北京市东城区南片高二英语下学期期末考试试题.docx

1、北京市东城区南片高二英语下学期期末考试试题北京市东城区（南片）2012-2013学年下学期高二期末考试英语试卷本试卷共100分，考试时间120分钟。第一部分：听力理解（共两节，14分）第一节（共10小题；每小题1分，共10分）听下面5段对话或独白。每段对话或独白后有几道小题，从每题所给的A、B、C三个选项中选出最佳选项。听每段对话或独白前，你将有5秒钟的时间阅读每小题。听完后，每小题将给出5秒钟的作答时间。每段对话或独白你将听两遍。听第1段材料，回答第1小题。1. What are the speakers doing?A. Shopping. B. Parking the car. C. L

2、ooking for their car. 听第2段材料，回答第2小题。2. What do we know about Peter Schmidt?A. He has lost his ticket. B. He is expecting a ticket. C. He went out to buy a ticket. 听第3段材料，回答第3至4小题。3. Where will they have a talk? A. In a park. B. In the office. C. In the caf. 4. What will they talk about?A. The womans

3、 good idea. B. The mans notebook. C. The trip west. 听第4段材料，回答第5至7小题。5. What does the man think of Bill Gates home? A. Ordinary. B. Wonderful. C. Comfortable. 6. What kind of house does the man want to live in? A. A modern cottage. B. A new cottage. C. An old cottage. 7. How would the man decorate hi

4、s dream house? A. Keep it as it was. B. Decorate it in a modern way. C. Furnish it with old furniture. 听第5段材料，回答第8至10小题。8. Why are the two speakers upset? A. It may snow during their vacation. B. They may not be able to take their vacation. C. They may fail to join the graduation ceremony. 9. What c

5、an we learn about their vacation? A. They are going skiing. B. Their flight has been canceled. C. They have made bookings for their plane. 10. What made them miss so many classes? A. The bad winter. B. The earthquake. C. A terrible flu. 第二节（共4小题；每小题1分，共4分） 听下面一段对话，完成第11题至14题，每小题仅填写一个词。听对话前，你将有20秒钟的时

6、间阅读试题，听完后你将有60秒钟的作答时间。这段对话你将听两遍。Market Survey QuestionnaireCompany name: Agri-TechnoProduct: 11 machineryPersons name: James 12 Purpose at the fair: give support about the 13 of machinesLength of visit: 14 daysMobile: 416-877-1801第二部分：知识运用（共三节，35分）第一节 单项填空（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的最

7、佳选项。15. She couldnt have answered the question if she _ a few books on world history. A. didnt read B. havent read C. hadnt read D. wouldnt read16. Why are you so late? I got stuck in the traffic jam, or I _ earlier. A. arrived B. have arrived C. would arrive D. would have arrived17. _ is reported i

8、n the newspapers, talks between the two countries are making progress. A. As B. It C. That D. What18. It was with great joy _ he received the news that his lost daughter had been found. A. because B. which C. since D. that19. There are hundreds of visitors _ in front of the Art Gallery to have a loo

9、k at Van Goghs painting. A. wait B. waiting C. to wait D. waited20. They hurried to the airport, only _ the film star had left. A. to tell B. to be told C. telling D. told21. To learn English well we should find opportunities to hear English _ as much as we can. A. speak B. speaking C. spoken D. to

10、speak22. It was a time _ the killer whales helped the whalers catch the baleen whales. A. when B. that C. why D. which23. Carol said the work would be done by October, _ personally I doubt very much. A. what B. when C. where D. which24. Is that the small town you often refer to? Right, just the one

11、_ you know I used to work for years. A. how B. where C. why D. when第二节 完形填词（共10小题；每小题1分，共10分）阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，根据空白处的首字母填一个词，使文章逻辑通顺，意义连贯，语法准确。Defeat Disability Yangs ambition was to get an architect certificate or become a bowling master. But when he was c 25 experiments with a microscope in the basemen

12、t, a tank on the bench exploded, sending him flying outwards through the exit. He was out of b 26 while knowing he lost his eyesight as well as 70% of his hearing. In other words, he was d 27 . Feeling clumsy, he was a 28 at first though nobody made fun of him. He cut out going outdoors and just sat

13、 around at home talking to his parrot or tortoise silently. His sister r 29 to help him in many ways. Her assistance and encouragement were so beneficial to his psychology that he adapted to his disability soon and became o 30 again. In a college accessible to him, he studied politics and literature

14、. He always sat in the front row near the e 31 without any absence and, with the help of his handy laptop, he studied well by means of d 32 . His thesis Abolishing Slavery met with all professors approval. After class, he and his companions often played drum music, which was noisy but s 33 for his h

15、earing. After graduation, he made high p 34 by designing software for a firm. All in all, in his community, he won dignity and peoples congratulation. 第三节 完形填空（共15小题；每小题1分，共15分）35-49 阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项。Gap Year Travelling A gap year is a time out to travel between life stages. It is also known as a time off and a year out, 35 to a period of time （not necessarily 12 months） in which people slip away from curricular education or work and 36 activities such as travelling, volunteering or wo