鹤岗一中2012～2013学年度第二学期期末考试

高二英语试题

第Ⅰ卷（选择题，共115分）

第一节（共5小题）

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. How much was the TV set?

A. $60. B. $120. C. $90.

2. What does the man mean?

A. Tom was talking with the postman.

B. Tom was running around the corner.

C. Tom was helping the postman with his work.

3. What does the man want to do?

A. Buy a fan. B. Use electricity. C. Cool himself down.

4. Why did the boss criticize Joseph?

A. He was late for work.

B. He quarreled with the man speaker.

C. He criticized the man speaker too seriously.

5. Who is Fiona?

A. The woman speaker.

B. Thompson’s sister.

C. Daisy’s sister.

第二节（共15小题）

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8题。

6. What was the weather like last week?

A. Nice and sunny.? B. Too warm. C. Neither hot nor cold.

7. What season is it now?

A. Summer. B. Winter. C. Autumn.

8. What does the man think the weather will be like this weekend?

A. He thinks it’ll rain.

B. He doesn’t think it’ll rain.

C. He thinks it’ll be cloudy.

听第7段材料，回答第9至11题。

9. What can we know about the singing group?

A. It’s made up of 15 girls.

B. It practices once every other week.

C. Every member comes on time for each practice.

10. What is the singing group doing these days?

A. Practicing eight songs.

B. Performing a new song.

C. Practicing for a school show.

11. What can we know about the new song?

A. Its name is Sundays.

B. It’s written by a famous musician.

C. It’s written by a singer of the group.

听第8段材料，回答第12至14题。

12. What is the father reading at the beginning of the conversation?

A. A novel. B. A magazine. C. A newspaper.

13. What kind of book does the girl want to read?

A. A book about animals.

B. A book on dolls.

C. A book about candy and cookies.

14. What does the girl’s teacher say about reading?

A. The girl can borrow books from the library.

B. The girl should read books every day.

C. The girl ought to read at least ten books a night.

听第9段材料，回答第15至17题。

15. Where are they planning to go in the morning?

A. To a zoo. B. To an art museum. C. To the seashore.

16. Why does the woman want to go shopping instead?

A. To buy some clothes.

B. To meet her friend there.

C. To buy a gift for her friend.

17. What are they talking about?

A. A city guide. B. A shopping center. C. A travel plan.

听第10段材料，回答第18至20题。

18. What is the main idea of this passage?

A. How do you decide what you are going to buy in a supermarket?

B. Who decides what you should buy in a supermarket.

C. How does a supermarket make people spend more money?

19. Why does the food that everybody must buy spread all over the store?

A. To lead customers to all sections of the store.

B. To make it easy for customers to locate the food.

C. To provide a good service.

20. How much do people spend after they have been in a store for 30 minutes?

A. 40 cents each minute.

B. 1,500 cents in total.

C. Five dollars each minute.

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）

21.?It was?________cold winter night and the moon was shining brightly across?________

night sky.

A.?/; a??????????????? ? B.?a; the????????????????????C.?the; a??????????????????? D.?the;?/

22. --- Well, lost again!

--- It's not very important. We _________ forget it, OK?

A. can't B. may so soon C. might as well D. won't soon

23. The manger received six _________for this position.

A. applications B. appointments C. apply D. appreciation

24. Please keep me informed _______ the changes in case they affect our work.

A. with B. for C. of D. by

25. We were caught in the heavy storm and our boat was_________ the wind.

A. at the mercy of B. at mercy of

C. having mercy of D. showing mercy to

26. ________I have to give a speech, I get extremely nervous before I start.

A.?Whatever??????????????B.?Whenever?????????????C.?Whoever??????????????D.?However

27. They want to make it clear to the public ________ they are doing an important and necessary job.

A. what B. which C. that D. all

28. When I was little, my mother used to sit by my bed,?_______?me stories till I fell asleep.

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

29. These results of scientific research are very valuable to us. They will _______ the success of our further research.

A. contribute to B. pay attention to

C. refer to D. led to

30. ?If?_____?to look after luggage for someone else, inform the police?at once.

A.?asked???????????????????B.?to ask???????????????????C.?asking??????????????????D.?having asked

31. It took him a long time to ________ the skills he needed to become a professional artist.

A. acquire B. inquire C. require D. request

32.?The book tells stories of the earthquake through the eyes of those?________?lives were affected.

A.?whose??????????????????B.?that??????????????????????C.?who?????????????????????D.?which

33. With only 20 minutes________ before the train left, I felt uneasy in the taxi to the railway station.

A. to go B. going C. go D. gone

34. Many endangered animals, such as the Malayan sun-bear, ____ in danger of dying out.

A. remain B. remains C. are remained D. is remained

35. —Forgotten something? I can keep an eye on your kids if you want to go and get it.

— _____?Thank you all the same.

A.?It’s very kind of you.??????????????????????????? ?B.?Oh, how careless of me!

C.?I might as well go and get it.??????????????????D.?Well, I can do without it.

第二节：完型填空（共20小题；每小题1.5分，满分30分）

I used to be a very self-centered person, but in the past two years I have really changed. I have started to think about other people?___36___?I think about myself. I am happy that I am becoming a?___37___?person.

I think?my?___38___?started when I was at?Palomar?College. At first, I just wanted to get my?___39___?and be left alone. I thought I was smarter than everyone else, so I hardly ever?___40___?to anyone in my classes. By the end of my?first?semester, I was really?___41___. It seemed as if everyone but me had made friends and was having fun. So I tried a(n)?___42___. I started asking people around me how they were doing, and if they were having trouble I?___43___?to help. That was really a big?___44___?for me. By the end of the year, I had several new friends, and two of?___45___?are still my best friends today.

A bigger cause of my new?___46___, however, came when I took a part-time job at Vista Nursing Home. One old lady there who had Alzheimer’s disease became my?___47___. Every time I came into her room, she was so?___48___?because she thought I was her daughter. Her real daughter never?___49___?her, so I took her place. She let me?___50___?that making others feel good made me feel good too. When she died, I was?___51___, but I was also very grateful to her.

I think?I am a much?___52___?person today than I used to be, and I hope I will not?___53___?these experiences. They have?___54___?me to care about other people more than about myself. I?___55___?who I am today, and I could not say that a few years ago.

36.?A.?since??????????????B.?before??????????????????C.?or????????????????????????D.?unless

37.?A.?famous???????????B.?simple??????????????????C.?different???????????????D.?skilled

38.?A.?education????????B.?career???????????????????C.?tour?????????????????????D.?change

39.?A.?balance???????????B.?homework????????????C.?degree??????????????????D.?interest

40.?A.?talked?????????????B.?wrote???????????????????C.?lied??????????????????????D.?reported

41.?A.?careful????????????B.?lonely???????????????????C.?curious?????????????????D.?guilty

42.?A.?argument????????B.?game????????????????????C.?experiment????????????D. defence

43.?A.?dated??????????????B.?offered?????????????????C.?hesitated???????????????D.?happened

44.?A.?dream?????????????B.?problem????????????????C.?duty?????????????????????D. step

45.?A.?us??????????????????B.?which????????????????? ??C.?them????????????????????D.?whom

46.?A.?attitude???????????B.?hobby???????????????????C.?hope????????????????????D.?luck

47.?A.?friend?????????????B.?partner?????????????????C.?guide????????????????????D.?guest

48.?A.?polite??????????????B.?happy???????????????????C.?strange?????????????????D.?confident

49.?A.?bothered?????????B.?answered??????????????C.?visited??????????????????D.?trusted

50.?A.?explain????????????B.?guess???????????????????C.?declare?????????????????D.?see

51.?A.?homeless?????????B.?heartbroken????????C.?bad-tempered????????D.?hopeless

52.?A.?quieter????????????B.?busier???????????????????C.?better???????????????????D.?richer

53.?A.?forget?????????????B.?face??????????????? ??????C.?improve????????????????D.?analyze

54.?A.?forced????????????B.?preferred???????????? ??C.?ordered????????????????D.?taught

55.?A.?miss???????????????B.?like????????????????????? ??C.?wonder????????????????D.?expect

第三部分：阅读理解（共20小题；每小题2分，满分40分）

阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

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New research shows sheep are clever? People often make jokes about how dull sheep are, but new research shows they may be cleverer than we think. Researchers at the University of Cambridge discovered that Welsh mountain sheep have brai