2012-2013学年高二下学期期末考试英语试题

本试卷分第I卷（选择题）和第II卷（非选择题）两卷。第I卷：1至10页；

第II卷：11至12页，共150分。考试时间120分钟。

第Ⅰ卷 （选择题 共120分）

第一部分：听力（共两节，满分30 分）

第一节（共五题，每题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 do we know about the man?

A. He doesn't like his major. B. He prefers mathematics. C. He will study biology.

2. What are the speakers discussing?

A. Spreading flu. B. Spreading wildfire. C. An international event.

3. Where does the conversation probably take place?

A. In a hotel. B. In a hospital. C. In an office.

4. Why is the man unsatisfied with the restaurant?

A. The food is terrible. B. The prices are rising. C. The service is bad.

5. Who probably is the woman?

A. Jessie’s mother. B. Jessie’s teacher. C. The man’s mother.

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。每段对话后有几个小题，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。听每段对话前，你将有时间阅读各个小题，每小题5秒钟;听完后，各小题给出5秒钟的作答时间。每段对话读两遍。

听第6段材料，回答第6至7题。

6. How does the woman feel about her roommate?

A. Satisfied. B. Annoyed. C. Indifferent.

7. What does the man suggest the woman do?

A. Have a talk with her roommate.

B. Ask her roommate to move out.

C. Ask her roommate to pay the bill.

听第7段材料，回答第8至10题。

8. How will the man send his letter?

A. By airmail. B. By express post. C. By surface mail.

9. How many stamps does the man want to buy?

A. 3. B. 5. C. 7.

10. What is the slowest way to mail things to China?

A. Express post. B. Airmail. C. Surface mail.

听第8段材料，回答第l1至13题。

11. What is the man?

A. A cyclist. B. A car racer. C. A motorbike racer.

12. What happened in the British Grand Race?

A. One man was killed. B. The man lost his left leg. C. The man broke his left leg.

13. When was the man frightened to death?

A. During his last race. B. When driving to the studio. C. During the British Grand Race.

听第9段材料，回答第14至16题。

14. What are the speakers talking about?

A. Sending Mandy to Japan to study.

B. Sending Mandy to a special school.

C. helping Mandy to learn Japanese.

15. What does the woman say about Mandy?

A. She has too much free time.

B. She is always doing extra work.

C. She is serious about her studies.

16. What is the probable relationship between the speakers?

A. Husband and wife. B. Teacher and student. C. Teacher and parent.

听第10段材料，回答第17至20题。

17. When did Hemingway publish his first collection of short stories?

A. In 1923. B. In 1929. C. In 1952.

18. What is The Sun Also Rises about?

A. People in New York. B. People in Paris. C. People in London.

19. What do we know about A Farewell to Arms?

A. It was published in 1924.

B. It was Hemingway’s third novel.

C. It describes something related to World War I.

20. What was The Old Man and the Sea based on?

A. An old fisherman’s experiences.

B. Hemingway’s experiences as a reporter.

C. Hemingway’s experiences and hobby of fishing.

第二部分 英语知识运用（共两节，满分50分）

第一节 单项填空（共20小题，每小题1分，满分20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。

21. Miss Yang looked at finished painting with satisfaction.

A.不填；a B. the; 不填 C. a; the D. the; a

22. Not having a good ________of English can be a serious obstacle to achieving your goals.

A．demand B．appreciation C．command D．experience

23. Miss Smith is a friend of______ .

　　A. Mary’s mother’s B. Mary’s mother C. Mary mother’s D. mother’s of Mary

24. I’m sorry that I cannot accept your ________to attend your birthday party，Linda，because I’m ________to answer all the customers’ letters tonight by my boss.

A. requirement；required B. request；required

C. request；suggested D. demand；requested

25. ________to give up smoking, he threw away his ________cigarettes.

A. Determined；remained B. Determining；remaining

C. Determining；remained D. Determined；remaining

26. Though they met with much difficulty，the team ______ to go on with the experiment.

A. made up their minds B. changed their minds

C. took their minds D. gave their minds

27. If a person has not had enough sleep，his actions will give him ________ during the day.

A．in B．up C． away D．back

28. What great trouble the boy had ________his father to quit smoking！

A．persuaded B．persuading C．to persuade D． persuade

29. He decided that he would drive all the way home instead of ________at a hotel for the night.

A．putting up B．putting off C．putting on D．putting down

30. No matter how ________， it is not necessarily lifeless.

A．a desert may be dry B．dry may a desert be

C．may a desert be dry D．dry a desert may be

31. —Must I turn off the gas after cooking?

—Of course. You can never be ________ careful to use it.

A. enough B. so C. too D. very

32. The young lady is _______a beauty；she is ________than pretty.

A．more than；more smart B．more than；smarter

C．not only；smarter D．no more than；more clever

33. Next to English , I like mathematics .　　A．better B．the better C．best D．very well

34. —What did Mr. Black want to know，Anne? —________ I could finish writing the composition.

A．When was it B．It was when that

C．It was when D．When it was that

35. The retired workers were invited to the company，________ surprise，changes had been so great over the years.

A．whose B．who C．to whose D．to whom

36. Please tell me the way you thought of _______ the garden.

A. take care of B. to take care of C. taking care of D. to take care

37. All the students in the school don’t come from the town. This sentence means ________.

A. Any of the students in the school don’t come from the town

B. All the students in the school come from the town

C. None of the students in the school come from the town

D. Some students in the school come from the town

38. ________Sunday, rather than ________at home, I preferred________.

A. It being；stay；to travel B. Being；to stay；to travel

C. Having been；stay；travel D. It was；to stay；traveling

39. She said that we shouldn’t ________ in time of difficulties and that we should be hopeful.

A. lose hearts B. lose heart C. lose our hearts D. lose the heart

40. —Your sister nearly ________all her spare time to her study during the three years.

—That’s right, or she ________the first place in her school in the College Entrance Examinations.

A．hadn’t spent；couldn’t take B．spent；wouldn’t have taken

C．hadn’t devoted；hadn’t taken D．devoted；wouldn’t have taken

第二节 完形填空（共20小题：每小题1.5分，满分30分）

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

This was our time, our senior year. My best friend Beth and I had big dreams ... But in my world of "big dreams" this one small 41 freshman did not appear on my radar. My best friend Beth was the first to 42 her.

"Kristi, did you see the girl standing by us in the lunch line ---she looks so 43 , so out of place.” We had heard of a family that had just 44 to our town from the country of Cambodia. We knew there was supposed to be a 45 girl at our school from that family, but we had yet to meet her until now.

Leourn was a small dark-haired beauty. She 46 with the little English she knew and that made it very 47 for her to get to know people in our small town. Every day Leourn kept her eyes fixed on the 48 and we never, ever saw her _49 .

What could we do to help Leourn? With 50 and faith, we decided to let her know that there were people who 51 . We sought out Leourn in the halls and said "Hi" and tried to continue to engage her in 52 . Leourn responded to us with smiles and small talk.

When Valentine's Day came, I 53 thought of Leourn and decided I would send her a 54 for the holiday. Thinking that she was 55 learning our language and customs, I simply wrote, "Happy Valentine's Day, Leourn. Your friend Kristi. "

I will 56 forget that Valentine's Day.

For the 57 time, Leourn was the one who 58 me out. She found me in the hall with the carnation (康乃馨) in her hands. Then she did something 59 . She actually took her eyes off the floor, looked up at me with beautiful eyes and in a 60 whisper said two words ："Thank You. "

It was a life-changing moment for me.

41. A. weak B. quiet C. short D. passive

42. A. accept B. greet C. notice D. introduce

43. A. lost B. discouraged C. concentrated D. deserted

44. A. settled B. transported C. travelled D. moved

45. A. kind B. strange C. new D. familiar

46. A. struggled B. practiced C. talked D. continued

47. A. necessary B. convenient C. valuable D. hard

48. A. table B. floor C. wall D. ceiling

49. A. look up B. look away C. look down D. look out

50. A. curiosity B. interest C. love D. duty

51. A. helped B. wondered C. shared D. cared

52. A. conversation B. discussion C. explanation D. argument

53. A. finally B. suddenly C. immediately D. frequently

54. A. message B. call C. card D. flower

55. A. already B. just C. almost D. yet

56. A. often B. seldom C. never D. still

57. A. first B. second C. third D. last

58. A. made