2012-2013学年第二学期期末考试高二英语试卷

第I卷?(三部分，共115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。

例：How much is the shirt?

A.￡19.15. B. ￡9.15 C. ￡9.18

答案是B。

1. What are the speakers doing now?

A. Listening to the radio. B. Having a class. C. Attending a concert.

2. What is the woman planning to do?

A. Buy some clothes. B. Get a haircut. C. Go to the man’s home.

3. What’s the man doing?

A. Apologizing to the woman. B. Criticizing the woman. C. Arguing with the woman.

4. How late is the woman?

A. More than an hour. B. An hour. C. 45 minutes.

5. Why doesn’t the man go out with his friends?

A. He doesn’t like going out. B. Things are expensive. C. He has no time.

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’s Jenny’s problem?

A. She dislikes history class.

B. She does poorly in her tests.

C. She does badly in assignments.

7. What’s the probable relationship between the speakers?

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

听第7段材料，回答第8至10题。

8. How did the man first hear about the football match?

A. On the radio. B. On TV. C. From the woman.

9. When will the football match be held?

A. On the 4th. B. On the 21st. C. On the 28th.

10. What does the woman offer to do for the man?

A. Buy him dinner. B. Buy him a ticket. C. Help him study.

听第8段材料，回答第11至13题。

11. What is Amazon Tree Houses?

A. It is a hotel. B. It is a program. C. It is a company.

12. Why is the woman interested in the article?

A. She wants to travel in Amazon.

B. She wants to run a tree house hotel.

C. She wants to live in a tree house.

13. What does the man think of the woman’s plan?

A. Not practical. B. Quite good. C. Just so-so.

听第9段材料，回答第14至16题。

14. Where does this conversation probably take place?

A. In a cinema. B. In a grocery. C. In a bookstore.

15. When did popcorn grow more popular?

A. In 1621. B. In the 1930s. C. In 1947.

16. What are the speakers talking about?

A. The function of popcorn on films.

B. The various uses of popcorn.

C. The brief history of popcorn.

听第10段材料，回答第17至20题。

17. What material was the valuable penny from the talk made of?

A. Copper. B. Silver. C. Steel.

18. What caused pennies to be made differently in 1943?

A. The cost of metal. B. World War II. C. Collectors’ taste.

19. Why was the coin so interesting and valuable to the collector?

A. It was unique.

B. It was from Philadelphia.

C. It once belonged to Lincoln.

20. What kinds of collectible items are worth the most?

A. Old ones. B. Rare ones. C. Ones from the war.

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. ________, the pay isn’t attractive enough, though the job itself is quite interesting.

A. Generally speaking B. On the contrary C. In particular D. To be honest

22. ---On Sundays I play computer games at home the whole day.

---That’s _______ I disagree. You should have some outdoor activities.

A. where B. how C. what D. which

23. In order to find ____ better job, he decided to study ____ second foreign language.

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

24. _______ suddenly occurred to me _____ I had to attend an important meeting in Shanghai the next day.

A. It; which B. What; that C. What; which D. It; that

25. I was just talking to Margaret when Jackson _______.

A. cut in B. cut down C. cut out D. cut up

26. I hurried to the ticket hall, only ______ that all tickets had been sold out already.

A. to inform B. to be informed C. informing D. informed

27. ---Why, Jack, you look so tired.

---well, I _____ the house and I must finish the work tomorrow.

A. was painting B. will be painting C. have painted D. have been painting

28. He _______the teacher’s explanation and put forward his own opinion.

A. disturbed B. assumed C. interrupted D. indicated

34. ---Is there any possibility _____ you could pick me up at the airport?

---No problem.

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

35. ______ in the mountain for a week, the two students were finally saved by the local police.

A. Having lost B. Lost C. Being lost D. Losing

第二节：完形填空（共20小题；每小题1.5分，满分30分）

I was going on holiday to meet up with my family for a week of fun in Canada. I was comfortably waiting for my flight with a 36 to read when an elderly lady was wheeled to our waiting area. I couldn’t help but notice the 37 she was having trying to open a packet of 38 with her arthritic(患关节炎的) hands. I sighed. No one else was willing to approach her so I 39 to help.

She was very grateful. It 40 that these nuts were her entire breakfast. We sat and chatted. When the time came to board the plane the attendants were 41 to be seen. The lady could walk but needed some 42 , so I volunteered to help her on the plane and carry her bag.

As I helped her get settled I 43 her “seat mate”, a businessman, who looked a bit 44 at having to make the flight with her. He asked to 45 seats with me and I agreed.

We had a(n) 46 chat( no reading my book for me)! As we were entering another country we needed to fill out forms. I offered to fill 47 out because of her arthritic hands.

We landed and I needed to change 48 , but I helped her get off first. The wheelchair she ordered couldn’t be seen anywhere, so we 49 walked to the customs where her daughter was 50 .

We only exchanged first names, and she was so 51 to have had my assistance. I had to run to 52 my next flight but, as I thought about the 53 , I saw her as my airport angel, a 54 for me to hope that in the future when I’m in my 80’s and travelling, someone will 55 the time to connect with me.

36. A. book B. newspaper C. letter D. magazine

37. A. pleasure B. pressure C. trouble D. fun

38. A. cigarettes B. nuts C. candies D. cookies

39. A. promised B. offered C. refused D. afforded

40. A. found out B. made out C. pointed out D. turned out

41. A. nowhere B. somewhere C. everywhere D. anywhere

42. A. money B. assistance C. food D. advice

43. A. heard B. felt C. noticed D. imagined

44. A. amazed B. happy C. confused D. upset

45. A. divide B. change C. damage D. design

46. A. unpleasant B. tiring C. short D. long

47. A. his B. hers C. mine D. ours

48. A. planes B. seats C. clothes D. tickets

49. A. sincerely B. deliberately C. merely D. slowly

50. A. sitting B. working C. waiting D. going

51. A. selfish B. surprised C. grateful D. eager

52. A. catch B. miss C. follow D. stop

53. A. accident B. experience C. holiday D. bag

54. A. road B. way C. chance D. journey

55. A. put B. waste C. own D. take

第三部分：阅读理解（共两节，满分40分）

第一节（共15小题；每小题2分，满分30分）

A

“An apple a day keeps the doctor away” is one of the most common sayings in the English languages. This is because apples were one of the first foods that medical professionals recognized as healthy---their benefits became obvious when, quite simply, doctors found that people who ate apples were sick less often than those who did not. Today we have a more specific understanding of why apples are so beneficial to overall health.

Apples can help keep your levels of bad cholesterol(胆固醇) down. The pectin(果胶) in apples helps you to maintain cardiovascular(心血管)health and reduce LDL cholesterol(which is the “bad” kind). Apples themselves do not add cholesterol to your diet and are full of water and fiber to help weaken the cholesterol in other foods you might digest. According to Health Diaries, people who eat two apples per day may lower their cholesterol by as much as 16 percent.

Apples are naturally low in calories and high in water content. Eating an apple can satisfy your hunger and keep you from reaching for high-sugar, high-calories snacks. By eating apples, you will be more able to maintain a healthy weight because they fill you up, potentially stopping you from eating food that encourages a waistline increase.

Apples contain considerable levels of boron(硼), which helps build healthy bones, and can also prevent diseases like arthritis. Apples are rich in vitamin C, which is known to help build immunity.

Studies have shown that apples can decrease the risk of breast cancer and liver cancer. One theory is that the apple skins are responsible for this, so be sure not to take apple skins off before you eat them, as you could remove some of the health benefits.

56.The author begins the passage by mentioning the saying to________.

A. make the topic easier to understand

B. bring up the topic of the text

C. supply a scientific evidence for the topic

D. show the richness of the English languages

57.What’s the main idea of the passage?

A. An explanation of an English saying.

B. How to make full use of apples.

C. Apples are beneficial to our health.

D. How to keep healthy in our daily life.

58.By eating apples we can get many benefits EXCEPT________.

A. lowering the cholesterol B. keeping a healthy weight

C. building immunity D. preventing heart disease

59.Which plays an important role in reducing the risk of breast cancer?

A. The pectin. B. The apple skins.

C. The flesh of apples. D. The fiber of apples.

B

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