学年度高二英语下学期期末考试试题.docx

1、学年度高二英语下学期期末考试试题齐齐哈尔市2018年高二英语下学期期末试题（有答案）第 I 卷第一部分： 听力（共两节，满分30分）第一部分 听力（共两节，满分30分）第一节 （共5小题；每小题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一小题。每段对话仅读一遍。1. What does the woman like collecting best? A. Stamps. B. Coins. C. Train tickets. 2. Which cou

2、ntry found lovely music is good for peoples hearts? A. America. B. Australia. C. Russia. 3. What is the woman eager to buy? A. Ice creams. B. Candy. C. Drinks. 4. Where are the two speakers?A. In the bank. B. In the classroom. C. In the supermarket.5. What prevented the woman calling the man yesterd

3、ay? A. She lost her cellphone. B. Her cellphone was power off. C. Her teacher took her cellphone away. 第二节 (共15小题；每小题1.5分，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、7题。6. What is the woman looking for?A. A

4、 casual dress. B. A business suit. C. An evening dress.7. What will the woman do next?A. Try on the clothes. B. Bargain with the man. C. Pay for the clothes in cash.听第7段材料，回答第8、9题。8. How old is the womans grandfather?A. 78. B. 79. C. 80.9. What did the womans grandfather do last winter?A. He went in

5、 the hospital.B. He went on a cycling holiday.C. He attended a skiing contest.听第8段材料，回答第10至12题。10. What are the speakers arguing about? A. Who to blame. B. Which way to go. C. What transport to take. 11. Why did the policeman stop the speakers? A. They took the wrong shortcut. B. They drove beyond t

6、he speed limit. C. They went through the red light. 12. What was the initial reason for what happened to the speakers? A. The woman didnt prefer to travel by train. B. The man failed to ask the way. C. The man forgot to book tickets earlier.听第9段材料，回答第13至16题。13. What is the basic purpose of the IQ te

7、sts?A. To test who is brighter. B. To test language and numerical ability. C. To judge an individual talents.14. What makes so many unhappy parents in the world?A. Their children being stupid. B. Their childrens failing in the exams. C. Their childrens abilities not being developed.15. Why do some c

8、hildren do badly in school exams?A. They are not good with words and numbers. B. They do not study hard enough. C. They are looked down upon by others in school.16. How can a person be happy? A. Putting your skills to good use.B. Having a higher IQ. C. Doing well in the exams.听第10段材料，回答第17至20题。17. W

9、hat is the conductor like? A. Anxious. B. Absent-minded. C. Kind-hearted.18. What should Mr. Mora do in Princeton? A. Give a lecture. B. Meet an old friend. C. Visit a university.19. Why must Mr. Mora find the ticket?A. He might be fined. B. He forgot the destination. C. He wrote something important

10、 on it.20. What kind of person is Mr. Mora?A. Forgetful. B. Careful. C. Bad-tempered.第二部分： 阅读理解（共20小题;每小题2分，满分40分）第一节（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。ABissel is a small village of the West Sahara. It lies next to a l.5-square-kilometer oasis(绿洲), from where three day

11、s and nights are generally required to go out of the desert. However, before Ken Levin discovered it in 1926, none of the Bissel villagers had ever walked out of the desert. Reportedly, they were not unwilling to leave this barren land. Many had previously tried but failed, always somehow finding th

12、emselves back at the oasis after several days of trying to walk out.When interviewed by Ken Levin, an expert at the British Royal College of Sciences, the villagers explained that no matter which direction they walked it always brought them back to the village. Why couldnt the Bissel villagers walk

13、out of the desert? Levin was very puzzled. He had, by himself, managed to walk north from the village and reach the nearest town in three and a half days. He decided to carry out an experiment to solve the mystery. He and a Bissel villager called Argutel, would walk out of the desert together. They

14、prepared enough water for a half-a-month journey and two camels. But this time Ken Levin didnt bring his compass. Levin would follow Argutel. Ten days later, they had walked for about 500 miles but were still in the desert. On the 11th morning, an oasis came into their view. They were back at Bissel

15、. Levin now understood why the Bissel people couldnt escape the desert. They had no knowledge of the North Star, which had for centuries provided sailors and other travelers with a point of direction. In the desert, if a person goes forward relying only on their senses, they will not be able to trav

16、el in a straight line. Rather they will travel in a very large circle and eventually track back to where they began. Levin explained to Argutel the function of the North Star and said, “As long as you rest in the daytime and walk towards the brightest star at night, you would be able to walk out of

17、the desert.” Argutel did as he was told. Three days later, he came to the edge of the desert. Now in the West Sahara, Bissel has become a bright pearl, where tens of thousands of tourists come every year. Argutels bronze statue stands in the center of the town. On its base are the words: _.21. Villa

18、gers in Bissel had never walked beyond the desert because _. A. they were discouraged by their failures B. they had a fear of the outside world C. they had no desire to leave the oasis D. they had no method to find their way out 22. It can be inferred from the passage that _.A. the use of a compass

19、was necessary to walk out of the desertB. tourism in Bissel has been greatly developed and improvedC. Argutel became the leader of Bissel after his returnD. Ken Levin didnt walk south because it would take more days 23. Which of the following can most probably be found at the base of Argutels statue

20、? A. Where there is a will, there is a way. B. A long journey starts with the first step C. A new life starts from the fixed direction. D. Two heads are better than one. BThe future of written English will owe more to Hollywood films than Dickens or Shakespeare, if the findings of a study into child

21、rens writing are anything to go by. Researchers who looked at the entries to a national competition found they were increasingly using Americanisms such as garbage, trash can, sidewalk, candy, sneakers, soda, and flashlight.The stories, written by pupils aged 7 to 13, show how fairy cakes are referr

22、ed to as cupcakes and a dinner jacket has become a tuxedo. “Smart” is now often used for “clever” and “cranky” for “irritable”.Television also has a powerful influence on childrens work, with Lady Gaga and Argentinean footballer Lionel Messi among the famous names from TV cropping up repeatedly.But

23、pupils are let down by basic spelling, punctuation and grammar, according to the study by Oxford University Press (OUP), which looked at the entries to BBC Radio Twos “500 Words” competition.Children struggled to correctly spell simple words such as “does” and “clothes” and often failed to use the p

24、ast tense correctly, frequently writing “rised” instead of “rose” or “thinked” instead of “thought”.Researchers also found that punctuation was underused, especially semi-colons and speech marks. Some did not know how to use capital letters. However, exclamation marks were overused. Researchers foun

25、d 35,171 examples in total, with some young writers using five at a time！Popular US fiction such as the Twilight novels and films is thought to be fueling the increasing use of American vocabulary and spelling. Meanwhile, fears that texting was spoiling childrens written work were unfounded, they sa

26、id, with youngsters only using text language when they were referring to a text message.Samantha Armstrong from OUP said: “Perhaps we are catching a glimpse of the language of the future.” Chris Evans, whose radio show runs the competition, said the results were “fascinating”, adding: “Whod have tho

27、ught that Messi and Gaga would be some of the most used names?”24. Which of the following was NOT frequently found in the pupils stories? A. A variety of Americanisms. B. Overuse of exclamation marks. C. Names of famous TV stars. D. Text message language. 25. What can we infer from the passage? A. A

28、merican movies and books are increasingly popular in Britain. B. The national writing competition is organised by Oxford University Press.C. Written English is more influenced by classical literature than popular US Culture.D. Lionel Messi is now the most famous footballer in Britain.26. The underli

29、ned phrase “unfounded” in Paragraph 7 probably means _. A. unnoticeable B. not found C. not based on facts D. unbearable 27. The passage is intended to _. A. share the experience about how to teach written English in a correct way B. discuss the noticeable changes and evolution of written English in

30、 Britain C. criticize the influence of popular US culture on British childrens language use D. show that British children have spellings and grammar abilitiesC Consumers everywhere are faced with the same dilemma: given limited resources, what sorts of purchases are most likely to produce lasting ha

31、ppiness and satisfaction? Recent research has confirmed that experiential purchases tend to produce greater enjoyment gains than material purchases.The reason why experiences improve with time may be that it is possible to think about experiences in a more abstract manner than possessions. For examp

32、le, if you think back to a fantastic summer from your youth, you might easily remember an abstract sense of warm sunshine and youthful exuberant (生气勃勃), but youre less likely to remember exactly what you did day by day.Material possessions are harder to think about in an abstract sense. The car you bought is stil