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苍山县2012—2013学年度下学期高二期末考试

英 语 试 题

本试卷分第Ⅰ卷和第Ⅱ卷两部分，共11页，第Ⅰ卷8页，第Ⅱ卷3页。满分150分。考试用时120分钟。考试结束后，将第Ⅱ卷和答题卡交回。

第Ⅰ卷（共85分）

第一部分：英语知识运用（共两节,满分35分）

第一节 语法和词汇知识运用（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。

1. ______ students are working hard, because ______ them intend to go to a famous university.

A. A great deal of; the majority of B. A good many; majority of

C. A great many of; majority of D. A good many; the majority of

2. These teenagers don’t know much of the world yet; that’s why they are so easily ______.

A. taken in B. taken up C. taken off D. taken out

3. I told you not to tell the news to anyone, but you are said ______ it to Anna !

A. telling B. to tell C. to have told D. having told

4. He ______ his experiments and made a great contribution to our country.

A. dived himself into B. devoted himself into

C. devoted to D. dived into

5. It may rain tomorrow, ______, we'll put off our sports meeting.

A. in this case B. in that case C. in which case D. in any case

6. ______ from the mountain, the building is very small.

A. Seeing B. Saw C. Having seen D. Seen

7. ______ I see the photo, I’ll remember my former classmates.

A. Each time when B. Every time

C. Every time when D. Each time that

8. It never ______ Tom ______ he might be falling in love with her.

A. occurred; that B. occurred to; that

C. occurred to; whether D. occurred to; what

9. It has not been decided ______ the class meeting will be held. .

A. whether B. what C. that D. if

10. —Susan, I’d like to invite you to go boating this afternoon.

—______. But I’ll be seeing my grandpa then.

A. Thank you B. Forget it C. My pleasure D. No way

11. The traditional friendship between our two peoples ______ ancient times.

A. is dated back to B. dates at

C. dates back to D. is dated from

12. We Chinese should ______ our good traditions.

A. keep away B. set up C. keep up D. keep down

13. Please show the guests ______ and twenty minutes later show them ______ our factory.

A. around; off B. in; out C. out; in D. in; around

14. The ambulance was just arriving, for a worker, who ______ the window on the second floor, fell off the window.

A. had been repairing B. was repairing

C. has been repairing D. would be repairing

15. Hearing this news ,my heart sank, but later I was deeply ______ by the promise ______ Sally kept to me .

A. moving ; that B. moved ; that C. moving ; what D. moved ; what

第二节：完形填空（共20小题；每小题1分，满分20分）

阅读下面短文，从短文后所给各题的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡将该项涂黑。

Ten years ago, my family moved to a new city, therefore I studied in the new primary school.. Sometimes, I felt very unhappy and lonely. Then one of my classmates invited me to her house for a dinner 16 . I was a little anxious, but finally I gladly 17 .

Not really knowing how 18 the bus ride should be, I 19 when I saw the landmarks 20 on my friend’s hand-drawn map. But when I got close enough to the 21 , I found none of the streets were shown on the map. I was 22 on a busy road with cars driving past without a person in sight. I had no 23 when the next bus would come, 24 when a bus did come by, I 25 got on. I told the bus driver where I wanted to go and he said that I had caught the 26 bus, but he let me stay on. After he had finished his scheduled bus route, he 27 to help me out. I gratefully showed him my little hand-drawn map but 28 did not help much.

He finally 29 me off at a main road to catch a different bus and was 30 that he could not help me more. After a few minutes of walking, I noticed a bus pull up beside me. It was the 31 bus driver. He explained that he didn’t want to leave me there 32 . He sent out a call and someone radioed back, saying that the bus I needed to catch was about ten minutes away. At last I made it to the dinner party 33 I was over an hour late.

I am forever thankful for the 34 that this bus driver had for me. His act of kindness left a 35 on my heart.

16. A. club B. conference C. party D. meeting

17. A. rejected B. accepted C. went D. got

18. A. long B. soon C. much D. far

19. A. got out B. got on C. got off D. got in

20. A. to showing B. showing C. shown D. to show

21. A. destination B. street signs C. building D. the corner

22. A. lying B. seating C. seated D. standing

23. A. idea B. question C. know D. way

24. A. and B. even C. so D. still

25. A. fast B. quickly C. happily D. ready

26. A. correct B. nice C. wrong D. fastest

27. A. offered B. refused C. supplied D. wanted

28. A. their B. him C. its D. it

29. A. dropped B. kept C. drove D. turned

30. A. happy B. sorry C. unhappy D. disappointed

31. A. foolish B. nice C. kindly D. same

32. A. helpful B. lonely C. alone D. unaccompanied

33. A. before B. although C. so D. as

34. A. concern B. kind C .attitude D. love

35. A. thought B. sign C. mark D. words

第二部分：阅读理解（共25小题；每小题2分，满分50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。

A

In the United States elementary education begins at the age of six. At this stage nearly all the teachers are women, mostly married. The atmosphere is usually very friendly, and the teachers have now accepted the idea that the important thing is to make the children happy and interested. The old authoritarian (要绝对服从的) methods of education were not recognized quite a long time ago - so much so that many people now think that they have gone too far in the direction of trying to make children happy and interested rather than giving them actual instruction.

The social education of young children tries to make them accept the idea that human beings in a society need to work together for their common interests. So the focus is on co-operation rather than competition throughout most of this process. This may seem curious, in view of the fact that American society is highly competitive; however, the need for making people sociable in this sense has come to be regarded as one of the functions of education. Most Americans do grow up with competitive ideas, and obviously quite a few as criminals, but it is not fair to say the educational system fails. It does succeed in making most people sociable and ready to help one another both in material ways and through kindness and friendliness.

36. According to the passage, the teachers thought ______ and ______ are very important in American school.

A. interest and knowledge B. competition and friendliness

C. curiousness and kindness D. happiness and interest

37. At present, many people argue about the idea of elementary school, because ______.

A. schools give little actual instruction

B. schools focus a lot on knowledge study

C. children are not willing to help each other

D. schools pay more attention to competition.

38. Why do Americans focus on co-operation?

A. Because American society is a highly competitive society

B. Because Americans accept the idea that people need to work together

C. Because co-operation will lead to a few criminals

D. Because American former educational system failed

39. The text tells us the following things about elementary education EXCEPT ______.

A. the atmosphere in school B. the aims C. future D. the method

40. The writer’s attitude towards American education is ______.

A. positive B. negative C. neutral (中立的). D. doubtful

B

I stood at the window and watched the neighborhood children flying their kites on the hill behind our house. Next to me, my four-year-old son, Michael, pressed his face against the glass. Then, looking up at me with pleading eyes, he again asked if he could have a kite.

Ever since he had first seen the children on the hill, Michael had been asking the same question, and had been given the same answer: “Wait till you are a little older.” Michael hid his face in my skirt, something he always did when he was going to cry and didn’t want me to see.

I felt like crying myself. Because of my health I simply didn’t have the strength or energy to fly a kite with Michael, and Michael was too young to fly a kite all by himself. My husband worked long, irregular hours, and even so we kept going deeper in debt. As a result, a tension had grown between us.

Michael was the one spark of life left for me. As I put him into bed that evening, he said, “Mummy, may I pray to God to send me a yellow kite?”

“Yes,” I said. “We will leave it up to him.” I was tired of the whole thing and hoped that maybe this would make Michae stop talking about it.

The next morning I raised the shade in the kitchen, and stared at the sight that met my eyes—a string hanging down in front of the window. I ran out of the back door. There was a kite, a yellow one.

Michael clapped his hands and jumped up and down. “Mummy, I knew God would answer my prayer!” I didn’t believed. We asked all over the neighborhood but we never found the kite’s former owner.

My depression left me, and as my health improved, so did my relationship with my husband. All I needed was comfort; no matter what it is, the kindness always exists in my heart.

41. When the author’s son was about to cry he ________.

A. always went out to fly his kite with his friends

B. always hid his face in his mother’ s skirt

C. always pressed his face against the glass

D. was always angry and ignored his mother.

42. Why didn’t the author buy her son a kite?

A. She thought it was unsafe to fly a kite on the hill.

B. She was too busy to fly a kite with her son.

C. She didn’t have enough energy and money.

D. She didn’t want to spend the money.

43. Which of the following would be the reason for the author not giving herself up?

A. Her son’s birth and growing up. B. Her husband’s deep love for her.

C. Her dream of rich life. D. Her belief in God who would help her.

44. What can we learn about the author’s husband