小初高学习学年高二英语下学期期末考试试题Word文件下载.docx

1、 In Section A, you will hear ten short conversations between two speakers. At the end of each conversation, a question will be asked about what was said. The conversations and the questions will be spoken only once. After you hear a conversation and the question about it, read the four possible answ

2、ers on your paper, and decide which one is the best answer to the question you have heard.1. A. 100 dollars. B. 200 dollars. C. 300 dollars. D. 600 dollars.2. A. In the hospital. B. At a nursery. C. At a police station. D. In a library.3. A. April. B. May. C. June. D. July.4. A. Go to visit the writ

3、er. B. Buy her new book. C. Ignore her new book. D. Write a book review.5. A. Jogging. B. Basketball. C. Swimming. D. Throwing.6. A. The ladys room is far. B. She has to sign up for using the ladys room. C. She is not able to use the ladys room right now. D. He will lead her to the ladys room.7. A.

4、He will read it on Saturday. B. He will lend it to Sandy first. C. He will lend it to Jane first. D. He will keep the paper until Sunday.8. A. He probably just has got a headache. B. Theres no air-conditioner in the room. C. She thinks he is not seriously sick. D. She thinks he should go to see the

5、doctor.9. A. They couldnt change the plan. B. They should change their plan. C. She doesnt believe the weather forecast. D. She thinks the basketball game wont last.10. A. He can come for next party. B. He can bring his wife along to the party. C. He can stay at home for his wife. D. She will change

6、 the time of the party.Section B In Section B, you will hear two short passages, and you will be asked three questions on each of the passages. The passages will be read twice, but the questions will be spoken only once. When you hear a question, read the four possible answers on your paper and deci

7、de which one would be the best answer to the question you have heard. Questions 11through 13 are based on the following passage.11. A. They believed that he would realize his dream. B. They offered him help to achieve his dream. C. They didnt believe that his dream would come true. D. They made no r

8、esponse to his announcement.12. A. That he was encouraged by the teacher. B. That he was encouraged by the local paper editor. C. That his first poem was published. D. That he was encouraged by a professional writer.13. A. It reminds him of his school life. B. It reminds him that dreams will come tr

9、ue through efforts. C. It reminds him how poor he used to be.D. It reminds him of the local paper.Questions 14 through 16 are based on the following passage.14. A. Gardening. B. How to take care of birds. C. How to feed birds. D. How to get birds to the garden.15. A. Fruit, water and insects. B. Pla

10、nts, sleeping place and food. C. Variety of plants, food and water. D. Different types of plants, seed and insects.16. A. Change the water for them. B. Play with them. C. Not to approach them. D. Play the music for them.Section CListen to a conversation between a student and a clerk in the bookstore

11、.17. Why can the man NOT find the book he needs? A. The bookstore is sold out of the book. B. The bookstore he is in does not carry the book. C. His professor did not order enough copies of the book. D. The book is not being used for any course offered at the university. 18. What does the woman offe

12、r to do for the student? A. Save a copy of the book for him as soon as it comes in B. Order more copies of the book C. Call the computer store across the street D. Find a store that sells the book if he cannot find it19. How does the man react to the information the woman gives him about where compu

13、ter science books are sold? A. He is embarrassed that he did not think of it himself. B. He suggests that the information be posted in the store. C. He apologizes for bothering the woman. D. He is annoyed that the woman did not tell him sooner.20. Why does the woman say this You are not buying it in

14、 advance for next year or anything. A. To determine how urgent the students need is. B. To figure out why the book is not listed on the computer. C. To find out what level computer science course the man is taking. D. To explain why the book might be sold out.II. Grammar and Vocabulary （30分） After r

15、eading the passages below, fill in the blanks to make the passages coherent and grammatically correct. For the blanks with a given word, fill in each blank with the proper form of the given word; for the other blanks,use one word that best fits each blank.Apple Pay is simple to use and works with th

16、e card you already have on the devices （21） _ you use every day. And because your card details are never shared when you use Apple Payin fact, they arent stored on your device at allusing Apple Pay on your i-Phone, Apple Watch, or iPad is the safer and （22） _ （private） way to pay. Now paying in stor

17、es happens in one natural motiontheres no need to open an app or even wake up your display （23） _ _ the innovative Near Field Communication （NFC） antenna（天线） in iPhone 6 and iPhone 6s. To pay, just hold your iPhone near the contactless reader with your finger on Touch ID. Or you （24） _ double-click

18、the Home button when your iPhone is locked to access Wallet and quickly make your purchases. Your card number is never stored on your device, and when you make a payment, your debit or credit card numbers wont be sent to the merchant. Apple Pay assigns （25） _ unique number for each purchase, so your

19、 payments stay private and secure. Available since October 20, 2014, Apple Pay is designed to allow iPhone 6, 6s, 6 Plus and 6s Plus users （26） _（make） payments for goods and services with their iPhones in retail stores through an NFC chip （27） _ （build） into their iPhones. With the Apple Watch, App

20、le Pay is also extended to the iPhone 5, iPhone 5c, and iPhone 5s. To keep transactions secure, Apple uses a method known as “tokenization,” （28） _ （prevent） actual credit card numbers from being sent over the air. Apple also secures payments using Touch ID on compatible iPhones and continual skin c

21、ontact on the Apple Watch.Apple is aiming to replace the wallet with Apply Pay, and the one-step payment process helps people no longer dig through a purse or wallet to find credit cards. As it is built on existing NFC technology, Apple Pay will work （29） _ NFC-based contactless payments （30） _ （acc

22、ept）. Complete the following passage by using the words in the box. Each word can only be used once. Note that there is one word more than you need.A. topic B. flourished C. arguably D. empathetic E. repeatedF. events G. shares H. individual I. influenced J. appeals K. literary Poetry is a kind of w

23、riting in which the sound and meaning of groups of words express ideas or emotion in addition to the experiences or strong feelings the writer _31_. Unlike most other forms of writing, poetry is often written in lines, rather than paragraphs. Poetry also sounds different from other forms of writing,

24、 often using rhythm and rhyme to create an interesting sound when read aloud. Poetry catches the attention of a reader because it _32_to both emotions and senses.Sound is _33_ the single most important aspect of any poem. The sound that any given word makes, or the sounds that come from specific gro

25、ups of words used together, are what make poetry so unique as a form of writing. A typical story or report does not focus on the sounds that each _34_ word makes when read. But poems generally contain few words, so it is important that each word plays a role in making an impact on the reader. Rhythm

26、 is the flow of sounds created by successive words in a poem. When you read a poem you can often hear this _35_ pattern, or “beat,” in the sounds. This is called meter. Some of the oldest and best-known poetry in the world came from Ancient Greece. As far back as 700 BCE, poets there recited their w

27、ork at public _36_ and religious ceremonies. The great epic poems The Iliad and The Odyssey by Homer came from Greece. The Greeks eventually _37_ Roman poets, such as Virgil, who wrote the Aeneid around 200r 30 BCE. In medieval times, poems such as Beowulf, The Divine Comedy by Dante, and The Canter

28、bury Tales by Chaucer were written. Religion and romance became the _38_ of choice for many poets at that time.Poetry _39_ even more during the Renaissance （文艺复兴）period of history, an era of many great cultural achievements. This was the period during which Shakespeare, the most well-known poet, was

29、 making his mark! Needless to say, a trend had started. Poetry has continued to grow and change as a form of _40_ expression in modern times.III. Reading ComprehensionSection A （15分） For each blank in the following passage there are four words or phrases marked A, B, C and D. Fill in each blank with

30、 the word or phrase that best fits the context.The famous American inventor Thomas Alva Edison once claimed that genius was one percent inspiration and ninety-nine percent perspiration（汗水）. Now, it seems, there is scientific evidence to _41_ his claim. The idea that geniuses such as Shakespeare, Moz

31、art, and Picasso possessed certain inborn talents is a false belief, according to a study by a British psychologist and his colleagues. After examining outstanding performance in the arts and sports, these researchers concluded that _42_ is determined by opportunity, encouragement, training, motivation, self-confidence, and most important of all _43_. Even people who