套卷云南省玉溪第二中学学年高二下学期期末考试英语试题.docx

1、套卷云南省玉溪第二中学学年高二下学期期末考试英语试题云南省玉溪第二中学2012-2013学年高二下学期期末考试英语试题第卷第一部分听力(共两节，满分30分) 第一节（共5小题；每小题I.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，并标在试卷的相应位置。听完每段对话后，你都有10秒钟的时间来回来有关小题和阅读下一小题。每段对话仅读一遍。1. What does the woman need?A. More work. B. More time. C. More help.2. What is the man doing?A. Expre

2、ssing his appreciation. B. Making an apology. C. Accepting the invitation.3. What does the woman advise the man to do?A. To change his job. B. To share his experience. C. To have a rest. 4. Where did the woman celebrate her birthday last year?A. At her sisters home. B. On a plane. C. At the school.

3、5. What will the man do?A. Ask someone to fix the stairs. B. Take no notice of the stairs. C. Fix the stairs himself.第二节（共15小题：每小题15分，满分22.5分）请听下面5段对话。每段对话后有几个小题，从题中所给出的A、B、C三个选项种选出最佳选项，并标在试卷的相应位置。听每段对话前，你将有时间阅读各个小题。，每小题5秒钟；听完后，各小题给出5秒钟的作答时间。每段对话读两遍。听第6段材料，回答第6、7题。6. What is the advantage of small s

4、hops?A. Theyre not so crowded. B. The food is fresher. C. The products are cheaper.7. What does the man think of his staff?A. They are busy. B. They are energetic. C. They are friendly.听第7段材料，回答第8至10题。8. Whats the woman speaker?A . A reporter. B. A professional cyclist. C. A bus conductress.9. Why d

5、id Susan work overtime?A. To take part in the race. B. To buy a racing cycle. C. To learn cycling.10. What is Susan going to do next?A. Take a bath. B. Have a rest. C. Go on cycling.听第8段材料，回答第11至l3题。11. Whats the probable relationship between the two speakers?A. Classmates. B. Colleagues. C. Strange

6、rs.12. What is the other benefit according to the man?A. Higher wage. B. Better working condition. C. Extra vacation time.13. Why does the woman want to change her job?A. Shes not well paid. B. The job is too boring. C. The job is too hard to do.听第9段材料,回答第14至16题。14. How does Bob feel about the name

7、Fatty?A. Funny. B. Meaningful. C. Upsetting.15. What do we know about Bob?A. He is a student. B. He is good at sports. C. Hes satisfied with himself.16. Where are the two speakers talking?A. In a meeting-room. B. On the phone. C. In a TV studio.听第10段材料,回答第17至20题。17. What changes have happened in Anc

8、horage?A. There are more high buildings. B. There is no forest anymore. C. The citys size is reduced.18. What is the main cause of these changes?A. The discovery of oil. B. The increased wealth. C. The modern transportation.19. What decision do Alaskans need to make?A. How to build the oil pipeline.

9、 B. How to protect nature. C. How to achieve a win-win situation.20. What will the man probably do?A. Talk about Alaskans decisions. B. Take environmental science classes. C. Give a lecture using PowerPoint.第二部 分英语知识运用 (共两节.满分45分)第一节 单项填空 (共15小题，每小题1分，满分15分)从A、B、c、D四个选项中.选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。2

10、1. _ 26-minute movie Carry Your Dream Through to the End was made by three Senior 3 students during the summer vacation of _ year 2011. A. The, / B. A, / C. The, the D. A, the 22._ with common sense can tell the difference between the two. A. Whoever B. No matter who C. Anyone D. Who23. His report w

11、as so exciting that it was interrupted by applause（掌声）. A. constantly B. constant C. seldom D. never 24. _ in a friendly way, their quarrel came to an end. A. Being settled B. Settled C. Settling D. Having settled 25. Not until the early years of the 19th century _ what heat was. A. man did know B.

12、did man knew C. didnt man know D. did man know26. Toms mother kept telling him that he should work harder, but _ didnt help.A. he B. which C. she D. it27. If the president had visited the hospital this morning, it _ the headline in tomorrows paper.Awill be Bcould be Chad been Dwas28. In my opinion,

13、the time students devote to computer games has a bad effect on their studies.A. in which B. on which C. when D. that29.Poor Steve! I could hardly recognize him just now! -_. He has changed so much. A. Never mind B. No problem C. Not at all D. Me neither30. In Britain today women _ 44% of the workfor

14、ce, and nearly half the mothers with children are in paid work.A. build up B. give up C. make up D. set up31. The population of our country very large and a large number of people farmers. A. is, are B. is, is C. are, is D. are, are32. Word came Kim Jong-il, the top leader of the Democratic Peoples

15、Republic of Korea, passed away on December 17, 2011, the whole world.A. that, astonished B. which, astonishedC. that, astonishing D. which, astonishing33. - In modem times，girls like beautiful clothes. - Yes, _ and _. After all, our life has greatly improved.A. so do they，so do you B. so they do，so

16、you doC. so do they，so you do D. so they do, so do you34. It was the young man had been looking for caught the murderer.A. that; who B. that; they C. they; that D. they ; which35. You can see the stars on a clear night, but in the daytime they are _. A. unavoidable B. invisible C. inaccessible D. un

17、available第二节 完形填空(共20小.:每小1.5分.满分30分)阅读下面短文.从短文后各题所给的四个选项A、B. C和D中,选出可以填入空白处的最佳选Sometimes, people are required to fill in personal information when they register online, which may lead to some unexpected trouble. Recently, the BBC is reporting that a 17-year-old girl in Australia posted a(n) 36 of h

18、er grandmother at home counting a large sum of cash that she 37 hidden in the house. Just eight hours later, two armed men 38 the girls house. They demanded to speak to her to find out where the grandmothers house was, 39 they could get the money they had seen. 40 , the girl was not home at the time

19、, so the robbers 41 a small amount of cash from the mother and left.Because the 42 is still under investigation, local police arent saying 43 else about it. Its not known yet whether the girl had used privacy setting on the Facebook profile page, and even whether the robbers 44 the girl in the past.

20、Two other 45 were at home then, a 58-year-old man and a 14-year-old boy, the girls father and brother. Luckily, no one was 46 . The robbers left peacefully after 47 that the girl was not home and that no one else there knew anything about the 48 that had appeared in the photo.Police in both Britain

21、and Australia are using the case to 49 citizens of the dangers of posting personal information on social networks and to suggest users of websites 50 doing so. The police say it is 51 that the girl posted a comment in the past that gave clues to the address, 52 that the robbers knew the girl in anot

22、her way. 53 , they suggest, a posting by a friend on their site could have 54 such information. To find it, the robbers would only have had to search for those posting on other pages that 55 the girls name.36. A. picture B. story C. blog D. video37. A. kept B. made C. let D. got38. A. knocked at B.

23、looked at C. broke into D. ran into39. A. even if B. so that C. as soon as D. in case40. A. Usually B. Suddenly C. Fortunately D. Finally41. A. spent B. left C. asked D. took42. A. robber B. family C. case D. girl43. A. few B. many C. little D. much44. A. ignored B. knew C. remembered D. followed45.

24、 A. members B. adults C. characters D. neighbors46. A. escaped B. harmed C. killed D. buried47. A. showing B. realizing C. discovering D. recognizing48. A. cash B. grandmother C. house D. website49. A. inform B. accuse C. rob D. warn50. A. enjoy B. stop C. keep D. consider51. A. possible B. importan

25、t C. necessary D. strange52. A. so B. or C. and D. but53. A. Besides B. However C. Therefore D. Instead54. A. taken up B. set up C. put away D. given away55. A. included B. drew C. contained D. attracted第三部分阅读理解（共20 小题，每小题2分，满分40分) 第一节 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.并在答且卡上将该项涂黑 AAbout six year

26、s ago I was eating lunch in a restaurant in New York City when a woman and a young boy sat down at the next table. I couldnt help overhearing parts of their conversation. At one point the woman asked, “So, how have you been?” And the boy - who could not have been more than seven or eight years old -

27、replied, “Frankly, Ive been feeling a little depressed lately.” This incident stuck in my mind because it confirmed my growing belief that children are changing. As far as I can remember, my friends and I didnt find out we were “depressed” until we were in high school.The evidence of a change in chi

28、ldren has increased steadily in recent years. Children dont seem childlike anymore. Children speak more like adults, dress more like adults and behave more like adults than they used to. Whether this is good or bad is difficult to say, but it is certainly different. Children as they once were no lon

29、ger exists. Why? Human development is based not only on innate biological states, but also on patterns of access to social knowledge. Movement from one social route to another usually involves learning the secrets of the new status. Children have always been taught adult secrets, but slowly and in s

30、tages: traditionally, we tell sixth graders things we keep hidden from fifth graders. In the last 30 years, however, a secret-revelation machine has been installed in 98 percent of American homes. It is called television. Television passes information indiscriminately to all viewers alike, be the ch

31、ildren or adults. Unable to resist the temptation(诱惑), many children turn their attention from printed texts to the less challenging, more vivid moving pictures. Communication through print, as a matter of fact, allows for a great deal of control over the social information to which children have access. Reading and writing involve a complex code of symbols that must be memorized and practiced. Children must read simple books before they can read complex materials.5