湖南省常德市高二下学期期末考试英语试题Word版.docx

1、湖南省常德市高二下学期期末考试英语试题Word版湖南省常德市高二下学期期末考试英语试卷时量 120分钟 满分150分 第一部分 听力技能（共两节，满分30分）第1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。每段对话仅读一遍。1. What are the speakers talking about? A. A pair of sunglasses. B. Weather changes. C. Shopping experience.2. What does the man think of the woma

2、ns English? A. Acceptable. B. Great. C. Just so-so.3. What has Robert decided to do? A. Go to the office. B. Go to the womans home. C. Have a holiday picnic.4. What does the man suggest? A. Not going around by the shopping mall. B. Not building the shopping mall under a tunnel. C. Building a tunnel

3、to avoid traffic accidents.5. Why do they want to go by train? A. Its the fastest way. B. Its cheaper. C. Its easy to buy tickets.第2节 （共15小题；每小题1.5分，满分22.5分）听下面5段材料。每段材料后有几个小题，从题中所给出的A、B、C三个选项中选出最佳选项。每段材料读两遍。听第 6 段材料，回答第 6、7 题。 6. What does the man suggest the woman do tonight? A. Go to a party. B.

4、See a film. C. Go to a concert. 7. What does the woman have to do tonight? A. Take care of her brother. B. Visit her brother. C. See her parents off. 听第 7 段材料，回答第 8 至 10 题。 8. What does the woman want to buy? A. A skirt for her daughter. B. A hat for her doctor. C. A hat for her daughter. 9. How muc

5、h does it cost her? A. $20. B. $22. C. $25.10. Where will the woman go next? A. To the third floor to buy some clothes. B. To the second floor to buy some food. C. To the first floor to buy some fruit. 听第 8 段材料，回答第 11 至 13 题。11. What kind of room does the woman recommend to the man? A. One room with

6、 a kitchen at one side. B. One room without a kitchen. C. One room with a kitchen at the back.12. Where does the apartment stand? A. Just beside the underground station. B. Just in downtown. C. Far from the underground station.13. What can we infer from the conversation? A. The room is far from what

7、 the man thinks of. B. The man thinks the room is too dear to rent. C. The man finds that it fits his idea of the room. 听第 9 段材料，回答第 14 至 16 题。14. What is the topic of the conversation? A. Friendship. B. Family. C. Marriage.15. What can we learn from the conversation? A. The man has no friends. B. T

8、he man considers familys help very important. C. The woman has no boyfriend.16. Which will the woman support? A. Familys not important. B. Loves not important. C. Friendships most important in life. 第 10 段材料，回答第 17 至 20 题。17. Where will the swimming competition be held? A. At the New Town Swimming P

9、ool. B. At the Jackson Sports Center. C. In a universitys swimming pool.18. When will the students return to their school? A. At 2:45. B. At 3:10. C. At 3:15.19. Who will gather at the front gate at 9:45 in the morning? A. Students of years 7 to 10 and their teachers. B. Students of years 7 and 8 an

10、d their teachers. C. Students of years 7 to 9 and their teachers.20. What will be available at the sports center? A. Cold drinks. B. Food. C. Hot water.第二部分 阅读理解（共两节，满分34分）第1节（共12小题，每小题2分，满分24分）阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项，并将答案写在答题卡上的相应位置。AEvery year on my birthday, from the time I turned 12,

11、a white gardenia(栀子花) was sent to my house. It did not come with a card or note of any kind, but I loved the beauty and sweet smell of the flower. And I never stopped imaging who the giver might be. My mother helped me to imagine. Shed ask me if I had done something kind for anyone. Perhaps the neig

12、hbor Id helped carry heavy bags for, or one of my classmates who I helped the lessons with. As a teenager, though, I had more fun thinking that it might be a boy I liked at school. When I was 17, a boy broke my heart and I cried myself to sleep. When I woke up in the morning, there was a message on

13、my mirror, If we let sadness go, happiness will surely come to you. I thought about those words for a long time. When I finally went to get the glass cleaner, my mother knew everything was all right again. One month before I finished high school, my father left us forever. I lost interest in all the

14、 celebrating activities such as the class play, taking photos with classmates before leaving the high school where I had studied for three years. Although my mother was very sad, she still encouraged me to take part in all those. She wanted her child to have a sense that there was still beauty in th

15、e face of bad luck, just like the gardenialovely, strong and perfect. My mother died 10 days after I was married. I was 26. That was the year gardenias stopped coming. 21. From the age of , the writer began to receive a gardenia every year on her birthday. A. 17 B. 12 C. 26 D. 10 22. What can we inf

16、er from the underlined sentence in Paragraph 3? A. Mother was clever. B. I was still sad. C. The glass was dirty. D. Mother really understood me. 23. The writer lost interest in activities before leaving high school because . A. no flowers were sent to her B. a boy broke her heart C. her father died

17、 D. there was no beauty in her life 24. In fact it was who sent the flowers. A. the writers father B. the writers mother C. a boy classmate D. one of the neighborsBMany people say dolphins are very intelligent. They seem to be able to think, understand, and learn things quickly. But are they smart l

18、ike humans or more than cats or dogs? Dolphins use their brains differently from people. But scientists say dolphin intelligence and human intelligence are similar in some ways. How? Fact 1: Talk to me Like humans, every dolphin has its own name. The name is a special whistle. Each dolphin chooses a

19、 specific whistle for itself, usually by its first birthday. Actually, scientists think dolphins, like people, talk to each other about a lot of things, such as their age, their feelings, or finding food. And, like humans, dolphins use a system of sounds and body language to communicate. But underst

20、anding their conversations is not easy for humans. No one speaks dolphin yet, but some scientists are trying to learn. Fact 2: Lets play Dolphins are also social animals. They live in groups, and they often join others from different groups to play games and have funjust like people. In fact, playin

21、g together is something only intelligent animals do. Fact 3: Fishermens helper Dolphins and humans are similar in another way: both make plans to get something they want. In the seas of southern Brazil, for example, dolphins use an interesting strategy to get food. When fish are near a boat, dolphin

22、s show signs to the fishermen to put their nets in the water. Using this method, the men can catch a lot of fish. What is the advantage for the dolphins in doing so? They get to eat some of the fish.25. What does a dolphin often use as its name? A. A body language. B. A special whistle. C. Its feeli

23、ng. D. Its age.26. Why do dolphins join others from different groups? A. To learn to talk. B. To meet their families. C. To play games. D. To find food.27. How do dolphins help fishermen catch fish? A. By showing signs to the fishermen. B. By leading the fish into the net. C. By following fishing bo

24、ats. D. By playing with other fish.28. What is the passage mainly about? A. Dolphins are smarter than humans. B. Dolphins make friends with humans. C. Dolphins teach humans to speak dolphin. D. Dolphins and humans are similar in some ways.CThe World Health Organization says air pollution is now the

25、worlds single-largest environmental health risk. A new report from the WHO says nearly eight million people died in 2012 because of air pollution. That is more than twice as many as the number in 2008. Air pollution is an international problem. The World Health Organization says one in eight people

26、die from air pollution, from both inside buildings and outside. It says new information shows air pollution is partly to blame for people dying at an early age from heart disease. It says other causes of death include cancer and or long-term diseases of the lungs and breathing passages. The WHO repo

27、rt says most deaths from air pollution take place in low and middle-income countries in Southeast Asia and the western Pacific Ocean. About half of the worlds population lives in those countries. Many people who live there use open fires or simple equipment to cook food and heat their homes. Health

28、officials say 4.2 million people died at an early age in 2012 because of the burning of coal and biomass fuelssuch as wood, crop waste and animal wastes. They say 3.7 million others died in cities and rural areas because of outside air pollution. Carlos Dora says countries must work together to redu

29、ce air pollution because what happens in one country can affect lives in another country. Dr. Dora says at one time, air pollution was worse in developed countries than in developing ones. But he notes developed countriesespecially Britain and the United Stateshave taken steps to greatly reduce air

30、pollution during the past 10 years. He says measures that help cut air pollution can be costly. But he says they may save money in the long term by lowering health care costs. 29. According to the passage, air pollution can cause the following diseases except . A. heart disease B. cancer C. lung dis

31、ease D. memory loss 30. How many people died of air pollution in 2008? A. About 4.2 million. B. About 3.7 million. C. About 3.9 million. D. About 7.9 million. 31. To reduce air pollution, people should . A. use more wood B. avoid using coal C. use more animal waste D. improve the way to use fuels 32

32、. It can be seen from the passage that . A. people worldwide should work together to reduce air pollution B. developing countries have done better than developed countries C. it is not worthwhile to make efforts to reduce air pollution D. more people died from air pollution in the countryside than in cities第2节（共5小题，每