. Who answers the telephone? A. Miss Bell. B. Mr. Adam. C. Mr. Carter.7. Why is Wednesdays meeting to be canceled? A.

4、Because Mr. Carter has to attend another important meeting. B. Because Mr. Adam has to meet an important friend from abroad. C. Because Mr. Adam wont be back until the day after tomorrow.8. When will Mr. Carter and Mr. Adam probably contact each other again? A. On Friday morning. B. On Saturday. C.

5、On Friday afternoon.听第7段材料，回答第9至11题。9. What does the man think of the weather? A. Unpleasant. B. Comfortable. C. Exciting.10. What does the man have to go out for? A. Working. B. Shopping. C. Cleaning.11. What can we learn from the conversation? A. The man doesnt like last winter. B. This winter is

6、terribly cold. C. The woman has no time for walks.听第8段材料，回答第12至14题。12. What does one mean by saying “time flies” ? A. Time flies are a kind of insect. B. Time goes by quickly. C. One can fly with time.13. What does one mean by saying “We have 30 minutes to kill before our movie”? A. One has to wait

7、for 30 minutes for the movie. B. One has to spend 30 minutes seeing a movie. C. One has to kill something in 30 minutes.14. What is the talk mainly about? A. The way time flies. B. How to kill time. C. Idioms about time.听第9段材料，回答第15至17题。15. How does the man get information about the apartment? A. Fr

8、om TV advertisements. B. From newspaper advertisements. C. From radio advertisements.16. How much will the man pay for the rent and parking fee per month? A. $ 720. B. $ 780. C. $ 880.17. What do we know about the apartment? A. Its a one-bedroom apartment without a balcony. B. Its a new apartment wi

9、thout much furniture. C. The rent is inclusive of gas fee.听第10段材料，回答第18至20题。18. Which part of the plane is higher than 5 stories? A. The head. B. The middle. C. The tail.19. How much does it cost to build such an airplane? A. At least $ 25 million. B. At least $ 400 million. C. At least $ 35 million

10、.20. Why are the airplanes safe? A. Because there are many pilots. B. Because the engines have doubled. C. Because it is slow due to great size.三、阅读理解（每小题2分，共40分） The timing of school holidays has always had a lot to do with when a family goes on vacation. For many kids, summer holidays mean spendin

11、g time outdoors and heading toward water- the local swimming pool, a lake, or the beach.What people wear to go swimming or sunbathing has changed a great deal since the early 1990s. Do you know what early swimsuits（游泳衣） looked like and what they were made of? The earliest swimsuits covered most of t

12、he body and were called “bathing clothes”. They were often made of wool, which made them scratchy（扎人的） and very heavy when they got wet. Newer materials made it possible to make lighter swimsuits. Over time, swimsuits covered less and less of the body. In 1946, the bikini became popular among women.

13、Summer holidays dont just mean going to the water. They can also mean going for a bike ride, or a picnic. It all depends how you want to spend your summer days.If you live or spend your holiday near the water, then fishing, diving and boating are all good possibilities. In summertime, lots of people

14、 enjoy playing, picnicking, and just going out with friends on a long summer day until the sun goes down.A famous song called Summertime from the opera Porgy and Bess describes lifes more relaxed pace in this season, “Summertime.and the living is easy. Fish are jumping.” Ask your parents and older r

15、elatives about their summertime memories.1What does the first paragraph mainly talk about?A.Being near water is great in summer for kids.B. It is great for kids to spend holidays with their family.C. when you should prepare for summer holidays.D. Where you can find water on summer holidays.2From the

16、 passage we can know that_.A. People with “bathing clothes” could swim easilyB. The earlier swimsuits were very comfortable to wearC. There are other ways to enjoy summer holidaysD. It is easy for a family to arrange summer holidays3What is summertime like according to the passage?A. It is busy B. I

17、t is interestingC. It is simple D. It is hard People arent walking any more-if they can figure out a way to avoid it. I felt superior about this matter until the other day I took my car to mail a small parcel. The journey is a matter of 281 steps. But I used the car. And I wasnt in any hurry, either

18、. I had merely become one more victim of a national sickness: motorosis. It is an illness to which I had thought myself immune, for I was bred in the tradition of going to places on my own two legs. At that time, we regarded 25 miles as good days walk and the ability to cover such a distance in ten

19、hours as sign of strength and skill. It did not occur to us that walking was a hardship. And the effect was lasting. When I was 45 years old I raced and beata teenage football player the 168 steps up the Stature of Liberty. Such enterprises today are regarded by many middle-aged persons as bad for t

20、he heart. But a well-known British physician, Sir Adolphe Abrahams, pointed out recently that hearts and bodies need proper exercise. A person who avoids exercise is more likely to have illnesses than one who exercises regularly. And walking is an ideal form of exercise- the most familiar and natura

21、l of all. It was Henry Thoreau who showed mankind the richness of going on foot. The man walking can learn the trees, flower, insects, birds and animals, the significance of seasons, the very feel of himself as a living creature in a living world. He cannot learn in a car. The car is a convenient me

22、ans of transport, but we have made it our way of life. Many people dont dare to approach nature any more; to them the world they were born to enjoy is all threat. To them security is a steel river thundering on a concrete road. And much of their thinking takes place while waiting for the traffic lig

23、ht to turn green. I say that the green of forests is the minds best light. And none but the man on foot can evaluate what is basic and everlasting.4What is the national sickness?A. Walking too muchB. Traveling too muchC. Driving cars too muchD. Climbing stairs too much.5What was life like when the a

24、uthor was young?A. People usually went around on foot. B. people often walked 25 miles a day.C. People used to climb the Statue of Liberty.D. people considered a ten-hour walk as a hardship.6The author mentions Henry Thoreau to prove that_.A. middle-aged people like getting back to nature B. walking

25、 in nature helps enrich ones mindC. people need regular exercise to keep fitD. going on foot prevents heart disease7What is compared to “a steel river” in Paragraph 6?A. A queue of cars B. A ray of traffic lightC. A flash of lightning D. A stream of people8What is the authors intention of writing th

26、is passage?A. To tell people to reflect more on life.B. To recommend people to give up drivingC. To advise people to do outdoor activitiesD. To encourage people to return to walking India has many festivals, with some celebrations that last for weeks. However, none of them come even close to Holi, I

27、ndias most colorful and fun festival. Celebrated on the day following the full moon, this years festival happens to be on March 19th.As with most Indian festivals, this one also has many different folk stories. Most of them center around the success of good over evil. The most popular one is about a

28、 king, who hates his son Prahlada for loving the creator of the UniverseLord Vishnu. When every attempt to stop him fails, his sister, Holika believed to be immune（免疫的） to fire, joins in the effort by inviting the young boy to sit with her inside a huge fire. Helped by the power of Lord Vishnu, Prah

29、lada escapes safely, while the evil Holika is burned to death. To remember this event, huge outdoor fires are lit in the night before Holi in order to clean the air of evil spirits and to celebrate the death of the evil.So whats so great about this day? While there are some fun parades（游行） and folk

30、songs and dance performances, the most fun of all is walking to the streets and splashing（泼洒） people with water guns and dry colors and even covering them with entire buckets of colored water. On this day, everybody is fair game, no matter how old or how young.At about midday, the splashing comes to

31、 an end and people living close to oceans or rivers usually take a bath in the water to clean themselves before going home to a delicious home-made big dinner and a well-deserved short sleep, following this full day of fun and activities.9Why does the king dislike his son Prahlada?A. Because Prahlada doesnt love him.B. Because Prahlada is rude to Holika.C. Because Prahla