高二英语下学期期末联考试题.docx

1、高二英语下学期期末联考试题成安一中、永年二中高二年级期末联考英语试卷满分150分 时间110分钟第卷第一部分：听力（共两节，满分30分）第一节（共5小题；毎小题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。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小题。每段对话仅读一遍。1.Where is the woman going with her children?A.To Australia. B.To Canada. C. To Japan.2.How much should the man pa

2、y?A. $ 16 B. $32. C. $603. What does woman expect the man to do on Sunday?A.Celebrale their mums birthdayB. Take Brian out for the day.C. Help Brian move house,4. What does the woman mean?A. She doesnt like the job.B. She will take the job right away.C. She isntl sure whether to take the job.5. What

3、 are the speakers mainly talking about?A. A novel. B. A film.C. A writer.第二节(共15小题；每小题满分22.5分)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，你将有时间阅读各个小题，每小题5秒钟；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。听第6段材料，回答第6至7题。6. What will the woman do this evening?A. Attend a party.B.Visither grand

4、ma. C. Do some shopping.7.What does the man advise the woman to do?A. Make a skirt B.Buy ahandbag.C. Wear a necklace.听第7段材料,回答8至9题。8. Where does the converse on take place?A. Ai a hotel. B.At anairport C. At a police station.9. What does the man suggest the woman do?A. Wait where she is.B. Make a re

5、quest for the loss,C. Give him her telepone number听第8段材料，回答10至12题。10.Whats the relation between the speakers?A.Husband and wife. B.Friends C.Boss and woorker.11. Why does the woman look worried?A.She has been late for work recently.B.She is not getting on well with her boss.C.She has trouble taking

6、her children to school.12. What might the woman thingk of Alices way to deal with her problem?A.Practical B.Strange C.Wrong听第9段材料，回答13至16题。13.How long will the course surprise at?A.Six weeks. B. Seven weeks. C.Eight weeks.14. What was the woman surprised at?A.The lack of assistants.B.The condition o

7、f weather.C.The number of children.15. What new activities can the children have this year?A.Adventure sporss. B.Fun programs. C.Creative classes.16. What is expected about the course this year?A.It will run better. B.It will last longer.C.It will start earlier.听第10段材料，回答17至20题。17. Whatdifficulty di

8、d the speaker have when starting to learn French?A.Grammar. B.Vocabulary. C.Pronunciation.18. Why did the speaker go to France?A.To settle. B.To look for a job. C.To continute to sdudy.19. What did the speaker think of her French after she arrived in France?A.Poor. B. Acceptable. C.Excellent.20. Wha

9、t is the most important in learning a language according to the sperker?A.Matering the grammar rules. B.Using the language in real life.C.Knowing a large number of words.第二部分: 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） 阅读下列四篇短文，从每小题后所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中,选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该选项涂黑。APhillip Island Penguins The Little

10、 Penguin has called Phillip Island home for generations.Get to Phillip Island in plenty of time to watch a summmer sunset at Summerland Beach .the stage is attractively set to see the Little Penguin leave water and step onto land. Leave Melbourne at 5:30 pm. for a direct journey to Phillip Island. S

11、ee the Gippsland area.Guinness Book of Records place for the worlds longest earthworm (蚯蚓) Journey along the coastal highway around the Bay with French Island and Churchill Island in the distance. Cross the bridge at San Remo to enter Phillip Islandnatural home for Little Penguins and many animals.

12、Take your place in special viewing stands to watch the daily evening performance of the wild Little penguins.Ultimate Penguins (+U)Join a group of up to 15. This guided tour goes to an attractive, quiet beach to see Little Penguins. You can see penguins at night by wearing a special pair of glasses.

13、Adult (成人) $ 60.00 Child $ 30.00Viewing Platform Penguin Plus (+V)More personalized wildlife viewing limited to 130 people providing closer viewing of the penguin arrival than the main viewing stands.Adult $ 25.00 Child $ 12.50Penguin Skybox (+S)Join a group of only 5 in the comfort of a special, hi

14、gher-up viewing tower. Gain an excellent overviewof Summerland Beach.Adult 16 yrs + $ 50.00 21What kind of people is the text mainly written for? A. Scientists.B. Students.C. Tourists.D. Artists. 22We can learn from the text that Little Penguins _. A. are trained to practice diving for visitorsB. ke

15、ep a Guinness record for their sizeC. have been on Phillip Island for yearsD. live in large groups to protect themselves 23How much would a couple with one child pay for a closer viewing tour? A. $ 62.50. B. $37.50. C. $ 180.00. D. $ 150.00.B A study of English learning problems was carried out amon

16、g a tolal of 106 foreign students.It shows that most studentsconsidered understanding spoken English to be their biggest problem on arrival. This was followed by speaking. Writing increased as a problem as students discovered difficultties in writing papers that they were now expected to hand in. Re

17、ading remained as a significant problem. The information gained helped us in determining where special attention should be paid in our course. Although many students have chosen to join the course with a reasonable motivation, weconsideredit important to note what seemed to encourage interest. Nearl

18、y all the students have experienced some kindof grammar-based English teaching in their own country. To use the same method would be self-defeating because it might reduce motivation, especially if it has failed in the past. Therefore a different method may help because it is different. Variety of a

19、ctivity was also seen as a way of maintaining or increasing motivation. Several yearsago we had one timetable that operated throughout, but we soon found that both the students and the teacherslost interest by about halfway through the ten weeks. This led us to a major re-think, so finally we brough

20、t itinto line with the expressed language needs of the students. 24. What is the text mainly about? A. Foreign students have more problems. B. Teaching should meet students needs. C. English learning problems should be studied again.D. There are many ways to improve English. 25. Writing became a big

21、ger problem when foreign students _. A. became less interested in reading B. became better at speaking C. had to write their papersD. had fewer problems with listening 26. We may infer from the last two paragraphs that _. A. teaching content should be changed halfway B. grammar-based teaching seems

22、to be encouraging C. English courses are necessary for foreign students D. different teaching methods should be used27. The word it underlined in the last paragraph refers to _. A. re-think B. timetable C. motivationD. activity C One day ,I received a call from a colleague. He was about to give a st

23、udent a zero for his answer to a physical problem .while the student claimed a perfect score. I was elected as their arbiter( 仲裁人).I read the examination problem： “Show how it is possible to determine the height of a tall building with the aid of a barometer(气压计).” The student had answered： “Take th

24、e barometer to the top of the building，attach a long rope to it，lower it to the street，and then bring it up, measuring the length of the rope. The length of it is the height of the building. ”The student had really answered the question completely ，but the answer didnt confirm his competence in phys

25、ics. I suggested the student try again. I gave him six minutes to answer the question, warning that the answer should show some knowledge of physics. Five minutes later, he said he had many answers and clashed off one, which read： “Take the barometer to the top of the building and lean over the edge

26、 of the roof. Drop the barometer, timing its fall with a stopwatch. Then, use the physical formula (公式）to calculate the height of the building. ”At this point, my colleague had to accept it, and then the student made almost full marks. I couldnt help asking the student what the other answers were. H

27、e listed many others ，and then added5 “Probably the best is to take the barometer to the. administrator and said to him， Sir, here is a fine barometer. If you tell me the height of the building, I will give it to you.”Then, I asked the student if he really did not know the conventional answer to thi

28、s question. He admitted that he did ，but said that he was fed up with high school and college instructors trying to teach him how to think.The name of the student was Bohr who later was famous all over ,the world. He won the Nobel Prize for Physics in 1922.28.The student got a zero at the beginning

29、because_.Athe teacher wasnt satisfied with him Bhis answer wasnt complete or correct Cthe teacher didnt fully understand his answer Dhis answer didnt show his knowledge of physics 29.We know from the passage that_Athe student knew the expected answer Bthe administrator told Bohr the height Cthe auth

30、or preferred Bohr s last answer Dthe teacher was a very stubborn person 30.We can learn from the passage that_.Ainstructors can teach students how to think Barbiters can help students to get high scores Cstudents should be given more freedom in thinking Dteachers should make students use physical fo

31、rmulas 31. What was Bohrs attitude toward his schooling?AOptimistic. BCritical. CApproving. DAmbiguous. D An explosion on Thursday killed one and injured 21 in a busy street in Tongren.Southwest Chinas Guizhou Province.The bomb was hidden in a rubbish bin in the citys commercial hub, where lots of shops and restaurantsare concentrated. The ear-splitting explosion was heard around 12: 50 p.m., said a local newspaper, which was described by witnesses. The power of the explosion shattered (使粉碎) nearby shop windows and ripped the stainless(不生锈的)steel rubbi