湖南省娄底市重点中学高二英语下学期期末考试试题.docx

1、湖南省娄底市重点中学高二英语下学期期末考试试题娄底市2015-2016学年高二年级第二学期期末考试英语试题第I卷第一部分 听力（共两节，满分30分）做题时，先将答案标在试卷上。录音内容结束后，你将有两分钟的时间将试卷上的答案转涂到答题卡上。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称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。例：How much is the shirt?A. 19.15. B. 9.18. C. 9.15.1. What do

2、es the man want to do?A. Take photos. B. Buy a camera. C. Help the woman.2. What are the speakers talking about?A. A noisy night. B. Their life in town. C. A place of living.3. Where is the man now?A. On his way. B. In a restaurant. C. At home.4. What will Celia do?A. Find a player. B. Watch a game.

3、 C. Play basketball.5. What day is it when the conversation takes place?A. Saturday. B. Sunday. C. Monday.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6、7题。6. What is Sarah going to do?A. Buy

4、John a gift. B. Give John a surprise. C. Invite John to France.7. What does the man think of Sarahs plan?A. Funny. B. Exciting. C. Strange.听第7段材料，回答第8、9题。8. Why does Diana say sorry to Peter?A. She has to give up her travel pan.B. She wants to visit another city.C. She needs to put off her test.9. W

5、hat does Diana want Peter to do?A. Help her with her study. B. Take a book to her friend. C. Teach a geography lesson.听第8段材料，回答第10至12题。10. Why does the man call the woman?A. To tell her about her new job.B. To ask about her job program.C. To plan a meeting with her.11. Who needs a new flat?A. Alex.

6、B. Andrea. C. Miranda.12. Where is the woman now?A. In Baltimore. B. In New York. C. In Avon.听第9段材料，回答第13至16题。13. What does Jan consider most important when he judges a restaurant?A. Where the restaurant is. B. Whether the prices are low.C. How well the food is prepared.14. When did Jan begin to wri

7、te for a magazine?A. After he came back to Sweden.B. Before he went to the United States.C. As soon as he got his first job in 1982.15. What may Jan do to find a good restaurant?A. Talk to people in the street. B. Speak to taxi drivers. C. Ask hotel clerks.16. What do we know about Jan?A. He cooks f

8、or a restaurant.B. He travels a lot for his work.C. He prefers American food.听第10段材料，回答第17至20题。17. What do we know about the Plaza Leon?A. Its a new building. B. Its a small town. C. Its public place.18. When do parents and children like going to the Plaza Leon?A. Saturday nights. B. Sunday afternoo

9、ns. C. Fridays and Saturdays.19. Which street is known for its food shops and markets?A. Via del Mar Street. B. Fernando Street. C. Hernandes Street.20. Why does the speaker like Horatio Street best?A. It has an old stone surface.B. It is named after a writer.C. It has a famous university.第二部分 阅读理解（

10、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。AAfter we meet people it is up to us to make them our friends. Let us stop a moment and consider what really makes a friend. The major qualities like faithfulness, devotion, friendly company, flash through our minds. But

11、it is the large number of very small particular qualities that make up ones whole character, such as cheerfulness, friendliness, and punctuality (守时). After all, “ to make a friend, be a friend” is not such a big and difficult order. There are particular favorable qualities, which attract others to

12、us, and some elements which do have an effect on people in fundamental psychology(基础心理学) or not. If you are in the presence of a shy person, talking and asking casual (随意的) questions may bring him out of his shell. Think of what would be most acceptable to the other person, for you to talk, or to li

13、sten. Either way the goal is to make yourself pleasant. Always remember to listen, but listen intelligently. To have anyone “ hang on our words” is the most unnoticeably clever way in the world to please somebody. For a few extremely happy seconds we are the center of attraction, but when it is our

14、turn to be audience, let us remember how we felt as the actor, and lets be genuinely (真正地) interested in what the other fellow is saying. Other people will like us, if we like them. If you want friends, keep your mind and heart open to friendship. Be alive to the other persons world.21. This passage

15、 is mainly about_. A. the ways of talking to a shy person B. some favorable qualities to be a psychologist C. how to make yourself attractive to your listeners D. how to make a friend and be a friend22. The words “ bring him out of his shell” in this passage most probably mean _. A. make him become

16、active B. make him feel more nervous C. help him understand the question better D. help him listen intelligently23. According to the passage, an important way in making friends is to _. A. attract them B. be attracted C. listen attentively D. talk widely BSpeed-reading is a necessary skill in the In

17、ternet age. We skim over articles, e-mails and We Chat to try to grasp key words and the essential meaning of a certain text. Surrounded with information from our electronic devices, it would be impossible to cope if we read word by word, line by line. But a new trend calls on people to unplug and e

18、njoy reading slowly, listing benefits beyond the intelligent stimulation.A recent story from The Wall Street Journal reported on a book club in Wellington, New Zealand, where members meet in a cafe and turn off their smart phones. They sink into comfortable chairs and read in silence for an hour. Un

19、like traditional book clubs, the point of the slow reading club isnt exchanging ideas about a certain book, but to get away from electronic devices and read in a quiet, relaxed environment. According to the Journal, the Wellington book club is just one example of a movement started by book lovers wh

20、o miss the old-fashioned way of reading before the Internet and smart phones.Slow readers, such as The Atlantics Maura Kelly, say a regular reading habit sharpens the mind, improves concentration, reduces stress levels and deepens the ability to sympathize(共鸣，同感). Another study published last year i

21、n Science showed that reading novels helps people understand others mental states and beliefs, a fundamental skill in building relationships. Yet technology has made us less attentive readers. Screens have changed our reading patterns from the straight and information left-to-right sequence to a wil

22、d skimming and skipping pattern as we hunt for important words and information. Reading text punctuated(加标点符号)with links leads to weaker comprehension than reading plain text. The Internet may have made us stupider, says Patrick Kingsley from The Guardian. Because of the Internet, he says, we have b

23、ecome very good at collecting a wide range of interesting news, but we are also gradually forgetting how to sit back, reflect, and relate all these facts to each other.Slow reading means a return to an uninterrupted, straight pattern, in a quiet environment free of distractions. Aim for 30 minutes a

24、 day, advises Kelly from The Atlantic. “You can squeeze in that half hour pretty easily if only during your free moments, you pick up a meaningful work of literature,” Kelly said. “Reach for your e-reader, if you likeKindles make books like War and Peace less heavy, not less substantive, and also en

25、sure youll never lose your place.”24. The book club in Wellington mentioned in Paragraph 2 shows_.A. the new trend of slow reading B. the decline of electronic devices C. the importance of exchanging ideas D. the increasing number of club readers25. According to Patrick Kingsley, people are stupider

26、 partly because of_.A. a non-stop reading pattern B. the straight, left-to-right screen C. wide range of interesting news D. the lack of reflection 26. According to the passage, slow reading_.A. contributes to understanding among people B. promotes the current technology advances C. provides people

27、with a quiet environment D. cures the memory loss of elderly people 27. Whats the best title for the passage? A. Benefit of Reading Clubs B. Return of Slow ReadingC. Reading of the Internet Age D. Influence of Speed ReadingC Singles Day - the Chinese opposite of Valentines Day has turned into a mass

28、ive online shopping event. It is a day when single people are supposed to buy themselves presents. But there are sociological reasons behind Chinas “celebration” of single life. And the imbalance could have big consequences for the country. There were 34 million more men than women in China in 2011.

29、 Part of that is natural usually there are 105 boys born for every 100 girls. But the Chinese gender ratio (性别比例) at birth is much more obvious. It was 116 boys to 100 girls in 2012. The one child policy is largely to blame. Brought in to limit population expansion, the policy allows only one child

30、per family. But because male children are seen as more valuable, as well as more likely to support their parents in old age, some parents choose to have a son over a daughter. The result is that large numbers of men will likely never get married. In fact, one study has predicted that by 2030, 1 in 5

31、 Chinese men in their 30s will never have married, while another states that 94% of unmarried people in China are men.Traditionally, China h as seen high levels of marriage, usually among the young. Besides, the increased education and career opportunities for women have meant that marriages are hap

32、pening later. It is also traditional that women often marry men of a higher socioeconomic status than themselves. So women at the top and men at the bottom find themselves alone. One study has even suggested a link between an imbalanced gender ratio and growth in violent crime in the country. Singles Day cant solve a