广东省肇庆市学年高二英语下学期期末考试试题.docx

1、广东省肇庆市学年高二英语下学期期末考试试题 肇庆市中小学教学质量评估20142015学年第二学期统一检测试题高 二 英 语本试卷共8页，满分135分考试用时120分钟.注意事项：1. 答卷前，考生务必用黑色字迹的钢笔或签字笔，将自己所在县（市、区）、姓名、试室号、座位号填写在答题卷上对应位置，再用2B铅笔将准考证号涂黑。2. 选择题每小题选出答案后，用2B铅笔把答题卷上对应题目的答案标号涂黑；如需改动，用橡皮擦干净后，再选涂其它答案，答案不能写在试卷或草稿纸上。3. 非选择题必须用黑色字迹的钢笔或签字笔作答，答案必须写在答题卷各题目指定区域内相应的位置上；如需改动，先划掉原来的答案，然后再在答

2、题区内写上新的答案；不准使用铅笔和涂改液，不按以上要求作答的答案无效。第一部分 阅读理解 （共两节，满分40分）第一节 （共15小题;每小题2分，满分30分）阅读下面短文，从每题所给的四个选项 （A 、B 、C 和 D ）中 ，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。AA girl became a volunteer in the activities of Deathbed Care, which meant visiting and taking care of a patient suffering from an incurable disease with days numbered

3、. The girl was assigned to look after an old man suffering from cancer whose children lived abroad. Their living conditions were not satisfactory while the old man had a lot of savings. She was expected to comfort him and keep up his spirits. Every Saturday the girl came on time to keep him company,

4、 telling him stories. When he was having an intravenous drip (静脉滴注), she would help massage his arms. The doctor found the patient much improved mentally. The old man began to involve himself actively in the medical treatment and he seldom shouted at others. But something that happened made the doct

5、or uneasy and puzzled. Each time the girl left, the old man would give her some money. The doctor did nothing to interfere, unwilling to offend the old man. A month later the old man showed evident signs of decline after suffering coma (昏迷) a few times. When rescued from the latest coma, the old man

6、 told the doctor his last wish, “I have deep sympathy for the girl. Will you be kind enough to help her finish her studies？” But the doctor knew that her family was well off and she had no difficulty pursuing her studies. Sometimes she even came to the hospital in her fathers car. When the girl came

7、 at the weekend after the death of the old man, the doctor told her the bad news. She was very sad and burst into tears. Then she handed $ 500 to the doctor, saying, “The old man had all along thought I came to do the job because of poverty. He gave me money so that I could continue my schooling.”No

8、w he got the answer to the puzzle. In the last period of his life, the old man found it a real pleasure to be able to help a girl badly in need.1. If youre a volunteer in the activities of Deathbed Care, what kind of people do you have to attend to?APatients with a lot of money. BPatients suffering

9、from cancer.CPatients without many days left. DPatients living alone.2. What can we learn from the passage?AThe doctor told the old man the truth. BThe old mans children were wealthy.CThe girls father encouraged her to accept the money. DThe girl didnt accompany the old man when he died.3. What is t

10、he real reason resulting in the old mans mental improvement?AThe girls love and great care. BThe pleasure of helping people in need. CThe doctors medical treatment DHis childrens progress in life. BWe know the famous ones-the Thomas Edisons and the Alexander Graham Bells -but what about the less fam

11、ous inventors? What about the people who invented the traffic light and the windshield wiper (雨刮器) ? Shouldnt we know who they are?Joan Mclean thinks so. In fact, Mclean, a professor of physics at Mountain University in Range, feels so strongly about this matter that shes developed a course on the t

12、opic. In addition to learning who invented what , however, Mclean also likes her students to learn the answers to the why and how questions. According to Mclean, When students learn the answers to these questions, they are better prepared to recognize opportunities for inventing and more motivated t

13、o give inventing a try. Her students agree. One young man with a patent for an unbreakable umbrella is walking proof of McLeans statement. If I had not heard the story of the windshield wipers invention, said Tommy Lee, a senior physics major. I never would have dreamed of turning my bad experience

14、during a rain storm into something so constructive. Lee is currently negotiating to sell his patent to an umbrella producer.So, just what is the story behind the windshield wiper? Well, Mary Anderson came up with the idea in 1902 after a visit to New York City. The day was cold and stormy, but Ander

15、son still wanted to see the sights, so she jumped aboard a streetcar. Noticing that the driver was struggling to see through the snow covering the windshield, she found herself wondering why there couldnt be a built-in device for cleaning the window. Still wondering about this when she returned home

16、 to Birmingham, Alabama, Anderson started drafting out solutions. One of her ideas, a lever (操作杆) on the inside of a vehicle that would control an arm on the outside, became the first windshield wiper.Today we benefit from countless inventions and innovations. Its hard to imagine driving without Gar

17、rett A. Morgans traffic light. Its equally impossible to picture a world without Katherine J. Blodgetts innovation that makes glass invisible. Can you picture life without clear windows and eyeglasses?4. By mentioning traffic light and windshield wiper, the author indicates that countless inventions

18、 are_.A. beneficial, because their inventors are famousB. beneficial, though their inventors are less famousC. not useful, because their inventors are less famousD. not useful, though their inventors are famous5. Professor Joan McLeans course aims to _.A. add color and variety to students campus lif

19、eB. inform students of the windshield wipers inventionC. carry out the requirements by Mountain UniversityD. prepare students to try their own invention6. Tommy Lees invention of the unbreakable umbrella was .A. not eventually accepted by the umbrella producerB. inspired by the story behind the wind

20、shield wiperC. due to his dream of being caught in a rainstormD. not related to Professor Joan McLeans lectures7. Which of the following can best serve as the title of this passage?A. How to Help Students to Sell Their Inventions to Producers?B. How to Design a Built in Device for Cleaning the Windo

21、w?C. Shouldnt We Know Who Invented the Windshield Wiper?D. Shouldnt We Develop Invention Courses in Universities?CDisease, poverty, hate, loveCharles Dickens stories opened his readers eyes to the most important themes of his age. Two hundred years on, his stories still speak volumes across the worl

22、d, proving that Dickens legacy（遗产）was far greater than just “great-literature”. February 7 marks the 200thanniversary of the writers birthday. To mark this date, BBC writer Alex Hudson listed six things Dickens gave the modern world. Lets take a look at two of them. A White Christmas Dickens is desc

23、ribed as “the man who invented Christmas” not the religious festival, but the cultural aspects that we associate with the festive season today.In the early 19thcentury, Christmas was barely worth mentioning, according to critic and writer Leigh Hunt. The committee which ran the Conservative Party ev

24、en held ordinary business meetings on Christmas Dayunthinkable in the West nowadays, when everyone but the most necessary workers takes at least three days off.Many people believe that Dickens popular descriptions of the festive period became a blueprint for generations to come. In his classic novel

25、,A Christmas Carol, he not only put forward the idea of snow at Christmas, but also painted a picture of glowing warmth“home enjoyments, affections and hopes”.In his biography of Dickens, Peter Ackroyd wrote: “Dickens can be said to have almost single-handedly created the modern idea of Christmas.”“

26、Dickens” poverty(贫穷)Dickens was one of the first to take an honest look at the underclass and the poor of Victorian London. He helped popularize the term “red tape” to describe situations where people in power use needless amounts of bureaucracy(官僚作风) in a way that particularly hurts the weaker and

27、poorer members of society.“Dickensian” has now become a powerful word for describing an unacceptable level of poverty. In 2009, when the president of the Association of Teachers and Lecturers in the UK wanted to talk about poverty in some areas of Britain, she did not use words like “terrible” or “h

28、orrific”, but rather described it as “life mirroring the times of Dickens”.8. The article is mainly about_A. a brief introduction to Charles DickensB. Charles Dickens influence on the worldC. the characters in Charles Dickens storiesD. Charles Dickens achievements in literature9. Why is Dickens call

29、ed “the man who invented Christmas”?A. Because he created both religious and culture festival.B. Because all his novels have something to do with Christmas.C. Because one of his novels helped to shape Christmas celebrations.D. Because he was the first man to have proposed celebrating Christmas.10. A

30、ccording to the article, the phrase “red tape” refers to _.A. rules or procedures that are required to accomplish a taskB. a situation in which poor members of society are hurt.C. conflict between people in power and weaker peopleD. pointlessly time-consuming official procedures11. We can learn from

31、 the passage that_. A. Dickensian is widely used to describe the ChristmasB. Charles Dickens novels reflect the true life at his ageC. Every person can take three days off for ChristmasD. The theme of Charles Dickens stories is about povertyDHybrid cars （混合动力车） are cars that run on petrol and electr

32、icity. They have a small standard petrol engine and a battery electric motor to provide electric power.There are some differences between different models of hybrid cars, but the general principle is that the car runs on petrol, and the electric motor kicks in when additional power is required, for example, when going uphill or accelerating. In some hybrid cars the petrol engine turns itself