浙江省学年高二英语上学期期末模拟试题2.docx

1、浙江省学年高二英语上学期期末模拟试题 2高二英语上学期期末模拟试题第1部分 听力（共20小题，共30分）第一节 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，并标在试卷的相应位置。听完每段对话后，你都有10秒钟的时间来回答有关小题和阅读下一小题。每段对话仅读一遍。1. What does the woman prefer to do?A. Find a quiet place B. Check in at the hotel C. Avoid the traffic jam2. who is probably the man?A. An exhibitio

2、n visitor B. a ticket collector D. a policeman3. what subject does the boy show little interest in?A. Biology B. math C. physics4. what is the speakers opinion about the film?A. It makes them puzzled.B. It isnt worth watching.C. It has a surprising ending.5. where does the conversation probably take

3、 place?A. At home B. on a plane C. at a newspaper stand第二节: 听下面5段对话或独白。每段对话或独白后有几个小题，从题中所给的A，B，C三个选项中选出最佳选项，并标在试卷的相应位置。听每段对话或独白前，你将有5秒钟的时间阅读各个小题；听完后，各小题将给出5秒钟的作答时间。每段对话或独白读两遍。听下面一段材料，回答第6和第7题。6. What will the speakers do next Saturday?A. Buy a new car B. travel to China C. look at some photos7. What

4、s the relationship between the speakers?A. Neighbors B. a couple C. fellow workers听下面一段对话，回答第8和9两个小题8. How long has the restaurant served breakfast?A. About 6 years B. about 16 years C. about 60 years9. What will Betty probably try?A. Fried eggs B. fruit salad C. French toast听下面一段对话，回答第10-12小题10. Wh

5、o is getting married?A. Judy B. Grace C. Clara 11. What will the man go for on Saturday?A. A birthday party B. a wedding C. a picnic12. What does the man suggest the woman do?A. Attend the wedding a little lateB. Call her best friend to say sorryC. Go to the wedding and the party听下面一段对话，回答第13-16题13.

6、 What program was put off to next week?A. Some news reports B. a talk show B. a football game14. Who was badly injured?A. The teacher B. the bus driver C. the truck driver15. How many students got hurt in the accident?A. 20 B. 18 C. 216. What caused the accident?A. Drunk driving B. bad weather C. sp

7、eeding听下面一段对话，回答第17-20题17. What can we see in Johns photo?A. A rainstorm B. a monkey C. a sleeping lion18. How much will John receive?A. $100 B. $500 C. $100019. What can we learn about Bens photo?A. It was taken in Africa. B. It happened by accident. C. It was in black and white.20. What is the spe

8、akers advice in the end?A. Entering next months contest.B. Checking back for more information.C. Being careful while taking pictures. 第二部分阅读理解（共两节，满分35分）第一节（共10小题；每小题2.5分，满分25分）阅读下列短文，从每题所给的A、B、C和D四个选项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题纸上将该项涂黑。A Columbia Universitys Mailman School of Public Health recently e-mailed good

9、news to 277 applicants. The e-mails said the Ivy League school is delighted to welcome the 277 applicants to its graduate program in public health. But less than one hour later, the applicants received another e-mail saying the acceptance e-mails were sent by mistake. Julie Kornfeld is the Mailman S

10、chools vice president for education. She apologized for the mistake and said the school is working to make sure this mistake will not happen in the future. She said the school regrets the stress and confusion caused by this mistake. This if far from the first time a college has sent out acceptance n

11、otices by mistake. Last year, the State University of New York at Buffalo e-mailed 5,000 mistaken acceptance notices. The school quickly corrected the information. The applicants were told they were still being considered for admission, but that no final decision had been made. Time Magazine keeps a

12、 list of colleges that mistakenly tell students they were accepted. In 2014, John Hopkins University in Baltimore sent out acceptance notices to 300 applicants. That came as a surprise. Earlier, the students were told their applications had been rejected. The university quickly sent out another noti

13、ce saying, regrettably, that the first rejection letter was correct. Anna Ivey is a college admissions adviser and a former college admissions officer. She said college officials live in fear of making a mistake on something as important as admission to a students dream school. But college admission

14、s require enough human data entry, so it isnt avoided producing mistakes, Ivey said. Though such mistakes happen maybe 1 percent of the time, Ivey said, Its a 100 percent failure rate for that applicant who gets the wrong letter.21. How might the 5,000 applicants of the State University of New York

15、feel when receiving the second e-mail?A. Angry and hopeless B. anxious and puzzledC.Disappointed but hopeful D. acceptable and reasonable22. Why did Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore send a third letter?A. To deny the second letter B. to explain the second letterC.to give details to the first le

16、tter D. to make an apology to the applicants23.What did Anna Ivey think of the mistakes made by universities? A. They are fair to the applicants. B. These mistakes are not forgivable. C.These mistakes should have been avoided. D. There exists possibility to make mistakes.B What will our world be lik

17、e in 2050? There are two features in the growth of world population. First, the annual increase in population in 15 European countries, in the past few years, has been only 300,000. The United Nations estimate(估计) that by 2050, the population of European countries will decrease from the current 0.72

18、 billion to 0.63 billion. Second, the population in developing countries is growing rapidly. By 2050, the population of Africa is expected to reach 1.8 billion, 0.9 billion more than its current population. A recent research report published by the United Nations indicates that it is quite possible

19、that the Earths temperature is rising well above the previous estimate. The Antarctic ice sheet, which contains 90% of the worlds ice, has lost significant mass in the past few years. The discovery comes as a surprise to scientists, who thought that the continent would gain ice this century because

20、of increased snowfall in a warming climate. A research team from the University of Colorado used satellite data to estimate that the ice sheet will lose up to 48 cubic miles by 2050. Africas rivers face great change that will leave a quarter of the continent severely short of water by the middle of

21、the century, according to a global warming study published today. Even modest decreases in rain in western Africa will see rivers lose as much as 80% of their water and a rise of what the scientists call water refugees(难民). In those areas where there is already a water shortage, its going to have a

22、destructive(破坏性的) effect, the study says. If youre already walking 5 km to the nearest stream(小溪), by 2050, its going to mean walking 30 km or moving your whole household closer to the water source.24.What surprises the scientists according to Paragraph 3?A. The Antarctic is sheet has decreased. B.

23、The Earths temperature is going down.C.Global warming is destroying the Earth. D.Snowfall increases in the Antarctic area.25. What does the underlined sentence in the last paragraph stress?A. The ill fate of Africas rivers. B. The importance of doing exercise.C. The hard life of the African refugees

24、. D. The seriousness of the water problem.26. What was the most possible feeling of the author when he wrote this text?A. Happy B. Angry C. concerned D. calmCThe engineer Camilla Olivetti was 40 years old when he started the company in 1908. At his factory in Ivrea, he designed and produced the firs

25、t Italian typewriter. Today the companys head office is still in Ivrea, near Turin, but the company is much larger than it was in those days and there are offices all around the world, By 1930 there was a staff of 700 and the company turned out 13,000 machines a year. Some went to customers in Italy

26、, but Olivetti exported more typewriters to other countries. Camillos son, Adriano, started working for the company in 1924 and later he became the boss. He introduced a standard speed for the production line and he employed technology and design specialist. The company developed new and better type

27、writers and then calculators(计算器). In 1959 it produced the ELEA computer system. This was the first mainframe(主机) computer designed and made in Italy.After Adriano died in 1960, the company had a period of financial problem. Other companies, especially the Japanese, made faster progress in electroni

28、c technology than the Italian company.In 1978, Carlo de Benedetti became the new boss. Olivetti increased its marketing and service networks and made agreements with other companies to design and produce more advanced office equipment. Soon it became one of the worlds leading companies in informatio

29、n technology and communications. There are now five independent companies in the Olivetti groupone for personal computers, one for other office equipment, one for systems and service, and two for telecommunications.27.From the text we learn that A. by 1930 Olivetti produced 13,000 typewriters a year

30、B. Olivetti earned more in the 1960s than in the 1950sC. some of Olivettis 700 staff regularly visited customers in ItalyD. Olivetti set up offices in other countries from the very beginning28. What was probably the direct result of Olivettis falling behind in electronic technologyA. Adrianos death

31、B.A period of financial problemsC. Its faster progress D. Its agreements with other companies.29. What do we know about Olivetti?A. It produced the best typewriter in the world.B. It designed the worlds first mainframe computer.C. It exported more typewriters than other companies.D. It has five inde

32、pendent companies with its head office in Ivrea.30. The best title for the text would be A. The Origin of Olivetti. B. The Success of Olivetti.C. The History of Olivetti D. The Production of Olivetti.第二节（共5小题；每小题2分，满分10分）根据短文内容，从短文后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。选项中有两项为多余选项。How to Grow Houseplants Have you ever killed a beautiful houseplant? Are you still killing beautiful houseplants? _31_ Well, look no fur