广东省汕头市高二英语下学期期末测试.docx

1、广东省汕头市高二英语下学期期末测试广东省汕头市2007-2008学年度高二下学期期末测试英 语本试卷共10页，满分为150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的姓名和考生号填在答题卡上。2选择题每小题选出答案后，用2B铅笔把答题卡上对应的答案标号涂黑；如需改动，用橡皮擦干净后，再选涂其他答案；不能答在答卷上。3非选择题必须用黑色字迹的钢笔或签字笔作答，答案必须写在答题卡各题目指定区域内的相应位置上；如需改动，先画掉原来的答案，然后再写上新的答案；不准使用铅笔和涂改液。不按以上要求作答的答案无效。4考生必须保持答题卡的整洁，考试结束后，将本试卷和答题

2、卡一并交回。第一部分听力(共两节，满分35分)第一节听力理解(5段共15小题；每小题2分，满分30分) 每段播放两遍。各段后有几个小题，各段播放前每小题有5秒钟的阅题时间。请根据各段播放内容及其相关小题，在5秒钟内从题中所给的A、B、C项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。听第1段对话，回答第13题。1. Why is it difficult to solve air pollution?A. Because most people dont want to stop it.B. Because most people dont think it is serious. C. Beca

3、use most of our pollution is caused by things people need.2. In which places is air pollution the worst? A. In villages. B. In the country. C. In crowded cities.3. Why is air pollution dangerous to our health? A. Because it pollutes restaurants. B. Because it pollutes plants.C. Because it pollutes f

4、actories.听第二段对话，回答第46题。4. What is Jessy watching on TV? A. The same show as yesterdays. B. Guitar playing. C. A music video.5. What does Grandpa think of modern music? A. Pleasant to the ear. B. Noisy. C. Developed.6. What can we learn from the conversation? A. The kid is spoiled by his grandpa. B.

5、The old gentleman doesnt like modern music. C. Maybe the old gentleman isnt respected by his granddaughter.听第三段对话，回答第79题。7. Where does the conversation probably take place? A. On the street. B. At a restaurant. C. At the womans house.8. What kind of diet should the man follow? A. A very limited diet

6、 , eating only salads. B. A very limited diet with lots of sweets. C. A moderate diet with little sugar.9. How long will it take the man to get down to his proper weight? A. Three months. B. Six months. C. A year.听第四段独白，回答第1012小题。10. Why is good breakfast important?A. Because we usually eat less tha

7、n other meals.B. Because we are hungry and have a good appetite.C. Because it provides us energy for the whole morning.11. What shouldnt be neglected at lunch? A. Fruit salad. B. Green vegetables. C. Meat and eggs.12. What do people think of food when they are in good mood?A. They think it tastes be

8、tter. B. They think it is valuable. C. They think it is attractive.听第五段对话，回答第1315题。13. What does the man think of New York City? A. Crowded , busy and tiring. B. Interesting, crowded and terrifying. C. Nerve-racking, worthless visiting.14. Which places did the woman visit in New York City?A. Metropo

9、litan Museum of Art and the White House.B. The Statue of Liberty and the Empire State Building. C. Washington Square and the Lincoln Center.15. What do we know about the woman? A. Her English is not very good. B. The best fun for her was the Lincoln Center. C. She liked the people at Washington Squa

10、re.第二节听取信息(共5小题；每小题1分，满分5分)听下面一段材料, 请根据题目要求，从所给的内容中获取必要的信息，填入答题卡标号为1620的空格中。 录音读两遍。你将有80秒钟的作答时间。Functions of mass mediaFirstInform and help us 16 on our world.They gather and pass on information we would be unable to get on our own.SecondHelp us to 17 our time and life. What we talk about and what w

11、ethink about are greatly influenced by the media.ThirdThe media are used to 18 people. A good example is 19 through the media.FourthAll of the media make some effort to try to 20 their audience.第二部分 语言知识及应用(共两节，满分35分)第一节 完形填空(共10小题；每小题2分，满分20分)阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从2130各题所给的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项

12、涂黑。When I was about twelve, I suddenly developed a great passion for writing poetry. I gave up all my other 21 , such as playing computer games, 22 foreign coins and stamps, and spent all my spare time reading poetry and writing it. This habit of writing poetry on every possible 23 soon got me into

13、trouble at school. If a lesson did not interest me, I would take out my note-book and start writing poems in class. Of course, I did this very 24 , but it was not long before I got 25 . One day while I was busy writing a poem during a geography lesson, I looked up to find the teacher standing over m

14、e, staring with anger because I was not 26 attention. He tore the paper up, with a 27 not to waste time in his lesson. All the same I was convinced that I had written a good poem, so that evening I wrote it out again from memory. Not long after, I read about a poetry contest and I decided to send in

15、 my poem. Weeks later, long after I had given up hope, I got a letter informing me I had won first 28 . Everyone at school was very impressed except the geography teacher, who 29 me more carefully than ever. He was quite 30 that I was going to write poetry in his lesson!21. A. hobbiesB. likesC. inte

16、restsD. routines22. A. arrangingB. collectingC. gatheringD. keeping23. A. chanceB. momentC. occasionD. time24. A. anxiouslyB. attentivelyC. cautiouslyD. silently25. A. holdB. exposedC. knownD. caught26. A. callingB. devotingC. attractingD. paying27. A. warningB. noticeC. wordD. look28. A. positionB.

17、 priceC. rewardD. victory29. A. guardedB. inspectedC. observedD. watched30.A. determinedB. annoyedC. fixedD. sure第二节：语法填空(共10小题，每小题1.5分，满分15分) 阅读下面短文，按照句子结构的语法性和上下文连贯的要求，在空格处填入一个适当的词或使用括号中词语的正确形式填空，并将答案填写在答题卷标号为3140的相应位置上。Millions of words have been said about young people in the United States. Ther

18、e are reasons 31 this great interest in their ideas, 32 (feel) and actions. Today there are about eight million Americans in the colleges and universities. The young under twenty-five make 33 nearly half of the American population, many of 34 will be in power in the near future. 35 (nature), their i

19、deas are important to everyone in the country, and 36 is necessary for the older people to understand 37 they think and feel. College students today have strong opinions about right and 38 . They are deeply interested in making a 39 (good) life for all the people, especially for those who have never

20、 40 (give) a fair chance before.第三部分阅读(共两节，满分40分)第一节：阅读理解(共15小题；每小题2分，满分30分)阅读下列短文，从每题所给的A、B、C和D项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。AWe were standing at the top of a church tower. My father had brought me to this spot in a small town not far from our home in Rome. I wondered why.“Look down, Elsa,” Father said. I

21、gathered all my courage and looked down. I saw the square in the center of the village. And I saw the crisscross (十字形) of twisting, turning streets leading to the square. “ See, my dear,” Father said gently. “ There is more than one way to the square. Life is like that. If you cant get to the place

22、where you want to go by one road, try another.”Now I understood why I was there. Earlier that day I had begged my mother to do something about the awful lunches that were served at school. But she refused because she could not believe the lunches were as bad as I said.When I turned to Father for hel

23、p, he would not interfere. Instead, he brought me to this high tower to give me a lesson. By the time we reached home, I had a plan.At school the next day, I secretly poured my luncheon soup into a bottle and brought it home. Then I asked our cook to serve it to Mother at dinner. The plan worked per

24、fectly. She swallowed one spoonful and sputtered, “ The cook must have gone mad！” Quickly I told what I had done, and Mother stated firmly that she would take up the matter of lunches at school the next day!In the years that followed I often remembered the lesson Father taught me. I began to work as

25、 a fashion designer two years ago. I wouldnt stop working until I tried every possible means to my goal. Fathers wise words always remind me that there is more than one way to the square.41.The authors father took her to the top of a church tower to _. A. enjoy the beautiful scenery of the whole tow

26、n B. find out how many ways lead to the square C. inspire her to find out another way to solve her problem D. help her forget some unpleasant things earlier that day42. What did the author want her mother to do earlier that day?A. Do something delicious for lunch. B. Taste her awful lunch.C. Dismiss

27、 the mad cook.D. Speak to the school about lunch.43. The underlined sentence in the fifth paragraph means _.A. the cook agreed to serve the soup to MotherB. the matter of lunch was successfully settled C. her father persuaded her mother successfully D. the method the author thought of was effective4

28、4. What did the authors mother think of her luncheon soup after she tasted it?A. It was delicious. B. It wasnt so bad as the author said. C. It couldnt be worse. D. It was as good as her cook did .45. By sharing her own experiences, the author tries to tell us _.A. when one road is blocked, try anot

29、her B. how bad the lunch of her school is C. how wise her father is D. about the church tower near her home BA person has been badly injured in a car accident. It is necessary to give him a blood transfusion because he has lost a great deal of blood in the accident. However, special care must be tak

30、en in selecting new blood for him. If the blood is too different from his own, the transfusion could kill him.There are four basic types of blood: A, B, AB and O. A single test can tell us a persons blood type. Everybody is born with one of these four types of blood. Blood type, like hair color and

31、height, is inherited from parents. Because of the substances contained in each type, the four groups must be transfused carefully. Basically, A and B cannot be mixed. A and B cannot receive AB, but AB may receive A or B. O can give to any other group; so it is often called the universal donor. For the opposite reason, AB is sometimes called the universal recipient(领受者). However, because there can be so many reactions in transfusions, patients usually receive only salt or plasma (血浆) until their blood can be matched